[MCPE-217361] Normal creepers appear charged when using a resource pack with a format version of 1

When using a resource pack with a format version of 1 in manifest.json, normal creepers visually appear as charged creepers instead of uncharged.

Steps to Reproduce:

Open a world with the Minecraft Classic Texture Pack enabled or import [mediaInline]
Spawn a creeper

Note:

The issue does not occur in 1.21.73.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 80

MCPE-217748 Creeper Texture Issue Resolved

MCPE-218511 Charged creepers are spawning instead of normal creepers Resolved

MCPE-218726 Minecraft Classic Texture Pack Issue Resolved

MCPE-218529 Normal Creepers having inanimate Charged Creeper Texture Resolved

MCPE-218445 all creepers are looking like charged creepers Resolved

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relates to 2

MCPE-227803 Issue with texture pack update beta and the most recent bedrock update Resolved

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Attachments

creeper_armor.render_controllers.json.diff

creeper.entity.json.diff

creeper.render_controllers.json.diff

Creeper Test.mcpack

Comments 27

[Mod] OcelotOnesie 2025-04-19T11:04:00Z

Do you have any behavior packs enabled? If so, does the issue still occur if you disable them?

Parzival 2025-04-19T11:25:07Z

nope, nothing, just vanilla gameplay without cheats or any packs besides the classic textures texturepack by minecraft

Parzival 2025-04-19T11:37:08Z

update: tested it out a bit: it’s just the appearance, when channeling a creeper with a trident the visual model stays but the explosion is much bigger… seems like a visual bug only

[Mod] OcelotOnesie 2025-04-19T15:15:19Z

The issue is caused by the Minecraft Classic Texture Pack. I’ve updated the report.

Parzival 2025-04-19T16:52:17Z

ah okay thanks for letting me know, i'll keep my eyes open for other bugs meanwhile :)

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Houndoom Girl 2025-05-08T15:33:15Z

I’m seeing the same thing too. Every single creeper seems to be charged. Yeah I can see that the classic texture pack giving off the issue.

Alexander 2025-05-08T19:14:51Z

So they have the same effect as normal ones?

Parzival 2025-05-09T12:05:39Z

only the appearance, they are not charged yet

NSPG911 2025-05-12T00:17:47Z

For those interested: 1.21.60 and 1.21.80 had a couple changes to the creeper's files. The diffs have been attached.

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the issue seems to be due to “creeper_armour.render_controllers.json” being in a dictionary instead of a list like before. Do look at these files and make your changes because I doubt Mojang would update the creeper textures to fix this 'bug'

Venoct Euphrosyne 2025-05-15T16:34:20Z

This is caused by multiple texture packs. And my addon. I have an addon that makes creepers have variants worked fine in .70 when .80 came they broke like this. Using format version 2 with a modified render controller, entity file, and behavior file

gr8heron 2025-05-29T23:38:50Z

So I have no texture packs on….I only have one active and there is no way to deactivate or update.

Parzival 2025-05-30T08:44:55Z

@gr8heron that's the default texture pack of minecraft. you can get others from the marketplace and activate them, they'll override the default one and appear above it.

princwarrior10 2025-06-17T22:09:37Z

Can confirm on Nintendo Switch, I was on with my family and they were using a texture pack that I didn’t enable (or else it would have taken a long time to download) and every single creeper was charged.

princwarrior10 2025-06-17T22:12:47Z

And yes, they appear to have the same explosion damage as normal creepers when they explode, they only appear charged.

princwarrior10 2025-06-17T22:21:21Z

I stumbled across the issue in the 1.21.81 hotfix yesterday, but I don’t see any information about the bug in the 1.21.90 changelog so I’m sure it still currently persists.

Pentaminer 2025-06-18T17:30:44Z

The bug also appeared in multiplayer on 1.21.90, all creepers appear charged from every client and platform on the server

Joe M 2025-06-25T14:58:15Z

I am also experiencing this bug. It seems to only affect texture packs as I was using classic texture pack and I deactivated it and went into the same world and the creepers were no longer charged. Unsure if other texture packs are affected.

Joe M 2025-07-03T21:49:32Z

Update today July 3rd 2025. This issue is not fixed.

Trey 2025-07-07T21:32:04Z

They need to fix this i want to use the classic texture pack but this happens

Joe M 2025-07-14T20:56:25Z

Update today July 14th 1.21.94. This issue is not fixed

JDSniper2608 2025-07-21T08:57:33Z

As of July 22nd this is not fixed and i really need it fixed it is scaring my friends into thinking I'm doing something and its also just annoying

Chim Chom 2025-07-26T21:49:59Z

July 26th and it’s happening to me too

Chris Lockfort 2025-07-27T21:54:44Z

affects PC bedrock 1.21.94
here’s a screenshot of the same creeper in the same place with and without a v1 pack

Joe M 2025-08-05T21:36:31Z

Update today August 5, 2025. Problem still not solved.

Reptor 2025-08-07T18:51:16Z

I'm still waiting for this fix. This bug is 2-3 months old, and no one is doing anything about it. This bug is why Vex has no face and the Creepers has textures that look like charged lightning, even though they not charged.

flxw 2025-08-13T17:05:42Z

its still an issue as of right now.

Joe M 2025-09-30T20:37:37Z

Copper age update today 9/30/2025 Creepers still spawn appearing charged but are normal creepers. Good news is the husk’s white box head texture problem with this texture pack was fixed so MOJANG must know that this is also a problem.