Sophisticated Storage guide for All the Mods 10: To the Sky 1.0 to 1.0.2
Sophisticated Storage guide for All the Mods 10: To the Sky
Last verified for All the Mods 10: To the Sky v1.0.2 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026
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- Sections
- 6
- Recipes shown
- 24
- Items named
- 39
- Quests covered
- 9
Every recipe and number here was checked against All the Mods 10: To the Sky 1.0.2's own files.
What is Sophisticated Storage?
2 parts
This pack ships Sophisticated Storage 1.4.46. In the quest book it lives in the "storage" chapter, a big chapter of 89 quests that also covers vanilla chests and barrels, trash cans, Sophisticated Backpacks and Functional Storage.[1][2]
The chest and barrel ladder
The mod's main line in the quest book is a tier chain. Each quest accepts either the chest or the barrel of that tier, so you can pick whichever you prefer.[2]
- a quest in "?" starts the chain and takes Copper Chest or Copper Barrel. It comes after an untitled quest.[2]
- a quest in "?" takes Iron Chest or Iron Barrel. It comes after the copper quest and an untitled quest.[2]
- a quest in "?" takes Gold Chest or Gold Barrel.[2]
- a quest in "?" takes Diamond Chest or Diamond Barrel.[2]
- a quest in "?" takes Netherite Chest or Netherite Barrel. No quest in the chapter follows it.[2]
Controller, tool and link
The Storage Controller has its own quest, a quest in "?", which comes after an untitled quest. From there, a quest in "?" asks for the Storage Tool. a quest in "?" asks for the Storage Link and comes after both the controller and the tool.[2]
There is also a quest for the Upgrade Base, a quest in "?", which comes after an untitled quest.[2]
How do you get started with Sophisticated Storage?
5 parts
Sophisticated Storage has its own quest chapter in this pack, called "storage", and it walks you through the mod in a sensible order. The recipes here were changed by the pack, so use the recipe blocks below rather than what you remember from other packs. Here is the order I'd go in.[2][3]
Start with a basic chest or barrel
The tier recipes in this pack start from a basic Chest or Barrel, so these are your first crafts. There are wood variants, such as acacia and bamboo, and the recipe below is the acacia chest as an example. If you only want to turn a vanilla inventory into its sophisticated version, the Basic Tier Upgrade does exactly that.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:acacia_chest
One of the wood variants. The pack also has acacia and bamboo barrel recipes.
Climb the tiers: copper and iron
The first tier quest asks for a Copper Chest or Copper Barrel (a quest in "?"). The iron quest (a quest in "?") comes right after it and wants an Iron Chest or Iron Barrel. In this pack you can make iron storage from a basic one or from a copper one.[2][3]
Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | any copper ingot |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | any copper ingot |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:copper_chest
Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | any iron ingot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | any iron ingot |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:iron_chest
Make an Upgrade Base
The Upgrade Base has its own quest (a quest in "?"). It is also a component in other recipes, for example the Alchemy Upgrade.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any plank | any iron ingot | any plank |
| any iron ingot | any plank | any iron ingot |
| any plank | any iron ingot | any plank |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:upgrade_base
Connect your storage
The Storage Controller (a quest in "?") lets you deposit items into a connected multiblock of storages and pipe items to and from it. The Storage Tool (a quest in "?") comes after it in the quest chain.[2][4]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any plank | Empty slot | any plank |
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:controller
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any ender pearl | any iron ingot |
| Empty slot | any wooden rod | |
| any wooden rod | Empty slot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_tool
The Storage Link (a quest in "?") needs both of those quests done first. It connects a separate multiblock of storages to the controller, and you use the Storage Tool to link it. The pack also lets you craft it directly from a Storage Controller.[2][3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| any ender pearl | any plank |
| any stone |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_link
Crafting Shapeless
Storage Controller
- any ender pearl
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_link_from_controller
Later tiers
The rest of the chain goes gold (a quest in "?"), diamond (a quest in "?") and netherite (a quest in "?"). Each of those chests and barrels is made by upgrading the tier below it: gold from iron, diamond from gold, and netherite from diamond.[2][3]
Storage Tier Upgrade Shapeless (sophisticatedstorage)
Diamond Chest
- any netherite ingot
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:netherite_chest
How does Sophisticated Storage work?
