Sign

Sign

Transparent	Yes
Luminance	No
Blast resistance	5
Hardness	1
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (16)
Flammable	No Yes (5)‌[Bedrock Edition only]
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Drops	Itself
Block entity ID	See § Data values
Data values	See § Data values
Namespaced ID	See § Data values

Signs are non-solid blocks that can display text.

Natural generation

An oak sign can be found in igloo basements. Spruce signs can be found in taiga village houses, as part of a chair.

Obtaining

Signs can be broken with any tool, or without a tool, but an axe is fastest.

Block	Sign
Hardness	1
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	1.5
Wooden	0.75
Stone	0.4
Iron	0.25
Diamond	0.2
Golden	0.15

A sign also breaks and drops itself as an item if the block the sign is attached to is moved, removed, or destroyed.

If a sign is broken while being edited, the player continues to edit the sign although in Bedrock Edition breaking the sign stops the editing operation.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Matching Planks + Stick	333333

Chest loot

In Bedrock Edition oak signs can be found in 10.7% of taiga village house chests in stacks of 1.

In Java Edition, Spruce signs can be found in 9.7% of taiga village house chests in stacks of 1.

Usage

Signs can be used to display text.

Placement

Signs may be placed on the top or side of other blocks (including some non-solid blocks like fences, glass, and other signs). To place a sign, use a sign item while pointing at the block the sign should be attached to, enter the desired text (possibly none), and click the "Done" button or press "escape" on a keyboard (or press × in Bedrock Edition, on an Xbox controller, on a PlayStation controller). To place a sign on a block that can be interacted with by the use control (for example, chests, note blocks, etc.), sneak while placing the sign.

Signs on the top of a block stand on a short post and face toward the player who placed it, in any of 16 different directions. Signs placed on the side of a block simply float there, even if the block doesn't make contact with the sign.

For more information about the blocks signs can be placed on, see Opacity/Placement.

Text

When entering text, four lines of text are available. The text in a book can be edited using the mouse or arrow keys.

After the editing window is closed, the sign's text can be changed only by removing and replacing it, removing the text in the process. Copy and Paste cannot be performed, and no more than the basic/shifted characters on a keyboard may be entered. The Xbox 360 Edition and Bedrock Edition supports both the on-screen keyboard and direct editing of text using a USB keyboard or controller chatpad.

The combination Ctrl + pick block can be used to copy an already-placed sign and place it down again with the same text shown as the original.‌^{[Java and Bedrock editions only]}

Colored text can be applied to signs by pressing use on a sign (with text on it) with any color dye.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

The text displayed on a sign is not affected by lighting.‌^{[Java Edition only]}

With a map editor, the color of sign text can also be changed with formatting codes. This can allow different colors of text on the same sign.

Signs can be created with JSON text, which allows complex formatting (colors, bold, italic, etc.), hover and click events, localized translation (for Minecraft technical terms, like "Redstone Repeater", otherwise translations must be provided in language files in resource packs), and the incorporation of scoreboard values into text. Use the /data merge block command to create or alter JSON signs.

Example: /data merge block ~ ~1 ~ {Text2:"{\"text\":\"line2\",\"color\":\"blue\"}"}

Signs can post the success count of JSON text hover and click events to scoreboard objectives. The objectives to be used can be specified by running the /execute store command or by modifying the sign's NBT data directly with the /data merge block command.

Interaction

Signs act as though they have a use action, so the player is unable to place blocks or use items while the cursor is pointed at them without sneaking.

Signs are removed and drop as an item when pushed by a piston (trying to pull them does nothing), except in Java Edition, where a sign causes the piston to not extend.

Signs have no collision mask (they are completely non-solid), so items and mobs can move through sign blocks. Other blocks (including other signs) can be placed on any edge of a sign.

Water and lava flow around signs. Lava can create fire in air blocks next to signs as if the signs were flammable, but the signs do not burn (and cannot be burned by other methods either, except in Bedrock Edition).

Fuel

Signs can be used as a fuel in furnaces, smelting 1 item per sign.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Sign	Namespaced ID	Item form
Oak	oak_sign	Yes
Spruce	spruce_sign
Birch	birch_sign
Jungle	jungle_sign
Acacia	acacia_sign
Dark Oak	dark_oak_sign
Oak Wall	oak_wall_sign	No
Spruce Wall	spruce_wall_sign
Birch Wall	birch_wall_sign
Jungle Wall	jungle_wall_sign
Acacia Wall	acacia_wall_sign
Dark Oak Wall	dark_oak_wall_sign
Block entity	sign	-

Bedrock Edition:

Sign	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Oak Standing	standing_sign	63
Spruce Standing	spruce_standing_sign	436
Birch Standing	birch_standing_sign	441
Jungle Standing	jungle_standing_sign	443
Acacia Standing	acacia_standing_sign	445
Dark Oak Standing	darkoak_standing_sign	447
Oak Wall	wall_sign	68
Spruce Wall	spruce_wall_sign	437
Birch Wall	birch_wall_sign	442
Jungle Wall	jungle_wall_sign	444
Acacia Wall	acacia_wall_sign	446
Dark Oak Wall	darkoak_wall_sign	448
Oak Item	sign	323
Spruce Item	spruce_sign	472
Birch Item	birch_sign	473
Jungle Item	jungle_sign	474
Acacia Item	acacia_sign	475
Dark Oak Item	darkoak_sign	476
Block entity	Sign	-

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, a sign's block data specifies the direction it is facing.

