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Shears are a tool used for obtaining Wool, Ferns, Tall grass, mushrooms (from a Mooshroom), Leaves, Vines, Cobwebs, and Nether Sprouts.

Usage[edit | edit source]

Despite being made out of iron, smelting shears in a Furnace/Blast Furnace will not result in Iron Nuggets.

Shears are the most efficient to acquire wool from a sheep. By using the shears via right-click, the player can acquire 1 to 3 wool blocks. The same sheep can be sheared again after it eats from a Grass Block to regenerate its wool.

Shearing a Mooshroom drops five mushrooms of the same color and turns it into a normal cow.

Shearing a Pumpkin yields some pumpkin seeds and creates a carved pumpkin.

Shearing a Snow Golem removes its pumpkin head.

Shearing either a beehive or bee nest at honey level 5 drops 3 honeycombs. This does not break the hive or nest.

Shears can receive four enchantments in Java Edition: Efficiency, Unbreaking, Mending, and Curse of Vanishing. In Bedrock Edition, Silk Touch can be added as well as the other four enchantments.

Crafting[edit | edit source]

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Video[edit | edit source]

Minecraft Tutorial How to Make shears in Minecraft

Trivia[edit | edit source]

If shears are used on an activated Dispenser, and a sheep is near to it, the dispenser containing the shears will shear the sheep.
Even though it's made of iron, the grip has some leather in it.
Arguably, shears are sort of a "hidden gem" in Minecraft. Not something most people think about, but can be very valuable: especially if you have a shepherd villager to trade with.

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