{{Infobox Dungeons mission
| title = Creeper Woods
| image = Creeper Woods.png
| part = Mainland
| arcadeboss = Enderman
| difficulty = I
| unlock = {{DuLevelLink|Squid Coast}}
| captains = Always has six captains
| trials = Can have daily trials
}}

{{Q|'''A JOURNEY BEGINS...''' – The [[MCD:Arch-Illager|Arch-Illager]] has come to power using the [[MCD:Orb of Dominance|Orb of Dominance]], turning the [[MCD:Mainland|Overworld]] upside down. Power is collecting in strange places, the [[MCD:Undead|undead]] are stronger and refuse to burn in the sunlight, and Illagers are raiding the countryside! The [[MCD:Illager|Illagers]] capture the defenseless [[MCD:Villager|Villagers]] and move them east, toward their mysterious base in the [[MCD:Redstone Mines|Redstone Mines]]. The first step in their ruthless journey starts by going through Creeper Woods, a mob infested maze of tangled roots and branches. Move quickly if you wish to save the Villagers from a terrible fate!|In-game story}}
{{Quote|Rumors say that evil stirs in the woods. What horrors could take up residence in such a vile place?|Unused uncharted text}}

'''Creeper Woods''' is the second [[MCD:Mainland|mainland]] [[MCD:Mission|mission]] {{in|Dungeons}}. It is unlocked after the completion of {{MCD|Squid Coast}}, and completing Creeper Woods unlocks {{MCD|Pumpkin Pastures}}, {{MCD|Soggy Swamp}}, {{MCD|Redstone Mines}}, {{MCD|Cacti Canyon}}, {{MCD|Treetop Tangle}}, and {{MCD|Gauntlet of Gales}}. It contains the captured [[MCD:Village Merchant|village merchant]].

It always generates the [[MCD:Creeper Woods Crypt|Creeper Woods Crypt]] optional [[MCD:Sub Dungeon|sub dungeon]] that contains a [[MCD:Scroll|scroll]] which, if collected, unlocks the {{MCD|Creepy Crypt}} [[MCD:Secret Mission|secret mission]].

== Appearance and description ==
{{Quote|'''CREEPER WOODS''' – Somewhere in the woods, a caravan is transporting Villager prisoners to labor in far-off lands. Your first quest is to find the caravan in this mob-infested maze and stop the Illagers, or there's no telling what dreadful fate will befall our Villager friends.|''Guide to Minecraft Dungeons:<br>A Handbook for Heroes''}}
Creeper Woods is a wooded area set at night, and contains monoliths, hills, narrow bridges, rope-bridge walkways, and rivers. It is foggy, dim, and eerily illuminated by yellow fungi and pop flowers, with creepers walking about the forest.<ref name="guide">Mojang, ''[[Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes]]'', Creeper Woods, pg. 47</ref> It contains two [[MCD:Chest#Supplies%20Chests|supply chests]], one in [[MCD:The Inn|The Inn]] before the spider cave, and one at the Illager caravan. Piles of emerald urns can be found in [[MCD:Creeper Room|Creeper Room]], an optional sub dungeon found early on in the mission. A fancy chest can also be found inside Creeper Room upon surviving the [[MCD:Arena Battle|ambush]] of creepers. Giant stone mob heads can be found in the lake at the start of the mission<ref name="statue">Mojang, ''[[Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes]]'', Creeper Woods, pg. 48</ref>, with the enderman one that can spawn only in the [[MCD:Echoing Void|Echoing Void]] DLC indicating that [[MCD:Deepwood Brook|Deepwood Brook]] can be found to the north-east of the lake. Near the end of the mission, an [[MCD:Illager|illager]] caravan can be found that contains five captured [[MCD:Villager|villagers]], as well as rudimentary jails made by the Illagers.<ref name="book">Mojang, ''[[Guide to Minecraft Dungeons: A Handbook for Heroes]]'', Creeper Woods, pg. 46</ref> The area is patrolled by [[MCD:Vindicator|vindicators]] to deter villagers from escaping,<ref name="book" /> and these Illagers attack the hero on sight. Once a villager is freed, it bows in thanks and vanishes, and after all five are freed the end of the mission can be reached.

