Overview
Private Storage is a dedicated item deposit system in Crimson Desert that allows players to manually store and retrieve items from their inventory. Introduced in Patch 1.00.03 on March 23, 2026, it was one of the most requested quality-of-life features during the game's launch weekend. Private Storage initially provided 240 slots (now expandable to 1,000 via camp upgrades) and is accessible at two locations: the player's temporary lodgings in Hernand and the Greymane Camp at Howling Hill. All stored items are shared between both access points, so depositing an item at one location makes it available at the other.
As of Patch 1.02, the storage capacity scales with the player's Greymane Camp expansion level, increasing from the baseline 240 slots to a maximum of 1,000 slots once all five camp expansions are completed. See the Camp Expansion Guide for details on upgrading the camp.
Unlike the Supply Chest, which is a passive lost-and-found container that automatically collects missed loot, Private Storage is a true deposit box. Players can freely place weapons, armor, consumables, crafting materials, and trade goods inside it and withdraw them at any time.
Background
Before Patch 1.00.03, Crimson Desert had no manual item storage system. Players who wanted to offload items from their inventory had to rely on workarounds such as selling items to vendors and using the Repurchase tab to buy them back later, or dropping items near the Supply Chest and sleeping at a bed so the game would sweep them into the chest. Both methods were unreliable. Vendor repurchase inventories expired after roughly seven in-game days, and the Supply Chest drop method did not work with certain item types, including boss-dropped weapons.
Pearl Abyss acknowledged the community feedback within days of launch and deployed Private Storage as part of a broader quality-of-life update that also included additional fast travel points, control improvements, boss difficulty adjustments, and bug fixes.
Locations
Private Storage is accessible at two fixed locations in the game world. Both locations share the same storage pool, so items deposited at one are immediately available at the other.
Location | Area | Availability | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
Chapters 1 and 2 | Located inside the player's rented room at the temporary lodgings in Hernand. The storage chest sits inside the room and can be interacted with at any time during the early chapters. | ||
Howling Hill Camp | Chapter 3 onward | Located at the Greymane Camp behind Carl, the quartermaster. This becomes the primary and permanent access point for Private Storage after the camp is established. |
During Chapters 1 and 2, the Hernand lodgings serve as the primary access point. Once you progress to Chapter 3 and the Greymane Camp is established at Howling Hill, the camp becomes the main hub. Items stored at the Hernand location transfer seamlessly; nothing is lost when the story advances.
How to Use Private Storage
To access Private Storage, approach the storage chest at either of the two locations and hold the interact button. This opens the Private Storage interface, which displays all available slots (240 at baseline, scaling up to 1,000 with camp expansions). From here you can move items between your personal inventory and Private Storage freely.
Deposit: Select any item in your inventory and transfer it into an available Private Storage slot.
Withdraw: Select any item inside Private Storage and move it back into your inventory. You must have a free inventory slot to withdraw an item.
Shared pool: All storage slots are shared across both access points. Depositing an item at the Hernand lodgings makes it available at Howling Hill Camp, and vice versa.
Capacity and Limits
Property | Detail |
|---|---|
Total slots | 240 (base), up to 1,000 with all Greymane Camp expansions (see Capacity Scaling table below) |
Stacking | Consumable items stack up to 50 units per slot, so storing 50 of the same consumable uses only one slot. |
Storable items | Weapons, armor, consumables, crafting materials, cooking ingredients, trade goods, and general loot. |
Restricted items | Key Items and quest items cannot be deposited. These remain locked in your inventory until their associated quest is completed. |
Expiration | None. Items remain in Private Storage indefinitely with no time limit. |
Cross-location access | Yes. Both access points share a single unified pool. |
Capacity Scaling by Camp Expansion
Patch 1.02 introduced a scaling storage system tied to Greymane Camp expansion progress. Each camp upgrade increases Private Storage capacity as shown below.
Camp Expansion Level | Slots Added | Total Slots | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Baseline (no expansion) | 0 | 240 | Default capacity since Patch 1.00.03 |
1st expansion | +100 | 340 | |
2nd expansion | +100 | 440 | |
3rd expansion | +100 | 540 | |
4th expansion | +100 | 640 | Sufficient for most players; camp remains at Howling Hill |
5th expansion (final) | +360 | 1,000 | Relocates camp to Pailune |
Players who complete the first four expansions without triggering the fifth will have 640 slots, which is generally sufficient for managing a large collection of weapons, crafting materials, and surplus equipment. The fifth and final expansion grants a larger bonus of 360 slots but also relocates the Greymane Camp from Howling Hill to Pailune. Some players prefer to skip this final upgrade to keep the camp at Howling Hill, which is considered a more compact and convenient location.
