Supply Chests Guide

What Are Supply Chests?

The Supply Chest in Crimson Desert is a passive loot collection container that automatically gathers items you missed or left behind during gameplay. It works as an automatic lost-and-found system for uncollected drops. You cannot deposit your own items into it manually; it is strictly a receive-only container.

Whenever you clear a bandit camp, liberate a stronghold, or finish a quest without looting everything, those uncollected items get sent to the nearest Supply Chest. After completing certain events (particularly liberations), a notification will appear on screen confirming that loot has been added to your Supply Chest. This applies to missed recipes, letters, upgrade materials, food, weapons, and Abyss Artifacts.

Understanding how the Supply Chest works is particularly important because enemy bodies despawn quickly during large fights. In battles with many enemies, you physically cannot loot every corpse before the bodies start disappearing. The Supply Chest exists as a safety net so that you do not permanently lose those rewards.

Supply Chest Locations

Royal Trading Post (Early Game)

Your first access to a Supply Chest is at the Royal Trading Post northwest of Hernand City. After arriving in Hernand and waking up at the trading post during the early story, look inside Kliff's personal tent. The Supply Chest sits right next to the bed where you wake up.

This chest is easy to miss because it is tucked away inside the tent rather than out in the open. The map does not clearly show its icon unless you walk very close to it. If you purchased the Deluxe Edition or have pre-order bonuses, those items will be waiting for you in this first Supply Chest (after you claim them from the Add-On menu). Check this chest before leaving the trading post.

Greymane Camp at Howling Hill (Permanent)

Once you unlock the Greymane Camp at Howling Hill through the main story during Chapter 3, the Supply Chest relocates here permanently. You can find it right behind the quartermaster Carl (the Base Camp Provisions Keeper). The chest is the large container positioned directly behind where Carl stands. This becomes your main hub for retrieving lost loot for the rest of the game.

Since the Greymane Camp is your primary base of operations, the Supply Chest here is conveniently located near other camp services like vendors, the crafting station, and the Kuku Iron Pot. Make it a habit to check the Supply Chest every time you return to camp.

What Items Appear in the Supply Chest?

The Supply Chest collects a wide range of item types. Anything you left on the ground or failed to pick up before an area transitioned can appear here. The following categories of items have been confirmed to show up in the Supply Chest:

When Do Items Get Sent to the Supply Chest?

Items are sent to the Supply Chest during specific gameplay events. The chest does not passively vacuum up every item on the ground at all times. The primary trigger for items being collected is completing a liberation event or a quest that involves clearing an area. When the cutscene or completion screen plays after taking over a fort, camp, or stronghold, any uncollected loot from that encounter gets deposited into the Supply Chest.

You will typically see an on-screen notification that reads something like "loot has been added to your Supply Chest" after these events finish. Not all dropped items from regular overworld encounters are guaranteed to reach the chest. The system is most reliable for structured events like camp liberations, story quests, and stronghold takeovers.

Keep in mind that items requiring a body search (manually looting a corpse) may not always transfer to the Supply Chest. Items that were visible as ground drops during a liberation event are the most consistently recovered. For regular open-world combat outside of structured events, the recovery rate is lower.

Capacity Limit

The Supply Chest has a maximum capacity of 230 slots. Each item type occupies one slot, though stackable items (like crafting materials) share a slot. Once the chest reaches its 230-slot limit, it stops collecting new items entirely. Any loot you miss after the chest is full will be lost permanently.

This makes regular chest management essential. If you go on a long session of clearing camps and liberating landmarks without checking the chest, it can fill up fast. Always take out the items you want to keep, then sell or discard anything you do not need before heading out on another run.

How to Claim Pre-Order and Deluxe Edition Items

If you purchased the Deluxe Edition or have pre-order bonuses, your bonus items arrive through the Supply Chest. However, there is a required step before they appear. You must first claim the items through the in-game menu:

1. Open the Others menu from the game menu.

2. Navigate to the Options tab.

3. Select Add-On.

4. Under Receivable Items, click Receive on each item to claim it.

After claiming through the Add-On menu, the items will appear in the Supply Chest at your current camp location. The Deluxe Edition includes the Kairos armor set (helm, body armor, cloak, plate gloves, and plate boots), a shield, and four pieces of horse armor. The standard pre-order bonus is the Khaled Shield. You can claim these items as soon as you gain access to the first Supply Chest at the Royal Trading Post.

Carl's Recover Items Service

In addition to the Supply Chest, Carl at the Greymane Camp offers a separate Recover Items service. When you speak with Carl and open his menu, you will see a "Recover Items" tab. This feature specifically handles lost Kuku Pot items, which are special items tied to Kliff's personal progression.

If you ever lose or accidentally sell a Kuku Pot item, Carl is the only way to get it back. The Supply Chest does not collect Kuku Pot items. Be aware that Carl charges hefty Silver prices for this service, so it is always better to avoid losing these items in the first place. Check Carl's Recover Items tab periodically if you suspect you are missing any quest-critical or progression items.

Important Limitations

• Receive only. You cannot deposit items from your inventory into the Supply Chest. It is strictly a collection bin for missed drops. There is no way to manually place items inside.

