Sophisticated Storage guide for All the Mods 10 0.65 to 2.19

Sophisticated Storage is the storage mod in this pack. It adds tiered chests and barrels, plus a few tools for managing them. The pack ships version 1.0.11, and it has been included since 0.32 or earlier.^[1]

Where it fits in progression

The pack has a dedicated "storage" quest chapter for this mod, and it shows the intended order. The chest and barrel tiers form one line: copper, iron, gold, diamond, then netherite. You can complete each quest with either the chest or the barrel of that tier.^[2]

1. Copper: a quest in "?" asks for a Copper Chest or a Copper Barrel.^[2]
2. Iron: a quest in "?" asks for an Iron Chest or an Iron Barrel.^[2]
3. Gold: a quest in "?" asks for a Gold Chest or a Gold Barrel.^[2]
4. Diamond: a quest in "?" asks for a Diamond Chest or a Diamond Barrel.^[2]
5. Netherite: a quest in "?" asks for a Netherite Chest or a Netherite Barrel.^[2]

The chapter has two other branches. a quest in "?" asks for an Upgrade Base. The network branch starts with the Storage Controller in a quest in "?". It continues to the Storage Tool in a quest in "?", and then to the Storage Link in a quest in "?". That last quest also needs the tool quest done first.^[2]

Unverified The sources do not show Sophisticated Storage on the ATM Star quest path, and they do not describe its recipes, configs or upgrade mechanics. Check those in game before relying on them.

Sophisticated Storage gives you chests and barrels that you upgrade through metal tiers, plus a controller system to tie your storage together. Here's the order I'd tackle things in, which also lines up with the quest chain in the storage chapter.^[2][3][4]

Step 1: Make a chest or barrel

Start with a plain Chest or Barrel. Each wood type has its own recipe, and I've shown the birch versions below. These are the base blocks the first tier upgrades are built from.^[3]

ChestMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Birch Planks	Birch Planks	Birch Planks
Birch Planks	Redstone Torch	Birch Planks
Birch Planks	Birch Planks	Birch Planks

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:birch_chest

BarrelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Birch Planks	Birch Slab	Birch Planks
Birch Planks	Redstone Torch	Birch Planks
Birch Planks	Birch Slab	Birch Planks

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:birch_barrel

Already have vanilla chests lying around? The Basic Tier Upgrade upgrades vanilla inventories to their sophisticated version.^[4]

Basic Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Stick	Empty slot
Stick	Redstone Torch	Stick
Empty slot	Stick	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_tier_upgrade

Step 2: Climb the tiers

Tier upgrades are done by combining your chest or barrel with the matching material. The first step is the Copper Chest or Copper Barrel, which is the copper quest a quest in "?".^[2][3]

Copper ChestMod recipe

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

any copper ingot	any copper ingot	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	Chest	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	any copper ingot	any copper ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:copper_chest

Iron comes next (a quest in "?"). You can make the Iron Chest from a plain chest or from a copper chest, and barrels work the same way.^[2][3]

Iron ChestMod recipe

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot
any iron ingot	Copper Chest	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:iron_chest_from_copper_chest

After that, each tier builds on the one before. The Gold Chest is made from an iron chest (a quest in "?"). The Diamond Chest is made from a gold chest (a quest in "?"). The Netherite Chest is made from a diamond chest (a quest in "?"). The barrels follow the same chain.^[2][3]

Netherite ChestMod recipe

Storage Tier Upgrade Shapeless (sophisticatedstorage)

• Diamond Chest
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:netherite_chest

The final tier is a shapeless recipe.

