[MC-296488] Dried ghasts can generate floating

Dried ghasts can generate floating if a cave carver removes the ground below. Relates to MC-170897.

Seed: 5421437461251839507

Position: /execute in minecraft:the_nether run tp @s -1564.55 70.25 -1103.86 -1878.13 17.85

Linked issues

is caused by

MC-170897 Nether fossils can generate floating if a cave carver removes the ground beneath them

is duplicated by

MC-296604 generation dried ghast not working properly

MC-297207 Dried Ghast neither generation seem a bit bugged

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BugTracker 2025-04-11T15:34:30Z

Can confirm.

JervieA20 2025-04-11T15:41:44Z

Can confirm

clamlol 2025-04-11T16:14:01Z

This is the same issue as MC-170897, dried ghasts are just part of the nether fossil structure

Jarl-Penguin 2025-04-28T16:09:14Z

Thank you for your report!
After consideration, the issue is being closed as Won't Fix.

Please note that this is not the same as Working as Intended, as this bug report correctly describes behavior in the game that might not be the intended or desirable behavior, but it will not be fixed right now. Sometimes, this is because the issue reported is minor and/or impossible to change without large architectural changes to the code base.

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