How to Make Shears in Minecraft

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Top row: empty, Iron Ingot. Bottom row: Iron Ingot, empty. A left-to-right mirror of this also works.

What you need

• Iron Ingot×2

Worth knowing

• Two iron ingots placed diagonally. Java matches the mirrored diagonal too, so either slant works.
• The pattern is only two slots wide and two tall, so it fits the 2x2 inventory grid and needs no crafting table.
• 238 uses. Shears collect wool, whole leaf blocks, cobwebs, vines, grass, ferns and honeycomb from a hive.

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