Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

Originally posted by sarteck:

Normal chests can carry more than black metal in "space taken," actually. You can fit roughly six in the area it would take to place a black metal chest, if you squeeze them all together.

Yeah, you can squish 4 regular chests into mostly the same area as a single black metal chest but I really don't like having to open 4 chests to find what I'm looking for. I just slap down a black metal chest and a sign over it that says what it holds.

If you need more than 1 black metal chest for each item in game you are a hoarder any way. Except for the trophies its easy to get more stuff, just a bit time consuming if you don't plan ahead.

I mean, you can do the same with regular chests, too. I typically have a whole section dedicated to items like the various woods and stone, and pop a sign over each section instead of over each chest.

Then again, I play with mods that allow me to craft from chests and allow me to auto-store items in chests, and would probably organize quite differently if I didn't use those. (FOr example, instead of storing wood, stone, marble, etc., I'd just make stacks.)

I also tend to very much be a hoarder, but that's because I'm making storage areas for 3-8 people typically.