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Technical blocks/Signs

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Java Edition Infdev
20100607Signs have an extra, unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 63.
When placed, no text input appears, and the sign always faces south.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1Wall signs have an extra, unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 68.
When placed, an invalid data value of the wall sign block, likely but not confirmed to be 0, which has a full block hitbox but faces south, is created.
Java Edition Beta
1.6Test Build 3Sign items can be obtained from the newly added debug chests, mainly from the 5th slot of the 3rd chest from the left, and the 16th slot of the 6th chest from the left.
Wall sign items can be obtained from the newly added debug chests, mainly from the 10th slot of the 3rd chest from the left, and the 21st slot of the 6th chest from the left.
releaseDebug chests no longer spawn, preventing sign and wall sign items from being obtained this way.
1.8Pre-release 2 ;)Added pick block functionality. This changes the currently selected slot to any containing one of the otherwise-unobtainable sign items, but does not allow it to be obtained if not already in the hotbar.
Java Edition
1.2.5prePick Block now returns the actually obtainable sign item.
1.3.112w15aBoth sign items can now be obtained via Pick Block in creative.
12w16aPick Block once again returns the actually obtainable sign item.
Sign and wall sign items can now be obtained in singleplayer worlds via the /give command using the respective numeric IDs.
1.7.213w37aThe direct item forms of signs and wall signs have been removed from the game. They can no longer exist as items in any way, only as placed blocks.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.5.0Standing signs have an extra, unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 63.
The standing sign item, when placed, always places the sign facing south, regardless of the player's facing direction.
Wall signs also have an extra, unobtainable item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 68.
v0.12.1build 1Standing signs and wall signs can be obtained in item form if mined with a Silk Touch-enchanted tool.[1]
v0.13.0build 1Standing signs and wall signs are no longer obtainable via Silk Touch.
Unknown
?When placed, wall signs would place a wall sign block which was visually attached east and had a full block hitbox.[2]
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0beta 1.9.0.0Birch, spruce, jungle, acacia and dark oak wall signs exist as an item.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
?Oak wall signs exist as an item.[3]
Appearances
Oak Sign
Java Edition Infdev
20100607 The oak sign item uses this texture in inventories, when held in first person view or as a dropped item.
20100608 The oak sign item now uses this texture in inventories, when held in first person view or as a dropped item.
This is likely due to a fix for the particles used for the sign, to make them use wood particles rather than grass as it did previously.
Java Edition Alpha
?The oak sign item uses the aforementioned texture when held in third person.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 The oak sign item now uses this texture in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item.
This is due to the oak planks texture changing in this version.
1.4.212w34aThe oak sign item now uses the aforementioned texture when in an item frame.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.5.0 The oak sign item uses this texture.
Oak Wall Sign
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.1 The oak wall sign item uses this texture in inventories, when held in first person view or as a dropped item.
?The oak wall sign item uses the aforementioned texture when held in third person.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 The oak wall sign item now uses this texture in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item.
This is due to the oak planks texture changing in this version.
1.4.212w34aThe oak wall sign item now uses the aforementioned texture when in an item frame.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.5.0 The oak wall sign item uses this texture.[4]
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
? Oak wall signs use this texture.[3]
Birch Wall Sign
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Birch wall signs use this texture.
Spruce Wall Sign
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Spruce wall signs use this texture.
Jungle Wall Sign
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Jungle wall signs use this texture.
Acacia Wall Sign
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Acacia wall signs use this texture.
Dark Oak Wall Sign
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 Dark oak wall signs use this texture.
Names
Oak Sign
Java Edition

Item names did not exist prior to Beta 1.0.

  • Beta 1.0 - 13w36b: Sign
Bedrock Edition
  • v0.5.0 alpha - ?: Sign[5]
Oak Wall Sign
Java Edition

Item names did not exist prior to Beta 1.0.

  • Beta 1.0 - 13w36b: Sign
  • (As block name, item does not exist) 13w37a and onwards: Sign
Bedrock Edition
  • v0.5.0 alpha - v0.12.3 alpha: Sign
  • v0.13.0 alpha build 1 - v0.14.3 alpha: tile.wallSign.name
  • v0.15.0 alpha build 1 - ?: tile.wall_sign.name
Birch Wall Sign
Bedrock Edition
  • ? - ?: tile.birch_wall_sign.name
Spruce Wall Sign
Bedrock Edition
  • ? - ?: tile.spruce_wall_sign.name
Jungle Wall Sign
Bedrock Edition
  • ? - ?: tile.jungle_wall_sign.name
Acacia Wall Sign
Bedrock Edition
  • ? - ?: tile.acacia_wall_sign.name
Dark Oak Wall Sign
Bedrock Edition
  • ? - ?: tile.darkoak_wall_sign.name

References

  1. ↑ "[MCPE-10481] Breaking some items with Silk Touch gives you the wrong item. – Jira" – Mojira, September 9, 2015. Accessed July 2, 2024. Resolved as "Fixed".
  2. ↑ https://youtu.be/2UUX5gJdf2A
  3. ↑ a b https://youtu.be/qtn9Nx3YpeU
  4. ↑ https://youtu.be/UgHbUFnr2NE?t=4m44s
  5. ↑ https://youtu.be/djvCj4tZdNM?t=3m04s

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