Buffer Chests: Overflow-Safe Storage Blocks

Buffer Chests tackles backed-up farm storage with two dedicated containers — Buffer chest and Advanced buffer chest, spelling faithful to the mod — that keep item lines moving by automatically clearing part of their contents instead of jamming full.

Crafting the Starter Buffer Chest

Where a standard Chest leaves its center crafting slot empty, the base Buffer chest tucks a piece of Coal inside the eight-plank ring:

• any planks x8 + Coal -> Buffer chest

Because any overworld or Nether plank variety works alongside a single lump of Coal, you can place a Buffer chest at the end of early Hopper chains, mob grinders, or crop harvesters long before setting up redstone item disposal.

Upgrading to the Advanced Buffer Chest

Once your storage room has Nether redstone components and pearls available, an existing Buffer chest upgrades directly on the crafting grid through a shapeless recipe:

• Buffer chest + Redstone Comparator + Ender Pearl -> Advanced buffer chest

Converting an already-placed Buffer chest rather than crafting a new housing from scratch lets you swap starter overflow bins up to the Advanced buffer chest tier without wasting materials.