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Storage Containers - Version 8 vs Version 9
May 23, 2026, 08:24 AM
Verified the storage pieces, label list, capacity notes, and quality-of-life interactions; light accuracy pass
May 23, 2026, 08:38 PM
Corrected wikilink existence flags
11Overview33Storage Containers is functional inventory containers. Windrose offers 9 storage pieces from the Storage and Beds - Storage sub-category, plus 20 Label pieces (10 Cloth + 10 Wooden) for sorting.55Storage Pieces77PieceMaterialRoleStorage BasketPlant FiberCheapest storage option; small capacity.Storage SackPlant Fiber, ClothSack-style storage; small capacity.Storage BalePlant Fiber, HayHay-bale storage variant.Storage CrateWoodWooden crate; mid-capacity.Storage BarrelWood, Iron BandsSealed wooden barrel; mid-capacity.Wooden ChestWood, Iron HingesStandard wooden chest; high-capacity.Weathered ChestWeathered WoodWeathered chest variant; same capacity as Wooden Chest.Wrought Iron ChestIron, WoodIron-reinforced chest; highest durability.Pirate ChestWood, Iron, Gold trimDecorative pirate-style chest; functions identically to Wooden Chest.99Labels (Organization)1010Windrose includes 20 Label pieces (10 Cloth and 10 Wooden variants of each) that snap onto storage containers for inventory sorting. Labels do not auto-sort items but make it easy to visually identify which chest holds which category:1212Label NamesVariantsAlchemy, Clothing, Cooked food, Food ingredients, Ore, Ship, Trade, Treasure, Weapons, WoodEach label comes in Cloth and Wooden styles for a total of 20 label pieces.1414Capacity and Placement1515Storage containers sit on Floor pieces. They can be placed indoors or outdoors; interior storage is safer from raiders because wall HP adds to the total time needed to reach the chest. Capacity scales from Storage Basket (smallest) to Wooden Chest (standard) to Wrought Iron Chest (highest durability per chest).1717Tips1919Place Wooden Chests in a dedicated storage room within Bonfire range so they count as part of your camp.Use Labels to sort storage by type: Alchemy chest for potions, Ore chest for mining haul, Cooked food chest for meal supplies.Wrought Iron Chest has the highest HP of any storage container; use it for your most valuable items.Storage Basket is the cheapest option and useful for catching demolish refunds when tearing down structures.A basement storage room (see Basements and Foundations) is the most secure placement; raiders need to breach the house above to reach basement chests.2121See Also2323Base BuildingSettlement BuildingBuilding PiecesBedsShelvesBasements and FoundationsStorage Labels2525Quality-of-Life Interactions2727Storage containers integrate with the Workbench and other crafting stations in two ways that are easy to miss on a first playthrough: one-key deposit and remote-pull crafting.2929Quick Deposit (Q Key)3131Standing next to a chest and pressing Q transfers every item in the player's inventory that already has a matching stack in that chest, without opening it. A labeled Ore chest pulls all Copper Ore and Foothills Iron Ore out of the bag in a single tap; a Cooked food chest pulls all buffed meals; a Cloth chest pulls fabric stacks. The shortcut works from outside the chest, so a storage-room sweep becomes a single walk-past per labeled container rather than a scroll through the inventory grid.3333Opening a chest and pressing X (or the equivalent controller binding) runs the same Deposit Similar action from the inside, which is useful when sorting a fresh haul where most of the stack still belongs in the bag.3535Remote-Pull Crafting From Storage3737Crafting stations read from every container placed inside the same Bonfire radius. A recipe at the Workbench does not require the raw materials to be on the player's person as long as a chest inside the Bonfire plot contains them. The same rule applies to the Smelting Furnace, the Cooking Fire, the Shipwright's Workshop, and every other station that lives within that circle. Dump a mining haul into the Ore chest and the Smelting Furnace already sees the ore as a valid input for Copper Ingots; no bag transfer needed.3939Available count. Opening any station's recipe list shows an Available number next to each ingredient; that number is the sum of the player's inventory and every chest in range, not just the personal bag. If a recipe refuses to start despite the Available count showing enough materials, the culprit is usually a chest placed a hair outside the Bonfire's visible glow; nudge the chest closer until the station picks it up.4141Labels Versus Pull Rules4343The Storage Labels that snap onto containers are purely cosmetic identifiers; they do not route items or enforce category-only contents. The pull rule fires off actual stack matches, so two chests with the same item type will both contribute to a recipe's Available total regardless of how each is labeled. Labels are useful for the player's own mental map of the storage room, not for the crafting engine.
