Harness

Harness

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	No

{
    "title": "Harness",
    "rows": [
        {
            "field": "Common",
            "label": "(link to Rarity article, displayed as Rarity tier)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "Stackable"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [
        "White Harness",
        "Light Gray Harness",
        "Gray Harness",
        "Black Harness",
        "Brown Harness",
        "Red Harness",
        "Orange Harness",
        "Yellow Harness",
        "Lime Harness",
        "Green Harness",
        "Cyan Harness",
        "Light Blue Harness",
        "Blue Harness",
        "Purple Harness",
        "Magenta Harness",
        "Pink Harness"
    ],
    "images": [
        "White Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "White Harness.png",
        "Light Gray Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Light Gray Harness.png",
        "Gray Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Gray Harness.png",
        "Black Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Black Harness.png",
        "Brown Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Brown Harness.png",
        "Red Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Red Harness.png",
        "Orange Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Orange Harness.png",
        "Yellow Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Yellow Harness.png",
        "Lime Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Lime Harness.png",
        "Green Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Green Harness.png",
        "Cyan Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Cyan Harness.png",
        "Light Blue Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Light Blue Harness.png",
        "Blue Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Blue Harness.png",
        "Purple Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Purple Harness.png",
        "Magenta Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Magenta Harness.png",
        "Pink Ghast Harness Goggles Up.png",
        "Pink Harness.png"
    ]
}

A harness is an item that can be equipped on happy ghasts to make them mountable and rideable. Harnesses can be crafted into 16 dyed variants.

Obtaining

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
	Leather + Glass + Matching Wool
	Any + Matching Dye

Usage

Happy ghasts can be ridden only when equipped with a harness. Up to four players can ride a single happy ghast at once. Using a harness on a happy ghast equips it. A harness can also be equipped using a dispenser. Using shears on a happy ghast wearing a harness removes the harness from the ghast and drops it as an item.

Happy ghasts follow players holding a harness if they do not already have one equipped.

The harness features large vintage-style aviator goggles, which lower and cover the happy ghast's eyes when it is being ridden. They raise above the eyes when not being ridden. This allows other players to tell when a happy ghast is being ridden by a player, even when said player is invisible.

The color of the harness affects the color of the decorative curtains flowing from the sides.

If a happy ghast is harnessed and a player dismounts the happy ghast, the happy ghast snaps to the nearest cardinal direction and the player can stand on the happy ghast as with solid blocks.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
White Harness	white_harness	Item	item.minecraft.white_harness
Orange Harness	orange_harness	Item	item.minecraft.orange_harness
Magenta Harness	magenta_harness	Item	item.minecraft.magenta_harness
Light Blue Harness	light_blue_harness	Item	item.minecraft.light_blue_harness
Yellow Harness	yellow_harness	Item	item.minecraft.yellow_harness
Lime Harness	lime_harness	Item	item.minecraft.lime_harness
Pink Harness	pink_harness	Item	item.minecraft.pink_harness
Gray Harness	gray_harness	Item	item.minecraft.gray_harness
Light Gray Harness	light_gray_harness	Item	item.minecraft.light_gray_harness
Cyan Harness	cyan_harness	Item	item.minecraft.cyan_harness
Purple Harness	purple_harness	Item	item.minecraft.purple_harness
Blue Harness	blue_harness	Item	item.minecraft.blue_harness
Brown Harness	brown_harness	Item	item.minecraft.brown_harness
Green Harness	green_harness	Item	item.minecraft.green_harness
Red Harness	red_harness	Item	item.minecraft.red_harness
Black Harness	black_harness	Item	item.minecraft.black_harness

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
White Harness	white_harness	745	Item	item.white_harness.name
Orange Harness	orange_harness	741	Item	item.orange_harness.name
Magenta Harness	magenta_harness	740	Item	item.magenta_harness.name
Light Blue Harness	light_blue_harness	737	Item	item.light_blue_harness.name
Yellow Harness	yellow_harness	746	Item	item.yellow_harness.name
Lime Harness	lime_harness	739	Item	item.lime_harness.name
Pink Harness	pink_harness	742	Item	item.pink_harness.name
Gray Harness	gray_harness	735	Item	item.gray_harness.name
Light Gray Harness	light_gray_harness	738	Item	item.light_gray_harness.name
Cyan Harness	cyan_harness	734	Item	item.cyan_harness.name
Purple Harness	purple_harness	743	Item	item.purple_harness.name
Blue Harness	blue_harness	732	Item	item.blue_harness.name
Brown Harness	brown_harness	733	Item	item.brown_harness.name
Green Harness	green_harness	736	Item	item.green_harness.name
Red Harness	red_harness	744	Item	item.red_harness.name
Black Harness	black_harness	731	Item	item.black_harness.name

History

March 18, 2025							Harnesses are teased, revealing their recipe without context.
March 22, 2025							Harnesses are revealed at Minecraft LIVE – March 2025.
							In the main show, the blue harness was showcased, with other colors being shown in the aftershow "The Deep Dig".
Java Edition
1.21.6			25w15a				Added harnesses.
			25w17a				Can now be equipped on a happy ghast using a dispenser.
Bedrock Edition
1.21.80 Experiment Drop 2 2025			Preview 1.21.80.25				Added harnesses.
1.21.90			Preview 1.21.90.20				All features behind the "Drop 2 2025" experimental toggle have now been fully implemented.
			Preview 1.21.90.26				A sound now plays when removing a harnesses from an happy ghast using shears.

Issues

Issues relating to "Harness" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

Textures

• 
  White happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Light gray happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Gray happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Black happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Brown happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Red happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Orange happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Yellow happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Lime happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Green happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Cyan happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Light blue happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Blue happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Purple happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Magenta happy ghast harness texture file.
• 
  Pink happy ghast harness texture file.

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