Fust Survival Storage Boxes and Shelf Layouts
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Choose enough storage for your trips and arrange your base supplies so you can find them quickly.
Carried Storage and Base Storage
Your personal inventory has 36 slots. A Small Backpack adds a separate 12-slot container, while a Large Backpack adds 50 slots. Click the equipped backpack slot to open its contents separately from your main inventory.
Boxes stay at your base for surplus supplies; Shelves let you arrange boxes across three levels. For equipping and collecting backpacks, see backpack capacity and pickup.
Choose and Secure Your Boxes
Start with a Wood Storage Box when you need a small, inexpensive container: its Quickcraft recipe costs 100 Wood on a 10x server. Choose a Large Wood Box when you have substantial amounts of equipment or materials to store.
Aim at a box and press E OPEN to access it. A placed Large Wood Box can also show F PICK UP for repositioning. Install a Key Lock on a box to secure it; you and your team automatically receive keys. See doors, locks and base defense for more on securing your base.
Organize Supplies for the Next Trip
Keep clothing and armor, weapons and tools, and materials in separate boxes. After a trip, deposit the surplus; before leaving again, take a weapon, matching ammunition, clothing and medical supplies.
Open a box with E and move items between the inventory on the left and the box on the right. Use Quick Stack and Sort to organize its contents, and scroll through a large box to find items farther down. Hover over an item to read details such as its name, quantity, condition or attachments. The box counter shows occupied slots: for example, 96/100 is nearly full.
For splitting stacks and other transfer shortcuts, see controls and inventory shortcuts.
Craft Shelves and Place Boxes
On a 10x server, Shelves cost 150 Wood and 25 Metal Fragments, take 2 seconds to craft and require you to be within Workbench Level 1 range.
- Select Shelves and position the preview on flat ground. Press R to rotate, hold Shift for free placement, and left-click to place.
- Select a storage box and aim at the shelf. Use the preview to choose LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2 or LEVEL 3, adjust its position or rotation, then left-click to place it.
- Aim at a placed box and press E to open it.
If the shelf preview says Needs flat ground, move it to a flat surface. If a large box blocks the shelf, reposition the preview or the box. If the box preview says A shelf is in the way or Too far away, adjust the target level, position or distance; hold Shift to use free placement instead of the current snap.
Choose a Three-Level Layout
Each shelf level fits two Wood Storage Boxes or one Large Wood Box. Fill all three levels according to how you want to divide your supplies:
| Layout | Total box slots | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| Six Wood Storage Boxes | 108 | More separate containers for sorting categories |
| Three Large Wood Boxes | 300 | More space for large collections of gear and materials |
These are totals across the boxes on one shelf, not the capacity of a single box or your carried inventory. You can also use different box sizes on different levels to balance separation and capacity.
To rearrange the setup, follow the prompt on the object you are aiming at: a Large Wood Box can show F PICK UP, while Shelves show E PICK UP.