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Template:Infobox block A dried ghast is an immobile, shriveled, harmless Minecraft:ghast in the form of a Minecraft:block. It can be found near Minecraft:Nether fossils or obtained through Minecraft:bartering or Minecraft:crafting. Placing it in Minecraft:water causes it to hydrate over time until it becomes a Minecraft:ghastling.

Obtaining

Breaking

A dried ghast can be instantly mined with any tool or by hand, and it always drops itself when mined. If mined while waterlogged, it reverts to its "dry" state regardless of which state it has reached while waterlogged. Template:Breaking row

Natural generation

Dried ghasts naturally generate in Minecraft:soul sand valleys as part of Minecraft:Nether fossils and have a Template:Fraction (~33.3%) chance of spawning next to one.

Template:Block distribution

Crafting

Template:Crafting

Bartering

Minecraft:Piglins have a Template:Frac (~2.13%) chance to Minecraft:barter a dried ghast when given a Minecraft:gold ingot.

Usage

When a dried ghast is Minecraft:waterlogged, it initiates a rehydration process: green particles appear, and the ghast gradually develops a smiling expression and becomes brighter in color. These visual changes appear in stages, becoming noticeable after about 5 minutes (partially hydrated), more pronounced after about 10 minutes (mostly hydrated), and visually complete (hydrated) after about 15 minutes. After about 20 minutes, it transforms into a Minecraft:ghastling, which matures over time into a Minecraft:happy ghast.

If the water is removed during the process, the ghast slowly reverts to the original, dried state at the same rate as it hydrates. Breaking a dried ghast instantly reverts it to the dried state.

The exact timings are somewhat randomized: To reach the next stage of hydration or dehydration, a 250 second delay (5000 Minecraft:ticks) must run out, but that delay does not start automatically. Instead, it begins when the dried ghast receives a Minecraft:random tick, i.e. on average after about 68 seconds, for a total of about 5.3 minutes on average.

Ambient sounds

A non-waterlogged dried ghast emits cracking ambient sounds when it is placed on Minecraft:soul sand or Minecraft:soul soil.

Sounds

Generic

Template:Sound table/Block/Dried ghast

Unique

Template:Edition: Template:SoundTable

Data values

ID

Template:JE: Template:ID table

Template:BE: Template:ID table2

Block states

Template:See also

Minecraft:Dried Ghast/BS

Achievements

Template:Load achievements

Advancements

Template:Load advancements

Videos

Template:Yt

History

Trivia

In the Minecraft:happy ghast Minecraft:Mob Menagerie article, dried ghasts are "either the shrivelled up remains of an old ghast or some kind of ghast egg or something else entirely".<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>

Issues

Template:Issue list

Gallery

A dried ghast block in a Minecraft:Nether fossil.

A dried ghast block in a Minecraft:Nether fossil.
A closer look of the dried ghast in the Nether fossil.

A closer look of the dried ghast in the Nether fossil.
The player finding and obtaining the dried ghast.

The player finding and obtaining the dried ghast.
The player attempting to rehydrate the dried ghast using the Minecraft:water bucket.

The player attempting to rehydrate the dried ghast using the Minecraft:water bucket.
A partially hydrated dried ghast.

A partially hydrated dried ghast.
A mostly hydrated dried ghast.

A mostly hydrated dried ghast.
A video showing a player hydrating a dried ghast and receiving the Stay Hydrated! achievement.

A video showing a player hydrating a dried ghast and receiving the Stay Hydrated! achievement.

Mojang screenshots

Minecraft:Sunny, Minecraft:Kai, and Minecraft:Noor watering dried ghasts.

Minecraft:Sunny, Minecraft:Kai, and Minecraft:Noor watering dried ghasts.
Each stage of hydration.

Each stage of hydration.

