How to make Shears in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft shears with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, shears are one of the many tools that you can make. They are used as scissors to cut items off in the game such as wool, leaves, vines, cobwebs or dead bushes so that you can add them to your inventory.

shears

Let's explore how to make shears.

Supported Platforms

Shears are available in the following versions of Minecraft:

PlatformSupported (Version*)
Java Edition (PC/Mac) Java Edition (PC/Mac)Yes
Pocket Edition (PE) Pocket Edition (PE)Yes
Xbox 360 Xbox 360Yes
Xbox One Xbox OneYes
PS3 PS3Yes
PS4 PS4Yes
Wii U Wii UYes
Nintendo Switch Nintendo SwitchYes
Windows 10 Edition Windows 10 EditionYes
Education Edition Education EditionYes

* The version that it was added or removed, if applicable.
NOTE: Pocket Edition (PE), Xbox One, PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Windows 10 Edition are now called Bedrock Edition. We will continue to show them individually for version history.

Where to find Shears in Creative Mode

Required Materials to make Shears

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft shears:

How to craft Shears in Survival Mode

1. Open the Crafting Menu

First, open your crafting table so that you have the 3x3 crafting grid that looks like this:

3x3 crafting area

2. Add Items to make Shears

In the crafting menu, you should see a crafting area that is made up of a 3x3 crafting grid. To make shears, place 2 iron ingots in the 3x3 crafting grid.

When making shears, it is important that the iron ingots are placed in the exact pattern as the image below. In the first row, there should be 1 iron ingot in the second box. In the second row, there should be 1 iron ingot in the first box. This is the Minecraft crafting recipe for shears.

Crafting recipe for shears

Now that you have filled the crafting area with the correct pattern, the shears will appear in the box to the right.

shears

3. Move the Shears to Inventory

Once you have crafted shears, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Completed shears

Congratulations, you have made shears in Minecraft!

Item ID and Name

Give Command for Shears

Enchantments for Shears

In Minecraft, you can enchant shears with the following enchantments:

Enchantment Description
Curse of Vanishing Cursed item will disappear after player dies
Efficiency Increases how fast you can mine
Mending Uses xp to mend your tools, weapons and armor
Unbreaking Increases durability of item, in effect, by decreasing the chance of the tool, weapon, or armor taking durability damage when used

See a complete list of Minecraft Enchantments that is interactive and searchable.

Things to Make with Shears

You can use shears to make items in Minecraft such as:

Things to Do with Shears

Here are some activities that you can do with shears in Minecraft: