Shears

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Shears
Shears.png: Infobox image for Shears the item in Minecraft
Invicon Shears.png: Inventory sprite for Shears in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Shears
Rarity color

Common

Durability

238

Renewable

Yes

Stackable

No

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Shears are tools required to obtain some organic blocks or otherwise mine them faster as well as to shear certain entities and blocks.

Obtaining

Chest loot

ItemStructureContainerQuantityChance
Java Edition
ItemSprite shears.png: Sprite image for shears in Minecraft linking to ShearsShearsEnvSprite village.png: Sprite image for village in Minecraft linking to VillageVillageShepherd's chest112.3%
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Bedrock Edition
ItemSprite shears.png: Sprite image for shears in Minecraft linking to ShearsShearsEnvSprite village.png: Sprite image for village in Minecraft linking to VillageVillageShepherd's chest112.3%
{ "item": "Shears", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12311565744709374, "structure": "Village", "container": "Shepherd's chest" }

Crafting

NameIngredientsCrafting recipeDescription
ShearsIron Ingot
Invicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron IngotInvicon Iron Ingot.png: Inventory sprite for Iron Ingot in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Iron Ingot with description: Iron Ingot
Invicon Shears.png: Inventory sprite for Shears in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Shears
ShearsDamaged Shears
Invicon Damaged Shears.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Shears in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: ShearsInvicon Damaged Shears.png: Inventory sprite for Damaged Shears in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Shears
Invicon Shears.png: Inventory sprite for Shears in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Shears
The durability of the two shears is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Despite using iron in its crafting recipe, shears cannot be smelted into iron nuggets.[1]

Trading

Novice-level Shepherd villagers have a 40% chance to sell shears for 2 emeralds in Java Edition. This trade is always offered in Bedrock Edition.

Usage

Shearing

Shears lose 1 durability when used to shear something.

Shears can be used on a sheep to remove its coat and drop 1–3 wool of the corresponding color. The same sheep can be sheared again after it eats from a grass block to regenerate its coat.

Shearing a mooshroom drops 5 mushrooms of the corresponding color and irreversibly turns it into a normal cow.

Shearing a snow golem irreversibly removes its pumpkin, dropping it and revealing its face.

Shearing either a beehive or bee nest that is full of honey makes it drop 3 honeycombs and resets it to honey level 0. The same beehive or bee nest can be sheared again if it is able to reach full honey again. If sheared by hand without a campfire below the hive or nest, all bees within exit and all nearby bees attack the offending player.

Dispensers can use shears in any of the above listed ways, interacting with any valid block or entity in front of the dispenser's face. This decreases the shears' durability. A dispenser shearing a beehive or bee nest does not anger bees or cause them to leave even if there is not a campfire below it.

Shearing a pumpkin turns it into a carved pumpkin, dropping 4 pumpkin seeds in Java Edition or 1-3 pumpkin seeds in Bedrock Edition.

In Java Edition, shearing the tip of cave vines, kelp, weeping vines, or twisting vines sets its age value to 25 and stops further growth.

Breaking blocks

Shears use 1 durability when is used to break any block, even if it breaks instantly by hand.

Shears can be used to harvest cobwebs, leaves, grass, tall grass, seagrass, tall seagrass, ferns, large ferns, dead bushes, nether sprouts, vines, glow lichen or hanging roots and obtain them in item form. They can also be used to break tripwire connected to a tripwire hook without activating it.

When shears are used to break weeping vines or twisting vines they are guaranteed to drop in item form instead of the usual 33% chance. This applies to vines directly broken by shears and not vines that are broken due to the destruction of their supporting vines.

