Dry Sacks vs Wood Crates?

[VodkaFish 38]

Hi, I have a base with a flag.

Is there any benefit to building crates vs using dry sacks for storage at my base?  Crates are associated with persistence and can be buried.   Crates hold 50, Dry Sacks hold 63.  Both can be buried. 

Crates have to be built, nails are like gold.

I have had an assault backpack, mountain backpacks, and numerous dry sacks, on the floor of my base for more than a week.   I am using them to organize things and they seem to help reduce lag.  I like barrels a lot but they're hard to come by close to the base.

Dry sacks come in different colors.   If you equip a colored glow stick and radio they appear on the outside of the dry bag.  The colors of the sack/glow stick allow me to identify the contents of a sack without having to look inside.

am I missing something?

Edited November 6, 2020 by VodkaFish
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[Tonyeh 454]

I seem to find more nails than dry sacks. 🤨 Didn't know the sacks had greater capacity than a crate though.

I do know this, however. The stash I am using presently is still intact and I never bothered burying it. Whereas any stash I've buried before was nicked fairly quickly. Even one that was, literally, in the middle of nowhere on a low pop server. The odds on anyone walking by it, seeing the mound of dirt, AND having a shovel in their hands would have been ridiculous.

I've heard that there are exploits and cheats that allow players to "see" dirt mounds and therefore dig up stashes.

So, for the time being, I'm just leaving the crates above ground.

[VodkaFish 38]

I have not been burying anything since I built the base.   It seems like both containers survive in the base without despawning.

If you want dry sacks go to any of the shipping container areas.  You can find them in the containers and on the zombies there.

[Tonyeh 454]

I've been there on occasion. I rarely travel to coastal areas TBH. But I tend not to find that many dry bags. Most probably the servers I was on.

For the time being, I'm happy with the crates. They can be almost invisible under a bush or a tree, whereas the bags are brightly coloured beacons.

Haven't tried building a base yet. Had a tent for a wee while, which was fun. But that got nicked as well, so there's not much point in doing that again.

[James Adam Rimmer 13]

On 11/6/2020 at 3:39 PM, VodkaFish said:

Hi, I have a base with a flag. Is there any benefit to building crates vs using dry sacks for storage at my base?  Crates are associated with persistence and can be buried.   Crates hold 50, Dry Sacks hold 63.  Both can be buried. Crates have to be built, nails are like gold. I have had an assault backpack, mountain backpacks, and numerous dry sacks, on the floor of my base for more than a week.   I am using them to organize things and they seem to help reduce lag.  I like barrels a lot but they're hard to come by close to the base. Dry sacks come in different colors.   If you equip a colored glow stick and radio they appear on the outside of the dry bag.  The colors of the sack/glow stick allow me to identify the contents of a sack without having to look inside. am I missing something?

What about the sea crates? Iv found a couple before, but they hold 100 I think?

[VodkaFish 38]

Sea Chests are great, but like barrels they're hard to move.   I set my original base up near Chernogorsk.  I've never seen a chest around there.   I have seen them in Svetlojarsk and maybe Berezino if memory serves me correctly.