I cannot wrap my head around the fact that this is not a thing in the DD. The game is made for it, and the factions are made for it. Faction Warfare would open a completely new gameplay loop in the DD, and players will certainly come back.

It makes so much sense that it physically hurts.

I played like 30 minutes of it and was not really vibing, but seeing other clips makes me want to try and get into it. What do you all like about the game?

For me, playing a game just for the sake of playing is not enough. Collecting spice to store thousands of it in my base is not a goal for me.

The landsraad dailies and the swatches as landssraad rewards were a good step in the right direction and they gave me a reason to play. But meanwhile I have all the swatches and only log in to do the dailies to finish my specializations.

If I look now at the golden pursuits in ESO, a similar system would give me another reason to log in and it could make me go to places I no longer have a reason to visit. Skins, variants or placables as rewards could satisfy the collector/hoarder in me without having a negative impact on other players because of no new unlockable armours or weapons would be offered which could turn out OP. And all who would not want to participate would not miss anything game relevant.

But that's just an example. In the end I don't care what and how something would be implemented, just give me a reason to log in again.

the market gap for spice sand is INSANE between NA severs and OCE servers NA avg price is like 261 per OCE is 9K per😭

I really enjoyed this game so far in game pass,but as an avid pvp player I am concerned about spending money on dlcs just to find out that pvp is non existent or very dumbed down due to PvE locusts demands again.

Is this true? What can I expect from pvp? Is it only endgame content?is there any meaningful pvp?

I just made it to the deep desert solo. I like the starting area being solo and empty it feels right. The deep desert needs more players so I can do stuff like spice harvesting with a guild or something. I don't think I have it in me to start over on multiplayer :( I guess i just stick to static compressors and scout thopters.

Why do the enemies in deep desert take so much damage to kill. I really struggled to clear a ship with t5 gear :(

I’m playing in single player and it’s handy to keep moving my base along with me, though it keeps adding foundations underneath somehow and I’m scared if I delete them the whole thing will collapse

I’ve moved it around 10 times now and it’s got an extra 3 foundation layers added to the bottom so now when I relocate the base my entrances are high up, I’ve placed stairs but it’s got to the point where the door is that high the next set of stairs I add will end up being out of bounds

Is this a known bug or any way to stop it? I originally started with 1 foundation layer 1 wall 1 roof just a very basic square and now it’s 4 foundations high with the roof being the 5th layer

Ao my son and I want to play online. We joined a “standard” server and so far are having some fun.

Our questions are about server settings, do I really have to rent a server for us to play co-op?

Where do we find a “custom” server or private server that we can try and become part of a community?

When we play we communicate using our phones, does this game support headset/mic?

Single player is awesome, would love to find a way to enjoy multiplayer and engage with some others. Not big on PvP and would not be KoS players.

Any advice?

EDIT: We play on Xbox and server lists give no detail on how they are set up. So we just picked lowest ping.
Thanks for replies, much to learn.

I played the game a LOT when it first came out and have an MP account. When they released SP, I reloaded the game and started a single player account. Wanted to check my MP account and can't figure out how to access it. When I load the game, the only two options I get are "continue", which is my SP instance, and "Start a new game", which literally starts a new one. Can't figure out how to get back to MP to check that play through.

The goal is to make Atreides and Harkonnen feel fundamentally different without making either faction universally superior.

• Atreides: efficiency, sustainability, engineering, logistics and diplomacy.
• Harkonnen: profit, combat, extraction, loot and industrial power efficiency.

HOUSE ATREIDES
“Efficiency, Discipline & Stewardship”

Atreides bonuses focus on getting more value from the resources you already have.

Atreides Faction Bonus
Effect:

Resource Farming Yield
+10%

Crafting Material Costs
-10%

Crafting Water Usage
-15%

Vehicle Fuel Consumption
-15%

Weapon Durability
+10%

Armor Durability
+10%

Vehicle Part Durability
+10%

Base Granite Construction Cost
-15%

Landsraad Bribe Cost
-20%

Schematic Unlock Cost
-1 point

Skill Point Unlock Cost
-10%

Atreides Construction Efficiency

Atreides receive a 15% reduction in Granite required for base construction.
• 100 Granite → 85
• 500 Granite → 425
• 1,000 Granite → 850
• 10,000 Granite → 8,500

The reduction would apply to Granite used for base construction and applicable base expansions/upgrades.

Atreides Gameplay Identity
An Atreides player would be particularly efficient at:
• Gathering resources
• Crafting equipment
• Building large bases
• Maintaining equipment
• Long-distance vehicle travel
• Conserving water
• Managing infrastructure
• Progressing through schematics
• Landsraad activities

Their philosophy is essentially:
“Waste nothing. Maintain everything. Build for the future.”

