Sophisticated Storage in All the Mods 11

Sophisticated Storage is part of the pack, and this guide covers version 1.5.112. The pack ships it as the file sophisticatedstorage-26.1.2-1.5.112.2123.jar, and it was already included in 0.8.0-beta or an earlier release.^[1]

Unverified The sources I have don't describe what the mod's items do, how its recipes work, or whether the pack changes any of its configs or recipes. I haven't written anything about those here. No quests or ATM Star path entries were found for this mod, so it isn't confirmed to have a place in the pack's progression.

Sophisticated Storage gives you chests and barrels that you can upgrade, link together and pipe into. Here is a sensible build order, with the real in-pack recipes shown in the recipe blocks. The order itself is my suggestion, not something the pack enforces.^[2][3]

Your first storage block

Start with a Chest or a Barrel. Each has a separate recipe per wood type, and the recipes listed cover acacia, bamboo, birch, cherry, crimson and dark oak, so pick the wood you like. Here is the acacia version of each.^[2]

ChestMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	Lever	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:acacia_chest

BarrelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Planks	Acacia Slab	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	Lever	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	Acacia Slab	Acacia Planks

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:acacia_barrel

Convert what you already have

The Basic Tier Upgrade upgrades vanilla inventories to their sophisticated version, so you can convert storage you have already placed.^[2][3]

Basic Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any wooden rod	Empty slot
any wooden rod	Lever	any wooden rod
Empty slot	any wooden rod	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_tier_upgrade

Tier upgrades

This pack has tier upgrades that jump straight from basic to copper, iron, gold, diamond or netherite. There are also step-by-step ones such as Copper to Iron Tier Upgrade and Diamond to Netherite Tier Upgrade. Here is the first step, Basic to Copper Tier Upgrade.^[2]

Basic to Copper Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any copper ingot	any copper ingot	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	Lever	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	any copper ingot	any copper ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_copper_tier_upgrade

Link storages together

Once you have several storages, build a Storage Controller. It lets you deposit and pipe items to and from a connected multiblock of storages. Storage connectors, such as the Bamboo Storage Connector and the other wood versions, bridge gaps between storage blocks in a multiblock.^[2][3]

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

For piping, Storage Input lets items in, Storage Output lets items out, and Storage I/O does both.^[2][3]

Handy upgrades

• Crafting Upgrade puts a crafting table in an upgrade tab.^[2][3]
• Filter Upgrade filters items piped in and/or out of the storage.^[2][3]
• Feeding upgrade feeds you with food from the storage's inventory.^[2][3]

Crafting UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Crafting Table	Empty slot
any iron ingot	Upgrade Base	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any chest	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:crafting_upgrade

Last, the Decoration Table is where you set the decoration that the paintbrush applies to storage blocks in the world.^[2][3]

Sophisticated Storage is mostly about two things: building bigger storage out of several blocks, and adding upgrades to them so they do work for you. The sources here explain the multiblock pieces, the item piping blocks and the upgrades, so that is what this section covers.^[3]

Storage multiblocks

A controller lets you deposit items into, and pipe items to and from, a connected multiblock of storages. The storages themselves are blocks like the Chest and the Barrel.^[2][3]

If your storages don't touch, a storage connector bridges the gaps between storage blocks in the multiblock. Connectors come in wood variants such as Acacia Storage Connector, Bamboo Storage Connector and Birch Storage Connector. A storage link connects a separate multiblock to the controller, and you use the Storage Tool to link it.^[2][3]

Piping items in and out

Three blocks decide how pipes talk to a multiblock once they are placed inside it. Storage Input lets you pipe items in, and its tooltip says it is optimized for low tps impact. Storage Output lets you pipe items out. Storage I/O does both.^[2][3]

The pack has shapeless crafting recipes that convert between these three. Each recipe id is named after the block it makes and the block it starts from.^[2]

Storage InputMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Storage I/O

Recipe id: minecraft:storage_input_from_io

Storage I/OMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Storage Output

Recipe id: minecraft:storage_io_from_output

Storage OutputMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Storage Input

Recipe id: minecraft:storage_output_from_input

Capacity: tiers, stack upgrades and limited barrels

The Basic Tier Upgrade upgrades vanilla inventories to their sophisticated version. The pack also has direct tier upgrades from basic to copper, iron, gold, diamond and netherite, for example Basic to Copper Tier Upgrade and Basic to Netherite Tier Upgrade.^[2][3]

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

The pack's second recipe for the iron tier upgrade, built from the copper one.