5 parts
Sophisticated Storage is mostly about chests and barrels that grow with upgrades. The sources I have for this pack are the mod's in-game tooltips and the pack's recipe list, so this section covers what those confirm: multiblock piping, slot capacity and the main upgrade families.[3][4]
Multiblock storage and piping
The controller is the heart of a storage multiblock. It lets you deposit items into a connected multiblock of storages and pipe items to and from it.[4]
To get items in and out with pipes or other automation, you place one of three access blocks inside the multiblock. Each does a different job:[4]
- Storage Input lets you pipe items into the multiblock. Its tooltip says it is optimized for low TPS impact.[3][4]
- Storage Output lets you pipe items out of the multiblock.[3][4]
- Storage I/O does both, piping items to and from the multiblock.[3][4]
You don't need three separate crafts to get them. In this pack the three blocks are converted into each other with shapeless recipes, and the pack has changed all three. Input becomes Output, Output becomes I/O, and I/O becomes Input.[3]
The mod also has a storage link block, which connects a separate multiblock of storages to a controller. You use the Storage Tool to link it. The same tool links, locks, and hides counts, tiers and locks on storages, and you change its mode with a keybind shown in its tooltip.[4]
Slot capacity
Stack upgrades change how many stacks fit in each slot. These are the multipliers stated in the mod's tooltips:[4]
- Stack Upgrade Tier 1 multiplies by 2, Tier 1+ by 3, Tier 2 by 4, Tier 3 by 8, Tier 4 by 16 and Tier 5 by 32.[4]
- The Omega tier raises the stack size limit to 2,147,483,647.[4]
- Stack Downgrades go the other way. Tier 1 divides by 8, Tier 2 by 16 and Tier 3 by 32.[4]
Limited barrels trade slots for capacity. Their tooltip shows a number of slots and a base stack size multiplier. The exact values aren't in my sources, so check the item in game. The pack has its own recipes for the Limited Barrel I to IV items, such as Limited Barrel 1 and Limited Barrel 4.[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:acacia_limited_barrel_1
The Basic Tier Upgrade upgrades vanilla inventories to their sophisticated version. The pack changed the recipes of the tier upgrades, such as Basic to Copper Tier Upgrade and Basic to Diamond Tier Upgrade. Here is the diamond one:[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| any diamond gem | any diamond gem | any diamond gem |
| any diamond gem | any diamond gem | |
| any diamond gem | any diamond gem | any diamond gem |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_diamond_tier_upgrade
Item automation upgrades
Upgrades slot into the storage and add behavior. Most come in a basic and an advanced version, and the advanced version adds more filtering options.[4]
- Hopper Upgrade pulls items from the block on top and/or pushes them to the block below. The advanced version is faster and has input and output options.[4]
- Filter Upgrade filters items piped in and/or out of the storage.[4]
- Pickup Upgrade makes the storage pick up items. The Magnet Upgrade pulls items into the storage from range, and the advanced version has a greater range.[4]
- Void Upgrade voids the items you select in its filter.[4]
- Feeding Upgrade feeds you food from the storage's inventory. The advanced version gives more options for when food is fed.[4]
- Compacting Upgrade compacts items into their compressed variants, but only 2x2 recipes. The advanced version handles both 2x2 and 3x3. The Compression Upgrade automatically compresses and decompresses items.[4]
Processing upgrades
Several upgrades put a machine in an upgrade tab. The Crafting, Stonecutter, Smelting, Blasting, Smoking and Sawmill upgrades each put their station there. There are also Chipped upgrades for the Alchemy Bench, Botanist's Workbench, Carpenters Table, Glassblower, Loom Table, Mason Table and Tinkering Table.[4]
The auto versions of the smelting upgrades also pull and push items automatically. These are Auto-smelting Upgrade, Auto-blasting Upgrade for ores and metal stuff, and Auto-smoking Upgrade for food. The pack changed the recipes for the blasting and smoking versions:[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | any iron ingot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:auto_blasting_upgrade_from_auto_smelting_upgrade
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | any log | Empty slot |
| any log | any log | |
| Empty slot | any log | Empty slot |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:auto_smoking_upgrade_from_auto_smelting_upgrade
The Alchemy Upgrade automatically uses potions, food with effects, or milk buckets. The advanced version adds effect filtering options. The pack changed its recipe:[3][4]
Crafting Shaped
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:alchemy_upgrade
Fluids, experience and infinity
The Pump Upgrade moves fluids between a Tank upgrade and adjacent blocks. The advanced version works with fluid containers in your hand and fluid blocks in the world, and lets you filter which fluids are pumped. The XP Pump Upgrade moves experience between a Tank upgrade and the player.[4]
The Infinity Upgrade makes all items in the storage infinite, but only admins can set infinite items and break the storage. The Survival Infinity Upgrade does the same, except all players can set infinite items and break the storage.[4]
Unverified No config files for this mod were available, so I can't confirm whether the pack changes any of the numbers above, such as stack multipliers or limited barrel slot counts. The recipes shown are the ones the pack uses.
