Basic Storage

Functional Storage is a storage mod that adds varuious useful items to help with storage and ways of storing stacks of the same items. This can be useful for items like Cobblestone, Dirt and more.

Asks for: Chest

Chests have 27 slots and can be made into a double chest to store twice that amount.

Asks for: Archwood Chest, Chest

Barrels work the same as Chests only they can't be combined together into 1. They look cool though.

Asks for: Barrel

Trash Cans act as a way to destroy unwanted items, liquid, and power.

Asks for: Energy Trash Can, Item Trash Can, Liquid Trash Can

Ender Chests all share the same inventory and that inventory is different for every player. They can't be combined together into 1.

Asks for: Ender Chest

Drawers can be 1x1, 2x1 or 2x2. Drawers can hold a ton of stacks of 1/2/4 items depending on the type of Drawer.

Used to link Drawers to a Controller and to link up Ender Drawers. To link Drawers to the Controller, right click the Controller block to start configuration. Right clicking Drawers will add them to the network. Holding the tool will show you what Drawers are connected to the Controller.

Asks for: Linking Tool

The Collector Upgrade will make the Drawer vacuum items in from one of the sides.

Asks for: Collector Upgrade

The Iron Downgrade will downgrade the Drawer's max space to a stack. This can be useful for keeping items on stock, but not too many.

Asks for: Iron Downgrade

Want to have custom Drawers? Look no further, these can mimic a block's texture on the outside, and a different one in the front. Follow the tooltip on how to do it.

Asks for: Framed Compacting Drawer, Framed Drawer (1x1), Framed Drawer (1x2), Framed Drawer (2x2), Framed Controller Access Point, Framed Simple Compacting Drawer

The Pusher Upgrade allows Drawers to push out items into any side.

Asks for: Pusher Upgrade

Using a Linking Tool, you can link 2 Ender Drawers to sync up their contents. This works just like an Ender Chest, but as a Drawer. To link, right-click the first Ender Drawer with the Linking Tool, then left-click the second Ender Drawer.

Asks for: Ender Drawer

This upgrade will void extra items that come when Drawers are full. This can be useful to prevent overflow or to prevent a setup from backing up due to the storage being full.

Asks for: Void Upgrade

The Compacting Drawer can convert items placed inside to their nugget or block forms. For example: An Iron Ingot placed in this will allow you to pull out 9 nuggets, or if more Iron is placed in, will covert it to Iron Blocks.

Asks for: Compacting Drawer

Undoubtedly the best storage solution before setting up AE2 is Integrated Terminals. Integrated Terminals provides you an early-game storage solution that allows you to access all surrounding chests, as well as some autocrafting options! First, make some Menril Glass by putting Glass in a Drying Basin filled with Menril Resin.

Asks for: Menril Glass

Minecarts with Chests are Minecarts with Chests in them. You can't ride in these but they can be useful for transporting items across Rail systems.

Asks for: Chest Minecart

If you thought this mod was only for storing items, you would be wrong, there are also Fluid Drawers! They work the same way as regular Drawers, but store fluids instead.

Asks for: Fluid Drawer (1x1), Fluid Drawer (1x2), Fluid Drawer (2x2)

This Drawer will auto convert the item placed inside it into it's compacted form.

Asks for: Simple Compacting Drawer

The Configuration Tool is used to lock Drawers for them to remember the item it has inside. This can be useful whenever you set up a system to push and pull from Drawers. The locked Drawer will not replace the item that was locked on it!

Asks for: Configuration Tool

Boats with Chests are Boats with Chests on them. You can open the chest while you're in the Boat or you can right-click on it. Only one person can ride in the Boat at a time.

Welcome to the Basic Storage Chapter! You'll find all of the basic ways to store items without needing power, as well as useful items for your storage needs!

Sophisticated Storage allows you to upgrade your Chests and Barrels with metals to increase their storage! You can also add upgrades to increase their functionality. These chests are just like a vanilla Chest or Barrel, but they have a slot for a Storage Upgrade!

The Copper Chest can be made but is not needed to make an Iron Chest, it can be used if you want to save some Iron though.

Asks for: Copper Barrel, Copper Chest

The Storage Controller allows you to work with multiple storages as if they were one big storage multiblock. This allows for a very large storage network, which can be combined with mods like Applied Energistics or Integrated Dynamics, as the Storage Controller acts as an in/out point for all storages attached to it. Connecting either can be done by simply putting storages next to Storage Controller or next to others that are already connected to Storage Controller (this works up to 14 blocks away from controller in all directions).

Asks for: Storage Controller

To save you from having this entire quest section covered with upgrades, take a look at the Sophisticated Backpack upgrades You'll need to make the Sophisticated Storage equivalent, but they function about the same.

Asks for: Upgrade Base

Sophisticated Backpacks offers upgradable Backpacks that can use filters to add nifty features! Backpacks can be put in your Curios Back slot and they can be dyed.

Asks for: Backpack

You will need these to make Backpack Upgrades.

Asks for: Upgrade Base

Shift-Right Click an inventory to empty.

Asks for: Deposit Upgrade

This upgrade makes it so the Backpack can't die.

Asks for: Everlasting Upgrade

Adds a tank to the Backpack.

Asks for: Tank Upgrade

Allows the Backpack to pick up items.

Asks for: Pickup Upgrade

Magnets items into the Backpack.

Asks for: Magnet Upgrade

Adds a filter for items being pumped in or out of the Backpack.

Asks for: Filter Upgrade

Compacts items in the Backpack to their 2x2 recipe.

Asks for: Compacting Upgrade

Adds a Blast Furnace GUI to the Backpack.

