Lead – as its name – is an item used to lead passive and hostile mobs in Minecraft. At first, you can’t craft a lead and can only find it by looting chests. Later on, with the 1.6.1 update ...

You can make a Lead in Minecraft to leash other mobs or obtain Lead without using Slime. We show you the easiest way to do it!

To successfully leash certain mobs in Minecraft, you need to craft a Lead, which requires some peculiar items.