How to craft and use a Hanging Sign in Minecraft 1.20

Minecraft has a lot of things which you can make in it, your imagination is the limit. With every update, there’s new things to craft in the vast and never-ending world of Minecraft. One of the things added in the 1.20 update was Hanging Signs, you can use these as ways to relay certain messages, tell you what is in different rooms, and more. Here’s our guide on how to craft and use a Hanging Sign in Minecraft 1.20.

How to craft and use a Hanging Sign in Minecraft 1.20

The recipe for crafting a Hanging Sign in Minecraft 1.20 is very simple, all you need is six stripped logs, and two chains. You can see the placement for the recipe down below. All you need to do is place the chains in the top left and right corners of the crafting table, then place the six stripped logs beneath those covering every square except for the one at the top-center.

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To get chains, you need to combine two iron nuggets and an iron ingot in a line with the iron nuggets on top and below the iron ingot.

To get yourself the stripped logs needed for the Hanging Sign in Minecraft, you’re going to need an axe. You can use the placement button on a tree log to strip it, and this can then be chopped down to attain stripped logs.

How to use a Hanging Sign

Using a Hanging Sign in Minecraft is essentially the same as a sign, except you can now also have them stick out or hang off blocks. For example, you can now use them as signs over a doorway to name what’s in the room that the door below it leads to. You can see a use similar to that in the featured image at the top of the page. You can also attach them to hand out of any block, this will make the sign stick out.

After you’ve placed your Hanging Sign in Minecraft, you can type your greeting, room name, or message on it and have a few lines to do so.