The Dark Auction (DA) is a special event which occurs every 3 SkyBlock days (1 hour). In these events, exclusive items are sold to the highest bidder.
Mechanics
The Dark Auction occurs every three in-game days at midnight or approximately 5 minutes before every real hour (ex: 1:55, 2:55, etc.) A timer for the next Dark Auction can be found here). The NPC Sirius appears in front of a wooden door in the wilderness at the coordinates 91, 75, 176 at 11:50 pm in-game time for 35 seconds.
When Sirius appears at the door of the Dark Auction house, players must click on them to enter a queue for the Dark Auction. If the player successfully makes it in, they will be warped to another server into the house. Players can go behind the desk to go down the stairs and enter the Dark Auction room.
Players must have a minimum of 400,000 coins in their purse in order to enter. In addition, Sirius will only allow a certain number of players into the Auction across all of SkyBlock. 10 seconds after spawning in front of the Dark Auction house, players who try to enter will be sent to Dark Auction lobbies. If there are too many players trying to enter, only the richest players will be able to enter.
Within Dark Auction servers, the Auction House and Personal Bank cannot be accessed.
After 45 seconds of preparation, Sirius rains potions from the ceiling, causing all players to appear invisible. An item will be presented and will be showcased for five seconds. Players will then be able to place bids. Similarly to the Auction House, the highest bidder wins the item. However, the Dark Auction follows a different system to the Auction House. Auctions only last for ten seconds, but the timer will restart each time a bid is placed. Additionally, players can only bid predetermined amounts of coins by selecting items displaying possible bids from a line, replacing the item with the player's head. Players can not bid lower than the highest bid, and any invalid selections are marked by barrier blocks. Money is immediately removed from the player's purse on bid, but it is refunded if it is not the highest bid. If a player bids the highest on an item, but disconnects before winning the item, the coins will be automatically deducted and the item will be sent to Jerry.
There will be 5 items (8 items if Scorpius is mayor) all using this format. Once the Dark Auction is over, the back door will open and allow the player to walk back up to the house, and will later be teleported to the Hub Island.
Lucius will sell the player a special accessory line after buying certain amounts of items from the Dark Auction. After buying 5 items, he sells the Shady Ring; after buying 10 items, he sells the Crooked Artifact; after buying 15 items, he sells the Seal of the Family.
Auctioned Items
The following items are all presented at random in the Dark Auction:
- Flower Minion
- Midas' Sword
- Spirit Mask
- Ender Artifact
- Wither Artifact
- Nether Artifact
- Travel Scroll to Dark Auction
- Eccentric Painting Bundle
- Dark Purple Dye
- Hocus-Pocus Cipher
- Parrot Pet (EPIC or LEGENDARY Rarity)
- Turtle Pet (EPIC or LEGENDARY Rarity)
- Jellyfish Pet (EPIC or LEGENDARY Rarity)
- Sirius' Personal Phone Number
- Magic 8 Ball
- Enchanted Book (Sharpness VI)
- Enchanted Book (Giant Killer VI)
- Enchanted Book (Protection VI)
- Enchanted Book (Growth VI)
- Enchanted Book (Power VI)
- Enchanted Book (Vicious V)
Items can only appear in certain positions of the Dark Auction's order. The auctioned items will be randomly selected from the possible items available from that round.
Same item cannot appear in the same dark auction twice, once it appears once its removed from any following rounds.
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Reason: Midnight dye has had its odds changed as of 0.20.5Item | Overall Chance | Chance | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
Ender Artifact | 32.477% | 11.313% | 10.837% | 10.327% | ||
Wither Artifact | 32.477% | 11.313% | 10.837% | 10.327% | ||
Nether Artifact | 32.477% | 11.313% | 10.837% | 10.327% | ||
Hocus-Pocus Cipher | 17.412% | 5.656% | 5.801% | 5.955% | ||
Magic 8 Ball | 17.412% | 5.656% | 5.801% | 5.955% | ||
Spirit Mask | 17.412% | 5.656% | 5.801% | 5.955% | ||
Sirius' Personal Phone Number | 17.412% | 5.656% | 5.801% | 5.955% | ||
Midas' Sword | 22.706% | 7.542% | 7.572% | 7.593% | ||
EPIC Parrot Pet | 22.706% | 7.542% | 7.572% | 7.593% | ||
EPIC Turtle Pet | 22.706% | 7.542% | 7.572% | 7.593% | ||
EPIC Jellyfish Pet | 22.706% | 7.542% | 7.572% | 7.593% | ||
LEGENDARY Parrot Pet | 6.05% | 1.885% | 2.01% | 2.154% | ||
LEGENDARY Turtle Pet | 6.05% | 1.885% | 2.01% | 2.154% | ||
LEGENDARY Jellyfish Pet | 6.05% | 1.885% | 2.01% | 2.154% | ||
Travel Scroll to Dark Auction | 11.857% | 3.771% | 3.946% | 4.141% | ||
Eccentric Painting Bundle | 11.857% | 3.771% | 3.946% | 4.141% | ||
Dark Purple Dye | 0.231% | 0.071% | 0.077% | 0.084% | ||
Enchanted Book (Sharpness VI) | 16.67% | 16.67% | ||||
Enchanted Book (Giant Killer VI) | 16.67% | 16.67% | ||||
Enchanted Book (Protection VI) | 16.67% | 16.67% | ||||
Enchanted Book (Growth VI) | 16.67% | 16.67% | ||||
Enchanted Book (Power VI) | 16.67% | 16.67% | ||||
Enchanted Book (Vicious V) | 16.67% | 16.67% | ||||
Flower Minion | 100% | 100% |
Despite some items appearing multiple times in the order, Sirius will only sell a maximum of one of each possible item per Dark Auction. He will also not sell two pets of the same rarity, but can sell two pets of different rarities.
