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Is there a Moon Sweepers speedrun route?
Choose the finish condition before choosing a route: a money milestone and a full-Moon cleanup reward different decisions. Public guides offer a spiral cleanup plan and a delivery-first solo plan. The comparison below attributes each suggestion; it does not present either as a leaderboard record.
Which public route should I plan around?
Playmods recommends clearing near the base, expanding in adjacent rings and using automation before a final pass over missed areas. The independent Companion also starts near the base, but emphasizes proving one delivery loop before adding collectors. Nearby cleanup and a working delivery loop appear in both guides; the exact spiral pattern is a one-source recommendation.
For a short milestone, choose the delivery-first plan and track the selected threshold. For a full-Moon goal, use a planned sweep of adjacent areas and reserve a final pass for unfinished regions. These are guide-based planning options; the leaderboard rules determine the valid start, finish and team category.
| Approach | Order | Best planning use | Source status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spiral cleanup | Nearby base areas → adjacent outward rings → automation → missed-area pass | Full-map cleanup planning | 1 source · Playmods route guide |
| Delivery-first solo | Complete one sale → finish a nearby region → prove one delivery chain → expand collection | Solo sessions and early cash milestones | 1 source · Independent Companion solo guide |
| Shared starting priorities | Nearby cleanup plus a reliable delivery loop before expansion | Baseline common to both approaches | 2 independent guide publishers |
Why this page stays short on routes
A useful route needs its category, start and end conditions, timing format, version, and a public run video or split sheet. A search-summary time of 34:31:00 is not enough to infer whether it means hours, minutes or a specific leaderboard format. This guide therefore leaves record time blank. HowLongToBeat polls measure ordinary play, not competitive timing, and cannot validate a speedrun.
For a route-planning checklist, record when dust sales start, which movement purchases save time, when power supports a chamber or press, and whether the rules require a full clear. These are milestones to compare in public runs, not a claimed optimal sequence. The general beginner and money guides provide the current published machine costs.
What would make this page grow
The next evidence needed is two independently documented public runs or guides that identify category, version and splits. This is a future content update; no game login or client session is required. Until then, use the walkthrough for ordinary progression and the community leaderboard for its own current records.
Questions
What is the fastest listed time?
No record time is established here; consult the category rules and dated public runs on the community leaderboard.
Is there a split route?
Not one I can cite from two sources.
Sources
- Speedrun.com Moon Sweepers community board (summary-level evidence) (current access restricted; retained from dated research) — checked 2026-11-10
- HowLongToBeat — checked 2026-11-10
- Playmods public speedrun route guide (route advice, not a verified record) — checked 2026-11-10
- Independent Companion solo progression: delivery-first route — checked 2026-11-10
- Moon Sweepers DB: speedrun categories and timing rules — checked 2026-11-10
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