The Auction House is a unique shop found in Howling Peak.
It specializes in the sale of the exotic, the expensive, and the eccentric, supplying and importing items for Kaz Co. Firearms. Items include powerful and weird guns, a variety of instruments, trading tickets, and even a machete.
As part of Howling Peak's northern building, it can be entered through the Grizzly Saloon's main floor, and has a back exit which leads out to the Whispering Summit Ice Ravines and Bear Paw Valley. A Mailbox can be accessed at the back exit for any items sent there while participating in auctions. The main entrance features a red fabric canopy that drapes down to the floor, and is illuminated by several small electric lights.
The front and back entrances are in line with each other, allowing players to walk straight through. The interior has a unique decorative style compared to the rest of Howling Peak, with red and purple fabrics draped all around the room, and large red curtains hiding some of the spare crates stored at the back of the room. Various shelves can be seen, covered in multicolored glass bottles. Several couches sit in front of the Auctioneer, who stands near the back of the room on a raised platform. Display cases showing various wares from the Auction can also be found around the room. The Auction House is separated from the Grizzly Saloon by more of the ragged but colourful fabrics.
A Wendigo mask with glowing red eyes can be seen hanging above the raised section.
Harpsichord[]
The Auction House is also the only location to have a Harpsichord, which plays an arrangement of Jean-Phillipe Rameau's Les Cyclopes when not in use. Players may also use the Harpsichord to play MIDI files, or as a standard Virtual Piano instrument.
Display Cases[]
Originally, all weapons obtainable from the auction could be seen in glass display cases, except for the Lancaster Pistol. Later additions (the Kukri Machete and Admiral's Axegonne) also do not appear on display.
- The Spitfire Revolving Sniper remains on display despite being either off auction, or so rare that it hasn't been up since before Halloween 2022.
- The Paterson Navy is identified as the "Paterson Six" in its display case.
- The Kukri was sneak-peeked on one of the Auction House's shelves; however, it does not appear there in-game.
- No Instruments are on display, though the Harpsichord is there, and can be played. It cannot be bid on. The Black Market Key also could was not displayed, nor was a Trade Ticket added when it was remodeled.
Kaz Co. Firearms[]
Crates marked Kaz Co. can be found around the Auction House, stacked up outside, and tucked behind curtains inside. According to Sneaky Shane, Kaz Co. owns the Auction House, and uses it to distribute various manufactured and imported goods. The Kukri Machetes and the Admiral's Axegonne are examples of imported goods, while guns like the Spitfire Revolving Sniper may have been manufactured in limited amounts by the company. The makers of the instruments have not been confirmed in-game.
History[]
The Auction House occupies what was originally the Howling Peak Guns and Ammo shop's space. When it was the Gun shop, it was filled with shelves holding a variety of equipment, the majority of which was not sold in the Gun Shop. Bedrolls, Tents, Tomahawks, Frying Pans, a Sharps Rifle, a Mule Shotgun, and boxes of ammo could be found on the shelves, while animal skins were hung around the room. It was separated from the Howling Peak Saloon by a simple white tarp. Sneak peeks for the Volcanic Pistol and Rifle were set there. Guns and Ammo was moved next door, to the opposite side of the Grizzly Saloon when the Auction House was set up.
Sneak Peeks of the Auction House originally showed a podium in the place of the Auctioneer.
