Shears are a tool mentioned by Jeb on Twitter[1] and are included in Beta 1.7.
They are able to quickly remove wool blocks, and are the only reasonable way to get wool from sheep Tutorial.[2] Shears are also 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]
- Shears are the only reasonable way to acquire wool from sheep. 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. [3]
- 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[5].
- They have durability. [6]
- Killing a sheep does not yield wool.
- Breaking a wool block with a shear will be very fast, and won't damage the tool.
Crafting
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
| Iron (Ingot) + Iron (Ingot) | Template:Grid/Crafting Table |
References
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/76570646074765312
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/76635091929014273
- ↑ a b http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/77322124322279425
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/76647002317930496
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/78154891637436416
- ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/jeb_/status/85810750257500161