Is there any point in upgrading storage capacity?

[Kligan]

I've been always skipping storage capacity upgrades, because from what I see, any building can easily go over it's storage limit. Say I have 3 stacks of coats produces at the same time. And the building's storage will go 30/10.

Is there any use for upgrading storage capacity at all?

[kory]

They can do over their storage limit, but when they do they stop producing and start hauling. Increasing their capacity means they dont have to haul as often. In the end, its probably a small bonus, made a bit better by the addition of haulers to the game.

[arithmoquiner]

You are right that it is a very weak upgrade.

The storage capacity upgrade only really helps camps. If a woodcutter's camp fills up with 8 wood and 2 fiber, a woodcutter will need to make a trip to the warehouse to deliver the 2 fiber. Increasing the capacity by 10 could mean they deliver 4 fiber in 1 trip rather than in 2 separate trips.

Production buildings don't usually benefit from increased storage because the workers need to walk to the warehouse to gather ingredients.

In fact, it is often more efficient to set a lower storage limit in production buildings than the max, which you can do with a white triangular slider in buildings' storage UI. In general, you should use that to try to make delivering products line up with when villagers need to gather ingredients. That way, they will walk to the warehouse to deliver and return with ingredients instead of having to walk there twice.