How to Get Happy Ghasts in Minecraft 1.21.6

The Minecraft 1.21.6 “Chase the Skies” update introduces a brand-new flying mob: the Happy Ghast. This friendly variation of the traditional Ghast isn’t just for show—it lets you and your friends fly through the skies together!

In this guide, you’ll learn how to get, grow, and ride a Happy Ghast in Minecraft.

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🧱 How to Get a Dried Ghast

The first step toward using a Happy Ghast is obtaining a Dried Ghast, which can be acquired in three ways:

Method	How to Do It
🔍 Exploration	Find Dried Ghasts near Nether fossil structures
🛠️ Crafting	Place 1 Soul Sand in the center and 4 Ghast Tears around it
💰 Bartering	Trade with Piglins for a chance to get one

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💧 How to Moisturize a Dried Ghast

Once you have a Dried Ghast:

1. Place it into a water block
2. Wait 20 minutes
3. A Ghast will spawn, this is the baby form of a Happy Ghast

✅ Pro Tip: Use snowballs to accelerate its growth!

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⏱️ How to Grow a Ghast

Normally, a Ghastling takes 20 minutes to grow into a Happy Ghast. But if you feed it snowballs, the process speeds up significantly.

While growing:

• It follows players or mobs within a 16-block radius
• Or it idles within a 32-block radius

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🪢 How to Ride a Happy Ghast

To fly on a Happy Ghast, you need a Harness.

🧵 Harness Crafting Recipe

Ingredient	Quantity
Leather	1
Glass	1
Wool (any color)	1

• The wool color determines the harness color
• You can recolor it later using dyes

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✈️ Flying With the Happy Ghast

After equipping it with a harness:

1. Right-click to mount the Happy Ghast
2. The first rider becomes the driver
3. Control the flight with:

• W key to move forward
• Look up/down to steer vertically
• Spacebar to ascend vertically

1. Press Sneak (Shift) to dismount

🎮 Cool Detail: The Happy Ghast puts on flying goggles when mounted!

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🎯 How to Lure or Control Happy Ghasts

Happy Ghasts are attracted to:

• Harnesses
• Snowballs

Use Leads to keep them from flying off after mounting. You can even leash boats or large mobs to them for aerial transportation!

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❤️ Health & Regeneration

• Happy Ghasts regenerate health slowly over time
• Faster healing during:
• Snow or rain
• Flying at cloud-level height
• They don’t panic when taking damage
• Happy Ghasts cannot be bred

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✨ Why Use Happy Ghasts?

Benefit	Description
🛫 Multiplayer Travel	Carry up to 4 players for sky adventures
🧱 Scaffolding	Use them as floating platforms during building
🎮 New Gameplay	Adds a fun and unique flying mechanic to the game

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