In other media

Dried ghasts on the Capture the Flag server

Dried ghasts on the Capture the Flag server
Dried ghast with “not getting invited” text next to ghastling with “getting invited and not going” text

Dried ghast and ghastling.
A dried ghast in Minecraft:Shape Your World: A Minecraft Story

A dried ghast in Minecraft:Shape Your World: A Minecraft Story
File:Loving the dried ghast.jpeg

References

Template:Reflist

Navigation

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-A '''dried ghast''' is an immobile, shriveled, harmless ghast in the form of a [[Minecraft:block]]. It can be found near Nether fossils or obtained through bartering or [[Minecraft:crafting]]. Placing it in [[Minecraft:water]] causes it to hydrate over time until it becomes a ghastling.
+A '''dried ghast''' is an immobile, shriveled, harmless [[Minecraft:ghast]] in the form of a [[Minecraft:block]]. It can be found near [[Minecraft:Nether fossil]]s or obtained through [[Minecraft:bartering]] or [[Minecraft:crafting]]. Placing it in [[Minecraft:water]] causes it to hydrate over time until it becomes a [[Minecraft:ghastling]].
 == Obtaining ==
 === Breaking ===
-A dried ghast can be instantly mined with any tool or by hand, and it always drops itself when mined. If mined while waterlogged, it reverts to its "dry" state regardless of which state it has reached while waterlogged.
+A dried ghast can be [[Minecraft:instant mining|instantly mined]] with any tool or by hand, and it always drops itself when mined. If mined while waterlogged, it reverts to its "dry" state regardless of which state it has reached while waterlogged.
-{{MC/Breaking row|horizontal=1|Dried Ghast}}
+{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Dried Ghast}}
 === Natural generation ===
-Dried ghasts naturally generate in soul sand valleys as part of Nether fossils and have a {{Fraction|1|3}} (~33.3%) chance of spawning next to one.
+Dried ghasts naturally generate in [[Minecraft:soul sand valley]]s as part of [[Minecraft:Nether fossil]]s and have a {{Fraction|1|3}} (~33.3%) chance of spawning next to one.
-{{MC/Block Distribution}}
+{{block distribution}}
 === Crafting ===
@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 === Bartering ===
-[[Minecraft:Piglin]]s have a {{frac|10|469}} (~2.13%) chance to barter a dried ghast when given a gold ingot.
+[[Minecraft:Piglin]]s have a {{frac|10|469}} (~2.13%) chance to [[Minecraft:barter]] a dried ghast when given a [[Minecraft:gold ingot]].
 == Usage ==
-When a dried ghast is waterlogged, it initiates a rehydration process: green particles appear, and the ghast gradually develops a smiling expression and becomes brighter in color. These visual changes appear in stages, becoming noticeable after about 5 minutes (partially hydrated), more pronounced after about 10 minutes (mostly hydrated), and visually complete (hydrated) after about 15 minutes. After about 20 minutes, it transforms into a ghastling, which matures over time into a happy ghast.
+When a dried ghast is [[Minecraft:waterlogged]], it initiates a rehydration process: green particles appear, and the ghast gradually develops a smiling expression and becomes brighter in color. These visual changes appear in stages, becoming noticeable after about 5 minutes (partially hydrated), more pronounced after about 10 minutes (mostly hydrated), and visually complete (hydrated) after about 15 minutes. After about 20 minutes, it transforms into a [[Minecraft:ghastling]], which matures over time into a [[Minecraft:happy ghast]].
 If the water is removed during the process, the ghast slowly reverts to the original, dried state at the same rate as it hydrates. Breaking a dried ghast instantly reverts it to the dried state.
-The exact timings are somewhat randomized: To reach the next stage of hydration or dehydration, a 250 second delay (5000 ticks) must run out, but that delay does not start automatically. Instead, it begins when the dried ghast receives a random tick, i.e. on average after about 68 seconds, for a total of about 5.3 minutes on average.
+The exact timings are somewhat randomized: To reach the next stage of hydration or dehydration, a 250 second delay (5000 [[Minecraft:ticks]]) must run out, but that delay does not start automatically. Instead, it begins when the dried ghast receives a [[Minecraft:random tick]], i.e. on average after about 68 seconds, for a total of about 5.3 minutes on average.
