About Tether
From SpigotMCThe ultimate leashing solution. Leash any mob or player and take full control over leashing.
Tether is the ultimate leashing solution. You can leash any mob or player, and can take full control over leashing across your server with a multitude of configuration options and integrations.
It supports all default leashing mechanics, has a mob whitelist and blacklist, and integrates with your favourite land management plugins.
Features
- Leash any mob in Minecraft.
- Attach any leashed mob to a fence (right-click the fence).
- Leash any mobs together (sneak + right-click the mob).
- Entity leash blacklist and whitelist.
- Tip: You can also write DEFAULT_LEASHABLE_ENTITIES to target all entities that are leashable by default.
- Leash players.
Tether integrates with the following plugins (for both entity and player leashing):
- WorldGuard (using the "leash" flag).
- The "leash" flag respects the default INTERACT flag, which in turn respects the BUILD flag.
- However, in the __global__ region, only BUILD is checked.
- GriefPrevention
- Towny
- Lands
- GriefDefender
- Residence (using the "leash" flag).
- Citizens - Respects your NPCs' "leashable" setting.
- /tether reload - Reloads the configuration.
- tether.leashplayers - Allows leashing other players. (Make sure to also enable player leashing in the config).
- tether.reload - Allows /tether reload
See Tether in action here!
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 7 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.2.
Loaders
Runs on Spigot and Paper.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
Tether on Nxeon
From our catalogue- One-click install
- Supported on Nxeon Minecraft servers, for Paper servers. We download it from SpigotMC, place it, and restart the server.
- Server side
- Required on the server
- Server type needed
- Spigot, Paper
- Server load
- light
- Smallest plan we suggest
- Minecraft — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
- Latest build
- latest, released 2026-08-18
Game versions by loader
| Loader | Game versions | Newest |
|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1.18 to 26.2 (7 versions) | 26.2 |
| Spigot | 1.18 to 26.2 (7 versions) | 26.2 |
From 10 recorded builds of Tether.
Recent builds
| Build | Released | Game versions | Loaders |
|---|---|---|---|
| latest | 2026-08-18 | 1.18 to 26.2 (7 versions) | Spigot, Paper |
| 4.0.0-beta.1 | 2026-07-27 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 3.1.0 | 2026-07-16 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 3.0.0 | 2026-05-20 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 3.0.0-beta.1 | 2026-05-08 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
| 2.13.3 | 2026-04-28 | n/a | Spigot, Paper |
Run Tether on a Minecraft server
Pick a server or deploy a new one above; it is installed in one click.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogCreatures & NPCs
Adds or changes creatures, NPCs and how they behave.
Runs on your server
From source side supportSpigotMC lists Tether as required on the server. Check its SpigotMC page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- SpigotPaper
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.2 and 6 earlier
- Requires
- One-click install needs a Paper server.
Verified at the source
- ✓SpigotMCOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-02Open ↗
- ✓AuthorNaspo, as published on SpigotMC
- ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree










