The golden bucket in Totally Safe Moon Project is not inside the town. It is out in the mountain area behind the suburbs, in the snow-capped range with pine forest on the lower slopes and a road running along the valley floor — so you have to leave the street grid to reach it.

Totally Safe Moon Project golden bucket: the route out of town

The whole search is one decision: the suburbs are not the answer. The tower you are building sits in a grid of streets, and the golden bucket sits past the edge of that grid, in the mountains behind it.

Three landmarks tell you what the mountain area looks like:

  • The peaks are snow-capped, so they read white against the sky well before you reach them.
  • Pine forest covers the lower slopes.
  • A road runs along the valley floor.

Everything you carry out there, including the bucket itself, goes through the same pink claw, and the gravity gun guide covers how to pick a prop up and hold on to it.

The achievement collectibles

The golden bucket is the one collectible the game does not tie to a counter. The rest of them are tracked as achievements instead of through a list on the map, which means the achievement list is the checklist:

CollectibleAchievementWhat you do
Blessed Statue"Pick Up a Blessing"Pick the statue up
Trampoline"Bounce"Use the trampoline in town
Boombox"Time to Dance"Pick the boombox up
Cloud"Partially Cloudy"Pick up a cloud with your gravity gun
NPC"Living Blocks"Pick up an NPC
Another player"I'm the Boss!"Pick up another player with your gravity gun
House on a tree"Treehouse"Attach a house to a tree
10 objects"Building Started"Pick up 10 objects in total
100 objects"Still Building"Pick up 100 objects

Most of them are ordinary build props as well, so picking one up does not mean leaving it on the ground — the statue, the trampoline, the boombox and the treehouse all count as stackable pieces, and the tower building guide has the list of what you can pile up.