Storage

Storage is an endless problem in GTNH. With a wide variety of items due to the extensive modlist, and specific items and fluids being required in large quantities, you need both general and bulk storage, as well as ways to carry them around.

Items

General Storage

Storage	Tier	Capacity	Advantages	Disadvantages
Chest	Stone	27 Stacks	Fairly cheap Upgradable	May be hard to place next to each other
Double Chest	Stone	54 Stacks	Fairly cheap Upgradable	May be hard to place next to each other
Baby Chest	Stone	1 Stack	Useful for small buffers in automation	Not much storage
Copper Chest	Stone	45 Stacks	Cheap in LV+ (6 ingots each)	Expensive in stone age (18 ingots each) Copper needed for bronze
Iron Chest	Stone	54 Stacks	Cheap in LV+ (6 ingots each)	Expensive in stone age (18 ingots each) Iron needed for steel
Gold Chest	Stone	81 Stacks	Cheap in LV+ (6 ingots each) Gold is generally not needed for anything	Expensive in stone age (18 ingots each) Gold can be hard to find
Dirt Chest	Stone	1 Stack of dirt	Stores 1 stack of dirt	Stores 1 stack of dirt
Steel Chest	LV	72 Stacks	Fairly cheap (6 ingots each)	Gold chests store more Steel needed for other uses
Diamond Chest	LV	108 Stacks	Upgradable into crystal chest (pretty) and obsidian chest (blast proof)	Requires a compressor and cutting machine for diamond plates
Dark Steel Chest	MV	135 Stacks	Dark steel dust can be produced in LV with access to raw silicon dust and then smelted when an MV EBF is available.
Compressed Chest	HV	243 Stacks	Keeps contents when broken - can be kept in inventory	Cannot be upgraded directly from other chests
AE2	EV	Depends on setup	Autocrafting Stores items and fluids Can interface with other storage setups	Fairly complicated. Requires power (does not void on power loss) Bad with items with different NBT^[1]
Chest Buffer	ULV (Stone) - UMV	27 Stacks	Can also store some power. Auto output. Useful for automation.	Small storage.
Super Buffer	ULV (Stone) - UHV	256 Stacks	Can also store some power. Auto output. Useful for automation.	Expensive compared to chest buffers

Bulk Storage

Storage		Tier	Capacity	Advantages	Disadvantages
JABBA Better Barrels		Stone	4,096 Items (base)	Can be locked and show amount without seperate tools Cheaper to upgrade than Storage Drawers	Cannot be colored or have 2 or 4 items, unlike storage drawers
Storage Drawers		Stone	4,096 Items (base) 2,048 (1x2, each) 1,024 (2x2, each)	Framed drawers can be retextured	More expensive to upgrade compared to Better Barrels
Filing Cabinet		LV	270 Stacks or 1,755 Items	Ignores NBT data^[1]	Significantly worse storage compared to other items
Super Chest	I	LV	4,000,000 Items	Keeps contents when picked up Built in voiding Auto output? (unchecked)
	II	MV	8,000,000 Items
	III	HV	16,000,000 Items
	IV	EV	32,000,000 Items
	V	IV	64,000,000 Items
Quantum Chest	I	LuV	128,000,000 Items
	II	ZPM	256,000,000 Items
	III	UV	512,000,000 Items
	IV	UHV	1,024,000,000 Items
	V	UEV	2,147,483,640 Items^[2]
AE2		EV	Depends on setup	Autocrafting Stores items and fluids Can interface with other storage setups	Fairly complicated. Requires power (does not void on power loss) Bad with items with different NBT^[1]

Fluids

Storage		Tier	Capacity	Advantages	Disadvantages
Water Tank		Stone	400,000L (water only)	Passively produces water (up to 25 L/s) Automatically outputs to connected tanks and pipes (max 800L/s)	Input only from top, output only from sides Stores only water Multiblock
Railcraft Tank	Iron	Stone	576,000L - 10,368,000L	Can choose to build in different sizes. Can add valves for autooutput at 20,000 L/s	Fairly large multiblock Expensive Cannot be wallshared
	Steel	LV	1,152,000L - 20,736,000L
	Aluminum	MV	2,304,000L - 41,472,000L
	Stainless Steel	HV	4,608,000L - 82,944,000L
	Titanium	EV	9,216,000L - 165,888,000L
	Tungstensteel	IV	18,432,000L - 331,776,000L
	Palladium	LuV	36,864,000L - 663,552,000L
	Iridium	ZPM	55,296,000L - 995,328,000L
	Osmium	UV	73,728,000L - 1,327,104,000L
	Neutronium	UHV	110,592,000L - 1,990,656,000L
(Tier) Tank		ULV (Stone)	32,000L	Portable Can fill/empty buckets and cells automatically	Low storage No auto output
		LV	64,000L
		MV	128,000L
		HV	256,000L
Super Tank	I	MV	4,000,000L	Portable Can fill/empty buckets and cells automatically Auto output
	II	HV	8,000,000L
	III	HV	16,000,000L
	IV	EV	32,000,000L
	V	IV	64,000,000L
Quantum Tank	I	LuV	128,000,000L
	II	ZPM	256,000,000L
	III	UV	512,000,000L
	IV	UHV	1,024,000,000L
	V	UEV	2,147,483,640L^[2]
TFFT	I	LV (Materials) HV (Crafting)	40,000L (per fluid, per block)	Expandable Upgradable Stores 25 different fluids.	Multiblock Requires power (does not void storage on power loss) Fluids can only be at most 1/25th of the storage
	II	MV (Materials) HV (Crafting)	160,000L (per fluid, per block)
	III	HV	640,000L (per fluid, per block)
	IV	EV	2,560,000L (per fluid, per block)
	V	IV	10,240,000L (per fluid, per block)
	VI	IV (Scanning) LuV (Crafting)	81,920,000L (per fluid, per block)
	VII	ZPM (Scanning) UV (Crafting)	5,242,880,000L (per fluid, per block)
	VIII	ZPM (Scanning) UEV (Crafting)	335,544,320,000L (per fluid, per block)
	IX	UHV (Scanning) UMV (Crafting)	21,474,836,480,000L (per fluid, per block)
	X	UIV (Scanning) UXV (Crafting)	43,980,465,111,040,000L (per fluid, per block)
YOTTank	1	HV (Crafting) IV (Tank)	1,000,000L (per block)	Expandable Expands upwards instead of sideways Upgradable Requires no power unless connected to AE2 network	Multiblock Cannot use fluid detector cover to read fluid amount
	2	IV	100,000,000L (per block)
	3	LuV (Crafting) EV (Scanning)	10,000,000,000L (per block)
	4	ZPM (Crafting) IV (Scanning)	1,000,000,000,000L (per block)
	5	UV (Crafting) LuV (Scanning)	100,000,000,000,000L (per block)
	6	UHV (Crafting) UV (Scanning)	10,000,000,000,000,000L (per block)
	7	UEV (Crafting) UV (Scanning)	1,000,000,000,000,000,000L (per block)
	8	UIV (Crafting) UHV (Scanning)	100,000,000,000,000,000,000L (per block)
	9	UMV (Crafting) UEV (Scanning)	10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000L (per block)
	10	UXV (Crafting) UIV (Scanning)	1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000L (per block)
AE2		EV	Depends on setup	Autocrafting Stores items and fluids Can interface with other storage setups	Fairly complicated. Requires power (does not void on power loss) Bad with items with different NBT^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Such as items with different durability or enchantments
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Approximately the signed 32 bit integer limit

[:1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Such as items with different durability or enchantments

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Approximately the signed 32 bit integer limit

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