---
type: User Story
title: "US-001: Track creeper defeats"
description: Record persistent player progress from creeper kills attributable to the player.
status: backlog
---

# US-001: Track creeper defeats

As a **player**, I want my qualifying creeper kills recorded so that my Creeper Aura progression persists.

## Acceptance criteria

- [ ] A creeper kill attributable to a player adds one kill to that player's lifetime progress.
- [ ] Direct melee kills and indirect kills attributable to the player, including projectiles and the player's tamed wolves, count.
- [ ] A single creeper death cannot award progress more than once.
- [ ] Progress is stored using the player's UUID rather than their mutable name.
- [ ] Progress survives logout, server restarts, and player-name changes.
- [ ] Progress updates are persisted without blocking the Minecraft server thread on slow storage work.
- [ ] Missing or invalid persisted data is handled safely and reported to server administrators.

## Related

- [Creeper Aura ranks](us-002-unlock-creeper-aura-ranks.md)
- [User-story catalog](index.md)