User:DoryL

Bins

Mod	Mekanism
Type	Storage
Capacity	Basic: 4,096 Items Advanced: 8,192 Items Elite: 32,768 Items Ultimate: 262,144 Items Creative: 2,147,483,647 Items
Tool
Stackable	No

Bins are storage blocks that can store a large quantity of a single item; the amount of which depends on its tier. It will retain its inventory when broken with a pickaxe or removed using a Configurator.

Obtaining

Breaking

Bins require a pickaxe of any type to be mined or the use of a Configurator in wrench mode. Breaking a bin without using a pickaxe will result in the loss of all items that were inside of it.

Crafting

Bins are crafting using five cobblestone, one control circuit of the corresponding tier, one bin of the previous tier (if applicable), and two of either redstone dust or a type of alloy depending on the bin's tier. Any item with the tag "forge:cobblestone" can be substituted for vanilla cobblestone in the recipe. Note that blackstone can not be used for crafting bins, as it does not have the aforementioned tag.

Usage

An Ultimate Bin containing 192 Cobblestone

Bins have a single storage slot that ignores normal item stacking limits, allowing a large amount of a single type of item to be stored in them. However, bins do not bypass the requirement for every item in the stack to share the same NBT data. As a result, renamed, enchanted, or damaged items can not be stacked in the bin; nor can shulker boxes, backpacks, tanks, or any other portable inventory be stacked, regardless of being vanilla or from a mod. This also includes tools that can be charged with RF or any other fluid, such as the jetpack, flamethrower, or the Configurator.

To insert items, right-click any side of the bin while holding the item in the main hand. Note that the amount currently in the player's hand is the amount that will be inserted. Double right-clicking the bin with the item in hand will deposit all of the items of the same type in the player's inventory into the bin. Left-clicking on the front (the side with the item icon and the amount of items displayed as a number) will extract one stack of items, while shift left-clicking will extract exactly one item.

Portable Inventory

As bins retain their inventory when picked up, they can be used as portable item storage, similar to how shulker boxes act in vanilla. Unlike shulker boxes, bins permit items to be both inserted and extracted without needing to place it down in the world.

To insert items, the bin can be placed into a crafting grid along with the items the player desires to add, and then removing the bin from the output slot, as long as the items to be inserted are the same as what is already in the bin. To extract items, the bin can be placed in a crafting grid with no other items; from there items can be extracted one stack at a time from the output slot.

Comparator Interaction

Minimum Items for Output Strength

Bin Type	Basic	Advanced	Elite	Ultimate	Creative
Capacity	4096	8192	32,768	262,144	Infinite
Output Strength	Number of Items
0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	1	1	-
2	293	586	2341	18,725	-
3	586	1171	4682	37,450	-
4	878	1756	7022	56,174	-
5	1171	2341	9363	74,899	-
6	1463	2926	11,703	93,623	-
7	1756	3511	14,044	112,348	-
8	2048	4096	16,384	131,072	-
9	2341	4682	18,725	149,797	-
10	2634	5267	21,066	168,522	-
11	2926	5852	23,406	187,246	-
12	3219	6437	25,747	205,971	-
13	3511	7022	28,087	224,695	-
14	3804	7607	30,428	243,420	-
15	4096	8192	32,768	262,144	Infinite

The amount of items inside of a bin can be measured using a redstone comparator. The amount of items needed for a given signal strength varies based on the tier, with the exact values being listed in the table on the right. Note that in the case of the creative bin, either 0 or 15 will be outputted depending on whether or not there is an item in the bin, as the creative bin contains an infinite amount of the given item.

Automation

Items can be inserted and extracted from any side of the bin using hoppers, logistical transporters, or any item pipe from another mod.

By shift right-clicking a bin with a Configurator set to any Configurate mode, auto-output can be toggled. When enabled, items will automatically be ejected one stack at a time into any inventory on the bottom of the bin, assuming that the destination can accept the item. It will not dump items as entities into the world in the event that the block below is not a suitable inventory. A bin will glow when auto-output is enabled, with the colored portions of the sprite being brighter and the block emitting light.

Note that in some versions, there is a bug where if auto-output is toggled too rapidly, the glow effect may not be updated to match the current state of the block. Should this occur, it is still possible to check whether or not auto-output is enabled by using the F3 menu and looking at the "active" field in the "Targeted Block" section on the right-hand side of the screen.

Upgrading Tier

Similar to machines, bins can be upgraded through the use of tier installers. By holding the installer in the main hand and shift right-clicking the bin, the current bin will be replaced with the next tier of bin while keeping its current inventory. Note that tiers can not be skipped, i.e. the advanced tier installer must be used before the elite installer and the elite tier installer before the ultimate installer.

It is also possible to upgrade a bin by using it in place of an empty bin in the crafting recipe for the next tier of bin. This will not result in the loss of the contents of the bin used in the upgrade.

It is arguably more resource efficient to upgrade bins through the crafting method rather than by using a tier installer. Tier installers require two control circuits, four tier-appropriate alloys, and two ore products; whereas crafting a bin only requires one control circuit and two tier-appropriate alloys.

Light Source

When auto-output is enabled, bins give off a light level of 15, the maximum permitted by the lighting engine.

Statistics and Information

Type	Color	Capacity	Appearance
Basic Bin	Green	4,096 Items
Advanced Bin	Red	8,192 Items
Elite Bin	Blue	32,768 Items
Ultimate Bin	Purple	262,144 Items
Creative Bin	Black	Infinite Items (Stored as 2,147,483,647)

Note: Max capacity and output rate and both configurable in the Config file. By default, the auto-output rate is 3 stacks per second.