GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While each of Minecraft's twice-annual game drops have brought new mobs, the second drop of 2025's is a cut above the rest. Meet the happy ghast.

Minecraft players can now speed up their Happy Ghast rides. This involves a simple trick using pigs. Players need to leash pigs and hold them in front of the ghast. Then, moving backward causes the ...

Ghasts are one of the oldest troublesome mobs in Minecraft, having been in the game not quite since its inception, but were introduced not long after. For a long time Ghasts were regarded, if not with ...

What is the Minecraft Dried Ghast? We've all stepped through a Nether Portal for the first time just to hear that terrifying shriek and be blasted by a fireball. Ghasts are deadly and truly horrifying ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. During Minecraft Live in 2025, Mojang announced the arrival of the Happy Ghast to its survival game. While the Ghast is a hostile Minecraft mob, its ...

Mojang Studios announced multiple game drops for Minecraft in 2025 at the Minecraft Live event. The first game drop, "Spring to Life," will be available on March 25 and features new mob variants, ...

Minecraft's next update introduces the Happy Ghast, a friendly, versatile mob that players can tame, ride, and use for building. Found in the Nether, these creatures can be transformed into helpful ...

For groups of friends, knowing how to get a Happy Ghast in Minecraft is your key to adventuring as a pack. Rather than having to keep a close eye on your friends and pray everyone arrives at the same ...

Tyler Shipley is an editor for Game Rant who has been writing for the team since 2021. Tyler has a degree in English from the University of Toledo. Some of his favorite games are platformers, but he ...