Pockets, Bags, and What to do with them
When you first arrive in the world of Project Terra, you’ll notice that your inventory seems rather small compared to the games you’ve previously played. There are many reasons I could give you as to why this is, each of which is harder to accept than the last. So let’s just settle with the most important one, shall we? In real life, you don’t have much inventory space. You have your hands, your pockets, and maybe a backpack or purse. Could you imagine trying to hold ten logs of wood with that setup?
So while there are some liberties and things in the inventory system that might seem contradictory, my goal with this system is realism. I’ll explain what you start with, though by this point it should be fairly obvious.
Personal Inventory Space
Hand Slot
Hand Slot
Belt Slot (Small Item Pouch)
Belt Slot
Back Slot (Small Rucksack)
Empty Slot
Empty Slot
Empty Slot
Empty Slot
This is exactly how every player in Project Terra will start. I’ll be honest and say there are more reasons than just realism. First and foremost, the point of this game is to get involved with the world. The most efficient way to increase your storage is with land ownership. Build a house, or even a warehouse, and you’ll see just how much more storage you can handle. Owning even just a small house comes with a basic storage area, giving you an extra fifty storage slots. Also, the stack sizes of items increases drastically when using house storage.
Whereas carrying just ten logs would completely fill one slot in your backpack you can comfortably hold up to fifty logs in a single storage slot in a building. So yeah. Houses are going to be very important. Even if you can’t be bothered to build a home, you can at least rent storage space from one of the many NPC Storage Vendors you find across the world. Now comes the fun part. The math! I’ll show below how much storage is available depending on what option you choose (outside of personal carrying, of course).
The Many Storage Options!
House Plot
50 slots
Maximum stack size of 50
Storage Plot (Dedicating an entire 20ft by 20ft land plot to storage)
200 slots
Maximum stack size of 100
Warehouse (4 storage plots in a square)
1,000 slots
Maximum stack size of 100
Small Cart (Can be transported by hand)
20 slots
Maximum stack size of 10
Medium Cart (Requires animal or two players to pull)
50 slots
Maximum stack size of 10
Large Cart (Requires 2 animals to pull)
100 slots
Maximum stack size of 20
There are even some companions and animals that excel at carrying large amounts of items. And thee are, of course, many items you can purchase or create to increase your individual carrying capacity. But if you’ll take a tip from me, i recommend spending your first fifty Yemon on a Small Cart. It can be pulled by hand, and will save you a lot of time on traveling back and forth.