The Wild West event lands in Storage Hunters on Saturday at 3:00 PM EST and runs for two weeks. The event area sits at the Farmyard in the middle of the map, and entry to its auctions is gated by net worth, which means the work that decides how much you get out of it happens before the update goes live, not after.
Quick answer: Fill your shop shelves with items worth over $100,000, hire a Shop Assistant and set its Auto-Accept Threshold to at least 75%, then leave the game running to convert stock into net worth. At the same time, buy every Luck Drink 2 and Luck Drink 3 you can afford at the Energy Cafe. Aim for at least 1M net worth if you want a shot at the top auction tier.
Wild West event location, duration, and net worth tiers
The Farmyard is the event hub. It is centrally placed, so it is reachable early without a fast vehicle, and the two-week window gives you time to grind between auction rotations. What you cannot fix mid-event is a low net worth, since each auction tier checks it before letting you bid.
Exact thresholds have not been published. Based on how previous event areas scaled, the tiers are expected to land roughly like this:
| Auction tier | Expected net worth needed |
|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Hundreds to low thousands |
| Tier 2 | Tens of thousands |
| Tier 3 | Hundreds of thousands |
| Tier 4 | 1M to 2.5M minimum, potentially up to 10M |
Treat 1M as the working target. If the top tier opens lower than that, you lose nothing; if it opens higher, you are already most of the way there.
Build net worth with an AFK shop setup
Net worth climbs fastest when your shop keeps selling while you are away. The setup below takes about ten minutes to arrange and then runs on its own, which is the only realistic way to add hundreds of thousands before Saturday.
Tip: Maxing the Celebrity Customers upgrade is worth the Diamonds here. At its cap it gives a 66.7% celebrity visit rate, and celebrity shoppers pay more and tip more, which directly speeds up the climb toward Tier 4.
Stockpile Luck Drinks before the event opens
Net worth gets you into the auctions. Luck decides what actually comes out of the containers you win, and a stack of Luck Drinks saved up beforehand is worth more than anything you can farm during a busy event week. There are two reliable ways to build that stockpile.
Gavel Trophies stack too. With Trophy Capacity upgraded you can place up to three, and running three gavels with the same mutation skews container contents toward that mutation once the Farmyard auctions open.
How to confirm your setup is working
Check your net worth figure before you log off and again when you return. If the AFK shop is configured correctly, that number will have moved and your shelves will be visibly emptier, with the sold stock converted into cash. A shelf that is still full after hours means nothing sold.
When the event opens, a green beam of light marks the Farmyard event area. Walking up to an auction tier will either let you in or show you the requirement you fall short of, which is the fastest way to learn where you actually stand.
Why AFK farming fails to earn anything
When an overnight session produces nothing, it is almost always one of a handful of specific causes:
- Disconnected for inactivity. No auto-clicker or macro running means the session ended early.
- Auto-Accept Threshold set too high. Above 200% with few celebrity customers, almost no offer qualifies and nothing sells.
- No Shop Assistant hired. Without one, offers arrive but nobody accepts them.
- Cheap stock on the shelves. Low-value items sell fine but barely register against a six- or seven-figure net worth target.
Work through the net worth setup first and let it run for a couple of long sessions, then spend whatever gems are left on Luck Drinks. Get both in place before Saturday afternoon and you arrive at the Farmyard able to bid at the tier you want instead of watching the good containers go to someone else.
