Police station lost items help!!

[aurorstorm]

I keep being REALLY stupid and temporarily storing items on my plaza, forgetting to pick them up at the end of the day, and having them squished by events like today's Fishing Tourney tent. These items are almost entirely unorderables I have run out of room for at the moment. I've probably lost at least 12 by now, maybe up to 20 or even more.

So I'm wondering if when a villager finally suggests I build the police station, will I be able to get all of these back?? Or only a few of them?? Or a few each day? I have no idea how the police station works as I've never had it

Any advice appreciated!

 

[sinsora]

The police station only starts storing things for you after you've built it. So the items that are now gone before the station is built are gone forever I'm sorry. Once you build it though, remember to always check it frequently as it does quickly store up stuff that are on the ground of your town if you have any, even without the events going over it. Best practices though is to never store items where the events will be on. ><

 

[aurorstorm]

Oh no I thought I read somewhere a while ago that your old items would show up. I guess not. Sigh. Thank you for your reply! I will be more careful!

 

[Spooky.]

I've also read that items you lost that way will show up in your police station. I was actually going to post and say that but I see the post above saying that they don't.

 

[aurorstorm]

Namstar I will just quietly hope that whatever we read was right!

 

[King Dorado]

I read the same-- that pre-station items will be there once the station gets built. hope thats correct, as i've lost items the same way (events) and dont have the polizei haus built yet...

 

[sinsora]

Hmm well i guess i could be wrong about the items before the station is built part

But i think i'm certain that if your police station is full, items don't get reserved to appear after emptying out the counters. Because I know i've lost many things in the past just to hope that they'd all be in the station but there was too much stuff so i could only get back so much @.@

 

[Spooky.]

Hmm well i guess i could be wrong about the items before the station is built part

But i think i'm certain that if your police station is full, items don't get reserved to appear after emptying out the counters. Because I know i've lost many things in the past just to hope that they'd all be in the station but there was too much stuff so i could only get back so much @.@

I think it holds like...20 items, and when new ones appear the oldest ones leave? Something like that.


I tried to look for a definite answer to this, but I'm really only getting the general 'items that are deleted by plots, tents, etc appear in the station the next day.' I haven't found the thing I read about items from before building it, but I don't see why it wouldn't work the same way.

 

[Reese]

Yeah, when I built my police station I recovered items I'd lost when Kyle planted his house on them about a month prior. It was only nine though (there are ten spots for items) so idk about overflow. Honestly there's no reason to worry about it now since you can't do anything about it, just remember to stop leaving items in that space!

 

[Belle of Pripyat]

When I was restarting one of my towns, I left some things on the plaza. The next day, Redd's tent was there and the things that had been in that spot were in the police station. It was, maybe, 4 or 5 things. I think it only works if the police station already exists. What you lost was probably "thrown away."

 

[aurorstorm]

Thanks so much for all the answers guys. It seems that I can be hopeful I might get some, if not all, of my items back... We'll see! I definitely know I need to find some safer storage for my stuff though! And also force someone to suggest the station asap

 

[King Dorado]

yeah i simply stopped leaving items in that bottom right corner of the plaza, and in the left central part where Isabelle sometimes sets up a standee for an event. let us know what you discover when you get your police station!!