Sophisticated Storage guide for FTB Skies 2 1.0.1 to 1.5.2

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Sophisticated Storage guide for FTB Skies 2

Written for FTB Skies 2 1.5.1 · also fits 1.0.1 to 1.5.2 · updated Oct 17, 2026

Last verified for FTB Skies 2 v1.5.1 on Oct 17, 2026 · text last changed Oct 17, 2026

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Sections
7
Recipes shown
23
Items named
54
Quests covered
12

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

Every recipe and number here was checked against FTB Skies 2 1.5.1's own files.

What is Sophisticated Storage?

2 parts

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide

Sophisticated Storage is part of the pack at version 1.5.91. It adds a whole family of storage items, and the pack gives you a dedicated quest chapter so you can work through them step by step.[1][2]

The chapter starts with the Basic Tier Upgrade quest (a quest in "?"). Every other quest in the chapter unlocks after it, so it's your entry point.[2]

How the quest chapter is laid out

Right after that first quest, the chapter splits into several branches:[2]

The upgrade quests

Once you have the Upgrade Base quest done, five more quests open up. Each one accepts any item from its group:[2]

Unverified Where Sophisticated Storage fits in the wider progression is not confirmed. The quest chapter only shows the order above, and the mod is not on the ATM Star quest path. Detailed behavior of individual upgrades and any pack-specific recipe changes are not covered by the sources yet.

How do you get started with Sophisticated Storage?

6 parts

Sophisticated Storage has its own quest chapter in this pack, and it works as a handy roadmap. Follow it in order and you unlock the mod's main features one at a time.[4]

First: the Basic Tier Upgrade

The chapter begins with the Basic Tier Upgrade in quest a quest in "?". Every other quest in the chapter comes after it. It upgrades vanilla inventories to their sophisticated version, so it's how you turn ordinary storage into the mod's storage.[4][5]

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Empty slotany wooden rodEmpty slot
any wooden rodRedstone Torchany wooden rod
Empty slotany wooden rodEmpty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_tier_upgrade

Next: a Limited Barrel

Quest a quest in "?" asks for any of the Limited Barrels, from Limited Barrel 1 up to Limited Barrel 4. A limited barrel has a set number of slots and a base stack size multiplier. The pack has recipes per wood type, and oak is shown here as an example.[4][5][6]

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Oak PlanksOak SlabOak Planks
Oak PlanksRedstone TorchOak Planks
Oak PlanksOak PlanksOak Planks

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:oak_limited_barrel_1

Then: move up the tiers

Quest a quest in "?" accepts any one of the iron, gold, diamond or netherite upgrades. Start with the Basic to Iron Tier Upgrade. The higher upgrades chain from it: gold builds on iron, diamond on gold, and netherite on diamond. There is also a Basic to Copper Tier Upgrade that can be turned into the iron upgrade.[4][6]

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any iron ingotany iron ingotany iron ingot
any iron ingotRedstone Torchany iron ingot
any iron ingotany iron ingotany iron ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_iron_tier_upgrade

Connect your storage

Quest a quest in "?" asks for three items together: the Storage Tool, the Storage Controller and the Storage Link. The Storage Controller lets you deposit and pipe items to and from a connected multiblock of storages. The Storage Link connects a separate multiblock to the controller, and you use the Storage Tool to link it.[4][5]

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any stoneComparatorany stone
any plankEmpty slotany plank
any stoneComparatorany stone

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:controller

The Upgrade Base and your first upgrades

Quest a quest in "?" asks for the Upgrade Base. Several more quests come after it, covering these upgrade groups:[4]

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Empty slotCrafting TableEmpty slot
any iron ingotUpgrade Baseany iron ingot
Empty slotany chestEmpty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:crafting_upgrade

Hopper UpgradeMod recipe

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Empty slotHopperEmpty slot
any iron ingotUpgrade Baseany iron ingot
any redstone dustany redstone dustany redstone dust

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:hopper_upgrade

The advanced versions are upgrades of the basic ones. For example, the Advanced Hopper Upgrade is made from the Hopper Upgrade, and it is faster and has input and output options.[5][6]

Packing Tape

The chapter also asks for Packing Tape in quest a quest in "?". The same item appears in a tips quest, a quest in "?", in the useful items chapter.[4][7]

How does Sophisticated Storage work?

