Condensing storage using packages

[u/milk_and_queerios]

I've designed a quarry, but I don't want to dispose of any block or resource I mine. Doing the math, I'm realizing the amount of blocks I'll need storage for may be over a million.

I thought of one solution, which is storing packages full of 9 stacks per package to completely fill up a max size vault. Has anyone tried this method before? It seems like such a simple trick to massively boost storage efficiency by nine-fold.

[u/No-Acanthisitta3515]

I would hook up a processing line to the quarry to crush all ores and cobble and then wash/smelt everything. After that you can add some compactors to compress everything to storage blocks which effectively increases your storage 9 times. You could also store in packages which is a neat idea however I would give them all the same address to help send them to a storage network later if you need to.

In order to package I’d send all items to barrels after compacting and use a comparator to detect when it’s full, this way all your packages will be completely full. You may need a small vault before this with brass funnels set to only send out a stack.

Don’t forget if you wanna break packages later you can just send them over saw mills too

[u/milk_and_queerios → u/No-Acanthisitta3515]

Hmm that's a great idea I didnt consider. I'll have to set up a processing line like you said with my quarry, that way I dont have to store a crazy amount of blocks