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Birch Sign
Utility BlocksCraftable

Birch Sign

Birch Sign is a placeable sign crafted from birch planks and a stick. Players can write text on it, and it can be placed on the ground or a wall.

Stack Size

16

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.14

Item ID

birch_sign

Birch Sign at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Birch Sign: a block out of crafting. Stack Birch Sign 16 high: 144 across a hotbar, 432 in a shulker box, and 864 in a double chest. It doubles as furnace fuel, good for 1 smelt each and 16 from a full stack.

Hardness 1 is what Birch Sign is worth in the block data. Its blast resistance repeats that 1, so Birch Sign offers no shelter. It is tagged for an axe, and nothing is said about which one. It sits between Birch Sapling and Birch Slab in Utility Blocks, number 31 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
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How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

Birch Sign burns for 10 seconds (200 ticks), which is 1 item per Birch Sign

Notes

Crafts 3 signs from 6 planks and 1 stick.

Frequently asked questions about Birch Sign

  1. Birch Planks, Stick going into Birch Sign, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Birch Sign in Minecraft?

    Birch Sign is crafted from Birch Planks and Stick at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 3.

  2. 16 Birch Sign drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Birch Sign can you stack?

    16 Birch Sign fills a slot, and that slot costs 36 Birch Planks and 6 Stick, since each one returns 3, which is 6 crafts at the crafting table.

  3. Birch Sign as a block, next to the axe its 1 hardness asks for

    How long does Birch Sign take to break?

    What Birch Sign comes down to is 1 against a tool on it and 1 against a blast. Nothing separates the two figures on Birch Sign, so there is no explosive trick around it. It is tagged for an axe, and nothing is said about which one. Java 26.2 lists Birch Sign exactly this way, which is how it is printed here.

  4. Birch Sign beside a furnace, which is where its 10 seconds of burning go

    Can Birch Sign be used as fuel?

    Birch Sign burns for 10 seconds, so a single one in a furnace smelts 1 item. It is made from Birch Planks and Stick, 10 seconds a piece, so burning it spends Birch Planks and Stick. Before it becomes Birch Sign, Birch Planks burns 15 seconds by itself.

  5. Birch Sign on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Birch Sign used for?

    Birch Sign is a placeable sign crafted from birch planks and a stick. Players can write text on it, and it can be placed on the ground or a wall.

Building with it

A Birch Sign gives pale boards that make dark text easy to read from across a room, which is why storage walls are often birch even when the rest of the build is not. Six planks and a stick give three signs, and the text on them can be changed at any time.