Standing

Bits	Description
0x1 0x2 0x4 0x8	A four-bit field storing a value from 0 to 15 specifying the block's orientation: 0: south 1: south-southwest 2: southwest 3: west-southwest 4: west 5: west-northwest 6: northwest 7: north-northwest 8: north 9: north-northeast 10: northeast 11: east-northeast 12: east 13: east-southeast 14: southeast 15: south-southeast

Wall

Bits	Description
0x1 0x2 0x4	A three-bit field storing a value from 2 to 5 specifying the block's orientation: 2: north 3: south 4: west 5: east
0x8	(unused)

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:
Floor

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
rotation	0	0	The block is facing south.
		1	The block is facing south-southwest.
		2	The block is facing southwest.
		3	The block is facing west-southwest.
		4	The block is facing west.
		5	The block is facing west-northwest.
		6	The block is facing northwest.
		7	The block is facing north-northwest.
		8	The block is facing north.
		9	The block is facing north-northeast.
		10	The block is facing northeast.
		11	The block is facing east-northeast.
		12	The block is facing east.
		13	The block is facing east-southeast.
		14	The block is facing southeast.
		15	The block is facing south-southeast.
waterlogged	false	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this sign.

Wall

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the block is facing. For example, a block facing east is attached to a block to its west. Opposite from the direction a player faces when placing the block.
waterlogged	false	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this sign.

Block entity

See also: Block entity format

A sign has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

• Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
  •  Color: The color that has been used to dye the sign. The default value is "black". One of "white", "orange", "magenta", "light_blue", "yellow", "lime", "pink", "gray", "light_gray", "cyan", "purple", "blue", "brown", "green", "red", or "black".
  •  Text1: First row of text.
  •  Text2: Second row of text.
  •  Text3: Third row of text.
  •  Text4: Fourth row of text.

The character limit for the Text tags depends on the width of the characters. Although the Text tags are string objects, they should contain JSON text which will evaluate as compound objects.

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	It's a Sign!	Craft and place a Sign.		Yes	Yes	Yes	Wii U, Switch	15G	Bronze

History

Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST					Tested signs as entities, however they had a preset text and could be spawned only by pressing B.
Java Edition Infdev
June 7, 2010					Sign re-implemented as a block. They also have a crafting recipe and the text can be edited.
June 8, 2010					Signs are now broken faster.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1					Signs can now be placed on walls.
v1.0.5					Signs no longer require a free block above it to place.
Java Edition Beta
April 27, 2011					Hand-drawn signs are mentioned.
Java Edition
1.3.1		12w18a			Editing a sign no longer pauses the game in singleplayer.
		12w27a			Signs are now stackable up to 16.
					The same crafting recipe now produces 3 signs instead of 1.
1.7.2		13w37a			The item forms of block IDs 63 (free-standing sign) and 68 (wall mounted sign) have now been removed from the game. They can now no longer exist in inventories, only as blocks in the world.
June 9, 2014					Searge tweeted a picture of a sign showing a username and a scoreboard score.
1.8		14w25a			Added support for JSON text.
					Sign character limit now depends on character width.
		14w29a			Signs now display the cracking animation.
1.9		15w43a			A sign now generates within igloo basements.
1.11		16w33a			Signs can now be used as fuel in furnaces.
1.13		17w47a			The standing sign ID has now been changed from standing_sign to sign.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 63 and 68, and the item's 323.
		18w10d			Water can now be placed on the same block as signs.
1.14		18w43a			"Sign" has now been renamed to "Oak Sign".
					Changed the texture of oak sign.
					Added spruce, birch, acacia, jungle and dark oak signs.
					The sign's text has now been changed from black to white.
					A sign's recipe now requires the same type of wood instead of a random assortment.
		18w44a			Signs can now be used while holding a dye to change the text color.
					Default text color for signs has now been changed back to black.
		18w45a			Added a new movable cursor for free text editing.
					Added selection and copy/paste support.
		19w12a			Signs can now be dyed only in Creative mode.
		19w12b			Signs can now be dyed in Survival mode again.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.5.0					Signs have now been added, though they can be obtained only through inventory editors.
					The player cannot write on signs.
0.6.0					Signs can now be legitimately obtained in survival and creative mode, thus the player can now write on them.
0.10.0		build 1			Signs now have a selection overlay.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			Sign can now be found in igloo basements.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			"Sign" has now been renamed to "Oak Sign".
					Added spruce, birch, acacia, jungle and dark oak signs.
					The sign's text has now been changed from black to white.
					A sign's recipe now requires the same type of wood instead of a random assortment.
		beta 1.9.0.2			Changed default sign text color back to black.
					Sign variants are now grouped in their own inventory category.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Spruce signs now generate in new taiga and snowy taiga village houses.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Signs can now be used as a fuel in furnaces.
					Oak sign can be found inside taiga and snowy taiga village house chest.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	Patch s1	Added signs.
TU9					Signs are now stackable up to 16.
					The same crafting recipe now produces 3 signs instead of 1.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.88					Added spruce, birch, acacia, jungle and dark oak signs.

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  Signs before their release.

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  Test of signs in early classic.

Issues

Issues relating to "Sign" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• A sign placed within a ring of four cacti breaks only certain cacti, depending on the direction.

References

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