Upgrade Matrix

The Upgrade Matrix terminal in every station holds 52 tool and suit upgrades across five tabs. Some are among the best value purchases in the game; others are quality-of-life you can leave until you are rich.

Last verified: November 2026 · Steam release build

The Upgrade Matrix. Some entries stay hidden behind a question mark until you buy the upgrade before them.

All upgrades by tab

The most important tab. These upgrades multiply every sale for the rest of the game.

Upgrade	Cost	Effect	Verdict
Market Contracts I	$120	+6% launch payout.	First economy buy.
Market Contracts II	$400	+12% total launch payout.	Buy before vehicles.
Market Contracts III	$1,100	+18% total launch payout.	Buy before your first big factory.
Supplier Network	≈ $700	−10% tool and container prices. Unlocks Luna Exchange.	Pays off if you still plan to max brooms.
Luna Exchange	$2,500	A seat on the Luna Dust Exchange: +10% on every launch (+28% total).	Strong, but get the Pressure Chamber first.
Region Bounty I	$200	+$15 per region cleared ($25 total).	Huge early — every hex you finish is worth 2.5×.
Region Bounty II	$600	+$30 per region cleared ($40 total). Maxed.	Best value early economy upgrade.

Recommended purchase order

First container level on each new tool (Hand Brush, Household Broom, Wide Broom, Extra Wide Broom).
Tool Belt Slot 2 ($15) — then Slot 3 ($60).
Market Contracts I ($120).
Region Bounty I ($200) and II ($600) — $40 per finished hex.
Market Contracts II ($400).
Build the Pressure Chamber + solar here ($800) — not an upgrade, but it beats everything below.
Market Contracts III ($1,100), Supplier Network (≈ $700), Luna Exchange ($2,500).
Extra Wide Broom container levels, Dust Compactor, Wide Heads, Long Reach.
Movement speed / Exo Frame, Auto Packer, Capsule Tether.
Jetpack, Gravity Boots, Night Vision before the flag hunt.
Everything else once money is unlimited — all 52 cost less than a single JONAS.

Watch out

Express Dock makes deposits very fast — holding E briefly empties the whole tool as one deposit. If you want the "Deposit 10,000 times" achievement, do that grind before or without relying on Express Dock.

The maths behind the economy tab

Market Contracts and Luna Exchange are percentage bonuses on every launch payout — dust, sand and stone. With all four bought you earn +28% on everything. Region Bounty is a flat bonus per finished hex: $10 base, $25 after level I, $40 after level II. Early on, when a hex takes one or two trips, Region Bounty is the stronger upgrade; once robots and factories produce most of your money, the percentage bonuses matter far more.

Supplier Network is only worth it if you are about to buy expensive container levels. It also unlocks the Luna Exchange entry, which stays hidden until you own it.