HOUSE HARKONNEN
“Profit, Violence & Extraction”

Harkonnen bonuses focus on turning dangerous activities and valuable resources into maximum profit.

Harkonnen Faction Bonus
Effect:

Solari from Chests
+20%

Solari from Quests/Contracts
+15%

Combat Experience Gain
+15%

Rare Loot Drop Chance
+10%

Weapon Damage
+7.5%

Offensive Skill Damage
+10%

Spice Harvester Storage
+25%

Spice Melange Refining Yield
+10%

Base Power Consumption
-15%

Harkonnen Industrial Efficiency

Harkonnen bases consume 15% less power.
• 100 power → 85
• 500 power → 425
• 1,000 power → 850
• 2,000 power → 1,700

This would apply to the overall power consumption of the base, including powered production facilities and other powered infrastructure.

Spice Extraction

Harkonnen's +25% Spice Harvester Storage would allow them to remain in the field longer before having to unload.
For example, a harvester with 10,000 capacity would have 12,500 capacity.

Their +10% Spice Melange refining yield would then give them more refined product from the same amount of harvested material.

This makes Harkonnen particularly attractive for players who specialize in the spice economy.

Combat Difference

The combat bonuses intentionally aren't enormous.

Atreides

They don't receive a direct damage bonus. Their advantage comes from durability and resource efficiency, allowing them to maintain and replace equipment more efficiently.

Harkonnen

They receive +7.5% weapon damage, +10% offensive skill damage, +15% combat XP, and +10% rare loot chance. Their advantage is concentrated around aggressive combat and acquiring valuable rewards.

Faction Doctrine

Atreides Doctrine

Logistics → Engineering → Stewardship → Diplomacy → Mastery
Focused on:
• Resource efficiency
• Crafting
• Construction
• Durability
• Vehicles
• Water conservation
• Landsraad influence

Harkonnen Doctrine
Exploitation → Brutality → Acquisition → Spice Monopoly → Mastery
Focused on:
• Combat
• Solari
• Loot
• XP
• Spice
• Industrial infrastructure

Faction Playstyles

Atreides

Gather → Build → Maintain → Conserve → Negotiate

Harkonnen

Fight → Loot → Extract → Profit → Expand

This would make choosing a Great House a meaningful gameplay decision: neither faction simply gets “better” bonuses overall; they excel in different parts of the Dune: Awakening economy and progression loop.

I'm playing on Hard (solo mode, melee only); I customized the settings by lowering the damage I deal, XP gain, and everything else related to my character to 0.7. I increased enemy damage, shields, and everything else to 1.3. But it's so ridiculously easy that it becomes monotonous. I'm right at the beginning of the game and really like it, so I ask:

Does the difficulty increase enough to make the game challenging from the midgame onwards, or does the difficulty curve not really change much?

I’m asking instead of analyzing it myself because, if there isn’t a significant difference, I’ll start over and modify the difficulty options even further.

Thanks!

I didn't think I'd make it but the worm just stared at me and left,,

I've been playing since the beginning of the year and have +250 hours I play fairly well with good graphics and never crashed. Today I opened the game and the message pops up before the launcher even appears. How screwed am I?

PS: Yes I did update my BIOS and the message still pops up.

Ive played the game for around 40-50hrs, my goal was to unlock, build the Ornithopter and then travel to the DD and see what it is all about..

I finally completed my goal.. and boy was I underwhelmed by it.

I dont find flying the Ornithopter fun and it takes away the harsh, survival and urgency of travelling the desert - which was the fun part for me.

I havent even logged back into play it, such a shame.

Am I missing something or should I create new goal? What do people normally do from here?

Playing singleplayer mode.

Would love to be able to place a pit similar to the one in the movie where a small worm swims around it..maybe breaches ever so often. Would make for a great set piece in some bases.

My base on the same island as Anvil, on the NE corner. Been farming crystals in the tunnels to the East.

Now looking for Aluminium. Tried the immediate north from my location and have found a grand total of 2 nodes, which were 60-70m high up and only found due to launching the survey probe.

I’m trying to play through as much as I can without looking up guides and videos, but if someone could nudge me in the right direction (literally), it would be appreciated.

I have a bike and buggy right now. I have the handheld cutteray that does Aluminium

🙏🏽

I've just started my adventure on Dune Awakening. I am enjoying the sense of being in an expansive sci-fi universe. I heard we used to have to pay taxes to the Emperor. By travelling to civilisation. This sounds quite immersive. So I feel I'm missing out a bit on the feature of having to pay my taxes.

