Functional Storage in All the Mons

Functional Storage is a drawer-based storage mod. Instead of chests, you build Drawers that each hold a large amount of one item, and you can wire them together into a network. This pack includes version 1.21.1-1.5.8 of the mod.^[1][2]

It isn't only for items. The quest book points out that Fluid Drawer (1x1), Fluid Drawer (1x2) and Fluid Drawer (2x2) work like regular Drawers but store fluids.^[2]

What you can build with it

• A hub for your Drawers: the Storage Controller becomes the center of a network once you link Drawers to it with the Linking Tool. Its range can be extended with storage upgrades, up to 40 blocks in every direction (an 80x80x80 cube).^[2]
• Extra entry points: the Controller Access Point acts as a Storage Controller when linked, so you can push into it and pull from it.^[2]
• Auto-compacting: the Compacting Drawer and Simple Compacting Drawer convert what you put in to its compacted form.^[2]
• Shared storage: two Ender Drawer blocks can be linked with the Linking Tool to sync their contents, much like an Ender Chest.^[2]
• Custom looks: framed Drawers such as Framed Drawer (1x1) can mimic a block's texture on the outside and a different one on the front.^[2]

Automation helpers

If you build item systems, the quests highlight several tools. The Puller Upgrade and Pusher Upgrade let Drawers pull items in or push them out. The Void Upgrade voids excess items so a setup doesn't back up when the storage is full. The Configuration Tool locks a Drawer so it keeps remembering its item, which helps with push and pull systems.^[2]

Where it fits in the progression

The mod is covered in the Basic Storage quest chapter, where nearly every quest unlocks after the Linking Tool or the early Drawer quests. The capacity upgrades form their own chain: "Copper Upgrade" quest (labeled x8), then "Gold Upgrade" quest (x16), "Diamond Upgrade" quest (x24) and "Netherite Upgrade" quest (x32).^[2]

Unverified The sources don't say how the pack changes this mod's recipes, configs or tier gating, so check the in-pack recipes before planning around them.

Functional Storage is all about drawers. In this pack, a lot of the mod's recipes use a drawer as an ingredient, and the pack has changed those recipes. Trust the recipe cards below over what you remember from other packs. The quests in the Basic Storage chapter follow the same progression.^[2][3]

Make a basic drawer

Start with a wooden drawer, because most of the other recipes need one. Each wood type has its own recipe, and the pack changes them. Here is the Acacia 1x1 as an example: Acacia Drawer (1x1). The 1x2 and 2x2 sizes have their own recipes too, for example Acacia Drawer (1x2) and Acacia Drawer (2x2).^[3]

Acacia Drawer (1x1)Changed by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	any wooden chest	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks

Recipe id: functionalstorage:acacia_1

The pack changes this recipe, and other wood types have their own recipes.

Get the Linking Tool

The Linking Tool has its own quest, a quest in "Basic Storage". The quests for the controller, framed drawers, Ender Drawers, compacting drawers, fluid drawers and the Configuration Tool all unlock after it. The tool links drawers to a controller. It has a single mode that links one drawer to a controller and a multiple mode that links drawers between two points.^[2][4]

Linking ToolChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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Paper	Paper	any gold ingot
Paper	any drawer	any gold ingot
Paper	any diamond gem	Paper

Recipe id: functionalstorage:linking_tool

The pack changes this recipe.

Build a Storage Controller

The Storage Controller is the hub of your drawers (quest a quest in "Basic Storage"). Right click the controller to start configuring, then right click drawers with the Linking Tool to add them to the network. Holding the tool shows which drawers are connected. Double right-clicking the controller pulls in everything in your inventory that has a slot in the network.^[2]

Sneak right-click it with an empty hand to open the upgrades tab. Adding normal storage upgrades there extends its range. The quest gives the maximum range as 40 blocks on all sides, a cube of 80x80x80.^[2]

Storage ControllerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Quartz Block	any stone
any drawer	Comparator	any drawer
any stone	Quartz Block	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:storage_controller

The pack changes this recipe.

Lock drawers with the Configuration Tool

The Configuration Tool locks a drawer so it remembers its item. A locked drawer won't replace the item it was locked to. That matters once you start pushing items into and pulling them out of drawers automatically.^[2]

Configuration ToolChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Paper	Paper	any gold ingot
Paper	any drawer	any gold ingot
Paper	any emerald gem	Paper

Recipe id: functionalstorage:configuration_tool

The pack changes this recipe.

