Being a curator is no easy task, and you get to learn a lot about museum management in Two Point Museum. The game has you collecting artifacts by embarking on expeditions and uncovering secrets. A useful tool in your quest here is the Survey Scanner, and this guide details how to get and use the Survey Scanner in Two Point Museum.
How To Get The Survey Scanner In Two Point Museum
You can craft the Survey Scanner in the Workshop Room, and it takes 2500 gold and 25 days to complete the crafting. The Workshop Room costs 15,500 gold to craft, and a 4*4 space to place it. Head over to the Build menu and scroll down to find the option to build a Workshop Room. But that’s not all, you will also need a janitor with a Workshop skill to help craft items.
Once you are done building the Workshop Room, you will now see a new menu appear on the right. Select the Start Project button and press the RB/R1 button to switch through the item menus, and you will find the Survey Scanner here.
How To Use The Survey Scanner In Two Point Museum
You can check out your Workshop frequently to know when the Survey Scanner is done being built. Once completed, select the Pick Up option on the bottom of the workshop menu to collect it. To use it during an expedition, click on the helipad and browse the expedition you wish to explore. Usually, botanical expeditions are the ones that require the Survey Scanner, and the earliest one is the Bigfoot Gardens expedition.Â
Once you select this expedition from the map, assign your crew and select the Choose Cargo option right below the crew assignment menu. From here, select the Survey Scanner and start the expedition. Once done, the helipad will deliver a crate containing your rewards, and you can also complete the Bigfoot Gardens expedition.
What Does The Survey Scanner Do?
Using the Survey Scanner will improve the expedition’s survey level by 50%, which helps increase the chances of a successful survey of your terrains. With this, you can also map out areas that are not favorable to your crew, helping them avoid any calamities on their journey. There is also a chance that the Survey Scanner can help your crew encounter rarer items, thus increasing your chances of collecting rare treasures to display in your museum.
Two Point Museum is a fun simulation game, and there is a lot more to learn as you keep playing and making progress. If you are confused about what Astral Anomalies do in the game.
