MC-174829Shears damaged by every block
The bug
Breaking blocks, that you can break with your hand, like weeping vines, twisting vines, flowers, sugar cane, end rods, torches, slime, etc., with shears reduces their durability. No other tools seem to be affected. This is inconsistent and weird. Most likely one will run into this while shearing tall grass and flowers.
Originally I only noticed weeping vines and twisting vines and breaking them with durability loss wouldn't be a problem, if you got a better drop chance, but there is no difference between using your hand and using shears, except that you lose durability. In this regard the new vines are special, that it could make sense for shears to take damage.
This may be an occasion to rethink fortune and silk touch on shears, since using them (legacy shears) also doesn't do anything to drop chance. And this would be their second use now (apart from breaking seagrass and coral fans).
Minimal fixed behavior: no damage to shears on blocks that you can break with no tool.
May relate to: MC-103430
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Weeping, Twisting Vines - wrong shearing behavior
Breaking weeping vines (and twisting vines) with shears reduces their durability, no other tools seem to be affected. This wouldn't be a problem, if you got a better drop chance, but there is no difference between using your hand and using shears, except that you lose durability.
This may be an occasion to rethink silk touch shears, since using them (legacy shears) also doesn't do anything to drop chance. And this would be their second use (breaking seagrass and coral fans).
Suggested fixed behavior: shears add half the difference between normal drop rate and 100% drop rate (examples: 50%, with shears 75%; 80%, with shears 90%). Silk touch should always drop (useful while decorating).
May relate to: MC-103430
Weeping,Twisting Vines- wrong shearing behaviorWeeping & Twisting Vines damage shears
Breaking weeping vines (and twisting vines) with shears reduces their durability, no other tools seem to be affected. This wouldn't be a problem, if you got a better drop chance, but there is no difference between using your hand and using shears, except that you lose durability.
This may be an occasion to rethink silk touch shears, since using them (legacy shears) also doesn't do anything to drop chance. And this would be their second use (breaking seagrass and coral fans).
Suggested fixed behavior: shears add half the difference between normal drop rate and 100% drop rate (examples: 50%, with shears 75%; 80%, with shears 90%). Silk touch should always drop (useful while decorating).
May relate to: MC-103430Breaking weeping vines (and twisting vines and sugar cane) with shears reduces their durability, no other tools seem to be affected. This wouldn't be a problem, if you got a better drop chance, but there is no difference between using your hand and using shears, except that you lose durability.
This may be an occasion to rethink silk touch shears, since using them (legacy shears) also doesn't do anything to drop chance. And this would be their second use (breaking seagrass and coral fans).
Minimal fix: no damage to shears on blocks that you can break with no tool.
May relate to: MC-103430
Weeping & Twisting Vines damage shearsShears damaged by every block
Breaking weeping vines
(andtwisting vinesandsugar cane)with shears reduces their durability, no other tools seem to be affected. Thiswouldn't be a problem, if you got a better drop chance, but there is no difference between using your hand and using shears, except that you lose durability.
This may be an occasion to rethink silk touch shears, since using them (legacy shears) also doesn't do anything to drop chance. And this would be their second use (breaking seagrass and coral fans).Minimal fix: no damage to shears on blocks that you can break with no tool.
May relate to: MC-103430Breaking blocks, that you can break with your hand, like weeping vines, twisting vines, flowers, sugar cane, end rods, torches, slime, etc., with shears reduces their durability. No other tools seem to be affected. This is inconsistent and weird. Most likely one will run into this while shearing tall grass and flowers.
Originally I only noticed weeping vines and twisting vines and breaking them with durability loss wouldn't be a problem, if you got a better drop chance, but there is no difference between using your hand and using shears, except that you lose durability. In this regard the new vines are special, that it could make sense for shears to take damage.
This may be an occasion to rethink fortune and silk touch on shears, since using them (legacy shears) also doesn't do anything to drop chance. And this would be their second use now (apart from breaking seagrass and coral fans).
Minimal fixed behavior: no damage to shears on blocks that you can break with no tool.
May relate to: MC-103430
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Breaking blocks, that you can break with your hand, like weeping vines, twisting vines, flowers, sugar cane, end rods, torches, slime, etc., with shears reduces their durability. No other tools seem to be affected. This is inconsistent and weird. Most likely one will run into this while shearing tall grass and flowers.
Originally I only noticed weeping vines and twisting vines and breaking them with durability loss wouldn't be a problem, if you got a better drop chance, but there is no difference between using your hand and using shears, except that you lose durability. In this regard the new vines are special, that it could make sense for shears to take damage.
This may be an occasion to rethink fortune and silk touch on shears, since using them (legacy shears) also doesn't do anything to drop chance. And this would be their second use now (apart from breaking seagrass and coral fans).
Minimal fixed behavior: no damage to shears on blocks that you can break with no tool.
May relate to:
MC-103430The bug
Breaking blocks, that you can break with your hand, like weeping vines, twisting vines, flowers, sugar cane, end rods, torches, slime, etc., with shears reduces their durability. No other tools seem to be affected. This is inconsistent and weird. Most likely one will run into this while shearing tall grass and flowers.
Originally I only noticed weeping vines and twisting vines and breaking them with durability loss wouldn't be a problem, if you got a better drop chance, but there is no difference between using your hand and using shears, except that you lose durability. In this regard the new vines are special, that it could make sense for shears to take damage.
This may be an occasion to rethink fortune and silk touch on shears, since using them (legacy shears) also doesn't do anything to drop chance. And this would be their second use now (apart from breaking seagrass and coral fans).
Minimal fixed behavior: no damage to shears on blocks that you can break with no tool.
May relate to:
MC-103430
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Some blocks, such as dead bushes, short grass, and those shown in the image attached, cannot be obtained by hand or with Silk Touch. This makes shears the only tool capable of collecting them. However, shears do not lose durability when used on these blocks, which seems inconsistent—since the only tool required to obtain them is effectively unbreakable.
Additionally, this behavior did not exist in previous versions.
This issue may be closely related to: MC-174829
Can confirm in 20w48a.
Can confirm in 20w51a.
Can confirm in 21w03a.
Can confirm in 21w06a.
Can confirm in 1.16.5 and 21w08b.
I believe the intended behavior is that blocks you can instamine and get with any tool does not reduce the durability. Breaking blocks such as wool and cobwebs and blocks that need shears to be picked up like grass and ferns still should reduce the durability.
Also this wasn't an issue before 15w47b
Can confirm in 21w10a. Video attached.
Can confirm in 21w13a.
I think this was introduced to fix
MC-8180Can confirm in 21w16a.
Can confirm in 1.17.
Can confirm in 1.17.1.
Can confirm in 1.17.1.
Can confirm in 1.18.1.
Can confirm in 1.19.2.
Can confirm in 1.19.3