Stack upgrades multiply how many stacks fit in a slot. The tiers multiply by 2, 3 (the tier 1 plus version), 4, 8, 16 and 32. The omega tier multiplies by the maximum value, ×33,554,431.^[3]

Stack downgrades work the other way and divide the number of stacks per slot by 8, 16 or 32, depending on the tier.^[3]

The Limited Barrel line comes in four sizes, from Limited Barrel 1 up to Limited Barrel 4. Each one shows its slot count and its base stack size multiplier in its tooltip.^[2][3]

Upgrades that automate

Many upgrades give the storage its own upgrade tab, and some work on items moving in and out of it. These are the ones that matter for automation.^[3]

• Hopper upgrade: pulls items from the block on top and/or pushes them to the block below. The advanced version moves items between the storage and adjacent blocks, is faster, and has configurable input and output from any side.^[3]
• Filter upgrade: filters items piped in and/or out of the storage. The advanced version has more filtering options.^[3]
• Pickup and magnet upgrades: the pickup upgrade makes the storage pick up items, and the magnet upgrade pulls items into the storage from a range. The advanced versions add more filtering options, and the advanced magnet also has a greater range.^[3]
• Void upgrade: voids the items you select in its filter. The advanced version has more filtering options.^[3]
• Feeding upgrade: feeds the player with food from the storage's inventory. The advanced version has more options for when food gets fed.^[3]
• Alchemy Upgrade: automatically uses potions, food with effects, or milk buckets. The advanced version has additional effect filtering options.^[2][3]
• Compacting and compression upgrades: the compacting upgrade compacts items into their compressed variants, but only with 2x2 recipes. The advanced version handles both 2x2 and 3x3 recipes with more filtering options. The compression upgrade automatically compresses and decompresses items.^[3]

Smelting upgrades

The smelting, blasting and smoking upgrades each put their own tab on the storage. The Blasting Upgrade handles ores and metal stuff, and the smoking upgrade handles food. The auto versions, like Auto-blasting Upgrade and Auto-smoking Upgrade, also pull and push items automatically.^[2][3]

In this pack the auto-blasting and auto-smoking upgrades each have a recipe that starts from the auto-smelting upgrade.^[2]

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

Fluids and experience

The pump upgrade pumps fluids between the Tank upgrade and adjacent blocks. The advanced pump also 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 the Tank upgrade and the player.^[3]

Crafting-station upgrades and infinity

Some upgrades put a whole workstation in a tab: a crafting table, a stonecutter, a saw and several Chipped workbenches. Two infinity upgrades make all items in the storage infinite. With the normal one, only admins can set infinite items and break the storage. The survival version lets all players do both.^[3]

Tools and config notes

The Storage Tool links, locks, and hides counts, tiers, locks and overlays on storages. The paintbrush applies decoration to storage blocks in the world, and you set which decoration it applies in the decoration table. The packing tape tooltips show it as disabled when the config is set to drop all storages as packed.^[3]

The mod's config text describes three options: additional decompressible items, disallowed items, and the maximum upgrades per storage. The max-upgrades option uses a format like chest|stack_upgrades|2, which is only the format example from the tooltip, not a value this pack uses.^[3]

Unverified No config files for this mod are in the sources here, so the actual values for disallowed items, decompressible items and upgrade limits in this pack are not shown.

Sophisticated Storage is built around upgrading your storage blocks through tiers. You craft a Chest or Barrel, then use tier upgrade items to move it up. The upgrade items in this pack name the tiers Basic, Copper, Iron, Gold, Diamond and Netherite.^[2]

Where to start

The chest and the barrel each have their own recipe for wood types such as oak, birch, cherry, bamboo and crimson. There is also a shapeless recipe that turns a vanilla chest into an oak chest, so you can convert chests you already have.^[2]

ChestMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Oak Planks	Oak Planks	Oak Planks
Oak Planks	Lever	Oak Planks
Oak Planks	Oak Planks	Oak Planks

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:oak_chest

BarrelMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Oak Planks	Oak Slab	Oak Planks
Oak Planks	Lever	Oak Planks
Oak Planks	Oak Slab	Oak Planks

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:oak_barrel

The tier upgrade items

The pack has an upgrade item for each jump. Basic Tier Upgrade is the Basic one. From a basic block you have Basic to Copper Tier Upgrade, Basic to Iron Tier Upgrade, Basic to Gold Tier Upgrade, Basic to Diamond Tier Upgrade and Basic to Netherite Tier Upgrade.^[2]

If you have already upgraded a block, you do not have to start over. Each tier has upgrades that skip ahead from where you are, as listed below.^[2]