Asks for: Blasting Upgrade

Auto-smelt items in the Backpack.

Asks for: Auto-blasting Upgrade

Adds a Smoker GUI to the Backpack.

Asks for: Smoking Upgrade

Keeps the player's inventory stacked up from items inside the Backpack.

Asks for: Refill Upgrade

Auto-smelt items in the Backpack.

Asks for: Auto-smoking Upgrade

Adds a Crafting Table GUI to the Backpack.

Asks for: Crafting Upgrade

Adds a filter that allows you to tell the Backpack which items it should keep stocked. Shift right-clicking an inventory will refill it.

Asks for: Restock Upgrade

Adds a battery to the Backpack.

Asks for: Battery Upgrade

Adds a Stonecutter GUI to the Backpack.

Asks for: Stonecutter Upgrade

Adds a Jukebox GUI to the Backpack.

Asks for: Jukebox Upgrade

Compacts items in the backpack to their 3x3 recipe.

Asks for: Advanced Compacting Upgrade

Auto-feeds you with food in the Backpack.

Asks for: Feeding Upgrade

Auto-swaps to the tool that is most effective for the block you are looking at.

Asks for: Tool Swapper Upgrade

Adds a Furnace GUI to the Backpack.

Asks for: Smelting Upgrade

Auto-smelt items in the Backpack.

Asks for: Auto-smelting Upgrade

Adds crafting GUIs for Chipped Workbenches to your Backpack.

Asks for: Chipped: Alchemy Bench Upgrade, Chipped: Botanist's Workbench Upgrade, Chipped: Carpenters Workbench Upgrade, Chipped: Glassblower Upgrade, Chipped: Loom Table Upgrade, Chipped: Mason Table Upgrade

Adds the ability to pump liquids from the Tank Upgrade.

Asks for: Pump Upgrade

Alloes you to pump experience between you and the Backpack.

Asks for: Experience Pump Upgrade

Next, go ahead and make some Item Interfaces and Logic Cables. Place the Interfaces on chests you want to connect, and use Logic Cables to connect them all. Then all you have to do is slap a Storage Terminal on there and voilà! You have access to your entire storage system.

Asks for: Logic Cable, Part Terminal Storage, Part Interface Item

Integrated Terminals also lets you access your storage wirelessly! Just attach an Omni-Directional Splitter from Integrated Dynamics on any Logic Cables connecting your storage, right click with the Portable Storage Terminal, and you now have unfettered access to your system.

Asks for: Part Connector Omni Directional, Portable Storage Terminal

Not only are you able to connect items, you can also connect fluids! Just put a fluid interface on any storage solution that holds fluid and connect it with Logic Cables and it will appear in your system! A convenient way to interact with your fluid is by having buckets in your inventory and clicking in the fluid and then clicking again on the buckets to fill them!

Asks for: Part Interface Fluid

Want to do some autocrafting? Check out the full IntegratedDynamics guide!

When placed and connected with the Linking Tool to other Drawers, the Controller acts as a "Hub". If you double right-click this, all the items in your inventory that have a slot in the Drawer network will be pulled. By sneak right-Clicking the controller with an empty hand, you can open the upgrades tab, add normal storage upgrades to those slots to increase the Controller's range. Max range is 40 blocks for all sides, or a cube of 80x80x80.

Asks for: Framed Storage Controller, Storage Controller

The Storage Access Point acts as a Storage Controller when linked to it, being able to be pushed into or pulled from. Basically a entry point for the Drawers.

Asks for: Controller Access Point

This upgrade will make Drawers output a Redstone signal on all sides, signal strength saying how full/empty it is. For multi-slot Drawers, the upgrade can be configured to which slot to monitor. 0 - means empty. 15 - means full.

Asks for: Redstone Upgrade

The Puller Upgrade allows Drawers to pull in items from any side.

Asks for: Puller Upgrade

The biggest of the chests from Sophisticated Storage

Asks for: Netherite Barrel, Netherite Chest

The Storage Controller is also able to connect to other storages wirelessly, this is possible using the Storage Tool, just right click the Storage Controller to bind it and right click the storages to link them. The range for wireless linking is the same as regular, 14 blocks of space.

Asks for: Storage Tool

The Storage Link allows you to connect multiple storages that are not attached to a Storage Controller or any blocks that are connected to it. So its a way to wirelessly connect a "multiblock" of storages without needing to right-click each one of them. 14 blocks of range still applies.

Asks for: Storage Link

This is a Backpack upgrade so you can put your Backpack in your Backpack. So you can have your Backpack in your Backpack for when you need your Backpack in your Backpack.

Asks for: Inception Upgrade

Increases stack size in the Backpack by 2.

Asks for: Stack Upgrade Tier 1

Increases stack size in the Backpack by 4.

Asks for: Stack Upgrade Tier 2

Increases stack size in the Backpack by 8.

Asks for: Stack Upgrade Tier 3

Increases stack size in the Backpack by 16.

Asks for: Stack Upgrade Tier 4

Looking to create virtual storage using a mod like Applied Energistics 2? These are great ways to upgrade your storage, but it is important to talk about NBT Items and the best way to store them. NBT items are items with extra tags attached to them. Enchanted items, items with durability and more. These are items with NBT tags attached to them. Because of this, they don't usually stack. When you store a lot of these into a storage system like AE2, you run the chance of creating issues for your save or server. Because of this, it is best to store them in Chests or Bags!

Adds a filter for items you want to auto-delete in the Backpack.

Asks for: Void Upgrade

Trapped Chests are the same as regular Chests only the emit a Redstone signal when opened and they can't be combined together into 1.

Asks for: Trapped Chest