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{{Infobox location
|image = <gallery hideaddbutton="true">
Dark Auction Front.png|Outside
Dark Auction.png|Inside
</gallery>
|type = Market
|level = No level prerequisites, but player must be holding {{C|400000}} on entry
|travel_scroll = [[Travel Scroll to Dark Auction]]
|x = 91|y = 75|z = 176
|location = Wilderness
|npcs = *Sirius
*Bob
}}
{{Quote|quote = Are you here for the Auction? Only the richest players can enter.|personquoted = Sirius}}
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 [https://hypixel.inventivetalent.org/skyblock-dark-auction-timer/ here]). The NPC [[Sirius]] appears in front of a wooden door in the wilderness at the coordinates {{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 {{Coins|400k}} 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]] ({{R|e}} or {{R|l}} [[Rarity]])
* [[Turtle Pet]] ({{R|e}} or {{R|l}} [[Rarity]])
* [[Jellyfish Pet]] ({{R|e}} or {{R|l}} [[Rarity]])
* [[Sirius' Personal Phone Number]]
* [[Magic 8 Ball]]
*{{Ench|Sharp 6 book}}
*{{Ench|GK 6 book}}
*{{Ench|prot 6 book}}
*{{Ench|Growth 6 book}}
*{{Ench|pow 6 book}}
*{{Ench|Vic 5 book}}

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.
{{Outdated|Midnight dye has had its odds changed as of 0.20.5}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" rowspan="3"|Item
! rowspan="3"|Overall Chance
! colspan="5"|Chance
|-
! colspan="5"|Round
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
|-
| {{ID|Ender Artifact}}
|32.477%
|11.313%
| rowspan="17"|{{bc}}
|10.837%
|10.327%
| rowspan="23"|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Wither Artifact}}
|32.477%
|11.313%
|10.837%
|10.327%
|-
| {{ID|Nether Artifact}}
|32.477%
|11.313%
|10.837%
|10.327%
|-
| {{ID|Hocus-Pocus Cipher}}
|17.412%
|5.656%
|5.801%
|5.955%
|-
| {{ID|Magic 8 Ball}}
|17.412%
|5.656%
|5.801%
|5.955%
|-
| {{ID|Spirit Mask}}
|17.412%
|5.656%
|5.801%
|5.955%
|-
| {{ID|Sirius' Personal Phone Number}}
|17.412%
|5.656%
|5.801%
|5.955%
|-
| {{ID|Midas' Sword}}
|22.706%
|7.542%
|7.572%
|7.593%
|-
| {{ID|$e$ Parrot Pet}}
|22.706%
|7.542%
|7.572%
|7.593%
|-
| {{ID|$e$ Turtle Pet}}
|22.706%
|7.542%
|7.572%
|7.593%
|-
| {{ID|$e$ Jellyfish Pet}}
|22.706%
|7.542%
|7.572%
|7.593%
|-
| {{ID|$l$ Parrot Pet}}
|6.05%
|1.885%
|2.01%
|2.154%
|-
| {{ID|$l$ Turtle Pet}}
|6.05%
|1.885%
|2.01%
|2.154%
|-
| {{ID|$l$ Jellyfish Pet}}
|6.05%
|1.885%
|2.01%
|2.154%
|-
| {{ID|Travel Scroll to Dark Auction}}
|11.857%
|3.771%
|3.946%
|4.141%
|-
| {{ID|Eccentric Painting Bundle}}
|11.857%
|3.771%
|3.946%
|4.141%
|-
| {{ID|Dark Purple Dye}}
|0.231%
|0.071%
|0.077%
|0.084%
|-
|{{ID|Enchanted Book &Sharp 6&}}
|16.67%
| rowspan="7"|{{bc}}
|16.67%
|rowspan="7"|{{bc}}
|rowspan="7"|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &GK 6&}}
|16.67%
|16.67%
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &Prot 6&}}
|16.67%
|16.67%
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &Growth 6&}}
|16.67%
|16.67%
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &Pow 6&}}
|16.67%
|16.67%
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &Vic 5&}}
|16.67%
|16.67%
|-
| {{ID|Flower Minion}}
|100%
|{{bc}}

