Simple Storage Network Guide: From First Chest to Full Automation

Learn how the network works, how to lay out your storage room and how to automate it with import and export cables.

How Simple Storage Mod works

Five steps, in order. The cable line below is literally how your network is built.

Place the root
The network root is the anchor. Everything must connect back to it.
Run cables
Storage cables carry the connection through walls and floors.
Link inventories
Link cables read chests, barrels and modded containers.
Open the table
The request table lists every linked item in one searchable grid.
Automate
Import and export cables move items in and out on their own.

From your first chest link to a fully automated storage room.

Place one network root in your storage room.
Run storage cable along your chests and use link cables where cable touches a chest.
Connect a Storage Request Table and open it to see everything.
Deposit items through the table and let the network choose a chest.

`Shift` + click	Move a whole stack into or out of the network
Type in grid	Search box takes focus in most versions; type part of a name
Right-click	Take half a stack from the grid
`Esc` / `E`	Close the request table
`R` / `U`	Recipe and usage lookup with JEI or EMI installed

Three storage room patterns that stay tidy as your world grows.

One long wall of chests with a link cable behind each. Simple, cheap and perfect for the first weeks of survival.

Separate banks for ores, blocks, farm goods and loot, each with its own link cable priority and a catch-all chest last.

A central cable spine with storage on one side and automation on the other. Faults are easy to trace and expansion is trivial.

Most problems come down to versions, cables or filters. Here is where to look.

Common error	Likely cause	Fix
Game crashes on launch	Loader or Minecraft version mismatch	Match the jar to your exact Minecraft version and update the loader.
Mod not in the Mods list	Jar in the wrong folder or wrong loader profile	Check you launched the Forge/NeoForge profile and the jar sits in mods.
Request table is empty	No cable path to the root	Trace cables back to the root and replace any broken segment.
Chest items not showing	Plain cable instead of a link cable	Put a link cable against each inventory you want included.
Items vanish or refuse to insert	Two roots or a strict filter	Remove extra roots and check link cable filters and priorities.
Export cable does nothing	Cable facing the wrong way or empty filter	Rotate the cable toward the target and set a filter item.
Lag in large bases	Many fast cables and tiny inventories	Remove unneeded speed upgrades and use larger containers.

Some search bars from recipe mods can overlap the grid at certain GUI scales; changing GUI scale or the recipe mod's bar position fixes it.
New Minecraft versions can arrive a few weeks after release.