Moon Sweepers Equipment Guide: Night Vision, Jetpacks & Oxygen

While handheld brooms and heavy cleaning rovers do the physical work of clearing lunar dust, your personal Astronaut Suit Equipment keeps you alive, mobile, and productive across extreme terrain. From traversing shadowed crater rifts with Night Vision Goggles to surviving sub-zero lunar nights, choosing the right suit loadout is critical.

For handheld sweeping tools, check our tools and brushes guide, consult passive base upgrades in the upgrade matrix guide, or learn key shortcuts in the controls guide.

Complete Personal Equipment Catalog

Every piece of wearable astronaut gear can be purchased at the Habitation Equipment Kiosk:

Night Vision Goggles: Overview & Usage

Added to the game to address community feedback regarding pitch-black lunar nights, the Night Vision Goggles ($350) are the single most important vision upgrade:

• Keybind: Toggle on/off instantly with N.
• Dust Storm Penetration: Unlike standard flashlights that reflect blinding glare off airborne dust particles, night vision filters out ambient fog and highlights clean vs dirty terrain in sharp contrast.
• Power Drain: Consumes 0.5 kW per minute. Ensure you have upgraded to at least the Auxiliary Battery Pack Mk I before embarking on extended nighttime sweeps.

Jetpack Thrusters & Low-Gravity Traversal

The Moon’s low gravity (roughly 1/6th of Earth’s) makes movement buoyant, but steep crater ridges can easily trap astronauts on foot:

• Ascending Crater Walls: Tap Spacebar while sprinting toward crater cliffs to boost upward along rock faces that are otherwise impassable on foot.
• Fall Damage Mitigation: Falling from heights over 15 meters damages your suit integrity. Activating a short 0.5-second thruster burst just before touchdown absorbs all kinetic impact.
• Speed Hopping: Combining a forward sprint with rhythmic short thruster bursts allows you to cross flat plains 40% faster than standard running.

Recommended Equipment Purchase Priority

With limited starting funds, follow this optimal equipment upgrade sequence:

1. Auxiliary Battery Pack Mk I ($120): Extends your operational perimeter so you never get stranded by battery failure.
2. Night Vision Goggles ($350): Enables productive sweeping around the clock, doubling your income rate during lunar night cycles.
3. Thermal Suit Liner ($220): Drastically reduces nighttime heating power drain, making nighttime expeditions safe and economical.
4. Jetpack Thruster Unit ($500): Unlocks rapid crater exploration and fast transport between distant mining outposts.
5. High-Capacity Oxygen Tank ($180): Best acquired once you start long-distance exploration runs in the map and exploration guide.