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Happy Ghast Backport

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Minecraft 1.21
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    Required Resource Pack
    Gluet
    Lvl 54Grandmaster Technomancer
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    This datapack is a backport of the Happy Ghast from the MC Live preview. It's a near 1:1 screengrab recreation from the MC Live event with minor changes from community votes.

    I recommend downloading from the Modrinth page, as it gives you a variety of options to select, from the texture resolution to the pack version.

    The Happy Ghast
    Dried Ghast -
    Crafted from Bone Blocks and Ghast Tears, or found occasionally in the Soul Sand Valley's of the Nether around fossil structures. You can place these new custom blocks in Water to rehydrate them over the period of 30 real world minutes. As they rehydrate they will expand and change texture, getting happier over time. Once rehydrated, the block will disappear and become a Ghastling.

    Ghastling -
    Ghastlings will follow the player that placed their initial Dried Ghast block in water, though sometimes will stop to wander about curiously. After another 30 real world minutes they will grow into Happy Ghasts. This process can be sped up by feeding them Snowballs.

    Happy Ghast -
    When a Ghastling matures, it becomes a Happy Ghast. Happy Ghasts will no longer follow any specific player, but can wear Harnesses that allow players to mount and ride them. When Harnessed you can also stand atop them, allowing you to fight/create/have fun in the skies!

    Crafting Recipes
    Dried Ghast Block
    The recipe requires 5 Bone Blocks and 4 Ghast Tears.

    Harness
    Harnesses can be crafted with any colour of wool, changing the colour of the fabric your Happy Ghast Wears. The Recipe also requires 3 Leather and 2 Glass.

    Known Issues & Troubleshooting
    - The Happy Ghast and Ghastlings are both immune to damage from the player. This is an intentional addition.
    - If you experience any bugs or issues, please reach out with a description of the problem to the discord.

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    Czutrix
    07/05/2025 12:32 pm
    Level 1 : New Miner
    Hi, I wanted to ask, how can i remove a happy ghast from my server world? I initially tried growing one and afterwards it became a ghastling but with no textures, also it was really buggy in terms of movement and behaviour. Then I somehow fixed the resourcepack issue and everything was fine, until i tried putting a harness which disappeared from my inventory but didnt appear on happy ghast. I gave up and just want to remove it from my server but it seems I can't . i disabled the datapack and command blocks and they still are there.



    How do I remove them?
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    Gluet
    07/19/2025 1:15 am
    Level 54 : Grandmaster Technomancer
    I'm sorry you had trouble getting the pack to work, running the command "/kill @e[​tag=happy_ghast]" should remove all of the happy ghast entities from your world.
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    Loupieur
    04/11/2025 8:08 pm
    He/Him • Level 56 : Grandmaster Wolf Nerd
    he already exist in 25w15a....
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    User5681552G
    04/06/2025 12:21 pm
    Level 1 : New Miner
    i cant see it ike the actual ghast. its juts a big pink and black blob. what should I do
    1
    Geezergreg
    04/10/2025 8:11 am
    Level 1 : New Miner
    I also have this problem. I can craft dried ghasts and place them, and they work properly. But the ones I find in soul sand valleys naturally are just big magenta and black blobs that I can't pick up
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    Ll66dar
    04/07/2025 2:09 pm
    Level 15 : Journeyman Dolphin
    I'm not quite sure, but try optifine. Also double check that the resource pack is at the very top
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    User5681552G
    04/06/2025 11:37 am
    Level 1 : New Miner
    it says i need a newer ver but I'm on java 1.21.5
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    User4615938G
    04/02/2025 4:39 pm
    Level 1 : New Miner
    It doesn’t work on 1.21
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    Vioseps
    04/01/2025 1:07 pm
    Level 1 : New Miner
    Can you port this to bedrock or is there any bedrock versions
    1
    Gamingbarn
    04/02/2025 3:03 pm
    Level 75 : Legendary Programmer Programmer
    This is a datapack, datapacks do not work on Bedrock.
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