How To Make Shears In Minecraft: 11 Steps (with Pictures)

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Last Updated: June 16, 2025

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Shears are used for shearing sheep, harvesting plants, gathering cobwebs and destroying wool blocks in Minecraft. They're very simple to craft.

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Finding the Materials

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  1. Step 1 Mine for iron. 1 Mine for iron. You'll need two pieces of iron ore.
  2. Step 2 Smelt it. 2 Smelt it. This is done by placing the two iron ore into a furnace. Place iron in the top slot, fuel (coal) in the bottom slot. Advertisement
  3. Step 3 Retrieve the two iron ingots that you have smelted. 3 Retrieve the two iron ingots that you have smelted.
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Crafting the Shears

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  1. Step 1 Place the two iron ingots into your crafting grid. 1 Place the two iron ingots into your crafting grid.
    • If you've made a crafting table, your grid size will be 3x3. Otherwise, it'll be 2x2.[1]
  2. Step 2 In either case, arrange the ingots as shown above: 2 In either case, arrange the ingots as shown above:
    • Place one iron ingot in the center left column.
    • Place the other iron ingot in the center top row.
  3. Step 3 Shift click or drag the shears to your inventory. 3 Shift click or drag the shears to your inventory.
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Using the Shears

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Shears can shear sheep, destroy wool faster or harvest tall grass, leaves, dead bushes, vines and ferns.

  1. Step 1 Shear a sheep. 1 Shear a sheep. With the shears in your hand, stand next to a sheep and right click. You will shear the sheep. To retrieve the wool, simply walk over it.
    • You will get from 1 to 3 blocks of wool from each sheep you shear.
    • Be careful in Minecraft Pocket Edition. If you're not careful, you can kill the sheep. To shear one properly, touch and hold down on the screen, in the way you'd break a block. Otherwise shearing the sheep can hurt the sheep and will kill it after 8 hits.
  2. Step 2 Harvest plants. 2 Harvest plants. With the shears in your hands, left click on the plant.
    • Note that some plants can be harvested without shears but some plants are better harvested using shears, such as ferns, tall grass, vines, leaves and dead bushes.
  3. Step 3 Destroy a cobweb. 3 Destroy a cobweb. Use the shears to remove cobwebs almost instantly. Left click to begin the action. You'll get a piece of string for your efforts.
  4. Step 4 Use shears on a mooshroom. 4 Use shears on a mooshroom. Right click and you will receive 5 red mushrooms and restores the mooshroom to a cow.
    • You can also shear a brown mooshroom, which will drop 5 brown mooshroom upon being sheared, and will also be restored to a normal cow.
  5. Step 5 Destroy wool faster. 5 Destroy wool faster. If you have misplaced the wool, you may need to destroy it. Without shears, doing this can take some time. To destroy, place the shears in your hands and left click.
    • The shears will not be damaged by destroying wool blocks.
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  • Question Should I use them when mobs are around? Community Answer Community Answer Shears are not weapons, so they aren't much use against mobs. You can use them to shear sheep, break wool, and gather plants. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful. Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 6 Helpful 16
  • Question How can I shear a sheep? Belle K. Belle K. Top Answerer To shear a sheep, simply walk up to the animal with shears in one hand and right click on the animal. They will drop 1-3 pieces of wool. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful. Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 4 Helpful 10
  • Question Can I rename a sheep "jeb_" and still shear it even though it's changing its color? Verin Verin Top Answerer Yes, naming sheep "jeb_" only affects how the sheep itself appears in-game. The actual colour of the wool you get from shearing it however is unaffected. Thanks! We're glad this was helpful. Thank you for your feedback. If wikiHow has helped you, please consider a small contribution to support us in helping more readers like you. We’re committed to providing the world with free how-to resources, and even $1 helps us in our mission. Support wikiHow Yes No Not Helpful 1 Helpful 3
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Tips

  • If you want colored wool, a sheep can be dyed before shearing. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 1
  • You find a lot more gold in water. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 1
  • Leaves that are obtained with shears become place-able leaf blocks that won't deteriorate. The leaves will not drop saplings. Thanks Helpful 0 Not Helpful 1
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Things You'll Need

  • Minecraft installed
  • Iron ingots

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.minecraftcraftingguide.net/how-to-craft/
  2. Cross checked against Minecraft Wiki: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Shears

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wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, 21 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has been viewed 152,816 times. 26 votes - 66% Co-authors: 21 Updated: June 16, 2025 Views: 152,816 Categories: Minecraft Crafting Article SummaryX

1. Place two iron ores into a furnace with coal. 2. Drag 2 iron ingots to the inventory. 3. Place an iron ingot in the left-center column. 4. Place the other iron ingot in the top-center square. 5. Drag the shears to the inventory. Did this summary help you?YesNo

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