For the leather from rabbits, see Rabbit Hide. For the armor material, see Armor materials.
Leather is an item used to make item frames, armor and books.
Obtaining[]
Mob loot[]
Upon death, cows, mooshrooms, horses, donkeys, mules, llamas and trader llamas drop 0–2 leather, while hoglins drop 0–1 leather. The maximum amount is increased by 1 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 5 leather (4 leather from hoglins) with Looting III.
A fox sometimes spawns holding leather, which always drops upon death. Alternatively, a player can drop a food item, causing the fox to drop the leather.
Fishing[]
Leather can be obtained as a "junk" item from fishing.
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Rabbit Hide |
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Leather | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1–3 | 22.8% |
| Bridge chest | 1–3 | 47.9% | ||
| Village | Tanner's chest | 1–3 | 17.3% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Leather | Bastion remnant | Hoglin stable chest | 1–3 | 22.8% |
| Bridge chest | 1–3 | 47.9% | ||
| Village | Tanner's chest | 1–3 | 17.3% | |
Villager gifts[]
in Java Edition, leatherworker villagers throw leather at players under the Hero of the Village effect.
Bartering[]
Piglins may barter 2-4 leather when given a gold ingot.
Usage[]
Crafting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Paper + Leather |
||
| Bundle | String + Leather |
[only experimental "bundle"][upcoming: JE 1.21.2] | |
| Item Frame | Stick + Leather |
||
| Leather Boots | Leather | ||
| Leather Cap | Leather | ||
| Leather Horse Armor | Leather | ||
| Leather Pants | Leather | ||
| Leather Tunic | Leather |
Trading[]
Novice-level leatherworker villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to buy 6 leather for one emerald in Java Edition, and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.
Repairing[]
Leather is the repair item for the leather armor, and thus can be used to repair the following items in an anvil:
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Cow Tipper | Harvest some leather. | Pick up leather from the ground. | 15G | Bronze | ||
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather | leather | Item | ignored_by_piglin_babies | item.minecraft.leather |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leather | leather | 381 | Item | item.leather.name |
History[]
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.8 |  Added leather.
| ||||
| Leather drops from cows. | |||||
| The crafting recipe for leather armor has been changed from cloth to leather (leather armor was previously crafted with wool, and was called "cloth armor" in the game code). | |||||
| v1.0.17 | Chickens in Survival multiplayer now drop leather if killed by fire, fall damage or cactus. | ||||
| v1.2.6 | Chickens dropping leather was fixed by this version at the latest.[when?]. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w17a | Leather is now required to craft books. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w34a | Leather is now used to craft the newly added item frames. | |||
| 1.6.1 | 13w16a | Leather is now used to craft horse saddles. | |||
| Horses now drop leather. | |||||
| 13w18a | Leather is no longer used to craft horse saddles. | ||||
| 1.7.2 | 13w36a | Leather can be obtained as one of the "junk" items in fishing, making it possible to obtain it without killing any animals. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Leather can now be sold to leatherworker villagers, at 9–12 leather for 1 emerald. | |||
| 14w27b | Leather can now be crafted using 4 rabbit hide. | ||||
| 1.9 | 15w41a | Leather can now be used to repair elytra. | |||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Llamas now drop leather. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 334. | |||
| 18w07a | Phantoms now drop leather. | ||||
| 18w14a | Phantoms no longer drop leather. | ||||
| Phantom membranes are now used to repair elytra, instead of leather. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of leather has been changed. | |||
| 18w48a | Leather can now be found in chests in village tanneries. | ||||
| 19w07a | Added foxes, which sometimes spawn with leather in their mouths. | ||||
| 19w08a | Leather is now used to craft leather horse armor. | ||||
| 19w13a | Leatherworker villagers now give leather to players under the Hero of the Village effect. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w07a | Leather is dropped by the new hoglins. | |||
| Leather has a 5⁄109 (~4.59%) chance of being given by the new piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–7. | |||||
| 20w09a | Leather now has a 20⁄226 (~8.84%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5. | ||||
| 20w16a | Leather now generates in bastion remnants chests. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.2.0 | Added leather. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose. | ||||
| v0.6.0 | Leather is now obtainable by killing cows. | ||||
| Leather can be used to craft leather armor. | |||||
| v0.11.0 | build 1 | Leather can now be obtained as one of the "junk" items in fishing, making it possible to obtain it without killing any animals. | |||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Leather is now required to craft books. | |||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | Leather can now be crafted using 4 rabbit hide. | |||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Leather is now used to craft leather horse armor. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Leather can now be used to repair elytra. | |||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | 9-12 leather can now be sold to leatherworker villagers. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.6.0 | beta 1.6.0.5 | Phantom membranes are now used to repair elytra, instead of leather. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Leather can now be found in village tannery house chests. | |||
| The texture of leather has been changed. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.4 | Trading has been changed, leatherworker villagers now buy 6 leather for an emerald. | |||
| 1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.1 | Added foxes, which can drop leather. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Hoglins now drop leather. | |||
| Leather can now be obtained from bartering with piglin. | |||||
| Leather can now be found in bastion remnants chests. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added leather. |
| TU60 | CU51 | 1.64 | Patch 30 | 1.0.11 | Leather is now used to craft leather horse armor. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Phantom membranes are now used to repair elytra, instead of leather. | ||
| 1.90 | The texture of leather has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added leather. | ||||
Issues[]
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