How do you get Ghast Tear in Minecraft?

Kill ghasts in the Nether - they drop 0-1 tears, up to 4 with Looting III Shoot them over land, not lava: tears burn in lava, so fight near solid ground or knock the fireball back over a ledge Their own fireball reflected back one-shots them - the cheapest way to farm tears

What is Ghast Tear used for?

Brew with an awkward potion to make the potion of Regeneration Craft end crystals (7 glass + eye of ender + 1 tear) to resummon the dragon or blow things up in PvP Since 1.21.6: surround a bone block with 8 ghast tears to craft a dried ghast, which rehydrates into a ghastling

Ghast Tear

Material Stack: 64 Since Beta 1.9 Prerelease

Quick answer: Kill ghasts in the Nether - they drop 0-1 tears, up to 4 with Looting III.

How to get it

Kill ghasts in the Nether - they drop 0-1 tears, up to 4 with Looting III
Shoot them over land, not lava: tears burn in lava, so fight near solid ground or knock the fireball back over a ledge
Their own fireball reflected back one-shots them - the cheapest way to farm tears

Uses

Brew with an awkward potion to make the potion of Regeneration
Craft end crystals (7 glass + eye of ender + 1 tear) to resummon the dragon or blow things up in PvP
Since 1.21.6: surround a bone block with 8 ghast tears to craft a dried ghast, which rehydrates into a ghastling

Renewability

Renewable: ghasts spawn constantly in the Nether (soul sand valleys are full of them).

Java vs Bedrock

Identical drops and uses in Java and Bedrock.

Related: Blaze Rod Eye of Ender Dried Ghast

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