6 parts

Sophisticated Storage is more than chests and barrels. Wood storage can be linked into a multiblock, piped with automation, and loaded with upgrades that smelt, filter, pump fluids and more. Here is what the pack's files tell us about how it works.[5]

Storage multiblocks and piping

The Controller lets you deposit items into a connected multiblock of storages, and pipe items to and from it. If you have separate storages that aren't part of the same multiblock, the Storage Link connects them to a controller. You link them with the Storage Tool.[5]

To get items in and out of a storage inside a multiblock with pipes, you have three blocks. Storage Input only lets you pipe items in, and its tooltip says it is optimized for low TPS impact. Storage Output only lets you pipe items out. Storage I/O does both.[5][6]

You don't need to craft a new one when you change your mind. In this pack the three blocks convert into each other in a loop, one shapeless craft at a time.[6]

Storage InputMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: minecraft:storage_input_from_io

Storage I/O to Storage Input.

Storage OutputMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: minecraft:storage_output_from_input

Storage Input to Storage Output.

Storage I/OMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: minecraft:storage_io_from_output

Storage Output to Storage I/O.

Storage tiers and capacity

The Basic Tier Upgrade upgrades vanilla inventories to their sophisticated version. The copper, iron, gold, diamond and netherite tier upgrades are the next steps up. In this pack the gold, diamond and netherite upgrades are each crafted from the previous tier's upgrade, and iron can also be made from the copper one.[5][6]

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Empty slotany iron ingotEmpty slot
any iron ingotBasic to Copper Tier Upgradeany iron ingot
Empty slotany iron ingotEmpty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_iron_tier_from_basic_to_copper_tier

Iron tier upgrade made from the copper one.

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_netherite_tier_upgrade

Stack upgrades change how many stacks fit in a slot. The tooltips list multipliers of 2, 3, 4, 8, 16 and 32 across the tiers. The omega tier raises the stack size limit to 2,147,483,647. Stack downgrades go the other way and divide by 8, 16 or 32.[5]

Limited barrels trade slots for capacity: their tooltip shows a slot count and a base stack size multiplier.[5]

Breaking storage and keeping your items

common.dropPacked is false in this pack. So chests and barrels are not always dropped as packed with their contents when broken. The packing tape tooltip says the tape is disabled when this option is set to drop everything packed, so with the option off the tape is the way to carry a full storage.[5][8]

Item automation upgrades

The Hopper Upgrade pulls items from the block on top and/or pushes them to the block below. The advanced version is faster and adds input and output options. The pack keeps the mod defaults for it: server.advancedHopperUpgrade.transferSpeedTicks is 2 ticks between transfers, server.advancedHopperUpgrade.maxTransferStackSize is 4, and there are 4 input and 4 output filter slots.[5][9]

The Filter Upgrade filters items piped in and/or out of storage. The advanced version has more filtering options and 16 filter slots in the pack (server.advancedFilterUpgrade.filterSlots).[5][9]

The Magnet Upgrade pulls items into storage from range, and the advanced version reaches further. In this pack server.advancedMagnetUpgrade.magnetRange is 5 blocks, the same as the mod default. The Pickup Upgrade makes the storage pick up items too.[5][9]

The Void Upgrade voids the items you select in its filter. server.advancedVoidUpgrade.voidAnythingEnabled is true in this pack. That setting decides whether the void upgrade can void anything or only has the overflow option.[5][9]

Processing inside the storage

The auto-smelting, Auto-blasting Upgrade and Auto-smoking Upgrade upgrades smelt, blast or smoke inside an upgrade tab and automatically pull and push items. Each has 8 input filter slots and 4 fuel filter slots in the pack, and the fuel efficiency multiplier is 1, which equals vanilla furnace fuel use. The smelting and blasting speed multipliers are also 1, which equals vanilla furnace speed. These match the mod defaults, so the pack hasn't changed them.[5][6][9]

You can craft the blasting and smoking versions straight from the Auto-smelting Upgrade in this pack.[6]

