Functional Storage in FTB Skies 2

This pack includes Functional Storage 1.21.1-1.5.8. It was first included in this pack in this version or earlier.^[1]

The pack's quest book puts the mod in the "general_storage" chapter. The quests there ask you to obtain its items, so they work as a quick map of what the mod offers: drawers, upgrades, tools and a storage controller.^[2]

What the quests point you to

• Drawers: Framed Drawer (1x1), Framed Drawer (1x2), Framed Drawer (2x2) and the framed compacting variants share one quest. Simple Compacting Drawer and Compacting Drawer share another. The fluid drawers, such as Fluid Drawer (1x1), have their own quest.^[2]
• Tier upgrades: one quest accepts any of Copper Upgrade, Gold Upgrade, Diamond Upgrade or Netherite Upgrade. Void Upgrade has a quest of its own.^[2]
• Item-moving upgrades: Collector Upgrade, Puller Upgrade and Pusher Upgrade share one quest.^[2]
• Generator upgrades: Dripping Upgrade, Water Generator Upgrade and Obsidian Generator Upgrade share one quest.^[2]
• Tools: Configuration Tool and Linking Tool each get their own quest.^[2]

Where it sits in the chapter

Most of these quests unlock after the same earlier quest in the chapter, so you can take them in whatever order suits your base. That includes the drawer, fluid drawer, upgrade and tool quests, and the Linking Tool quest "Linking Drawers" quest.^[2]

Two quests come after the Linking Tool quest. "Storage Controllers" quest asks for a Storage Controller (or the framed version) and a Controller Access Point (or the framed version). "Ender Drawers" quest asks for the Ender Drawer.^[2]

Functional Storage is the drawer mod, and drawers come in 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2 layouts. Most of its recipes in this pack are marked as changed by the pack, so don't rely on what you remember from the default mod. Check the recipe shown here.^[3]

Your first items, in order

1. Craft a basic wooden drawer, for example the Acacia Drawer (1x1). The 1x2 and 2x2 versions are Acacia Drawer (1x2) and Acacia Drawer (2x2). Do this first, because drawers are the starting point for the tools, upgrades and controllers below. The recipe is shown below.^[3]
2. Make the Configuration Tool. The pack changed its recipe, and it has its own quest, "Configuring Drawers" quest.^[2][3]
3. Make the Linking Tool. It has two modes: one links a drawer to a controller, the other links multiple drawers between 2 points. Its quest is "Linking Drawers" quest, and the controller quest and the Ender Drawer quest come after it.^[2][3][4]
4. Build a Storage Controller and a Controller Access Point (the Controller Access Point). Both are covered by quest "Storage Controllers" quest, and the framed versions count too.^[2][3]
5. Start your storage upgrades with the Copper Upgrade (recipe below). The upgrade tiers continue with Gold Upgrade and Diamond Upgrade, then Netherite Upgrade, which is a smithing recipe. The quest is "Storage Size Upgrades" quest.^[2][3]

Acacia Drawer (1x1)Changed by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	any wooden chest	Acacia Planks
Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks	Acacia Planks

Recipe id: functionalstorage:acacia_1

A basic drawer, with the recipe changed by the pack. Other wood types have their own recipes.

Linking ToolChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Paper	Paper	any gold ingot
Paper	any drawer	any gold ingot
Paper	any diamond gem	Paper

Recipe id: functionalstorage:linking_tool

The pack changed this recipe.

Storage ControllerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Quartz Block	any stone
any drawer	Comparator	any drawer
any stone	Quartz Block	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:storage_controller

The pack changed this recipe too.

Copper UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any copper ingot	any copper storage block	any copper ingot
any wooden chest	any drawer	any wooden chest
any copper ingot	any copper storage block	any copper ingot

Recipe id: functionalstorage:copper_upgrade

The first step of the upgrade chain, also changed by the pack.

