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How to Make Lead in Minecraft
Top row: String, String, empty. Middle row: String, String, empty. Bottom row: empty, empty, String. A left-to-right mirror of this also works.
What you need
- String×5
Worth knowing
- Four string in a 2x2 block with a fifth alone in the bottom-right corner, producing two leads.
- Java 1.21.5 and earlier used four string plus one slime ball in this same shape; snapshot 25w18a, shipped in 1.21.6, swapped the slime ball for the fifth string. Check your version before hunting slimes.
- Two and a half string per lead, so a stack of string from a spider farm is a lot of leads.
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