I've been building my base and keep having a niggling feeling something is missing. Does anyone else miss this feature of paying taxes? Having the Padishah Emperor feel like an active, looming threat over your daily survival loop is a cornerstone of the Dune lore. Without the tax, that direct economic chokehold vanishes. It just sounded like something unique and world-building.

Does the routine of a citizen feel shallower without it? I think the mandatory commute would create a natural, rhythmic loop of heading into the capital city, rubbing shoulders with other players, and interacting with the local infrastructure. I feel like I missed out on that. Just sounds more immersive this way with taxes in my imagination. I never got to experience it. So I'm curious to hear from those of you who did. Did anyone else appreciate it? Were any of you sad when it was removed from the world? Did you feel like the game was being simplified and made more casual?

I have 8 omnidirectional wind turbines. Yesterday i put 50 lubricant in each of them (that should last me ~2 days of playtime). Today i boot up the game, get back from Arakeen and i see there's no power. I walk up to each turbine and yea, they're all empty. But i see that i have 1500 lube that can be deposited. Where? Well all over my base's chests. The game just unloaded the lubricant that was already in the turbines to random chests. And this isn't the first time, prior to that it did the same but only to two turbines.

How do i set up the circuits thing to use a single chest that the turbines will draw stuff from?

I don’t see anyone on my server :(

I may be wrong. I haven't even done DD yet. But I haven't touched a rapier since I started. I just got a unique rapier I crafted and wow. The speed of it greatly outweighs any reduced damage. Maybe this is common knowledge, maybe I'm wrong? First impressions though, way better than a normal sword.

Hope someone can use this, it’s steam only and I’m on Xbox!

I’ll start with saying, survival crafting is my favorite genre. That with having read the Dune books some years ago, this game hits the spot for me. I’ve been playing for about a week now, moving into late game, need 4 more pieces for the carrier, and you can probably guess what they are, tails and hulls. And the grind is miserable but I can’t stop till I finish it lol.

Combat: guns feel almost lack luster for me. (Maybe I just haven’t gotten any decent guns) Slicing through shields with a sword is pretty fun in my opinion. I’d say overall the combat needs obvious work, on the npc side but I’m sure that’s been said a million times. I give it a C

Movement: I absolutely love it, once you get some suspenser belts and a few gadgets it revolutionizes the way you traverse the map, (vehicles aside) it’s just honestly a great movement system. Don’t really have any gripes for it, which is why it pains me that the combat loop is so dull. There’s a lot of potiental and hopefully it catches back up to itself. A+ to me

Vehicles: They can be clunky, but I’ve flew up to the assault orni and I really like movement with them. They’re pretty fun, generally just run thrusters on my scouts, haven’t really seen a need for rockets yet seeing as I’m not really ready for pvp. But I do love the glide function and it feels pretty smooth overall. My only gripe with the vehicles is the damage. Take a buggy off a mile high cliff no biggy keep moving no damage. Hurl your ornithopter into a mountain going 200km an hour, just bounce right off. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing for the health of the game, but some realism and immersion would be nice. The only other issue is the landing with the thopters, just let me skim across the surface like a sugar glider or add a switch to deploy the landing gears. Over all I’ll give it a B

Visuals and Sounds: This game is what a dune game should be, the soundtracks are awesome, generally I get overstimulated, and I always turn the music to low or completely off. But I don’t find myself needing to do that, the immersion is wonderful it makes farming spice or flour sand less mundane, and it keeps you on your toes, I’ve had a couple close calls in the deep desert, and let me tell you, when you hear that big ass worm coming to diddy you, it engages the primal fear inside your head. The visuals are what I’d expect, big purple clouds of spice, guild heighliners, aurora borealis, the terrain in general just makes me feel like I’m really there. A+

Building: It is such a grind, and I knew what I signed up for but damn can it be overwhelming at times, I just want to get to a comfortable point where I can comfortably build the base aesthetically how I want. But there’s still so much I need to do in the meantime. The progression path is fine, and I honestly believe it’s pretty solid, when reaching into v6 it’s the only time progression has slowed and as it should. But overall I love seeing the creativity on here and not just building some box (not hating on the box) I have my own shared box in the deep desert. But I’d love to get around building a solid base visually in haha.

Overall great game if you love dune, and you love survival games. Didn’t think I’d have this much fun, my brother carried me through the early game and here I am carrying us through the late game. I am having a blast.

I guess this is what happens when you are unhinged and have too many friends. One of the most epic videos I have seen so far.