Minecraft: How To Make A Lead - TheGamer

There are tons of mobs in Minecraft. A lot of these mobs can be moved, but this can be a slow and painful process. To move farm animals, you can use food to lure them to you but this process can take a while. Instead, just use a lead.

Leads are similar to leashes and are quite simple to make. In this guide, we are going to take a look at leads, how to craft them, and where you can find leads in the world.

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What Is A Lead?

A lead is an item that you can attach to mobs, allowing you to 'lead' them around. This simple item is very useful when moving mobs. If you are trying to relocate any animal to build a farm, use a lead to make the process go quickly.

Let's go over all the possible mobs that you can attach to a lead. Below, you will find a full list of every mob that you can use a lead on.

• • Axolotl
  • Bee
  • Cat
  • Chicken
  • Cow
  • Dolphin
  • Donkey
  • Fox
  • Goat
  • Hoglin
  • Horse
  • Iron golem
  • Llama
• • Mooshroom
  • Ocelot
  • Parrot
  • Pig
  • Polar bear
  • Rabbit
  • Sheep
  • Snow golem
  • Squid
  • Glow Squid
  • Strider
  • Wolf
  • Zoglin

To use a lead, approach a mob and right-click. The lead will attach to them, and you can begin moving. They will now follow you around.

Right-click again to detach the lead. If you want to tether the lead to a fence, right-click on the post. The lead will attach to the fence, and your mob will remain in the area.

Crafting A Lead In Minecraft

To craft a lead, you will need four string and one slimeball. Above, you can see how to place the items to create leads. When crafting this recipe, you will receive two leads.

String drops from spiders, which can be found during the night in the Overworld. In addition, you can find spiders in underground caves and abandoned mineshafts. They are pretty common, so you shouldn't have a problem finding string.

Slimeballs are a bit more difficult to find. To get a slimeball, you will need to find and kill a slime. Slimes are slightly rare, only spawning in certain conditions. They will appear in slime chunks under Y=40. Check out this full guide for all you need to know on slimes. If you plan on farming slimes, we have a simple slime farm guide as well.

After you have your slimeballs and string, craft a lead!

Finding A Lead In Minecraft

Although leads are easily craftable, there are a few other ways to acquire them. Leads can be found in Woodland Mansions. These are giant structured in dark forest biomes filled with dangerous mobs. They are rare and hard to come by, but chests within these mansions have a 28% chance to contain a lead.

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Leads are also dropped by the Wandering Trader. This is a person who will visit you with two llamas, selling a variety of goods. If you kill or detach the llamas, two leads will drop.

Overall, leads are fairly simple to obtain. Once you get your leads, you can quickly assemble any mob of your choosing.

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