Shears Disables Tripwires/String Again

Before the change, Forge removed the ability to disarm tripwire string with shears, which broke string duplication and similar farms that depended on it. This mod brings the behavior back. Holding shears in the main hand and left-clicking a tripwire string cuts it without setting off the trap, and the string is dropped as an item. Breaking a disarmed tripwire with the hand or any other tool removes it, while shears never break the tripwire itself.

The mod needs the player to be sneaking, and the aim does not have to be exact. Earlier versions only responded when the cursor hit a tiny sliver of the hitbox, and a particular facing direction seemed to matter. The mod widens the target so clicks near a tripwire find the string along its direction. The author states that farms built on the old behavior keep running, and that disarmed tripwires are tracked and restored on the server.

Every player and the server need a copy of the mod. It is published for Forge only, 1.18 – 1.21.5, with 17 release versions. The latest Forge file is 1.18.2 for 1.18.2, and the project is released under All rights reserved.