Strongbox

A strongbox is a block that stores items. It is functionally similar to a chest, but can be moved and secured. At higher tiers, it also stores more items.

Obtaining

A placed strongbox can be instantly picked up by dismantling it with a wrench. Its stored items and configuration are preserved in the item. It can also be mined using a pickaxe, though this can be much slower.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Tin Ingot + Chest

Upgrading

A strongbox is initially at the lowest tier (basic). It can be upgraded to higher tiers using upgrade kits and conversion kits.

Usage

Placement

When placed, a strongbox faces the player. It can face any of the four cardinal directions, and can be rotated using a wrench.

Manual usage

A placed strongbox is functionally similar to a chest. When used, it is opened so that items can be manually put in or taken out.

Strongboxes cannot store certain items that can themselves store items, like other strongboxes or satchels.

Input and output

Items can enter and exit a strongbox through any of its sides.

Security

A strongbox can have a signalum security lock installed to restrict who can access it.

Enchantments

A strongbox can be enchanted with Holding to increase its capacity.

Redstone comparators

When placed next to a strongbox with public access, a redstone comparator emits a signal strength of between 0 and 15, depending on how full the strongbox is.

Tiers

Strongboxes come in six tiers.

Thermal Expansion (Minecraft 1.12)
Machines	Redstone Furnace ∙ Pulverizer ∙ Sawmill ∙ Induction Smelter ∙ Phytogenic Insolator ∙ Compactor ∙ Magma Crucible ∙ Fractionating Still ∙ Fluid Transposer ∙ Energetic Infuser ∙ Centrifugal Separator ∙ Sequential Fabricator ∙ Alchemical Imbuer ∙ Arcane Ensorcellator ∙ Glacial Precipitator ∙ Igneous Extruder
Devices	Aqueous Accumulator ∙ Nullifier ∙ Thermal Mediator ∙ Arboreal Extractor ∙ Aquatic Entangler ∙ Item Allocator ∙ Fluid Allocator ∙ Lexical Transmuter ∙ Insightful Condenser ∙ Decoctive Diffuser ∙ Factorizer ∙ Creature Encaptulator ∙ Vacuumulator
Dynamos	Steam Dynamo ∙ Magmatic Dynamo ∙ Compression Dynamo ∙ Reactant Dynamo ∙ Enervation Dynamo ∙ Numismatic Dynamo
Storage	Energy Cell ∙ Flux Capacitor ∙ Portable Tank ∙ Reservoir ∙ Cache ∙ Strongbox ∙ Satchel
Augments	Machine Auxiliary Reception Coil ∙ Auxiliary Sieve ∙ Nullification Chamber ∙ Trivection Chamber ∙ Flux Anodizers ∙ Pyrolytic Conversion ∙ Tectonic Initiator ∙ Resin Funnel ∙ Metallurgical Recovery ∙ Pyro-Concentrator ∙ Nutrient Recovery ∙ Sapling Infuser ∙ Monoculture Cycle ∙ Numismatic Press ∙ Gearworking Die ∙ Pyroconvective Loop ∙ Reflux Column ∙ Alchemical Retort ∙ Flux Linkage Concentrator ∙ Flux Reconstruction ∙ Parabolic Flux Coupling ∙ Enstabulation Apparatus ∙ Pattern Validation ∙ Fluidic Fabrication ∙ Reagent Recovery ∙ Pyroclastic Injection ∙ Clastic Deposition Dynamo Auxiliary Transmission Coil ∙ Fuel Catalyzer ∙ Transmission Coil Ducting ∙ Excitation Field Limiter ∙ Boiler Conversion ∙ Turbine Conversion ∙ Isentropic Reservoir ∙ Closed-Loop Cooling ∙ Ignition Plugs ∙ Agitative Manifold ∙ Elemental Catalyzer ∙ Disjunctive Extraction ∙ Lapidary Calibration
Other	Coolants ∙ Florb ( Magmatic) ∙ Morb ( Reusable)