 === Ambient sounds ===
-A non-waterlogged dried ghast emits cracking ambient sounds when it is placed on soul sand or soul soil.
+A non-waterlogged dried ghast emits cracking ambient sounds when it is placed on [[Minecraft:soul sand]] or [[Minecraft:soul soil]].
 == Sounds ==
 === Generic ===
-{{MC/Sound table/Block/Dried ghast}}
+{{Sound table/Block/Dried ghast}}
 === Unique ===
-{{MC/Edition|Java}}:
+{{Edition|Java}}:
 {{SoundTable|type=java
 |{{SoundLine
@@ Line 85: / Line 85: @@
 |subtitle=Sounds of dryness
 |source=block
-|description=Randomly when placed on soul sand or soul soil
+|description=Randomly when placed on [[Minecraft:soul sand]] or [[Minecraft:soul soil]]
 |id=block.dried_ghast.ambient
 |translationkey=subtitles.block.dried_ghast.ambient
@@ Line 114: / Line 114: @@
 }}
-{{MC/Edition|Bedrock}}:
+{{Edition|Bedrock}}:
 {{SoundTable|type=bedrock
 |{{SoundLine
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 == Data values ==
 === ID ===
-{{MC/JE}}:
+{{JE}}:
 {{ID table
 |edition=java
@@ Line 167: / Line 167: @@
 }}
-{{MC/BE}}:
+{{BE}}:
 {{ID table2
 |edition=bedrock
@@ Line 180: / Line 180: @@
 === Block states ===
-{{MC/See also|Block states}}
+{{See also|Block states}}
 {{/BS}}
 == Achievements ==
-{{MC/Load achievements|Stay Hydrated!}}
+{{Load achievements|Stay Hydrated!}}
 == Advancements ==
-{{MC/Load advancements|Stay Hydrated!}}
+{{load advancements|Stay Hydrated!}}
 == Videos ==
-{{MC/Yt|Fvtl6VXzCtE}}
+{{yt|Fvtl6VXzCtE}}
 == History ==
 === Reveal ===
 {{HistoryTable
-|{{HistoryLine||March 18, 2025|link=none|Dried ghasts are subtly teased in Twitter and TikTok posts.<ref>{{tweet|Minecraft|1902043544052756614|Hydration break: Don’t forget to hydrate!<br><br>Make sure to tune into #MinecraftLIVE to learn more 👀|March 18, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{MC/Cite TikTok|minecraft|7483195354649922862|Mmm refreshing!💧Make sure to tune into #MinecraftLIVE to learn more 👀|March 18, 2025}}</ref>}}
+|{{HistoryLine||March 18, 2025|link=none|Dried ghasts are subtly teased in Twitter and TikTok posts.<ref>{{tweet|Minecraft|1902043544052756614|Hydration break: Don’t forget to hydrate!<br><br>Make sure to tune into #MinecraftLIVE to learn more 👀|March 18, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite TikTok|minecraft|7483195354649922862|Mmm refreshing!💧Make sure to tune into #MinecraftLIVE to learn more 👀|March 18, 2025}}</ref>}}
-|{{MC/HistoryLine||March 22, 2025|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGNgh5zEFkY|[[File:Dried Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Dried ghasts are revealed at Minecraft LIVE – March 2025.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||March 22, 2025|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGNgh5zEFkY|[[File:Dried Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Dried ghasts are revealed at [[Minecraft:Minecraft LIVE – March 2025]].}}
 }}
 === ''Java Edition'' ===
 {{HistoryTable
-|{{MC/HistoryLine|java}}
+|{{HistoryLine|java}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.21.6|dev=25w15a|[[File:Dried Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Partially Hydrated Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Mostly Hydrated Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hydrated Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dried ghasts.
-|The crafting recipe was originally 8 ghast tears and 1 bone block.
+|The crafting recipe was originally 8 [[Minecraft:ghast tear]]s and 1 [[Minecraft:bone block]].
 {<!---->{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed" data-description{{=}}"Recipe"
 ! Recipe
@@ Line 222: / Line 222: @@
 {{!}}}
 }}
-|{{MC/HistoryLine|||dev=25w17a|The rarity of the dried ghast has been changed from Uncommon to Common, matching its ingredients.}}
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=25w17a|The [[Minecraft:rarity]] of the dried ghast has been changed from Uncommon to Common, matching its ingredients.}}
-|{{HistoryLine|||dev=25w18a|Dried ghasts are now crafted with 8 ghast tears and 1 soul sand instead of 1 bone block.
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=25w18a|Dried ghasts are now crafted with 8 [[Minecraft:ghast tear]]s and 1 [[Minecraft:soul sand]] instead of 1 [[Minecraft:bone block]].
