# Junkyard Magnet — browser Garage

Earn Gears when a run ends, including defeat. The reward is floor(seconds survived / 15) + floor(bots dismantled / 10), plus 6 for defeating the boss and 10 for victory. Abandoning or closing a run does not bank that run's reward.

Open Garage from the main menu or results. Purchases save immediately and apply at the start of the next run. Arena upgrades reset each run; Garage purchases remain.

| Permanent mod | Effect per rank | Maximum ranks |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hull Plating | +5 starting and maximum hull | 5 |
| Magnet Core | +4% scrap damage | 5 |
| Servo Tuning | +3% movement speed | 5 |
| Pickup Coils | +10 pixels of pickup range | 5 |
| Reserve Hopper | +1 starting scrap, same capacity | 3 |
| Boost Capacitor | Dash cooldown multiplied by 0.96 each rank | 5 |

Ranks cost 10, 20, 35, 55 and 80 Gears. Reserve Hopper costs 15, 30 and 50. Cards show owned ranks, the next price and your current -> next effect.

## Browser saves

Progress is stored locally in this browser profile on this device. Keep using the same public playtest address and browser. New builds at that address retain the same save storage. Other browsers, devices, localhost and the Windows executable have separate progress. There is no account or cloud sync.

Allow browser site storage. Private browsing, clearing site data, browser profile removal or storage eviction can remove progress. A run in progress is not saved. Finish the run and let the result screen appear before closing the page. Avoid playing in multiple tabs at once because they share one profile.

The Garage validates its save and keeps a previous complete backup within the same browser storage. If the primary save is damaged it tries that backup. If saving fails, purchases roll back and results provide a retry action. Clearing the site's storage removes both copies.

For an update, finish your run, return to the playtest home page and choose Play in Browser again. Reloading an old version's direct URL stays on that old version.