Storage

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Storage is a  building category for structures that store Goods. There are three types of stores: Warehouses, Piles and Tanks. Each type of good requires a specific type of store. A store can only store a single type of good at a time. You can change your selection at any time but before  Beavers and  Bots start bringing the new goods, they must remove the old goods. Stores, except the  Underground Pile, are open on at least one side, so you can see the stored goods.

Builders can only collect  Rubble if there is enough available storage for the contained Goods.

Hauling

By default,  Workers and  haulers store produced goods at the nearest available store. In addition, stores have options to customize hauler behavior further.

Hauler options for stores

Option	Result
Accept Goods	This is the default setting. The storage accepts the selected good and workers can take them for use.
Obtain	Haulers fill the store by bringing the goods from other structures. This happens on top of the normal “Accept” behavior. This button is hidden in Districts where  Hauling Posts haven't been constructed.
Supply	Haulers redistribute the goods to other stores, while continuing to accept new goods from nearby producers. This mode affects  District Crossings importing and exporting. Stores set to supply are not considered part of the District's maximum storage capacity when the distribution post tries to balance quantities. This button is hidden in Districts where  Hauling Posts haven't been constructed.
Empty	The store no longer accepts goods. The inventory will be moved elsewhere or consumed. The store has a status of Building Is Being Emptied.

Statuses Relating To Storage

Main article: Status Icons

These statuses depend on the availability of Storage capacity. They may not be exclusive to stores.

Status	Description
No good selected	No type of goods has been set to store here. Suppress this status by setting it to Empty.
Empty	See Empty above Stores that are set to Empty, or are being emptied to make room for another type of goods. Vertically stacked stores set to Empty arrange their icons in stacking order, with the topmost roundel representing the topmost affected store.
Out of Haulers' Range	This also displays in Status Messages. These are stores set to Supply or Obtain when the  District no longer has  Hauling Posts. This is also indicated in: buildings requiring haulers to function workplaces set to be Prioritised by Haulers
No Storage | This status appears in the detail window for  Rubble when there is no available capacity to store its contents.

List of Buildings

For details of each of the Goods, follow its link to its main page.

Piles	Factions	Unlock	Bounding Box [a]	Material Cost	Capacity	-per square	Goods Stored	Attributes	Notes
Small Pile			1x1, 2h	2	20	20
Large Pile			3x3, 2h	6	180	20
Underground Pile		1000	3x3, 1h, -2 [b]	20, 40, 20	1000	111.11		Ground-only	[b]
Small Industrial Pile			1x1, 1h	4	20	20		Solid
Large Industrial Pile			3x3, 1h	12	180	20		Solid

Warehouses	Factions	Unlock	Bounding Box [a]	Material Cost	Capacity	-per square	Goods Stored	Attributes	Notes
Small Warehouse			1x1, 1h	3	30	30	Ingredients  Foods [:] [:]	Solid
Medium Warehouse			2x3, 1h	15	200	33.33		Solid
Large Warehouse		250	3x3, 2h	60, 80	1200	133.33		Solid

Tanks	Factions	Unlock	Bounding Box [a]	Material Cost	Capacity	-per square	Goods Stored	Attributes	Notes
Small Tank			1x1, 2h	15	30	30	[:] [:]
Medium Tank		120	2x2, 3h	30, 20	300	75
Large Tank		600	3x3, 3h	80, 60, 30	1200	133.33

[a] Heights of non-solid buildings are determined by the number of 1-high solid blocks required before a  Suspension Bridge clears it.
[b] When placed on elevated terrain, the  Underground Pile requires a ground-only placement with at least two layers of terrain beneath it. This 2-deep requirement does not apply to the lowest point of the map

Trivia

• You used to be able to store many different goods in a single warehouse. This caused interesting problems as one good would choke fill the entire warehouse (no maximum) and block production/delivery of other important goods.
• During the same time period, warehouses could also transfer power. They lost this ablity at the same time that walls were removed so you could more easily see what was being stored.
• Don't try to count the number of boxes visually displayed and compare it to the actual count. It rarely matches.