Functional Storage in All the Mods 10: To the Sky

This pack includes Functional Storage 1.21.1-1.5.8. It's a storage mod built around drawers that hold stacks of the same item. The quest book says that's handy for things like Cobblestone and Dirt.^[1][2]

Where it sits in the quest book

The mod's intro quest, "Functional Storage" quest, is in the "Basic Storage" chapter. That's chapter 7 of 54 in the book, in the group "The Basics". The chapter's welcome quest describes it as the basic ways to store items without needing power. Next to the Functional Storage quest you'll find vanilla chests, Sophisticated Storage, Sophisticated Backpacks and Integrated Terminals. The book calls Integrated Terminals the best storage solution before you set up AE2. The chapter has 93 quests in total.^[2]

The intro quest's task is just a chest, and the rest of the mod's quests branch off from it:^[2]

• a quest in "Basic Storage" comes right after the intro quest and introduces the drawers themselves. The quest book says they come in 1x1, 2x1 or 2x2.^[2]
• Straight after the drawers quest come the add-ons: Collector Upgrade, Pusher Upgrade, Puller Upgrade, Void Upgrade, Redstone Upgrade and Iron Downgrade.^[2]
• The storage upgrade chain also starts there: Copper Upgrade, then Gold Upgrade, Diamond Upgrade and Netherite Upgrade. The quest book labels them x8, x16, x24 and x32.^[2]
• The Linking Tool quest (a quest in "Basic Storage") also follows the drawers quest. After it come framed drawers, the Ender Drawer, the Compacting Drawer, the Simple Compacting Drawer, fluid drawers, the Configuration Tool and the Storage Controller.^[2]
• The Controller Access Point quest comes after the Storage Controller quest.^[2]

Unverified The quest text for 53 of the 93 quests in the Basic Storage chapter is not shown in the sources here, so it is in the quest book. The quests shown here do not say whether Functional Storage is part of the ATM Star path, so check the quest book for that.

Same as in the All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.4 guide

Functional Storage is all about drawers: blocks that each hold a big stack of one item type. This pack changed the mod's recipes, and the quest book's Basic Storage chapter walks you through it. Here is the order I'd tackle things in.^[3][4]

Step one: make a drawer

Everything starts with a basic drawer. They come in wood variants, like the Acacia Drawer (1x1) and Birch Drawer (1x1), and in 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2 layouts, for example Acacia Drawer (1x2) and Acacia Drawer (2x2). The pack changed these recipes, so use the one below.^[4]

Acacia Drawer (1x1)Changed by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

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 other wood types follow the same pattern with their own planks, and the pack changed those recipes too.

Keep a few spare drawers on hand. The Copper Upgrade, Configuration Tool, Linking Tool and Storage Controller recipes all use a drawer as an ingredient.^[4]

Step two: storage upgrades

Your first upgrade is the Copper Upgrade, which the quest book calls an x8 Storage Upgrade. The tiers then chain: Gold Upgrade is x16, Diamond Upgrade is x24 and Netherite Upgrade is x32.^[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

Each tier is crafted from the one before it, so you can't skip ahead. The Netherite step is done at a smithing table instead of a crafting grid.^[4]

Netherite UpgradeChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

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

Recipe id: functionalstorage:netherite_upgrade

Step three: lock your drawers

Craft the Configuration Tool early. It locks a drawer so it remembers its item, which matters once you push and pull items automatically. A locked drawer won't replace the item it was locked to.^[3]

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

Step four: link everything with a controller

Once you have several drawers, make a Storage Controller and a Linking Tool. In the quest book, the Linking Tool quest a quest in "Basic Storage" comes first, and the controller quest a quest in "Basic Storage" follows it. The controller acts as a hub for your drawers.^[3]

Storage ControllerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	any quartz storage block	any stone
any drawer	Comparator	any drawer
any stone	any quartz storage block	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:storage_controller

Linking ToolChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

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

Recipe id: functionalstorage:linking_tool

1. Right-click the controller with the Linking Tool to start configuring.^[3]
2. Right-click each drawer you want to add to the network.^[3]
3. Hold the tool to see which drawers are connected to the controller.^[3]

Double right-clicking the controller pulls 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. Adding normal storage upgrades there extends the controller's range, up to 40 blocks on every side, or an 80x80x80 cube.^[3]

