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How to Craft Birch Sign in Minecraft

Birch Sign in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Displaying text (up to 4 lines). The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.14.

Birch Signs cost you 6 Birch Planks and 1 Stick, put together at a Crafting Table. Laid out, that is six Birch Planks in a solid 2x3 block in the top and middle rows and a single Stick in the bottom-middle cell. Expect 3 Birch Signs from every craft. As fuel these are worth 200 ticks apiece: 64 of them clear a stack of 64.

Birch Sign Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Birch Signs display up to 4 lines of text. They can be placed on walls or the ground and dyed with ink. Birch 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 1.14, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with birch planks (craft from birch logs) and stick (craft from planks).

Counting The Stack

Feed 6 birch planks a craft, so 64 covers 10 of them: 30 birch signs. Have 10 sticks ready as well. Left behind: 4 birch planks.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Birch Planks6xCraft from birch logs
StickStickStick1xCraft from planks

Birch Sign needs 6x Birch Planks (craft from birch logs) and Stick (craft from planks), worked together at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

Stick, then Birch Planks, then the Birch Sign. All in: 2 Birch Log and 2 Planks.

  1. 1
    2StickStick4Stick
  2. 2
    28Birch Planksrepeat 2x
  3. 3
    Birch SignBirch SignBirch Signthis page

Gather this first

2Birch Log2Planks

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    6x Birch Planks

  2. 2

    StickStickStick

  3. 3

    3x Birch Sign

Minecraft crafting recipe for Birch Sign: 6 x Birch Planks, 1 x Stick in a crafting table, making 3 Birch Sign.

Tips & Notes

  • Line up 6x Birch Planks and 1x Stick before you open the Crafting Table. Birch Planks: craft from birch logs.
  • The recipe returns 3 Birch Sign at a time.

Uses for Birch Sign

  • Displaying text (up to 4 lines)
  • Waterlogging to stop water flow
  • Decoration

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Birch Sign in Minecraft?
To craft a Birch Sign you need 6 Birch Planks and 1 Stick at a Crafting Table. Lay them out exactly as the grid above shows, and one craft produces 3 Birch Signs.
What do you need to make a Birch Sign from scratch?
From raw materials only, a Birch Sign comes down to 2 Birch Logs and 2 Planks. The rest you make yourself, and it takes 3 crafts to get there.
How many Birch Signs do you get from one craft?
The Birch Sign recipe makes 3 Birch Signs in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Birch Sign in Minecraft?
Birch Sign is registered as minecraft:birch_sign. Commands accept the short form birch_sign as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Birch Sign?
The command for Birch Sign is /give @p birch_sign. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p birch_sign 16 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Birch Sign recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: a Birch Sign takes 6 Birch Planks and 1 Stick at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, 3 at a time.
What version of Minecraft added the Birch Sign?
The recipe for birch sign ships in Minecraft 1.14 and in none of the releases before it. Today the game builds it from 6 Birch Planks and 1 Stick, as shown above.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
6 Birch Planks and 1 Stick in, 3 Birch 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 1.14 describes this recipe and the release before it does not. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
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: 3 Birch Signs per craft against the stack size.

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