How to make them use bins?

[COM1]

I have a lot of bins made but it seems like most are going unused. Any way I can assign someone to organize my stockpiles into available bins?

[koimeiji]

dwarves should automatically use bins for appropriate items, assuming the stockpile allows container use.

check your stockpile settings, should be an option to change whether the stockpile allows bins/wheelbarrows or not, and how many max.

alternatively, the items are just too big to fit in bins, or are food items which are stored in vessels/barrels not bins.

[COM1]

I just have a lot of rocks and ore that they arent putting away. In game manual says barrels are just for food and that bins are for pretty much everything else. Im guessing they are too big? Maybe If I process them into blocks they can be stacked?

[BRIMStone]

turn the rocks into blocks, i believe those fit.

[COM1]

Originally posted by BRIMStone JoinUsInVR:

turn the rocks into blocks, i believe those fit.

Thank you

[BRIMStone]

per the wiki:

Most non-food items can be stored in bins; the quantity allowed depends upon the items stored. Each bin can store up to 10 bars or blocks, while 30 or more small crafts may fit into a single bin. This might have changed in newer versions of the game.

pig tail cloth: 300
stone block: 10
bone bolts: 400

i assume any blocks are also 10, not dependant on material...iirc its also 4 blocks per rock, and 1 rock per tile in a stockpile...

so instead of 1 rock per space its now essentially 2 and 1/2 rocks per tile :D

[StrangerShame]

I'm having a similar problem. i am trying to get all my weapons and armor into a few stockpiles but they won't put any bins in those stockpiles. Can weapons and armor be stored in bins?
I also tried putting weapon racks and chests in training halls and barracks but they are all empty.
Right now I have like 75 random pieces of armor all sitting at the metal worker...

[StrangerShame]

Originally posted by StrangerShame:

I'm having a similar problem. i am trying to get all my weapons and armor into a few stockpiles but they won't put any bins in those stockpiles. Can weapons and armor be stored in bins?
I also tried putting weapon racks and chests in training halls and barracks but they are all empty.
Right now I have like 75 random pieces of armor all sitting at the metal worker...

I think I figured it out... I thought coffers were stone bins but they are stone chests... Doesn't look like there is a stone version of a bin. I have so many empty coffers now... LOL

[BRIMStone]

Originally posted by StrangerShame:

Originally posted by StrangerShame:

I'm having a similar problem. i am trying to get all my weapons and armor into a few stockpiles but they won't put any bins in those stockpiles. Can weapons and armor be stored in bins?
I also tried putting weapon racks and chests in training halls and barracks but they are all empty.
Right now I have like 75 random pieces of armor all sitting at the metal worker...

I think I figured it out... I thought coffers were stone bins but they are stone chests... Doesn't look like there is a stone version of a bin. I have so many empty coffers now... LOL

make the largest tavern in the land!!!

or use them for other things, certain rooms use coffers for like...dwarves belongings or smth? idr...