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How to Craft Birch Hanging Sign in Minecraft

Birch Hanging Sign in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Displaying text while hanging. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.20.

Making Birch Hanging Signs takes 2 Chains and 6 Stripped Birch Logs at a Crafting Table. The grid takes two Chains side by side in the top row and six Stripped Birch Logs in a solid 2x3 block in the middle and bottom rows. That comes out as 6 Birch Hanging Signs. Short on coal? 200 ticks each means 64 Birch Hanging Signs smelt 64 items.

Birch Hanging Sign Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Birch Hanging Sign is minecraft:birch_hanging_sign. In commands the namespace may be left off, so birch_hanging_sign works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p birch_hanging_sign
Give a full stack of 16
/give @p birch_hanging_sign 16
Give it to a named player
/give Steve birch_hanging_sign 1

Cheats have to be on for Birch Hanging Sign to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Birch Hanging Signs display text while hanging from blocks or chains. They swing slightly when placed. Birch Hanging Sign uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

This recipe first appears in the game's own data files in Minecraft 1.20, and not in the release before it. The recipe itself last changed in Minecraft 1.21.9. Guides written before that release show a different set of ingredients for the birch hanging sign, so check the grid above rather than the video.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with chain (craft from iron nuggets and iron ingot) and stripped birch log (use axe on birch log).

Per Stack

Empty a stack of 64 stripped birch logs into this and 60 birch hanging signs come back. Have 20 chains ready as well. Left over: just 4 stripped birch logs.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
ChainChainChain2xCraft from iron nuggets and iron ingot
Stripped Birch Log6xUse axe on birch log

Collect 2x Chain (craft from iron nuggets and iron ingot) and 6x Stripped Birch Log (use axe on birch log) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    ChainChain2x Chain

  2. 2

    6x Stripped Birch Log

  3. 3

    6x Birch Hanging Sign

Minecraft crafting recipe for Birch Hanging Sign: 2 x Chain, 6 x Stripped Birch Log in a crafting table, making 6 Birch Hanging Sign.

Tips & Notes

  • Line up 2x Chain and 6x Stripped Birch Log before you open the Crafting Table. Chain: craft from iron nuggets and iron ingot.
  • Each craft yields 6 Birch Hanging Sign, so a full stack of 64 takes 11 crafts.

Uses for Birch Hanging Sign

  • Displaying text while hanging
  • Aesthetic sign placement

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Birch Hanging Sign on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Birch Hanging Sign in Minecraft?
To craft a Birch Hanging Sign you need 2 Chains and 6 Stripped Birch Logs at a Crafting Table. Arrange them in the exact grid pattern shown above, and one craft produces 6 Birch Hanging Signs.
Where do you find the materials for a Birch Hanging Sign?
Each ingredient in a Birch Hanging Sign has its own source. Chain: craft from iron nuggets and iron ingot. Stripped Birch Log: use axe on birch log.
How many Birch Hanging Signs do you get from one craft?
The Birch Hanging Sign recipe makes 6 Birch Hanging Signs in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Birch Hanging Sign in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Birch Hanging Sign goes by minecraft:birch_hanging_sign; birch_hanging_sign without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Birch Hanging Sign?
Use /give @p birch_hanging_sign to put a Birch Hanging Sign in your own inventory, or /give @p birch_hanging_sign 16 for a full stack of 16. Cheats have to be on.
Which material does a Birch Hanging Sign need the most of?
A Birch Hanging Sign needs more Stripped Birch Log than anything else: 6 Stripped Birch Logs out of 8 items in total. Gather that first and the rest of the recipe follows easily.
What version of Minecraft added the Birch Hanging Sign?
The birch hanging sign first appears in Minecraft 1.20: that release ships the recipe file and the one before it does not, out of every Java version Mojang still publishes. Nothing about it has changed since: the pattern above is today's.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
2 Chains and 6 Stripped Birch Logs in, 6 Birch Hanging Signs out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Minecraft Java 1.20 describes this recipe and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
When the recipe last changed
Every Java release since 1.13 was checked in order, 50 of them, and 1.21.9 is where this recipe last changed.
Stack size, burn time
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 6 Birch Hanging Signs per craft against the stack size.

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