[MC-31047] Use Item Stat Corresponds to Left-click, Not Right-click

I was trying to make a scoreboard objective that detects when you use shears, but when I added it and used the shears, it didn't work. I tried shearing both mooshrooms and sheep. Neither worked, and I don't know why. It should work because stat.useitem.359 should detect when shears are used.

Step 1: Add an objective that detects when you use shears (food, shears, bows, potions, and many more also do not work)
(/scoreboard objectives add Shear stat.useItem.359)

Step 2: Set the display to sidebar so you can see if it worked or not.

Step 3: Shear a sheep. (You can also try using the items listed above)

If you followed those steps correctly, you should have not gained any points. It should work, but for some reason, it doesn't detect when you used the shears.

Linked issues

is duplicated by 13

MC-31097 The objective stat.UseItem.261 isnt working. It should test for shooting a bow didnt it. Resolved

MC-31185 stat.useItem broken with food, books, maps, bows, and potions(probally more) Resolved

MC-32619 Scoreboard Issue Resolved

MC-32978 milk statistic Resolved

MC-33112 /scoreboard statistics not behaving correctly Resolved

8 more links

relates to 2

MC-54972 "minecraft.used:minecraft.<ITEM>" doesn't increase when items are used on entities Reopened

MC-31032 Using only one empty map doesn't increase minecraft.used:minecraft.map Resolved

Comments 23

Neospector 2013-09-14T01:30:20Z

"Use" is defined as when the tool consumes durability. If you are in creative mode, the shear's durability wont go down, so the statistic wont go up. Switch to survival or adventure mode and try it.

kumasasa 2013-09-14T09:09:08Z

Confirmed in Survival.
The shears doesn't also show up in the Items statistics.

Roman Kasparian 2013-09-19T20:37:37Z

Still doesn't work in 13w38a.

WumpaCraft 2013-09-20T15:47:02Z

This is also the case with snowballs, eggs, books, maps, food, potions, and bows too 😞

Roman Kasparian 2013-09-26T21:57:00Z

Still doesn't work in 13w39a.

13 more comments

Blub 2013-10-17T20:39:33Z

Doesn't work in 13w41a and 13w42a... :/

Blub 2013-10-23T02:41:36Z

STILL doesn't work in 1.7 pre-release.

Blub 2013-10-25T04:14:43Z

It is STILL not working in 1.7.1.

Blub 2013-10-25T22:38:45Z

This is still not working! COME ON MOJANG

Skylinerw 2013-11-21T18:11:05Z

Confirmed for snapshots 13w47a/b/c.

Thomas Wood 2013-11-30T17:30:10Z

I have the same problem with my bow, in currently all versions with scoreboard.

BoxFigs 2013-12-04T22:49:50Z

Also effects Carrot on a Stick, Fishing Rod, and Flint and Steel. Hoes work fine.

Carrot on a Stick and Fishing Rod don't even show up in the statistics. I remember the Fishing Rod came up in the 1.7 snapshots, but its use stat was always 0.
The Flint and Steel works partially; the statistic freezes and is sometimes updated if you break a block with a Flint and Steel.

Skylinerw 2013-12-21T09:48:06Z

Confirmed for 1.7.4. Now present in 14w02c and 14w03a.

Skylinerw 2014-02-08T18:26:14Z

Confirmed for 14w06b.

EscoreFairplay 2014-02-10T00:00:27Z

Confirmed for ?1.8. Does not work for bows (neither left or right click)

Edit: Mod of this post, please add additional labels to make this post more easy to find
(for example: "bow","stat.UseItem",...)

WmMSI 2014-02-13T13:47:09Z

Issue also effects:

stat.useItem.minecraft.writable_book
stat.useItem.minecraft:written_book

Thanx 🙂

Bjorn Pijnacker 2014-02-23T07:33:09Z

Food doesn't work, too

George Stichel 2014-02-23T12:09:18Z

doesn't work in 14w08a

kumasasa 2014-02-23T15:19:58Z

Bjorn Pijnacker,George Stichel
This issue is fixed for the next upcoming snapshot 14w09a or 14w10a or...

Jelle 2014-09-14T16:22:10Z

(1.8) Still not fixed...

Affects shears and tools, also blocks... Very annoying and this makes the whole stat.useItem useless

Does work with cocoa beans

Torabi 2015-02-04T18:43:11Z

I've verified that the specific issue referred to in the title (items that are primarily used by right-clicking, such as bows, food, potions, flint and steel, buckets, spawn eggs, etc. being counted as used when left-clicking, rather than right-clicking) has been fixed, and split the other part of the issue (right-clicking on mobs does not count as using the item) into MC-54972.

Cam 2015-09-13T08:00:03Z

Re-open? Doesn't work in latest snapshot 15w35a.

Torabi 2015-09-18T14:57:57Z

I just tested this in 15w38b, and it's either still fixed, or was broken and then fixed again. What exactly did you try? Are you sure you're not experiencing MC-54972?