Dried Ghast

This article is about the block. For other namesakes, see Ghast (disambiguation).

Dried Ghast

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	21 COLOR_GRAY
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

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

Block	Dried Ghast
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Dried ghasts naturally generate in soul sand valleys as part of Nether fossils and have a ¹⁄₃ (~33.3%) chance of spawning next to one.

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Dried Ghast	Ghast Tear + Soul Sand

Bartering

Piglins have a ¹⁰⁄₄₆₉ (~2.13%) chance to barter a dried ghast when given a 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.

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.

Ambient sounds

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

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

dried_ghast sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.dried_ghast.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	?	?	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.dried_ghast.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	?	?	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.dried_ghast.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	?	?	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.dried_ghast.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	?	?	16

Bedrock Edition:

dried_ghast sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.dried_ghast.break	​ ?	0.8	0.96
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.dried_ghast.place	​ ?	0.8	0.96
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.dried_ghast.fall	​ ?	0.4	0.9
	​ ?	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.dried_ghast.step	​ ?	0.12	1.2
	​ ?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	block.dried_ghast.step	​ ?	0.12	1.2
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	block.dried_ghast.step	​ ?	1.0	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Dried Ghast	dried_ghast	Block & Item	block.minecraft.dried_ghast

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Dried Ghast	dried_ghast	1282	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1027)	tile.dried_ghast.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Stay Hydrated!	Place a Dried Ghast block into water	—	10	Silver

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Stay Hydrated!	Place a Dried Ghast block into water	—

Videos

History

Reveal

March 18, 2025							Dried ghasts are subtly teased in Twitter and TikTok posts.[1][2]
March 22, 2025							Dried ghasts are revealed at Minecraft LIVE – March 2025.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.21.6			25w15a				Added dried ghasts.
							The crafting recipe was originally 8 ghast tears and 1 bone block.
			25w17a				The rarity of the dried ghast has been changed from Uncommon to Common, matching its ingredients.
			25w18a				Dried ghasts are now crafted with 8 ghast tears and 1 soul sand instead of 1 bone block.
							Dried ghasts can now be bartered by piglins.
			25w19a				The sound event block.dried_ghast.hit has been removed ().
							The ambient sounds have been changed (from to ) and two have been added ().
							Added footstep and placing sounds.
			25w20a				The breaking sound has been changed (from to ) to sound less alive.
							Dried ghasts now block flowing water instead of popping.
			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.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.21.80			Preview 1.21.80.25				Add dried ghasts. They can generate in nether fossils without the experimental toggle, but cannot be obtained.[3]
							Due to their textures being defined in the Drop 2 2025 experiment, they have this appearance when the experiment is not enabled.
1.21.80 Experiment Drop 2 2025			Preview 1.21.80.25				Added the textures and item form of dried ghasts.
							The crafting recipe was originally 8 ghast tears and 1 bone block.
			Preview 1.21.80.28				Dried ghasts can now only be obtained in the Drop 2 2025 experiment.​
1.21.90			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.
			Preview 1.21.90.21				Dried ghasts are now crafted with 8 ghast tears and 1 soul sand instead of 1 bone block.
							Dried ghasts can now be bartered by piglins.
			Preview 1.21.90.25				The sound event block.dried_ghast.hit has been removed ().
							The ambient sounds have been changed (from to ) and two have been added ().
							The breaking sound has been changed (from to ) to sound less alive.
							Added footstep and placing sounds.
							Dried ghasts now block flowing water instead of popping.

Trivia

• In a happy ghast centric 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."^[4]

Issues

Issues relating to "Dried Ghast" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

• 
  A dried ghast block in a Nether fossil
• 
  A closer look of the dried ghast in the Nether fossil
• 
  The player finding and obtaining the dried ghast
• 
  The player attempting to rehydrate the dried ghast using the water bucket
• 
  A partially hydrated dried ghast
• 
  A mostly hydrated dried ghast
• A video showing a player hydrating a dried ghast and receiving the Stay Hydrated! achievement

Mojang screenshots

• 
  Sunny, Kai, and Noor watering dried ghasts
• 
  Each stage of hydration

In other media

• 
  Dried ghasts on the Capture the Flag server
• 
  Dried ghast and ghastling
• 
  A dried ghast in Shape Your World: A Minecraft Story
• 
  A text chat about someone liking the dried ghast.

References