# Give your Happy Ghast a little motivation!<\/p>\n
Similar to a carrot or a warped fungus on a stick, you can use the snowball on a stick to give your ghast a speed boost. Simply right-click it while riding your ghast. If you need to go slower again, just use the item again. Make sure you’ve brought enough snowballs though – you’ll eventually need to replace the one on the rod!<\/p>\n
The speed boost also runs out after a certain time (default: **40 seconds**). This can be configured
\nvia the `#boost_time` scoreboard value:<\/p>\n
“`
\nscoreboard players set #boost_time snowball_on_a_stick 400
\n“`<\/p>\n
The example above would set the boost to run out after 400 ticks,
\nmeaning 20 seconds.<\/p>\n
You can also set `#boost_time` to `-1` to make the cooldown last
\nforever:<\/p>\n
“`
\nscoreboard players set #boost_time snowball_on_a_stick -1
\n“`<\/p>\n
## Resource pack<\/p>\n
To download the required resource pack, head to the *Versions* tab, click on the pack version you need, then download the resource pack from the *Files* section.<\/p>\n
## Crafting<\/p>\n
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## Particle Cloud<\/p>\n
While the speed boost is active, your ghasts gets it’s own little snow cloud!<\/p>\n
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## Inspiration<\/p>\n
While I did come up with this concept by myself, it *is* very simple and straightforward, and thus, it seems like it has been done before by Sapphipenug in the form of the data pack with the same name. However, since *a)* she has not updated the pack in almost a year and *b)* I think my version is different enough from hers, I decided to upload it anyways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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