Charged Creepers [Minecraft Myth Busting 75]

This episode we investigate charged creepers to see what we can learn about them!

Replay Mod: Tech Demo 1080p 60fps (Flawless)

Minecraft: Red Sand Converter Tutorial (Minecraft 1.8)

Links!

[cubfan]

xisumavoid didn't test the effect of lightning strikes on entities but it is much more likely that a creeper becomes charged if the block it is standing on has sky access. Very useful to know if you make a charged creeper farm.

Maybe you could show that in a lightning episode?

[theqmagnet]

I have never been more interested in charged creepers. Well done.

[io]

Now, kill an enderdragon with a charged creeper in 1.9.

[sZPeddy]

Suggestion for a Myth: People keep telling me to put a roof on my guardian farm, because that would increse spawn rates. Quick tests havent shown any different results for me though.
Does Daylight access effect Guardian Spaning?

[santoshp.s.s.]

These tests are super accurate and super fun to watch!😁👍❤️

[cloverberry]

7:39 : I legit thought that they were trees, and was wondering why he was staring into nowhere XD

[MineKynoMine]

What happens when 2 charged creepers explode at the exact same time? Does it drop 2 Creeper skulls?

[BlueWeredragon]

this was a really well done myth busting as usual. one thing that might have been missed/unnoticed/not important enough would be if charged creepers drop more gunpowder. logically in my mind a charged creeper should drop twice as much gunpowder being that it has twice the blast radius.

[BillyStreetRose]

Thanks for taking the time to do this Xisum.! Solved all those rumours!

[MrMatthias]

Wow Xisuma, you've outdone yourself with this myth. It was nice to actually see what the wiki has written in a control environment. The whole using a solid glass cube to 'see' the explosion... BRILLIANT. Loved it. Like watching "Mythbusters". Thanks X!

[revvilo]

this is awesome! not only did i learn about charged creepers this was also really helpful for pvp (lightning/smite)

[thechaosshaman]

Good episode. Had no idea they dropped other skulls than creeper. Minecart was interesting too. Really enjoyed

[FyberOptic]

Whenever you need more control over a test, the source code is technically available through MCP, which deobfuscates and decompiles the game back into usable code.

[krisa]

Fantastic way to visualize the size of the explosions. You sir get a charged thumbs up.

[tarquinnff]

Great video. Very informative.

Question: What are the blocks that are attainable/unattainable in survival mode. Not sure if that's a topic for Myth Busting, but I didn't know where else to ask it. The mob head drop part of the video is what prompted my question.

[Randoman]

Once when I was an admin on a server, 3 players were off on a trip, at the break of dawn surrounded by mobs. So in spectator mode I secretly spawned a charged creeper where it would seem natural (there had been a prior lightning storm) and it killed all 3 of them. It was marvelous.

I seem to recall it dropping skulls, but they may have just been the head of another mob that was killed in the blast.

[oldaccountctrl_]

excellent myth busting episode! very in-depth, feels like you covered everything :)

[carolinastitching]

Suggestions:
Range of lava and fire on catching other blocks on fire, and how you can block it.

Powered rails in 1.8

Thank you, awesome video. Keep up the amazing videos and series

[timmilatte]

You should do more mythbusting on lightning - is it more likely to strike higher places? is lightning attracted to trees etc?

[No_abe]

What we all need is a sacrificial way to summon lightning!
-Like maybe a Ghast Tear dropped on top of an Emerald Block, Light the Ghast Tear on fire with a Flint & Steel.
You can lure a Creeper to the area before lighting the Tear (challange to only ignite the Tear), to then summon a Charged Creeper.