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Oak Hanging Sign
Utility BlocksCraftable

Oak Hanging Sign

Oak Hanging Sign is a sign that hangs beneath blocks or from chains, crafted from stripped 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

oak_hanging_sign

Oak Hanging Sign at a glance

Minecraft files Oak Hanging Sign under Utility Blocks: a block you get from crafting. A single slot takes 16 Oak Hanging Sign, a hotbar row 144, and 864 fill a double chest. Feed Oak Hanging Sign to a furnace and 1 smelt follow, 16 from a stack of 16.

Oak Hanging Sign is a 1-hardness block. The game files it under an axe, without a minimum tier attached to Oak Hanging Sign. Its blast resistance repeats that 1, so Oak Hanging Sign offers no shelter. It sits between Oak Fence Gate and Oak Leaves in Utility Blocks, number 216 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Iron ChainIron Chain
Iron ChainIron Chain
Oak Hanging SignOak Hanging Sign6

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Fuel value

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

Notes

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

Frequently asked questions about Oak Hanging Sign

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

    How do you get Oak Hanging Sign in Minecraft?

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

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

    Can Oak Hanging Sign be used as fuel?

    Oak Hanging Sign burns for 10 seconds, so a single one in a furnace smelts 1 item. Since one craft turns Iron Chain and Stripped Oak Log into Oak Hanging Sign, a furnace fed that way runs on Iron Chain and Stripped Oak Log.

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

    How long does Oak Hanging Sign take to break?

    Oak Hanging Sign answers to 1 hardness, and it answers to 1 when something explodes. Equal values mean Oak Hanging Sign was never built as a blast wall, whatever else it is good for. The game files it under an axe, without a minimum tier attached to Oak Hanging Sign. Java 26.2 lists Oak Hanging Sign exactly this way, which is how it is printed here.

  4. 16 Oak Hanging Sign drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Oak Hanging Sign can you stack?

    16 Oak Hanging Sign fill one slot, and filling it costs 6 Iron Chain and 18 Stripped Oak Log, since each one returns 6: 3 crafts. A shulker box of Oak Hanging Sign comes to 432, over 27 slots.

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

    What is Oak Hanging Sign used for?

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

Building with it

An Oak Hanging Sign costs stripped logs and chains rather than plain planks, and it hangs under a block instead of standing on one. That makes it the shop sign of the game: it swings under a beam, it can be written on both sides, and it does not need a wall behind it.