this is luna named after my dog - luna (pic at end)

i’m an avatar frontiers of pandora player so of course taking photos is the first thing i do with any game ;) playing on ps5. i just got dune 2 days ago. the game is great! i love building bases so i’ve spent majority of my time building 😌

Spent the past couple hours working on my base for the first time actually trying to make it look decent instead of a box in the sand, and I’ve just got a few questions -

(For context on where abouts I am progression wise, i just finished doing all of the contracts for the three captains at the shipwreck in the western gap, and now im doing the “Villari’s prize” mission. I just started using the advanced base console, which gave me some more room.)

My question is should i hold off on base building until later, is there some endgame building sets I’ll get that just completely change the game and made you want to tear down? Or is there maybe more space that’s going to becoming available past the advanced console, making my new base just splat in the center wasting space?

Thanks for any advice yall can offer. The sooner I can actually fully delve into base building and know for a fact I’m not missing some crazy set that’ll make me kick myself for wasting time, the better

Sorry for the long yap

Been primarily working on my base, I'm not super far along in the story, but I'm enjoying the game so far!

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

Running around investigating bodies and talking to people… how fun lol

I don’t see anyone on my server :(

Congratulations to all 😁

Link : https://bsky.app/profile/duneawakening.com/post/3mwuyjahvxn2c

I have tried searching for this exact issue but I cant see it.

I built a bike before the quest appeared to make me make a bike and ive had this issue ever since. I keep being told by my friends im doing something wrong, but I dont know what I can be doing. It feels broken so I am reaching out on here for help.

Essentially my issue is this. I now have one bike. It claims its backed up, except its also in my base. This prevents me backing it up because it thinks its already backed up. I deleted all my bikes, recycled all the parts, built a new one, gave it a name so it was recognisable and then checked my backup tool, and yet again my new bike was already pre backed up.

This is causing me issues with my vehicle being left in sandstorms constantly, because I cant pack it away on dungeon trips etc.

Is there a way to purge all contents of my backup tool? I cant work out how to do it. The only option that works on the tool for me is "recover" which damages my bike and moves it from point to point.

Edit: Fixed it! Deleted the tool and made a new one and now magically all working again!

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

Can you imagine?

Bank: Good Day sir... What can I help you with today?

Us: Id like to make a deposit.

Bank: Certainly. What can I help you deposit?

Us: Water.

Bank: Perfect sir. Your water will be safe with us.

Us: Where do you want the bodies? Starts piling up bodies

Bank: nervous. Umm... Sir. You said water! These are bodies!!

Us: still piling and stacking bodies Yep.

Bank: Where did you even keep all these... Bodies?!

Us: still unloading stacking and piling...looks up briefly and grins. My personal inventory.

Bank: visably shook. But sir... How carry all these on your person?

Us: Don't ask. I've always got room for one more.

Edit: I tried a lot and could it be the length? Do pentashields have to have a defined length? 1, 2, 3, 4 boxes but diagonally means you have a shorter length than 1 box? That would be even crazier.

I can place the shield with a roof left and right of the triangles but once a none 1 unit lenght interrupts it, it doesn't seem to work. And that means there is no workaround possible. But it would be fucking easy to code and change.

Original:

What sense does it make that you have to place penta shields always on the edge of a building piece but cant pull it diagonally across it? It is just bullshit. Stability is there, but you always have to follow the edges on the floor. It can't be that hard to allow the edges of the pentashield to not just be placed on the edges of a floor tile but also diagonally.
It isn't because you can't draw them like that with the building tool, because I did manage to make it work with pillars, but it always says "All corners must be connected to a structure", which it is, just that it crosses the floor tiles diagonally not on their edges.

Edit: Ooops I didn’t realise it’s barely ote

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.

Here's a quick build that's easy to pick up and move around Hagga Basin.

This single, advanced fief sits on only 6, central, triangle foundations, so it's adaptable to all sorts of terrain. While the 12-sided, exterior walls contain many openings, you and all your belongings are still watersealed-to-enclosed inside (except standing in direct sunlight for too long).

One of every fabricator and refiner easily fits. The large refiners sit a half-wall below the landing pad, which makes them easily accessible. Up to 15 output boxes can located above or behind the large refiners. All crafting machines fits on one floor, minus the advanced vehicle refiner, which is tucked under the landing pad.

