Lead Mobs+

Lead Mobs+ expands Minecraft’s vanilla lead system, allowing players to attach leads to villagers, hostile creatures, aquatic mobs, flying mobs, and compatible creatures added by other mods.

It uses ordinary Minecraft leads, leash rendering, synchronization, and fence knots—no special items or complicated mechanics required.

Features

Lead most passive, neutral, and hostile mobs
Support for compatible creatures added by other mods
Uses the normal vanilla lead item and leash system
Attach supported mobs to standard fence knots
Hostile mobs remain fully hostile while leashed
Flying mobs are held within approximately four blocks above their leash holder
Aquatic mobs can be led normally while underwater
Aquatic leads break after the mob is pulled onto land and begins taking out-of-water damage
Leads break normally when a mob dies
Slimes and magma cubes do not transfer their leash to smaller mobs after splitting
Server-authoritative configuration for multiplayer
Optional Mod Menu configuration screen

Installation Requirements

Lead Mobs+ is required on the server but optional on the client.

Server

The mod must be installed on the server for its gameplay features to work.

Client

Installing the mod on each player’s client is recommended, but not strictly required.

When Lead Mobs+ is installed only on the server:

Players can still lead all newly supported mobs
Vanilla leash rendering should display normally
Leash attachment and movement remain synchronized through Minecraft’s normal networking
Players will not have access to the Mod Menu configuration screen

A client installation is only needed or recommended for:

Accessing the Mod Menu configuration interface
Viewing the server’s synchronized settings in-game
Editing settings in-game when the player has permission

CurseForge environment classification:

Server-side: Required
Client-side: Optional

Configurable Mobs

Lead Mobs+ provides individual settings for vanilla creatures that normally cannot be led, including villagers and hostile mobs.

Compatible modded mobs can be enabled or disabled through a master configuration option.

Default Exclusions

With the default configuration, the following vanilla mobs cannot be led:

Shulker
Enderman
Ender Dragon
Wither
Warden
Elder Guardian

The mod also prevents leashing:

Players
Recognized vanilla or modded bosses
Entities marked as bosses or permanently excluded through supported tags
Nonliving entities
Armor stands
Boats
Minecarts
Projectiles
Display entities
Multipart boss parts

Modpack creators can exclude additional entities through these tags:

leash_mobs_plus:never_leashable
leash_mobs_plus:bosses

Hostile Mobs Stay Hostile

Attaching a lead does not tame, calm, or pacify hostile creatures.

Creepers can still explode, skeletons can still shoot, and other enemies retain their normal targeting, attacks, movement, and special abilities. Leashing a hostile mob does not make it safe.

Flying and Aquatic Mobs

Flying mobs can be led but are prevented from remaining more than approximately four blocks above their leash holder.

Aquatic mobs can be led normally in water. When an aquatic mob is dragged several blocks onto land and begins taking out-of-water damage, its leash breaks so it is no longer forcibly pulled farther inland.

Mod Compatibility

Most modded creatures work automatically when they use Minecraft’s standard mob and leash systems.

Recognized modded bosses remain excluded for safety and compatibility. Modpack developers can also use the provided entity tags to prevent specific creatures from being leashed.

Lead Mobs+ is designed to feel like a natural expansion of Minecraft’s vanilla lead mechanic while remaining configurable for singleplayer worlds, multiplayer servers, and modpacks.