• Not a storage system. Do not confuse the Supply Chest with personal item storage. Crimson Desert does not currently offer player-controlled item storage chests. For inventory management strategies and workarounds, see the dedicated guide.

• No item preview. You cannot see what is inside the chest until you physically walk up and open it. The chest icon on the map only appears when you are relatively close to it.

• Inconsistent recovery. Not all items from every encounter are guaranteed to reach the Supply Chest. The system works most reliably during structured events like liberations and quest completions. Regular open-world enemy kills are less consistently recovered.

• Kuku Pot items excluded. Special Kuku Pot progression items are never sent to the Supply Chest. If you lose one, you must recover it through Carl's Recover Items service instead.

• 230-slot hard cap. Once the chest hits capacity, new items are not queued. They are simply lost. There is no overflow or warning before the chest fills up.

Using Pets to Reduce Lost Loot

Pets are the single best tool for preventing items from ending up in the Supply Chest in the first place. Once you tame a dog or cat and summon it as your companion, the pet will automatically pick up nearby items during combat. While you focus on fighting, the pet runs around the battlefield collecting drops from defeated enemies, destructible objects, and resource nodes.

To tame a pet, you need to build its trust to 100 by petting and feeding the animal. Dogs and cats can both be found in the open world and at certain camps. For a detailed walkthrough of the taming process, see the Pet Taming Guide.

There are a few things to keep in mind with pet auto-looting. Pets have no loot filter, so they pick up everything including low-value junk. This means your inventory fills up faster, but you lose fewer valuable items. Summoned pets also disappear when you mount your horse, so they will not be active during horseback travel or mounted combat. Only one pet can be actively summoned at a time.

If you have a pet active during a large liberation battle, it will collect most of the enemy drops before bodies despawn. This significantly reduces the number of items that end up in the Supply Chest and ensures you actually receive the gear and materials from your kills.

The Vendor Buyback Workaround

Because the Supply Chest is receive-only and there is no dedicated storage system, some players use vendors as makeshift storage. You can sell items to any merchant and then buy them back later using the "Repurchase" tab on that same vendor.

This trick has a critical time limit. Vendor inventories reset after a few in-game days, and any items you sold will be permanently deleted when that reset happens. You can only repurchase from the same vendor you sold to. Selling a sword to one merchant and checking another merchant's repurchase tab will not work.

The buyback price is also higher than what you originally received from the sale, so you lose Silver on every round trip. This method should only be used as a temporary measure when your inventory is truly full and you need to free up space without losing valuable items. For a full breakdown of storage alternatives, see How to Store Items.

Tips and Best Practices

1. Check the chest every time you return to camp. Items accumulate fast, especially if you are clearing multiple camps and liberating landmarks in a single session. Do not let the chest fill up.

2. Empty your inventory before visiting the chest. If your inventory is nearly full, sell items to a nearby vendor first, then return to the chest. Otherwise you cannot take out everything that has accumulated.

3. Prioritize recipes and letters. When sorting through the Supply Chest, grab any recipes or letters first. Reading them immediately unlocks the associated knowledge permanently, and you can then sell or discard the item to free up a slot.

4. Get a pet early. Taming a pet as soon as possible dramatically reduces the amount of loot that ends up in the Supply Chest. During large battles, a pet will collect drops while you fight. This keeps you get most of the loot in real time.

5. Watch for the notification. After completing a liberation or quest, look for the on-screen message confirming that items were sent to the Supply Chest. This is your reminder to visit camp before heading into the next fight.

6. Do not rely on the chest for body-search drops. Items that required you to manually search a body may not consistently transfer to the Supply Chest. Loot enemies as soon as you can during combat to avoid losing these drops.

7. Sell junk items regularly. Low-value drops from the Supply Chest should be sold immediately. Keeping the chest and your inventory lean prevents the 230-slot cap from becoming a problem.

8. Use the inventory expansion tools. Increasing your personal inventory capacity means you can carry more loot in the field, reducing the number of items that get left behind and sent to the chest in the first place.

Troubleshooting

Supply Chest Appears Empty

If your Supply Chest is empty, there are a few possible explanations. You may have already collected everything that was sent there. If you recently tamed a pet, it could be automatically picking up drops during combat, meaning fewer items end up in the chest. Additionally, not all enemy kills from regular open-world encounters reliably send items to the chest. The recovery system is most consistent during structured events like stronghold liberations.

Cannot Find the Supply Chest

At the Royal Trading Post, the Supply Chest is inside Kliff's tent next to the bed. It does not appear as a visible icon on the map until you get very close. At the Greymane Camp, look for the large chest directly behind Carl. If you have not yet completed Chapter 3 and unlocked the Greymane Camp, you will only have access to the Royal Trading Post chest.

Missing Specific Items

If a particular item you expected to find is not in the Supply Chest, it may have been a body-search-only drop that did not transfer. Alternatively, the chest may have been full (230 slots) when the item was supposed to be deposited. For missing Kuku Pot items specifically, speak with Carl and check the Recover Items tab instead of the Supply Chest.