Creeper

Creeper

 Classic

 Expert

 Master

Statistics

Type	Flying Enemy
Environment	The Crimson
AI Type	Creeper AI
Damage	20/36/54
Max Life	100/170/216
Defense	10
KB Resist	20%/28%/36%
Immune to

Drops

• Item (Quantity)Rate
• Tissue Sample (2-54-10)
  66.67%
• Crimtane Ore (5-1211-25)
  66.67%
• Heart
  50%

Sounds

Hurt
Killed

• Internal NPC ID: 267

This article is about the Brain of Cthulhu's minion. For the Halloween event costume, see Creeper set. For the spider enemies, see Wall Creeper and Jungle Creeper. For the pet summon, see Creeper Egg.

Creepers are eyeball-like enemies that are spawned along with the Brain of Cthulhu in groups of 20. They orbit the boss at high speed, following it wherever it teleports to, acting as a shield of sorts. Creepers do not respawn once they are killed. All Creepers must be destroyed first before the Brain of Cthulhu becomes vulnerable to attacks.

Creepers have a 1/2 (50%) chance to drop a Heart if the player is below full health.

Notes

• When hitting a player in Expert Mode or Master Mode, a Creeper always inflicts one of the nine following debuffs:

Debuff	Duration		Chance
	Expert Mode	Master Mode
Poisoned	5.25 - 10.5 seconds	6.56 - 13.13 seconds	13.58*11/81 (13.58%)
Darkness	3 - 6 seconds	3.75 - 7.5 seconds	13.58*11/81 (13.58%)
Cursed	0.75 - 1.5 seconds	0.94 - 1.88 seconds	2.47*2/81 (2.47%)
Bleeding	7.5 - 15 seconds	9.38 - 18.75 seconds	13.58*11/81 (13.58%)
Confused	1.5 - 3 seconds	1.88 - 3.75 seconds	2.47*2/81 (2.47%)
Slow	5.25 - 10.5 seconds	6.56 - 13.13 seconds	13.58*11/81 (13.58%)
Weak	11.25 - 22.5 seconds	14.06 - 28.13 seconds	13.58*11/81 (13.58%)
Silenced	1.5 - 3 seconds	1.88 - 3.75 seconds	13.58*11/81 (13.58%)
Broken Armor	9.75 - 19.5 seconds	12.19 - 24.38 seconds	13.58*11/81 (13.58%)

Tips

• Creepers are susceptible to the On Fire! debuff, making weapons that inflict it a good choice for DPS.
• Creepers do not drop souls, Biome Keys, or Biome Key Molds.

Trivia

• In Classic Mode, the Brain of Cthulhu does not drop any Tissue Samples itself; only Creepers do. However, both enemies drop Crimtane Ore. In Expert Mode, the Brain's Treasure Bag will drop some Tissue Samples.
• The Creeper's 1/2 chance to drop a Heart is six times higher than the regular 1/12 chance of most other enemies.
• The Creeper resembles the Phantasmal Sphere attack of the Moon Lord and his True Eyes of Cthulhu.
• Creepers are one of the few enemies that cannot pick up dropped coins in Expert Mode.

• The Bestiary entry for the Creeper: "Manipulated through the hive mind of the Crimson, Creepers serve as the brain's eyes and orbit around it for defense in numbers."

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Now able to inflict a variety of debuffs in Expert mode.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.