How do I install Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling]?

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. Opens on CurseForge — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.

What Minecraft version does Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] work with?

The listing gives Minecraft 1.20.1. This is the version stated by the author or source site, not something we verified ourselves.

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Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling]

Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.20. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.

by MinoBanana · on CurseForge

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The author built this one for Minecraft 1.20.1 on Forge. On other versions it may install and then do nothing.

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Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — screenshot 1

Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — screenshot 2

Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — screenshot 3

Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — screenshot 4

Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — screenshot 5

Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — screenshot 6

Happy Ghasts mod attempts to add some of the new features mentioned in Minecraft Live 2025 (March) including the first and foremost, the dried ghast.

Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 1

Traditionally, you would find these ghasts in the soul sand valley, unfortunately due to time restrictions it is instead just a crafting recipe for now.

Submerging the dried ghast in water will eventually spawn a Ghastling as the dried ghast moves through different phases of happiness.

Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 3

Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 4

Ghastlings will only grow after being fed a snowball, after which they will transform into a Happy Ghast that can be ridden and flown!

Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 5

Hold [SPACE] to raise the mount, and hold [C] to descend. This can be changed from the control menu under misc.

Happy Ghast [Dried Ghast/Ghastling] — Minecraft Java mod, screenshot 6

Quick facts

Edition: Minecraft Java
File type: .jar
Minecraft version listed: 1.20.1
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 CurseForge — 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.

File checked by MCModsHub

Ships as happyghast-1-0-0-forge-1-20-1.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
Download size: 429 KB
Download link checked 18 Oct 2026 — working

These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.

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