A Police Raid update is on the way to Storage Hunters, and the two stats worth building before it arrives are net worth and luck. Both are slow to raise from a standing start, and both are already boostable right now using the Alien Invasion event, existing questlines, and the Museum. No official date or time for the Police Raid update has been confirmed.
Quick answer: Max the Celebrity Customers shop upgrade, farm Alien Customer Potions from the Alien Invasion event, and set your shop assistant’s auto-accept threshold to 100% to convert stock into cash automatically. Then bank luck by filling the item Index, finishing the Lucky Beach, Business Bay, and Bobby and Terry questlines, showcasing mutated items in the Museum, and buying Luck Drinks with gems.
Raise net worth before the Police Raid update
Net worth gates almost everything in the game, from auction areas to achievement payouts, so it is the first number to move. The fastest lever is customer quality rather than raw grinding, which means shop upgrades and potions do more for you than another hour of bidding.
Note: a 100% threshold means the assistant only takes offers at or above fair value. Drop it below that and you will bleed value on every sale, which defeats the point of the potion.
Build permanent luck first, then temporary luck
Luck decides what shows up inside containers, so it matters most on the day a new auction type goes live. Permanent sources should be locked in ahead of time because they cost nothing to maintain once earned. Temporary boosts are saved for the moment the update actually drops.
| Drink | Rarity | Luck | Bulk price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luck Drink 1 | Rare | +50% | 12 for 35 Gems |
| Luck Drink 2 | Epic | +150% | 25 for 99 Gems |
| Luck Drink 3 | Legendary | +300% | 65 for 199 Gems |
The three drinks stack, so the strongest short window comes from running all of them together on top of your Index, Museum, and trophy luck. Playing alongside a friend adds a further +5% luck while you are in the same server.
How to confirm your prep is working
Each of these has a visible readout, so you do not have to guess. Check them once before the update goes live and again after any potion or drink you use.
| What you changed | Where to verify it |
|---|---|
| Celebrity Customers upgrade | Shop Upgrades shows the pass as owned with the extra 50% celebrity bonus applied |
| Alien Customer Potion active | Alien customers begin buying non-mutated items off your shelves |
| Auto-accept threshold | Staff menu lists the assistant’s threshold at 100% or higher |
| Museum showcase | The display panel lists a luck percentage and the number of items showcased |
| Luck Drinks | The active drink timer and boosted luck total appear on your stats |
Common reasons the prep does not pay off
- Drinking an Alien Customer Potion with the assistant threshold left low, which sells items under fair value.
- Spending Alien Tokens on rolls instead of running event quests, since the token route is only a 6% chance per 25 tokens.
- Filling the Museum with cheap filler rather than mutated, high-star, or rare items, which keeps the showcase luck bonus small.
- Burning Luck Drinks during ordinary grinding, leaving nothing stacked when the new content opens.
- Hitting your Plot Capacity limit, so there is no shelf space left for the potion’s customers to buy from.
The Alien Invasion event is the piece with a shelf life here, so the potions and event quests are the part to prioritize while it is still running. Everything else, from the Index to the Museum display, carries over permanently and will keep working the moment the Police Raid content unlocks.