Recommended Items to Store
With up to 1,000 slots available at maximum camp expansion (or 240 at baseline), Private Storage has room for a wide variety of surplus items. Prioritizing what to deposit early on helps keep your personal inventory clean for active adventuring.
Crafting materials: Ores like Iron Ore and Copper Ore accumulate quickly. Depositing surplus stacks frees up inventory slots while keeping materials accessible for later crafting sessions.
Cooking ingredients: Food items used for cooking recipes take up considerable space if collected in bulk. Store ingredients you do not need for your current recipe.
Backup equipment: If you maintain multiple armor sets or weapon loadouts for different situations, store the sets you are not actively using.
Rare or valuable items: Items you want to preserve but do not need to carry, such as rare drops or expensive trade goods, are safer in Private Storage than in your inventory where they might accidentally be sold or discarded.
Keys: General-purpose keys can be accidentally consumed by walking into locked doors. Storing spare keys prevents unintended use.
Comparison with Other Storage Methods
Crimson Desert offers several ways to manage items beyond your personal inventory. The table below compares Private Storage with other available methods.
Method | Type | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
Manual deposit | 240-1,000 slots | Key Items and quest items cannot be deposited | |
Automatic (lost-and-found) | 230 slots | Receive only; cannot manually deposit items | |
Seal-based collection | 230 slots | Abyss items, machine parts, and contraptions only | |
Vendor Repurchase | Temporary parking | Unlimited (per vendor) | Items expire after roughly 7 in-game days; buyback costs more |
Personal Inventory | Active carry | 50 slots (expandable) | Must carry everything; no passive deposit |
Tips
Visit Private Storage regularly between quests to offload materials you have accumulated. This prevents your inventory from filling up during long exploration runs.
Use the Group feature (L1 on controller) in your inventory before depositing items. Grouping consolidates partial stacks into single slots, giving you a clearer picture of what you actually have before deciding what to store.
Because both Private Storage access points share the same pool, you do not need to worry about returning to a specific location to retrieve items. Deposit at Hernand and pick up at Howling Hill, or the other way around.
Private Storage stacks consumables up to 50 per slot, just like your personal inventory. Take advantage of this when storing bulk cooking ingredients or recovery items.
If your Private Storage is running low on space, consider expanding your Greymane Camp to unlock more slots. Alternatively, sell low-value items to vendors or donating unwanted materials to Carl as Camp Resources through the Camp Provisions menu.
Check the How to Get More Inventory Slots guide for ways to expand your personal inventory alongside using Private Storage.
Patch History
Patch | Date | Change |
|---|---|---|
March 23, 2026 | Private Storage added with 240 slots at Hernand Lodgings and Howling Hill Camp. | |
April 2026 | Storage capacity now scales with Greymane Camp expansion level, from 240 (base) to 1,000 (max). |
Patch 1.01.00 Improvements
Patch 1.01.00, released on March 28-29, 2026, introduced several quality-of-life improvements to Private Storage based on community feedback. These changes made the system significantly more convenient for players who regularly manage large inventories.
Batch Storage
The most notable addition was a "store all selected items" feature. Before this patch, players had to deposit items into Private Storage one at a time, which became tedious when transferring large quantities of materials or equipment. With the batch storage option, players can now select multiple items at once and store them all in a single action, cutting down on repetitive menu interactions.
Relocated Access Point
Private Storage access was also relocated to Kliff's tent at the Greymane Camp. Previously, accessing Private Storage required visiting a less convenient location. By placing it directly within the main camp hub where players already return between quests, this change reduced travel time and made storing items a more natural part of the gameplay loop.
Background
Private Storage was originally introduced in Patch 1.00.03 as a way for players to offload items from their limited inventory space. The Patch 1.01.00 improvements reflect Pearl Abyss's responsiveness to player feedback, as batch storage and a more accessible location were among the most commonly requested quality-of-life features during the early weeks following the game's launch.
Patch 1.02.00 Capacity Expansion
Patch 1.02.00 significantly increased the maximum capacity of Private Storage by tying it to the player's Greymane Camp expansion progress. Before this update, all players were limited to the fixed 240-slot pool regardless of how far they had progressed. With the new scaling system, each camp expansion level grants additional storage slots, up to a maximum of 1,000.
