diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/impl/unpacking/DefaultUnpackingHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/impl/unpacking/DefaultUnpackingHandler.java
index 6d76d1ff23..c8b0628aa8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/impl/unpacking/DefaultUnpackingHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/impl/unpacking/DefaultUnpackingHandler.java
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 package com.simibubi.create.impl.unpacking;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.BitSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.simibubi.create.Create;
+
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import com.simibubi.create.api.packager.unpacking.UnpackingHandler;
@@ -20,6 +25,51 @@
 public enum DefaultUnpackingHandler implements UnpackingHandler {
 	INSTANCE;
 
+	public static List<ItemStack> mergeSameItems(List<ItemStack> items) {
+		final int itemsSize = items.size();
+		var newList = new ArrayList<ItemStack>();
+		for (int i = 0; i != itemsSize; ++i) {
+			final int newListSize = newList.size();
+
+			// merge into existing stack
+			var originalStack = items.get(i);
+			boolean found = false;
+			for (int j = 0; j != newListSize; ++j) {
+				var newItem = newList.get(j);
+				if (ItemStack.isSameItemSameComponents(newItem, originalStack)) {
+					newItem.setCount(newItem.getCount() + originalStack.getCount());
+					found = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			// else there is no existing stack, create a new one
+			if (!found) {
+				newList.add(originalStack.copy());
+			}
+		}
+		return newList;
+	}
+
+	public static int[] resortSlots(ItemStack existing, IItemHandler inv) {
+		final int invSize = inv.getSlots();
+		final var indexArray = new int[invSize];
+		final var slotMap = new BitSet(invSize);
+		var rSize = 0;
+		for (int i = 0; i != invSize; ++i) {
+			// put existing slots first
+			if (ItemStack.isSameItemSameComponents(existing, inv.getStackInSlot(i))) {
+				indexArray[rSize++] = i;
+				slotMap.set(i);
+			}
+		}
+		for (int i = 0; i != invSize; ++i) {
+			if (slotMap.get(i)) continue;
+			// put remaining slots later
+			indexArray[rSize++] = i;
+		}
+		return indexArray;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean unpack(Level level, BlockPos pos, BlockState state, Direction side, List<ItemStack> items, @Nullable PackageOrderWithCrafts orderContext, boolean simulate) {
 		BlockEntity targetBE = level.getBlockEntity(pos);
@@ -41,50 +91,32 @@ public boolean unpack(Level level, BlockPos pos, BlockState state, Direction sid
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		for (int slot = 0; slot < targetInv.getSlots(); slot++) {
-			ItemStack itemInSlot = targetInv.getStackInSlot(slot);
-			int itemsAddedToSlot = 0;
-
-			for (int boxSlot = 0; boxSlot < items.size(); boxSlot++) {
-				ItemStack toInsert = items.get(boxSlot);
-				if (toInsert.isEmpty())
-					continue;
-
-				if (targetInv.insertItem(slot, toInsert, true)
-					.getCount() == toInsert.getCount())
-					continue;
-
-				if (itemInSlot.isEmpty()) {
-					int maxStackSize = targetInv.getSlotLimit(slot);
-					if (maxStackSize < toInsert.getCount()) {
-						toInsert.shrink(maxStackSize);
-						toInsert = toInsert.copyWithCount(maxStackSize);
-					} else
-						items.set(boxSlot, ItemStack.EMPTY);
-
-					itemInSlot = toInsert;
-					targetInv.insertItem(slot, toInsert, simulate);
-					continue;
+		// simulate == true
+		var mergedList = mergeSameItems(items);
+		final int mergedSize = mergedList.size();
+		final int targetSlots = targetInv.getSlots();
+		final var slotMap = new BitSet(targetSlots);
+		for (int mi = 0; mi != mergedSize; ++mi) {
+			var toInsert = mergedList.get(mi);
+			final var slotIndexArray = resortSlots(toInsert, targetInv);
+			for (int si = 0; si != targetSlots; ++si) {
+				final int slot = slotIndexArray[si];
+				if (slotMap.get(slot)) continue; // ignore inserted slots
+				final var result = targetInv.insertItem(slot, toInsert, true);
+				if (result.getCount() == toInsert.getCount()) continue; // insert failed
+				// inserted successfully, mark this slot as inserted
+				// since mergedList contains no duplicated items, no other items in the list can be inserted anymore
+				slotMap.set(slot);
+				// save remaining for next insertion
+				mergedList.set(mi, result);
+				toInsert = result;
+				if (result.isEmpty()) {
+					break; // all inserted
 				}
-
-				if (!ItemStack.isSameItemSameComponents(toInsert, itemInSlot))
-					continue;
-
-				int insertedAmount = toInsert.getCount() - targetInv.insertItem(slot, toInsert, simulate)
-					.getCount();
-				int slotLimit = (int) ((targetInv.getStackInSlot(slot)
-					.isEmpty() ? itemInSlot.getMaxStackSize() / 64f : 1) * targetInv.getSlotLimit(slot));
-				int insertableAmountWithPreviousItems =
-					Math.min(toInsert.getCount(), slotLimit - itemInSlot.getCount() - itemsAddedToSlot);
-
-				int added = Math.min(insertedAmount, Math.max(0, insertableAmountWithPreviousItems));
-				itemsAddedToSlot += added;
-
-				items.set(boxSlot, toInsert.copyWithCount(toInsert.getCount() - added));
 			}
 		}
 
-		for (ItemStack stack : items) {
+		for (ItemStack stack : mergedList) {
 			if (!stack.isEmpty()) {
 				// something failed to be inserted
 				return false;