Storage upgrades

The storage upgrade quests unlock one after another: Copper Upgrade (x8), Gold Upgrade (x16), Diamond Upgrade (x24) and Netherite Upgrade (x32). Each one builds on the one before it. The Netherite Upgrade is made at a smithing table in this pack.^[2][3]

Copper UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any copper ingot	any copper storage block	any copper ingot
any wooden chest	any drawer	any wooden chest
any copper ingot	any copper storage block	any copper ingot

Recipe id: functionalstorage:copper_upgrade

The pack changes this recipe. The Gold Upgrade recipe uses a Copper Upgrade.

Handy extras

• Pusher Upgrade lets a drawer push items out of any side, and Puller Upgrade lets it pull items in from any side. Each can be crafted from the other.^[2][3]
• Collector Upgrade makes a drawer vacuum items in from one of its sides.^[2]
• Void Upgrade voids extra items when a drawer is full, which stops overflow and keeps a setup from backing up.^[2]
• Iron Downgrade cuts a drawer's max space down to a stack, which is handy for keeping an item in stock without hoarding it.^[2]
• Redstone Upgrade makes a drawer output a Redstone signal showing how full it is, from 0 (empty) to 15 (full).^[2]

Where to go next

• Compacting Drawer and Simple Compacting Drawer automatically convert what you put in to a compacted form.^[2]
• Fluid drawers such as Fluid Drawer (1x1) work like normal drawers but store fluids.^[2]
• Ender Drawer can be linked in pairs with the Linking Tool to sync contents, like an Ender Chest in drawer form.^[2]
• Framed drawers such as Framed Drawer (1x1) can copy a block's texture on the outside and a different one on the front.^[2]
• Controller Access Point acts as an entry point to the network once it is linked to a controller.^[2]

Functional Storage is built around drawers: blocks that hold a lot of one kind of thing in each slot. In this pack you can open a drawer's GUI by right clicking it while crouching.^[4]

Drawer types

Standard drawers come in three layouts, 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2, and in a version for each vanilla wood, for example Acacia Drawer (1x1), Acacia Drawer (1x2) and Acacia Drawer (2x2). The pack changed these recipes.^[3][4]

Acacia Drawer (1x1)Changed by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	any wooden chest	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks

Recipe id: functionalstorage:acacia_1

Framed Drawer (1x1), Framed Drawer (1x2) and Framed Drawer (2x2) are the framed versions, which the pack also changed. You can turn an existing drawer into a framed one with the separate "from simple" recipes, which copy the drawer's data across.^[3][4]

Framed Drawer (1x1)Changed by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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any iron nugget	any iron nugget	any iron nugget
any iron nugget	any wooden chest	any iron nugget
any iron nugget	any iron nugget	any iron nugget

Recipe id: functionalstorage:framed_1

The mod also has fluid drawers in the same three layouts, and an Ender Drawer. With a fluid drawer, the GUI hints tell you there is one action to empty a container into the drawer and another to fill a container from it.^[3][4]

Compacting drawers

Compacting Drawer stores an item along with its compressed forms in one block. The mod also has simple compacting drawers and framed versions of both. The pack changed the Compacting Drawer recipe, and the Framed Compacting Drawer is made from a plain Compacting Drawer.^[3][4]

Compacting DrawerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	any stone	any stone
Piston	any drawer	Piston
any stone	any iron ingot	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:compacting_drawer

The pack adds custom compacting rules. 8 Tiny Charcoal compact into Charcoal, and 8 Tiny Coal compact into Coal. Compacting drawers can use them like any other pair.^[5]

The pack also adds several items to the tag functionalstorage:ignore_crafting_check: Snowball, String, Honeycomb, Magma Cream, Pollen Puff, Draconic Dust and Obsidian Shard.^[6][7][8]

Controllers and linking

The Storage Controller and Framed Storage Controller connect your drawers, and the Controller Access Point and its framed version give you another way in. The GUI has a Range setting and a Priority setting.^[4]

The Linking Tool has two modes. Single mode links one drawer to a controller. Multiple mode links several drawers between 2 points. There is also a Configuration Tool.^[4]

Storage upgrades

The capacity upgrades are Copper Upgrade, Gold Upgrade, Diamond Upgrade and Netherite Upgrade. The pack changed the recipe for each one. The recipes below show how they chain.^[3]

Copper UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any copper ingot	any copper storage block	any copper ingot
any wooden chest	any drawer	any wooden chest
any copper ingot	any copper storage block	any copper ingot

Recipe id: functionalstorage:copper_upgrade

Gold UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gold ingot	any gold storage block	any gold ingot
any wooden chest	Copper Upgrade	any wooden chest
any gold storage block	any gold ingot	any gold storage block

Recipe id: functionalstorage:gold_upgrade

Diamond UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any diamond gem	any diamond storage block	any diamond gem
any wooden chest	Gold Upgrade	any wooden chest
any diamond gem	any diamond storage block	any diamond gem

Recipe id: functionalstorage:diamond_upgrade

Netherite UpgradeChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

• Diamond Upgrade
• Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: functionalstorage:netherite_upgrade

The mod's upgrade tooltips describe increasing a base value, decreasing it, or setting it outright. The Iron Downgrade limits slots to a maximum of 64 items. There are also a Max Storage Upgrade and a Creative Vending Upgrade.^[4]

Unverified The exact capacity each storage upgrade gives is not confirmed in the available sources.

