Crate
This article is timeless and should be accurate for any version of the game.
Crates are a special item that contains a bulk amount of a single type of item, allowing for easier transportation. Their icon displays a tiny icon of the item inside and their description shows the name of the item and its quantity which is specific to the item type.
Acquisition
Factory & Mass Production Factory
Crates of items can be produced by placing orders in a Factory or Mass Production Factory. When retrieving an order, the crates are automatically generated in the player's inventory. Crates produced in orders set to "personal" or "squad" are reservable.
Refinery
A player can retrieve the finished materials in their personal refining queue as crates by pressing RMB on the desired materials and selecting the Retrieve as Crates option. Enough materials must be in the queue to make at least one crate:
- A crate of Basic Materials contains 100 units
- A crate of Explosive Powder, Refined Materials, and Gravel contains 20 units
- A crate of Diesel contain 1 unit
- A crate of Heavy Explosive Powder contains 30 units
- A crate of Aluminum Alloy, Copper Alloy, and Iron Alloy contains 20 units
The amount of crates retrieved cannot be selected, it's as many as your inventory can fit.
The crates produced are reservable.
Facilities
A player can retrieve the finished items in their private production slots at production Facilities as crates by pressing RMB on the desired item and selecting the Retrieve as Crates option. For Large Items, the option is only available from the driver seat of a vehicle. The crates created are reservable.
Material Crate Packing
Materials (Basic Materials, Explosive Powder, Diesel, etc..) and liquid canisters can also be packed into crates while in the interface of a Storage Depot, Seaport, or Shipping Container by pressing RMB on them and selecting the Pack Material Crate option. All materials of the selected type will be transformed into crates if there's enough space in the inventory, the amount required per crate depends on the materials type. The crates created are not reservable.
Inversely, those crates of materials can be transformed back into stacks with the Unpack Material Crate option.
A material's description mentions if it can be packed/unpacked and how many is needed in a stack to make a crate.
Note: Despite having a crate stockpile, the Storage Ship's interface doesn't let players pack/unpack crates.
Uses
Crates allow the bulk delivery, transportation, and storage of items from the production centers to the frontline Bases and Storage Depots.
Item Delivery
Crates cannot be directly opened to take their content, they must be submitted to an item stockpile (typically at a Base). This is done by opening the menu of the stockpile's structure or vehicle with E, then RMB on the crate in your inventory and select the option Submit to Stockpile or Submit All to stockpile. The latter will submit all crates in your inventory while the former will let you choose how many crates the player wants to submit. Submitting destroys the crate(s) and adds their content to the stockpile. Players can then retrieve the items by assembling them with LMB.
Any stockpile (even on vehicles) that accepts a particular item allows crates of such item to be submitted to transfer their content.
Item Transportation
Crates do not stack in inventories (1 per slot). They can be transported by almost any vehicle with inventory slots but are most commonly delivered by standard Trucks or Heavy-Duty Trucks.
They can also be submitted into the stockpile of a Shipping Container (up to 60 crates) that is then transported by a Shipping Vehicle. However, unloading the crates from a Shipping Container can ONLY be done at a Seaport, Storage Depot, or Storage Ship. Crates are often transported in large quantities to a crate stockpile close to the desired destination, for better efficiency, then retrieved and delivered by trucks.
Item Storage
Crates can be submitted and stored into crate stockpiles at Seaports, Storage Depots, and Storage Ships. These stockpiles keep the crates intact, allowing for players to safely store equipment and materials for future use. Crates that are reservable can be submitted into a Reserve Stockpile at a Seaport or Storage Depot. You can check if a crate is reservable by reading its description. Storing a crate in a public stockpile makes it not reservable.
Trivia
- The icon of the Crate has the same look as the Dropped Items box
- A crate always weighs 55% regardless of its content
Gallery
The subicon of a crate and its description.
A crate is marked reservable in the tooltip description.
Option to "Retrieve as Crates" in the Refinery interface.
Option to "Retrieve as Crates" in the Materials Factory interface.
Options to Pack/Unpack Material Crates in the interface of a Storage Depot, Seaport, or Shipping Container.
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