How to Make Red Harness in Minecraft

Red Harness — Minecraft block

Red Harness

Red Harness equips on a Happy Ghast so that up to four players can ride the Happy Ghast together.

Block ID minecraft:red_harness
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
26.1.2
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Description

Red Harness is the item that makes a Happy Ghast rideable, and a harnessed Happy Ghast carries up to four players at once. A Dispenser and a player's use action both equip Red Harness on a Happy Ghast. Shears used on a harnessed Happy Ghast remove Red Harness, which drops as an item. Red Harness is one of 16 dyed harness variants.

Red Harness is crafted on a Crafting Table from 3 Leather, 2 Glass and 1 Red Wool: three Leather in a row sit above a row of Glass, Red Wool and Glass. The red color tints the decorative curtains on the sides of the Happy Ghast, and the aviator-style goggles on Red Harness lower over the eyes of the Happy Ghast while a rider is aboard. The goggle position lets other players tell whether someone is riding, even when the rider is invisible. Red Harness stacks to only 1, is renewable (obtainable again and again), and arrived in Java Edition 1.21.6 and Bedrock Edition 1.21.90.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:red_harness
/give command /give @p minecraft:red_harness
Stackable No
Renewable Yes
Java Edition 1.21.6
Bedrock Edition 1.21.90

Guide

How to ride a Happy Ghast with Red Harness in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Craft Red Harness

    A Crafting Table turns three Leather in a row, placed above a row of Glass, Red Wool and Glass, into Red Harness.

  2. 2

    Equip the harness

    A player equips Red Harness on a Happy Ghast with the use action, and a Dispenser can equip Red Harness as well.

  3. 3

    Ride

    A Happy Ghast wearing Red Harness carries up to four players at once.

  4. 4

    Dismount

    After a player dismounts, the Happy Ghast snaps to the nearest cardinal direction, and players can stand on the Happy Ghast as on solid blocks.

  5. 5

    Remove the harness

    Shears used on a harnessed Happy Ghast take off Red Harness, which drops as an item.

Lure a Happy Ghast

A Happy Ghast without a harness follows players who hold Red Harness in hand.

How to craft this block

Crafting
Red Harness
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Red Harness

Frequently asked questions

How do I turn another harness into Red Harness?

Combining any Harness with Red Dye in a shapeless recipe produces Red Harness.

Can Red Harness be enchanted?

Not in Survival. In Java Edition Creative mode, an Anvil can add Thorns, Feather Falling, Protection, Fire Protection, Projectile Protection, Blast Protection, Curse of Binding and Curse of Vanishing. Other enchantments can be applied but have no effect.

Can a player wear Red Harness?

In Bedrock Edition, a command can place Red Harness in a player's head slot, and the render matches the one on a Happy Ghast.