Quick Answer
Sweep near your base, sell dust at a depot, then buy a Household Broom and improve carrying capacity. For this Moon Sweepers best start route, keep your Toothbrush until that purchase and skip the Nail Brush and Hand Brush. At the depot, launch your dust shipments to get paid.
Moon Sweepers Best Start: Clean Near Your Base
Start with your Toothbrush and clean areas close to your base, then turn the collected dust into money at a depot. Nearby sectors give you a practical opening route while your tools and carrying capacity are still limited.
Your opening goal is a working loop: collect dust, deliver it, launch a shipment, and put the earnings into better cleaning equipment. You can also explore for trophies before settling into that loop. Treat exploration as another way to start earning, rather than a requirement before you can clean.
Sweep Sectors and Launch Dust Shipments
Work along a sector's edges, sweep back and forth across it, and return to a depot when your storage fills.
Begin with the Toothbrush
Choose an area near your base. Keep your early earnings instead of immediately buying each small tool improvement.
Follow the edges, then sweep across
Use the sector lines to organize your passes. After working around the edges, move back and forth through the remaining dust. "It goes pretty quickly when you do it this way."
Deliver a full load
Take your collected lunar dust to a depot and launch a shipment to get paid. Carrying capacity determines how much cleaning you can do between deliveries, so a full load is your cue to return.
Finish the area
Return to cleaning and work toward the area's completion payment. Dust shipments and completed areas both contribute to your early income. For the earning loop beyond these opening steps, see Moon Sweepers money.
You do not need to collect every speck of dust to complete an area. Clear the main portion instead of chasing isolated specks after every pass.
Explore for Flags Between North Station and South Station
Spend your first 30–60 minutes exploring for flags before you settle into cleaning. Walk up to a flag and press E to untangle it; flags and landing sites pay cash, which gets you to your first tool purchase sooner. "Don't rush. Jump around. Find trophies, such as flags."
Press E at a flag to untangle it and collect the reward.
Shown at 01:00 in The Ginger Empire’s video.From North Station, explore toward South Station and check both sides of your route for flags and wrecks. Keep looking left and right rather than walking straight past everything between the stations.
Use the map at the top of the screen to find your way back to base. When you travel farther away, another base can appear on your HUD. That gives you a navigation reference while you explore.
Buy the Household Broom Before More Tools
Save for the Household Broom after the Toothbrush instead of buying the Nail Brush and Hand Brush along the way. This route puts your money toward a larger improvement in lunar-dust collection.
| Tool | Opening priority |
|---|---|
| Toothbrush | Starting tool |
| Nail Brush | Skip on this route |
| Hand Brush | Skip on this route |
| Household Broom | First tool purchase |
Each cleaning tool has its own cleaning width and container size, shown on the Supply Wall before you buy. Buying the whole sequence spends money on intermediate tools, so choose a purchase for the improvement it gives you.
The Supply Wall lists every cleaning tool with its width, reach and container. The Wide broom costs $75.
Shown at 02:36 in The Ginger Empire’s video.Two broom orders work. Skip the Wide Broom and Extra-Wide Broom and put that money into upgrades, or buy the Wide broom for $75 and then upgrade your dust container and broom coverage. Pick one and stick with it.
Improve Carrying Capacity and Broom Coverage
Prioritize carrying capacity to handle more dust between deliveries, then consider broom coverage as another early upgrade target. Capacity directly supports the collection and shipment loop you are already using.
| Upgrade target | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Carrying capacity | Bigger loads between deliveries |
| Broom coverage area | Wider cleaning coverage |
Whichever broom you buy, the dust container and broom coverage are your next two upgrades.
Keep the purpose of each purchase clear: a better tool improves your cleaning equipment, while increased carrying capacity lets you take on bigger jobs between deliveries.
Confirm Your Cleaning Loop and Plan the Next Purchase
You have the opening loop working when you can collect a load, launch it from a depot for payment, and earn additional money by completing an area. Your next purchase should support that same loop: the Household Broom if you still have the Toothbrush, or carrying capacity once you have moved on.
When you are ready to consider transport, compare the Moon Sweepers best vehicle options before spending. Continue with the Moon Sweepers walkthrough for the next part of your progression.
FAQ
Begin with the Toothbrush in sectors near your base. Deliver full loads of lunar dust to a depot and launch shipments to fund your first purchases.
Make the Household Broom your first tool purchase on this route. Save the money you would otherwise spend on the Nail Brush and Hand Brush.
Earn money through dust shipments and area completion payments, with trophy hunting as another opening option. You can explore toward South Station from North Station while checking both sides for flags and wrecks.
Increase carrying capacity first to collect bigger loads between depot visits. Broom coverage is another early upgrade target after your tool purchase.
No, clearing the main portion of an area is enough for completion. Sweep along the edges and then make back-and-forth passes through the remaining dust.