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Dark Oak Hanging Sign
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Dark Oak Hanging Sign

Dark Oak Hanging Sign is a sign that hangs beneath blocks or from chains, crafted from stripped dark oak logs and chains. Like other signs, it can display written text.

Stack Size

16

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.20

Item ID

dark_oak_hanging_sign

Dark Oak Hanging Sign at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Dark Oak Hanging Sign: a block out of crafting. Carrying Dark Oak Hanging Sign is cheap: 16 to a slot, 144 across the hotbar, 432 in a chest. As fuel Dark Oak Hanging Sign is worth 1 smelt, so a stack of 16 smelts 16 items.

On the hardness scale Dark Oak Hanging Sign sits at 1. It holds up against explosions exactly as well as it does against a pickaxe, and no better. An axe makes Dark Oak Hanging Sign quick, and even the cheapest one still drops it. It sits between Dark Oak Fence Gate and Dark Oak Log in Utility Blocks, number 108 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Iron ChainIron Chain
Iron ChainIron Chain
Dark Oak Hanging SignDark Oak Hanging Sign6

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

Dark Oak Hanging Sign burns for 10 seconds (200 ticks), which is 1 item per Dark Oak Hanging Sign

Notes

Crafts 6 hanging signs from 6 stripped logs and 2 chains.

Frequently asked questions about Dark Oak Hanging Sign

  1. Iron Chain, Stripped Dark Oak Log going into Dark Oak Hanging Sign, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Dark Oak Hanging Sign in Minecraft?

    Dark Oak Hanging Sign is crafted from Iron Chain and Stripped Dark Oak Log at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 6.

  2. 16 Dark Oak Hanging Sign drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Dark Oak Hanging Sign can you stack?

    16 Dark Oak Hanging Sign fills a slot, and that slot costs 6 Iron Chain and 18 Stripped Dark Oak Log, since each one returns 6, which is 3 crafts at the crafting table.

  3. Dark Oak Hanging Sign beside a furnace, which is where its 10 seconds of burning go

    Can Dark Oak Hanging Sign be used as fuel?

    Fuel, and a usable amount of it: Dark Oak Hanging Sign burns 10 seconds apiece, or 1 item out of a single one. Since one craft turns Iron Chain and Stripped Dark Oak Log into Dark Oak Hanging Sign, a furnace fed that way runs on Iron Chain and Stripped Dark Oak Log.

  4. Dark Oak Hanging Sign on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Dark Oak Hanging Sign used for?

    Dark Oak Hanging Sign is a sign that hangs beneath blocks or from chains, crafted from stripped dark oak logs and chains. Like other signs, it can display written text.

  5. Dark Oak Hanging Sign as a block, next to the axe its 1 hardness asks for

    How long does Dark Oak Hanging Sign take to break?

    Dark Oak Hanging Sign carries a hardness value of 1, and it stands up to explosions at 1. Most blocks share the pattern on Dark Oak Hanging Sign, and it is not one of the exceptions. An axe makes Dark Oak Hanging Sign quick, and even the cheapest one still drops it. Java 26.2 holds Dark Oak Hanging Sign at exactly those figures, timing on it aside.

Building with it

A Dark Oak Hanging Sign is the darkest of the set and the usual choice for a tavern or a shop in a build that leans on dark wood. It hangs under a block, takes text on both sides, and can be lit with glow ink so the sign still reads at night.

In practice

Hanging signs need stripped logs and chains, and they hang under a block or off the side of one, swinging rather than sitting flat. Dark oak is the darkest of them, which is why it turns up over shop counters where the text needs a strong background.