Does locking chests stop pals from putting stuff in them?

[Grandpa Crack Pipe]

I can't designate them to put certain stuff in certain chests (as far as I know), so I keep finding rocks and wood in random chests around my base. Does locking them stop pals from putting stuff in them?

[Xanimal86]

Locking puts a password on your chest. I think it is to prevent other players from taking stuff from your chest. Metal chest has more slots and the shipping container has even more eliminating the need for multiple chests once you unlock them.

[Fleffle]

As far as I've seen, that doesn't work. Best you can do for now is just drop a wooden box near the resources they're gathering. If anything they gather happens to be edible though, they'll try running to the feedbox with it, so make sure there's berries in each slot because the second place they'll try to go is the cooler/fridge.

[Vyvyvn]

Best you can do right now is spread the items you want exclusively in certain containers in half and quarter stacks.

[Noeat]

im using another method...
nonspoiling food or seeds to block free slots in chests
you can use it even for food basket, because they begin with most left slot.
therefore in first slot berries and in other slots cotton candy. because you dont use cotton candy for anything

then they put all other food into fridge

[MagikarpMagi]

I'm using a different method.

I noticed when I was making indoor sleeping areas that making your pals enter the area through a door wouldn't work very well. So I removed the door, and I just leave an open wall space in any building I want Pals to enter. No problem.

So that got me thinking... if they don't like to use the door, maybe I can make some storage behind a closed door that stays organized. And it works! For whatever reason, my Pals won't enter the small section of my base behind a stone door. They don't even go in there to light my fireplace unless I open the door myself.

There could be other factors. The room in question is a bit out of the way and at a higher elevation than any other storage I have, so maybe it just doesn't make sense for them to go to it. But I think it's worth trying. I am not using a password on the door.