Happy Ghast

A happy ghast is a passive mob revealed at Minecraft LIVE – March 2025 that is planned to be added to the game with the Summer Drop 2025 in June 2025. It is a passive counterpart to the ghast that does not spawn naturally. Happy ghasts are ridable and can be ridden by up to four players at once.

Happy Ghast

• Default
• Harnessed

Health points	20HP × 10
Behavior	Passive
Hitbox size	Height: 4.0 blocks Width: 4.0 blocks
Speed	0.7
Spawn	When a ghastling grows up.
Usable items	Harness Lead

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Spawning

A happy ghast spawns when a ghastling matures.

Happy ghasts cannot spawn naturally.

Behavior

Happy ghasts fly around aimlessly and are passive to players and other mobs.

They follow players holding snowballs. They also approach players holding a harness if they don't have one equipped.

Unlike normal ghasts, they are not immune to fire damage, and cannot shoot fireballs.

Happy ghasts are unaffected by speed potions.

If a happy ghast flies to Y level 195 while low on health, it receives Regeneration. Elsewhere, they regenerate at the same rate as horses.

Riding

A happy ghast being ridden

Happy ghasts are ridable and can be ridden by up to four players at once when equipped with a harness.

When riding, the player can fly both horizontally and vertically, allowing for more precise movement.

Players can stand on top of a harnessed happy ghast in the air as if it's a solid block. It remains still when players are standing on it, making it easier to dismount and to build structures high above the ground.

When a happy ghast is being ridden by a player, its goggles lower to cover its eyes.

History

2020s							Concept art is created for a rideable ghast mount intended for implementation in Minecraft Legends.​
March 22, 2025							Happy ghasts are revealed at Minecraft LIVE – March 2025.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.21.80			Preview 1.21.80.25				Added Happy Ghast.

Trivia

• The first concepts of the happy ghast came from Minecraft Legends concept art of a flying ghast mount.
• A similar concept would be used in A Minecraft Movie, where some piglins rode ghasts in a more abusive manner.
• Happy ghast appears to have a more defined texture compared to the normal ghast. However, it's still not consistent with the core texel size (16/m), using half density as the compromise between two textures.
• During Minecraft LIVE, Agnes Larsson advised the community to construct designated "ghaststations" at their high-altitude builds, to allow for safe boarding of happy ghasts.

Gallery

Mojang screenshots

• 

  Noor standing on top of a happy ghast.

• 

  Dried ghast, ghastling and happy ghast with blue harness.

• 

  Multiple happy ghasts and players with Vibrant Visuals shaders enabled.

• 

  Steve next to a happy ghast with a harness in a badlands.

• 

  A happy ghast flying over Steve in a frozen ocean.

• 

  Steve riding a happy ghast with a harness in a badlands.

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  Steve riding a happy ghast with a harness in a forest.

• 

  Agnes, Felix, and Snifferish riding a happy ghast wearing a red harness, and happy ghasts wearing green, blue, and lime harnesses

Official artwork

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  Happy ghast artwork

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  Happy ghast artwork cutout