Ghast Sight
Ghast Sight changes how far ghasts can spot a player above or below them, widening their vertical line of sight beyond the vanilla four blocks.
What it does
Vanilla ghasts only notice a player within about four blocks vertically, so many ghasts ignore a player standing a few blocks above them. This Fabric mod extends that vertical detection range, letting ghasts react to players at a greater height difference. The range is set through a configuration option that Mod Menu can open, with presets named Low at 8 blocks, Medium at 16 blocks by default, Large at 28 blocks and VeryLarge at 40 blocks. Changes to the configuration are applied in-game without a restart.
The mod only changes detection; it leaves combat behavior, fire rates and movement as they are in vanilla, so the rest of the ghast AI works as before. It runs on the server alone, so players join without installing anything. Ghast Sight requires Fabric API, and Mod Menu is optional for editing the range from a screen. The mod is open source under the GNU General Public License v3.0 only and is published for Fabric, with the latest file, 1.0.2, built for 26.3 and released 2026-09-16.
Key features
Vertical detection range
Ghasts spot players at a greater height difference than their vanilla four-block limit.
Four preset ranges
Low, Medium, Large and VeryLarge set detection to 8, 16, 28 and 40 blocks, with Medium as the default.
Live configuration updates
Changes to the range take effect in-game without restarting the server.
Vanilla combat preserved
Attack patterns, fire rates and movement are left untouched, only detection is extended.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Optional 1
How it compares
Faster Happy Ghasts is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt mod for 1.21.6 – 26.3 that the server requires while clients may add it; it is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. NoExplosionGrief is a Fabric mod for 1.21.8 – 26.3, server-side only and open source under the MIT License, that works on a different aspect of ghast behavior. No Ghast is a Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt option for 1.13 – 1.21.11 that the server requires, under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghast Sight | Fabric | 1.19 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-16 |
| Faster Happy Ghasts | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-01-24 |
| NoExplosionGrief | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-07-15 |
| No Ghast ❌ | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.13 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2025-11-27 |
Questions
Does Ghast Sight need Fabric API?
Does a player need to install Ghast Sight?
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In the catalog
Ghast Sight is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
This mod fixes that by giving ghasts an actually reasonable vertical line of sight. No more ghasts that ignore you because you’re 5 blocks above them.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/ghast-sight
- Owner
- PixelIndieDev
- Published
- 2025-10-07
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15