Step 3: Build a controller setup

Once you have several storages, the Storage Controller lets you deposit and pipe items to and from a connected multiblock of storages. It's the quest a quest in "?".^[2][4]

Storage ControllerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Comparator	any stone
any plank	Empty slot	any plank
any stone	Comparator	any stone

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:controller

Next, make the Storage Tool (a quest in "?"). It links, locks, and hides counts, tiers and locks on storages.^[2][4]

Storage ToolMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any ender pearl	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any wooden rod	Redstone Torch
any wooden rod	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_tool

Finally, the Storage Link (a quest in "?") connects a separate multiblock of storages to the controller. You use the Storage Tool to link it to the controller.^[2][4]

Storage LinkMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any ender pearl	any plank
Repeater	any stone

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_link

3× Storage LinkMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Storage Controller
• any ender pearl

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_link_from_controller

Step 4: Grab the Upgrade Base

The Upgrade Base is its own quest (a quest in "?"). It's worth making early, since it's an ingredient in recipes such as the Blasting Upgrade.^[2][3]

Upgrade BaseMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.25 guide

Sophisticated Storage is more than chests and barrels. The sources for this pack explain three systems: multiblock storage you can pipe into, upgrades that give a storage block jobs like smelting or pumping, and tier and stack upgrades that grow what you already have.^[5][6]

Multiblock storage and piping

The Controller allows you to deposit items into, and pipe items to and from, a connected multiblock of storages.^[5]

The Storage Link connects a separate multiblock of storages to a controller. You use the Storage Tool to link it to the controller.^[5]

Input, Output and I/O

Three blocks decide how pipes talk to a storage multiblock once they are placed in it. Storage Input lets you pipe items in, Storage Output lets you pipe items out, and Storage I/O lets you pipe items both to and from it. The Storage Input is described as optimized for low TPS impact.^[5][6]

You can change your mind without crafting from scratch. In this pack each can be converted into the next with a single shapeless craft, so you can cycle Input to Output, Output to I/O, and I/O back to Input.^[6]

Storage OutputMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Storage Input

Recipe id: minecraft:storage_output_from_input

Input to Output, a shapeless conversion in this pack.

Storage I/OMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Storage Output

Recipe id: minecraft:storage_io_from_output

Output to I/O, a shapeless conversion in this pack.

Storage InputMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Storage I/O

Recipe id: minecraft:storage_input_from_io

I/O back to Input, a shapeless conversion in this pack.

Upgrades that automate

The Filter Upgrade filters items piped in and/or out of the storage, and the Advanced version has more filtering options. The Hopper Upgrade pulls items from the block on top and/or pushes them to the block below. The Advanced Hopper Upgrade is faster and has input and output options.^[5]

• Magnet Upgrade: magnets items into the storage at range. The Advanced version works at a greater range and has more filtering options.^[5]
• Pickup Upgrade: makes the storage pick up items. The Advanced version adds more filtering options.^[5]
• Void Upgrade: voids the items selected in its filter. The Advanced version has more filtering options.^[5]
• Feeding Upgrade: feeds you with food from the storage's inventory. The Advanced version has more options for when food gets fed.^[5]
• Compacting Upgrade: compacts items into their compressed variants, with only 2x2 recipes. The Advanced version handles both 2x2 and 3x3 recipes with more filtering options.^[5]
• Compression Upgrade: automatically compresses and decompresses items.^[5]

Smelting, crafting and other tabs

Some upgrades add a workstation tab to the storage: crafting, a stonecutter, and smelting, blasting and smoking. The auto versions, Auto-smelting Upgrade, Auto-blasting Upgrade and Auto-smoking Upgrade, also automatically pull and push items.^[5][6]

In this pack, the Auto-blasting and Auto-smoking upgrades are both crafted starting from an Auto-smelting Upgrade.^[6]

Auto-blasting UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	Auto-smelting Upgrade	any iron ingot
Smooth Stone	Smooth Stone	Smooth Stone

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:auto_blasting_upgrade_from_auto_smelting_upgrade

Auto-smoking UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any log	Empty slot
any log	Auto-smelting Upgrade	any log
Empty slot	any log	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:auto_smoking_upgrade_from_auto_smelting_upgrade

The Chipped upgrades also put their table in an upgrade tab: Alchemy Bench, Botanist's Workbench, Carpenters Workbench, Glassblower, Loom Table, Mason Table and Tinkering Table.^[5]

