Frostfire Creeper

Quickstart

Find a Frostfire Creeper in the Overworld, or use its spawn egg from the Creative Spawn Eggs tab. Hold an apple, golden apple, or enchanted golden apple and interact with the creeper to tame it.

Once tamed, it follows you. Attack a nearby enemy—or let an enemy attack you—to see it charge and unleash a blast. Keep it away from builds: its blast is an explosion, not just a frost effect.

Overview

The Frostfire Creeper is a tameable creeper companion that follows its owner and helps defend them. Its blast creates an explosion and slows nearby mobs, but the creeper itself survives and can blast again after a short cooldown.

What It Adds

How To Use

• Tame it: Interact with an untamed Frostfire Creeper while holding an apple, golden apple, or enchanted golden apple. One apple is consumed outside Creative mode.
• Bring it along: A tamed Frostfire Creeper follows its owner when they get far enough away.
• Put it to work: Attack a target, or let a mob attack you. The creeper can target what you attack or what attacks you, then use its creeper-style fuse and blast.
• Heal it: Its owner can feed it any of the three apple types while it is injured. Each apple restores 4 health and is consumed outside Creative mode.

Abilities And Mechanics

• The blast has an explosion strength of 3 and can affect the surroundings.
• Nearby mobs are hit with strong Slowness for 6 seconds. Players are not included in this frost-slowing effect.
• After blasting, the creeper pauses for about 5 seconds before it can attack again.

Progression And Strategy

Tame a Frostfire Creeper early if you want a companion that can follow you into fights. Its blast combines explosive damage with a strong slowing effect on nearby mobs, so give it room to detonate and keep apples handy to heal it between encounters.