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Sweep The Moon Drones: Crew Pad, Prices and Best Uses

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Drones can collect lunar dust while you work elsewhere. Choose between a shared crew fleet and drones sold by the Meteor Merchant.

BUY A DRONE sign and drone pad at the base

Crew and Merchant Drone Options

Crew Dust Drones return to their pad to sell for the whole team. Merchant drones are purchased individually and placed from the hotbar.

The crew pad lists suction in layers per second, while the merchant lists a cleaning rate per second. Use the merchant listings to compare those two shop drones; the rates are not a direct comparison with the crew pad's layer rate.

Drones
NameAcquisitionCash priceRobux price
Dust Drone
Crew Drone Pad
200 Cash (First team Dust Drone)
—
Dust Vac Drone
Meteor Merchant (When available in the shop)
28 Cash (Meteor Merchant listing)
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Mothership Drone
Meteor Merchant (When available in the shop)
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80 Robux (Meteor Merchant listing and purchase prompt)

Dust Drone

Type
Shared team cleaning drone
Expansion cost
400 Cash (Dust Drone 2)
640 Cash (Dust Drone 3)
1024 Cash (Dust Drone 4)
Gems purchase option
20 Gems (The menus for Dust Drone 2, Dust Drone 3, and Dust Drone 4)
Later upgrade quote
1633.4 Cash (Example from a later Dust Drone upgrade prompt; purchase number unspecified)
Capacity
30 Dust (Dust Drone 2)
30 Dust (Dust Drone 4)
Suction rate
8 layers/s (Dust Drone 2)
6 layers/s (Dust Drone 4)
Flight speed
30 studs/s (Dust Drone 2 and Dust Drone 4)
Behavior
Starts working after purchase, flies to the nearest dust, collects it, and returns to the pad to sell. Sale payouts go to the whole team.
Upgrade control
Press E at the Dust Drone upgrade prompt.
Purchased and expanded through
Crew Drone Pad

Dust Vac Drone

Type
Merchant cleaning drone
Shop speed
30 (Meteor Merchant listing)
Capacity
300 (Meteor Merchant listing)
Cleaning rate
20 /s (Meteor Merchant listing)
Behavior
Flies while vacuuming dust along its route.
Deployment
Select the purchased unit in the hotbar and click a dusty area to place it. Press the same hotbar key again to cancel placement mode.
Sold by
Meteor Merchant (When available during the merchant's visit)

Mothership Drone

Type
Merchant cleaning drone
Shop speed
40 (Meteor Merchant listing)
Capacity
900 (Meteor Merchant listing)
Cleaning rate
60 /s (Meteor Merchant listing)
Accompanying cleaning drones
3 drones
Behavior
Cleans a broad area with a large storage bin and three small drones that clean alongside it.
Deployment
Select the purchased unit in the hotbar and click a dusty area to place it. Press the same hotbar key again to cancel placement mode.
Sold by
Meteor Merchant (When available during the merchant's visit)

Buy and Expand the Crew Drone Pad

  1. Find BUY A DRONE at the base and buy the first Dust Drone for 200 Cash. It starts working after purchase.
  2. Press E at the Dust Drone upgrade prompt to open the Crew Drone Pad menu.
  3. Buy the next drone with Cash or use the displayed Gems option. Each upgrade adds one shared drone, up to eight.
Drone added Cash price Gems option
Dust Drone 2 400 20
Dust Drone 3 640 20
Dust Drone 4 1,024 20

Any crew member can pay with their own Cash to expand the fleet. Crew drones fly to the nearest dust, collect it, and return to the pad to sell; each sale pays the whole team. See the co-op guide for more ways to share work and income.

BUY A DRONE sign and drone pad at the base
Crew Drone Pad upgrade menu with Cash and Gems options

Buy and Deploy Merchant Drones

  1. When the Meteor Merchant is present, approach and press E to open the shop. Stock is tracked separately for each player.
  2. Buy a Dust Vac Drone for 28 Cash or a Mothership Drone for 80 Robux when it is available.
  3. Select the purchased drone in your hotbar and click a dusty area to place it. Press the same hotbar key again to cancel placement mode.

The Dust Vac Drone flies while vacuuming along its route. The Mothership cleans a broad area with three smaller drones that clean beside it. For the visit window and other stock, see the Meteor Merchant guide.

Mothership Drone listing in the Meteor Merchant shop

Which Drone Fits Your Goal?

  • Shared team income: Expand the crew Dust Drone fleet. Each additional drone collects automatically and its sales pay everyone on the crew.
  • Low-cost flying vacuum: Choose Dust Vac Drone if you want a merchant drone for Cash. It vacuums as it flies and costs 28 Cash.
  • Broad-area cleaning: Consider Mothership Drone if you are willing to spend 80 Robux. It has three helpers, and its merchant listing has higher speed, capacity and cleaning rate than Dust Vac Drone: 40 versus 30 speed, 900 versus 300 capacity, and 60 versus 20 cleaning per second.

For a setup that combines drones with other collection and transport facilities, see the automation setup guide.