You’ll find a lot of resources and materials in Pacific Drive. However, lacking the space would mean you won’t be able to carry all of them back to your base. Here’s our guide on how to increase inventory storage in Pacific Drive.
How to increase inventory storage in Pacific Drive
You can increase inventory storage by unlocking certain blueprints via the Fabrication Station. First, take note that there are technically three types of inventories in the game:
- Player inventory – These are the items that your character has at all times, even while they’re on foot.
- Car inventory – These are the items stored in your car’s trunk or inside container attachments.
- Auto shop/hub inventory – These are items stored in lockers and other containers inside the Auto Shop, which acts as your main hub throughout the campaign.
Note: If you use the Workbench in your hub, you’ll see the amassed items from all the inventories (i.e. character, car, and hub lockers/containers).
How to increase inventory storage via lockers
Among the three, we feel that it’s best to focus on containers in your hub if you want to increase inventory storage in Pacific Drive. That’s because you won’t bring every item you’ve looted in every run–this is actually risky since dying causes you to lose some of these items. As such, you’re more likely to leave them in the hub.
Note that the hub itself already has a few lockers and containers at the start of the game. Moreover, you gain access to the Transfer Trunk early in the campaign, too.
In any case, if you need more space for storage in the Auto Shop, simply unlock the Expanded Locker blueprint via the Fabrication Station – Garage tab. It requires 6x Steel Sheet and 0.5 Stable Energy. Later, you can also unlock even more Expanded Lockers, as well as Pneumatic Lockers and Parts Lockers.
How to increase your car’s storage
By default, your car only has Cardboard Boxes as a means of storing items in the trunk. If you want more space, you need to unlock some blueprints via the Fabrication Station – Car Storage tab:
- Side Storage
- A Trunk in the Trunk
- Augmented Trunk Storage
- XL Roof Storage
Bear in mind that some of these objects do require attachments/accessories, which you can find in the Fabrication Station – Expansion Racks tab.
How to increase your character’s backpack inventory slots
Lastly, if you want more inventory storage in Pacific Drive, then you can also increase your character’s backpack slots. Here’s what you need to do:
- First, you have to unlock the Outfitting Station blueprint via the Fabrication Station – Garage tab. It requires 7x Scrap Metal, 15x Plastic, 2x Chemicals, 2x Gas Cylinder, and 0.3 Stable Energy.
- Build the Outfitting Station in the Auto Shop and interact with it.
- Craft the Medium Backpack, which requires 20x Fabric. This grants you additional inventory slots.
- Later, you can also craft the Large Backpack, which requires 40x Fabric and 200x Swamp Coral, which is found in the Mid-Zone.
In any case, this is how you increase inventory storage in Pacific Drive. Don’t forget that the Outfit Station also has more upgrades for your character, such as clothing and accessories that protect you from radiation, electric damage, and high-impact collisions. For other tips if you’re just starting out, we encourage you to take a look at our beginner’s guide.
Pacific Drive takes you on a harrowing journey through the northwestern United States, where eerie forests, fetid marshes, and deadly anomalies await. If you want to survive for as long as possible, we encourage you to check out our guides hub.
