GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. While each of Minecraft's twice-annual game drops have brought new mobs, the second drop of 2025's is a cut above the rest. Meet the happy ghast.

Having worked as a writer since 2014, Martin Wood started as a gaming academic before joining GameRant. His passion and aspirations for the field began with his childhood favorites, like Pokemon ...

For starters, let’s talk about one of Minecraft‘s most popular and yet underutilized mechanics: pets. Everyone loves having a pet in Minecraft, with bones and fish being hoarded at every opportunity ...

With the theatrical release of "A Minecraft Movie" right around the corner on April 4, it seems the team over at Mojang Studios are giving players a new update to the game just in time for the film's ...

The recently unveiled Minecraft Live 2025 event brought with it quite a few exciting additions, including the Vibrant Visuals, Spring Drop and more – as well as the new NPC known as the ghast. They ...

Bruna is a contributor from Brazil. Although she's an advertising executive, she has been working as a pop culture journalist since 2004, and before Game Rant she worked as a contributor for TechTudo, ...

Chase the Skies update launches today. Vibrant Visuals available for Bedrock players. The update also includes a new Happy Ghast flying mount. Minecraft players are in for a busy day. The Chase the ...

Mojang's Minecraft has become one of the world's favorite video games since its launch in 2011. With a simplistic visual style and complex gameplay, the all-ages-friendly format has allowed the game ...

Minecraft recently got the Chase the Skies update that added the happy ghast mob. As the name suggests, this is the friendlier version of the fire-spitting ghast found in the Nether that players can ...

With the end of the year approaching, now is the right time to look back at the best features added to Minecraft in 2025. In 2025, Mojang released four game drops for Minecraft, with each one ...

Mojang and Microsoft have started to pull back the curtain on Minecraft‘s next big game drop. Most notably, it now has a name, and players can expect some pretty substantial changes. The drop will be ...