How to craft Lead in Minecraft
Utility Since 1.6 (Horse Update)
Quick answer: Craft Lead in a Crafting Table (3x3 grid) with 4x String + 1x Slimeball. You get 2.
Recipe
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Ingredients and how to get them
| Material | Amount | How to get it |
|---|---|---|
| String | 4 | Kill spiders, break cobwebs with a sword or shears, or fish. |
| Slimeball | 1 | Kill tiny slimes (slime chunks below Y=40 or swamps at night) or collect from sneezing baby pandas. |
What is Lead used for?
- Tie up animals: attach to fences or drag horses, cows, llamas and boats-with-passengers around
- The alternative to building canals and tunnels for moving animals long distances
- Also drops from wandering trader llamas separating from their caravan
Variants
- No variants; leads break if stretched beyond 10 blocks
Java vs Bedrock
Identical recipe in Java and Bedrock. In Java you can leash multiple animals at once, one per lead.
Related: Fishing RodChestBoat