Goliath Creeper

Quickstart

• Creepers that spawn are replaced by Goliath Creepers. To try one immediately, use a Goliath Creeper Spawn Egg from the Creative inventory, or run /summon com_goliath_creeper_rghbn4pz:mycustom ~ ~ ~.
• Keep your distance and watch it approach: when it gets close and can see you, it winds up and explodes about 1.5 seconds later.
• To stop a wind-up, move farther away or break line of sight. Use shears to remove a Goliath Creeper without detonating it.

Overview

A Goliath Creeper is a low, tank-like mob that rumbles as it moves toward nearby players. Its powerful, block-breaking blast makes close encounters dangerous.

What It Adds

• A tank-like replacement for creepers.
• A Creative-mode spawn egg.
• A new death drop: 2 iron ingots and 3 gunpowder when killed without detonating.

How To Use

Goliath Creepers pursue players they can target within 24 blocks. When one gets within a few blocks and has a clear line of sight, it begins its fuse. If its target gets too far away or out of sight during the wind-up, the fuse is canceled. Creative-mode players do not trigger its fuse.

Crafting And Obtaining

There is no crafting recipe. Find Goliath Creepers where creepers spawn, use the spawn egg in Creative, or summon one with the command in Quickstart.

Abilities And Mechanics

• Explosion: Detonates after about 1.5 seconds of wind-up, damages nearby areas and breaks blocks. It does not start fires. The Goliath Creeper is consumed by its blast and does not drop its usual loot when it detonates.
• Toughness: Has 5 health points and is highly resistant to knockback.
• Shears: Interact with shears to kill it; this uses 1 durability. It drops 2 iron ingots and 3 gunpowder when killed this way.

Progression And Strategy

Listen for its rumble as it approaches. If it starts winding up, retreat or put a solid obstacle between you and it to cancel the fuse. If you want its drops, kill it or use shears before it detonates.