Stardew Valley’s Update 1.6 introduces plenty of fresh new content that focuses on quality-of-life improvements in hopes of making your farm life even more delightful. Developer ConcernedApe has keenly listened to the requests ofStardew Valleyfans and added a new storage item called theBig Chest.
The Big Chest is a game-changer for players who like to hoard every resource they come across. While theregular chestshave a maximum capacity of 36 items, theBig Chest features70 storage slotsand can store almost twice as many items as a regular one. With more storage space in a single chest, you’re able to organize your items more efficiently and free up valuable space on your farm.
Updated on Jul 14, 2025 by Usama Ali:Unlike regular chests, which have limited space, Stardew Valley’s Big Chest comes with more storage slots. With so much space, you may organize all of your crops and supplies more effectively. You can even assign colors to your Big Chests based on the items they hold to easily identify their contents. Interestingly, Big Chests also have the ability to upgrade regular chests and this guide now covers how you can use it to your advantage.
How To Get The Crafting Recipe For Big Chest
Like some other items in the game, before you may craft a Big Chest inStardew Valley, you will need to purchase the crafting recipe for it. This recipe issold by the town’s carpenter,Robin, and costs5,000 gold coins.
Robin can be foundat the Carpenter’s Shop, situated north of the Community Center. The shop is open from 9 AM to 5 PM every day except Tuesdays and closes around 4 PM on Fridays.
The Big Chest crafting recipe is only available in Robin’s Shop if you’ve updated to the latest version ofStardew Valley, Version 1.6.
How To Craft A Big Chest In Stardew Valley
To craft a Big Chest inStardew Valley, you will need the following materials.
Wood can easily be obtained by chopping down trees using an Axe, whereasCopper Barscan be smelted from Copper Ore inside a Furnace. Copper Ore can be obtained by breaking copper nodes in the mines using a Pickaxe. Alternatively, players can also purchase Copper Oresfrom the Blacksmith.
One Copper Bar is prepared by smelting 5Copper Oreusing 1 piece of Coal as fuel. Each Copper Bar takes 30 minutes in-game time to make, which is about 22 seconds in real-time.
Once you’ve gathered the required ingredients, simplynavigate to the Crafting tab(denoted by a hammer icon) in the Menu, andclick on the Big Chest icon to craft it.These chests can also becolor-graded to categorize itemsand help you manage your inventory efficiently while keeping the farm looking neater.
How To Use A Big Chest in Stardew Valley
The Big Chest inStardew Valleyis an incredibly useful storage upgrade that allows you to organize and store more items efficiently. Before you’re able to use a Big Chest, you need to choose a convenient spot on your farm or in your house to place it.
After placing the Big Chest, interact with it to open it. Next, drag and drop items from your inventory into the chest – similar to how you’d store items in regular chests. You can store a large variety of items, including crops, tools, crafting materials, and evenfurniture items inStardew Valley.
A unique feature of the Big Chest is its ability to replace andupgrade your standard chestswithout losing the items inside. Simply walk up to an existing chest you want to upgrade andinteract with it while holding the Big Chest. Doing so will automaticallyreplace the old chest with the Big Chest, and all items stored in the original chest will easily transfer into the upgraded one.
To help keep track of your stored items, you canchange the Big Chest’s color. Simply open the chest and select the color option to customize it to your liking.