Once the basics are running

The quest book offers these next steps after the same earlier quest as the tools, so you can pick them in whatever order suits your base. The Ender Drawer is the exception, since its quest comes after the Linking Tool quest.^[2]

• Framed drawers, such as Framed Drawer (1x1), and the framed compacting drawers (quest "Framed Drawers" quest). The pack changed their recipes, and there are also recipes that convert a plain drawer into its framed version.^[2][3]
• Compacting drawers, such as the Simple Compacting Drawer and Compacting Drawer (quest "Compacting Drawers" quest).^[2][3]
• Fluid drawers, such as Fluid Drawer (1x1) (quest "Fluid Drawers" quest).^[2][3]
• The Void Upgrade (quest "Void Upgrade" quest).^[2][3]
• Automation with the Collector Upgrade, Puller Upgrade and Pusher Upgrade (quest "Utility Upgrades" quest). The Puller and Pusher can be converted into each other.^[2][3]
• The Ender Drawer (quest "Ender Drawers" quest), which comes after the Linking Tool quest.^[2][3]
• Fluid generation with the Water Generator Upgrade, Dripping Upgrade and Obsidian Generator Upgrade (quest "Drawer Generators" quest). The Obsidian Generator Upgrade is made by combining the Dripping and Water Generator upgrades.^[2][3]

Dripping UpgradeAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

any deepslate ore bearing ground	Pointed Dripstone	any deepslate ore bearing ground
any redstone dust	Grains of Infinity	any redstone dust
any deepslate ore bearing ground	Lava Lamp	any deepslate ore bearing ground

Recipe id: ftb:dripping_upgrade

This recipe is added by the pack.

Functional Storage is all about drawers, and the sources for this pack only explain part of how they work. I'll stick to what's confirmed so you don't get surprised in your base.^[3][4]

Drawer types

Drawers come in 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2 layouts. Wooden variants such as Acacia Drawer (1x1), Birch Drawer (1x2) and Cherry Drawer (2x2) exist across those layouts, along with framed versions like Framed Drawer (1x1). The recipes for these are marked as changed by the pack, so don't rely on the mod's default recipes from other modpacks.^[3]

Beyond the plain item drawers, the pack recipes show a few special ones: the Compacting Drawer, its framed twin Framed Compacting Drawer, and the Ender Drawer.^[3]

Fluid drawers

Fluid drawers like Fluid Drawer (1x1) also come in 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2 layouts. In their GUI, the mod shows two hints: one for emptying a container into the drawer and one for filling a container from the drawer. So you can move fluids in and out with containers by hand.^[3][4]

Fluid Drawer (1x1)Changed by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	any plank	any plank
any plank	any empty bucket	any plank
any plank	any plank	any plank

Recipe id: functionalstorage:fluid_1

This is the pack's recipe for the 1x1 Fluid Drawer, and it is changed from the mod default.

Upgrades

Storage upgrades change a drawer's base values. According to the mod's tooltips, an upgrade can increase a base value, decrease it, or set it to a fixed value. The pack has Copper Upgrade, Gold Upgrade and Diamond Upgrade.^[3][4]

Diamond UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any diamond gem	any diamond storage block	any diamond gem
any wooden chest	Gold Upgrade	any wooden chest
any diamond gem	any diamond storage block	any diamond gem

Recipe id: functionalstorage:diamond_upgrade

The pack changed this recipe, so check it here rather than relying on the mod default.

There's also a Collector Upgrade with its own pack recipe. Some upgrades can generate fluid, with a tooltip showing an amount in mb and the fluid type. The sources don't give the actual values for any of these.^[3][4]

Linking and controllers

The mod's linking tool has two modes. Single mode links a drawer to a controller. Multiple mode links multiple drawers between 2 points, which saves you a lot of clicking when you have a big wall of drawers.^[4]

The pack also includes the Controller Access Point, called the Controller Access Point. Here's its recipe.^[3]

Controller Access PointChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Quartz Block	any stone
any drawer	Repeater	any drawer
any stone	Quartz Block	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:controller_extension

The pack marks this recipe as changed from the mod default.

Configuration

The Configuration Tool has its own recipe in the pack. Separately, some of the mod's utility items are adjusted from inside a GUI: right click to change direction, or right click to change slot.^[3][4]

Configuration ToolChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Paper	Paper	any gold ingot
Paper	any drawer	any gold ingot
Paper	any emerald gem	Paper

Recipe id: functionalstorage:configuration_tool

This is the pack's version of the Configuration Tool recipe.

Functional Storage progression in this pack is laid out in the general storage quest chapter. Every quest there is an item task: you hand in one of the listed items. Most of them follow the same earlier quest, so you can pick your own order. The Linking Tool quest is the only one other quests lead on from.^[2]

Drawers

The pack changed the wooden drawer recipes. Every wood type comes in 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2 sizes, and each recipe is built around a wooden chest. The plain Oak Drawer (1x1) is the simplest one.^[3]

Oak Drawer (1x1)Changed by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot
Empty slot	any wooden chest	Empty slot
Empty slot	Empty slot	Empty slot

Recipe id: functionalstorage:oak_1

Pack-changed recipe for the basic Oak Drawer.