Advanced Jukebox Upgrade is a portable jukebox with support for more music discs and more playback options. In this pack it is crafted from the basic Jukebox Upgrade.^[5][6]

Fluids and experience

The Pump Upgrade pumps fluids between a Tank upgrade and adjacent blocks. The Advanced Pump Upgrade 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 pumps experience between a Tank upgrade and the player.^[5]

Growing your storage

Stack upgrades multiply the number of stacks that fit in a slot. Tier 1 multiplies by 2, Tier 1 Plus by 3, Tier 2 by 4, Tier 3 by 8, Tier 4 by 16 and Tier 5 by 32.^[5]

The Basic Tier Upgrade upgrades vanilla inventories to their sophisticated version. Tier upgrades then exist for copper, iron, gold, diamond and netherite. In this pack, the gold upgrade is crafted from the iron one, the diamond from the gold one, and the netherite from the diamond one. The iron upgrade can be made either directly or from the copper upgrade.^[5][6]

Basic to Copper Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any copper ingot	any copper ingot	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	Redstone Torch	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	any copper ingot	any copper ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_copper_tier_upgrade

Basic to Iron Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot
any iron ingot	Basic to Copper Tier Upgrade	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_iron_tier_from_basic_to_copper_tier

Iron from copper. The iron upgrade also has a direct recipe in this pack.

Basic to Gold Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gold ingot	any gold ingot	any gold ingot
any gold ingot	Basic to Iron Tier Upgrade	any gold ingot
any gold ingot	any gold ingot	any gold ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_gold_tier_upgrade

Basic to Diamond Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any diamond gem	any diamond gem	any diamond gem
any diamond gem	Basic to Gold Tier Upgrade	any diamond gem
any diamond gem	any diamond gem	any diamond gem

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_diamond_tier_upgrade

Basic to Netherite Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Basic to Diamond Tier Upgrade
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_netherite_tier_upgrade

The Limited Barrel comes in four versions, Limited Barrel 1 through Limited Barrel 4. Their tooltips show a slot count and a base stack size multiplier.^[5][6]

Handy tools

The Storage Tool links, locks, and hides counts, tiers and locks on storages, and you use a keybind to change its mode. The Paintbrush applies decoration to storage blocks in the world, and you set which decoration it applies in the decoration table.^[5]

Unverified The Packing Tape tooltip says it is disabled when the config is set to drop all storages as packed. The sources here show no config files for this mod, so whether that setting is on in this pack is not shown. The same goes for exact slot counts, tank capacities, magnet ranges and hopper speeds.

Sophisticated Storage is all about climbing a ladder of storage tiers, and the pack's quest chapter follows that ladder step by step. The tiers run copper, iron, gold, diamond, then netherite, and each quest accepts either the chest or the barrel version of the tier.^[2][3]

The tier quest chain

1. Copper: a quest in "?" asks for a Copper Chest or a Copper Barrel.^[2]
2. Iron: a quest in "?" unlocks after the copper quest and asks for an Iron Chest or an Iron Barrel.^[2]
3. Gold: a quest in "?" follows the iron quest and asks for a Gold Chest or a Gold Barrel.^[2]
4. Diamond: a quest in "?" follows the gold quest and asks for a Diamond Chest or a Diamond Barrel.^[2]
5. Netherite: a quest in "?" is the last step and asks for a Netherite Chest or a Netherite Barrel.^[2]

How each tier is crafted

The base Chest and Barrel have a separate recipe for each wood type. Here is one example, the birch chest.^[3]

ChestMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Birch Planks	Birch Planks	Birch Planks
Birch Planks	Redstone Torch	Birch Planks
Birch Planks	Birch Planks	Birch Planks

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:birch_chest

One of the per-wood basic chest recipes; the barrel and limited barrel versions follow the same pattern.

