Only tools can go into toolbox. I love my toolbox, because I know where my tools are, no trying to remember "crap, which bag were those in?" Its just a personal preference.
The toolbox is also great if you loan your tools to other people on a regular basis, or if someone repairs a tool for you. Put the toolbox into the first slot of your inventory, and then when a tool is returned to you, it will always go back to the right place. The spice box and other specialized containers are useful for organization as well.
Right now, there seems to be no functional difference between a toolbox and a big bag. But who knows -- maybe we'll discover when we get to a high enough level that tools are more likely to wear out or become broken if they're kept in a bag rather than a sturdy toolbox. In the meantime, try to enjoy how the different look of the toolbox helps you keep track of what's where.
Currants are so easy to earn that the difference is trivial. And as a prevoius poster said, having the tool box at the front makes the tools land into it and keeps the other stuff from finding it's way in. I keep two toolboxes as the first two 'slots' in my inventory. I wish we had special food and ore containers too. They would be worth paying a little extra for.
To put in my two cents, it's nice not having non-tool items end up in my toolbox if it doesn't happen to be full - it's like automagic organization. But hey, maybe I'm too obsessive about labels.
Automatic organization. Me too. First are my two toolboxes, then my spice chest, then my elemental pouch (then my cubimal box when I get it), random bags to take stuff as it gets loaded, at the end are my specialized bags: "produce" "meat and eggs" "milk and grains" "vapors and bubbles" "prepared food." That way nothing gets in my specialized bags unless I put it there. ALL of my bags are named. I haven't yet tried to name my toolboxes. BRB. :)
@BenAlex: I was thinking about getting another toolbox, so as long as yours is any color but red, I'll be happy to trade you for a big bag in your choice of color + the difference in Currants. (I want a color other than red so I can tell the two apart... Organization, ya know?) Message me in-game or reply here and we'll set something up.
I'd be willing to pay for other premium auto-sorting containers like the toolbox. Perhaps we can purchase a mini-fridge for ONLY food? Or a Junk Drawer for ONLY non-edible items? A Basket for harvestables?
Although some bag reorganization problems have been solved by the recent item-locking, it's still not an enjoyable chore to do.
yeah, i never saw the point. i just keep my tools far-right in my inventory with my emblems and such and no random detritus ever gets mixed up with them.
i would pay extra for a toolbox if tools stored in them experienced less wear, but otherwise i'm ok with bigger bags.
The one thing I dislike about toolboxes is tools don't by default go there when you receive them.
The spice rack does that, and it's muchly appreciated, but when I sell a broken watering can and buy a new one I have to manually put it back in the right spot.
Yea, I think that should be adjusted on them, Abby. It'd be nice to have the tools automatically go in there. I thought at one point they did, but I must have been wrong.
I love love love my shiny toolbox. If bigger bags had more colors...then I would go with that. But yes...all my tools, nicely. Organized. And I KNOW exactly where they are.