Nice extras for later

• Pusher Upgrade and Puller Upgrade let a drawer push items out of, or pull items in through, any side.^[3]
• Collector Upgrade makes a drawer vacuum up items from one of its sides.^[3]
• Iron Downgrade lowers a drawer's max space to a single stack, handy for keeping a limited stock.^[3]
• Redstone Upgrade outputs a Redstone signal from 0 (empty) to 15 (full).^[3]
• Compacting Drawer converts items to their nugget or block forms, and Ender Drawer syncs contents between two linked Ender Drawers.^[3]
• Fluid drawers such as Fluid Drawer (1x1) work like regular drawers but store fluids.^[3]

Functional Storage is built around drawers, and everything else in the mod plugs into them. This section covers how the drawers, the controller, the linking tool and the upgrades fit together, as far as the pack's data explains them.^[5][6][7][8]

Drawer types

Standard drawers come in 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2 layouts. That covers the wood types (oak, spruce, birch, jungle, acacia, dark oak, crimson, warped, mangrove and cherry), plus the framed and fluid drawers. For example, Acacia Drawer (1x1), Acacia Drawer (1x2) and Acacia Drawer (2x2) are the Acacia sizes.^[5][6][7][8]

• Framed Drawer (1x1) is the framed version of the drawer. It also exists as 1x2 and 2x2, and as framed fluid drawers.^[5][6][7][8]
• Fluid Drawer (1x1) and its 1x2 and 2x2 siblings are the fluid drawers.^[5][9]
• Compacting Drawer is its own drawer type. There are also a Simple Compacting Drawer and framed versions of both, such as Framed Compacting Drawer.^[5]
• Ender Drawer and Armory Cabinet are separate blocks from the wooden drawers.^[5]

The mod's item and fluid denylist tags for drawer storage ship empty, so the mod's own data does not list any item or fluid as blocked.^[10][11]

Recipes in this pack

Every Functional Storage recipe shown in the pack's recipe list is marked as changed by the pack, so don't rely on recipes you remember from the mod's defaults. The blocks below show the exact in-pack recipes for a basic fluid drawer and the compacting drawer.^[12]

Fluid Drawer (1x1)Changed by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	any plank	any plank
any plank	any empty bucket	any plank
any plank	any plank	any plank

Recipe id: functionalstorage:fluid_1

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

Using fluid drawers

Fluid drawers have on-screen hints for emptying a container into the drawer and for filling a container from the drawer. The mod's GUI text also tells you to right click while crouching to open the GUI.^[5]

Armory Cabinet

The Armory Cabinet only accepts gear. Its insertable tag covers swords, axes, hoes, pickaxes, shovels, head, chest, leg and foot armor, and anything enchantable as a bow, crossbow, trident or mace. It also takes elytra, shields, fishing rods, flint and steel, shears, brushes and enchanted books. Its GUI has a search box, which is handy once it fills up.^[5][13]

Armory CabinetChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	any drawer	any stone
any drawer	Comparator	any drawer
any stone	any netherite ingot	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:armory_cabinet

Controller, access points and linking

The Storage Controller ties drawers together, and the framed version is Framed Storage Controller. The Controller Access Point (Controller Access Point) is the extra block that goes with it, and it also has a framed version. The Linking Tool has a single mode that links a drawer to a controller, and a multiple mode that links multiple drawers between 2 points.^{[5][14][15][16][17]}

Controller Access PointChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	any quartz storage block	any stone
any drawer	Repeater	any drawer
any stone	any quartz storage block	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:controller_extension

The Configuration Tool is the mod's other tool, and its recipe is below. The sources here don't explain what it does in detail.^[5][12]

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

Upgrades

The mod's item list includes these upgrades: copper, gold, diamond and netherite, Max Storage, Collector, Puller, Pusher, Redstone, Void, Dripping, Obsidian Generator and Water Generator, plus Creative Vending. The Iron Downgrade is also in the list, and its tooltip says it downgrades the slots to a max of 64 items.^[5]

Some upgrades are set up inside the drawer's GUI. Their tooltips say to right click in a GUI to change the direction or the slot.^[5]

Storage-style upgrades describe themselves as increasing the base, decreasing it, or setting it to a fixed value. Generator-style upgrades say how many mb of a fluid they generate, but the sources here don't give the amounts.^[5]

Crafting-wise, the Diamond Upgrade is made from the Gold Upgrade, so you climb the tiers in order. The Copper Upgrade, Collector Upgrade and Dripping Upgrade each have their own in-pack recipe.^[12]

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

Collector UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Hopper	any stone
any redstone dust	any drawer	any redstone dust
any stone	Hopper	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:collector_upgrade

Dripping UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Pointed Dripstone	any stone
any stone	Cauldron	any stone
any stone	Lava Bucket	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:dripping_upgrade

Unverified Numeric details such as storage capacities per drawer and upgrade tier, or how fast the Puller, Pusher and Collector upgrades move items, would live in the mod's config. The sources here include no config files for this mod, so those values are not confirmed.

