Best backpack?

[Nick or Somethin' Idk]

I remember hearing of a backpack which allows you to stack items. I have a large backpack currently, but it seems nothing will stack in it.Is there anything better?

[SnugSnug]

breif rule of thumb

traders stack,
theives have smallest penalties relatively.
scavenger / large backpacks have the widest inventory layouts for longer items.

different packs for different purposes

[Nick or Somethin' Idk]

Originally posted by SnugSnug:

breif rule of thumb

traders stack,
theives have smallest penalties relatively.
scavenger / large backpacks have the widest inventory layouts for longer items.

different packs for different purposes

Do you know where I could buy a trader backpack?

[Pille]

There are two types of trader backpacks (only one of them stacks). They can't be bought though. You have to steal them from traders who wear the backpack (it's a large orange backpack). Kill the traders or knock them unconscious to get the backpack.

[ModerateOsprey]

A lot of the Waystations have bar traders that sell backpacks that you can stack certain items in. Some traders in both Stack and Squin also sell these. There may well be others.

Its the wooden backpacks that you are looking for - they have wooden frame with hide panels. The trader wooden back pack has a sun shade.

[XIII]

Soldiers/etc always thieves backpack, and settlement workers can use everything really.

Large really just makes sense for some logistics runner or so.

[ModerateOsprey]

Oh, if you join the Shinobi Thieves in The Hub, you get access to their trader who sells the thieves backpacks

[XIII]

The backpack seller at the eastern tech hunter city also sells tons of thieves backpacks. Had 3 mediums and 4 smalls last time I was there.

Otherwise its just a rare item at other traders.

[starkmaddness]

There is no best backpack, each is situational.

Trader (framed) backpacks are for haulers (as they stack)
Thief backpacks are for workers/fighters
Large backpacks are for robbing stores (and later for selling crafted gear)
Regular medium/small backpacks are for people who haven't found thief backpacks yet

[XIII]

Framed backpacks stack? ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, that would saved me so much work xD

Originally posted by starkmaddness:

Thief backpacks are for workers/fighters

Fighters sure, but why workers? I don't think medium backpacks got modifiers on athletics or laboring stuff.

[DeathOnRedBull]

Originally posted by Pille:

There are two types of trader backpacks (only one of them stacks). They can't be bought though. You have to steal them from traders who wear the backpack (it's a large orange backpack). Kill the traders or knock them unconscious to get the backpack.

Not so. Pretty much all my trader backpacks (and wooden backpacks) I have bought, and they both stack. I started in The Hub - bought my first few at Squinn. They are available pretty much everywhere, in outdoor shops, some bars, and some general shops.

[Pille]

I was talking about these things:
https://kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Traders_Backpack_Medium
https://kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Traders_Backpack_Large

There are trader's backpacks and traders backpacks (without the apostrophe ' ). ;)

[DeathOnRedBull]

Originally posted by Pille:

I was talking about these things:
https://kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Traders_Backpack_Medium
https://kenshi.fandom.com/wiki/Traders_Backpack_Large

There are trader's backpacks and traders backpacks (without the apostrophe ' ). ;)

Apologies - my bad.

EDIT: I think the OP was asking about ANY backpack that stacked. Early game, the answer would be Trader's Backpack, and Wooden Backpack, I guess.

The darker orange 'traders' backpacks, I'm not sure I've even seen. Maybe I've gotten so used to not needing (what I thought was) medium and large backpacks (having so many), I've passed over them.

Interesting - gonna check this.

[DeathOnRedBull]

This dude reckons those 'traders' backpacks don't exist in the most recent version. Can anyone confirm or deny this? I'm pretty sure I haven't seen any in over 200 hours of play.

Originally posted by BlitzKrieg-Kjeld:

Are you talking about the bagpacks from the early versions of kenshi that looked the same as normal one, but had a different colour and stacked items?

Because if you are, then those don't excist anymore. They have been replaced by the square wooden looking ones. You can choose between a plain one and one with a little sunshield that does nothing but make you look stupid. :P

[Pyrrhus]

Best backpack for combat is small thief backpack.

Best backpack for range to storage arrows is large thief backpack.

Best personal management by player for trading, transferring, building, or stealing stacks of items is trader backpack large.

Best to deal with weapons and gears is shopkeeper goods bag, can be use to trade bunch of weapons from Scraphouse or loot bodies for item furnace but weights 100kg. Use it for stealing isn't ideal, you can use packbull with high thievery skills after using other character to lockpick and access storage.

Both orange backpacks can be taken from shopkeepers. Most of them carry trader backpack large but if you want shopkeeper goods bag, general shopkeeper has it in Stack.

[Locklave]

Holy nation for the orange backpacks. Stealth KO a shop keep and win.