• From copper: Copper to Iron Tier Upgrade, Copper to Gold Tier Upgrade, Copper to Diamond Tier Upgrade, Copper to Netherite Tier Upgrade^[2]
• From iron: Iron to Gold Tier Upgrade, Iron to Diamond Tier Upgrade, Iron to Netherite Tier Upgrade^[2]
• From gold: Gold to Diamond Tier Upgrade, Gold to Netherite Tier Upgrade^[2]
• From diamond: Diamond to Netherite Tier Upgrade^[2]

Every netherite upgrade is a shapeless recipe, while the other tier upgrades are shaped, so their layout matters. Basic to Iron has two recipes in the pack.^[2]

Recipes for the main steps

Basic to Copper Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any copper ingot	any copper ingot	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	Lever	any copper ingot
any copper ingot	any copper ingot	any copper ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_copper_tier_upgrade

This is the first step up from a basic block.

Copper to Iron Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot
any iron ingot	Lever	any iron ingot
Empty slot	any iron ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:copper_to_iron_tier_upgrade

Iron to Gold Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gold ingot	any gold ingot	any gold ingot
any gold ingot	Lever	any gold ingot
any gold ingot	any gold ingot	any gold ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:iron_to_gold_tier_upgrade

Gold to Diamond Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any diamond gem	any diamond gem	any diamond gem
any diamond gem	Lever	any diamond gem
any diamond gem	any diamond gem	any diamond gem

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:gold_to_diamond_tier_upgrade

Diamond to Netherite Tier UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Lever
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:diamond_to_netherite_tier_upgrade

This is the last jump, and it is a shapeless recipe.

Other things you can craft

Besides the tiers, the pack has recipes for the Storage Controller and the Decoration Table. The Limited Barrel line runs from Limited Barrel 1 up to Limited Barrel 4, each with its own recipe per wood type.^[2]

Functional upgrades are separate from the tier upgrades. They include the Crafting Upgrade, Hopper Upgrade, Filter Upgrade, Feeding upgrade, Compacting Upgrade, Compression Upgrade, Jukebox Upgrade and Alchemy Upgrade. The Blasting Upgrade has a recipe made from a smelting upgrade, and the Auto-blasting Upgrade and Auto-smoking Upgrade have recipes made from an auto-smelting upgrade.^[2]

Unverified The sources here do not show any quest chapter covering this mod, so there is no quest-guided order to follow. The order above comes only from the tier names on the upgrade items.

The cross-mod connections I can confirm for Sophisticated Storage in this pack all come from recipes. They live in a companion namespace, sophisticatedstorageinmotion, and tie your storage blocks to boats and minecarts.^[2]

Storage boats and minecarts

The companion namespace has Storage Boat and Storage Minecart as crafting results. There are boat recipes for acacia, bamboo (a raft), birch, cherry, dark oak, jungle, mangrove, oak, pale oak and spruce, each with an id ending in from_vanilla. There is also one minecart recipe, chest_minecart_to_storage_minecart, that gives you a storage minecart.^[2]

Storage BoatMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Oak Chest Boat
• Redstone Torch

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorageinmotion:oak_storage_boat_from_vanilla

The oak version. The other wood types have their own recipes with the same from_vanilla naming.

Storage MinecartMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Chest Minecart
• Redstone Torch

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorageinmotion:chest_minecart_to_storage_minecart

The chest minecart recipe for the storage minecart.

Upgrading the container without losing the vehicle

The pack has tier-upgrade recipes for storage boats and storage minecarts, so you can move up a container tier without rebuilding the vehicle. On boats the steps run from plain to copper or iron, copper to iron, iron to gold, gold to diamond, and diamond to netherite. They cover chests, barrels and shulker boxes, and the boat versions also cover the Limited Barrel I to IV variants.^[2]

Most of these upgrades use a shaped tier-upgrade recipe type from the companion namespace. The diamond to netherite step uses a shapeless version of the same recipe type instead.^[2]

Storage BoatMod recipe

Moving Storage Tier Upgrade Shaped Recipe (sophisticatedstorageinmotion)

8 × any gold ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorageinmotion:storage_boat_with_iron_chest_to_gold_chest

An example of a shaped tier upgrade on a boat.

Storage MinecartMod recipe

Moving Storage Tier Upgrade Shapeless Recipe (sophisticatedstorageinmotion)

• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorageinmotion:storage_minecart_with_diamond_chest_to_netherite_chest

The diamond to netherite step on a minecart is a shapeless tier upgrade.