Functional Storage lives in the "Basic Storage" chapter of the quest book, in the "The Basics" group (chapter 7 of 54, 93 quests). It shares that chapter with the Sophisticated Storage and Sophisticated Backpacks lines, so the drawer quests are one branch among several. There is also a short intro quest in the "Tips and Tricks" chapter, which describes drawers as holding several stacks of an item and says they can be upgraded to hold even more.^[2][18]

Where it starts

The branch opens with the quest "Functional Storage" quest, which has you hand in a chest. Right after it comes a quest in "Basic Storage", which explains that drawers come in 1x1, 2x1 and 2x2 layouts and hold stacks of 1, 2 or 4 items depending on the type. The 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2 items are, for example, Oak Drawer (1x1), Oak Drawer (1x2) and Oak Drawer (2x2).^[2][12]

The upgrade quests in this branch hang off that "Stacks on Stacks" quest, and so does the Linking Tool quest that opens the next stage. The pack has changed the crafting recipes for the drawers, so go by the recipe shown here and not by what you remember from the mod's defaults.^[2][12]

Oak Drawer (1x1)Changed by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	any wooden chest	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: functionalstorage:oak_1

The pack's own recipe for the basic Oak Drawer (1x1), changed from the mod default.

The storage tiers

The main progression is the chain of storage upgrades, and the quest book lays it out in a straight line. Each quest is unlocked by the one before it.^[2]

1. "Copper Upgrade" quest for the Copper Upgrade, titled x8 Storage Upgrade.^[2]
2. "Gold Upgrade" quest for the Gold Upgrade, titled x16 Storage Upgrade.^[2]
3. "Diamond Upgrade" quest for the Diamond Upgrade, titled x24 Storage Upgrade.^[2]
4. "Netherite Upgrade" quest for the Netherite Upgrade, titled x32 Storage Upgrade.^[2]

The recipes follow the same ladder, and the pack has changed all four. The Gold, Diamond and Netherite upgrades each build on the tier before them, and the Netherite step is a smithing recipe rather than a crafting table one.^[12]

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

Beyond Netherite

The pack adds its own top tier with a custom recipe, the Max Storage Upgrade. It builds on the Netherite Upgrade, and the recipe is added by the pack, not part of the base mod.^[12]

8× Max Storage UpgradeAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

Netherite Upgrade	Netherite Upgrade	Netherite Upgrade
Netherite Upgrade	ATM Star Shard	Netherite Upgrade
Netherite Upgrade	Netherite Upgrade	Netherite Upgrade

Recipe id: kubejs:kjs/functionalstorage_max_storage_upgrade

This recipe is added by the pack.

Side branches

Several other quests unlock straight from "Stacks on Stacks", and you can do them in any order alongside the tiers:^[2]

• Iron Downgrade: lowers a drawer's max space to a single stack, handy for keeping an item in stock without hoarding it.^[2]
• Void Upgrade: voids extra items once a drawer is full, so a setup doesn't back up.^[2]
• Collector Upgrade: makes the drawer vacuum in items from one side.^[2]
• Pusher Upgrade and Puller Upgrade: push items out of, or pull items into, a drawer from any side.^[2]
• Redstone Upgrade: outputs a redstone signal from 0 (empty) to 15 (full).^[2]
• Linking Tool: links drawers to a controller and pairs up Ender Drawers. This starts the next stage of the branch.^[2]

After the Linking Tool

The Linking Tool quest unlocks the networking and specialty drawers:^[2]

• Storage Controller: acts as the hub of your drawer network. Sneak-right-click it with an empty hand to open the upgrades tab. Storage upgrades there extend its range, up to 40 blocks in every direction (an 80x80x80 cube).^[2]
• Controller Access Point: unlocked after the controller, and works as an entry point for the network.^[2]
• Compacting Drawer and Simple Compacting Drawer: both automatically convert the item placed inside into its compacted form.^[2]
• Ender Drawer: link two of them with the Linking Tool to share contents, like an Ender Chest.^[2]
• Fluid Drawer (1x1), Fluid Drawer (1x2) and Fluid Drawer (2x2): Fluid Drawers, which work like normal drawers but store fluids.^[2]
• The framed drawers, such as Framed Drawer (1x1): custom-looking versions that copy a block's texture.^[2]
• Configuration Tool: locks a drawer so it remembers its item.^[2]

