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Ghastling & Happy Ghast

by Gospi

Ghastling & Happy Ghast brings a tamable Ghast variant into Forge and NeoForge worlds, with saddle-style harness riding and a few feeding and water-based transformations.

ForgeNeoForgeClient and serverAll rights reserved1.20.1 – 1.21.1

What it does

Players can feed a small ghast snowballs and watch it grow into a larger Happy Ghast, and a blue harness lets the player fly one. A ghast that is dried or hydrated changes state, and a poke with water turns a ghast into a gastling. The mod is tied to the Ghast Spring Minecraft Live 2025 theme and is meant to be played in survival or on a server with other players.

Ghastling & Happy Ghast requires Geckolib on both loaders, so Geckolib must be installed next to it. Both sides need the mod, because the environment is client and server. Files exist for Forge on 1.20.1 and for NeoForge on 1.21.1, both at version 1.1.0, and the mod is not open source; All rights reserved applies.

Key features

  1. Tameable Happy Ghast

    A small ghast can be fed snowballs until it grows into a Happy Ghast, a larger mob with its own behavior.

  2. Harness flight

    Equipping a blue harness lets the player fly a Happy Ghast, turning it into a mount for travel over open areas.

  3. Dried and hydrated states

    Ghasts can switch between dried and hydrated forms, which change how they behave in the world.

  4. Water transformation

    Poking a ghast with water converts it into a gastling, adding another route for players to change these mobs.

Compatibility

Latest build for each game version and loader.

1.21.1Not available1.1.0
1.20.11.1.0Not available
ReleaseBetaAlphaNot available

Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.

Requirements

Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.

Required 1

GeckolibA 3D animation library for entities, blocks, items, armor, and more!
Required

Required by 1 mod

ghastling_sound_fix1.20.1 – 1.20.6

How it compares

Full comparison

Happy Ghast / Ghastlings is a NeoForge-only option built for 1.21.4, while this mod covers Forge and NeoForge on 1.20.1 and 1.21.1. Ghasts Update is a Forge and NeoForge mod for 1.19.2 – 1.21.1 that is also client and server and not open source. Summer Drop: Ghastlings targets NeoForge 1.21.1 only, with the same environment and license.

ModLoadersGame versionsEnvironmentUpdated
Ghastling & Happy GhastForge and NeoForge1.20.1 – 1.21.1Client and server2025-03-29
Happy Ghast / GhastlingsNeoForge1.21.4Client and server2025-03-24
Ghasts UpdateForge and NeoForge1.19.2 – 1.21.1Client and server2025-03-26
Summer Drop: GhastlingsNeoForge1.21.1Client and server2025-03-24

Questions

Does Ghastling & Happy Ghast need Geckolib?

Yes. Geckolib is a required dependency on both Forge and NeoForge, so it must be installed alongside this mod.

Do servers need the mod installed?

Yes. The server and every player need the mod installed.

Which game versions are supported?

Files exist for 1.20.1 on Forge and for 1.21.1 on NeoForge, both at version 1.1.0.

Which mods depend on this one?

One other catalog mod requires it, ghastling_sound_fix, which adds sound support for these mobs.

In the catalog

Ghastling & Happy Ghast is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.

Mobs mods11,058Forge modsMods for 1.21.132,366

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Official listing

Owner
Gospi
Published
2025-03-24
Updated on Modrinth
2025-03-29
Facts verified
2026-10-15

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