Story Mode:Ghast

Ghast

Details
Gameplay appearances	Cutscene Combat Quick time events
Attack strength	1 heart ()
Known drops	Ghast Tears
Found in	Nether Overworld (main) Burrows Overworld (Order Up!) Sky City
Free roam interactable	No
First appearance	The Order of the Stone
Latest appearance	Jailhouse Block

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Ghasts are large, floating, ghost-like monsters found in the Nether, and are the only source of ghast tears. They shoot explosive fireballs at humans, which can be hit back to hurt them significantly upon direct impact.

Behavior

Ghasts attack humans with fireballs and are relatively weak. They can be summoned by the giant ghast, which calls multiple ghasts with a loud cry. Ghasts will also attack any mob that harms them. This behavior is shown when the giant ghast accidentally hits a regular ghast with a fireball, causing the entire horde to retaliate against it.

Combat

In combat, ghasts are shown to mostly remain motionless, with their eyes locked at Jesse, and opening their mouths to shoot fireball projectiles at them. Jesse can use a stone sword to deflect the fireballs, or they can use a bow with an arrow to hit the ghast, killing them.

History

In The Order of the Stone, ghasts appeared when the others were traveling through the Order of the Stone's Nether railtrack system. Jesse killed some of them during their encounters.

On their way to Redstonia or Boom Town during Assembly Required, Jesse, Reuben, and either Olivia or Axel were attacked by a ghast. Jesse had three choices to deal with it: shooting it with a bow, dragging it down with a fishing rod, or deflecting its fireballs with a sword.

After the founder of Sky City was dropped during Order Up!, the Blaze Rods spawned monsters in the city, including ghasts.

In Jailhouse Block, ghasts inhabit the area around the Sunshine Institute. Nearby ghasts were summoned by the giant ghast during the battle against Jesse. After the giant fired stray fireballs that struck some of the ghasts, they retaliated against it, contributing to its downfall.

Appearances

• The Order of the Stone
• Assembly Required
• Order Up!
• Jailhouse Block

Trivia

• Jesse and Reuben launch through the air in front of a ghast in a minecart in the episode: The Order of the Stone. This is a reference to a scene in the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial when Elliott and E.T. launch through the air in front of the moon on a bike.
• Some of the ghasts in Jailhouse Block are fake billboard sprites.
• All its tentacles appear to have the same length unlike their base game counterparts.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A ghast in the Nether alongside a zombie pigman
• 
  Combat segment with ghasts
• 
  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial reference
• 
  Combat segment with a ghast in Assembly Required
• 
  A QTE with a ghast
• 
  Ghasts in the burrows

Textures

• 
  Ghast texture.
• 
  A billboard sprite ghast used in Jailhouse Block
• 
  The back side of a billboard sprite ghast used in Jailhouse Block