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An example of storing items in the player's inventory

Storage is the general term for any device in the game that can contain one or more additional items, as well as the player's own inventory. All items occupy a number of inventory slots in a square or rectangle shape. Small items like crafting materials and most personal equipment occupy only one slot in storage, while large items like the Waterproof Locker can occupy up to nine slots. A Reefback Leviathan that was grown in the Alien Containment (not possible in the final game without using debug codes to spawn an egg) will take up sixteen slots in storage.

The game will automatically sort items to maximize the use of inventory space, but it is worth noting that as well as items having to fit into the number of squares, they must also physically fit into the grid. For example, if a container has a 4x3 grid, it is not possible to fit three 2x2 items into it, as the first two will leave the remaining space as a 4x1 column.

In the beginning, the player only has their own inventory, which can be accessed by using the PDA, and the storage unit inside Lifepod 5. As the player progresses through the game, they will gain access to various other containers and built-in storage systems.

Most prepared food items and plant samples placed in storage will spoil after a set period of time, but live animals can be stored indefinitely in either the player's inventory or any other storage method without any issue.

Portable storage items such as the Carry-all or Waterproof Locker generally cannot be picked up if they contain items, or put down inside the Cyclops. However, fixed storage such as Lockers can be built on the Cyclops' interior walls in the same way as at a base, and will function normally.

Types of storage

Name	Inventory slots (x\|y)	Total inventory slots
Carry-all	3×3	9
Cyclops Storage Locker	3×6	18
Inventory	6×8	48
Lifepod 5 Storage	4×8	32
Locker	6×8	48
Neptune Escape Rocket	3×6	54
Prawn Suit Storage	6×4 (6×5 with one Storage Module, 6×6 with two, 6×7 with three, 6×8 with four)	24 (30 with one Storage Module, 36 with two, 42 with three, 48 with four)
Seamoth Storage Module Container	4×4	16 (one Storage Module) 32 (two) 48 (three) 64 (four)
Wall Locker	5×6	30
Waterproof Locker	4×4	16

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 [[File:Storage 03.png|thumb|An example of storing items in the player's inventory]]'''Storage''' is the general term for any device in the game that can contain one or more additional items, as well as the player's own inventory. All items occupy a number of inventory slots in a square or rectangle shape. Small items like crafting materials and most personal equipment occupy only one slot in storage, while large items like the [[Waterproof Locker]] can occupy up to nine slots. A [[Reefback Leviathan]] that was grown in the [[Alien Containment]] (not possible in the final game without using debug codes to spawn an egg) will take up sixteen slots in storage.
+The game will automatically sort items to maximize the use of inventory space, but it is worth noting that as well as items having to fit into the number of squares, they must also physically fit into the grid. For example, if a container has a 4x3 grid, it is not possible to fit three 2x2 items into it, as the first two will leave the remaining space as a 4x1 column.
 In the beginning, the [[player]] only has their own inventory, which can be accessed by using the [[PDA]], and the storage unit inside [[Lifepod 5]]. As the player progresses through the game, they will gain access to various other containers and built-in storage systems.