Why to Love ArkInventory - Sort by ItemStatLevel

So, another reason to love ArkInventory...

 I don't know if you're like me, but often times when I look at my bank or bags, things get lost, even when categorized by ArkInventory. I tend to be very organized when it comes to things technology-wise, especially my file naming and folder structures and this extends to items in game.  I have lots of "categories" in ArkInventory

So the above snippet comes from my bank where I store all the "Expansion Specials" that I'm not using.

(Expansion Specials is what I called the items that you need for crafting mats that came with the different expansions...Motes/Primals, Crystal/Eternals, and now Volatiles. Clever I know).

For those who look closely you'll see that the items above are organized by expansion so that I can see them easily lined up and neatly organized when I look at the bag/bank. Volatiles come before Eternals before Crystals before Primals, etc down to Classic (or as some call it "Vanilla") WoW items.

Now I know its easy enough to do searches and find things, which I do all the time (also built-in to ArkInventory), but when you actually get to the bank or toon that has the 3 Volatile Fires you need, where are they...what actual square are they in?  This helps.

To set this up, you'll need to create a custom sort method inside ArkInventory config.  Do this by typing (or copy & paste) into a message window:

/arkinventory config

Once the config window comes up, select Sort Methods and you'll see the following window (or similar based on your window "skinning" addons):

Then give under Add Sort Method, type in a name and click OK:

Once the new method is created, you just need to check the boxes next to the stats you want to sort by and order them.  As you can see above, I chose "Item (stat) level" and then "Item name".  Also note the "Direction" field of "Descending". (In ArkInventory, its a little funky how it handles ascending vs descending...this actually means to descend from the anchor point of that group (e.g. Expansion Specials) which can be customized by group). Just flip it how you like it...I wanted higher level items to be "higher" in the list.

Now to apply it to the group:
(For instructions how to create a new group see my other article Why to Love ArkInventory - Categorizing)

1. Open your bag/bank.
2. Click the cog to go into Edit mode.
3. Right-click the Bar that you want to modify
4. Scroll down to Sort method
5. Slide over to to the popout menu and choose the new sort method that you created.

(if you ever want to switch back to the Default method, just do steps 1-4, but then select the Default again).

So that is how you setup custom sorting in ArkInventory and apply it.  I hope this helps.

Happy Sorting,
Chondrius

P.S. For those of you who don't want to bother with the hassle of setting everything up in ArkInventory, you're welcome to use mine, that I've linked in my other article: Why to Love ArkInventory - Categorizing

Why to Love ArkInventory - Categorizing

ArkInventory has revolutionized how I handle my bags and bank.  I tend to be very organized with my items in game and before having a bag manager addon (ArkInventory), I had specific places for specific things and would have to move new items shortly after looting, etc. so they wouldn't get "lost".  Also so when I went to vendor items, nothing important got lost.  'Twas all very manual and at times tedious.  Then comes ArkInventory.

Side note: I actually only started using ArkInventory when I installed an "addon pack" as they're now known called RealUI, which thankfully had alot of groups already setup so that I could see the value in using it...and very soon, customize it. Thank you Nibelheim and RealUI! (click here to check it out)

So by default, when you install ArkInventory, it doesn't have any categorization or groupings (they're called "Bars" but that isn't very descriptive). What you would see is something like this:

...not very helpful.

If you click on the cog (or Engineering) icon in the top right, you'll get something like this:

To create a categorization, while in Edit mode, right-click one of the Bars, then select the category that you want to apply. Below I've chosen Trade Goods > Metal & Stone.

Now, you might be wondering how to tell what category and item belongs to.  Easy.  Right-click on the item in question and then choose Debug Info.

As you can see, this is the full item Debug Info for a Silver Bar.

So, by using some creativivity, you can get all sorts of crazy with your inventory organization so eventually your bank could look like this (or better)(yes its in edit mode to show you the groupings):

I hope this help people to better understand bag management and ArkInventory.  Again, thanks to Nibelheim from RealUI and the makers of ArkInventory

Later,
Chondrius

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EDIT: If you'd like to just use a configuration that is already setup with some pretty good/common rules, you're welcome to use my file located HERE.  Again, I've only modified the config file provided by RealUI, but I've added some additional sorting and categories.  Be sure to select the RealUI profile in the ArkInventory config. Enjoy.