Battlefield Heroes: On the Moon

Battlefield Heroes: On the Moon is a themed update for Battlefield Heroes. The theme centers around the and the map Lunar Landing. The update was released on April 18th, 2012 with a subsequent cosmetic set drop one year later.

Story
Following the signature of an between the Royal Army and National Army, the two factions begin to work together to land the first humans on the Moon, including developing weapons that don't damage rockets but can damage other people. Both factions develop their own rocket propulsion system to take inhabitants to the Moon, and launch both simultaneously. Both rockets eventually reach the Moon's surface, and a Royal Army and National Army astronaut both leave their rockets and shake hands on the surface. Both astronauts look over to the Earth in the distance. The Royal Army astronaut then plants the Royal Army flag to the surprise of the National Army astronaut. The Royal Army astronaut then turns around and pulls out a weapon and aims at the National astronaut, who then does the same. The two then engage in a firefight, and the armistice is over.

Lunar Landing
Released with the update was the map Lunar Landing, complete with the addition of a new gamemode of Capture the Flag. The map was set on the surface of the Moon, the only level in Battlefield Heroes not based on Earth. games played on Lunar Landing also had the effect of decreased gravity, allowing players to jump higher and further than other maps.

Weapons
Six weapons were released for the update, originally shown in the teaser trailer.

Royal Army

 * Omega Beamer
 * Space-night Special
 * Stellar Strike

National Army

 * Eraser Ray
 * Orbital Punch
 * Plasma Forty-Five

Cosmetics
Six cosmetic sets and two emotes were released for the update, themed around the astronaut suits seen in the trailer and other sci-fi media, such as . Four more sets were also released one year after the update.

Royal Army

 * Astronaut's Set (Purchase)
 * Space Explorer's Set (Purchase)
 * Spaceman's Set (Purchase)


 * Spaceman's Gray Set (Released one year later)
 * Spaceman's Green Set (Released one year later)
 * Rocket Play (Purchase)

National Army

 * Kosmonaut's Set (Purchase)
 * Space Seeker's Set (Purchase)
 * Galactic Set (Purchase)


 * Galactic Purple Set (Released one year later)
 * Galactic Red Set (Released one year later)
 * Rocket Play (Purchase)