What is the purpose of Storage Bins at work Stations?

[dnorris12]

I understand that villagers get resources from the Resource building so what is the point/purpose of having storage bins at each work station?

[Shame on you]

What if you have no storage Building ?

[TheRealMuehle]

When your storages are full, products of the building will be stored there.
And your workers will use tools and ressources from there first, before taking them from the storages.

[Dr. PoopFart™]

i have asked myself this over and over again :)

question: i have trouble figuering out if seeds have to be placed in the barn or the storage?

or more common: do all workers from all stations go to the storages for their stuff or at specific stations? thx

[Mr Chill Chill]

Even with the storage buildings not full, I still see NPCs reaching into the individual work station storage bins to grab their tools and such as if they're being stored there. I actually prefer it that way, rather than having everyone go the main storage building.

[TheRealMuehle]

Originally posted by Hugh Mongus™:

i have asked myself this over and over again :)

question: i have trouble figuering out if seeds have to be placed in the barn or the storage?

or more common: do all workers from all stations go to the storages for their stuff or at specific stations? thx

If there are seeds in the barns storage, they will use them first. But there is no need to store them there. If the barns storage is empty, they will take them from main storage.

And other way round, they will first store seeds in the Main-Storage. If it's full, they will store them in the barn.

Same for all other buildings.

[TsPok]

Originally posted by Hugh Mongus™:

question: i have trouble figuering out if seeds have to be placed in the barn or the storage?

Open your inventory, choose an item you are confused, look at the description under list of all items. In the right up corner o this description it is written in what building this item/resource has to be stored.
If main resource store is full than seeds can be kept in the barn.

[CampyBastard]

I like to organize certain resources like seeds/ore in the barn/blacksmith. The barn because I like to plant sometimes, and the smith so I can quickly walk by and see if the smithy needs restocking with ore; as opposed to scrolling down the long inventory of my storage shed.

[ciero9]

I use the separate storage chests for bowls, seeds, and other materials I use for crafting, farming, etc. So far, it's also a good way to protect important items from the storage theft event that occasionally occurs.

[TsPok]

Originally posted by CampyBastard:

I like to organize certain resources like seeds/ore in the barn/blacksmith. The barn because I like to plant sometimes, and the smith so I can quickly walk by and see if the smithy needs restocking with ore; as opposed to scrolling down the long inventory of my storage shed.

Great idea!
And, if farmers take seeds from barn at first place, it is good way to protect seeds for spring from making a flour or selling. I know the size of fields, so puting there needed value allow to use everything from storage!

[Dr. PoopFart™]

thanks all for the infos

[Philtre]

As implied by a couple of the responses above, one use for the chests in production buildings is to restrict usage of specific items to that building. So for instance, you can put some flax thread in the smithy or workshop to make sure the workers in those buildings have some available and prevent your sewers from turning it all into cloth.

[Min]

If i put worker tools in storage can they use it ? or i need to put it in every chest where they work ?

[hubbemattsson]

Use the storage. Easier that way, sinse there is where the NPCs put it.. But either works.

[richardmgoldsmith]

You can put some linen thread in the smithy chest so that the sewing craftsperson doesn’t use them and the smithy will get started on a bow sooner, for instance.

[subwaybananas]

Originally posted by Min:

If i put worker tools in storage can they use it ? or i need to put it in every chest where they work ?

Yes, you can only use the food and ressource storages, with no need of using the small building storages. Its easier and if you keep an eye of the detail description you will never get problems with wrong sorted items.
The buidling storages are only if you want to force item use, for example they should use iron tools instead the stone tools, or in houses they should eat the roasted meat instead the soups/breads in storages. But the automatic pick up system is good, tools and food with low durability first and for special food/water you can use the management tab, left side last tab, to forbidden it.