How do you progress through Sophisticated Storage?
4 parts
Sophisticated Storage in this pack follows a clean tier ladder: copper, iron, gold, diamond, then netherite. The pack's storage quests walk you up that ladder in order, and each quest accepts either the chest or the barrel version of the tier. So you can pick whichever style you like and still get credit.[2]
The tier quest line
- Copper: a quest in "?" asks for a Copper Chest or Copper Barrel.[2]
- Iron: a quest in "?" unlocks after the copper quest and asks for an Iron Chest or Iron Barrel.[2]
- Gold: a quest in "?" follows the iron quest and asks for a Gold Chest or Gold Barrel.[2]
- Diamond: a quest in "?" follows the gold quest and asks for a Diamond Chest or Diamond Barrel.[2]
- Netherite: a quest in "?" is the end of the line. It follows the diamond quest and asks for a Netherite Chest or Netherite Barrel.[2]
How the tiers are crafted here
Every tier recipe in the pack is flagged as changed by the pack, so don't rely on what you remember from the mod's defaults. Gold chests and barrels are built from iron ones, diamond from gold, and netherite from diamond.[3]
Copper and iron are the flexible part. You can make an iron chest or barrel straight from a basic one, or upgrade a copper one into iron. Copper is therefore an optional stepping stone for crafting, even though the quest line has you pass through it.[2][3]
Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | any copper ingot |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | |
| any copper ingot | any copper ingot | any copper ingot |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:copper_chest
Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)
| Empty slot | any iron ingot | Empty slot |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| Empty slot | any iron ingot | Empty slot |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:iron_chest_from_copper_chest
Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | any gold ingot |
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | |
| any gold ingot | any gold ingot | any gold ingot |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:gold_chest
Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)
| any diamond gem | any diamond gem | any diamond gem |
| any diamond gem | any diamond gem | |
| any diamond gem | any diamond gem | any diamond gem |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:diamond_chest
Storage Tier Upgrade Shapeless (sophisticatedstorage)
- any netherite ingot
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:netherite_chest
The netherite step is a shapeless recipe, and the barrel version is shapeless too.
The pack also has separate double-chest tier recipes for copper, iron, gold, diamond and netherite. They follow the same ladder, with the iron one again accepting a copper chest as its starting point.[3]
Tier upgrade items
There are also upgrade items for each tier, such as the Basic to Copper Tier Upgrade. They chain the same way as the containers. The iron version can be made from the copper one, the gold version from the iron one, and the diamond version from the gold one. The netherite version is made from the diamond one and is shapeless.[3]
Crafting Shapeless
Basic to Diamond Tier Upgrade
- any netherite ingot
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_netherite_tier_upgrade
Side quests: controller, tool, link and upgrade base
Alongside the tiers, the storage chapter has a small network branch. a quest in "?" asks for the Storage Controller. a quest in "?" then asks for the Storage Tool. a quest in "?" needs both of those done first, and asks for the Storage Link.[2]
a quest in "?" is separate from the tier line and asks for the Upgrade Base. Several of the pack's upgrade recipes, such as the Blasting Upgrade and Alchemy Upgrade, use it as a component.[2][3]
Crafting Shaped
| any stone | any stone | |
| any plank | Empty slot | any plank |
| any stone | any stone |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:controller
Crafting Shapeless
- any ender pearl
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_link_from_controller
A shortcut that turns a controller plus an ender pearl into a link.
Crafting Shaped
| any plank | any iron ingot | any plank |
| any iron ingot | any plank | any iron ingot |
| any plank | any iron ingot | any plank |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:upgrade_base
How does Sophisticated Storage work with other mods?
