Hey, do you want to make lead ?

If yes, then you are at a right place because today I'm going to discuss the same thing.

how to make lead in minecraft

Lead also known as leash is a Minecraft item which allows the players to move passive or hostile mobs, Iron Golem, and boat from one place to another.

It can be an important thing if you are thinking or planning to a make shelter or stable for your mobs and worried that how will you transport them.

Note: Lead can not be used on the 😵 Villager.

Tip: If you move one lama by using a lead then the whole group will start following that lama.

Interesting 🤓

Ok, Now let's see how you can make a lead in Minecraft.

Things that you need to make lead are:

  • ×4 Strings
  • ×1 Slime Ball

How To Get Strings ?

Strings is an uncraftable item in Minecraft which means it cannot be crafted but there are certain ways by which you can get it and most of them are super easy.

By Killing Spiders Or Cave Spiders

Strings are mainly obtained by killing spiders or cave spiders. If you kill a spider then after dying, it will drop strings.

Spiders are really easily to find because they are available at night and by just exploring a little in the night.

You will be able to find some of them and then after you can kill them with a sword or hand.

But if you are in the mesa biome then you will never find a normal spider.

In mesa, there is a different kind of spider called cave spider which is nearly same as the normal spider and has a spawner.

Crafting A String [Only Bedrock Edition]

Do you that you can craft a string also?

To craft a string you need cobwebs which are mostly found in the caves and mine shaft.

If you are in the mesa biome then you can simply find it because mine shafts are the most common in mesa biome.

Tip: If you mine cobwebs with a sword then you will have a string but mining with a shear, will result cobwebs.

After having the cobwebs, you can follow these steps to craft strings.

Steps to make string are:

Minecraft cobweb recipe

  1. Open crafting table or inventory crafting table
  2. Place cobweb in any cell of the grid
  3. Collect the string or move it to your inventory

How To Get Slime Ball?

Slime is the next thing that you need to make the lead.

It is an uncommon thing in Minecraft but there are two ways that can really help find slimes.

  1. Finding Them In Swamp Biome
  2. Slime In The Caves

I would recommend you to read this article by wiki how: Click Here

Recipe To Make Lead In Minecraft:

Recipe To Make Lead In Minecraft

  1. Open your crafting table because to make the lead in Minecraft, you need 3×3 grid
  2. Place string in the exact way in the crafting table as shown in the image
  3. Add slime ball in the grid by using the image
  4. Collect the lead by moving it your inventory

Congratulations, You have successfully crafted a lead.

Lead With A Different Method

But do you know one thing ?

I had never crafted a lead. But this doesn't mean that I don't use lead.

I prefer to collect lead in place of just making it and also slime balls are not common.

They are hard to find and because of that I use them to make sticky piston and just red stone builds.

The best way to get lead in Minecraft is by killing the Llama of the vending trader.

Llama mainly spawns with the vending trader.

So, if you want the lead then you can simply kill the Llamas and with each Llama, you will get a lead.

Now, if you have the lead then you might be wondering that how you can use it.

How To Use Lead In Minecraft

After getting the lead, you must know that how you can use it.

There are few things or I may say steps that you have to do to use a leash in Minecraft.

Find A Mob To Leash

It is possible to leash the following mobs:

  • Bee
  • Cat
  • Horse, zombie horse, and skeleton horse
  • Iron golem
  • Snow golem
  • Squid‌ [Bedrock Edition Only]
  • Strider
  • Wolf
  • Zoglin
  • Llama and trader llama
  • Mooshroom
  • Mule
  • Chicken
  • Cow
  • Dolphins
  • Donkey
  • Fox
  • Hoglin
  • Ocelots
  • Parrot
  • Pig
  • Polar bear
  • Rabbit
  • Sheep

If you have any of the mobs then you are good to proceed to the next process.

Leash The Mob

To leash the mob, you have to follow some steps. Every platform has a different method to leash a mob in Minecraft.

How To Use Lead In Minecraft

Here are the methods, relevant to your platform:

  • Java Edition (PC/Mac), Windows 10 Edition, Education Edition, right snap on the mob.
  • Pocket Edition (PE), you move your pointer over the mob and press the Leash button.
  • Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox regulator.
  • PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS regulator.
  • Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
  • Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the regulator.

Unleash The Mob

After leashing the mob, you have to unleash it also.

You can follow these instructions to unleash a mob:

  • Java Edition (PC/Mac), Windows 10 Edition, Education Edition, right snap on the mob.
  • Pocket Edition (PE), you move your pointer over the mob and press the Unleash button.
  • Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox regulator.
  • PS3 and PS4, press the L2 button on the PS regulator.
  • Wii U, press the ZL button on the gamepad.
  • Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the regulator.

Oh.. It was a lot.

We talked about a lot of things.

Hope you learned each point correctly.

Let's summarize the article to see what we learned today.

In this article we learned that how you can make lead in Minecraft and then how to use lead and what are the mobs, on which you can use the lead.

If you have any questions, let me know in the comments.