Unbreakable Leads
Leads stay attached through long distances, fast movement and knockback in Unbreakable Leads, a Fabric mod for the 1.20 – 26.2 range.
What it does
Vanilla drops a lead in several cases, such as when a leashed mob ends up far away, moves quickly, gets knocked back or falls, is boosted by an elytra firework, or has a rider mount it; this mod keeps the leash in place through all of those, as well as through lag spikes and routine chunk unloading and loading. Attachments survive chunk unloads and reloads, and leashed entities are caught up safely after extreme distances.
It works on a dedicated server with no change to the client, so players connect with a completely vanilla client. It is server-side only and also runs in singleplayer when installed through Fabric. The mod builds on Minecraft's normal leash data instead of adding a custom attachment system, and a configuration file is created automatically. Fabric API is required. Files target 1.20 – 26.2 across 20 release versions, and the code is open source under the MIT License.
Key features
Long-distance leashes
Leashes stay attached when a mob is pulled far from its holder, without snapping during normal gameplay.
Movement and mounting
Attachments hold through fast movement, knockback, falling, elytra firework boosts and mounting entities.
Chunk unload handling
Attachments are preserved across chunk unloads and reloads, and leashed entities catch up safely after extreme distances.
Player-held and fence leashes
Both player-held leads and fence attachments are supported.
Intentional removal kept
Manually removing a lead with shears stays available by default. Cross-dimension travel, entity death, permanent removal and destroyed fence knots still end the leash.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x1 of 1 version with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners who want leashed mobs to stay attached in ordinary play, and players who lead animals over long distances on a server or in singleplayer.
How it compares
Snap Leashed Entities is also server-side only and open source under the MIT License, with files for 1.21 – 26.2. LeashVillagers is a client and server mod for 1.21.1 only and is not open source under the MIT License. Leashable is server-side only for 26.1 – 26.2 and is released under All rights reserved, so it is not open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unbreakable Leads | Fabric | 1.20 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-08-30 |
| Snap Leashed Entities | Fabric | 1.21 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-07-07 |
| LeashVillagers | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2025-12-03 |
| Leashable | Fabric | 26.1 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-09-07 |
Questions
Does Unbreakable Leads need Fabric API?
Do players need the mod on their client?
Which game versions have files?
Can the mod be configured?
In the catalog
Unbreakable Leads is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 5,189 Mobs mods for Fabric. 13,894 mods support Minecraft 26.2.
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What the author says
Unbreakable Leads is a lightweight Fabric mod that prevents leads from automatically snapping during normal gameplay. Leads can stay attached through long distances, fast movement, knockback, falling, elytra firework boosts, mounting, lag spikes, and ordinary chunk unload/reload cycles.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/unbreakable-leads-fabric
- Owner
- tiraaamisuuuu
- Published
- 2026-08-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-08-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15