The following table shows information about blocks that can be broken with shears. Colors indicate what gets dropped when the block is broken:

  • White: The original block.
  • Blue: The block's normal drop (i.e. string, sticks, seeds, saplings, apples).
  • Red: Nothing.
No shears breaking timeShears breaking time
BlockSprite cobweb.png: Sprite image for cobweb in Minecraft linking to CobwebCobweb20 s[note 1]0.4 s
BlockSprite dead-bush.png: Sprite image for dead-bush in Minecraft linking to Dead BushDead Bush0 s0 s
BlockSprite fern.png: Sprite image for fern in Minecraft linking to GrassFern0 s0 s
BlockSprite grass.png: Sprite image for grass in Minecraft linking to GrassGrass0 s0 s
BlockSprite nether-sprouts.png: Sprite image for nether-sprouts in Minecraft linking to Nether SproutsNether Sprouts0 s[note 2]0 s
BlockSprite leaves.png: Sprite image for leaves in Minecraft linking to LeavesLeaves0.35 s0.05 s
BlockSprite tripwire.png: Sprite image for tripwire in Minecraft linking to String#TripwireTripwire0 s0 s[note 3]
BlockSprite vines.png: Sprite image for vines in Minecraft linking to VinesVines0.35 s0.35 s
BlockSprite wool.png: Sprite image for wool in Minecraft linking to WoolWool1.25 s0.25 s
BlockSprite seagrass.png: Sprite image for seagrass in Minecraft linking to SeagrassSeagrass0 s0 s
BlockSprite glow-lichen.png: Sprite image for glow-lichen in Minecraft linking to Glow LichenGlow Lichen0.3 s0.3 s
BlockSprite hanging-roots.png: Sprite image for hanging-roots in Minecraft linking to Hanging RootsHanging Roots0 s0 s
BlockSprite twisting-vines-plant.png: Sprite image for twisting-vines-plant in MinecraftBlockSprite twisting-vines.png: Sprite image for twisting-vines in Minecraft linking to Twisting VinesTwisting Vines
BlockSprite weeping-vines-plant.png: Sprite image for weeping-vines-plant in MinecraftBlockSprite weeping-vines.png: Sprite image for weeping-vines in Minecraft linking to Weeping VinesWeeping Vines		0 s0 s[note 4]
  1. ↑Breaking cobwebs with a sword is as fast as breaking with shears, and yields string. This costs double durability.
  2. ↑In Bedrock Edition, the item drops when breaking it with fists.
  3. ↑Using shears does not trigger a redstone pulse.
  4. ↑Using shears increases the chance of dropping from 33% to 100%.

Enchantments

Shears can receive the following enchantments:

NameMax LevelMethod
EfficiencyVInvicon Anvil.png: Inventory sprite for Anvil in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Anvil with description: Anvil
UnbreakingIIIInvicon Anvil.png: Inventory sprite for Anvil in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Anvil with description: Anvil
MendingIInvicon Anvil.png: Inventory sprite for Anvil in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Anvil with description: Anvil
Curse of VanishingIInvicon Anvil.png: Inventory sprite for Anvil in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Anvil with description: Anvil
Silk Touch‌[BE only]IInvicon Anvil.png: Inventory sprite for Anvil in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Anvil with description: Anvil


Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Shears clickPlayersWhen a mooshroom is shearedentity.mooshroom.shearsubtitles.item.shears.shear1.01.016
{ "pitch": "1.0", "subtitle": "Shears click", "source": "Players", "id": "entity.mooshroom.shear", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a mooshroom is sheared", "sounds": [ "Shear.ogg" ], "volume": "1.0", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.item.shears.shear" }
Shears clickPlayersWhen a sheep is shearedentity.sheep.shearsubtitles.item.shears.shear1.01.016
{ "pitch": "1.0", "subtitle": "Shears click", "source": "Players", "id": "entity.sheep.shear", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a sheep is sheared", "sounds": [ "Shear.ogg" ], "volume": "1.0", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.item.shears.shear" }
Shears clickPlayersWhen a snow golem is shearedentity.snow_golem.shearsubtitles.item.shears.shear1.01.016
{ "pitch": "1.0", "subtitle": "Shears click", "source": "Players", "id": "entity.snow_golem.shear", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a snow golem is sheared", "sounds": [ "Shear.ogg" ], "volume": "1.0", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.item.shears.shear" }
Plant croppedBlocksWhen a growing plant is croppedblock.growing_plant.cropsubtitles.block.growing_plant.crop1.01.016
{ "pitch": "1.0", "subtitle": "Plant cropped", "source": "Blocks", "id": "block.growing_plant.crop", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a growing plant is cropped", "sounds": [ "Shear.ogg" ], "volume": "1.0", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.block.growing_plant.crop" }
Shears scrapeBlocksWhen honeycombs are harvested from a beehiveblock.beehive.shearsubtitles.block.beehive.shear0.81.0/0.8/0.916
{ "pitch": "1.0/0.8/0.9", "subtitle": "Shears scrape", "source": "Blocks", "id": "block.beehive.shear", "distance": "16", "desc": "When honeycombs are harvested from a beehive", "sounds": [ "Beehive shear.ogg" ], "volume": "0.8", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.block.beehive.shear" }
Shears carveBlocksWhen a pumpkin is carvedblock.pumpkin.carvesubtitles.block.pumpkin.carve1.01.016
{ "pitch": "1.0", "subtitle": "Shears carve", "source": "Blocks", "id": "block.pumpkin.carve", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a pumpkin is carved", "sounds": [ "Pumpkin carve1.ogg", "Pumpkin carve2.ogg" ], "volume": "1.0", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.block.pumpkin.carve" }
Item breaksPlayersWhen a pair of shears' durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break0.80.8-1.216
{ "pitch": "0.8-1.2", "subtitle": "Item breaks", "source": "Players", "id": "entity.item.break", "distance": "16", "desc": "When a pair of shears' durability is exhausted", "sounds": [ "Random break.ogg" ], "volume": "0.8", "java": "1", "translationkey": "subtitles.entity.item.break" }

Bedrock Edition:
Pumpkins do not have carve sounds.

Sounds
SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
PlayersWhen something is shearedmob.sheep.shear1.01.0
{ "sounds": [ "Shear.ogg" ], "source": "Players", "volume": "1.0", "id": "mob.sheep.shear", "pitch": "1.0", "bedrock": "1", "desc": "When something is sheared" }
BlocksWhen honeycombs are harvested from a beehiveblock.beehive.shear0.80.8-1.0
{ "sounds": [ "Beehive shear.ogg" ], "source": "Blocks", "volume": "0.8", "id": "block.beehive.shear", "pitch": "0.8-1.0", "bedrock": "1", "desc": "When honeycombs are harvested from a beehive" }
PlayersWhen a pair of shears' durability is exhaustedrandom.break1.00.9
{ "sounds": [ "Random break.ogg" ], "source": "Players", "volume": "1.0", "id": "random.break", "pitch": "0.9", "bedrock": "1", "desc": "When a pair of shears' durability is exhausted" }

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
ItemSprite shears.png: Sprite image for shears in Minecraft ShearsshearsItemitem.minecraft.shears

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
ItemSprite shears.png: Sprite image for shears in Minecraft Shearsshears421Itemitem.shears.name

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS4)
PS4Other
AchievementSprite have-a-shearful-day.png: Sprite image for have-a-shearful-day in Minecraft linking to Achievement#Have a Shearful DayNewAchievementSprite have-a-shearful-day.png: Sprite image for have-a-shearful-day in Minecraft linking to Achievement#Have a Shearful DayHave a Shearful Day
{ "anchor": "", "title": "Have a Shearful Day", "icon": "", "title": "Have a Shearful Day", "description": "Use Shears to obtain wool from a sheep.", "requirements": "", "gamerscore": "15G", "trophytype": "Bronze", "rewards": "Wooled outerwear" }
Use Shears to obtain wool from a sheep.—15GBronze

