How to Collect Lunar Dust in Moon Sweepers

The Dust Loop at a Glance

Collecting dust is only the first half of the job. The developer's Steam description separates it into distinct steps. Here they are in order.

• Clean dusty terrain with your current tool, starting with a toothbrush.
• Watch the cleaned area change as you work.
• Keep collecting until your storage is full.
• Carry the load to a depot.
• Launch a shipment from the depot to get paid.

Start With the Toothbrush

Every Moon Sweepers operation begins with a toothbrush. It is the starting tool the developer names, and it is how you collect your first dust. The official trailer description ties that toothbrush directly to dust sales and tool progression.

The toothbrush sets the baseline for everything that follows. Better tools are bought with the money your dust earns. Our cleaning tools page covers what is confirmed about them.

Cleaning Dusty Terrain

You collect dust by cleaning the dusty lunar terrain. The store page describes visible cleaning progress, so you can see which ground you have already cleared. That makes it easier to work through an area without missing patches.

We have not verified the interaction key, the pickup behaviour or the collection radius. None of these appear in the official description. We will add them once they are confirmed in the released game.

When Your Storage Fills

Collected dust goes into your storage, and storage has a limit. When it fills, you need to deliver before you can keep collecting effectively. That makes capacity a key part of the dust loop.

The developer links increased carrying capacity to handling larger jobs between deliveries. More capacity means more dust per trip. Our carrying capacity page explains what is confirmed and what is not.

Delivering Dust to a Depot

A depot is where you bring your collected dust. Depots act as the delivery points in the loop. The developer also says depots can be placed near the area you are working in.

Placing a depot closer to your work shortens each delivery run. Exact placement rules and costs were not verified. Our depot placement page covers what is known.

Shipping the Dust to Get Paid

Delivering dust and getting paid are separate steps. The developer describes launching shipments from depots as the action that pays you. Do not assume that cleaning alone, or depositing alone, earns money.

The value of each unit of dust and the payout timing were not verified. We have not seen a sale-price table in any official material. Our how to make money page tracks the earning side.

Turning Dust Into Progress

The money from shipments is what moves your operation forward. The developer names better cleaning tools and increased carrying capacity as purchases. Later, cleaning vehicles become usable as the operation develops.

Each improvement feeds back into collecting dust. A better tool helps you clean, while more capacity cuts the number of trips. No official upgrade order has been published.

Collecting Dust in Co-op

Moon Sweepers supports online co-op for up to 16 players. The store describes players working in separate areas or cleaning the same area together. Both approaches use the same collect, deliver and ship loop.

We have not verified whether money or upgrades are shared between players. Splitting areas or working together is a choice your group can make. Our multiplayer page lists the confirmed co-op features.

Details Still Being Verified

The official description explains the sequence, not the controls. These details need testing in the released build. We list them so you know exactly what is still open.

• The cleaning input.
• How dust is picked up.
• The collection rate.
• The units used for capacity.
• The depot deposit prompt.
• What triggers a shipment, and how long it takes.

Collecting Faster With Better Equipment

The toothbrush is only where you begin. The developer says your earnings can buy better cleaning tools, and those tools are how collecting speeds up. Increased carrying capacity is the other confirmed upgrade that helps.

Cleaning vehicles become usable later, as the operation develops. We have not verified how vehicles collect dust or how much they can carry. Our cleaning vehicles page tracks the confirmed details.

Common Dust Collection Mistakes

The most common mistake is assuming that cleaning pays you directly. In the confirmed loop, payment comes from launching a shipment at a depot. Keep that final step in mind on every run.

Another mistake is treating your own storage and depot storage as the same thing. The developer confirms carrying capacity upgrades, but a separate depot-storage system was not verified. Finally, be wary of collection rates quoted elsewhere, because none have been officially confirmed.

Official Moon Sweepers Channels

DragDrop Games is listed on Steam as both the developer and the publisher of Moon Sweepers. The official channels we could verify are the Steam store page, the Steam community discussions and the MoonSweepers YouTube channel. Patch notes and announcements that change the loop would most likely appear there first.

Steam's website field for the game points to a Discord server, but we could not verify that invite. We therefore do not link it on this site. The Steam discussions are also the right place to report bugs, since we cannot fix the game itself.

Next Steps

Once you understand the dust loop, the next question is how to make each cycle faster. Start with our Moon Sweepers guide for the full overview. Then read about depots to plan shorter delivery runs.

Every page on this wiki shows the date its facts were checked. We will add inputs and screenshots after testing the released game. If you spot something we have wrong, tell us through our contact page.

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