Sweep The Moon Upgrade Priority

Why upgrade order matters

Sweep The Moon’s free loop is simple: sweep dust into your canister, empty it at the base for cash, then buy power. DomBlox Games launched that fantasy on October 23, 2026 (Place 109576450376407). Players who spread cash evenly across every shop node stay stuck on the toothbrush longer than players who fix their current bottleneck.

This upgrades tier list is a priority guide, not a price sheet. Exact node costs change with progression and patches. Use the symptoms below to decide the next purchase, then confirm the live shop on your moon.

Cross-link your plan with classes (Shards are separate), the vehicles guide, and the robots guide once you leave pure hand-tool play.

Priority ladder (S → later)

1) Brush — when clears feel slow

Buy brush / head power when you spend forever on the same dirty patch. Stronger cleaning shortens the time to tile completion, which also feeds Shards for class spins. If your canister still has room and you are not walking forever, brush is usually correct.

Symptoms you need brush now:

• You revisit the same pixels without the tile percentage moving.
• Friends on better brushes finish neighboring tiles while you grind one corner.
• You unlocked a wider path but the head still “tickles” dust.

Brushwright’s shop discount (see classes) makes later brush tiers cheaper if you are lucky on spins — another reason not to ignore brush early.

2) Canister — when you dump too many times

Buy canister capacity when your backpack fills before a tile looks respectable. Constant base trips destroy tempo even if the brush is fine.

Symptoms you need canister now:

• You know the walk to intake by heart because you take it every minute.
• You stop mid-tile solely because the canister is full.
• Co-op partners complain you vanish to base instead of holding a lane.

Infinite Canister (gamepass) removes the fill cap but still needs deposits for pay unless you also own Sell As You Sweep. Free players should keep buying capacity nodes until dumps feel occasional, not constant. Details on passes live in the gamepasses tier list.

3) Speed — when travel dominates the clock

Buy movement speed when the path between dirty ground and the base (or between tiles) is the real enemy. Speed does not clean faster by itself; it reduces empty walking.

Symptoms you need speed now:

• Brush and canister feel fine, but downtime is all jogging.
• You kite long distances to new tiles after finishing a cluster near base.
• You refuse vehicles yet and still hand-tool large gaps.

Remember Fast Legs (99 Robux sample) boosts walk speed when you are not sweeping — it complements, but does not replace, shop speed if you are F2P. Driving speed is a different lever covered in the vehicles guide.

4) Robot docks — first real automation

After the hand loop is stable, save for a robot dock. Robots keep cleaning while you dump, shop, or cover another lane. Place docks on cleaned ground (build mode requirements can include a clear footprint). Start with an affordable dock rather than the fanciest station on day one.

Why docks beat random belt spam early:

• They create parallel cleaning without another human.
• Mechanic class and the +1 Robot Dock pass multiply this layer.
• You learn dump routing before you invent a spaghetti factory.

Follow placement and connection tips in the robots guide. Newer stations such as Ranger Drone lines (November 11, 2026 window) belong in this automation chapter — unlock them when cash and power budget allow, not before brush/canister basics.

5) Belts — later logistics

Belts move dust containers toward the base. They shine once robots and machines produce more cargo than you want to babysit. Building a huge conveyor grid while you still fight toothbrush clears usually wastes cash that should have been brush or a first dock.

Buy belts when:

• Robots idle because outputs pile up.
• You understand Dust Out → Belt → Base Belt In style routing.
• Splitters and longer runs solve a real traffic problem.

Until then, hand-carrying or short routes are enough. Belts are logistics tier, not beginner tier.

Situational spends

Situation	Prefer
Tile % barely moves	Brush
Constant intake trips	Canister
Long jogs, fine cleaning	Speed
Want AFK / parallel clean	Robot dock
Robot cargo jams	Belts
Ready to drive	Vehicle bay (see vehicles guide)
Ready for rare bonuses	50-Shard class spins

Vehicles (sweepers, rovers, later Flyable UFO around November 14, 2026) are progression unlocks more than “stat nodes,” but the same philosophy applies: buy the tool that removes your bottleneck. Head Start can gift an early walk-behind sweeper once per moon if you spend Robux — still optional.

Cash routing tips that support the ladder

• Finish tiles; partial sweeps deny Shards and completion bonuses.
• Work near a deposit early so brush tests do not include marathon walks.
• In co-op (up to four friends), assign one player to shop runs while others hold lanes.
• Do not buy every solar / building cosmetic the moment it appears — power the clean loop first.
• Keep earn cash fast and Getting Started open while you learn intake locations.

How classes and passes interact

Upgrade cash and class Shards are different wallets. A Surveyor does not replace canister nodes; a Marshal does not replace docks. Likewise, 2x Cash multiplies a healthy loop — it does not fix a terrible brush. Read classes and gamepasses after this page so Robux and Shards reinforce the same bottlenecks you already identified.

Patch awareness

DomBlox continues to ship content (Ranger Drone, Hive Mites-style robots, Flyable UFO). New stations can rearrange mid-game priorities, but the early ladder — brush if slow, canister if too many dumps, speed for travel, docks next, belts later — remains the safest F2P advice on Place 109576450376407.

Revisit this upgrades tier list whenever a patch adds a machine that changes dump logistics. Until your hand loop feels smooth, ignore the urge to build a full factory floor.