23a:Bin

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A Bin is a specially made basket for certain Template:L. A bin can be made from one Template:L at a Template:L or three Template:Ls of Template:L at a Template:L. Bins make it possible to store lots of objects into one tile of a stockpile. A stockpile without a bin will likely fill up fast, leaving any remaining items where they are to get in the way.

Stockpiles that use bins are Template:L, Template:L, Template:Ls/Template:Ls, Template:L, Template:Ls, Template:L, Template:L, Template:L, and Template:L. Template:L stockpiles use Template:Ls instead of bins. Other stockpiles do not use anything at all.

The number of items that fit in a bin varies, for example 10 bars or gems (probably the lowest number) or 100 bolts (independent of how they are stacked) fit in one.

Bins also save time when hauling goods to the Template:L, as a bin marked for trade will be carried along with all its contents.

Note that bins containing Template:Ls and Template:Ls can become too heavy for most dwarves to move in one day, or if the distance is long enough, even a Template:L.

See Template:L for more information on how things are organized with bins.

If you have a bin that will not be moved to any stockpile, check the contents to make sure that some stockpile will accept that mixture of items. Dwarves will not sort items from bins at the Trade Depot or on the ground. If you have a bin with mixed contents which you wish to have sorted between two or more stockpiles, you must first make a temporary stockpile which accepts all types. Then change the settings on the temporary stockpile to force out the items which you want moved to another bin. Then finally destroy the temporary stockpile to move the now-sorted bin.

To see the contents of a bin (or barrel), use the k key and then enter. Once there, use + & - to scroll up or down the contents, and Enter (again) if you wish to view that item specifically.

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