History

June 3, 2011Shears were first mentioned by Jeb on Twitter. The tweet revealing Jeb's work on shears was written in Swedish (Jag jobbar på shears nu), which translates to "I'm working on shears now".
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June 7, 2011Jeb tweets about how shears were originally planned as a way to defuse TNT, but he dropped this shortly after deciding TNT would detonate only with redstone or fire.
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Java Edition Beta
1.7Shears JE1 BE1.png Added shears.
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Before Beta 1.7, sheep would drop 1-3 wool blocks at most when hit, but shears can harvest up to 4 wool blocks per sheep.
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1.8Pre-releaseShears can now be used to harvest a fern, vines and grass.
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Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 PrereleaseShears now harvest red mushrooms from a mooshroom and turn it back into a normal cow.
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1.111w49aSheep now drop only 1-3 wool blocks when sheared, but they can also regrow their wool by eating grass, which is part of a plan to have animals stay in the game longer.[2]
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1.2.112w05aShears can now be used to harvest dead bushes.
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12w06aShears are now renewable, due to zombies occassionally dropping iron ingots.
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1.3.112w21aShears can now be bought from farmer villagers for 3 emeralds each.
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12w22aShears can now be used to break tripwire string and not set it off.
{"type": "java", "version": "1.3.1", "snap": "12w22a", "content": "Shears can now be used to break (link to tripwire article, displayed as tripwire) string and not set it off."}
1.4.212w38aAdded a sound when using shears on sheep.
{"type": "java", "version": "1.4.2", "snap": "12w38a", "content": "Added a (link to sound article, displayed as sound) when using shears on (link to sheep article, displayed as sheep)."}
1.4.612w50aShears can now be enchanted.
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1.814w02aTrading has been changed: Shepherd villagers now sell shears for 3–4 emeralds each. 
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Farmers no longer trade shears.
{"type": "java", "version": "1.8", "snap": "14w02a", "content": "Farmers no longer trade shears."}
pre1Shears now lose durability when breaking wool blocks. In previous versions, shears would take durabilitydamage only when destroyed or when breaking tall grass or leaves, the damage remaining the same for all other blocks.[3]
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1.915w34aShears may now be used in a crafting grid to zoom in maps.
{"type": "java", "version": "1.9", "snap": "15w34a", "content": "Shears may now be used in a crafting grid to zoom in (link to map article, displayed as maps)."}
15w45aShears no longer zoom in maps.
{"type": "java", "version": "1.9", "snap": "15w45a", "content": "Shears no longer zoom in maps."}
15w47bShears can no longer be enchanted with Silk Touch.
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Shears now lose durability when used to break any block (formerly lost durability only from leaves, web, grass, vines, tripwire and wool).
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15w47cShears now harvest cobweb without requiring Silk Touch.
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15w49aSnow golem's pumpkin can now be removed with shears.
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1.1317w47aWhen shears are used on an un-carved pumpkin, it now turns into a carved pumpkin and drops 4 pumpkin seeds.
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Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 359.
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1.1418w43aShears placed in a dispenser can now shear sheep.
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Shears JE2 BE2.png The texture of shears has been changed.
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18w49aShears can now be found in chests in village shepherd houses.
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1.1519w34aShears can now be used on bee nests and beehives to harvest honeycomb.
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1.1620w15aShears placed in a dispenser can now shear mooshrooms and snow golems.
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1.16.2pre1Shears are now required in order to pick up nether roots.
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pre2Shears are no longer required to pick up nether roots.
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1.17?Shears are now required in order to pick up hanging roots.
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1.1821w37aShears can now stop cave vines, kelp, weeping vines, and twisting vines from aging.
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1.1922w11aShears are now required in order to pick up mangrove leaves.
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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0Shears JE1 BE1.png Added shears.