The framed drawer quest "Framed Drawers" quest accepts a Framed Drawer in the 1x1, 1x2 or 2x2 size, a framed compacting drawer or a framed simple compacting drawer. The framed drawer recipes were also changed by the pack.^[2][3]

Framed Drawer (1x1)Changed by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any iron nugget	any iron nugget	any iron nugget
any iron nugget	any wooden chest	any iron nugget
any iron nugget	any iron nugget	any iron nugget

Recipe id: functionalstorage:framed_1

Framed Drawer (1x1), as changed by the pack.

Capacity tiers

The upgrade quest "Storage Size Upgrades" quest is completed by any one of the copper, gold, diamond or netherite upgrades. The pack changed the recipes for the copper, gold and diamond versions. The gold upgrade is crafted from the copper one, and the diamond upgrade from the gold one.^[2][3]

Copper UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any copper ingot	any copper storage block	any copper ingot
any wooden chest	any drawer	any wooden chest
any copper ingot	any copper storage block	any copper ingot

Recipe id: functionalstorage:copper_upgrade

Gold UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any gold ingot	any gold storage block	any gold ingot
any wooden chest	Copper Upgrade	any wooden chest
any gold storage block	any gold ingot	any gold storage block

Recipe id: functionalstorage:gold_upgrade

Diamond UpgradeChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any diamond gem	any diamond storage block	any diamond gem
any wooden chest	Gold Upgrade	any wooden chest
any diamond gem	any diamond storage block	any diamond gem

Recipe id: functionalstorage:diamond_upgrade

The top tier, the Netherite Upgrade, is a smithing table recipe rather than a crafting grid one, and it starts from the Diamond Upgrade. The pack changed this recipe too.^[3]

Netherite UpgradeChanged by the pack

Smithing Transform

• Diamond Upgrade
• Netherite Upgrade Smithing Template
• any netherite ingot

Recipe id: functionalstorage:netherite_upgrade

Specialty drawers and upgrades

• Compacting: "Compacting Drawers" quest asks for a Simple Compacting Drawer or a Compacting Drawer. Both recipes were changed by the pack.^[2][3]
• Fluids: "Fluid Drawers" quest accepts a Fluid Drawer in any size, such as Fluid Drawer (1x1). The pack changed the fluid drawer recipes.^[2][3]
• Item movement: "Utility Upgrades" quest accepts a Collector Upgrade, Puller Upgrade or Pusher Upgrade. You can also turn a Puller Upgrade into a Pusher Upgrade, and back, with a single-ingredient shapeless recipe.^[2][3]
• Overflow: "Void Upgrade" quest asks for the Void Upgrade, whose recipe was changed by the pack.^[2][3]
• Generators: "Drawer Generators" quest accepts the Dripping Upgrade, Water Generator Upgrade or Obsidian Generator Upgrade.^[2]

The Dripping Upgrade recipe is added by the pack, and the Water Generator Upgrade recipe is changed by it. The Obsidian Generator Upgrade is a shapeless recipe from the mod that combines those two upgrades.^[3]

Dripping UpgradeAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

any deepslate ore bearing ground	Pointed Dripstone	any deepslate ore bearing ground
any redstone dust	Grains of Infinity	any redstone dust
any deepslate ore bearing ground	Lava Lamp	any deepslate ore bearing ground

Recipe id: ftb:dripping_upgrade

This recipe is added by the pack.

Obsidian Generator UpgradeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

• Dripping Upgrade
• Dripping Upgrade
• Dripping Upgrade
• Dripping Upgrade
• Water Generator Upgrade

Recipe id: functionalstorage:obsidian_upgrade

Tools, controllers and the Ender Drawer

The Configuration Tool and Linking Tool each have their own quest ("Configuring Drawers" quest and "Linking Drawers" quest), and the pack changed both recipes. The Linking Tool quest leads on to the last two quests in the chapter.^[2][3]

• "Storage Controllers" quest wants a Storage Controller or Framed Storage Controller, plus a Controller Access Point or Framed Controller Access Point.^[2]
• "Ender Drawers" quest asks for the Ender Drawer, whose recipe was changed by the pack.^[2][3]

