Tools

Hand tools are how every run starts and how every run ends: you buy your way up from a toothbrush to a one-metre broom, and you still use that broom to finish stubborn hexes after the robots have done the rest.

Last verified: November 2026 · Steam release build

Tool list

Comparison table

Tool	Cost	Base container	Upgraded	Width
Toothbrush	Free	0.5 kg	1 kg (one container upgrade)	Narrowest tool in the game
Nail Brush	$5	≈ 0.75–0.8 kg	Upgradeable (container upgrade $8)	≈ 6.9 cm wider than the toothbrush
Hand Brush	$10	1 kg	2 kg after the $10 container upgrade	≈ 24.6 cm
Household Broom	$25	3 kg	6 kg ($30) → 12 kg	≈ 43.9 cm (about 22 cm wider than the Hand Brush)
Wide Broom	$75	6 kg	12 kg → 24 kg	Roughly double the Household Broom
Extra Wide Broom	$150	12 kg	≈ 110 kg fully upgraded (with Dust Compactor)	≈ 98.8 cm (+32 cm over the Wide Broom)

Base dust sells for about $1 per kilogram before economy upgrades, so a tool's container size is literally its payout per trip. That is why container upgrades feel so strong early: doubling a 1 kg brush to 2 kg doubles your hourly income for $10.

Best purchase order

Nail Brush ($5) with your first five dollars.
Hand Brush ($10), then its $10 container upgrade (1 → 2 kg).
Household Broom ($25), then its $30 upgrade (3 → 6 kg).
Tool Belt Slot 2 ($15) and the Building Tool ($50) when you want your first Packager.
Wide Broom ($75) and its first upgrade (6 → 12 kg).
Extra Wide Broom ($150), then the $60 upgrade to 24 kg and Tool Belt Slot 3 ($60).
Economy upgrades take over from here — see the Upgrade Matrix.

Lock the broom sideways with L and run straight lanes — the widest possible strip every pass.

Tool belt & multi-tool carrying

Every tool keeps its own dust container even when it is holstered. With a second and third tool belt slot you can fill your main broom, switch to an older broom, fill that, and still pick up one packed capsule in your hand. On a typical mid-early setup that turns a 12 kg trip into a 25–37 kg trip with no extra purchases. It is fiddly — you place capsules and switch tools constantly — but it roughly doubles income in the phase before Packagers.

Watch out

Running over capsules you left lying on the ground can launch you into the air in moon gravity. Drop them to the side of your lane, not in it.

Container upgrade or new tool?

The first container level on any tool is almost always worth it because it doubles income for a small price. The second and later levels climb steeply in cost. Once the next level costs more than half of the next tool, buy the next tool instead — it improves capacity and width. The exception is the Extra Wide Broom: it is the last broom, so every level is worth buying eventually, and the Dust Compactor adds +15% on top.