Utility upgrades and automation

Utility upgrades add behaviour to a drawer: Puller Upgrade, Pusher Upgrade, Collector Upgrade, Redstone Upgrade and Void Upgrade. Their tooltips show a Direction and a Slot, and you change each by right clicking in the GUI.^[4]

The pack changed the Collector Upgrade recipe. The Puller and Pusher Upgrades convert into each other with a single shapeless craft, so you can swap one for the other.^[3]

Puller UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Pusher Upgrade

Recipe id: functionalstorage:puller_upgrade_from_pusher

Generator upgrades

The Water Generator Upgrade and Dripping Upgrade generate fluid inside a drawer. Their tooltip shows an amount in mb and the fluid. The Obsidian Generator Upgrade combines the two, and its recipe is shown below.^[3][4]

Obsidian Generator UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dripping Upgrade
• Dripping Upgrade
• Dripping Upgrade
• Dripping Upgrade
• Water Generator Upgrade

Recipe id: functionalstorage:obsidian_upgrade

Armory Cabinet

The Armory Cabinet has its own GUI with a Search field. The pack changed its recipe.^[3][4]

Functional Storage progression in this pack is laid out in the Basic Storage quest chapter. You start with the tools that tie drawers together, then branch into special drawer types, utility upgrades and a four-step storage upgrade ladder. Every recipe below is the in-pack version, and the pack has changed most of them from the mod's defaults.^[2][3]

Step 1: Link everything together

The quest a quest in "Basic Storage" hands you the Linking Tool. Right-click a controller to start configuring it, then right-click drawers to add them to the network. While you hold the tool, it shows which drawers are connected to the controller.^[2]

Linking ToolChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

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Paper	Paper	any gold ingot
Paper	any drawer	any gold ingot
Paper	any diamond gem	Paper

Recipe id: functionalstorage:linking_tool

The Storage Controller (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") is the hub of the network. Double right-click it to pull in every item from your inventory that has a slot in the network. Sneak right-click it with an empty hand to open the upgrades tab, where normal storage upgrades increase its range. The maximum range is 40 blocks on every side, which is a cube of 80x80x80.^[2]

Storage ControllerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Quartz Block	any stone
any drawer	Comparator	any drawer
any stone	Quartz Block	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:storage_controller

Once a controller is down, the Controller Access Point (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") works as an extra entry point. When linked, it acts like the controller, so you can push into it and pull from it.^[2]

The storage upgrade ladder

Capacity upgrades form a straight quest chain, and each quest unlocks after the previous one. The quest names give the multiplier for each tier.^[2]

1. Copper Upgrade (quest "Copper Upgrade" quest): x8 storage upgrade.^[2]
2. Gold Upgrade (quest "Gold Upgrade" quest): x16 storage upgrade.^[2]
3. Diamond Upgrade (quest "Diamond Upgrade" quest): x24 storage upgrade.^[2]
4. Netherite Upgrade (quest "Netherite Upgrade" quest): x32 storage upgrade.^[2]

Copper UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any copper ingot	any copper storage block	any copper ingot
any wooden chest	any drawer	any wooden chest
any copper ingot	any copper storage block	any copper ingot

Recipe id: functionalstorage:copper_upgrade

Gold UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gold ingot	any gold storage block	any gold ingot
any wooden chest	Copper Upgrade	any wooden chest
any gold storage block	any gold ingot	any gold storage block

Recipe id: functionalstorage:gold_upgrade

Diamond UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any diamond gem	any diamond storage block	any diamond gem
any wooden chest	Gold Upgrade	any wooden chest
any diamond gem	any diamond storage block	any diamond gem

Recipe id: functionalstorage:diamond_upgrade

Netherite UpgradeChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

• Diamond Upgrade
• Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: functionalstorage:netherite_upgrade

This last tier is a smithing recipe, not a crafting table recipe.

