Vehicles & Garage Progression Blueprint
The definitive lunar vehicle roadmap. Stop sweeping Mare Tranquillitatis with hand brooms: here is the exact investment pipeline, prerequisite blueprint costs, battery telemetry, and dump funnel docking mechanics.
Garage Construction Required Before Any Vehicle Purchase ($200 Lunar Credits). First Vehicle: Hand Sweeper ($300).
Do not buy chassis parts early. The dealer terminal unlocks only after your physical Garage workshop pad is finished. You need an exact startup reserve of $500 Lunar Credits plus 4x Solar Plates and 2x Regolith Bricks to achieve full surface sweep automation.
Interactive Vehicle Progression Tree
Follow this rigorous chronological deployment pipeline to eliminate lost credits on mid-tier bottlenecks.
PREREQUISITE
Construct Garage
Erects Workshop Pad Alpha. Unlocks the digital vehicle terminal, hydraulic repair jack, and low-G recharging pylon.
FIRST VEHICLE
Push Sweeper M1
Manual dual-brush push cart. Eliminates stamina drain from hand sweeping and packs a sealed 50-liter dust cartridge.
CO-OP FAVORITE
Motorized Lunar Kart
Driver steers while co-op companion operates the 360-degree suction boom. Cuts crater cleanout times in half.
HEAVY FLEET
Heavy Orbital Rover
Pressurized 4-person cabin. Twin magnetic front rollers pulverize metallic space debris into high-value smeltable ore.
ENDGAME AI
Drone Bay Module
Rooftop hangar that automatically launches twin vacuum drones to harvest perimeter radiation zones while crew sleeps.
Vehicle Telemetry & Price Breakdown
Click column headers to sort by Price, Storage Capacity, or Base Velocity.
| Vehicle Unit unfold_more | Tier & Era | Unlock Prerequisite | Cost ($) unfold_more | Capacity (L) unfold_more | Speed unfold_more | Power Drain | Optimal Usage Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Ion Broom | TIER 0 | Default Starting Gear | $0 | 15 L (Suit Pack) | 1.0x (Walk) | 0% (Stamina only) | Airlock doorstep & stairs |
| Push Sweeper M1 | EARLY GAME | Garage Workshop ($200) | $300 | 50 L Drum | 2.5x Sprint | 0 kW (Mechanical) | Flat landing pad clearing |
| Lunar Kart Sweeper | MID GAME | Push Sweeper + 10 missions | $750 | 180 L Bin | 5.0x (18 km/h) | 1.2 kW/min (Solar) | 2-player cooperative crater sweep |
| Treaded Slag Collector | MID GAME | Welder License Lv.2 | $1,250 | 300 L Tank | 4.2x (14 km/h) | 2.0 kW/min | Heavy regolith slag & boulder fields |
| Heavy Orbital Rover | ENDGAME FLEET | Garage Expansion II ($600) | $1,800 | 500 L Twin-Bin | 6.5x (26 km/h) | 3.4 kW/min (RTG Pack) | Extreme deep crater excursions (4-crew) |
| Drone Bay Swarm Module | ENDGAME AUTO | Max Garage + AI Co-processor | $3,200 | 600 L Swarm Dock | 8.0x Aerial (35 km/h) | Base Nuclear Grid | Hands-off automatic area decontamination |
Maintenance, Power & Debris Disposal
Avoid costly battery death and toxic dust spills. Three mechanics every crew chief must memorize.
1. Charging Dock Mechanics
Vehicles feature distinct solar vs nuclear charging behaviors depending on current lunar illumination:
Never drive into shadow canyons below 20% charge without a spare fuel rod in the trunk.
2. Tread Damage & Welder Repairs
Regolith is jagged crushed glass. Wheels and vacuum brushes degrade by 1.2% per 100 meters driven over rocky scree:
Takes 15 seconds per wheel with personal Hand Welder tool while vehicle is turned off.
Instantly restores all 4-6 wheels to 100% durability by docking inside the workshop bay.
Below 30% durability, vehicles suffer 50% speed loss and drift sharply to the left.
3. Crater Disposal Funnel Docking
Emptying your vehicle is not automatic. Dumping radioactive moon dust improperly causes heavy fines:
Dumping before magnetic lock spills 20% dust, requiring manual re-sweeping.
Frequently Asked Questions & Pro Tips
Battle-tested knowledge from 400+ lunar salvage runs. Avoid catastrophic rollover losses.
All players registered to the host's Clan Terminal can commandeer and refuel any unlocked vehicle in the garage lot.
Yes! Vehicles are bound to the session garage rather than individual player inventories. However, only the host can sell or salvage chassis for credit refunds at the terminal.
Due to low moon gravity, high-speed turns on crater ridges often flip rovers onto their roofs. Do NOT panic and do NOT exit the vehicle immediately.
- Hold R (or Y-Button on Steam Deck) for 3 seconds to trigger the Pneumatic Righting Jack.
- If upside down in a deep fissure, use your suit's Grav-Winch Tool anchored to any rock formation within 25 meters.
- As a last resort, open the Pause Menu and select "Recover Vehicle to Garage Bay" for an in-game fee of $50 Credits.
The most efficient path is clearing the Solar Farm Alpha contract. Prioritize collecting gold-grade irradiated satellite shards rather than generic regolith. Shards sell at $12 each vs $1 for gray dust. Two runs with your basic hand broom will net roughly $540 within 12 minutes of gameplay.
Automated Sweeper Drones (Stage 5) feature algorithmic pathfinding that avoids steep crater drops. However, during Solar Flare Warning Events, unshielded electronics will fry within 90 seconds. Always use the Garage Master Switch to issue an "Emergency RTB (Return to Base)" beacon before the radiation wave hits.