Broken Moon is getting a necessary makeover with the Season 21 update. Here are all the changes to look forward.
Broken Moon is Apex’s 5th map. The community had a lot of expectations for the map, as it had been a long time since Respawn released a good map in the game that resembled World’s Edge. However, just a few days after the map’s release, the community realized that the map wasn’t exactly what they were hoping for.
As a result, it didn’t take much time to become the most hated map in the game. However, Respawn hasn’t been sitting idle all this time. They’ve been listening to the community and finally, they are making all the necessary changes to the map in Season 21. Here’s the new look of Broken Moon with new POIs and rotations:
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All New POIs
Quarantine Zone
Where Promenade East met West is now the Quarantine Zone. The Promenade was wiped out by the Stasis Array Node, which crashed down to the map. When what appeared to be Olympus collided with the Stasis Net satellite, Broken Moon’s protection was no longer—allowing the crash debris and meteors to rain down along with unknown biological material that required the area to be quarantined.
From a game design perspective, the goal was to deliver a faster-paced and more deliberate combat experience. We condensed the whole center of the map, making it more predictable where players can and cannot rotate from. The layout of this POI makes for fast-paced looting, combat, and some fun action with the covered zip-rail loop while also providing a safe rotation from teams at the lower end.
Breaker Wharf
Breaker Wharf was also affected by the debris raining down, which gave us some room to play. Because this POI was so secluded from the rest, we felt that there was an opportunity to move it – and move it did! Now, look out for where the backup apparatus was.
This design change aims to break up the playstyle of this side of the map, where there are a lot of science buildings that play in a similar manner. Bringing over a more industrial kit will help break that repetitiveness, offering more gameplay variety to players.
Space Port
Space Port is a smaller POI that breaks the mold of the original larger POIs and sits in the area that once was Breaker Wharf (recreated by the mobilization to help keep Broken Moon alive and together). It serves a bigger purpose of bringing more action to spaces less traveled and is the perfect drop for one team to get some good loot.
Cliff Side
Cliff Side sits in between the Quarantine Zone and Stasis Array and is another smaller POI with an interesting X layout allowing for a tug-of-war between the high and low grounds. Its placement also allows for less of a hike to rotate, and it’s a great spot to strategize during your next rotation.
Solar Pods
Solar Pods utilizes the new Lunar buildings to introduce the bridge between Foundry and Cultivation as a new POI. The intent of this placement is to speed up the pacing of the map between POIs and offer a new combat experience within them.
Underpass
Underpass is another one of the smaller POIs that allow for a slower-paced beginning for teams looking for less of a hot drop. This POI also sticks to the high-level goal of speeding the pacing up while allowing for more desirable rotations.
Experimental Labs
Experimental Labs was an addition to a camp that existed and allowed for more loot in a less-than-desirable landing location. Looking for some fun rooftop to rooftop combat? This is your drop.
New Rotations
Hazmat Tunnel is a new rotation that connects Quarantine Zone and Terraformer for a risky but rewarding rotation. Offering speed and more loot, it’s up to you to decide how long is too long to stick around. This tension point should allow for some fun and interesting conflict.
This rotation between Terraformer and Stasis is a nice anchor point and the perfect spot for strategy planning while avoiding difficult chokes.
Connecting Cultivation, Terraformer, and Quarantine Zone, this area has multiple power positions with interesting ways to attack each of them.
Between the Quarantine Zone and Underpass, this quick rotation has some fun slide-downs and links to a covered bridge.
Use the space between Space Port and Perpetual Core to avoid being caught, thanks to multiple rotation opportunities.
This rotation connects Perpetual Core and Quarantine Zone, offering some fun platform-to-platform combat.
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Are you excited to try out the new Broken Moon? The new season drops on May 7, 2024. Don’t forget to explore the new map; you will have to keep playing the map throughout the full duration of Season 21.