Drawer types that unlock after linking

These quests all unlock once you have the Linking Tool, so you can take them in whatever order suits your base.^[2]

• Framed Drawer (1x1) and the other framed blocks (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") can mimic one block's texture on the outside and a different one on the front. The quest says to follow the tooltip to set them up.^[2]
• Ender Drawer (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") lets you link two Ender Drawers to sync their contents, like an Ender Chest in drawer form. Right-click the first with the Linking Tool, then left-click the second.^[2]
• Compacting Drawer (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") converts items to nugget or block forms. The quest's example is an Iron Ingot that can be pulled out as 9 nuggets, or converted into Iron Blocks if you add enough.^[2]
• Simple Compacting Drawer (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") automatically converts the item you put in into its compacted form.^[2]
• Fluid Drawer (1x1), Fluid Drawer (1x2) and Fluid Drawer (2x2) (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") work like regular drawers but store fluids.^[2]
• Configuration Tool (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") locks a drawer so it remembers its item. A locked drawer will not replace the item it was locked to, which helps in push and pull setups.^[2]

Compacting DrawerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	any stone	any stone
Piston	any drawer	Piston
any stone	any iron ingot	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:compacting_drawer

Utility upgrades

Each of these has its own quest, and they all unlock from the same earlier quest as the Linking Tool.^[2]

• Puller Upgrade (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") lets a drawer pull items in from any side.^[2]
• Pusher Upgrade (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") lets a drawer push items out into any side.^[2]
• Collector Upgrade (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") makes a drawer vacuum items in from one of its sides.^[2]
• Void Upgrade (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") voids extra items that arrive when a drawer is full. That stops overflow and keeps a setup from backing up.^[2]
• Redstone Upgrade (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") makes a drawer output a Redstone signal on all sides, from 0 when empty to 15 when full. On multi-slot drawers you can configure which slot it monitors.^[2]
• Iron Downgrade (quest a quest in "Basic Storage") shrinks a drawer's maximum space to a single stack.^[2]

The Pusher and Puller Upgrades can be crafted into each other with a shapeless recipe, so you can switch from one to the other whenever your setup needs it.^[3]

Puller UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Pusher Upgrade

Recipe id: functionalstorage:puller_upgrade_from_pusher

All of this mod's quests sit in one chapter, Basic Storage. Every quest asks you to hand in a Functional Storage item, so you can't miss what each one wants. The order is set by which quest unlocks which, and it branches out like a tree.^[2]

First tier: upgrades and the Linking Tool

A group of quests unlocks after the same earlier quest in the chapter. The Linking Tool quest in this group is the key one, because most of the drawer quests hang off it.^[2]

• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Linking Tool, which links Drawers to a Controller and links up Ender Drawers.^[2]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Collector Upgrade, which makes a Drawer vacuum items in from one of its sides.^[2]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" and a quest in "Basic Storage" ask for the Pusher Upgrade and the Puller Upgrade. They let Drawers push items out of, or pull items in from, any side.^[2]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Void Upgrade, which voids extra items when a Drawer is full. That stops a setup from backing up.^[2]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Iron Downgrade, which cuts a Drawer's max space down to a stack.^[2]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Redstone Upgrade. Drawers then output a Redstone signal on all sides, from 0 (empty) to 15 (full).^[2]

Second tier: drawers and tools after the Linking Tool

Once you finish the Linking Tool quest, these open up:^[2]

• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Storage Controller (or the Framed Storage Controller). The quest text says its range is a max of 40 blocks on all sides, a cube of 80x80x80.^[2]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Configuration Tool, which locks Drawers so they remember their item.^[2]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Ender Drawer. Link two of them with the Linking Tool to sync their contents, like an Ender Chest.^[2]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Compacting Drawer, and a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Simple Compacting Drawer. Both auto-convert items into compacted forms.^[2]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for any one of the Fluid Drawers: Fluid Drawer (1x1), Fluid Drawer (1x2) or Fluid Drawer (2x2).^[2]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for any one of the framed options, such as Framed Drawer (1x1), Framed Drawer (1x2), Framed Drawer (2x2) or Framed Compacting Drawer. The quest text says they can mimic a block's texture.^[2]

After the Storage Controller quest, a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Controller Access Point. It acts as an entry point to the Drawers when linked to a Controller.^[2]

The storage upgrade chain

The storage upgrades form a straight line, each unlocked by the one before. "Copper Upgrade" quest asks for the Copper Upgrade (x8). Then "Gold Upgrade" quest asks for the Gold Upgrade (x16), "Diamond Upgrade" quest for the Diamond Upgrade (x24), and finally "Netherite Upgrade" quest for the Netherite Upgrade (x32).^[2]

Unverified Most quests in this chapter unlock after one earlier quest (ID 2746575C929B6C50). What that quest asks for isn't covered by the available sources.