21 Scary Minecraft Creepypastas & Where They Come From

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Minecraft expert mochsty shares some of the creepiest Minecraft stories

Co-authored by mochsty and Raven Minyard, BA

Last Updated: August 4, 2026 Fact Checked

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Minecraft may look like a cute sandbox game, but players often turn it into something more sinister. Within the Minecraft fandom, there are stories of spooky entities that stalk or harm players… but are they real? We interviewed Minecraft experts to compile a list of the most popular Minecraft creepypastas. We’ll also explain whether these legends actually exist and where they come from, so read on… if you dare.

Most Famous Minecraft Creepypastas

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Minecraft expert mochsty says some of the scariest Minecraft creepypastas are Herobrine and Null. Other popular legends include the White Enderman, Entity 303, Entity 404, Green Steve, and Headless Steve. These creepypastas are all fictional, but you can add many to your game using mods.

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Top Minecraft Creepypastas

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   Herobrine Herobrine is the most well-known Minecraft creepypasta. According to mochsty, “The whole lore of [Herobrine] was somebody was playing on a single-player world, and they saw a classic Steve skin, but his eyes were white… He just kind of stalks you, just kind of stares at you, [and] places little shrines.”

   • Gaming and trend expert Ibrahim N. explains that Herobrine began as a photoshopped image, and the creepypasta became so popular that the developers even added patch notes that said they “removed Herobrine” from the game, even though he never actually existed.
   • Minecraft expert Pixlriffs adds that Herobrine “was one of the first and most successful attempts to use Minecraft as a medium for telling horror stories, and many current Minecraft horror stories and mods are inspired by it.”
   • Even though Herobrine does not exist, you can add him to your game using mods.

   Meet the wikiHow Experts

   mochsty is a Minecraft expert and streamer based in Austin, TX. She shares gaming content on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok to an audience of over 61K.

   Pixlriffs is a Minecraft expert and YouTuber with over 11 years of experience. He specializes in Minecraft tutorials and Let’s Play series.

   Sydney Bermudez is a horror expert who shares horror content on TikTok and Instagram to over 400k followers. She specializes in creepypastas and horror storytelling.

   Jose Rivera, also known as Ricky Flicks, is a Minecraft expert who also creates content about gaming and pop culture. His videos have over 200M views across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.

   Ibrahim N. is a gaming and trend expert known online as @the1stgamer. He has nearly 1M followers and 60M views across YouTube and TikTok.
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   Minecraft Alpha 0.0.0 Minecraft Alpha 0.0.0 is a corrupted version of early Minecraft. When you create a world, a pop-up will say “Now Playing: C418 - DIE.” As you continue to play the game, weird things start happening. You’ll encounter signs that say “DIE” or “I will change your fate for the worse DIE.” You’ll be chased by the mysterious “glitch creature.” If you encounter upside-down crosses, stay far away, or a terrifying scream will cause your game to crash.

   • Like many Minecraft creepypastas, Minecraft Alpha 0.0.0 has been adapted into a mod you can install in your actual game.
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   That Thing Like Herobrine, That Thing is a corrupted version of Steve you do not want to encounter. That Thing appears as an elongated Steve, with 2 extra eyes and 4 extra arms. According to the story, That Thing lives in a hidden Minecraft world known as Freak World, which players can access with a secret pin or seed. Sometimes, though, That Thing appears in regular worlds. It doesn’t always try to hurt players, but it can become hostile when upset. It often seems like it’s trying to communicate something to players, but they don’t understand.

   • This creepypasta is also known as Seed 2323. You can add That Thing to your game by typing 2323 into the seed box when you create a new world.
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   Giant Alex Giant Alex is a 12-block-tall version of Alex covered in blood. The story was created by a YouTuber named Tolyanich, who claimed to see Giant Alex in his Minecraft world. Giant Alex supposedly spawned after a user converted the phrase “Death Steve” into a number and typed it into the seed box. Like many Minecraft creepypastas, Giant Alex is said to stalk players, and if a player gets too close, their game will crash.

