Storage and Belts

Basics

Warehouses and Conveyor Belts are the backbone of your resource logistics. How fast you can move resources, where you store them, and how many you store are vital to your success.

You will need enough warehouse space to store the goods The Claws require and Pirates demand, plus more to run your daily operations.

You should carefully plan out where you locate Warehouses, what you store in them, and how you're moving resources around your colony.

Warehouses

Warehouses come in various sizes, starting at the very small Storage Shed and ending at the massive Giant Warehouse. What size warehouses you use and where you locate them is up to you, but will be driven by which you have researched so far.

As Warehouses grow both in size and expense, it may not make sense to use just one size throughout your colony. A Medium Warehouse next to an Ore Furnace is likely sufficient to shorten supply lines without running out of storage.

There are numerous controls you can manage to help oversee your storage. You can set storage limits on Warehouses, production limits on resources, and control the logistics of Factories to set where they pickup and drop off resources. You may not need to use every setting, especially right away, but these tools can really help manage a logistically complex mid to late game colony.

Do not forget that if you run out of storage, your resource gatherers and factories can idle waiting on more space to become available. Make sure you are managing your storage space effectively, so that you don't waste valuable production time. If you're routinely running into this issue, make sure you're not overproducing goods by setting production limits and/or making sure your factories can keep up with processing raw materials. Lastly, take advantage of ships visiting your ports and sell your goods for gold ore better tax rewards. You're encouraged not to hoard too much in this game. Idle resources are not helping you succeed.

Conveyor Belts

Conveyor belts provide you with an opportunity to slowly move goods to waiting Warehouses without requiring your Whiskers to make the same trip to drop off those resources. This can keep Whiskers processing goods for a greater proportion of the day.

Conveyor belts consist of the Flat Belt, [[Up-Lift Stairs] and Drop-Down Slides. All three of these components can be used