 {<!---->{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed" data-description{{=}}"Recipe"
 ! Recipe
@@ Line 240: / Line 240: @@
 |ignoreusage=1}}
 {{!}}}
-|Dried ghasts can now be bartered by [[Minecraft:piglin]]s.}}
+|Dried ghasts can now be [[Minecraft:bartering|bartered]] by [[Minecraft:piglin]]s.}}
-|{{HistoryLine|||dev=25w19a|The sound event {{MC/Cd|block.dried_ghast.hit}} has been removed ({{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit1.wav}}{{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit2.wav}}{{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit3.wav}}).
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=25w19a|The sound event {{cd|block.dried_ghast.hit}} has been removed ({{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit1.wav}}{{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit2.wav}}{{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit3.wav}}).
 |The ambient sounds have been changed (from {{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient1 JE1 BE1.wav}}{{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient2 JE1 BE1.wav}} to {{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient1 JE2 BE2.ogg}}{{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient2 JE2 BE2.ogg}}) and two have been added ({{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient3.ogg}}{{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient4.ogg}}).
 |Added footstep and placing sounds.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=25w20a|The breaking sound has been changed (from {{Sound||Dried Ghast break JE1 BE1.wav}} to {{Sound||Dried Ghast break JE2 BE2.ogg}}) to sound less alive.
 |Dried ghasts now block flowing water instead of popping.}}
-|{{MC/HistoryLine|||dev=pre1|Dried ghasts now emits a vibration frequency of 11 from the sculk sensor when its block state changes.|The category for the ambient sounds has been changed from Ambient/Environment to Blocks.}}
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=pre1|Dried ghasts now emits a vibration frequency of 11 from the [[Minecraft:sculk sensor]] when its block state changes.|The category for the ambient sounds has been changed from Ambient/Environment to Blocks.}}
 }}
 === ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
 {{HistoryTable
-|{{MC/HistoryLine|bedrock}}
+|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.21.80|exp=Drop 2 2025|dev=Preview 1.21.80.25|[[File:Dried Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Partially Hydrated Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Mostly Hydrated Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Hydrated Ghast JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added dried ghasts.
-|The crafting recipe was originally 8 ghast tears and 1 bone block.
+|The crafting recipe was originally 8 [[Minecraft:ghast tear]]s and 1 [[Minecraft:bone block]].
 {<!---->{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed" data-description{{=}}"Recipe"
 ! Recipe
@@ Line 271: / Line 271: @@
 {{!}}}
 }}
-|{{MC/HistoryLine||1.21.90|dev=Preview 1.21.90.20|All features behind the "Drop 2 2025" experimental toggle have now been fully implemented.|The rarity of the dried ghast has been changed from Uncommon to Common, matching its ingredients.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.21.90|dev=Preview 1.21.90.20|All features behind the "Drop 2 2025" experimental toggle have now been fully implemented.|The [[Minecraft:rarity]] of the dried ghast has been changed from Uncommon to Common, matching its ingredients.}}
-|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 1.21.90.21|Dried ghasts are now crafted with 8 ghast tears and 1 soul sand instead of 1 bone block.
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 1.21.90.21|Dried ghasts are now crafted with 8 [[Minecraft:ghast tear]]s and 1 [[Minecraft:soul sand]] instead of 1 [[Minecraft:bone block]].
 {<!---->{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed" data-description{{=}}"Recipe"
 ! Recipe
@@ Line 289: / Line 289: @@
 |ignoreusage=1}}
 {{!}}}
-|Dried ghasts can now be bartered by [[Minecraft:piglin]]s.}}
+|Dried ghasts can now be [[Minecraft:bartering|bartered]] by [[Minecraft:piglin]]s.}}