   • Many players have created Giant Alex mods so you can add her to your own game.
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   Entity 303 Horror expert Sydney Bermudez explains, “Entity 303 is usually described as a mysterious former hacker who caused chaos in online games and was supposedly ‘fired’ or shut down, only to come back in a more sinister, supernatural form. In stories, Entity 303 appears in corrupted Minecraft worlds as a dark, hooded figure with glowing eyes, who can manipulate the environment, delete worlds, or ‘haunt’ players’ games.”

   • Bermudez adds, “While he isn’t an official character, he’s become a well-known fan-made villain that represents the fear of hacked or cursed game files.”
   • Download Entity 303 and other scary mods on sites like CurseForge.
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   Seed 0100101100010101101 Seed 0100101100010101101 is a creepypasta Minecraft seed that is supposedly impossible to survive. The entity that lives there will play tricks on you, like turning off your torches, replacing blocks in your home, or even teleporting you to different places. The entity appears as a pink and black Steve skin, and it’s impossible to kill. Eventually, the world will crash and the message “0100101100010101101 I am coming” will appear.
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   Error 422 Error 422 is a corrupted world filled with jumpscares. According to the original story, Error 422 is a “lost” version of Minecraft that came to life and began overwriting the game’s code. It created a mysterious “glitch creature” and can do whatever it wants, including disabling the menu buttons, making your health and hunger bars unreadable, and generally disrupting gameplay.

   • Download an Error 422 mod on CurseForge… if you dare.
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   Null According to Pixlriffs, “Unknown Null is a mod published by zDerpz, which allows players to add a mysterious entity to their world. Typically appearing as a pitch-black player with glowing eyes, the entity appears and disappears during gameplay, affecting the world in ways that lend a horror atmosphere to Minecraft. If left long enough, it will eventually ‘corrupt’ the world around the player, distorting the world, causing visual glitches, and altering gameplay significantly.”

   • Pixlriff continues, “Like many Minecraft creepypastas, Null relies on the sense of loneliness and emptiness in a Minecraft world being invaded by an unpredictable, intelligent, and malevolent ‘other.’”
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   Entity 404 Minecraft expert Jose Rivera says, “Entity 404 is one of Minecraft’s most popular creepypastas, a mysterious being said to corrupt game files and crash entire worlds. Its design and behavior vary depending on the story, but most fan accounts describe it as a pale humanoid with glowing crimson eyes, appearing in bugged or ‘error’ worlds that constantly crash or display ‘404’ code warnings.”

   • Rivera continues, “In one fan series, The Legend of Dave the Villager, Entity 404 is actually Professor Hector, a villager scientist who experiments with the Aether dimension and becomes corrupted by its power, evolving into a digital demigod who destabilizes worlds.”
   • “Another popular retelling casts Entity 404 as a primordial creator gone wrong,” says Rivera. “It’s a being that forged oceans and caves before being ‘deleted’ from existence, who is now haunting Minecraft’s code as a cosmic error.”
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    Seed 999 In this creepypasta, playing a cursed Minecraft world has real-world consequences… The story’s narrator downloads Minecraft beta 1.8 and sees a giant eye in the sky. They keep playing, only for their computer to catch on fire. According to the legend, the cursed world was created when a hacker got banned and made a new account. His character started moving on its own, so he abandoned the account.
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    White Enderman According to Rivera, the White Enderman is a creepy variant of the classic Enderman. “In the creepypasta version, this variant is entirely white or ghostly pale, often with black void-like or glowing eyes, appearing suddenly in specific seeds or glitchy worlds. Players describe the White Enderman as a harbinger of corruption, a sign that their world is about to collapse, mobs will turn hostile, or inventory data will vanish… Players attempt to approach and then watch their world degrade into chaos [with] files missing, textures flickering, and audio warping before the screen fades to black.”
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    Green Steve Green Steve is exactly what he sounds like—a green Steve skin. That may not sound very creepy, but according to the stories, you don’t want to run into him. Players are said to encounter Green Steve when exploring desert temples. When they fall into a TNT trap, Green Steve appears, kills the player, and corrupts the game. Sometimes, he’ll warn players with an “I’m coming” message in the chat box.
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    Alexbrine Alexbrine is essentially the female version of Herobrine, appearing as an Alex skin with white eyes. Like Herobrine, she is said to stalk players, but typically doesn’t attack unless provoked. If a player harms her, however, she’ll get revenge using telepathy, super-speed, and traps.
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    Headless Steve Headless Steve is pretty straightforward—it’s a Steve skin that’s missing its head. He often appears with blood dripping down his chest, and he’s said to haunt different game worlds. There are many stories about Headless Steve, but he’s typically known for crashing games, stalking players, and damaging save files.

