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Oppy’s Auto Shop inPacific Driveis your home base. It’s where you’ll feel safe and secure compared to the ravenous zones home to anomalies and dangers. It has a plethora of stations and tools that you’re able to use for various purposes. Some of them are unlocked at the very start of the game, while others need to be fabricated later on.
Knowing what purpose each station has will help you get out on the road faster. Getting out on the road faster means more trips and more loot for you to take back to the Auto Shop. It isn’t just a place where you’ll repair your car and head out; it’s where you’ll upgrade, craft, customize, and experiment. So, here’s a look at the essential parts of the Auto Shop.
Charging & Tinkering
Let’s start with the main ability that the Auto Shop provides: getting you ready for another road trip into the zones. you may’t go back out there without taking a breather—for you and your car—and fixing what needs fixing. TheCharging StationandTinker Stationare a few machines that will help you with that goal.
In the screenshot above, you’ll see the Charging Station (left) and the Tinker Station (right). The charging station will recharge your battery to full without any consequences. Use it as often as you like.Just make sure to use it every time you come back to the Auto Shop.
The Tinker Station will help youdiagnose quirks your car will acquirewhile out in the zones. For more information on quirks and how to fix them, check outour guide here.
Fueling & Customization
The Gas Pump is another aspect of the Auto Shop that will help you further explore the zones. Pictured above is the Gas Pump (left). Every time you get back to the Auto Shop,remember to refuel your car. Always! Being left out in the zone without gas will put you in a very precarious situation, which might end in you having to abandon the trip.
To the right of the Gas Pump isthe Paint Shelf. The Paint Shelf is where you’ll store all your paints and decals. You find them in the zones and bring them back here.The shelf space isn’t unlimited, so keep an eye on it. You probably don’t want 20 spray cans of black paint.
Next to the Paint Shelf isthe Detailing Station.This is where you’ll store and install all the customizable parts of your carthat do not affect gameplay or survival. It is where you’ll keep different steering wheels, antennas, shifters, bobbleheads, and more. For a more in-depth look at car customization, we have a guide just for that,it’s right here.
Self-Healing
You’re going to take a beating every now and then while out in the zones. Luckily, the Auto Shop comes equipped with alimitless First Aid Station. It will heal you to full every time you use it, and you can use it as much as you want to. It would be smarter to use this station to healinstead of other healing items while back at the Auto Shop.
Your Car & Planning Routes
Next to the garage door isthe Status Monitor. It’s a very handy screen that shows you everything that’s wrong with your car, and a lot will go wrong throughout the game. It will tell you if your car has quirks, is damaged, or is missing parts and if your fuel and battery need to be filled.
Next to the Status Monitor is the Route Planner. Here, you’ll scan locations that you’re able to visit on your next journey. Despite the device’s name, whatever location you choose isn’t where youhaveto go. The station simply allows you to scan a location to determine what anomalies are affecting it.The more you upgrade the antenna at the Auto Shop, the more locations you can scan at a time.
Funky Music
In the corner of the Auto Shop is a radio. You canplay music of varying genres while you workon your car or do whatever you’re doing while hiding from the anomalies. You can change the volume, choose between different stations, or just leave it off. It’s your choice. But if you want to feel like a true mechanic, put on some tunes while you work.
The Matter Regenerator & Deconstructor
If you want to, you can destroy any item you come across with the Matter Deconstructor. It will give you back a percentage of the parts used to craft an item. Keep in mind,it’s not a 1:1 ratio on the return. But it’s still a very useful machine.
Itdoesn’t seem to workwith items given to you by theFriendly Dumpster.
On the opposite end, you also have the power to restore life to an item, instead of destroying it like a monster. Well… not every item. The Matter Regenerator only works on car parts, sadly.You can’t restore tools or other items. So, you will probably destroy more things than you restore, but that’s video games!
The Workbench
The Workbench isarguably the most important piece of the Auto Shop, aside from repairing your car so it can actually drive more than 20 feet. This is where you’ll craft almost everything; from tools to car parts. Once you’ve crafted a blueprint, you’ll be able to craft it in the Workbench. There’san upgrade you can make to it called the Workbench V2. It’s mostly just a prerequisite to crafting higher-tier blueprints.
What’s A Fax Machine?
Some of you might not know what a fax machine is, but it’s essentially a magic printer that sends messages long distances. That’s the gist of it, anyway. In Pacific Drive, the Fax Machine will allow you to store the various notes and recordings you’ve found throughout the zones. Also,every time you load into the Auto Shop, the Fax Machine willhave a message sent to youby someone… or something.
Where’s The Storage?
You store your items in Pacific Drive in Storage Lockers. You canincrease your storagethroughout the Auto Shop bybuilding more of themthan the initial one you start with. If you want to know how, check outour guide here. Also, you’ll start with a Transfer Trunk for storage that you can use to… transfer things around the Auto Shop.
You can craft many more Storage Lockers throughout the game, allowing you to store heaps of materials and car parts. Why does one need to store 15 tires? Who knows?
The Upgrade Room
There’s one room that houses numerous machines that areintegral to the game. One of those machines is theFabrication Station. It allows you to craft different blueprints,which are essentially upgrades. Upgrades for your car, the Auto Shop, your tools, and more. If you need more information about what blueprints are,take a look right here.
One of the things you’ll be able to craft at the Fabrication Station isthe Outfitting Station. This is where you’ll upgrade your character—more accurately,upgrade the clothes they wear. You won’t be able to get more physically fit, but you can craft a hazmat suit or a bigger backpack. Don’t forget to check in on this machine. Upgrading your character so they can survive longer in harsh environments is very helpful.
Do you have a bunch of junk lying around in the Auto Shop? Thankfully, you have a high-tech vacuum available. The Auto-Vac willsuck up every last piece of free-floating materialsin the Auto Shop, allowing you to pick them up all at once.
It will also suck up the Transfer Trunk and basketball.
The Pneumatic Tube
One of the strange and mysterious machines you’ll find in the Auto Shop is this device: Oppy’s Pneumatic Tube. The game will tell you nothing about it. It isessentially only for the sending of quest-related items. So, don’t worry about it until the game tells you to.
The Locked Door
You might’ve noticed the locked door in the Auto Shop. Nothing can be done about it until youreach a certain point in the storyline. Spoilers ahead, but we havea guide on this doorif want to know more about how to open it.
As honourable mentions, there is a Friendly Dumpster and a test track behind the Auto Shop that you can take advantage of.
