Open-World Desert Survival

Dune: Awakening Wiki

Survive the heat, secure water, and build your foothold on Arrakis. Explore alone or with friends, develop your combat style, and craft vehicles to cross the desert.

  • PC Launch Jun 10, 2025
  • Filmic DLC Sep 22, 2026
  • 67,391 Steam Reviews
  • 74 Steam Achievements
  • 3 Solo Difficulty Presets

What is Dune: Awakening?

Dune: Awakening is an open-world survival RPG developed and published by Funcom. Set on Arrakis, it combines desert survival, crafting, exploration, and a cinematic story about the missing Fremen.

Build a base, develop your abilities, and assemble vehicles as you explore beyond your first shelter. Play in single-player, join friends on a private server, or enter a public world with other players.

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Player-built base with an ornithopter and ground vehicles at a desert settlement on Arrakis
  • Developer
    Funcom
  • Platforms
    Windows PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
  • Genre
    Open-World Survival RPG
  • PC Release
    Jun 10, 2025
  • Console Release
    Sep 22, 2026
  • Steam Reviews
    67,391
  • Steam Positive Reviews
    72%
  • Steam Achievements
    74
  • Solo Difficulty Presets
    3
  • Platforms
    Windows PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
  • Genres
    Open-World Survival RPG
  • Modes
    Single player, Multiplayer, Co-op
  • Release date
    2025-06-10
  • Developer
    Funcom

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Dune: Awakening Beginner Guide

Get through your first hours on Arrakis with a practical survival and progression route. Learn how to secure water, establish a working base, and follow Journeys without overlooking useful Contracts.

  1. 1

    Drink dew from Primrose plants when starting out, stay near rocky ground to avoid sandworms, and find shelter during sandstorms.

  2. 2

    Follow the pink Journey objectives to progress through the story and its introductory tasks. Open the Journey Menu with J on PC.

  3. 3

    Establish a base and add a Fabricator, refinery, and power generator as their research becomes available.

  4. 4

    Use a Blood Extractor and blood bags to collect blood from defeated human enemies, then process it into water with a Blood Purifier.

  5. 5

    Pick up blue-icon Contracts from Tradepost boards. You can track one Journey and one Contract simultaneously.

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Dune: Awakening Classes and Builds

Compare the five skill schools before choosing your starting mentor and planning a build. Your initial choice does not lock you into one class, because trainers can unlock additional skill trees.

  • Trooper

    Shigawire Claw provides grappling-hook movement, while the skill tree focuses on offensive mobility and demolitions.

  • Mentat

    The Sentinel deploys a turret that attacks enemies in its line of sight. The school emphasizes reconnaissance and area denial.

  • Bene Gesserit

    Voice: Compel forces a target toward you, complementing a skill tree built around physical mastery and mental manipulation.

  • Swordmaster

    Knee Charge propels you toward an enemy, supporting a skill tree focused on close-quarters combat.

  • Planetologist

    Unlock this additional skill tree through a trainer after character creation; it is not one of the four starting mentor choices.

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Dune: Awakening Resource Locations

Find the materials that unlock your next crafting tier instead of searching the wrong region. Check where copper, iron, and carbon appear, which mining tools they require, and why refining also needs a reliable water supply.

  • Copper

    Mine blue-speckled copper deposits with a Cutteray, then process the ore into ingots in a Small Ore Refinery.

  • Iron

    Search Eastern and Western Vermillius Gap with a Cutteray Mk1 or better. Refining iron ore into ingots also consumes water.

  • Carbon and Steel

    Find carbon in southern Jabal Eifrit Al-janub and near the Hagga Rift border. Mine it with a Cutteray Mk2 or better, then combine it with iron ingots to produce steel.

  • Water Supply

    Blood Purifiers convert collected blood into water, supporting both hydration and water-consuming crafting recipes.

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Dune: Awakening Map and Locations

Plan trips between Hagga Basin, the Deep Desert, and the major trading hubs. Understand the current PvE and PvP rules before choosing a destination for exploration or resource gathering.

  • Hagga Basin

    Official-server Hagga Basin is entirely PvE, including shipwrecks that previously allowed player combat.

  • Deep Desert PvE

    Enter through the Overland map and select a PvE instance to explore and gather resources without player combat.

  • Deep Desert PvP

    Choose a separate PvP instance for optional player combat and a 2.5x multiplier to mining yield and spice harvesting.