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any iron ingotany iron ingotany iron ingot
any iron ingotAuto-smelting Upgradeany iron ingot
Smooth StoneSmooth StoneSmooth Stone

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:auto_blasting_upgrade_from_auto_smelting_upgrade

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Empty slotany logEmpty slot
any logAuto-smelting Upgradeany log
Empty slotany logEmpty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:auto_smoking_upgrade_from_auto_smelting_upgrade

The Alchemy Upgrade automatically uses potions, food with effects, or milk buckets. It has 4 filter slots in the pack, and the advanced version has 8.[5][9]

Alchemy UpgradeMod recipe

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Ghast TearGlass BottleFermented Spider Eye
any iron ingotUpgrade Baseany iron ingot
Blaze RodEnder PearlBlaze Rod

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:alchemy_upgrade

Fluids and experience

Fluid handling goes through the Tank upgrade. The Pump Upgrade moves fluids between the Tank upgrade and adjacent blocks. The advanced version also works with fluid containers in your hand and fluid blocks in the world, and it can filter which fluids are pumped. The XP Pump Upgrade moves experience between the Tank upgrade and the player.[5]

How do you progress through Sophisticated Storage?

5 parts

Sophisticated Storage progression in this pack is guided by the "general_storage" quest chapter. It starts with one entry quest and then splits into branches, so you can go for tiers, upgrades or utility items in whatever order suits your base.[4]

Where the quests start

The chapter opens with a quest in "?", which asks for the Basic Tier Upgrade (the quest lists a second task, but the source cuts off before naming it). Four quests unlock right after it: a quest in "?" (tier upgrades), a quest in "?" (limited barrels), a quest in "?" (packing tape) and a quest in "?" (the upgrade base).[4]

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Empty slotany wooden rodEmpty slot
any wooden rodRedstone Torchany wooden rod
Empty slotany wooden rodEmpty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_tier_upgrade

Tier upgrades

The tier quest accepts any one of the Iron, Gold, Diamond or Netherite upgrades, for example Basic to Iron Tier Upgrade or Basic to Netherite Tier Upgrade. In this pack each higher step is crafted from the one below it: Gold from Iron, Diamond from Gold, Netherite from Diamond.[4][6]

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any iron ingotany iron ingotany iron ingot
any iron ingotRedstone Torchany iron ingot
any iron ingotany iron ingotany iron ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_iron_tier_upgrade

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any gold ingotany gold ingotany gold ingot
any gold ingotBasic to Iron Tier Upgradeany gold ingot
any gold ingotany gold ingotany gold ingot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_gold_tier_upgrade

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any diamond gemany diamond gemany diamond gem
any diamond gemBasic to Gold Tier Upgradeany diamond gem
any diamond gemany diamond gemany diamond gem

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_diamond_tier_upgrade

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Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_netherite_tier_upgrade

There is also a Basic to Copper Tier Upgrade. It is not part of the tier quest, but it can be crafted into the Iron upgrade.[4][6]

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Empty slotany iron ingotEmpty slot
any iron ingotBasic to Copper Tier Upgradeany iron ingot
Empty slotany iron ingotEmpty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:basic_to_iron_tier_from_basic_to_copper_tier

Unverified The shown recipes do not include how the Copper tier upgrade itself is made, nor the slot counts or capacity of each storage tier.

Limited barrels, tape and utility items

a quest in "?" accepts any of the four limited barrel sizes, from Limited Barrel 1 to Limited Barrel 4. Each size has a recipe for every wood type.[4][6]

a quest in "?" asks for Packing Tape, which also appears in the "useful_items_tips" chapter as a quest in "?". Another quest, a quest in "?", covers three items: the Storage Tool, the Storage Controller and the Storage Link.[4][7]

Packing TapeMod recipe

Crafting Shapeless

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:packing_tape

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any stoneComparatorany stone
any plankEmpty slotany plank
any stoneComparatorany stone

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:controller

Upgrade branches

Once you hand in the Upgrade Base for a quest in "?", five more quests open up. Each one accepts any item from its group:[4]

Stack upgrade ladder

Stack upgrades form a chain in this pack. Tier 1 comes first, Tier 1 Plus is an optional step, and Tier 2 can be made from either of them. Tier 3, 4 and 5 each build on the previous tier.[6]

