AWKWARD ZOMBIE

They HAVE a thing to install it on the painterly site. It's just ONE person is taking his time to update to 1.7

Safest way is to use a bow and arrow, provided you have enough arrows. It takes about 5 arrows to kill one (w/o archery points or whatnot)
Bows + arrow combo or a clever yet over complicated dispenser wall, rigged with redstone to shoot the heck out of those creepers.
But there are other ways I find rather entertaining if you have nothing else:

Best method for melee:

Sneak up on creeper, rush him with a diamond sword/axe. You can actually prevent damage and craters if you hit them just before they explode. (It will be too busy to be hurt than to be exploding!) You can use any kind of sword/axe, but I highly recommend diamond as the fewer swings it takes to kill one, the more likely it won't blow up and less likely you will die. It's very important to get a hit in or at least very close before it sees you. It's also best to keep the creeper within close quarters so you can deliver another strike and kill it, otherwise it will only be pushed back by your weapon then blow up.

One ghetto method I was using before I got a bow: I don't know if this still works or not, or if Minecraft likes to glitch on me and make this not work. Make a cobble or dirt wall/floor, and dig out the wall block next to the floor. Dig the block underneath it so you can melee mobs. The wall prevents them from getting too close without your consent, so you won't be unprepared when you have to face them. Remember that creepers (or any other mob, really), won't attack (or in this case, explode) unless they have visual. In other words, if you put a block where their heads are, you can still slash at their feet, damaging them and rendering you safe.

They can't see you unless you look up to gaze at their wonderful eyes, which sometimes you need to do anyway to hit them. This works on pretty much any mob except for spiders.


Monster farms are definitely more safe if you feel like having one. I don't know how to make these though, but there's some good ones up on Youtube.

Jed posted a 1.8 teaser image.



Also Notch mentioned playing with map height restrictions.



What is that mystery bar under the health bar?

Most likely the sprint bar.

Godommot I dont want a hunger bar. That makes things unnecessarily complicated.

Soon we will have bathroom and entertainment bars and then Minecraft will become The Sims

Fuck that shit just make a huge pit, Cover it with glass, with trapdoors in front of it, then you have a creeper hole!

Don't worry, notch said that this is only if your playing on another dificulty (spelled wrong) setting that will also be realized in 1.8

But my way is more fun. :<

But my way you get pets that explode or possibly shoot arrows if you trap a skeleton warrior

So something random.

If you google image "Minecraft pixel porn" ponies show up.

Internet you ruined my day.

.....Why... would you...

Okay.

Let's just say we were talking about stuff in skype and curiosity got to me.

Don't judge me ;-;

Jeezus I only wanted to play for a half hour or so and get some paper to make a map but I end up stumbling into a huge cave system and mining it out for four hours.

This game is a sod.

Someone knows a model creator for building and such? I would really like to see how I can make a certain room and how much material I need before actually going to work on it.