3 parts
In this pack, Sophisticated Storage connects to two other mods through crafting: Sophisticated Backpacks and Chipped. All the recipes below are marked as changed by the pack, so they are this pack's versions and not necessarily the mod defaults.[3]
Sharing upgrades with Sophisticated Backpacks
You don't have to build every upgrade twice. The pack has conversion recipes that turn a storage upgrade into its backpack twin, for example the storage Magnet Upgrade into the backpack Magnet Upgrade. They cover the basic and advanced upgrades, the stack upgrades and downgrades, and the Chipped upgrades.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any string | any string | |
| Empty slot | any leather | Empty slot |
| any string | Empty slot | any string |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:backpack_magnet_upgrade_from_storage_magnet_upgrade
This pack recipe turns the storage Magnet Upgrade into the backpack one.
The stack upgrades don't line up by name. The storage Stack Upgrade Tier 2 converts into the backpack Stack Upgrade Tier 1. The storage Stack Upgrade Tier 1 Plus converts into the backpack Stack Upgrade Starter Tier. Check the tier before you convert.[3]
Conversion also goes the other way for many upgrades. For example, the backpack Alchemy Upgrade can be turned into the storage Alchemy Upgrade.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| any plank | any plank | |
| Empty slot | any plank | Empty slot |
| any plank | Empty slot | any plank |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_alchemy_upgrade_from_backpack_alchemy_upgrade
This pack recipe turns the backpack Alchemy Upgrade into the storage one.
Chipped workstation upgrades
Chipped adds workstation upgrades for your storage: Alchemy Bench, Botanist's Workbench, Carpenters Workbench, Glassblower, Loom Table, Mason Table and Tinkering Table. Each is built around the matching Chipped block, such as the Mason Table, and also needs an Upgrade Base.[3]
Crafting Shaped
| Empty slot | Empty slot | |
| any iron ingot | any iron ingot | |
| Empty slot | any redstone dust | Empty slot |
Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:chipped/mason_table_upgrade
The other Chipped upgrades follow the same pattern with their own workstation block.
Each of these also has a backpack version, for example Chipped: Glassblower Upgrade and Chipped: Glassblower Upgrade. A conversion recipe turns the storage version into the backpack version.[3]
Quests
The quests in the storage chapter only ask for Sophisticated Storage items, such as the Storage Controller and the Storage Link. None of them asks for items from another mod.[2]
Which All the Mods 10: To the Sky quests use Sophisticated Storage?
3 parts
Sophisticated Storage shows up in one chapter of the pack's quest book: the "storage" chapter. It has 89 quests in total, and most of them belong to other storage mods, so this section only covers the ones that ask for Sophisticated Storage items.[2]
The barrel and chest tier chain
This is a straight line of five quests, one per material. Each quest accepts either the chest or the barrel version, so pick whichever you prefer.[2]
- a quest in "?" asks for a Copper Chest or a Copper Barrel. It comes after an untitled quest in the chapter.[2]
- a quest in "?" asks for an Iron Chest or an Iron Barrel. It comes after the copper quest and the same untitled quest.[2]
- a quest in "?" asks for a Gold Chest or a Gold Barrel, and follows the iron quest.[2]
- a quest in "?" asks for a Diamond Chest or a Diamond Barrel, and follows the gold quest.[2]
- a quest in "?" asks for a Netherite Chest or a Netherite Barrel, and follows the diamond quest.[2]
Controller, tool and link
A second branch starts with a quest in "?", which asks for the Storage Controller and comes after an untitled quest. Two quests then unlock from it: a quest in "?" asks for the Storage Tool.[2]
a quest in "?" asks for the Storage Link. It needs both the controller quest and the storage tool quest done first.[2]
Upgrade Base
a quest in "?" asks for the Upgrade Base and comes after an untitled quest. The chapter has a second quest also called Upgrade Base, but that one asks for a backpack item and starts the backpack upgrade quests, so don't mix them up.[2]
Sources
- All the Mods 10: To the Sky 1.0.2 mod list · pack file
- All the Mods 10: To the Sky 1.0.2 quests: "storage" · pack file
- All the Mods 10: To the Sky 1.0.2 recipe dump: recipes making Sophisticated Storage items · pack recipe dump
- sophisticatedstorage tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
Where this guide comes from
Written from what All the Mods 10: To the Sky itself ships: its files and recipes, the in-game guidebooks and the mods' own pages. Every statement links to the source it came from, and the numbers are checked against the pack before publishing.
Guide last verified Oct 17, 2026.
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