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any logany logany log
any logUpgrade Baseany log
any logany logany log

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:stack_upgrade_tier_1

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any iron ingotany iron ingotany iron ingot
any iron ingotStack Upgrade Tier 1any iron ingot
any iron storage blockany iron ingotany iron storage block

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:stack_upgrade_tier_2

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any netherite ingotany netherite ingotany netherite ingot
any netherite ingotStack Upgrade Tier 4any netherite ingot
any netherite storage blockany netherite ingotany netherite storage block

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:stack_upgrade_tier_5

Tip: Advanced void, hopper, pickup and magnet upgrades are crafted by upgrading the basic version, so you keep the basic upgrade as a stepping stone. The Advanced Magnet Upgrade can be made from either the Advanced Pickup Upgrade or the basic Magnet Upgrade.[6]

How does Sophisticated Storage work with other mods?

2 parts

The recipes in this pack connect Sophisticated Storage with two other mods through crafting: Sophisticated Backpacks and Chipped. Both links are about upgrades, so they matter most if you carry a backpack and also run storage blocks.[6]

Sophisticated Backpacks: swapping upgrades between backpacks and storage

You don't have to rebuild an upgrade from scratch when you move it between a backpack and a storage block. The pack has conversion recipes that turn a Sophisticated Storage upgrade into its Sophisticated Backpacks twin, for example the Magnet Upgrade into the Magnet Upgrade.[6]

Magnet UpgradeMod recipe

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any stringMagnet Upgradeany string
Empty slotany leatherEmpty slot
any stringEmpty slotany string

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:backpack_magnet_upgrade_from_storage_magnet_upgrade

Storage upgrade to backpack upgrade.

These storage-to-backpack recipes cover a wide range: basic upgrades such as Void Upgrade, Filter Upgrade, Crafting Upgrade and Smelting Upgrade, their Advanced versions, and the stack downgrades.[6]

The stack upgrades are numbered differently on each side. The Stack Upgrade Tier 1 Plus converts into the Stack Upgrade Starter Tier, and storage Tier 2, 3, 4 and 5 convert into backpack Tier 1, 2, 3 and 4. The Stack Upgrade Omega Tier converts into the Stack Upgrade Omega Tier.[6]

Tip: Check the tier number before you convert a stack upgrade. A storage Tier 2 becomes a backpack Tier 1, not a Tier 2.[6]

Going the other way works too. The pack has backpack-to-storage recipes for the Advanced upgrades (Compacting, Feeding, Filter, Jukebox, Magnet, Pickup, Void and Alchemy), for the Alchemy Upgrade, the blasting upgrades, the auto-smelting and auto-smoking upgrades, and four of the Chipped upgrades.[6]

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any plankAdvanced Magnet Upgradeany plank
Empty slotany plankEmpty slot
any plankEmpty slotany plank

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:storage_advanced_magnet_upgrade_from_backpack_advanced_magnet_upgrade

Backpack upgrade to storage upgrade.

Chipped: workbench upgrades

Each Chipped workbench has a matching Sophisticated Storage upgrade. The upgrades are for the Alchemy Bench, Botanist Workbench, Carpenters Table, Glassblower, Loom Table, Mason Table and Tinkering Table. For example, the mason table gives you the Chipped: Mason Table Upgrade.[6]

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Empty slotMason TableEmpty slot
any iron ingotUpgrade Baseany iron ingot
Empty slotany redstone dustEmpty slot

Recipe id: sophisticatedstorage:chipped/mason_table_upgrade

The other Chipped upgrades follow the same pattern with their own workbench.

Each of these also has a Sophisticated Backpacks version, such as Chipped: Glassblower Upgrade, and a conversion recipe from the storage version.[6]

Which FTB Skies 2 quests use Sophisticated Storage?

4 parts

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 guide

Sophisticated Storage shows up in two quest chapters in the pack. Nearly all of it is in the general_storage chapter, and every quest there is an item-collection task. The quests have no titles in the pack files, so you'll find them by their IDs.[2][3]

general_storage: the starting point

Everything in the chapter starts from a quest in "?". It asks for the Basic Tier Upgrade plus a second item task. That second task is cut off in the data I have, so I can't say what it is.[2]

Unverified The second item task of quest 3ACF3359B3B59A05 is incomplete in the available quest data, so what it asks for is unconfirmed.

