Updated 25 October 2026. Facts on this page come from minecraft.wiki, minecraft.net and the live Artemis PvP server; sources are listed at the bottom.
Leather in Minecraft: How to Get It and Uses
Leather drops from cows, mooshrooms, horses, donkeys, mules, llamas and hoglins, and comes as fishing junk and piglin bartering. It makes leather armor, books, item frames, bundles and leather horse armor, and rabbit hide crafts into leather too. Leatherworkers buy and sell leather goods.
Where do you get leather?
What is leather used for?
| Item | Leather |
|---|---|
| Full leather armor | 24 |
| Book | 1 (with 3 paper) |
| Item frame | 1 (with 8 sticks) |
| Bundle | Leather and string |
| Leather horse armor | 7 |
Books: books and bookshelves.
How do you farm leather?
Breed cows with wheat in a pen and kill adults, or build a cow farm with a cooking trap for leather and steak together. Looting raises drops. Breeding: breeding animals.
Is leather armor any good?
It is the weakest armor but can be dyed any color, and leather boots let you walk on powder snow. Leatherworkers sell dyed leather armor; see leatherworker trades.
Tips
Leather armor gives the least protection of any armor, but it is cheap and dyeable, and many minigames use it to show team colors. Rabbit hide is handy where cows are rare, such as deserts and snowy biomes where rabbits are common. Leather also repairs leather armor in an anvil.
Frequently asked questions
How do you make leather from rabbit hide?
Craft 4 rabbit hides together.
Sources
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