Storage ControllerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any stone	Quartz Block	any stone
any drawer	Comparator	any drawer
any stone	Quartz Block	any stone

Recipe id: functionalstorage:storage_controller

Ender DrawerChanged by the pack

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

any plank	any plank	any plank
any drawer	any ender chest	any drawer
any plank	any plank	any plank

Recipe id: functionalstorage:ender_drawer

Functional Storage connects to other mods in only one place that the pack's recipes and quests confirm: the Dripping Upgrade. The pack adds this recipe itself with a script.^[3]

Dripping UpgradeAdded by the pack

Shaped (kubejs)

Shaped (kubejs)

any deepslate ore bearing ground	Pointed Dripstone	any deepslate ore bearing ground
any redstone dust	Grains of Infinity	any redstone dust
any deepslate ore bearing ground	Lava Lamp	any deepslate ore bearing ground

Recipe id: ftb:dripping_upgrade

This recipe is added by the pack, so follow this one rather than any default you remember.

What makes this recipe a crossover is that it uses Grains of Infinity and the Lava Lamp alongside a vanilla Pointed Dripstone. Plan ahead for those items before you try to make the upgrade.^[3]

Quests

The Dripping Upgrade is one of three options for quest "Drawer Generators" quest in the general storage chapter. The other two are the Water Generator Upgrade and the Obsidian Generator Upgrade.^[2]

Every other quest in that chapter only asks for Functional Storage items, such as drawers, tools, upgrades and controllers. None of them link the mod to another one.^[2]

Everything Functional Storage related in this pack's quest book lives in one chapter, "general_storage". It's a small branching tree: nine quests unlock off the same earlier quest, and two more unlock after the Linking Tool quest. None of the quests have titles in the pack files, so I refer to them by quest ref and by what they ask for.^[2]

The first tier: nine quests

These nine all come after the same earlier quest, so you can tackle them in whatever order suits your base. Each one is an item task. Where a task lists several items joined by "or", one of them is enough.^[2]

• "Framed Drawers" quest asks for any framed drawer: Framed Drawer (1x1), Framed Drawer (1x2), Framed Drawer (2x2), Framed Compacting Drawer or Framed Simple Compacting Drawer.^[2]
• "Configuring Drawers" quest asks for the Configuration Tool.^[2]
• "Linking Drawers" quest asks for the Linking Tool. This one leads on to the second tier below.^[2]
• "Drawer Generators" quest asks for one of the generator-style upgrades: Dripping Upgrade, Water Generator Upgrade or Obsidian Generator Upgrade.^[2]
• "Fluid Drawers" quest asks for a fluid drawer: Fluid Drawer (1x1), Fluid Drawer (1x2) or Fluid Drawer (2x2).^[2]
• "Utility Upgrades" quest asks for one of the item-moving upgrades: Collector Upgrade, Puller Upgrade or Pusher Upgrade.^[2]
• "Storage Size Upgrades" quest asks for a storage tier upgrade: Copper Upgrade, Gold Upgrade, Diamond Upgrade or Netherite Upgrade.^[2]
• "Compacting Drawers" quest asks for a compacting drawer: Simple Compacting Drawer or Compacting Drawer.^[2]
• "Void Upgrade" quest asks for the Void Upgrade.^[2]

The second tier: after the Linking Tool

Two quests unlock once "Linking Drawers" quest is done, so the Linking Tool is the gate to the bigger network pieces.^[2]

• "Storage Controllers" quest has two tasks. The first wants a controller, either Storage Controller or Framed Storage Controller. The second wants an extension, either Controller Access Point or Framed Controller Access Point.^[2]
• "Ender Drawers" quest asks for the Ender Drawer.^[2]

Unverified The quest files don't include quest titles, descriptions or rewards for these quests, so what you receive for completing them isn't confirmed here.

FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 ships Functional Storage 1.21.1-1.5.8. The mod was already in the pack by FTB Skies 2 1.1.0 or earlier, so it has been part of the pack for a long time.^[1]

Unverified The pack changelogs have no entries for Functional Storage, and the contents of the mod's own changelog (including the 1.21.1-1.5.0 release) weren't available to this guide. What changed between 1.5.0 and the 1.5.8 build in the pack is unverified, so check the mod's changelog before relying on a specific change.