Darker Auctions
When Scorpius is elected mayor and his Darker Auctions perk is available, there will be seven items auctioned instead of four. The auctioned items will be randomly selected from the possible items available from that round.
Same item cannot appear in the same dark auction twice, once it appears once its removed from any following rounds.
Item | Overall Chance | Chance | |||||||
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Round | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
Ender Artifact | 32.477% | 11.313% | 10.837% | 10.327% | |||||
Wither Artifact | 32.477% | 11.313% | 10.837% | 10.327% | |||||
Nether Artifact | 32.477% | 11.313% | 10.837% | 10.327% | |||||
Hocus-Pocus Cipher | 17.412% | 5.656% | 5.801% | 5.955% | |||||
Magic 8 Ball | 17.412% | 5.656% | 5.801% | 5.955% | |||||
Spirit Mask | 17.412% | 5.656% | 5.801% | 5.955% | |||||
Sirius' Personal Phone Number | 17.412% | 5.656% | 5.801% | 5.955% | |||||
Midas' Sword | 22.706% | 7.542% | 7.572% | 7.593% | |||||
EPIC Parrot Pet | 22.706% | 7.542% | 7.572% | 7.593% | |||||
EPIC Turtle Pet | 22.706% | 7.542% | 7.572% | 7.593% | |||||
EPIC Jellyfish Pet | 22.706% | 7.542% | 7.572% | 7.593% | |||||
LEGENDARY Parrot Pet | 6.05% | 1.885% | 2.01% | 2.154% | |||||
LEGENDARY Turtle Pet | 6.05% | 1.885% | 2.01% | 2.154% | |||||
LEGENDARY Jellyfish Pet | 6.05% | 1.885% | 2.01% | 2.154% | |||||
Travel Scroll to Dark Auction | 11.857% | 3.771% | 3.946% | 4.141% | |||||
Eccentric Painting Bundle | 11.857% | 3.771% | 3.946% | 4.141% | |||||
Dark Purple Dye | 0.231% | 0.071% | 0.077% | 0.084% | |||||
Enchanted Book Bundle (Vicious) | 30.95% | 16.67% | 14.29% | ||||||
Enchanted Book Bundle (Big Brain) | 30.95% | 16.67% | 14.29% | ||||||
Enchanted Book (Protection VII) | 30.95% | 16.67% | 14.29% | ||||||
Enchanted Book (Sharpness VII) | 30.95% | 16.67% | 14.29% | ||||||
Enchanted Book (Power VII) | 30.95% | 16.67% | 14.29% | ||||||
Enchanted Book (Growth VII) | 30.95% | 16.67% | 14.29% | ||||||
Enchanted Book (Giant Killer VII) | 30.95% | 16.67% | 14.29% | ||||||
Enchanted Book (Counter-Strike V) | 30.95% | 16.67% | 14.29% | ||||||
Plasma Nucleus | 50% | 50% | |||||||
Hegemony Artifact | 50% | 50% | |||||||
Flower Minion | 100% | 100% | |||||||
Midas Staff | 100% | 100% |
Trivia
- Once the player has been in the Dark Auction once, the days of which the Dark Auction takes place will appear on their Calendar. The player will also receive 1000 coins.
- If the player participates in a full Dark Auction, they will get a secret achievement called "Sirius Business" which awards the player 10 achievement points.
- The music heard within the Dark Auction is C418 - Stal.
- During the Resistance Movement event, the Dark Auction's door was opened and it was transformed into a Resistance base.
See also
Gallery
History
Alpha Hypixel Network | ||
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Oct 9, 2024 | Ⓑ Bingo players can no longer access the Dark Auction. | |
SkyBlock Prototype | ||
July 2, 2019 | 0.5 | Added Dark Auction. |
Aug 2, 2019 | 0.7 | Now accepts 5 more players per server. |
Unknown Date | Fixed Dark Auction servers not protecting blocks outside the DA room from being harvested.[1] | |
Feb 21, 2020 | 0.7.6 | Added Parrot Pet and Turtle Pet to the list of possible items. |
Added more Dark Auction servers. | ||
Mar 12, 2020 | Dark Auction now takes your coins on bid then returns them if you don't win the item. | |
Dark Auction now has a queue and takes the richest players first. | ||
June 2, 2020 | 0.7.9 | Added Travel Scroll to Dark Auction to the list of possible items. |
Added another round to the Dark Auction (increase from 3 to 4). | ||
Oct 17, 2020 | Added Scorpius. | |
Oct 20, 2020 | 0.9.8 | Added Enchanted Book (Sharpness VII), Enchanted Book (Giant Killer VII), Enchanted Book (Protection VII), Enchanted Book (Growth VII), Enchanted Book (Power VII), Enchanted Book (Counter-Strike V), Enchanted Book (Big Brain III), Vicious III, Plasma Nucleus, Hegemony Artifact, and Midas Staff to Dark Auctions affected by Scorpius and his Darker Auctions perk. |
Scorpius elected for the first time. | ||
Oct 5, 2021 | Added Nether Artifact to the list of possible items. | |
Mar 1, 2022 | 0.12.3 | Added Dark Purple Dye. |
Apr 25, 2022 | Added Eccentric Painting Bundle. | |
June 20, 2023 | 0.19 | Added Hocus-Pocus Cipher. |
Apr 24, 2024 | 0.20.1 | Added one additional round for each Dark Auction and Darker Auction as well as new items. |
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