== Locations ==
{{main|MCD:Location}}
{| class="wikitable sortable list-style-none"
!Name<br><code>Level ID</code>
!Resource pack ID
!Is required
!Is DLC exclusive
!Contains scroll
!Contains rune room
!Contains eye of ender
|-
| {{DuLevelLink|Creeper Woods}}
* <code>CreeperWoods</code>
* <code>genericwoods</code>
* <code>OpenWoods</code>
| <code>creeperwoods</code>
| {{tc|yes|✔|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|yes|✔|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
|-
| [[MCD:Deepwood Brook|Deepwood Brook]]
* <code>creeperwoods_es</code>
* <code>creeperwoods_es_cave</code>
| <code>creeperwoods</code>
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| style="background:#B19CD9 ;text-align: center" |{{DuLevelLink|Echoing Void}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|yes|✔|style=text-align: center}}
|-
| [[MCD:Creeper Woods Crypt|Creeper Woods Crypt]]
* <code>Crypts</code>
| <code>creeperwoods</code>
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|yes|✔|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
|-
| [[MCD:Creeper Room|Creeper Room]]
* <code>CreeperWoods</code>
| <code>creeperwoods</code>
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
|-
| [[MCD:The Inn|The Inn]]
* <code>Houses</code>
| <code>creeperwoods</code>
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
|-
| [[MCD:Creeper Woods Rune Room|Creeper Woods Rune Room]]
* <code>RuneRoom</code>
| <code>creeperwoods</code>
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| style="background:#D9D9D9;text-align: center" |N/A
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
|-
| [[MCD:Open Woods Crypt|Open Woods Crypt]]
* <code>Crypts</code>
| <code>creeperwoods</code>
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
| {{tc|no|✖|style=text-align: center}}
|}

== Objectives ==
{{main|MCD:Objective}}
;'''THE CARAVAN'''
# FREE THE VILLAGER
# FIND THE CARAVAN
# FREE THE VILLAGERS X/5

;'''THE ESCAPE'''
# FIND THE EXIT
# ESCAPE CREEPER WOODS

== Voiceovers ==
{{Q|By the Arch-Illager's decree, all free folk are now enemies of the Illager Empire. Somewhere in these woods, a caravan is transporting Villager prisoners to labour in far off lands. Find the caravan and stop the Illagers, for there's no telling what dreadful doom will befall our Villager friends.|Opening voiceover}}
[[File:Vo cin crwoIntro-001.ogg]]

{{Q|These villagers are free from the clasp of the Illagers, all thanks to you.|Ending voiceover}}
[[File:Vo cin crwoOutro-001.ogg]]

== Mobs and entities ==
{{main|MCD:Mob}}
=== ''[[Minecraft Dungeons]]'' ===
{| class="wikitable" data-description="Dungeons Mob" style="break-inside: avoid"
! Rowspan="2" |Mob
! Colspan="3" |Difficulty
|-
! Default
! Adventure
! Apocalypse
|-
! colspan="4" |Passive
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Cow}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Piggy Bank}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Sheep}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
! colspan="4" |Non-attackable
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Bat}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Village Merchant}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Villager}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
! colspan="6" |Hostile
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Chicken Jockey}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Chicken Jockey Tower}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|Rarely}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Creeper}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Enchanter}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Necromancer}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Skeleton}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|- 
|{{DuEntityLink|Spider}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Vex}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|Planned|Evoker}}<ref group="note" name="evoker">Summoned by [[MCD:Evoker|evokers]]</ref>
|{{Tc|Planned|Evoker}}<ref group="note" name="evoker"/>
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Vindicator}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Watchling}}
|{{Tc|Planned|Endersent}}<ref group="note" name="watchling">Summoned by [[MCD:Endersent|endersent]] and the [[MCD:Spiked Eye|Spiked Eye]]</ref>
|{{Tc|Planned|Endersent}}<ref group="note" name="watchling"/>
|{{Tc|Planned|Endersent}}<ref group="note" name="watchling"/>
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Wraith}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Zombie}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
! colspan="6" |Powerful
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Enderman}}
|{{Tc|Planned|DLC}}<ref group="note" name="enderman">Spawns in the area near the entrance door to the Deepwood Brook sub dungeon.</ref>
|{{Tc|Partial|Sometimes}}
|{{Tc|Partial|Sometimes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Endersent}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}<ref group="note" name="endersent">Spawns during play throughs after the Spiked Eye is defeated.</ref>
|{{Tc|Yes}}<ref group="note" name="endersent"/>
|{{Tc|Yes}}<ref group="note" name="endersent"/>
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Evoker}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|Partial|Sometimes}}
|{{Tc|Partial|Sometimes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Redstone Golem}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|Partial|Sometimes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Skeleton Horseman}}
|{{Tc|No}}
|{{Tc|Partial|Sometimes}}
|{{Tc|Partial|Sometimes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Spiked Eye}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Raid Captain}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|{{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|}
<references group="note"/>

=== ''[[Minecraft Dungeons Arcade]]'' ===
{| class="wikitable" data-description="Dungeons Mob" style="break-inside: avoid"
! Rowspan="1" |Mob
|-
! colspan="1" |Non-attackable
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Villager}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Wandering Trader}}
|-
! colspan="1" |Hostile
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Baby Zombie}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Creeper}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Melee Skeleton}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Pillager}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Skeleton}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Slime}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Vindicator}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Witch}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Wraith}}
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Zombie}}
|-
! colspan="1" |Bosses
|-
|{{DuEntityLink|Enderman}}
|-
|}