    • Add Headless Steve to your game by downloading a mod on CurseForge.
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    Corrupted Ghast In the creepypasta story “The Corrupted Ghast,” the narrator and his friend encounter a sinister ghast said to be able to corrupt a player’s game and their mind. After their game glitches, they restart their server and spawn into a dark world filled with floating obsidian. A sinister ghast with red eyes and a large smile appears and shoots out tendrils that suck the color from the world. The narrator eventually escapes, but he feels the ghast watching him any time he plays Minecraft…
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    Don’t Look at the Moon “Don’t Look at the Moon” is a creepypasta that claims looking at the moon in Minecraft can cause strange things to happen in your game. According to the story, a player had their character look at the moon, and it crashed their game. They downloaded a backup file, and when they opened it, the world was corrupted and filled with “The End” stones found in “The End” dimension of Minecraft.
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    The FarMan The FarMan, or the Farlands Man, is supposedly a black entity with glowing eyes that stalks players who journey too far into the Farlands. He’s believed to be the guardian of the Farlands, and he uses an axe to attack anyone who enters his territory. He’s also said to be able to crash the game or send strange chat messages.
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    Villainbrine Villainbrine is supposedly the brother of Herobrine. Despite his name, he’s actually believed to be a good guy. He resembles Steve with inverted colors and is said to help players build and kill hostile mobs. Villainbrine uses both light and dark magic to defend people.
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    John John is a creepypasta character created by ElectroAaronDYnamix. According to the story, John was a Minecraft player who died and was somehow transported into the Minecraft game. Now, John is a monster who is constantly hungry. He appears as a white, bloody skin with a second mouth on his torso.
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    Lunar This popular creepypasta tells the story of a player’s terrifying encounter with the moon. The narrator is playing Minecraft as usual, when the game suddenly crashes. When he boots it back up, he looks up at the night sky and sees that the moon has been retextured as the moon from the game Majora’s Mask. The moon grows larger and begins shooting the narrator with fireballs. The story ends on a cliffhanger before the narrator finds out what the moon wants.
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    Simon 12 Rivera explains that Simon 12 is “an urban legend mod that ‘learns’ from your gameplay.” Minecraft expert Kohl Turner adds, “The story was about this player that joined a game and then disappeared. People couldn’t find them again, and there was this whole search for this person, this username, trying to find them.” The entity known as Simon_12 stalks players like Herobrine, so he’s often nicknamed “Herobrine’s brother.”
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Are Minecraft creepypastas real?

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1. No, Minecraft creepypastas are not real. All Minecraft creepypastas are fictional; some originated with written stories like traditional creepypastas, while others came from YouTube videos where creators use editing tricks to make the entities look real. Unless you’re using a mod, you will never encounter any of these characters or worlds in the game.

   • Want a truly terrifying Minecraft experience? Check out our “Scary Minecraft Mods” article to download some of the scariest mods.
   • Or, play these creepy Minecraft seeds.

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Where do Minecraft creepypastas come from?

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1. Players build lore around fictional stories or videos. Most Minecraft creepypastas begin with a story or video that goes viral. As players question whether these actually exist, people continue to expand on the legends to make them more convincing. While the stories are all fictional, they may sometimes be inspired by actual glitches in the game.
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