Depot Mk.I

Depot Mk.I is a basic storage building used to hold products in a compact, configurable container. It has 30 slots of storage, and its capacity can be adjusted with the slider in the storage UI. In practice, it functions as a simple buffer for materials and finished goods, making it useful anywhere items need to be collected, staged, or temporarily held before being moved onward.

A Depot Mk.I can be placed on top of a Splitter, and a Logistics Distributor can be built on top of both Depot Mk.I and Depot Mk.II. This makes it easy to combine belt transport with logistics-bot handling in the same footprint. For example, items can be inserted into storage through Conveyor Belts and exported by Logistics Bots, or handled in the opposite direction, without being constrained by the throughput limit of a Sorter. Because of this, Depot Mk.I is often used as a compact logistics interface rather than just a passive chest.

Depot Mk.I is sometimes referred to as a storage chest, by analogy with similar buildings in other games. It was formerly known as Storage MK.N, where N was written in Roman numerals. Its role is straightforward, but it becomes especially valuable in logistics setups where a small footprint and flexible item routing matter more than raw capacity.

• Use it as a buffer near production lines to smooth out short-term imbalances.
• Pair it with Conveyor Belts for direct item insertion and with Logistics Bots for automatic extraction or delivery.
• Place it on a Splitter when you want to integrate sorting and storage in one compact setup.
• Build a Logistics Distributor on top when you want the storage point to participate directly in logistics network flow.
• Increase or decrease its storage size with the UI slider to match the amount of buffering you actually need.