The first four camp expansions each add 100 slots, bringing the total to 640. The fifth and final expansion adds a larger bonus of 360 slots, reaching the 1,000-slot cap. However, the fifth expansion also relocates the Greymane Camp from its original position at Howling Hill to Pailune. Players who prefer the more compact layout of Howling Hill may choose to skip the final expansion, settling for 640 slots instead. For further details on camp upgrade requirements, see the Camp Expansion Guide.
This change addressed a long-standing concern from players who found the original 240-slot limit too restrictive as they accumulated large collections of crafting materials, cooking ingredients, and equipment over the course of the game.
See Also
Patch 1.03.01 Fix
As of Patch 1.03.01 (April 12, 2026), Pearl Abyss fixed an issue where, under certain conditions, loot dropped after liberating a location sometimes failed to get stored in Private Storage.
Patch 1.04: Post-Pailune Housing Placement
Patch 1.04 changed how Private Storage is made available later in the game. After the player moves the Greymane camp to Pailune following the corresponding story milestone, the game grants a placeable private storage item that can be positioned inside the house using Personal Housing's Housing Mode. Rather than being fixed to the lodgings in Hernand and the Greymane Camp cabin at Howling Hill, the post-Pailune private storage becomes a piece of furniture that the player can set down anywhere inside the interior grid of their upgraded house. The stored inventory carries over, so moving the camp does not require re-depositing items; the same storage pool simply becomes accessible through a freely placed container instead of a fixed terminal.
Because the item is a housing-mode placeable, it obeys the same rules as other furniture: it can be picked up, rotated, and repositioned in the house layout, and it is limited to the interior volume of whichever house preset the player has selected. The spacious Pailune house offers the most room for co-placing the storage alongside crafting benches, beds, and the new specialized chests introduced in the same patch.
Interaction with New Storage Chests
Patch 1.04 also added four specialized container types that can share the same house with the private storage item. Each one handles a specific category of loot and has its own slot budget, while Private Storage remains the catch-all deposit box for anything that does not fit the specialized chests.
Container | Holds | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Food items, cooking ingredients | Ingredients are usable from any cooking spot without carrying them in the Inventory Management screen. | |
Ores, hides, herbs, rocks, crystals | Materials remain usable for crafting and reinforcement from any workbench without taking inventory space. | |
Quest items, books, documents, recipes, keys | Obtained through a short quest; not shared across crafting shops, but useful for offloading one-time-read documents. | |
Outfits, armor, cloaks, footwear | Each wardrobe adds 100 slots; stacking multiple wardrobes raises the outfit ceiling up to 1,000 slots. | |
Private Storage | General miscellaneous items (weapons, consumables, trade goods, anything else) | Remains the catch-all deposit box for items that do not fit the specialized chests above. |
The practical effect is a division of labor inside the house. Food goes in the cooler, raw materials go in the gatherables chest, one-time-use documents and quest items go in the collectibles chest, and outfits go in the wardrobe. Private Storage absorbs the remaining category of items that do not have a dedicated container, so it stays useful even after all four new chests are placed. Players converting their cabin at Housing and Farming typically set the private storage and the gatherables chest side by side for quick back-to-back deposits after gathering runs.
Recovered Items on First Log-In Post-Patch
On the first log-in after installing Patch 1.04, players may find certain items waiting inside Private Storage that were retroactively granted or migrated by the patch. The most commonly reported example is the Sotdae of Bond, the new bird-taming placement item. Players who had already completed the preceding bird-taming quest before the patch shipped receive the Sotdae of Bond directly into Private Storage rather than having to repeat the quest trigger. Other patch-granted items that do not belong in the specialized chests surface the same way, so it is worth opening Private Storage on first log-in to check what has been deposited.
Housing UI Improvements
Patch 1.04 also revised the housing placement interface used to position Private Storage and every other piece of furniture. Two changes in particular affect day-to-day housing setup.
The first is a fine control button available while an item is selected in Housing Mode. Holding the fine control binding changes the placement granularity so that nudges become much smaller, allowing the player to line up a storage container flush against a wall or perfectly centered on a rug without the stepped coarse movement of the default controls. This makes tight layouts with multiple chests much easier, since the private storage, wardrobes, and gatherables chest can be placed edge-to-edge without visible gaps.
The second is a retrieve-all function. A single command now returns every placed furniture item in the house back to inventory at once, rather than requiring the player to pick each piece up individually. This is especially useful when rearranging a room, switching to a different house preset, or relocating from a spacious standard house to the spacious Pailune house after the camp move, because the whole layout can be cleared in one action and then rebuilt using the updated fine control placement.