Moon Sweepers
Unlock Auto-Packer without confusing it with Packager
Auto-Packer is a container upgrade; Packager is a separate building. Check your existing container and Dust Compactor levels before budgeting the unlock.
Identify the feature you want
Wikily’s community upgrade matrix, labelled for version 1.0.5, describes Auto-Packer as the upgrade that packs full tool containers automatically. It lists a price of $2000 and requires Dust Compactor II. The community machine list separately prices the Packager building at $100. Buying that building is not the stated unlock route for the container upgrade. First decide whether your task is eliminating manual packing of a full tool container or adding a building to your logistics layout; similar names do not make them interchangeable.
Work backward through the prerequisites
The community matrix says Dust Compactor needs any container upgrade at level I. Auto-Packer then needs Dust Compactor II; buying Dust Compactor I and II costs $600 together. Read your owned levels before making purchases, choose an eligible container upgrade if none is owned, then complete the required compactor levels before buying Auto-Packer. The container choice has a variable price, so do not present the compactor subtotal as a universal all-in unlock cost. Already-owned prerequisites also change what you still need to spend.
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Check packing failures against the patch
If you own the upgrade but containers do not pack, verify the installed version before buying unrelated equipment. Official update 1.0.5 fixes packing failures in large bases with many capsules on belts, explicitly including Q, Auto-Packer and machines. That is a documented historical fault, not proof that every present packing issue has the same cause. Our suggestion is to record the owned upgrade and the observed failure after updating. Prices and prerequisites above come from Wikily, not an independently tested purchase sequence; the official patch is authoritative for the stated fix.
Compare the documented container branch
Wikily’s 1.0.5 matrix lists the total cost of all 3 levels and the final capacity for each tool container: Toothbrush $35 / 4 kg; Nail brush $53 / 6 kg; Hand brush $70 / 8 kg; Household broom $210 / 24 kg; Wide broom $420 / 48 kg; Extra wide broom $840 / 96 kg. Each requires Collector Uplink. These are full-branch totals, not the price of the next level; check your owned levels before budgeting.
Dust Compactor has 3 levels costing $1800 in total; its top effect is +45% container capacity for all tools, and its prerequisite is any container upgrade at level I. This differs from the $600 subtotal for levels I--II needed before Auto-Packer. Wikily’s branch summary does not contain complete level-by-level data for all other branches, so this comparison is not a full upgrade calculator.
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Use the Packager building
For a building that accepts dust from your tool container, Wikily points to Packager under Logistics in the build menu, priced at $100. Its hopper holds 100 kg; it sends a 1 kg capsule onto a belt every 0.35 s. Reserve a 2.8 × 3 m footprint and 2.4 m height, and provide the outgoing belt. If the task is automatic packing while carrying a tool, use Auto-Packer instead. Wikily’s building description does not establish a power requirement, so this guide does not invent one.
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Cleaning branch prerequisites
Wide Heads: 3 levels, $580 total. Top effect: +24% cleaning width. Requires all of: Collector Uplink.
Deep Heads: 2 levels, $370 total. Top effect: +24% cleaning depth. Requires all of: Wide Heads I.
Long Reach: 2 levels, $290 total. Top effect: +1.5 m reach. Requires all of: Wide Heads I.
Surge Heads: 1 level, $1500 total. Top effect: +10% width and depth; +0.5 m reach. Requires all of: Wide Heads III + Deep Heads II + Long Reach II.
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Suit branch prerequisites
Servo Stride: 3 levels, $660 total. Top effect: +21% movement speed. Requires all of: Collector Uplink.
Lunar Leap: 2 levels, $330 total. Top effect: +40% jump height. Requires all of: Servo Stride I.
Exo Frame: 1 level, $1200 total. Top effect: +8% speed; +15% jump. Requires all of: Servo Stride III + Lunar Leap II.
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Logistics branch prerequisites
Rapid Transfer: 3 levels, $430 total. Top effect: -58% deposit time. Requires all of: Collector Uplink.
Capsule Tether: 2 levels, $260 total. Top effect: +3 m capsule reach. Requires all of: Rapid Transfer I.
Throw Assist: 2 levels, $320 total. Top effect: +50% throw distance. Requires all of: Capsule Tether I.
Express Dock: 1 level, $900 total. Top effect: -50% deposit time. Requires all of: Rapid Transfer III + Throw Assist I.
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Economy branch prerequisites
Market Contracts: 3 levels, $1620 total. Top effect: +18% launch payout. Requires all of: Collector Uplink.
Supplier Network: 2 levels, $950 total. Top effect: -10% tool and container prices. Requires all of: Market Contracts I.
Region Bounty: 2 levels, $800 total. Top effect: +$30 per region cleared. Requires all of: Market Contracts I.
Lunar Exchange: 1 level, $2500 total. Top effect: +10% launch payout. Requires all of: Market Contracts III + Supplier Network II + Region Bounty I.
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Read totals and prerequisites correctly
These branch summaries use Wikily’s data labelled 1.0.5. Prices are totals for all levels of each named upgrade; effects are for its top level. Roman numerals name the required owned level, and a + between prerequisites means all are required. Container prerequisites are different: Dust Compactor needs any one container upgrade at I. The summaries do not provide every intermediate price or compound-effect formula, so they are a planning reference rather than a full calculator.
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