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How to Craft Oak Sign in Minecraft

Oak 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.

The bill for Oak Signs is 6 Oak Planks and 1 Stick, and the work happens at a Crafting Table. The pattern to copy is six Oak Planks in a solid 2x3 block in the top and middle rows and a single Stick in the bottom-middle cell. A single craft gives you 3 Oak Signs. Oak Signs double as furnace fuel: 200 ticks each, so 64 of them smelt a full stack of 64.

Oak Sign Item ID and Give Command

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

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

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

Overview

Oak Signs display up to 4 lines of text. They can be placed on walls or the ground and dyed with ink. Oak 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 oak planks (craft from oak logs) and stick (craft from planks).

The Yield Per Stack

Bring 64 oak planks, leave with 30 oak signs, after 10 rounds of 6 for 3. Have 10 sticks ready as well. That leaves 4 oak planks with no partner.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Oak Planks6xCraft from oak logs
StickStickStick1xCraft from planks

Collect 6x Oak Planks (craft from oak logs) and Stick (craft from planks) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

The Full Chain

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

  1. 1
    2StickStick4Stick
  2. 2
    28Oak Planksrepeat 2x
  3. 3
    Oak SignOak SignOak Signthis page

Gather this first

2Oak Log2Planks

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    6x Oak Planks

  2. 2

    StickStickStick

  3. 3

    3x Oak Sign

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

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 6x Oak Planks and 1x Stick. Start with the Oak Planks: craft from oak logs.
  • The recipe returns 3 Oak Sign at a time.

Uses for Oak Sign

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

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft an Oak Sign in Minecraft?
To craft an Oak Sign you need 6 Oak Planks and 1 Stick at a Crafting Table. The pattern above is exact, so match it square by square, and one craft produces 3 Oak Signs.
What do you need to make an Oak Sign from scratch?
Starting with nothing, an Oak Sign costs 2 Oak Logs and 2 Planks. Everything else in the recipe is something you craft on the way there, over 3 crafts in total.
Where do you find the materials for an Oak Sign?
Here is where each part of an Oak Sign comes from. Oak Planks: craft from oak logs. Stick: craft from planks.
How many Oak Signs do you get from one craft?
The Oak Sign recipe makes 3 Oak Signs in a single craft.
What is the item ID for Oak Sign in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Oak Sign goes by minecraft:oak_sign; oak_sign without the namespace does the same job in a command.
Is the Oak Sign recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
No difference to worry about: an Oak Sign takes 6 Oak Planks and 1 Stick at a Crafting Table on Java and on Bedrock alike, 3 at a time.
What version of Minecraft added the Oak Sign?
The oak sign first appears in Minecraft 1.14: that release ships the recipe file and the one before it does not, out of every Java version Mojang still publishes. The current release still makes an Oak Sign exactly that way.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
6 Oak Planks and 1 Stick in, 3 Oak 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 Oak Signs per craft against the stack size.

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