-|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 1.21.90.25|The sound event {{MC/Cd|block.dried_ghast.hit}} has been removed ({{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit1.wav}}{{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit2.wav}}{{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit3.wav}}).
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Preview 1.21.90.25|The sound event {{cd|block.dried_ghast.hit}} has been removed ({{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit1.wav}}{{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit2.wav}}{{Sound||Dried_Ghast_hit3.wav}}).
 |The ambient sounds have been changed (from {{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient1 JE1 BE1.wav}}{{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient2 JE1 BE1.wav}} to {{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient1 JE2 BE2.ogg}}{{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient2 JE2 BE2.ogg}}) and two have been added ({{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient3.ogg}}{{Sound||Dried Ghast ambient4.ogg}}).
 |The breaking sound has been changed (from {{Sound||Dried Ghast break JE1 BE1.wav}} to {{Sound||Dried Ghast break JE2 BE2.ogg}}) to sound less alive.
@@ Line 296: / Line 296: @@
 |Dried ghasts now block flowing water instead of popping.}}
 }}
+== Trivia ==
+*In the [[Minecraft:happy ghast]] [[Minecraft:Mob Menagerie]] article, dried ghasts are "either the shrivelled up remains of an old ghast or some kind of ghast egg or something else entirely".<ref>{{mcnet|happy-ghast|Mob Menagerie: Happy Ghast|April 9, 2026|[[Minecraft:Duncan Geere]]|archive-url|archive-time|url-prefix|quote=First, you’ll need to go to the Nether, and dig around or barter with the locals until you find a dried ghast – which is either the shrivelled up remains of an old ghast or some kind of ghast egg or something else entirely. Mojang’s top biologists are still trying to get to the bottom of that.}}</ref>
 == Issues ==
-{{MC/Issue list}}
+{{issue list}}
 == Gallery ==
 <gallery>
-Dried Ghast live.png|A dried ghast block in a Nether fossil.
+Dried Ghast live.png|A dried ghast block in a [[Minecraft:Nether fossil]].
 Dried Ghast in Soul Sand Valley.png|A closer look of the dried ghast in the Nether fossil.
 Finding a Dried Ghast.png|The player finding and obtaining the dried ghast.
-Hydrating a Dried Ghast.png|The player attempting to rehydrate the dried ghast using the water bucket.
+Hydrating a Dried Ghast.png|The player attempting to rehydrate the dried ghast using the [[Minecraft:water bucket]].
 Dried Ghast Stage 2 Grian.jpg|A partially hydrated dried ghast.
 Dried Ghast Stage 3 Grian.jpg|A mostly hydrated dried ghast.
@@ Line 313: / Line 316: @@
 === Mojang screenshots ===
 <gallery>
-Sunny, Kai, and Noor watering a dried ghast.jpeg|Sunny, Kai, and Noor watering dried ghasts.
+Sunny, Kai, and Noor watering a dried ghast.jpeg|[[Minecraft:Sunny]], [[Minecraft:Kai]], and [[Minecraft:Noor]] watering dried ghasts.
 Hydrating ghast.jpg|Each stage of hydration.
 </gallery>
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 Capture the Flag desert dried ghast.png|Dried ghasts on the [[Minecraft:Capture the Flag (server)|Capture the Flag]] server
 Happens every time.jpeg|alt=Dried ghast with “not getting invited” text next to ghastling with “getting invited and not going” text|Dried ghast and ghastling.
--00-36 Shape Your World A Minecraft Story.png|A dried ghast in Shape Your World: A Minecraft Story
+-00-36 Shape Your World A Minecraft Story.png|A dried ghast in [[Minecraft:Shape Your World: A Minecraft Story]]
 Loving the dried ghast.jpeg
 </gallery>
 == References ==
-{{MC/Reflist}}
+{{reflist}}
 == Navigation ==
-{{MC/Navbox blocks|natural}}
+{{Navbox blocks|natural}}
 [[Category:Animal blocks]]
 [[Category:Constructible mobs]]
-de:Ausgetrockneter Ghast
+[[Minecraft:de:Ausgetrockneter Ghast]]
-es:Ghast seco
+[[Minecraft:es:Ghast seco]]
-fr:Ghast desséché
+[[Minecraft:fr:Ghast desséché]]
-it:Ghast essiccato
+[[Minecraft:it:Ghast essiccato]]
-ja:乾燥したガスト
+[[Minecraft:ja:乾燥したガスト]]
-ko:마른 가스트
+[[Minecraft:ko:마른 가스트]]
-lzh:乾魄
+[[Minecraft:lzh:乾魄]]
-pt:Ghast Seco
+[[Minecraft:pt:Ghast Seco]]
-ru:Высохший гаст
+[[Minecraft:ru:Высохший гаст]]
-uk:Висушений ґаст
+[[Minecraft:uk:Висушений ґаст]]
-zh:失水恶魂
+[[Minecraft:zh:失水恶魂]]