[MC-8180] Silk touch Shears don't lose durability when mining grass, ice, etc. Created: 24/Jan/13  Updated: 05/May/21  Resolved: 19/Nov/15

Status: Resolved
Project: Minecraft: Java Edition
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Minecraft 1.4.6, Minecraft 1.4.7, Snapshot 13w02b, Snapshot 13w03a, Snapshot 13w04a, Minecraft 1.5, Snapshot 13w11a, Minecraft 1.6.2, Minecraft 1.7.4, Minecraft 14w05b, Minecraft 14w06b, Minecraft 14w07a, Minecraft 14w08a, Minecraft 1.7.5, Minecraft 1.7.10, Minecraft 14w30a, Minecraft 14w30b, Minecraft 14w32a, Minecraft 1.8-pre3, Minecraft 1.8, Minecraft 1.8.1-pre1, Minecraft 1.8.4, Minecraft 1.8.8, Minecraft 15w45a
Fix Version/s: Minecraft 15w47b

Type: Bug
Reporter: Joseph Fowler Assignee: [Mojang] Grum (Erik Broes)
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 8
Labels: durability, shears, silktouch

Issue Links:
Duplicate
is duplicated by MC-45099 Shears don't take durability when bre... Resolved
is duplicated by MC-69843 Shears Durability Bug Resolved
Relates
relates to MC-93001 Unable to obtain cobwebs Resolved
relates to MC-224744 Silk Touch and Fortune tools do not c... Open
relates to MC-5313 Shears do not take damage when used o... Resolved
CHK:
Confirmation Status: Confirmed
Game Mode: Survival

 Description   

Silk touch Shears don't lose durability when mining grass, ice, etc. Making shears far superior to silk-touch pickaxes.

Potentially solved by making silk-touch on shears only work for spider-web or alternatively having tools always consume durability when using silk-touch.



 Comments   
Comment by George Gates [ 20/Nov/15 ]

"instead of just fixing that in 15w47b"
An update is a new release, a new release gets a new version string.

Unless you meant at the same time as the removal, in which case it simply being overlooked is likely. Remember that snapshots are not professional releases, are not meant for serious gameplay, and have rapid changes.

Comment by Anomie X [ 20/Nov/15 ]

This is a freaking awful solution to this bug. For a start, what about all the people who already have silk touch shears? Not well thought out at all.

Just making shears lose durability when breaking all blocks was enough to fix this, except for cobweb that alone makes it better to put Silk Touch on a diamond tool for general use instead. People with Silk Touch shears left from 1.8 don't matter much since those shears will lose durability and break soon enough.

Removing the need to get a Silk Touch book to make Silk Touch shears to get cobwebs is just a bonus, IMO. Slightly disappointing that 15w47b has unobtainable cobwebs that will be fixed in 15w47c/15w48a/whatever instead of just fixing that in 15w47b too (and makes me wonder if they're doing something more complicated than just making them obtainable with ordinary shears), but oh well.

Comment by Joseph Fowler [ 20/Nov/15 ]

This is a freaking awful solution to this bug. For a start, what about all the people who already have silk touch shears? Not well thought out at all.

I wish I had never posted this issue.

Comment by [Helper] Michał [ 19/Nov/15 ]

Don't know what to think about this... Before cobweb was something special, since you don't need silk touch book, it's... meh.

Comment by [Mod] redstonehelper [ 19/Nov/15 ]

Don't worry, you'll be able to get cobwebs again in the next snapshot: MC-93001

Comment by Diane Donaldson [ 19/Nov/15 ]

Agreed! That was the best thing about silk touch on shears, the ability to get cobwebs.

Comment by [Helper] Michał [ 19/Nov/15 ]

Shears must be able to have silk touch, because it is the only way to obtain web block cobweb in survival!

Comment by [Mojang] Grum (Erik Broes) [ 19/Nov/15 ]

It now always hurts like it should and you can no longer enchant shears with silktouch.

Comment by Jeremy [ 10/Nov/15 ]

Confirmed for Minecraft 1.9 Snapshot 15w45a. Also, the grass fix was reverted back. Now the shears only take durability when mining cobwebs and not when mining any of the other Silk Touchable blocks. This makes Silk Touch shears the most overpowered item in the game.

Comment by Dlawso the Really Lucky Rabbit [ 12/Jul/15 ]

Fixed for grass in 1.8.7, possibly eariler.

Comment by Joseph Fowler [ 06/May/15 ]

I strongly object to the idea that this should be removed because it's "always worked like this". That doesn't make it any less a bug.

Comment by TheDoctorSoda [ 06/May/15 ]

@William Kopec, you're saying that because a bug has existed for a while, it should no longer be considered a bug?

Comment by billyk_ [ 05/May/15 ]

Request for this to get removed off the bug tracker.

Shears have always worked like this, so it doesn't make sense to have this change potentially go through when it's been like this since silk touch was available to be put on shears.

Comment by Jeremy [ 05/May/15 ]

Confirmed for 1.8.4. Also this bug happens as well with glass, bookshelves, podzol, mycelium and many other silk touchable blocks.

Comment by Jeremy [ 01/Nov/14 ]

Confirmed in 1.8.1 Pre-release 3.

Comment by Ampflower [ 16/Oct/14 ]

Yea. Shears usually don't take damage against ice, due to shears unable to mine it faster. Also, It would make alot of blocklag if Mojang made the shears check for Silk. Also, still happens in 1.8.1-Pre1. Here is a example on what is with Silk:

1. Enchant a random block/item, and Shears with Silk. (Require Creative)
2. Break glass with enchanted item/block, and shears
3. The block drops itself, and no damage is done to shears.

It is due that enchantments can be used on All items but enchanted book. Even sticks can have knockback 100, and the chicken will be flung like 100 blocks. It is a bug that will take forever to fix.

Comment by Arjan de Vries [ 23/Jul/14 ]

Still in 14w30b. Kind of a stupid glitch .

Comment by Itouch2 [ 02/Mar/14 ]

Still an issue in 1.7.5 and 14w08a

Comment by Joseph Fowler [ 04/Jan/14 ]

Still occurs in 1.7.4

Comment by GrygrFlzr [ 26/Jan/13 ]

Confirmed to still occur in 13w04a.

Comment by Mike B [ 25/Jan/13 ]

I wouldn't say it (a silk-touch shear) is far superior to a silk-touch pickaxe, compared to a silk-touch iron or diamond one which can return stone and any ores, where a shear cannot. Nevertheless, it is a bug, like the reporter has said.

Video Proof: http://youtu.be/Tm09yoCcxKo

I didn't realize til after the video that I didn't check ice. Both the silk-touch shears and regular shears do not take damage from breaking ice.

Operating System: Windows 7
Java Version: 7u11
Minecraft Version: 13w03a

Comment by GrygrFlzr [ 24/Jan/13 ]

Ah, my mistake, I tested it on tall grass. Trying it on ice and grass blocks replicate the behavior you mentioned.

Comment by Joseph Fowler [ 24/Jan/13 ]

Did you test on Grass and Ice?

Could be my mistake, I will double check when I get home.

Comment by GrygrFlzr [ 24/Jan/13 ]

Cannot replicate, silk-touch shears lost durability on usage. Are you sure you're not on creative?

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