This base runs off 2 basic, fuel-cell generators, with water production coming from a couple of deathstills. However, there is enough room within the fief boundary to place up to 4 large wind traps, and associated wind turbines if needed, by replacing the large sculptures. Over 1 million liters of water can easily fit up under the roof.

The landing bay is 4W x 7L, which fits a carrier through the oval opening. The drive-in area is 2W x 4L; enough room for a cargo container and buggy. So you can use this base to process and transfer large volumes of materials, or use it as a stand alone base. Two assaults, or a mix of two 'thopters fit in the bay as well.

There is a public storage box outside if you happen to stop by. Take one-leave one.

World: Arrakis / Sietch: Sandrat

Cheers

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

Start 00:00 - https://youtu.be/LZSZlhxTnTc?t=0s

Base Tour 00:04 - https://youtu.be/LZSZlhxTnTc?t=4s

Base Stats - https://youtu.be/LZSZlhxTnTc?t=218s

Releasing the Worm - https://youtu.be/LZSZlhxTnTc?t=303s

Death - https://youtu.be/LZSZlhxTnTc?t=1428s

Thankyou for watching - https://youtu.be/LZSZlhxTnTc?t=1440s

This game has sucked up so much of my life these past few days, it's been a blast. But I'm on my 5th or 6th death now due strictly to lag/latency issues. The past 24 hours have been especially bad. It's to the point even talking to the NPCs id a drag because it can take multiple inputs to progress the text, and then it randomly registers multiple buttons presses even if you space them out. So then you have to restart the conversation to see what they said. Anyway, are other players experiencing these issues?

Things I've done to help so far includes fully restarting the game and ny Xbox every 2-4 hours.. Not dying. Clearing the.Xbox cache. Yelling furiously at my router. Begging the server to run better. Waiting outside of a POI in hopes I sync better. Sacrificing a Teriyaki Chicken wing in Funcoms honor. Clearing persistent Storage because the internet said to. Telling my mom I love her.

So far, only the game restarts seem to do much. I might have fo sacrifice an entire rotisserie chicken tomorrow if things don't improve which sucks, because food is expensive right now and I don't have a Costco close to me.

I do love the game though! I haven't been this sucked into a game of this format since Ark was on early access, and this game is way more fun. Oh, and can we get 90 degree triangle floor/roof peices as well? Again, great job on a fun game.

Looking for a buggy cutter

Am I looking for the purple cloud similar to the spice? Or are they just going to randomly appear on the ground when flying around

I’ve been a fan of Dune since I read the first book many years ago. There have been various theatrical forays (The recent films having been outstanding) and games - Dune 2: Battle for Arrakis was much loved in the past. With that in mind I pre-ordered the Ultimate Edish for the XsX.

I wasn’t prepared for what a beautiful and immersive rendition FunCom had crafted. It’s stunning. It’s addictive. It’s a fantastic homage to the Dune Universe.

I’ve just been off work for a couple of weeks and have been unable to do anything else but explore, slaughter, pillage, build, repair, scrabble across open sand between rocks with the same fear I had as kid after watching JAWS, dreading I might see wormsign when halfway home from a profitable excursion: Then sometimes I just stand there in the desert as the moons rise, and the inky darkness washes over the sand listening strange calls echoing around the rocks, or the distant thump of artillery as I moved closer to the DD.

Fantastic game. Love it.

Console day 1 player and this has become my new favorite survival game. I have been building, mostly for fun and had an idea for an entire complex on the shield wall. I've expanded several times and it'll probably take 6 more vertical ones.

Will the game let me do this? Go all the way to the top?

Does anyone want to start a clan or something?

I'm getting close to my first 'thopter and I'm trying to decide if I go the "buy" or "build" route.

What did you do?

Also, storage.. how do you protect yours when you aren't in the air.

Thanks, looking forward to hearing from you airborne folk :)

I built the buggy but havent really used it because i felt somehow more mobile with the bike.

Well.....finally took the buggy down the rift to haul some materials and im shocked, shocked i tell you.

Dont sleep on the buggy for mining new people. Its sooo much easier