Every higher tier is made by upgrading the previous one, and the chest and barrel versions work the same way. Copper is the first step up from the basic chest.^[3]

Copper ChestMod recipe

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

any copper ingot	any copper ingot	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	Chest	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	any copper ingot	any copper ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:copper_chest

Iron comes next. The pack has a recipe that upgrades a copper chest, and a separate one that makes an iron chest straight from a basic chest.^[3]

Iron ChestMod recipe

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot
any iron ingot	Copper Chest	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:iron_chest_from_copper_chest

Iron ChestMod recipe

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	Chest	any iron ingot
any iron ingot	any iron ingot	any iron ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:iron_chest

Gold upgrades an iron chest, and diamond upgrades a gold chest. The barrels follow the same chain.^[3]

Gold ChestMod recipe

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

any gold ingot	any gold ingot	any gold ingot
any gold ingot	Iron Chest	any gold ingot
any gold ingot	any gold ingot	any gold ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:gold_chest

Diamond ChestMod recipe

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

Storage Tier Upgrade (sophisticatedstorage)

any diamond gem	any diamond gem	any diamond gem
any diamond gem	Gold Chest	any diamond gem
any diamond gem	any diamond gem	any diamond gem

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:diamond_chest

Netherite is the top tier. It upgrades a diamond chest or diamond barrel with a shapeless recipe.^[3]

Netherite ChestMod recipe

Storage Tier Upgrade Shapeless (sophisticatedstorage)

• Diamond Chest
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:netherite_chest

The pack also has separate tier upgrade items with their own recipes, such as Basic to Copper Tier Upgrade, Copper to Iron Tier Upgrade and Basic to Netherite Tier Upgrade. They build on each other too, so the diamond upgrade items are made from the matching gold upgrade items.^[3]

Copper to Iron Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot
any iron ingot	Redstone Torch	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:copper_to_iron_tier_upgrade

Controller, tool and link quests

Alongside the tier ladder there is a short branch for network tools. a quest in "?" asks for a Storage Controller. a quest in "?" then asks for a Storage Tool. a quest in "?" asks for a Storage Link and unlocks once you have finished both of those.^[2]

Storage ControllerMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Comparator	any stone
any plank	Empty slot	any plank
any stone	Comparator	any stone

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:controller

Storage ToolMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any ender pearl	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any wooden rod	Redstone Torch
any wooden rod	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_tool

You can craft the link from scratch, or turn a controller into one.^[3]

Storage LinkMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any ender pearl	any plank
Repeater	any stone

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_link

3× Storage LinkMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Storage Controller
• any ender pearl

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_link_from_controller

Upgrade Base

a quest in "?" asks for an Upgrade Base. Many of the mod's upgrades are crafted from it, including the Blasting Upgrade, Compacting Upgrade and Compression Upgrade.^[2][3]

Upgrade BaseMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

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

Unverified The sources don't give slot counts or capacity for each tier, so I can't tell you how much more each tier holds. Check the in-game tooltips for the numbers.

Same as in the All the Mods 10 2.25 guide

In this pack, Sophisticated Storage connects to two other mods through its recipes: Sophisticated Backpacks and Chipped. Both links are about upgrades, so what you build for your chests and barrels carries over to your backpack.^[6]

Sophisticated Backpacks: swapping upgrades between storage and backpacks

You don't have to build upgrades twice. The pack has conversion recipes that turn a Sophisticated Storage upgrade into its Sophisticated Backpacks twin. For example, the Magnet Upgrade can be converted into the Magnet Upgrade.^[6]

Magnet UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any string	Magnet Upgrade	any string
Empty slot	any leather	Empty slot
any string	Empty slot	any string

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:backpack_magnet_upgrade_from_storage_magnet_upgrade

Storage Magnet Upgrade into the backpack version.

