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 (2–51–31–2)
  66.67%66.67%50%
• Crimtane Ore (5–125–72–4)
  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.

The Creeper is a pre-Hardmode eyeball-like enemy that is spawned along with the Brain of Cthulhu in a group of 20 (40 if in a For the worthy world). They orbit the Brain of Cthulhu at high speeds and follow 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(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions) or Master Mode(Desktop, Console and Mobile versions), a Creeper always inflicts one of the nine following debuffs:

Debuff	Duration (seconds)	Chance
Poisoned	5.23–10.5 sec 6.53–13.12 sec	11/81 (13.58%)
Darkness	3–6 sec 3.75–7.5 sec	11/81 (13.58%)
Cursed	0.73–1.5 sec 0.92–1.87 sec	2/81 (2.47%)
Bleeding	7.5–15 sec 9.37–18.75 sec	11/81 (13.58%)
Confused	1.5–3 sec 1.87–3.75 sec	2/81 (2.47%)
Slow	5.23–10.5 sec 6.53–13.12 sec	11/81 (13.58%)
Weak	11.23–22.5 sec 14.03–28.12 sec	11/81 (13.58%)
Silenced	1.5–3 sec 1.87–3.75 sec	11/81 (13.58%)
Broken Armor	9.73–19.5 sec 12.17–24.37 sec	11/81 (13.58%)

Tips

• Creepers are susceptible to all damaging debuffs like On Fire!, Frostburn, or Poisoned, making weapons that inflict them as well as flasks a good choice for increasing DPS.
• Creepers can be made more manageable with piercing weapons and ammunition, such as Jester's Arrows, Unholy Arrows, and Hellfire Arrows, as well as weapons with splash damage such as Grenades and Molotov Cocktails.
• Creepers do not drop souls, Biome Keys, or Biome Key Molds(Old-gen console and 3DS versions).

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 1.4.4:
  • Reduced the number of Tissue Samples dropped in Expert Mode from 4–10 to 1–3. Added an even lower number and rate for Master Mode: 50% for 1–2 Tissue Samples.
  • Reduced the number of Crimtane Ore dropped in Expert Mode from 11–25 to 5–7. Added an even lower amount for Master Mode: 2–4 Crimtane Ore.

• Desktop 1.4.0.3: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Now able to inflict a variety of debuffs in Expert Mode.
  • Increased the amount of Crimtane Ore dropped in Classic Mode from 4–10 to 5–12.

• 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.