Summer Drop: Ghastlings
by PigGold16
Summer Drop: Ghastlings adds tameable Ghastling mobs that grow into rideable Happy Ghasts for players on NeoForge 1.21.1.
What it does
Players find a Dried Ghast in the Nether's soul sand terrain, bring it back to the overworld, and place it in water to turn it into a Ghastling. Feeding a Ghastling 32 snowballs makes it grow into a Happy Ghast that players can ride. A Harness is needed to ride one, crafted from 3 leather, 2 glass and wool in the middle, and the mod's harness is only available in blue.
The mod is a recreation of the Happy Ghast creatures shown at Minecraft Live, and the author notes that it was made in one day. Riding is controlled with Space to move, Left Control to fly up and a fly-down key, and these default controls can be changed in settings. The Happy Ghast is slow to move, and standing up from it leaves the player still. The author also notes that a rider limit of one player is planned for a future update. The known bugs and unimplemented features are listed by the author. Summer Drop: Ghastlings runs on client and server, so the server and every player need it. It is published for NeoForge only, for 1.21.1, under All rights reserved and is not open source.
Key features
Dried Ghast to Ghastling
A Dried Ghast found in the nether's soul sand terrain becomes a Ghastling after being placed in water and waiting.
Snowball growth
Feeding a Ghastling 32 snowballs makes it grow into a Happy Ghast.
Harness for riding
A blue Harness crafted from leather, glass and wool is required before a Happy Ghast can be ridden.
Adjustable flight controls
Movement uses Space, with Left Control for flying up and a separate key for flying down, all changeable in settings.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want flying creatures in a Minecraft Java world on NeoForge 1.21.1. Both the server and each player need the mod.
How it compares
Ghastling & Happy Ghast is published for Forge and NeoForge with files for 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 and is client and server, under All rights reserved. Happy Ghast 2025 is published for NeoForge with files for 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 under the MIT License, also client and server. Ghastling Mod targets only NeoForge 1.21.4 and is client and server under All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Drop: Ghastlings | NeoForge | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-24 |
| Ghastling & Happy Ghast | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-03-29 |
| Happy Ghast | NeoForge | 1.21.1 – 1.21.5 | Client and server | 2025-03-26 |
| Ghastling Mod | NeoForge | 1.21.4 | Client and server | 2025-03-28 |
Questions
Does Ghastlings need another mod?
Does the server need Summer Drop: Ghastlings?
Can two players ride one Happy Ghast?
In the catalog
Summer Drop: Ghastlings is one of 3,932 Transportation mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,743 Transportation mods for NeoForge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Happy Ghast was announced on Minecraft LIVE they are friendly creatures that are rideable and this mod is a recreation of this what was announced on this Live. First of all to get Happy Ghast you need to go to Soul Sand Vally in Nether. There you can find Dried Ghast on soul sand or soul soil. after putting him to…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/summer-drop-ghastlings
- Owner
- PigGold16
- Published
- 2025-03-23
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-03-24
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15