ModsJava
✨Ghastlings✨
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Download on the author's site.
⬇ Download on Spigot Ghastling – Baby Ghast Pet Plugin
Transform adorable Ghastlings into your loyal flying companions!
✨ Overview
Ghastling is a survival-friendly plugin for Paper 1.21.6+ that allows players to keep Baby Happy Ghasts (Ghastlings) as permanent pets.
Prevent them from growing up, improve their AI, and build a bond through snowball interactions.
Perfect for survival servers that want cute, functional flying pets without breaking game balance.
Key Features
Permanent Baby Mode
Keep your Ghastling adorable forever!
• Craft the Eternal Youth Charm to permanently prevent growth
• Use Growth Essence to allow natural growth again
• Works even if the ghast is fed
Smart Pet System
• Ownership – First player to interact becomes the owner
• Sit / Follow – Toggle with Shift + Right-Click (empty hand)
• Persistent Data – Pets survive restarts & reloads
Enhanced AI
Your Ghastling behaves far better than vanilla ghasts:
• Follows you at a comfortable distance
• Hovers naturally while flying
• Teleports if too far away
• Roams freely when you stand still
❄️ Snowball Bonding System
• Hold snowballs to attract your Ghastling
• Throw snowballs to heal it
• Gain affection with every snowball
• Cute particle effects included
✨ Visual Effects
• Purple enchant particles when locking growth
• Flame particles when unlocking growth
• ❤️ Heart particles for ownership & affection
• ❄️ Snowflake particles when feeding
• Portal particles when teleporting
Crafting Recipes
Both recipes automatically unlock in the recipe book.
Eternal Youth Charm
Keeps your Ghastling young forever
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Growth Essence
Allows your Ghastling to grow up
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Commands
/ghastling lock <radius> - Lock growth for nearby ghastlings
/ghastling unlock <radius> - Unlock growth for nearby ghastlings
/ghastling lockall <player> - Lock all ghastlings owned by a player
/ghastling unlockall <player> - Unlock all ghastlings owned by a player
/ghastling reload - Reload configuration
Aliases: /gl, /ghast
Permissions
ghastling.use - Use charms & essence (default: everyone)
ghastling.admin - Admin commands (default: OP)
ghastling.reload - Reload config (default: OP)
ghastling.bypass - Modify any ghastling (default: OP)
⚙️ Configuration
Fully configurable via plugins/Ghastling/config.yml
movement:
follow-speed-multiplier: 1.5
teleport-distance: 40
minimum-distance: 5.0
maximum-distance: 15.0
roam-radius: 4.0
snowball:
attraction-enabled: true
healing-enabled: true
heal-amount: 2.0
affection-enabled: true
affection-per-snowball: 5
max-affection: 100
particles:
enabled: true
lock-effect: true
unlock-effect: true
feed-effect: true
teleport-effect: true
Installation
• Paper 1.21.6+
• Java 21+
How to Get a Ghastling
• Leave a comment on this resource
• Report bugs or suggestions in the discussion tab
❤️ Credits
Author: ItzTha
Transform adorable Ghastlings into your loyal flying companions!
✨ Overview
Ghastling is a survival-friendly plugin for Paper 1.21.6+ that allows players to keep Baby Happy Ghasts (Ghastlings) as permanent pets.
Prevent them from growing up, improve their AI, and build a bond through snowball interactions.
Perfect for survival servers that want cute, functional flying pets without breaking game balance.
Key Features
Permanent Baby Mode
Keep your Ghastling adorable forever!
• Craft the Eternal Youth Charm to permanently prevent growth
• Use Growth Essence to allow natural growth again
• Works even if the ghast is fed
Smart Pet System
• Ownership – First player to interact becomes the owner
• Sit / Follow – Toggle with Shift + Right-Click (empty hand)
• Persistent Data – Pets survive restarts & reloads
Enhanced AI
Your Ghastling behaves far better than vanilla ghasts:
• Follows you at a comfortable distance
• Hovers naturally while flying
• Teleports if too far away
• Roams freely when you stand still
❄️ Snowball Bonding System
• Hold snowballs to attract your Ghastling
• Throw snowballs to heal it
• Gain affection with every snowball
• Cute particle effects included
✨ Visual Effects
• Purple enchant particles when locking growth
• Flame particles when unlocking growth
• ❤️ Heart particles for ownership & affection
• ❄️ Snowflake particles when feeding
• Portal particles when teleporting
Crafting Recipes
Both recipes automatically unlock in the recipe book.
Eternal Youth Charm
Keeps your Ghastling young forever
Growth Essence
Allows your Ghastling to grow up
Commands
Code (Text):
/ghastling lock <radius> - Lock growth for nearby ghastlings
/ghastling unlock <radius> - Unlock growth for nearby ghastlings
/ghastling lockall <player> - Lock all ghastlings owned by a player
/ghastling unlockall <player> - Unlock all ghastlings owned by a player
/ghastling reload - Reload configuration
Permissions
Code (Text):
ghastling.use - Use charms & essence (default: everyone)
ghastling.admin - Admin commands (default: OP)
ghastling.reload - Reload config (default: OP)
ghastling.bypass - Modify any ghastling (default: OP)
Fully configurable via plugins/Ghastling/config.yml
Code (Text):
movement:
follow-speed-multiplier: 1.5
teleport-distance: 40
minimum-distance: 5.0
maximum-distance: 15.0
roam-radius: 4.0
snowball:
attraction-enabled: true
healing-enabled: true
heal-amount: 2.0
affection-enabled: true
affection-per-snowball: 5
max-affection: 100
particles:
enabled: true
lock-effect: true
unlock-effect: true
feed-effect: true
teleport-effect: true
- Download Ghastling-1.0.0.jar
- Place it in your plugins/ folder
- Restart the server
- (Optional) Edit the config
• Paper 1.21.6+
• Java 21+
How to Get a Ghastling
- Find a Dried Ghast block in Nether Fossil structures (Soul Sand Valley)
- Place it and keep it waterlogged for ~20 minutes
- A Ghastling will hatch
- Right-click to claim ownership
- Use an Eternal Youth Charm to keep it forever young
• Leave a comment on this resource
• Report bugs or suggestions in the discussion tab
❤️ Credits
Author: ItzTha
Quick facts
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Spigot — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
✨Ghastlings✨ is a free Minecraft Java mod. Compatible with Minecraft 1.21. Downloaded 45 times (via Spigot). Download it and open it directly in the game.