|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 {{AN|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.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" rowspan="3"|Item
! rowspan="3"|Overall Chance
! colspan="8"|Chance
|-
! colspan="8"|Round
|-
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
!8
|-
| {{ID|Ender Artifact}}
|32.477%
|11.313%
|{{bc}}
|10.837%
|{{bc}}
|10.327%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Wither Artifact}}
|32.477%
|11.313%
|{{bc}}
|10.837%
|{{bc}}
|10.327%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Nether Artifact}}
|32.477%
|11.313%
|{{bc}}
|10.837%
|{{bc}}
|10.327%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Hocus-Pocus Cipher}}
|17.412%
|5.656%
|{{bc}}
|5.801%
|{{bc}}
|5.955%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Magic 8 Ball}}
|17.412%
|5.656%
|{{bc}}
|5.801%
|{{bc}}
|5.955%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Spirit Mask}}
|17.412%
|5.656%
|{{bc}}
|5.801%
|{{bc}}
|5.955%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Sirius' Personal Phone Number}}
|17.412%
|5.656%
|{{bc}}
|5.801%
|{{bc}}
|5.955%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Midas' Sword}}
|22.706%
|7.542%
|{{bc}}
|7.572%
|{{bc}}
|7.593%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|$e$ Parrot Pet}}
|22.706%
|7.542%
|{{bc}}
|7.572%
|{{bc}}
|7.593%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|$e$ Turtle Pet}}
|22.706%
|7.542%
|{{bc}}
|7.572%
|{{bc}}
|7.593%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|$e$ Jellyfish Pet}}
|22.706%
|7.542%
|{{bc}}
|7.572%
|{{bc}}
|7.593%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|$l$ Parrot Pet}}
|6.05%
|1.885%
|{{bc}}
|2.01%
|{{bc}}
|2.154%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|$l$ Turtle Pet}}
|6.05%
|1.885%
|{{bc}}
|2.01%
|{{bc}}
|2.154%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|$l$ Jellyfish Pet}}
|6.05%
|1.885%
|{{bc}}
|2.01%
|{{bc}}
|2.154%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Travel Scroll to Dark Auction}}
|11.857%
|3.771%
|{{bc}}
|3.946%
|{{bc}}
|4.141%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Eccentric Painting Bundle}}
|11.857%
|3.771%
|{{bc}}
|3.946%
|{{bc}}
|4.141%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Dark Purple Dye}}
|0.231%
|0.071%
|{{bc}}
|0.077%
|{{bc}}
|0.084%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book Bundle (Vicious)}}
|30.95%
|{{bc}}
|16.67%
|{{bc}}
|14.29%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book Bundle (Big Brain)}}
|30.95%
|{{bc}}
|16.67%
|{{bc}}
|14.29%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &Protection 7&}}
|30.95%
|{{bc}}
|16.67%
|{{bc}}
|14.29%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &Sharpness 7&}}
|30.95%
|{{bc}}
|16.67%
|{{bc}}
|14.29%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &Power 7&}}
|30.95%
|{{bc}}
|16.67%
|{{bc}}
|14.29%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &Growth 7&}}
|30.95%
|{{bc}}
|16.67%
|{{bc}}
|14.29%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &Giant Killer 7&}}
|30.95%
|{{bc}}
|16.67%
|{{bc}}
|14.29%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Enchanted Book &Counter-Strike 5&}}
|30.95%
|{{bc}}
|16.67%
|{{bc}}
|14.29%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Plasma Nucleus}}
|50%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|50%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Hegemony Artifact}}
|50%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|50%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Flower Minion}}
|100%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|100%
|{{bc}}
|-
| {{ID|Midas Staff}}
|100%
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|{{bc}}
|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 ==
* [https://skyblockutils.com/daPrices Lowest Bin Website (Dark and Darker Auctions Items)]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Dark Auction Stats Sep 2022.png|thumb|Dark Auction stats released on September 11, 2022
File:Dark Auction Stats Feb 2021.png|thumb|Dark Auction stats released on February 25, 2021
File:Darker Auction Stats Feb 2021.png|thumb|Dark Auction stats released on February 22, 2021
</gallery>

== History ==
{{History head}}{{History header|beta}}
{{History|2019/July 2|Added '''Dark Auction'''.}}
{{History|2019/August 2|Now accepts 5 more players per server.}}
{{History|unknown|Fixed '''Dark Auction''' servers not protecting blocks outside the DA room from being harvested.<ref>https://youtu.be/a8Y1tQqho-k?t=93</ref>}}
{{History|2020/February 21|Added [[Parrot Pet]] and [[Turtle Pet]] to the list of possible items.|Added more '''Dark Auction''' servers.}}
{{History|2020/March 12|'''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.}}
{{History|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).}}
{{History|2020/Oct 17|link=none|Added '''[[Scorpius]]'''.}}
{{History|0.9.8|Added {{Ench|Sharp 7 book}}, {{Ench|GK 7 book}}, {{Ench|prot 7 book}}, {{Ench|Growth 7 book}}, {{Ench|pow 7 book}}, {{Ench|cs 5 book}}, {{Ench|bb 3 book}}, {{Ench|Vicious 3}}, {{ID|Plasma Nucleus}}, {{ID|Hegemony Artifact}}, and {{ID|Midas Staff}} to '''Dark Auctions''' affected by [[Scorpius]] and his {{AN|Darker Auctions}} perk.|Scorpius elected for the first time.}}
{{History|2021/October 5|Added {{ID|Nether Artifact}} to the list of possible items.}}
{{History|2022/March 1|Added [[Dark Purple Dye]].}}
{{History|2022/April 25|Added [[Eccentric Painting Bundle]].}}
{{History|0.19|Added [[Hocus-Pocus Cipher]].}}
{{History|2024/April 24|Added one additional round for each '''Dark Auction''' and '''Darker Auction''' as well as new items.}}
{{History foot}}

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