  • Arrakeen and Harko Village

    Both hubs contain Exchange terminals. In multiplayer, these terminals provide access to the player-driven marketplace.

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Dune: Awakening Base Building

Build a safer home, maintain its storm protection, and understand how to move it without leaving important possessions behind. Learn the requirements and limitations of the Base Reconstruction Tool before backing up your settlement.

  • Location and Foundations

    Avoid open sand and sandworm territory. Place your Sub-fief Console on a foundation and keep building pieces inside its claim to enable base backups.

  • Power and Protection

    Keep the generator fueled to maintain the shield against environmental damage. Check remaining power through your Sub-fief Console.

  • Three Base Backups

    Research the Base Reconstruction Tool at Iron tier and craft it in a Fabricator or Survival Fabricator. It can store up to three owned bases.

  • Relocation Limits

    Backups and restoration work in Hagga Basin. Assembled vehicles and Carrier Ornithopter Cargo Containers are not included, so secure them separately.

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Dune: Awakening Vehicles and Ornithopters

Build your first Sandbike and progress toward aerial exploration with an Ornithopter. Learn the assembly, storage, and maintenance tools that keep your transport ready for the next desert crossing.

  • Sandbike Mk1

    Research Sandbike Mk1 Assembly, obtain the chassis, hull, engine, power supply, and three treads, then assemble the vehicle with a Welding Torch.

  • Ornithopters

    Craft an Ornithopter for aerial travel across the desert. Sandbikes and Light Ornithopters can be stored safely with the Vehicle Backup Tool.

  • Repairs and Spare Parts

    Carry welding wire for repairs and spare modules for damaged components. A Welding Torch can also disassemble a vehicle module by module.

  • Storm Protection

    Shelter vehicles near suitable rocks, caves, or buildings, and check the Decay status in the Vehicle Management Menu.

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Dune: Awakening Solo Play and Servers

Choose between full single-player, private multiplayer, and official worlds before committing to a character. Compare difficulty settings, customization options, and important transfer restrictions.

  • Single-Player

    Play the full game solo with three difficulty presets or customize the gameplay settings individually.

  • Custom Settings

    Single-player settings include sandstorms, harvesting and XP multipliers, building-piece limits, and item durability.

  • Private Servers

    Play with friends on a private server; the customization options available on rented servers depend on the hosting provider.

  • One-Way Transfers

    An official-world character transferred to a private or self-hosted world cannot return to an official world.

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Dune: Awakening Factions and Landsraad

Explore House Atreides and House Harkonnen progression and the mission-driven Landsraad endgame. Connect faction ranks, repeatable objectives, and equipment upgrades without assuming that PvP is required.

  • Choose a House

    Pledge allegiance to House Atreides or House Harkonnen and follow that faction's progression and story.

  • Twenty Ranks

    Progress through twenty ranks from outsider toward Atreides Envoy or Harkonnen Enforcer, unlocking rewards along the way.

  • Landsraad Missions

    Complete repeatable combat, crafting, gathering, exploration, and sabotage objectives in an endgame framework that supports multiplayer PvE and single-player.

  • Tier 6 Augmentations

    Find augmentation schematics in Testing Stations and craft them with resources earned through Landsraad missions to modify unique Tier 6 weapons and armor.

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Common Questions

Dune: Awakening FAQ

Is Dune: Awakening single-player or multiplayer?

Both. You can follow the story alone, host a private world for friends, or join a public world with other players. On official servers Hagga Basin is PvE, while the Deep Desert offers separate PvE and PvP instances.

What platforms is Dune: Awakening available on?

Windows PC via Steam since June 10, 2025, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions released on September 22, 2026. Regional release dates can differ, and the Japanese console release is listed for October 29, 2026.

Does Dune: Awakening have full crossplay?

Not fully at console launch. Funcom described complete cross-play as a post-launch step, so treat platform-to-platform play as still expanding rather than fully connected.

How do you get water in Dune: Awakening?

Early on you can drink dew from Primrose plants. Later, a Blood Extractor collects blood from defeated human enemies and a Blood Purifier turns it into water. Refining ore also consumes water, so keep a supply before starting large crafting runs.

Ready to Master Dune: Awakening?

Start with a clear survival plan, then explore builds, crafting, and the next step in your journey across Arrakis.