Planetary Awakening Guide: Surviving the Lunar Impact
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OverviewPlanetary Awakening [The Moon Woke Up] is a survival and exploration game where the Moon crashes into Earth and you must live through the chaos, build colonies across the solar system, and eventually defeat the Sun. This guide covers how to survive the opening disaster, earn cash, handle the moonfected threat, and reach the game's furthest locations.
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Surviving the Lunar Impact
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When the round starts, the Moon awakens and heads straight for Earth. A massive shockwave follows the impact, and if it catches you in the open you will be incinerated. Every player spawns in the Bunker by default — it sits deep underground and shields you from the shockwave and other cataclysms. Staying inside until the impact passes is the straightforward way to survive.
- Stay in the Bunker it protects you from the Lunar Impact shockwave automatically.
- Reach space before the shockwave hits that is the other safe option if you are already off Earth.
- Avoid the shockwave in the open getting caught by it kills you and earns the Incinerated badge instead of Survivor.
- Earn the Survivor badge you get it by making it through the impact alive, confirming you cleared the first stage.
- Watch the Apollo 11 launch tower elevator getting crushed by it earns the Squished badge, so stay clear of it while you are near the tower.
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Teams and the Moonfected
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There are three teams in the game. Civilians are the default: neutral, safe from FRIEND Industries and Rebel attacks, and always spawning in the Bunker. Drinking Moonjuice turns you into a Moonfected, shifting you onto an aggressive team that can attack other players. You can also join FRIEND Industries or the Rebels by touching their spawn pads.
| Civilian | spawns in the Bunker, neutral against FRIEND Industries and Rebels, can fight Moonfected. |
| Moonfected | created by drinking Moonjuice, can kill other players for the Killer badge. |
| Defender | a Civilian who kills a Moonfected earns the Defender badge. |
| FRIEND Industries | spawns at the FRIEND Industries building on Earth. |
| Rebel | spawns at Gnosis 9; led by Dr. Chen, who claims FRIEND Industries is secretly harvesting Moonjuice-exposed people. |
Earning and Spending Cash
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Cash runs almost everything in the game — building structures, refining resources, and reaching the Rich badge at 5,000 cash. The overhaul update added daily rewards, playtime rewards, and quests, all of which give you steady income on top of what you mine and sell.
- Mine awakened planets and moons with your pickaxe to collect Raw Moonjuice, which sells for $20 a unit.
- Build a Drill on an awakened planet or moon to collect standard Moonjuice automatically; it sells for $40 a unit.
- Build a Colossal Juicer (costs $3,500) for a continuous Moonjuice supply.
- Refine Moonjuice at a Laboratory for $15 to produce Moon Potions, which sell for $70 each — the highest value resource in the game.
- Keep pushing toward 5,000 cash to earn the Rich badge.
Moon Potion Effects
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A Moon Potion is not the same as raw Moonjuice. Drinking Moonjuice infects you and turns you into a Moonfected. Drinking a Moon Potion instead gives you faster speed, a higher jump, and extra health for 30 seconds, with purple sparkle particles as a visual cue.
Dangerous Planetary Events
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After the Lunar Impact, the story moves outward into the solar system. Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus awaken, and Neptune chases you. Each event has its own hazard and its own badge for players who trigger or survive it.
- Stay away from Jupiter getting too close causes Callisto to emerge from inside Jupiter and eat your spaceship, earning the Eaten badge.
- Survive the Neptune chase by reaching the FriendGate and beating the minigame inside to earn the Skilled! badge.
- Ride a transport ship through the Neptune chase to earn the 5 Star Pilot badge instead.
- Getting swallowed by Neptune during the chase earns the Swallowed badge.
- Build plasma cannons to defeat the Sun and earn the Victory..? badge.
Exploration and Distant Locations
StepThe Build Tool lets you construct colonies, travel structures, and industry buildings on other planets using cash. Sedna sits beyond the Kuiper Belt and is the most remote destination in the game.
- Build colonies on other planets place Industry and Space structures to generate cash and resources away from Earth.
- Find and land on Sedna beyond the Kuiper Belt touching down there earns the Super Far Away badge.
- Complete the Episode 12 ending at Thalaan this can only be done in a public server and earns the Episode 12 Ending badge.
Glossary
Glossary- Lunar Impact
- The event at the start of each round where the awakened Moon crashes into Earth, sending out a lethal shockwave.
- Moonfected
- A player who has drunk Moonjuice and transformed into an aggressive form that can attack other players.
- Moonjuice
- A glowing pink liquid mined from awakened planets and moons; drinking it infects you, while selling or refining it earns cash.
- Moon Potion
- Moonjuice refined at a Laboratory for $15 that gives a temporary speed, jump, and health boost instead of infecting you, and sells for $70.
- Colossal Juicer
- A structure costing $3,500 that pumps out Moonjuice continuously from an awakened planet or moon.
- FriendGate
- The structure during the Neptune chase that you must reach and pass through to survive and earn the Skilled! badge.
- Bunker
- The underground default spawn for Civilian players that protects everyone inside from the Lunar Impact and other disasters.
- Sedna
- A distant body beyond the Kuiper Belt that rewards players with the Super Far Away badge when they land on it.
Common questions
FAQHow do I become a Moonfected?
Drink Moonjuice — the glowing pink liquid you get by mining awakened planets or moons with your pickaxe, or by collecting it from a Drill. Once you drink it you transform into a Moonfected and can attack other players.
Is there a badge I can only earn on a public server?
Yes. The Episode 12 Ending badge requires you to finish the Episode 12 storyline at Thalaan, and it can only be earned in a public server. Private servers will not count.
How do I survive the Neptune chase?
Head for the FriendGate and complete the minigame inside it — that is what earns the Skilled! badge. If you are flying a transport ship when you make it through, you earn the 5 Star Pilot badge instead.
Can drinking too many Moon Potions hurt me?
The speed buff stacks every time you drink one, and enough stacked doses will make you move so fast that walking launches you off the planet's surface. It will not infect you, but losing your footing in open space is its own problem.
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