Skip to content
Minecraft
Hostile · Ranged attack

Minecraft Ghast

Ghast has 10 health points (5 hearts). Find damage, all drops and their chances, spawn biomes, and ready-to-use /summon commands for Java and Bedrock here.

Built by Florian Galz

English: Ghast · Data from Java 26.3 and Bedrock 1.26.50.4.

Want to test Ghast? Try it on your own server with cheats enabled.

Health

Hostile

10

Ghast has 10 health points, or 5 hearts. Attacks you as soon as it sees you.

Damage

–

no fixed value

Attack

Ranged attack

Armor

0

Spawns in

Nether

Drops

  • Ghast Tear

    +1 per Looting level

    0–1 items

  • Gunpowder

    +1 per Looting level

    0–2 items

  • Music Disc (Amos Roddy - Tears)

    only if killed by a player · only if killed by: Fireball

    1 items

Looting on your sword increases the quantity and chance with each level.

Spawn

Nether
BiomeShareGroup
Soul Sand Valley70.4 %4
Nether Wastes29.8 %4
Basalt Deltas28.6 %1

Share = this mob's weight among all mobs in the same category in the biome.

/summon command

Spawns the mob at your position. Works in chat with cheats enabled, or in the server console with coordinates instead of ~ ~ ~.

/summon minecraft:ghast ~ ~ ~

Discover more

More mobs: Hostile

Other mobs with the same behavior.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Ghast.

In Java Edition, Ghast has 10 health points, or 5 hearts. In Bedrock, it has 10 health points.

When killed, Ghast drops Ghast Tear, Gunpowder. Quantities, chances and special drops are listed above.

In Java Edition, Ghast spawns in these biomes, among others: Soul Sand Valley, Nether Wastes, Basalt Deltas. The full list, including spawn rates and group sizes, is above.

With cheats enabled, enter /summon minecraft:ghast ~ ~ ~ in Java Edition. In Bedrock, the command is /summon ghast ~ ~ ~.

Any more questions?

Contact Support
Your own world

Want to build mob farms that run around the clock?

On a ZAP-Hosting Minecraft server, your farms keep running even when you're offline—with your own rules, plugins, and friends.

4.4/5 Trustpilot32,000+ Active serversSince 2010

No setup. No risk. Online in seconds.

Flexible TermCancel anytimeOnline in 60 seconds

Back to mob list · View all Minecraft tools