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Shears are a planned tool mentioned by Jeb on Twitter[1] and that will be included in version 1.7. It will be able to quickly remove wool blocks, and will be the only reasonable way to get wool from sheep.[2] Shears will also be a legitimate way of obtaining placeable leaf blocks (which may be used for garden decoration like hedges)[3].

Notes

  • The tweet revealing Jeb's work on shears is written in Swedish "Pirate language", and actually says "Jag jobbar på shears nu", which translates to "I'm working on shears now".[citation needed]
  • In the future, shears will be "the only reasonable way" to acquire wool from sheep, although killing an unsheared sheep will also yield one wool. The main reason for this is an upcoming plan to have animals remain more persistent in the world, necessitating wool regrowth on sheep (and therefore, shearing). [4]
  • Many players use leaf blocks to create good-looking hedges for gardens etc. With the introduction of shears, players will be able to obtain leaf blocks easier in-game without cheating, or digging ditches to plant trees in. [5]
  • At first the plan was to make shears defuse TNT. However, Jeb dropped this shortly after to the favour of only letting you start TNT with redstone or fire[6].
  • They will have durability. [7]

References

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