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Active Matter Storage Expansion Guide: Upgrading Shelter Stash and Managing Evacuated Equipment

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Expand your Active Matter Shelter stash using edition expansions, construct Monolith base rooms, and manage evac loot through workshop temporary holding.
Expand your Active Matter Shelter stash using edition expansions, construct Monolith base rooms, and manage evac loot through workshop temporary holding.

Managing storage in Active Matter requires coordinating account stash expansions, expanding base facilities within the Shelter, and handling evacuated loot through temporary holding.

In Active Matter, persistent operative capacity depends heavily on profile upgrades and edition packages. Starting out with the Standard Edition gives players baseline storage alongside 25000 Credits and 300 Prime. The Advanced Edition unlocks the first storage slots expansion and an initial replication queue expansion, bundled with 60000 Credits and 1300 Prime. For maximum capacity, the Deluxe Edition and Elite Squad provide three storage expansion tiers cumulatively, alongside two queue expansions, 185000 Credits, and 5500 Prime. Standard, Advanced, and Deluxe packages can be upgraded directly to Elite Squad, allowing players to increase stash space as needed without losing account progress.

First person view holding scoped machine gun facing mutant silhouette in overgrown ruins
First person view holding scoped machine gun facing mutant silhouette in overgrown ruins

Beyond edition upgrades, operatives can expand their base quarters directly within the Shelter. With the release of Update 0.4.0.55, base renovations introduced decorative furniture and an extra Monolith room to the compound. That patch also relocated item fusion into a dedicated slot rather than keeping it inside the standard replication queue.

Firing heavy machine gun with muzzle flash toward glowing electrical anomaly at substation
Firing heavy machine gun with muzzle flash toward glowing electrical anomaly at substation

When returning from dangerous raids, evacuated loot routes into temporary holding. Operating under a one-way stash framework linked to the Workshop, this buffer protects gear evacuated from hazardous incursions. Under Update 0.4.0.156, creating a Personal Timeline sends equipped loadouts back to Temporary Storage, while fixtures inside the shelter remain untouched. Additionally, Active Matter covers a portion of item fusion expenses under this adjusted workflow.

Sniper rifle optic sight centered on running mutated creature in burning forest
Sniper rifle optic sight centered on running mutated creature in burning forest

During the Oscillation investigation—accessible at Epsilon clearance for 3000 Monolith Tokens—players deposit a designated Storage Marker into an eligible container during a Factory deployment. This marker functions strictly as an investigation contract item and confers zero permanent Shelter storage capacity.

Operatives must differentiate account stash capacity from protected safe containers, as they represent distinct inventory systems. Deposit high-value or irreplaceable loot into safe containers, while relying on Temporary Storage for evacuated equipment. Utilize safe containers for essential items, route evacuated gear into Temporary Storage, and choose early extraction when carrying rare copies.

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