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Sign
Oak Standing Sign.pngSpruce Standing Sign.pngBirch Standing Sign.pngJungle Standing Sign.pngAcacia Standing Sign.pngDark Oak Standing Sign.png
Oak Wall Sign.pngSpruce Wall Sign.pngBirch Wall Sign.pngJungle Wall Sign.pngAcacia Wall Sign.pngDark Oak Wall Sign.png
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[edit]

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

Obtaining[edit]

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

Block Sign
Hardness 1
Tool
Breaking time[note 1]
Hand 1.5
Wooden 0.75
Stone 0.4
Iron 0.25
Diamond 0.2
Golden 0.15
  1. ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.

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[1] although in Bedrock Edition breaking the sign stops the editing operation.

Crafting[edit]

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Matching Planks +
Stick

Chest loot[edit]

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[edit]

Signs can be used to display text.

Placement[edit]

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, B button on an Xbox controller, Circle button on a PlayStation controller, or B on a Nintendo Switch 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Sounds[edit]

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitleSourceDescriptionNamespaced IDSubtitle keyVolumePitchAttenuation distance
Block breakingBlocksMining the blockblock.wood.hit subtitles.block.generic.hit 0.250.516
Block brokenBlocksBreaking the blockblock.wood.break subtitles.block.generic.break 1.00.816
Block placedBlocksPlacing the blockblock.wood.place subtitles.block.generic.place 1.00.816
FootstepsBlocksWalking on the blockblock.wood.step subtitles.block.generic.footsteps 0.151.016
NoneBlocksFalling on the block with fall damageblock.wood.fall None 0.50.7516

Bedrock Edition:

SoundDescriptionNamespaced IDVolumePitch
?Mining the blockhit.wood ? 0.5
?Breaking the blockdig.wood ? 0.8
?Placing the blockuse.wood ? 0.8
?Walking on the blockstep.wood ? ?
?Falling on the block with fall damagefall.wood ? ?
?Falling on the block without fall damageland.wood ? ?
?Jumping from the blockjump.wood ? ?

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

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[edit]

See also: Data values

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

Standing[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

See also: Block states

Java Edition:
Floor

Name Default value Allowed values Description
rotation0 0The block is facing south.
1The block is facing south-southwest.
2The block is facing southwest.
3The block is facing west-southwest.
4The block is facing west.
5The block is facing west-northwest.
6The block is facing northwest.
7The block is facing north-northwest.
8The block is facing north.
9The block is facing north-northeast.
10The block is facing northeast.
11The block is facing east-northeast.
12The block is facing east.
13The block is facing east-southeast.
14The block is facing southeast.
15The block is facing south-southeast.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true		Whether or not there's water in the same place as this sign.

Wall

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facingnortheast
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.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true		Whether or not there's water in the same place as this sign.

Bedrock Edition:
Floor

Name Default value Allowed values Description
ground_sign_direction0 0The block is facing south.
1The block is facing south-southwest.
2The block is facing southwest.
3The block is facing west-southwest.
4The block is facing west.
5The block is facing west-northwest.
6The block is facing northwest.
7The block is facing north-northwest.
8The block is facing north.
9The block is facing north-northeast.
10The block is facing northeast.
11The block is facing east-northeast.
12The block is facing east.
13The block is facing east-southeast.
14The block is facing southeast.
15The block is facing south-southeast.

Wall

Name Default value Allowed values Description
facing_direction20
1
2
3
4
5		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.

Block entity[edit]

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[edit]

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.YesYesYesWii U, Switch15GBronze

History[edit]

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The specific instructions are: The tested signs in 0.24 Survival Test seen in the reference video below. The sprite for "wall mounted sign" for 1.7.2's removal of it.
Java Edition Classic
0.24_SURVIVAL_TESTTested signs as entities, however they had a preset text and could be spawned only by pressing B.[2]
0.27 SURVIVAL TESTSigns can no longer be spawned by pressing B.
Java Edition Infdev
June 7, 2010Oak Standing Sign.png
Oak Sign Revision 1.png Signs have now been re-implemented as blocks.
Signs now have a crafting recipe and the text can now be edited.
Signs are currently very huge and drop planks when destroyed.
June 8, 2010Signs are now smaller and broken faster.
?Signs now drop themselves when destroyed, instead of planks.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1Signs can now be placed on walls.
v1.0.5Signs no longer require a free block above it to place.
Java Edition Beta
April 27, 2011Hand-drawn signs are mentioned.
Java Edition
1.3.112w18aEditing a sign no longer pauses the game in singleplayer.
12w27aSigns are now stackable up to 16.
The same crafting recipe now produces 3 signs instead of 1.
1.7.213w37aThe 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, 2014Searge tweeted a picture of a sign showing a username and a scoreboard score.
1.814w25aAdded support for JSON text.
Sign character limit now depends on character width.
14w29aSigns now display the cracking animation.
1.915w43aA sign now generates within igloo basements.
1.1116w33aSigns can now be used as fuel in furnaces.
1.1317w47aThe 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.
18w10dWater can now be placed on the same block as signs.
?Editing a sign now pauses the game in singleplayer.
1.1418w43a"Sign" has now been renamed to "Oak Sign".
Oak Sign.png The texture of oak sign items has now been changed.
Spruce Standing Sign.png Birch Standing Sign.png Jungle Standing Sign.png Acacia Standing Sign.png Dark Oak Standing Sign.png
Spruce Sign.png Birch Sign.png Acacia Sign.png Jungle Sign.png Dark Oak Sign.png 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.
18w44aSigns 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.
18w45aAdded a new movable cursor for free text editing.
Added selection and copy/paste support.
19w12aSigns can now be dyed only in Creative mode.
19w12bSigns can now be dyed in Survival mode again.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.5.0Oak Standing Sign.png
Oak Sign Revision 1.png Signs have now been added, though they can be obtained only through inventory editors.
The player currently cannot write on signs.
0.6.0Signs can now be legitimately obtained in survival and creative mode, thus the player can now write on them.
0.10.0build 1Signs now have a selection overlay.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Signs can now be found in igloo basements.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0"Sign" has now been renamed to "Oak Sign".
Oak Sign.png The texture of oak sign items has now been changed.
Spruce Standing Sign.png Birch Standing Sign.png Jungle Standing Sign.png Acacia Standing Sign.png Dark Oak Standing Sign.png
Spruce Sign.png Birch Sign.png Acacia Sign.png Jungle Sign.png Dark Oak Sign.png 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 1.9.0.2The default sign text color has now been changed back to black.
Sign variants are now grouped in their own inventory category.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Spruce signs now generate in new taiga and snowy taiga village houses.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Signs can now be used as a fuel in furnaces.
Oak signs can now be found inside taiga and snowy taiga village house chests.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU11.0Patch 11.0.1Oak Standing Sign.png
Oak Sign Revision 1.png Added signs.
TU9Signs are now stackable up to 16.
The same crafting recipe now produces 3 signs instead of 1.
1.88Oak Sign.png The texture of oak sign items has now been changed.
Spruce Standing Sign.png Birch Standing Sign.png Jungle Standing Sign.png Acacia Standing Sign.png Dark Oak Standing Sign.png
Spruce Sign.png Birch Sign.png Acacia Sign.png Jungle Sign.png Dark Oak Sign.png Added spruce, birch, acacia, jungle and dark oak signs.

  • Signs before their release.

  • Test of signs in early classic.

Issues[edit]

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

Trivia[edit]

  • A sign placed within a ring of four cacti breaks only certain cacti, depending on the direction.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ MC-129727
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdT76iFEnLk
  3. ↑ MC-129275

Blocks

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Items

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