Warped Hanging Sign — Minecraft block

Warped Hanging Sign

Warped Hanging Sign is a Nether-wood sign that hangs from block undersides or a self-supporting bracket and displays up to four lines of text.

Block ID minecraft:warped_hanging_sign
Mod Vanilla
Game versions
1.21

Description

Warped Hanging Sign is the Nether-wood hanging variant of the Minecraft sign, placed underneath blocks or on a solid self-supporting bracket that lets the sign hang without any support below. One crafting recipe yields six Warped Hanging Signs from six stripped warped stems and two chains: a chain goes in each top corner of the crafting grid, and the stems fill the two rows beneath. Warped Hanging Sign breaks with any tool or with bare hands, works fastest with an axe, and stacks up to 16 per slot. Warped Hanging Sign is a transparent block, and flowing water never destroys a placed sign.

Using a placed Warped Hanging Sign opens the text editor, which fits up to four lines — a format made for short labels on Nether storage rooms, pathways, and points of interest. Dye tints Warped Hanging Sign, a Glow Ink Sac makes the text glow, and a regular Ink Sac reverts the glow. A Honeycomb waxes Warped Hanging Sign, and a waxed sign can never be edited again. Placement offers three forms: on a block side with the self-supporting bracket, under a wide block with parallel chains, or under a narrow block such as a chain in a 16-direction up-arrow form. Warped Hanging Sign never smelts items in a furnace, because only hanging signs made from Overworld logs work as fuel.

Block properties

Item ID minecraft:warped_hanging_sign
/give command /give @p minecraft:warped_hanging_sign
Stackable Yes (16)
Best tool Axe
Renewable Yes
Java Edition 1.20
Bedrock Edition 1.20.0

Guide

How to Craft and Place a Warped Hanging Sign in Minecraft

  1. 1

    Strip six warped stems

    Use an axe on six warped stems found in the Nether; every use turns one stem into a stripped warped stem, and stripping cannot be reversed.

  2. 2

    Craft two chains

    Place one Iron Ingot between two Iron Nuggets in a vertical crafting column; one column yields a single chain, so run the recipe twice.

  3. 3

    Craft the hanging signs

    Put a chain in the top-left and top-right corners of the 3x3 grid, fill the middle and bottom rows with the six stripped warped stems, and collect six Warped Hanging Signs.

  4. 4

    Choose the hanging position

    Use the sign on the bottom of a block to hang the sign beneath; use the sign on a block side for the self-supporting bracket; sneak while placing under a block for the 16-direction up-arrow form.

  5. 5

    Write and protect the text

    Use the placed Warped Hanging Sign to open the editor and type up to four lines; tint the sign with dye, make the text glow with a Glow Ink Sac, and lock the message by waxing with a Honeycomb.

Furnace note

Warped Hanging Sign never works as furnace fuel: only hanging signs made from Overworld logs smelt items, and warped wood belongs to the Nether.

How to craft this block

Crafting
Warped Hanging Sign
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Warped Hanging Sign

Frequently asked questions

Which Minecraft version added the Warped Hanging Sign?

Hanging signs, including the warped variant, became available to every player in Java Edition 1.20 and Bedrock Edition 1.20.0. Before that, Warped Hanging Sign existed only behind an experimental toggle.

Is the Warped Hanging Sign renewable?

Yes. Warped Hanging Sign is renewable, and both ingredients — the stripped warped stem and the chain — are renewable resources as well.

Can a piston move a Warped Hanging Sign?

On Bedrock Edition, a piston destroys the pushed Warped Hanging Sign and drops the sign as an item.

How is a Warped Hanging Sign different from a regular sign?

Warped Hanging Sign is the hanging variant of the sign family, and the four text lines on a hanging sign are narrower than on a regular sign, leaving less space for writing.

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