Functional Storage has few direct crossovers with other mods in this pack. The clearest one is a recipe the pack added itself with KubeJS, and it uses an item from the pack's own content.^[12]

Max Storage Upgrade

The Max Storage Upgrade is crafted with a shaped recipe added by the pack. It combines the Netherite Upgrade with an ATM Star Shard, which does not come from Functional Storage. Here is the exact in-pack recipe:^[12]

8× Max Storage UpgradeAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

Netherite Upgrade	Netherite Upgrade	Netherite Upgrade
Netherite Upgrade	ATM Star Shard	Netherite Upgrade
Netherite Upgrade	Netherite Upgrade	Netherite Upgrade

Recipe id: kubejs:kjs/functionalstorage_max_storage_upgrade

Where it sits in the quest book

Functional Storage is covered in the "Basic Storage" chapter, in the group "The Basics" (chapter 7 of 54 in the book). The chapter has 93 quests, and the text of 67 of them is not shown here, so check the quest book for the rest.^[2]

The same chapter also covers other storage options: "Vanilla Storage" quest (chests, including the Ars Nouveau archwood chest), "Trash Cans" quest, "Integrated Terminals" quest, "Sophisticated Storage" quest and "Sophisticated Backpacks" quest. The Integrated Terminals quest calls that mod the best storage solution before setting up AE2.^[2]

The Functional Storage upgrade quests run in a chain: "Copper Upgrade" quest, then "Gold Upgrade" quest, "Diamond Upgrade" quest and "Netherite Upgrade" quest. That last step, the Netherite Upgrade, is also the item the Max Storage Upgrade recipe above builds on.^[2][12]

Same as in the All the Mods 10: To the Sky 2.0.4 guide

Everything for this mod lives in a single chapter, Basic Storage. Each quest asks you to get hold of one item (or any one of a small group of related items), and the quest text explains what it does. Most of them unlock after one earlier quest in the chapter, so the chapter fans out in a few branches rather than running as one long line.^[3]

Linking Tool branch

The first quest in this branch is a quest in "Basic Storage", which asks for the Linking Tool. It links Drawers to a Controller and links Ender Drawers together. Seven more quests unlock after it:^[3]

• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Storage Controller (the framed version also counts). It acts as a hub for your linked Drawers, and its max range is 40 blocks on all sides, or a cube of 80x80x80.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Configuration Tool, which locks Drawers so they remember their item.^[3]
• 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 in Drawer form.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Compacting Drawer, which converts items to their nugget or block forms.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Simple Compacting Drawer, which auto-converts the stored item into its compacted form.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" accepts any of the Fluid Drawer (1x1), Fluid Drawer (1x2) or Fluid Drawer (2x2). These work like regular Drawers but store fluids.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Storage" accepts any framed Drawer or framed controller piece, such as the Framed Drawer (1x1) or the Framed Storage Controller. Framed blocks can mimic other blocks' textures.^[3]

After the Controller quest, a quest in "Basic Storage" asks for the Controller Access Point. It acts as an extra entry point to your Drawers when linked to the Controller.^[3]

Utility upgrades

Six upgrade quests unlock from the same earlier quest in the chapter, so you can do them in any order:^[3]

• a quest in "Basic Storage": the Collector Upgrade makes a Drawer vacuum items in from one side.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Storage": the Pusher Upgrade lets Drawers push items out of any side.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Storage": the Puller Upgrade lets Drawers pull items in from any side.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Storage": the Void Upgrade voids extra items when a Drawer is full, which stops setups from backing up.^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Storage": the Redstone Upgrade outputs a signal from 0 (empty) to 15 (full).^[3]
• a quest in "Basic Storage": the Iron Downgrade cuts a Drawer's max space down to a stack.^[3]

Storage upgrade chain

The storage upgrades form a strict chain. "Copper Upgrade" quest (the Copper Upgrade, an x8 Storage Upgrade) comes first, then "Gold Upgrade" quest (the Gold Upgrade, x16), then "Diamond Upgrade" quest (the Diamond Upgrade, x24), and finally "Netherite Upgrade" quest (the Netherite Upgrade, x32).^[3]