Environmental Creepers
by masa
Environmental Creepers tunes how Creeper explosions behave, covering explosion strength, block and item loss, and chain reactions between Creepers.
What it does
The mod changes only the explosions of Creepers and leaves other explosions alone. Server owners can set the strength of normal and charged Creeper explosions, which default to vanilla values of 3.0 and 6.0, and can switch off block damage, item drops or the explosion itself. A chance setting controls how often a block drops its item when destroyed, with 1.0 meaning every block drops its item. Creepers can also be configured to ignite other Creepers within a set distance, with a per-target chance for the chain reaction to occur.
Changes are made in a configuration file. On Fabric and Forge 1.14 and later, the command environmentalcreepers-reload rereads the file from disk while the world is running, so a restart is not needed for changes to apply. Single-player players can also use an in-game configuration screen. The mod is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, and the source code and issue tracker are public. Because Forge explosion events are not fired with Sponge installed, the mod does not work with Sponge.
Files target 1.9.4 – 1.20.6 for Fabric and Forge, and the latest Fabric file is 1.6.0 for 1.20.6. The mod is server-side only, so players join without installing it.
Key features
Explosion strength
Normal and charged Creeper explosions each have their own strength setting, so either can be raised or lowered.
Block and item control
Blocks can be made to always drop their items, never drop them, or drop them at a configurable chance.
Chain reactions
Creepers can ignite nearby Creepers, with a configurable maximum distance and chance per target.
In-game reload
The reload command applies configuration changes without restarting the world or the server.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
1.20.x6 of 6 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.17.x2 of 2 versions with builds
1.16.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.15.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.14.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.12.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.11.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.10.x3 of 3 versions with builds
1.9.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Anti Creeper is server-side only, open source under the MIT License and published for 1.21 – 1.21.1 on Fabric. Creeper explosions drop all items is server-side only, published for 1.20 – 1.20.1 on Fabric, and is not open source, falling under the CC0 1.0 Universal license. Environmental Creepers covers a much wider set of explosion settings across 1.9.4 – 1.20.6, with Fabric and Forge files.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental Creepers | Fabric and Forge | 1.9.4 – 1.20.6 | Server-side only | 2024-07-28 |
| Anti Creeper | Fabric | 1.21 – 1.21.1 | Server-side only | 2024-09-26 |
| Creeper explosions drop all items | Fabric | 1.20 – 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2023-06-28 |
Questions
Does Environmental Creepers need to be installed on the client?
Does Environmental Creepers work with Sponge?
Can the configuration be changed without restarting the server?
In the catalog
Environmental Creepers is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 11,154 mods support Minecraft 1.20.6.
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What the author says
A small mod that allows tweaking some aspects of Creeper or other explosions. The most common and useful tweak is probably the one where all the blocks destroyed by Creeper explosions will always drop as items. This mod is only needed on the server side.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/environmental-creepers
- Owner
- masa
- Published
- 2023-04-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-07-28
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15