How to Make a Lead in Minecraft

Use this simple recipe to make a Lead in Minecraft. You can see the exact ingredients, recipe layout, and workstation below.

Lead recipe

Follow the recipe below. The pattern must use the correct slots when the recipe is shaped.

Place 5 Strings in a Crafting Table to make 2 Leads.

The 3 × 3 pattern needs the 3 × 3 grid of a crafting table. Ingredients must stay in the shown positions, and most patterns can also be mirrored.
Each craft uses 5 ingredient items and produces 2 Leads. A full stack of 64 takes 32 crafts and 160 ingredient items in total.

Output: 2 Leads

A lead lets you walk mobs such as horses, llamas and animals, and tie them to fences.

This page shows the vanilla recipe for Lead. It includes the exact ingredients, recipe layout, required workstation, and amount produced.

The data comes from Minecraft Java 26.3. Recipes can change in later game versions, so check the version you play before crafting.