== Items ==
{{main|MCD:Item}}
{| class="wikitable" data-description="Dungeons Items" style="break-inside: avoid“"
! Rowspan="2" |Item
! Colspan="3" |Difficulty
|-
! Default
! Adventure
! Apocalypse
|-
! colspan="4" | Armor
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Hunter's Armor}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Mystery Armor}}
| {{Tc|Planned|Daily Trials Only}}
| {{Tc|Planned|Daily Trials Only}}
| {{Tc|Planned|Daily Trials Only}}
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Soul Robe}}
| {{Tc|No}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Wolf Armor}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Artifacts
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Boots of Swiftness}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Death Cap Mushroom}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Tasty Bone}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Torment Quiver}}
| {{Tc|No}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Melee Gear
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Axe}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Spear}}
| {{Tc|No}}
| {{Tc|No}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Sword}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
! colspan="4" | Ranged Gear

|-
| {{DuItemLink|Bow}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
| {{DuItemLink|Soul Bow}}
| {{Tc|No}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
| {{Tc|Yes}}
|-
|}

== Achievements ==
{{Load DungeonsAchievements|Out of the Woods;Creeper In The Woods}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|dungeons}}
|{{HistoryLine||Dungeons Beta|Added Creeper Woods.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.2.0|Added [[MCD:Deepwood Brook|Deepwood Brook]], which can spawn if the host has the [[MCD:Echoing Void|Echoing Void]] [[MCD:Downloadable Content|DLC]].}}
}}

== Trivia ==
* The dense dark oak trees characteristic of the [[Dark Forest Hills|dark forest biome]] don't seem to exist in Creeper Woods.

== Gallery ==
=== Progression ===
<gallery>
File:MCD Creeper Woods 1.png|Creeper Woods 1
File:MCD Creeper Woods 2.png|Creeper Woods 2
File:MCD Creeper Woods 3.png|Creeper Woods 3
File:MCD Creeper Woods 4.png|Creeper Woods 4
File:MCD Creeper Woods 5.png|Creeper Woods 5
File:MCD Creeper Woods 6.png|Creeper Woods 6
File:MCD Creeper Woods 7.png|Creeper Woods 7
File:MCD Creeper Woods 8.png|Creeper Woods 8
File:MCD Creeper Woods 9.png|Creeper Woods 9
File:MCD Creeper Woods 10.png|Creeper Woods 10
File:MCD Creeper Woods 11.png|Creeper Woods 11
File:MCD Creeper Woods 12.png|Creeper Woods 12
File:MCD Creeper Woods 13.png|Creeper Woods 13
File:MCD Creeper Woods 14.png|Creeper Woods 14
File:MCD Creeper Woods 15.png|Creeper Woods 15
File:MCD Creeper Woods 16.png|Creeper Woods 16
File:MCD Creeper Woods 17.png|Creeper Woods 17
File:MCD Creeper Woods 18.png|Creeper Woods 18
File:MCD Creeper Woods 19.png|Creeper Woods 19
File:MCD Creeper Woods 20.png|Creeper Woods 20
File:MCD Creeper Woods 21.png|Creeper Woods 21
File:MCD Creeper Woods 22.png|Creeper Woods 22
File:MCD Creeper Woods 23.png|Creeper Woods 23
File:MCD Creeper Woods 24.png|Creeper Woods 24
File:MCD Creeper Woods 25.png|Creeper Woods 25
File:MCD Creeper Woods 26.png|Creeper Woods 26
File:MCD Creeper Woods 27.png|Creeper Woods 27
File:MCD Creeper Woods 28.png|Creeper Woods 28
File:MCD Creeper Woods 29.png|Creeper Woods 29
File:MCD Creeper Woods 30.png|Creeper Woods 30
File:MCD Creeper Woods 31.png|Creeper Woods 31
File:MCD Creeper Woods 32.png|Creeper Woods 32
File:MCD Creeper Woods 33.png|Creeper Woods 33
File:MCD Creeper Woods 34.png|Creeper Woods 34
File:MCD Creeper Woods 35.png|Creeper Woods 35
File:MCD Creeper Woods 36.png|Creeper Woods 36
File:MCD Creeper Woods 37.png|Creeper Woods 37
File:MCD Creeper Woods 38.png|Creeper Woods 38
File:MCD Creeper Woods 39.png|Creeper Woods 39
File:MCD Creeper Woods 40.png|Creeper Woods 40
File:MCD Creeper Woods 41.png|Creeper Woods 41
File:MCD Creeper Woods 42.png|Creeper Woods 42
File:MCD Creeper Woods 43.png|Creeper Woods 43
File:MCD Creeper Woods 44.png|Creeper Woods 44
File:MCD Creeper Woods 45.png|Creeper Woods 45
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Creeper Woods Map.png|A zoomed out image of one of the randomly generated maps.
CrepWoods.png|[[MCD:Valorie|Valorie]] in Creeper Woods.
Freeing a villager.gif|A villager getting freed by the hero.
Creeper (Dungeons).png|A [[MCD:Creeper|creeper]].
Jakob-gavelli-dungeons-woodslighting.jpg
Creeper rock.png|Render of the creeper head rock seen in Creeper Woods.
Enderman rock.png|Render of the {{MCD|enderman}} head structure seen in Creeper Woods that indicates that [[MCD:Deepwood Brook|Deepwood Brook]] has generated in the mission layout.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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