Quests unlocked by the first quest

Five quests unlock once the first one is done. Here is what each asks for:[2]

The upgrade branch

After the Upgrade Base quest, four more quests open up. In each one, any of the listed items counts.[2]

Tip: The Upgrade Base quest gates all the upgrade-type quests, so make the base early. The tier upgrade, limited barrel, packing tape and storage tool quests only need the first quest done.[2]

useful_items_tips

The useful_items_tips chapter has one more quest for this mod, a quest in "?". It asks for the Packing Tape again, the same item as in general_storage. No prerequisite is listed for it.[3]

Which Sophisticated Storage config options matter?

5 parts

Same as in the FTB Skies 2 1.12.0 guide

Good news first: in this pack's server config, every value that lists a mod default matches that default. Nothing there has been retuned, so what you see in the mod's usual numbers is what you get. The options below are the ones you're most likely to run into.[10]

Breaking chests and barrels

common.dropPacked is set to false in this pack. When it's true, chests and barrels always drop packed with their contents when broken, with no packing tape needed.[11]

server.tooManyItemEntityDrops is 200. If breaking a chest or barrel would drop more item entities than that, the break is canceled unless you hold shift, and a message explains the packing tape option.[10]

Slots per tier

Chests, barrels and shulker boxes share the same slot counts per tier. Each tier is set by its own inventory and upgrade slot options, for example server.IronChest.inventorySlotCount and server.IronChest.upgradeSlotCount. In this pack:[10]

  • Wood: 27 inventory slots, 1 upgrade slot. The plain shulker box is also 27 and 1.[10]
  • Copper: 45 inventory slots, 1 upgrade slot.[10]
  • Iron: 54 inventory slots, 2 upgrade slots.[10]
  • Gold: 81 inventory slots, 3 upgrade slots.[10]
  • Diamond: 108 inventory slots, 4 upgrade slots.[10]
  • Netherite: 132 inventory slots, 5 upgrade slots.[10]

Upgrade limits

server.maxUpgradesPerStorage caps how many upgrades of a type one storage can hold. For barrels, chests and shulker boxes, you can fit 1 furnace upgrade, 1 jukebox upgrade and 2 stack upgrades. Limited barrels get 1 furnace upgrade and 1 jukebox upgrade.[10]

server.stackUpgrade.nonStackableItems lists items that won't stack further even with a stack upgrade. In this pack that's the bundle and every colour of shulker box, including the undyed one.[10]

Upgrade behaviour

Display options

These client options only affect what JEI and the creative tab show. client.showHigherTierTintedVariants is true, so tinted variants of iron and higher tiers appear. client.showSingleWoodVariantOnly is false, so every wood variant is listed.[12]

Sources

  1. FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 mod list · pack file
  2. FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 quests: "general_storage" · pack file
  3. FTB Skies 2 1.22.0 quests: "useful_items_tips" · pack file
  4. FTB Skies 2 1.5.1 quests: "general_storage" · pack file
  5. sophisticatedstorage tooltips and descriptions (English lang file) · official mod data
  6. FTB Skies 2 1.5.1 recipe dump: recipes making Sophisticated Storage items · pack recipe dump
  7. FTB Skies 2 1.5.1 quests: "useful_items_tips" · pack file
  8. FTB Skies 2 1.5.1 config: config/sophisticatedstorage-common.toml · pack file
  9. FTB Skies 2 1.5.1 config: config/sophisticatedstorage-server.toml · pack file
  10. FTB Skies 2 1.12.0 config: config/sophisticatedstorage-server.toml · pack file
  11. FTB Skies 2 1.12.0 config: config/sophisticatedstorage-common.toml · pack file
  12. FTB Skies 2 1.12.0 config: config/sophisticatedstorage-client.toml · pack file
Where this guide comes from

Written from what FTB Skies 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 17, 2026.

Guides for other versions: 1.13.0 to 1.24.0 · 1.6.0 to 1.12.0

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