Shears

Shears
Type	Tool
Stackable	No
Placeable	No
First Appearance	Update 0.2.0

Shears are a type of Tool added in Update 0.2.0.

Obtaining

Shears are mainly obtained through Crafting. After Update 1.0.4, Shears can be Traded for using Emeralds.

Crafting

• 2 Iron Ingots => 1 Shears

Usage

Shears have many uses:

• Shears are used to harvest Wool from Sheep without killing them. Upon shearing a Sheep, the Player will get 1-3 Wool, with the color of the Wool depending on the color of the Sheep Sheared.
• Shears are the only way to harvest Leaves, Vines, Dead Bushes, Tall Grass, and Ferns to obtain them as a placeable Block.
• Shears can be used on a Snow Golem to remove the Pumpkin from its head.
  • Doing this drops the Pumpkin.
• Shears can be used on Mooshrooms to turn them into Cows and obtain Mushrooms.
• When used to destroy Wool Blocks, Shears are the fastest and take no durability damage while doing so.
• Shears can remove String from Tripwire Hooks without activating it.
• Shears can be used on melon blocks to get 9 melons from it, opposed to only up to 7 without them.
• After Update 1.3, shears will be usable on pumpkins to turn them into Carved Pumpkins. When doing this, pumpkin seeds will be dropped.

Trivia

• Shears break Stone slightly faster than hand, due to Shears being an Iron Tool.
  • However, the Block itself will not drop if the Player does this.
• Bedrock Exclusive: Until Minecraft ^{Java Edition  1.9}, and as of Update 0.12.1, Shears can be used to remove the head of a Snow Golem.
• Shears make a snipping sound when used after Update 0.12.1.
• Shears cannot be Enchanted through Enchantment Tables, but can be though Anvils and Enchanted Books.
  • However, they can only be Enchanted using the Unbreaking, Mending, and Efficiency enchantments.
• Unlike most tools, Shears don't lose durability when breaking Blocks they aren't meant for, such as Glowstone, Glass and so on.
• If a Dispenser containing a Shear is activated when a sheep is in front of the Dispenser, the sheep will be sheared leaving the pieces of wool on the floor.