Iron Chests: Restocked
Iron Chests: Restocked (ThatGravyBoat/Kekie, mod id ironchests, v5.0.2) is the modern Fabric revival of the classic Iron Chests line — a tier ladder of upgradeable chests and matching barrels, all bigger than a vanilla single chest (27 slots). The server’s actual config/ironchests/chests/*.json tier files give the real numbers rather than rough guesses: Copper is 9×4 = 36 slots (1.3x vanilla), Iron is 9×6 = 54 slots (2x, matching a vanilla double chest), Gold is 11×6 = 66 slots, Diamond and Obsidian are both 12×6 = 72 slots (2.67x), Crystal is also 12×6 = 72 slots but transparent (renders its contents through the block), and Netherite — the top tier — is 13×7 = 91 slots (3.4x vanilla). There’s also a purely cosmetic Dirt Chest (1×1, a joke/troll tier). Obsidian and Netherite chests share the same absurd 1200.0 explosion resistance, making them the only tiers safe to place somewhere that might catch a creeper or TNT blast; Netherite is additionally fire-resistant.
Each tier has a matching barrel variant (same slot counts, no direction-facing GUI quirks) and an upgrade item (e.g. iron_chest_upgrade, diamond_chest_upgrade) that converts a lower chest in place to the next tier without losing contents — recipes are simple, centered around the tier’s associated ingot/gem plus the chest itself. The mod also ships Keys, a Key Ring, and Locks for player-locking a chest to specific keys, plus Dollies (Iron and Diamond) for moving a fully-loaded chest — including its contents — without breaking it, which is a lighter-weight overlap with Carry On’s general tile-entity carrying. No Patchouli guidebook ships with the mod; tiers and recipes are best discovered via JEI/REI.
How you’ll use it here
This is your everyday bulk storage backbone: craft a vanilla chest, then use the upgrade items to climb the ladder in place without unloading — Copper (36), Iron (54, a double chest in one block), Gold (66), Diamond/Obsidian (72), Crystal (72, see-through), up to Netherite at 91 slots. Early game, upgrade a chest or two to Iron or Gold and call it done; save Obsidian or Netherite for anything sitting where a creeper or TNT could reach, since only those two carry the 1200 explosion resistance. It’s more slots per block, not smarter storage — for auto-sorted, searchable digital storage the pack’s real end-game answer is Applied Energistics 2 (see Storage & Applied Energistics — Getting Started), and Nether Chested is the way to pack more quantity per slot rather than more slots. Use the Dollies or Carry On when you need to relocate a loaded chest.
Anticipated questions
Which chest holds the most? On this server the Netherite tier is the top — 91 slots (13×7, 3.4x a vanilla chest) — and it’s additionally fire-resistant on top of its blast resistance.
Which tier is safe next to explosions? Obsidian and Netherite both share the 1200.0 explosion resistance, so they’re the only two tiers safe to place somewhere a creeper or TNT blast might reach. The others will break like normal.
Do I lose my items when I upgrade a chest? No. The upgrade items (e.g. iron_chest_upgrade, diamond_chest_upgrade) convert a lower chest to the next tier in place, contents preserved.
How do I move a full chest? Use an Iron or Diamond Dolly to pick up a fully-loaded chest without breaking it, or Carry On for general tile-entity carrying.