Janitor

Service

Janitor

Access: Janitor, Maintenance, Service

Difficulty: Easy

Duties: Clean up the station.

Supervisors: Head of Personnel

Subordinates: None

Guides: None

As Janitor, it is your job to keep the station clean as can be. Your duties are to mop the floors, clear the trash / junk and replace broken lights. It is your job to scrub away any undesirable graffiti from the floors. It is also your role to silently point at the wet floor sign and quietly laugh every time someone slips.

Beware being lured into dark rooms or alleyways by a colleague requesting help. For messes visible from the corridor to places you don't have access to, stand mutely and point at the mess until they embarrassedly let you in. For high security areas, make a positive impression by requesting trash through a window and lending them your mop if you see a mess.

As janitor, you'll likely be requested often by Guide to Medical and Chef staff. Blood and vomit will steadily increase in their departments. Science will likely need you too but are often too busy experimenting to notice their mess or remember to let you out. Remember to use the Radio to work closely with the crew.

When starting, consider finding a crowbar and possibly a wirecutter (to be able to let yourself out of obscure locations when the power goes out or the Science team forget about you). Your first, second and third option to escape a room that you've cleaned should be to say 'Excuse me' and hope they notice and feel sorry for you.

If you are having trouble mopping large amounts of liquid (like a blood filled Chef kitchen), consider trying Space Cleaner. You can request a Chemist or Science team to refill your Space Cleaner Spray Cans. They may ask you to first half fill it with water. Note that blood will still need to be mopped up rather than sprayed at.

Item Repurposing

The lazy and nuisance Janitor dumps everything that is on the floor into a bin and asks science for cleanbots. Consider sending objects to where they can be used.

• Dead mice or animals can be cooked by a Chef, sold by Cargo or recycled into biomass by Guide to Medical.
• Raw food ingredients can be used by a Chef.
• Glass / Cloth / Plastic / Steel / Gold / Wood can be used by the Science or Engineering department, or it can be sold / distributed by Cargo.
• Empty cans, wrapping paper, matches, plants, chairs, clothes, plushies, etc can be sold by Cargo.

You can also reroute disposals to your department so it is easier to manage, though you may want to talk to someone in Engineering before doing so.

Tools

Image	Name	Description
	Mop bucket	Pull with you by pressing CTRL + Left click. Make sure it's full of water before heading out for cleaning duty. When all the clean water in it gets dirty, drag it to a Drain (often found in your closet), and click and drag the Mop Bucket onto the Drain to empty it. You can then refill it at a water tank, sink, or water cooler using a Bucket or other small container to transfer water. Be warned, as anyone can tip over your Mop Bucket given a little time, which will more than likely make a horrendous mess for you to clean.
	Janitorial Trolley	The upgraded version of the Mop Bucket. Holds more water, and your mop, bucket, and trash bag can be stashed on it with Alt + Interact. It also has ample room for transporting cleaning supplies or contraband. However, since it is larger than a mop bucket, it's harder to navigate in tight spaces, and slows you down more.
	Mop	Used to clean floor puddles or bludgeon hostile Xenofauna. Left click on a filled Mop Bucket/Trolley to wet the mop with water. Then, left click on a puddle one or more times until it is replaced with clean water, which will soon evaporate on its own. Once the water in the mop's Liquid Bar at the bottom of the UI is completely replaced by whatever foul mess you are cleaning up, click on the Mop Bucket/Trolley again to wring and re-water the mop. If your mop won't drain water from the Mop Bucket, it's time to go and replace the water in the mop bucket. Or you can try spilling clean water from a blue bucket directly onto a large mess to dilute it. If the clown dares to get in your way, you can wield the mop two-handed to be instantly more intimidating, by pressing Z.
	Bucket	Used for transferring water to Mop Buckets and cleaning up big messes. Holding the bucket, click on a water source multiple times until the bucket is full, then click on the Mop Bucket multiple times until empty. It will take multiple Buckets of water to fill an empty Mop Bucket. To use on the floor directly, fill the Bucket with water, stand in the center of the mess, then right click on the Bucket and choose Spill Liquid. If you wish, you can clean your Mop just using buckets, but they'll get dirty rather quickly.
	Trash Bag	Left click on the ground next to any trash (wrappers, empty cans, bullet casings) to vacuum it into the bag. Click items directly to pick them up individually. Can only pick up trash, so if you want to throw something else away, you'll need to manually put them into a Disposal Bin by hand.
	Soap	The iconic bar of Nanotrasen-brand soap! Can clean fingerprints or fibers off of items, slip pursuers, or serve as an absolutely terrible snack.
	Space Cleaner	Generally found in 100u Spray Bottles. Spray to clean several tiles, it's magic. Capable of cleaning up regular puddles, tile grime, and painted artwork. For fancy floor artwork with a mime standing nearby, contemplate whether you really want to risk causing a scene by erasing their picture.
	Wet Floor Sign	Remember - they can't sue you if the sign's up. If you're feeling a surge of Janitorial patriotism, you can wear it in place of a coat.
	Holographic Sign Projector	Creates a temporary holographic wet floor sign. Powered by power cells.
	Galoshes	The best shoes on the station. All Janitors will spawn in wearing a pair. They prevent the wearer from slipping, though you will be slowed slightly when moving over slippery surfaces.
	Mouse Trap	Used to lure and kill mice / rats. Unset mice traps do nothing. Hold one in your hand and press the Interact hotkey in order to activate/deactivate it. Cheese / bait not required. Mousetraps can be hidden underneath tables and counters, making them much more dangerous to any skittering vermin. You can throw an activated mouse trap at a mouse to kill it.
	Light Replacer	A handy tool for replacing broken bulbs or tubes. Can hold as many replacement lights as you can find. Simply click on a broken or missing light bulb/tube to replace it with a new one.
	Light Bulb	Used to replace broken light bulbs.
	Light Tube	Used to replace broken light tubes.
	Flashlight	Press E to turn it on. Put it in your pocket for ease-of-use. It is much brighter than your PDA light. Remember to turn it off when finished otherwise the battery will run out. The battery remaining is shown above the item as green bars. The battery can be changed by holding a new battery (e.g. Medium Power Cell) in your active hand and left clicking on the flashlight.
	Advanced Mop	An advanced version of the mop can hold more water and automatically self-cleans over time. Frees you from having to drag around a cart all shift. Can be researched by Science with the Tier 2 Service Tech - Advanced Cleaning.
	Mega Spray Bottle	A bigger, better spray bottle, able to hold 250u of reagents (in your case, probably Space Cleaner). Can be researched by Science with the Tier 2 Service Tech - Advanced Cleaning.

Getting Supplies

A Janitor's Closet should be your first stop. If the closet is missing required objects, here is a reference on where to go to ask for replacements:

• Science - Request a Mop / Bucket / Power cell (battery for flashlight) / Spray bottle / Flashlight. Science can also research an advanced mop, which cleans spills faster and automatically cleans itself/creates water.
• Chemistry / Science - Request Space Cleaner to be made at a ChemDispenser. You may need to supply a container such as a bucket or spray bottle half full of water.
• Botanist - Request Water for your Bucket