Sweep The Moon Automation Setup: Robots, Drones and Dust Flow

Crew members can pay for shared robot and drone upgrades with their own Cash. Each robot or drone sale pays the whole crew. See the co-op guide for shared facilities and roles.

1. Go to the Crew Robot Bay outside the base and press E. Choose UPGRADE to buy the first Robot Vacuum for 50 Cash.
2. Go to BUY A DRONE at the base and buy the first Dust Drone for 200 Cash.
3. Return to either facility's upgrade menu as funds allow. Each successful upgrade adds one shared unit, up to eight crew robots and eight team drones.

Robots seek nearby dust and return to their dock to sell it. Drones fly to nearby dust and return to their pad to sell. Both work alongside your own cleaning; they do not need to be connected to a conveyor.

For further purchase options and unit details, see robots and drones.

1. Buy a conveyor route in the direction where you are cleaning.
2. Carry your collected dust to a SELL pad on that route and unload it. The conveyor carries the dust to the Lunar Converter.
3. Use the route's upgrade prompt to extend it when your work moves farther away. An extension adds a SELL pad at the new end; full-length routes can connect to neighboring conveyors.

A longer route reduces your trip to a SELL pad but can change the dust's travel time to the converter. Compare the displayed delivery time before upgrading. See conveyor routes and extensions for the direction-specific options.

Open Tab → General to find Conveyor Speed and Convert Time. Choose the upgrade that addresses where dust is delayed:

• Dust takes too long to travel: upgrade Conveyor Speed to shorten transport time.
• Dust is waiting at the converter: press E beside the Lunar Converter to view its waiting-dust count and upgrade Convert Time to reduce processing time per item.

See dust processing machines for converter upgrades and repairs.

For a low-cost income start, approach the blue Solar Panel preview, press E, and choose BUILD. The first panel costs 25 Cash and pays each crew member 0.50 Cash every 5 seconds. Build additional panels at the next preview.

To start the Oxygen Garden, buy it for 250 Cash, enter, and use the garden terminal to buy plants. The first plant costs another 40 Cash and pays 0.05 Cash per second. Compare the next purchase's cost and income increase as you expand either facility; see passive income for their prices and returns.

Purchased placeable robots such as the Dust Filter Walker or Scrub Rover use a different placement method: select the robot in your hotbar and click a dust area. Press the same hotbar slot again to cancel placement mode.

With the +1 Robot Dock pass, you can place one small dock for free in each moon, including a friend's moon. Pick it up to place it again for free.