[MC-61844] Creepers target Iron Golems, causing terrain damage without interaction of a player

Slimes, Magma Cubes, Zombies, Skeletons and Creepers are targeting Iron Golems. Only the largest slimes / Magma Cubes cause damage to the Golem, while Skeletons shoot as soon as they spawn and Creepers instantly track and blow up near the golem as if it were a player.

Works in Survival & Creative using spawn eggs.

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is duplicated by 4

MC-65333 Creepers hostiles to VillagerGolem Resolved

MC-66228 Monsters hostile to Iron Golems Resolved

MC-66576 iron golem attacked Resolved

MC-68248 Creepers target Iron Golems before being provoked resulting in mass mobgrief Resolved

relates to 1

MC-73964 Snow golems attack creepers Open

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Anon Ymus 2014-07-15T15:24:43Z

Confirmed.

by_jove 2014-07-27T20:20:54Z

Confirmed in 14w30c.

I am surprised more people aren't commenting on this issue. Getting tired of having to light my villages up like Las Vegas to keep creepers from spawning at night. Iron golems are not attacking creepers, but creepers are reacting as if iron golems are players and exploding when they get near them. Surely this is not a new "working as intended" feature?

Ross Landry 2014-07-30T16:19:59Z

Update: Some people are saying this might be an intended feature, however this makes Iron Golems completely unusable. NPC villages are being destroyed by creepers, and Iron Golems are dying quickly from skeletons, creepers and zombies. So far, the only way to keep villages intact is to completely light them up, but doing that makes Iron Golems useless.

Joel Puig Rubio 2014-07-30T19:55:46Z

Confirmed.

by_jove 2014-07-31T03:53:46Z

Ross Landry, I agree. It makes iron golems pretty useless. Other mobs targeting iron golems adds to the village drama, I think, and is probably intentional.

I don't know if it will make a big difference for people finding this bug report and deciding to vote for it, but you might want to add more labels, like: creeper golem explode village aggro.

13 more comments

Adrian S 2014-08-05T07:09:20Z

Confirmed. Numerous hostile mobs now target and damage Iron Golems. I do believe, to some extent, this was an intended feature. Not sure if creepers were supposed to be included on this change. If it was intended, it seriously messes with the usefulness and purpose of the Iron Golems.

LuMo25 2014-08-10T13:46:02Z

Confirmed.

Ryan Russell 2014-08-12T02:33:10Z

Confirmed. Our village was blown up by creepers because the iron golems did not try to attack them.

steve spaner 2014-08-22T01:14:47Z

This is stupid! My spawn has been pretty much destroyed by Creepers! Freaking ridiculous. Theres a reason Notch originally intended for Creepers to not attack or be attacked by Iron Golems!

galaxy_2alex 2014-08-27T21:17:34Z

Reopened
http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8208212863/the-psychology-of-the-reticle-and-the-feeling-of

One of the biggest game design decisions in Minecraft is that all (well, most) negative things that affect the world or the player should happen near the player, and be clear to the player. That’s why creepers only explode near players, and that’s why fires stopped spreading indefinitely. This is somewhat related to my dislike of mazes in game design, where the player has no way of knowing or figuring out before hand what decision is the correct decision. Don’t penalize the player for things they can’t control.

[Mod] redstonehelper 2014-08-27T21:42:00Z

To be fair, at the same time Notch also made endermen steal and move around blocks - though that is by far not as big of a deal as creepers exploding your golems, builds and mobs!

Suggested compromise: Creepers blowing up on iron golems will only do damage to iron golems, but not hurt other mobs (or at least not villagers, please) and will not destroy blocks.

Tobias 2014-08-27T22:10:39Z

I've had villages covered in craters from this while I've been a few chunks away. All my iron golems were dead and houses had big holes in them and villagers were walking around in deep craters.

megascience 2014-08-27T22:23:15Z

I have a different compromise in mind: Iron Golems only attack Creepers if there is a player nearby. This is the only time a Creeper would be dangerous, and the Iron Golem should be able to recognize this... Or attack the player like "Get out of here before you cause trouble!"

Tom 2014-08-28T04:14:49Z

Count me among the "I'm sick of finding holes all over my towns when I wasn't anywhere in the area". This is driving me nuts.

aaaa aaaa 2014-08-28T15:58:09Z

It says it's fixed in 1.8 Pre-3...but does anyone knows how they fixed it?

Mustek 2014-08-28T15:59:30Z

They do not interact with each other anymore.

[Mod] redstonehelper 2014-08-28T16:07:49Z

Correction: Creepers will no longer attack iron golems unprovoked, but in the next version iron golems will also no longer attack creepers.

Diego Araujo 2014-08-29T06:38:03Z

Wait The Golems Wont Attack Creepers Any More? D: First? were are you getting this info? i check serage and jeb and dinnerbone and grum twitters daily. second so if it were true and you were to give me some siting on how u got the info then pre release 4 or 1.8 official they wouldnt attack creepers (the golems?) @redstonehelper

[Mod] redstonehelper 2014-08-29T16:01:40Z

TheMogMiner said so on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/2et82v/minecraft_18_prerelease_3/ck2pzx2?context=3

If there is going to be a 1.8-pre4, it'll be in that, otherwise it'll be in 1.8 final.

aaaa aaaa 2014-09-04T06:53:49Z

Is it confirmed (in 1.8 final) that the two of them don't interact anymore?

I've been looking for a 1.8-pre3 -> 1.8 Final changelog, but I couldn't find one...

Richardas 2014-09-04T19:09:09Z

This bug is not completely resolved in 1.8. Iron golems still attack creepers at very close point blank range. Just create a sample creative world,then spawn a few iron golems and creepers and watch. Some creepers manage to explode and still cause terrain damage.
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@[Mod] Mustek

aaaa aaaa 2014-09-05T06:51:05Z

I confirm that I can reproduce this bug in 1.8 Final. I managed to get an iron golem to attack a creeper by spawning it very close to him. After attacking and killing the creeper, the iron golem kinda went a bit berserk, and subsequent creepers that approached him were attacked as well.

Reopen it?

galaxy_2alex 2014-09-06T20:59:00Z

Reopened, switching Confirmation Status to "Community Consensous"