Sign

Type	FurnitureCrafting material
Placeable	✔️ (2 wide × 2 high)
Use time	15 (Very fast)
Rarity
Research	1 required

The Sign is a decorative furniture item that can store a player-written message. A Sign must be placed and then the ⚷ Open / Activate button must be pressed on it to edit or display its message. A Sign can be placed on top of blocks, beside them, or hanging from their underside. On the Desktop version, Console version, Mobile version, Nintendo Switch version, and tModLoader version, they can also be placed on walls. A Sign's message can be up to 10 lines long, at 48 characters max per line, for a total of 480 characters maximum per sign. Signs can be used for decoration, labeling areas, adventure text, etc.

On the Nintendo 3DS version, Signs are limited to 16 characters, with a maximum of 5 numbers, and no punctuation or special symbols can be used.

Crafting[]

Recipes[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Sign	Any Wood (6)	Work Bench

Used in[]

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Announcement Box	Sign Any Iron Bar (4) Wire (4)	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

History[]

Desktop version

Desktop 1.3.1: Can be used to craft the Announcement Box.

Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Hover to read now introduced.
- Can now be placed on background walls.
- Sprite updated.

Desktop 1.2.4: Fixed bugs with the Sign / NPC chat display again.

Desktop 1.2.3:
- Fixed bug where Sign bubbles would appear in the wrong place during reversed gravity.
- Fixed bug where info accessories displayed info when you looked at empty Signs but not when you looked at Signs with text.
- Fixed bug where the selected item was affected by pressing numbers while editing Signs.