Ghast Mob – Wiki Guide
This Minecraft tutorial explains all about ghasts with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. Let’s learn about ghasts in Minecraft.
Background
The following is a picture of what a ghast looks like in Minecraft:
| Hostility Level | Hostile Mob |
|---|---|
| Health Points | 10 health points x 5 |
| Where to Find | In the Nether |
| Weapon | None |
| Attack Method | Shoots fireballs |
| Drops |  0-1 Ghast Tear 0-2 Gunpowder |
| Experience Points | 10 experience points |
Hostility Level (Hostile)
A ghast is a hostile mob. The term mob is short for mobile and is used to refer to all living, moving creatures in the game such as chickens, creepers, and ghasts. Because a ghast is a hostile mob, it will attack you in Survival mode but not Creative mode.
Health Points
In Minecraft, a ghast has 5 hearts for health. This gives a ghast 10 health points (because 1 heart = 2 health points). To kill a ghast, you need to inflict 10 points of damage to the ghast.
Where to Find Ghasts
In Minecraft, you can find ghasts in the Nether.
If you haven’t been to the Nether, you need to build a nether portal to take you to the Nether. When you walk through a nether portal, it will transport you between the Overworld and the Nether. This is what a nether portal looks like:
If you are having trouble finding a ghast, you can also summon a ghast using a cheat or you can use a spawn egg.
Weapon
A ghast does not carry a weapon.
Attack Method
In Minecraft, a ghast shoots fireballs at you when it attacks.
Drops
When the ghast is killed, it will drop a ghast tear and sometimes gunpowder.
Make sure you pick up any dropped items before they disappear. They are useful and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.
Experience Points
As you play the game, you will gain experience. The most common way to gain experience is by killing mobs. When a mob is killed you will see tiny green and yellow balls appear and move towards you.
These orbs represent experience points. When you kill a ghast, you will gain 10 experience points.
Spawn Egg for Ghast
You can spawn a ghast using the following spawn egg:
Ghast Spawn Egg
Ghast Spawn EggCommand Examples
Here are some game command examples for a ghast in Minecraft:
NBT Tags for Ghast (Java Edition)
Here are the NBT tags (formerly called data tags) that you can use in game commands for a ghast in Java Edition:
Other Mobs
Here are some of the other mobs in Minecraft:
Axolotl
Bat
Bee
Blaze
Camel
Cat
Cave Spider
Chicken
Cod
Cow
Creeper
Dolphin
Donkey
Drowned
Elder Guardian
Ender Dragon
Enderman
Endermite
Evoker
Fox
Frog
Giant
Glow Squid
Goat
Guardian
Hoglin
Horse
Husk
Illusioner
Iron Golem
Killer Bunny
Llama
Magma Cube
Mooshroom
Mule
Ocelot
Panda
Parrot
Phantom
Pig
Piglin
Piglin Brute
Pillager
Polar Bear
Pufferfish
Rabbit
Ravager
Salmon
Sheep
Shulker
Silverfish
Skeleton
Skeleton Horse
Slime
Snow Golem
Spider
Squid
Stray
Strider
Tadpole
Trader Llama
Tropical Fish
Turtle
Vex
Villager
Vindicator
Warden
Witch
Wither Boss
Wither Skeleton
Wolf
Zoglin
Zombie Horse
Zombified Piglin (Zombie Pigman)
Zombie Villager
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