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Stardew Valley Big Chest Recipe Route
Unlock / Carpenter's Shop, 5,000g, Wood, and Copper Bars
Big Chest is the direct 1.6 storage upgrade: buy the recipe from Robin's Carpenter's Shop, craft it with Wood and Copper Bars, then upgrade high-traffic regular chests to 70 item slots.
Facts and route notes
Category: Unlock
Focus: Carpenter's Shop, 5,000g, Wood, and Copper Bars
Checklist: Buy the Big Chest recipe from the Carpenter's Shop when storage starts slowing routes down. Reserve 120 Wood and 2 Copper Bars per Big Chest. Upgrade farm, mine, fish, bundle, and machine chests before low-traffic decoration storage.
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