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[[Barrel]]s are [[wood]]en or [[metal]] containers that are useful for storing items in a [[Stockpile#food|food stockpile]] and are used to store [[alcohol]], [[plant]]s, [[seed]] bags, [[meat]], [[fish]], [[dwarven syrup]], [[quarry bush]] leaf bags, [[flour]] bags and [[dye]] bags, cooked food in a stack of 15 or less, [[fat]] and [[tallow]], and all [[prepared organs]].  They are made at a [[Carpenter's workshop]] with 1 log or at a [[Forge]] with 3 bars of metal. Barrels can be disabled in a stockpile to prevent haulers from running off with everything else inside to pick up a stray seed.

[[Pot]]s, the larger equivalent of barrels, can be made of wood, stone, clay, glass, or metal.  Pots can also be used to store alcohol and other related liquids, though clay pots (earthenware) must be [[glaze]]d to hold liquids.  Pots hold twice as much as barrels (30 total units of food) at the cost of weighing 2.5 times as much as a barrel of an equivalent material.

[[Bin]]s are containers, again made from wood or metal, used for most non-food items. They are sent to all the other stockpiles (with the exclusion of the [[refuse]], [[stone]] and [[graveyard]] piles) and will hold much larger stacks of items, making organizing those endless piles of +giant cave spider silk socks+ and trade goods much easier to manage.  They are made at a [[Carpenter's workshop]] with  1 log or at a [[Forge]] with 3 bars of metal. Bars will stack into a bin, but not into any other container, so a stock pile with bars enabled will default to requesting bins.

These two containers are both furniture items only.  They must be built in rooms assigned to dwarves in order to function properly.  Cabinets are used to store clothing, and chests are used to store everything else.

Their contents can be viewed with the {{k|t}} menu.

! Container || Stockpile || Furniture || Solid Capacity || Liquid Capacity || Stores

|   Barrel || Furniture > Type > Barrels        ||  No ||  3000 || 3000 || Food, Alcohol⁴, Extracts⁴, Milk, Lye, Bags   

| Large Pot || Finished Goods > Type > Tools    || No ||  6000 ||  6000 || Food, Alcohol, Bags

|    Bin    || Furniture > Type > Bins          ||  No ||  3000 ||        || Items, Jugs, Flasks

|   Bucket || Furniture > Type > Buckets        ||  No ||      || 600 || Milk, Lye, Water²

|   Jug    || Finished Goods > Type > Tools    ||  No ||      || 1000 || Royal Jelly, Honey, Rock Nut Oil

| Flask<br />Vial<br />Waterskin

| Backpack || Finished Goods > Type > Backpacks ||  No ||  3000 ||        || Food

|   Quiver || Finished Goods > Type > Quivers  ||  No || 1200 ||        || Ammunition

| Bag<br />Chest<br />Coffer<br />Box

| Cabinet || Furniture > Type > Cabinets || Yes || 3000 ||       ||   Owned clothing

| Nest Box || Finished Goods > Type > Tools    || Yes ||   200 ||       ||   Eggs 

             || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes || No || No || No

| Hive    || Finished Goods > Type > Tools    || Yes ||  500 || 500 || Honey Bees, Royal Jelly, Honeycomb{{verify}}

             || Yes || Yes || Yes || Yes || No || No || Yes

|  Cage<br />Terrarium<br />Aquarium

| Animal Trap || Animals                         || Yes & No || 3000 || || Vermin, Bait

| Coffin<br />Casket<br />Sarcophagus

| Weapon Rack || Furniture > Type > Weapon Racks || Yes || 6000 || || Weapons

| Armor Stand || Furniture > Type > Armor Stands || Yes || 6000 || || Armor

*Bins are like Barrels but stores different stuff.