Safe Leash
by spekarchik
Safe Leash keeps a tamed animal on a lead alive when a boat, a player or a current drags it into deep water.
What it does
Once a leashed mob starts taking drowning damage, the mod grants it Water Breathing for 10 seconds, enough time to reach the surface. Without this, a panicking mob keeps struggling until it dies. Dropping the lead or breaking the tether still frees the mob as usual, and the protection covers any cause of underwater pulling, not only players walking into water.
The mod is for players who travel across water, explore lakes and rivers, or keep companions on long journeys, and for server owners who want pets to survive those trips. It makes no other changes to leash behavior, and mobs that untie naturally still float to the surface as before. Safe Leash is a NeoForge mod for Minecraft 1.21.6 and later, and the environment is server-side only, so players join without installing anything. It is released under the MIT License and is open source, with the source code and an issue tracker public.
Installation needs NeoForge for one supported Minecraft version. Builds cover 11 release versions, and the latest file is 26.3-1.0.3 for 26.3, published 2026-09-15. The mod was first published on 2026-02-08. Safe Leash is also compatible with other mods from the same author.
Key features
Drowning protection for leashed mobs
A leashed mob that takes drowning damage receives Water Breathing for 10 seconds so it can reach the surface.
Covers any underwater pull
Protection applies whatever drags the mob underwater, including boats, other mobs and currents.
Leash behavior left otherwise intact
Dropping the lead still frees the mob, and untied mobs float up as they normally do.
Lightweight change set
The mod addresses only the leash-related drowning risk and adds no other systems.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x6 of 6 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who keep tamed animals on leads during exploration, and server owners who host them. Single-player worlds work as well.
How it compares
Leash Everything runs on the server with an optional client part, and is released under All rights reserved, with files for 1.21.1 – 26.2. Stretchy Leash is server-side only, open source under the MIT License, and published for 1.19.4 – 26.3 on Fabric. Forever Pets is server-side only, open source under the MIT License, and built for Fabric and NeoForge across 1.21 – 26.3, a wider range than Safe Leash's own.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safe Leash | NeoForge | 1.21.6 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-15 |
| Leash Everything | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.21.1 – 26.2 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-19 |
| Stretchy Leash | Fabric | 1.19.4 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-11 |
| Forever Pets | Fabric and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server-side only | 2026-09-18 |
Questions
Does Safe Leash have to be installed on clients?
Which loader does Safe Leash use?
Which mobs does the protection apply to?
In the catalog
Safe Leash is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 4,974 Mobs mods for NeoForge. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Leashed mobs can be vulnerable in ways many players don’t expect. If a mob is pulled underwater — by a boat, a player, another mob, or currents — it can drown while still tethered. Mobs that are untied naturally float to the surface, but leashed mobs remain at risk. Safe Leash is a lightweight NeoForge mod for…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/safe-leash
- Owner
- spekarchik
- Published
- 2026-02-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-15
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15