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Crimson Hanging Sign in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Crimson Hanging Sign is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Crimson Hanging Sign.

What is Crimson Hanging Sign?

Crimson Hanging Sign is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/axe material group. It has a hardness of 1 and a blast resistance of 1. It stacks up to 16 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Crimson Hanging Sign does not emit light. Crimson Hanging Sign filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:crimson_hanging_sign. Command: /give @p minecraft:crimson_hanging_sign 1.

How to mine Crimson Hanging Sign

Crimson Hanging Sign can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 1.5 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 5 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Crimson Hanging Sign drops

When broken, Crimson Hanging Sign drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

  • Transparent
  • Hand-Mineable
  • Craftable

Crimson Hanging Sign technical properties

  • Waterloggable: Yes
  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: Yes
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)
  • Map color: Varies

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Hanging Sign (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:crimson_hanging_sign
  • Material family: mineable/axe
  • Hardness: 1
  • Blast resistance: 1
  • Stack size: 16
  • Transparent: Yes
  • Blocks light: 0
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:crimson_hanging_sign 1

Overview

Crimson Hanging Sign is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Crimson Hanging Sign can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. With the correct tool this takes about 1.5s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 5s.
  3. Crimson Hanging Sign is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:crimson_hanging_sign 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Estimated time per run: 1-5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Crimson Hanging Sign?

Crimson Hanging Sign can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Crimson Hanging Sign drop when mined?

Breaking Crimson Hanging Sign drops Crimson Hanging Sign.

How hard is Crimson Hanging Sign to mine?

Crimson Hanging Sign has a hardness value of 1. That works out to roughly 1.5s with the correct tool or 5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Crimson Hanging Sign?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Crimson Hanging Sign.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Crimson Hanging Sign?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:crimson_hanging_sign, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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