Happy Ghast Tiers

Harnesses are crafted like vanilla and then upgraded through multiple tiers, from Leather to Netherite, by applying upgrades in sequence. Reinforced Upgrades let a player skip straight to a desired tier. Each new tier adds a small, noticeable increase in flying speed, and the mod also adds five new harness tiers that change how fast a Happy Ghast flies.

The mod adds Ghast Treats, crafted from snowballs and blaze powder, which give a temporary boost similar to rockets and elytra. A planned future release will add an enchantment that raises flying speed in steps across three levels. Happy Ghasts with a rider are slowed automatically to default speeds, and an in-game admin config can toggle whether harnesses are found as chest loot instead of crafted, and set custom tier speeds.

Upgraded harnesses can be dyed to another color, but once a harness is upgraded its color becomes locked so Minecraft does not overwrite the custom data, and future upgrades keep that color. Players can still dye plain vanilla harnesses normally. Netherite-tier harnesses are fireproof and behave like vanilla Netherite items, so they are not destroyed by lava or fire. The mod is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, and a data pack version is available for servers. It is licensed under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.