In Minecraft, learning how to make a lead can really enhance your gameplay! A lead, also known as a leash, is a handy item that lets you tether various animals in the game. For instance, you can use a lead to tie your tamed horse to a fence post, ensuring it doesn’t wander off while you explore. It's also perfect for moving animals, like transporting a single black sheep from one pen to another without disturbing the rest of your flock. In this guide, you'll discover the simple steps to make a lead in Minecraft and find out how to use it effectively to manage your animals. Get ready to become a pro at animal care in your Minecraft world!
Step-by-step guide to make a lead in Minecraft
Crafting your own lead is simple and straightforward. You just need to assemble a few key ingredients and have access to a crafting table.
- Get your ingredients together. You'll need 4 string, which you get from killing spiders, and 1 slimeball, which you get from killing slimes.
- Open your crafting table and place the slimeball in the middle square. Place 3 of the string in the top left corner and one in the bottom right corner as shown.
- This will create two leads. Click on them in your crafting table and drag it to your inventory.
- Now you have a lead!
How to use a lead in Minecraft
Now that you have a lead, here's how to use it. First, equip the lead in your hot bar. Then, approach a passive mob that you want to leash. Next, right-click on the animal and as long as it can be leashed, the lead will appear around its next. The other end of the lead will be attached to you.
The animal with the lead will now follow you wherever you go.
To keep the leashed mob in place, click on any piece of fence and a knot will appear. The mob is now attached to the fence post and will not wander very far.
You can remove the lead by right-clicking on the mob again, hitting the knot, or destroying the fence post. The mob will be freed, and the lead will drop to the ground, allowing you to pick it up again.
List of animals that can be leashed
Not all animals in Minecraft can be tied with a lead/leash. Here is a list of all the ones that can.
- Bee
- Cat
- Chicken
- Cow
- Dolphin
- Donkey
- Fox
- Horse
- Iron golem
- Llama (including Trader Llama)
- Mooshroom (both variants)
- Mule
- Ocelot
- Parrot
- Pig
- Polar bear
- Rabbit
- Sheep
- Snow Golem
- Wolf
Two new animals that will arrive in version 1.16 of the game will also respond to leads:
- Hoglin
- Strider