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v0.3.2Survival players no longer start out with infinite durability shears in the inventory.
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v0.4.0Removed shears from the creative inventory.
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v0.8.0build 3Re-added shears to creative mode.
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v0.9.0build 1Shears can now be used to transform mooshrooms into cows.
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v0.12.1build 3Shearing a snow golem now removes its pumpkin.
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Shears can now be enchanted in an anvil.
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v0.13.0build 1Shears can now be used to break tripwire string without triggering it.
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v0.15.0build 1Shears now lose durability when used to break any block.
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Pocket Edition
1.0.4alpha 1.0.4.0Shears can now be bought from shepherd villagers.
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1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Breaking a melon block with shears now always drop 9 melons.
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Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.13.8Shears can now be used to turn un-carved pumpkins into carved pumpkin and spit out 4 pumpkin seeds.
{"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.4.0", "snap": "beta 1.2.13.8", "content": "Shears can now be used to turn un-carved (link to pumpkin article, displayed as pumpkins) into (link to carved pumpkin article, displayed as carved pumpkin) and spit out 4 (link to pumpkin seeds article, displayed as pumpkin seeds)."}
?Shears now harvest cobweb without requiring Silk Touch.
{"type": "bedrock", "version": "?", "content": "Shears now harvest (link to cobweb article, displayed as cobweb) without requiring (link to Silk Touch article, displayed as Silk Touch)."}
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Shears placed in a dispenser can now shear sheep.
{"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.10.0", "snap": "beta 1.10.0.3", "content": "Shears placed in a (link to dispenser article, displayed as dispenser) can now shear (link to sheep article, displayed as sheep)."}
Shears JE2 BE2.png The texture of shears has been changed.
{"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.10.0", "snap": "beta 1.10.0.3", "content": "(link to File:Shears JE2 BE2.png article, displayed as 32px) The texture of shears has been changed."}
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Shears can now be found in village shepherd houses.
{"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.11.0", "snap": "beta 1.11.0.1", "content": "Shears can now be found in (link to village article, displayed as village) shepherd houses."}
beta 1.11.0.4Shears sold by shepherd villagers now cost only 2 emeralds.
{"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.11.0", "snap": "beta 1.11.0.4", "content": "Shears (link to trading article, displayed as sold) by shepherd (link to villager article, displayed as villagers) now cost only 2 (link to emerald article, displayed as emeralds)."}
1.14.0beta 1.14.0.1Shears can now be used on bee nests and beehives to harvest honeycomb.
{"type": "bedrock", "version": "1.14.0", "snap": "beta 1.14.0.1", "content": "Shears can now be used on (link to bee nest article, displayed as bee nests) and (link to beehive article, displayed as beehives) to harvest (link to honeycomb article, displayed as honeycomb)."}
Legacy Console Edition
TU3CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.1Shears JE1 BE1.png Added shears.
{"type": "console", "xbox": "TU3", "xbone": "CU1", "ps": "1.0", "wiiu": "Patch 1", "switch": "1.0.1", "content": "(link to File:Shears JE1 BE1.png article, displayed as 32px) Added shears."}
TU69 1.76 Patch 38Shears can now be used to turn regular pumpkins into carved pumpkins.
{"type": "console", "xbox": "TU69", "xbone": "none", "ps": "1.76", "wiiu": "Patch 38", "switch": "none", "content": "Shears can now be used to turn regular (link to pumpkin article, displayed as pumpkins) into (link to carved pumpkin article, displayed as carved pumpkins)."}
1.90 Shears JE2 BE2.png The texture of shears has been changed.
{"type": "console", "xbox": "none", "xbone": "none", "ps": "1.90", "wiiu": "none", "switch": "none", "content": "(link to File:Shears JE2 BE2.png article, displayed as 32px) The texture of shears has been changed."}
Shears placed in a dispenser can now shear sheep.
{"type": "console", "xbox": "none", "xbone": "none", "ps": "1.90", "wiiu": "none", "switch": "none", "content": "Shears placed in a (link to dispenser article, displayed as dispenser) can now shear (link to sheep article, displayed as sheep)."}
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Shears JE1 BE1.png Added shears.
{"type": "new3ds", "version": "0.1.0", "content": "(link to File:Shears JE1 BE1.png article, displayed as 32px) Added shears."}

Issues

Issues relating to "Shears" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

  • An enchanted pair of shears.

    An enchanted pair of shears.

References

  1. ↑MC-111738
  2. ↑https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/76647002317930496
  3. ↑MC-5313

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