Containers are the mystery lots you bid on. The current public container index groups them into Junk Yard, Back Alley, Farmyard, and Shipyard; the useful decision is whether the visible lot, your hauling space, and your bid still leave room for profit.
Start in the area you have unlocked, inspect every visible item you can identify, and cap the bid from conservative base values. Later areas can contain much more valuable items, but no reliable public source currently publishes complete drop rates or a guaranteed average return for each container.
The August 2 review replaced generic container warnings with an area-by-area lookup table and named item examples from current community item pages. It does not repeat unsupported mutation-rate, item-count, or hourly-profit claims.
The examples below are named item entries from the current community wiki. They show the spread inside an area; they are not a complete loot table or a drop-rate promise.
Learn item recognition and protect your starting cash. A cheap-looking lot can still be poor value when most items are low-base-value junk.
| Example item | Rarity | Base value |
|---|---|---|
| Basketball | Uncommon | $7 |
| Cardboard Backpack | Rare | $55 |
| Scrap Valk | Legendary | $415 |
Do not price the whole lot from one attractive item. Compare small household items with the few high-value outliers you can actually see.
| Example item | Rarity | Base value |
|---|---|---|
| Bottle Tray | Uncommon | $10 |
| Basketball Ring | Rare | $40 |
| Godfather Slime | Mythical | $5,000 |
Vehicle capacity matters more when the useful items are bulky. A winning bid is not a good run if you cannot transport the lot efficiently.
| Example item | Rarity | Base value |
|---|---|---|
| Wood Bucket | Uncommon | $19 |
| Harvesting Tool | Uncommon | $38 |
| Fishing Rod | Epic | $400 |
| Strange Egg | Legendary | $2,800 |
Large base values can invite expensive bidding wars. Keep the same margin discipline you used in earlier areas.
| Example item | Rarity | Base value |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Pet Device | Uncommon | $70 |
| Subwoofer | Uncommon | $150 |
| Golf Car | Epic | $3,700 |
Use the area to narrow the item pool, then name the items you can actually see before bidding.
Price unknown or blocked items at zero until you have evidence. Treat a mutation as extra value only when you can identify it.
Leave room for the winning bid, condition loss, hauling limits, grading or repair choices, and selling time.
The container is replaceable. Your bankroll is what lets you enter the next profitable auction.
Check the full multiplier list before pricing a visible mutated item.
RewardsKeep safe questions separate from ordinary area containers.
ProfitCompare auctions with hauling, shop capacity, and other loops.
The current community container index groups containers under Junk Yard, Back Alley, Farmyard, and Shipyard.
There is no trustworthy universal answer without the visible items, bid price, mutations, condition, and hauling capacity. Later-area lots may contain higher-value items but can also cost more to win.
No complete creator-published drop-rate table was available in the sources reviewed on August 2, 2026.
Add conservative sale estimates for visible items, subtract costs and a profit margin, and use the result as a hard ceiling.
