Minecraft’s Creaking Could Inspire A New Wave of Mobs

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Minecraft's Creaking Could Inspire A New Wave of Mobs

The uncanny similarity between Minecraft‘s new Creaking and a Doctor Who-inspired mod could inspire Mojang to consider adding or adapting other fan-made mobs to the official game. The latest update to Minecraft appears to be increasing the fear factor for players with the new Pale Garden biome due to its eerie atmosphere and exclusive Creaking mob. But while Creaking’s unique mechanics play into this Pale Garden’s gimmick and set it apart from other mobs, it might not be as original a concept as Mojang had hoped, given how similar it behaves to a staple Doctor Who monster, the Weeping Angels.




After first appearing in the episode “Blink” of Doctor Who in 2007, the Weeping Angels have since become iconic monsters alongside the Daleks and Cybermen thanks in part to their ability to turn to stone when observed as a defense mechanism. The Weeping Angels’ popularity beyond Doctor Who has led to numerous references across pop culture, including Easter eggs in games like The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Dishonored‘s DLC, and specifically as a mod in Minecraft. As a result, with the Creaking mob sharing near identical mechanics to the Weeping Angel mod, this could open Minecraft to future mobs inspired by fan-made mods.

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The Similarities Between Minecraft’s Creaking and the Weeping Angels

When the Creaking was revealed during Minecraft Live 2024, developer Gnembon advised that players “don’t blink,” a line immortalized by Doctor Who‘s Weeping Angels, leading players to draw comparisons between the new mob and the sci-fi monster as seen below.


When breaking down the mechanics of the Creaking and Weeping Angels, these similarities are hard to ignore as both can only move when unobserved and neither can be directly harmed. While Mojang may have taken inspiration from other sources for its new mob, the unsettling, other-worldly qualities of Minecraft‘s Pale Garden and Creaking lend themselves to the same fantastical horror as Doctor Who‘s Weeping Angels.

Minecraft’s Creaking Seems Eerily Familiar to Fan-Made Mobs

However, the trope of a monster that only moves when nobody is looking isn’t exclusive to the Creaking or the Weeping Angels, prominently featuring throughout the horror genre as mannequins and statues, like Lethal Company‘s Coil-Head. Others have compared Minecraft‘s new mob to another similar fictional monster, SCP-173. Yet creatures with this gimmick, like the Weeping Angels and SCP-173, have been adapted by fans and added to Minecraft through mods. Now that the Creaking has been introduced to Minecraft with the same familiar gimmick, these mods may lose their original appeal beyond fan service to their respective communities.


Minecraft’s Creaking Could Help Carry Over Other Mob Mods

If Mojang were to incorporate more ideas from fan mods into the vanilla version of the game, then it would be spoiled for choice given how many fan-made mods already exist. In keeping with Mojang’s smaller updates, however, it could instead focus on making individual changes or additions to Minecraft, just as the introduction of Creaking is the only new mob in the Pale Garden. Much like how the Weeping Angel mod may have inspired the Creaking, other mob-centric mods could lead Mojang to shake up the mob status quo in Minecraft.

With this in mind, Mojang could focus on mods that work with its existing gameplay rather than Minecraft mods that feel like a different game. The list below outlines a few examples of fan-made mobs that have become well-known among Minecraft‘s modding community, with various mobs catering to the same horror atmosphere as Creaking or others exploring all-new mob variants.


  • The “Cave Dweller” mod.
  • The “Creeper Overhaul” mod.
  • The “Magma Monsters” mod.

It’s unlikely Mojang would directly adopt the mods. However, much like the Weeping Angel or SCP-173 mods and Creaking, it could take these concepts and add its own creative twist when making them official Minecraft mobs.

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