Minecraft Happy Ghasts can be harnessed and ridden after being rehydrated from a Dried Ghast, found in the Nether.

The Happy Ghast is a joyful mob that players can find in Minecraft to soar through the skies and showcase their skills in raising a Ghastling.

Leashes and Happy Ghasts now let you create airships like in A Minecraft Movie, or dangle poor pigs over a cliff.

The Ghast certainly fits that niche, being an undead creature from the Nether born from tears and bone (literally, that is the crafting recipe for Dried Ghasts). Do they serve a practical purpose ...

Here is a detailed guide about what the Minecraft Snapshot 25W18A brings to the game like changes in recipes, splash potions ...

During the first Minecraft Live of 2025, Mojang explained how dried ghasts can be obtained and used in the game. Finding dried ghast can be easy or difficult depending on where players spawn in ...

Furthermore, elytra does not allow players to stop mid-air for as long as they want, something which the happy ghasts allow. Players will be able to fly with their friends on a happy ghast ...

The Ghast variant, in particular, was a highlight of the show, and it is in line with Mojang’s recent updates, which have been rather focused on mobs and the Overworld. The Happy Ghasts are cute ...

There's a new block called the Dried Ghast that can be rehydrated to form a new mob variant called a Ghastling (baby ghast, essentially), which in turn can become the new Happy Ghast mob variant.

Once they’re on leashes, keep them tethered to you while sitting on the ghast. Why pigs? Because Minecraft physics, that’s why. When entities (like pigs and ghasts) collide, the game tries to ...