Summary
The gore-filled cleaning simulator,Crime Scene Cleaner, offers a new take on the genre, tying together its filthy levels with a coherent storyline. This offers something a little bit different that fans of games likeViscera Cleanup DetailorPowerwash Simulatorwill enjoy. There’s a lot of depth hidden under the layers of grime, withsecrets and collectibles to discoverin levels, and full upgrade trees to enhance and unlock new cleaning tools.
Skill points are handed out fairly generously if players collect a little of the extra loot in their levels, and it’s definitely possible to fill out multiple tools and trees by the end of the game. So, players can choose to focus on certain tools, their general abilities, or spend points to increase their Crime Sense and spot dirt more easily, without worrying about min-maxing. For players who want to rely on their trusty mop, these are the best mop skills in the Cleaning Tree, and a couple of skills from other trees that will help with mopping efficiency.
7Careful Steps
Leave No Trace
Careful Steps is a general skill, but it’s one that will make the process of mopping a floor a lot easier. This skill prevents the player from leaving bloody footprints behind them if they step in any of the viscera coatingCrime Scene Cleaner’slevels. There’s nothing worse than mopping a floor, then looking behind and seeing a trail of footprints, so this is a skill that both mop fans and other players will want to pick up early.
6Clean & Power Detergents
Helpful With All Tools
Different detergent types inCrime Scene Cleanerwork with all the players' cleaning tools, and the different varieties all have specific strengths. Players start with Resistance, which allows for longer cleaning without tools getting dirty, and Area Detergent, which allows for cleaning a larger surface area at once. Both these basic detergents are useful with the mop, but players might also want the upgrade for Clean and Power Detergents.
Clean detergent makes water in a bucket last longer before it needs replacing, and power detergent helps with cleaning multiple stubborn blood stains on a surface. Players can use each of these detergents' effects to make mopping surfaces a lot more efficient.
5Cleaning Speed
Speed Mopping
Found in the center of the cleaning tree, the Cleaning Speed upgrades help with speed for both the mop and the sponge. There are two stackable upgrades for this skill, and taking both makes a noticeable difference that will help with clearing outCrime Scene Cleaner’slevels as they start to get larger and filthier.These cleaning skillsare useful for cleaning large open floors with the mop, especially when combined with the area detergent.
4Increased Resistance
Clean For Longer
The skill tree specifically related to the mop lets players choose between increased resistance or increased range (area cleaned in one stroke) with the mop at each level in between its major upgrades.
Increasing the resistance of the mop will allow players to clean more dirt before having the rinse the mop in a bucket. There are four available levels of this upgrade in total, if players want to focus totally on water efficiency over the cleaning area.
3Increased Range
Hit A Wider Area
The other side of the coin in the mop skill tree is the Increased Range upgrades. These skills increase the area that the mop will cover in one sweep. Players can combine this with the area detergent to hit wide areas of lightly-stained floors at once.
Players need to choose between range and resistance increases when they level the mopping tree, so it can be a good idea to balance two range upgrades with two resistance upgrades. With that said, players can swap skills once purchased, so it’s also possible tomin-max mop upgradesdepending on the cleaning situation.
2Self-Cleaning Attachment
Use Less Water
At the top of the mop skill tree are two mutually exclusive upgrades. Players can choose either the Soap Spray Attachment or the Self-Cleaning Attachment. Both are useful, but suited to different purposes.
The Self-Cleaning Attachment allows players to clean the mop once without using a bucket. If this is combined with resistance upgrades or resistance detergent, then the player can extend the time the mop can be used without washing drastically. This can be important inlevels where players have to do a lot of cleaningfar away from a water source.
1Soap Spray Attachment
Stubborn Stain Remover
The alternative to the Self-Cleaning Attachment is the Soap Spray Attachment. This upgrade lets players spray soap onto a surface from the mop, allowing for easier cleaning of more difficult stains. This means a tough blood stain will take fewer total sweeps to fully clean. This skill is excellent for saving time on more ingrained and overlapping blood stains on floors.
While enabling either of the top-tier upgrades for the mop means players can’t use the other one, it is possible to swap the skills without cost once purchased. That means players are free to choose the best attachment for the situation inCrime Scene Cleaner.
