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Nerd Creeper

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This article documents an April Fools' Day joke.
 
This feature was exclusively part of a joke version and is not currently planned for addition to regular Minecraft.
Nerd Creeper

NerdCreeper.png: Infobox image for Minecraft entity 'Nerd Creeper'

Charged Nerd Creeper.png: Infobox image for Minecraft entity 'Nerd Creeper'

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    "title": "Nerd Creeper",
    "rows": [
        {
            "field": "20<span class=\"hidden-alt-text\">HP</span><span class=\"nowrap mc-hearts\"><span class=\"iconbar pixel-image nowrap\" title=\"1  heart\">(link to File:Heart (icon).png article, displayed as 9px|link=|alt=❤️)</span> × 10</span>",
            "label": "(link to Health article, displayed as Health points)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Hostile",
            "label": "Behavior"
        },
        {
            "field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" to File:EntitySprite monster.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Monster|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Monster article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Monster</span>)</span>",
            "label": "(link to Mob type article, displayed as Mob type)"
        },
        {
            "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
            "label": "Attack<br/>strength"
        },
        {
            "field": "Height: 1.7 Blocks<br>Width: 0.6 Blocks",
            "label": "(link to Hitbox article, displayed as Hitbox size)"
        },
        {
            "field": "When the cheat code \"NEEEERD\" is used",
            "label": "(link to Mob spawning article, displayed as Spawn)"
        },
        {
            "field": "\n*   <span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" to File:ItemSprite flint-and-steel.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Flint and Steel|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Flint and Steel article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Flint and Steel</span>)</span>",
            "label": "Usable items"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [],
    "images": [
        "NerdCreeper.png",
        "Charged Nerd Creeper.png"
    ]
}

The nerd creeper is a hostile creeper-based mob only present in Java Edition 3D Shareware v1.34.

Spawning

Nerd creepers spawn when the player uses the cheat code "NEEEERD".

Creepers in this version have an NBT tag called [Boolean] d20 1 or 0 (true/false) that determines whether the creeper is a nerd.

A nerd creeper can be summoned with the following command: /summon creeper ~ ~ ~ {d20:1}

Drops

When killed, nerd creepers drop:

Behavior

Nerd creepers behave the same way as creepers except when killed, upon which they drop the 3D item in addition to gunpowder.

Data values

NameIdentifier Translation key
EntitySprite nerd-creeper.png: Sprite image for nerd-creeper in Minecraft Creepercreeper entity.minecraft.creeper

Issues

Issues relating to "Nerd Creeper" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

  • A nerd creeper
    A nerd creeper

Textures

  • The nerd creeper overlay texture
    The nerd creeper overlay texture

Sources