This works for most of the upgrade lineup: Filter, Advanced Filter, Compacting, Advanced Compacting, Crafting, Feeding, Advanced Feeding, Jukebox, Advanced Jukebox, Magnet, Advanced Magnet, Pickup, Advanced Pickup, Void, Advanced Void, Stonecutter, and the Smelting, Smoking and Blasting upgrades, including their Auto versions.^[6]

Stack upgrades convert too, but the tier names are shifted by one. The Stack Upgrade Tier 1 Plus becomes the Stack Upgrade Starter Tier, and Stack Upgrade Tier 2 becomes Stack Upgrade Tier 1. The pattern continues up to Stack Upgrade Tier 5, which becomes Stack Upgrade Tier 4.^[6]

Going the other way, from a backpack upgrade to a storage upgrade, also has recipes. Here is the Jukebox Upgrade as an example.^[6]

Jukebox UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	Jukebox Upgrade	any plank
Empty slot	any plank	Empty slot
any plank	Empty slot	any plank

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_jukebox_upgrade_from_backpack_jukebox_upgrade

Backpack Jukebox Upgrade back into the storage version.

Chipped: workstation upgrades

Sophisticated Storage adds upgrades that bring Chipped workstations into your storage. Each upgrade is tied to one Chipped block, so you need that workstation to make it.^[6]

• Chipped: Alchemy Bench Upgrade, from the Alchemy Bench^[6]
• Chipped: Botanist's Workbench Upgrade, from the Botanist Workbench^[6]
• Chipped: Carpenters Workbench Upgrade, from the Carpenters Table^[6]
• Chipped: Glassblower Upgrade, from the Glassblower^[6]
• Chipped: Loom Table Upgrade, from the Loom Table^[6]
• Chipped: Mason Table Upgrade, from the Mason Table^[6]
• Chipped: Tinkering Table Upgrade, from the Tinkering Table^[6]

Chipped: Mason Table UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Mason Table	Empty slot
any iron ingot	Upgrade Base	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any redstone dust	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:chipped/mason_table_upgrade

The Mason Table upgrade as an example. The other six Chipped upgrades follow the same pattern with their own workstation.

Each Chipped storage upgrade also has a recipe that converts it into its Sophisticated Backpacks version, and a recipe that converts it back.^[6]

Quests

The storage chapter of the quest book only asks for Sophisticated Storage items: the copper, iron, gold, diamond and netherite chests or barrels, plus the Storage Controller, Upgrade Base, Storage Tool and Storage Link. None of those quests asks for items from another mod, so the connections to other mods come from the recipes above.^[7]

Same as in the All the Mods 10 4.5 guide

Sophisticated Storage shows up in a single quest chapter in the pack, called "storage". It holds nine quests, and none of them have a title. Each one is a simple item-submission task, so you only need to have the item. Here is how they chain together.^[8]

The chest and barrel tier line

This is the longest path in the chapter. Every tier accepts either the chest or the barrel, so pick whichever you prefer. The first two tiers both unlock off an earlier quest in the chapter that isn't about this mod's items, and the line continues from there.^[8]

1. a quest in "?" asks for a Copper Chest or a Copper Barrel.^[8]
2. a quest in "?" asks for an Iron Chest or an Iron Barrel. It needs the copper quest finished, plus the same earlier quest the copper one needs.^[8]
3. a quest in "?" asks for a Gold Chest or a Gold Barrel.^[8]
4. a quest in "?" asks for a Diamond Chest or a Diamond Barrel.^[8]
5. a quest in "?" is the end of the line. It asks for a Netherite Chest or a Netherite Barrel.^[8]

The controller line

The second branch is about linking your storage together. It starts with the Storage Controller, then moves on to the tools that connect to it.^[8]

1. a quest in "?" asks for the Storage Controller.^[8]
2. a quest in "?" asks for the Storage Tool and unlocks after the controller quest.^[8]
3. a quest in "?" asks for the Storage Link. It needs both the controller quest and the storage tool quest done first.^[8]

The standalone quest

a quest in "?" asks for the Upgrade Base. It unlocks from the same earlier quest as the copper and controller quests, and no other quest in this chapter depends on it.^[8]

Unverified The quests have no titles or descriptions in the pack files, and no rewards are listed. What the quests give you for completing them is unverified.