Leather Wiki Guide

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft leather with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, there are two ways to add leather to your inventory. You can either craft this item with a crafting table or you can find and gather this item in the game.

Let’s explore how to add leather to your inventory.

Where to find Leather in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find leather in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.8 – 1.11	Materials
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.12 – 1.19	Miscellaneous
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3	Ingredients

• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
• Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make Leather

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft leather:

4 Rabbit Hides

How to craft Leather using a Crafting Table in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3×3 crafting grid that looks like this:

2. Add Items to make Leather

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3×3 crafting grid. To make leather, place 4 rabbit hide in the 3×3 crafting grid.

When making leather, it is important that the rabbit hides are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 1 rabbit hide in the first box and 1 rabbit hide in the second box. In the second row, there should be 1 rabbit hide in the first box and 1 rabbit hide in the second box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for leather.

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, leather will appear in the box to the right.

3. Move the Leather to Inventory

Once you have crafted leather, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made leather in Minecraft!

How to get Leather in Survival Mode

You can add leather to your inventory in Survival mode by killing a specific type of mob. So let’s get started!

1. Find a Mob

First, you need to find a type of mob that drops leather when it is killed, such as a cow, horse, donkey, mule, llama or mooshrow.

 

2. Attack and Kill the Mob

Once you find one of these mobs, you need to attack it. When you attack the mob, it will turn pink as it takes damage.

Continue to chase and attack the mob. Once you have killed the mob, it may drop leather if you are lucky. There isn’t a 100% chance that the mob will drop leather when it dies. If it doesn’t drop leather, find another mob and try again.

3. Pick up the Leather

Make sure you pick up the leather before it disappears.

This is a useful item and should be kept in your inventory.

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, leather has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Item	Description (Minecraft ID Name)	Minecraft ID	Data Value	Stack Size	Platform	Version(s)
	Leather (minecraft:leather)	334	0	64	Java	1.8 – 1.12
	Leather (minecraft:leather)	334		64	Java	1.13 – 1.19.3

• Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
• Minecraft ID is the Internal number for the item.
• Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
• Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
• Platform is the platform that applies.
• Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Give Command for Leather

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.19.3, the /give command for Leather is:

/give @p leather 1

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11 and 1.12, the /give command for Leather is:

/give @p leather 1 0

Things to Make with Leather

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