Sophisticated Item Actions guide for FTB Evolution 2 1.0.2 to 1.2.2

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Sophisticated Item Actions guide for FTB Evolution 2

Written for FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0 · also fits 1.0.2 to 1.2.2 · updated Oct 13, 2026

Last verified for FTB Evolution 2 v1.1.0 on Oct 13, 2026 · text last changed Oct 13, 2026

A newer release (1.4.0) is out Guide for the current version

Also applies to:FTB Skies 2: Aero 1.6.0 to 1.10.0FTB StoneBlock 4 1.13.0 to 1.13.1

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3 sections are written for this pack; 1 is shared from another pack's guide.

Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0's own files.

What is Sophisticated Item Actions?

Same as in the FTB StoneBlock 4 1.13.1 guide

Sophisticated Item Actions is part of this pack, and the version you get is 0.5.3. It was already in the pack by 1.13.0, so it isn't a recent addition.[1]

Unverified The sources I have don't describe what Sophisticated Item Actions does, who it is aimed at, or where it fits in the pack's progression. I have no confirmed information on its features, recipes, configs or quests, so I'm not guessing at them here. There is also nothing to confirm whether it sits on the ATM Star path.

How do you get started with Sophisticated Item Actions?

2 parts

Sophisticated Item Actions works through key presses. It moves items between your inventory and the storages near you. In this pack, your first step is to find its actions in your controls and try each one next to a chest.[2]

Set up your keys

Open your key bindings and look for the category named Sophisticated Item Actions. It holds the actions below.[2]

  • Deposit Item into Storages: sends items from your inventory into nearby storages. Items in your backpacks are covered too, and the game tells you how many came from your inventory and how many from backpacks.[2]
  • Restock Item from Storages: refills stacks in your inventory from nearby storages. It can also fill backpacks, and it tells you when a stack is already full.[2]
  • Highlight Storage with Item: shows you which nearby storages hold a matching item. The message says whether it found the exact item or just the item type, and in how many locations.[2]

The mod also shows short tips in-game for deposit, storage search and restock, each naming the key to press. You will see them as you play, so there is nothing to memorise.[2]

Restocking recipe ingredients

The mod adds a Restock Recipe Ingredients option for recipe viewers. This pack leaves it on: server.recipeRestockEnabled is set to true, so the recipe viewer restock buttons can pull ingredients from nearby storage. If a server turns it off, you get a message saying recipe restocking is disabled by the server.[2][3]

Tip: If an action does nothing, read the message it gives you. You may see that no storage was found in range, that no matching item was found, or that your stacks are already full.[2]

Unverified The sources here show no in-pack recipe or quest for this mod, so there is no crafting step to list. Nothing here confirms any quest chapter or recipe that involves it.

How does Sophisticated Item Actions work?

5 parts

Sophisticated Item Actions works through keybind actions that move items between you and the storages around you, or help you find them. You will find them under the "Sophisticated Item Actions" category in your controls screen.[2]

The actions

  • Deposit Item into Storages: the mod's tip says to press the key to deposit into nearby storages.[2]
  • Highlight Storage with Item: the mod's tip says to press the key to find items in nearby storages.[2]
  • Restock Item from Storages: the mod's tip says to press the key to restock from nearby storages.[2]

The mod shows a small tip for each action (Deposit Tip, Storage Search Tip and Restock Tip) that tells you which key to press. The sources here do not show the default keys, so check your controls screen.[2]

Depositing

Deposit reports what happened with status messages. It can say it deposited a single item or several items into storage. It also reports items moved from backpacks, and it can split the count between your inventory and your backpacks.[2]

If nothing could be stored, you get "Could not deposit any items into storage", or a message naming the one item that had no home. If no storage is close enough, you are told "No storage was found in range". The sources here do not give the range.[2]

Finding items

The highlight action tells you how many locations hold what you are looking for, and it separates two kinds of match. An exact item match reports "Exact item found in" a number of locations, and a match on item type only reports "Item type found in" a number of locations. If neither exists nearby, you see "No exact item or item type found".[2]

Restocking

Restock refills what you carry from nearby storages. It can report restocked items for your inventory, for your backpacks, or for both at once. If a stack is already full you get a message saying so, and if every stack is full you are told all stacks are already full. If no storage has what you need, the mod says it could not restock from any storage.[2]

Recipe restock

The mod also adds a "Restock Recipe Ingredients" action for recipe viewers. It pulls recipe ingredients from nearby storage. If the ingredients are already available, it says so. If it finds none in storage, it says it could not restock any recipe items.[2][3]

The server controls this feature through server.recipeRestockEnabled. In this pack it is set to true, so the recipe viewer restock buttons are allowed to pull ingredients from nearby storage. If a server turned it off, you would see "Recipe restocking is disabled by the server" instead.[2][3]

Which Sophisticated Item Actions config options matter?

1 part

Good news: Sophisticated Item Actions keeps its config short in this pack. The sources here show one option, and it lives in the server config file.[3]

Recipe restock

server.recipeRestockEnabled controls whether the restock buttons in the recipe viewer can pull recipe ingredients from nearby storage. This pack sets it to true, so the buttons are allowed to do that.[3]

Tip: If you ever want to turn the restock buttons off, this is the option to change. It sits in config/sophisticateditemactions-server.toml under the server section.[3]

Unverified Whether the pack changed this value from the mod default is not shown in the sources here, so treat true as the pack's setting only. Any other options in the config file are also not shown.

Sources

  1. FTB StoneBlock 4 1.13.1 mod list · pack file
  2. sophisticateditemactions names, screen text and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
  3. FTB Evolution 2 1.1.0 config: config/sophisticateditemactions-server.toml · pack file
Where this guide comes from

Written from what FTB Evolution 2 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 13, 2026.

Guides for other versions: 1.3.0 to 1.4.0

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