How to make signs glow in the dark in Minecraft

How to make signs glow in the dark in Minecraft

In Minecraft, there’s this cool trick to make your signs easy to read in the dark or dim places. This trick revolves around using something called glow ink sacs. These sacs light up the text on signs, making them pop more when there’s not much light around.

Locating and Obtaining Glow Ink Sacks

First off, you need to get yourself some glow ink sacs. These come from glow squids, which are all about that dark life, chilling below layer 30 from the bedrock. They love the dark, wet caves. Sometimes, you might spot glow ink sacs just lying around near water, which means a glow squid was probably there and, well, didn’t make it. Knocking off these glowing squids can get you one to three sacs, but if you’re armed with a Looting 3 enchanted sword, you might grab up to six sacs from one squid.

Crafting and Setting Up Signs

Got your glow ink sacs? Cool, now to make signs that you can later make glow. You’ll need six wooden planks and a stick. You can make three signs at a time with these materials. You can stick these signs into the ground or onto the side or top of blocks. If you’re trying to slap a sign onto something like a chest, remember to sneak (press the left shift) to do it. When you place the sign, you’ll get to write your message over four lines. Write what you want, then close it to lock the text in.

Making Signs Glow

Now for the magic part. Grab a glow ink sac and right-click on the sign with it. Just like that, your sign’s text starts glowing, making it way easier to see when it’s dark. The text doesn’t light up the area, but it does stand out more. The outline color changes with the text color, so have fun seeing which combo works best for you.

Removing the Glow

If you ever want to dial back the glow, it’s easy. Use a regular ink sac from a regular squid on the sign, and the glow’s gone. Or you could just take down the sign and put it up again. Either way, switching back from a glowing sign to a regular one is a breeze.