The harness is a fresh item from Minecraft’s 2025 summer update, perfect for taming those new Happy Ghasts. Here’s how to craft and use it.
How to Craft Minecraft Harness
You’ll need
- 3 Leather: Snag these from cows or horses.
- 2 Glass Blocks: Melt some sand in a furnace to get these.
- 1 Wool Block: Shear a sheep or take one out for this. Any wool color works.
Crafting Setup (3x3 grid)
- Top row: Leather, Leather, Leather
- Middle row: Glass, Wool, Glass
- Bottom row: Nothing, Nothing, Nothing
Boom, you’ve got yourself a harness.
Color Choices
The harness takes on the color of the wool you use. Minecraft has 16 wool colors, and you can dye wool with stuff like roses (for red) or dandelions (for yellow). Just toss the wool and dye in the crafting grid to pick your harness’s look.
What Minecraft Harness Does
The harness lets you ride and steer a Happy Ghast, a new flying mob from the 2025 summer update (beta/preview version 1.21.80.25, stable release still coming).
Hold the harness and right-click (or tap) a Happy Ghast to put it on. Lure the ghast closer with snowballs if needed. Once the harness is on, hop on the Happy Ghast and use your movement keys, crouch, or jump to fly it around.
It’s your ticket to zooming across biomes, dodging ground mobs, and reaching high spots. In multiplayer, up to three buddies can ride along, making it great for group adventures or building sky bases.
Extra Info
The harness only works on Happy Ghasts, not other mobs. To get a Happy Ghast, find or craft a dried ghast block, soak it underwater to spawn a ghastling, and feed it snowballs to grow.
Some players think the recipe should include a saddle for consistency or use Nether stuff like ghast tears to make it tougher to craft. That’s not a thing yet, though.
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