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Leather
MiscellaneousCraftable

Leather

An item dropped by cows, horses and several other mobs. It is used to craft leather armor, books and item frames.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

Alpha

Item ID

leather

Leather at a glance

Minecraft files Leather under Miscellaneous: an item you get from mob drops, crafting, fishing, and trading with villagers. A slot of Leather holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Leather is also a hub ingredient, feeding 9 different recipes in this catalogue, so a stock in a chest unlocks that many crafts at once. Of the 8 kinds of generated chest that can hold Leather, bastion bridge chests are the best bet at about 48% per chest. It sits between Lava Bucket and Light Blue Dye in Miscellaneous, number 74 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Rabbit HideRabbit Hide
Rabbit HideRabbit Hide
Rabbit HideRabbit Hide
Rabbit HideRabbit Hide
LeatherLeather
Checked against Java Edition 26.2.

Used to craft

9 recipes call for Leather, from Book to Leather Tunic, and Armor takes 7 of them. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Leather in it.

How to obtain

  • Mob drops
  • Crafting
  • Fishing
  • Trading

Mobs that drop it

Cow is one of the 8 mobs dropping Leather, at 0 to 2 a kill. Looting on Cow pays 1 more Leather a level, 2 becoming 5.

Notes

Also crafted from four rabbit hide. Used to make Leather Armor, Books, Item Frames and Bundles.

Frequently asked questions about Leather

  1. Rabbit Hide going into Leather, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Leather in Minecraft?

    Leather is crafted from Rabbit Hide at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from mob drops, Leather from fishing, and Leather from trading with villagers, not just the recipe above.

  2. Leather coming forward out of the past, in the game since Alpha

    When was Leather added to Minecraft?

    Leather was added in the early Alpha development period.

  3. 64 Leather drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Leather can you stack?

    256 Rabbit Hide is what 64 Leather costs, so filling a single slot is 64 crafts. A double chest of Leather comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

  4. Several Leather at once, the way a kill drops them

    Which mobs drop Leather?

    Cow is one of the 8 mobs dropping Leather, at 0 to 2 a kill. Looting on Cow pays 1 more Leather a level, 2 becoming 5.

  5. A chest beside Leather, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Leather in chests?

    Leather is chest loot in bastion bridge chests (about 48%, 1 to 3 at a time), dungeon chests (about 25%, 1 to 5 at a time), bastion hoglin stable chests (about 23%, 1 to 3 at a time), and desert pyramid chests (about 22%, 1 to 5 at a time). It shows up in 8 kinds of chest in total. Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

  6. Leather turning into Book and Item Frame, two of the recipes it feeds

    What is Leather used for?

    Leather is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Book, Item Frame, Leather Boots, Leather Cap, Leather Cap, Leather Horse Armor, Leather Pants, Leather Tunic, and Leather Tunic.

Building with it

Cows, horses and hoglins drop leather, and four rabbit hides make one. Books need it, which means enchanting and bookshelves need it, and armour, item frames and leads all want some too, so leather is one of the steadiest demands in a world.

Related Astroworld Resources

Villager trades for Leather

What villagers ask for Leather on Astroworld Trades

Cow drops Leather

The Cow page on Astroworld Mobs, where Leather is listed as a drop

Donkey drops Leather

The Donkey page on Astroworld Mobs, where Leather is listed as a drop

Horse drops Leather

The Horse page on Astroworld Mobs, where Leather is listed as a drop

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