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Storage Hunters Garage Auction Locations and Net Worth Requirements

Learn how Storage Hunters auction bidding works, from choosing a garage and timing your bid at the green bar to unlocking The Mines and Shipyard and recovering items left behind.

Learn how Storage Hunters auction bidding works, from choosing a garage and timing your bid at the green bar to unlocking The Mines and Shipyard and recovering items left behind.

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Choose a garage in Storage Hunters, press E at Start Auction, and click the button when it reaches the green bar.

Garage auctions in Storage Hunters put you up against other players bidding on items. Finding the auction prompt gets you started, but placing your bids comes down to timing.

The Mines and Shipyard each list a net worth requirement. This guide covers those requirements, the bidding controls, and recovering items left behind.

starting locationScrap Garage interaction padstart controlE — Start Auctionbidding controlBID

What net worth do The Mines and Shipyard require in Storage Hunters?

Location Net worth required
The Mines $30,000
Shipyard $125,000

How to bid in an auction in Storage Hunters

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Choose a garage

Select the garage where you want to bid. At Scrap Garage, look for the identifier Scrap Garage 1 and the FREE label.

STEP 2/6

 

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Start the auction

Stand on the Scrap Garage interaction pad and press E when the Start Auction prompt appears.

STEP 3/6

 

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Wait for the countdown

The auction counts down through 3, 2, 1 before bidding begins.

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Read the bidding display

The interface displays Starting bid: $75.00, CURRENT $75.00 and NEXT $80.00, and includes a HIGHEST BID field.

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Time your bid

Click the button as it reaches the green bar. The interface also has a control labeled BID.

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Recognize a win

Look for AUCTION WON! to know you’ve won the auction.

The Scrap Garage interaction pad and Start Auction prompt
The Scrap Garage interaction pad and Start Auction prompt · Screenshot by NerdsChalk

The bidding display includes CURRENT, NEXT, and HIGHEST BID.

The CURRENT, NEXT, BID, and HIGHEST BID fields
The CURRENT, NEXT, BID, and HIGHEST BID fields · Screenshot by NerdsChalk

A win displays AUCTION WON!.

The auction victory message
The auction victory message · Screenshot by NerdsChalk

Where do items left behind after an auction go in Storage Hunters?

You can claim abandoned auction items from the Junk Yard Lost & Found box. Look for the large orange dumpster, the visible landmark beside the Lost and Found Box information.

Don’t miss thisAnother auction winWinning another auction resets the Lost and Found BoxRetrieve the items you want to keep before winning your next auction.
The Junk Yard Lost and Found collection point
The Junk Yard Lost and Found collection point · Screenshot by NerdsChalk

With your auction items collected, select your shop, labeled Player Shop, in the navigation menu. Follow the navigation arrows to reach it.

Your shop destination in the navigation menu
Your shop destination in the navigation menu · Screenshot by NerdsChalk

At the shop, place your items on shelves through Add Item to Shelf. This puts your auction finds on display for customers.

The Add Item to Shelf menu
The Add Item to Shelf menu · Screenshot by NerdsChalk

When shoppers make offers on displayed items, choose ACCEPT to sell them. That takes your auction haul through to a shop sale.

A customer offer with the ACCEPT control
A customer offer with the ACCEPT control · Screenshot by NerdsChalk

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