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Dune: Awakening guide—Tips for surviving sandworms, heatstrokes, and the limited resources of Arrakis

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The deserts of Dune: Awakening are harsh, and even if the heat doesn't get you, then a sandworm will. After a ton of time in the survival-crafting game's multiple beta tests, we've learned that the hard way, but you don't have to.

As the MMO goes into advanced access and its official launch, we're here to help get you and the squad deep desert ready. So, skip the heatstrokes or crafting misfortune by bookmarking a Dune: Awakening guide or two and keep checking in as we worm our way through the endgame.

Dune: Awakening basics and systems

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How things work

Here's our resources on getting started in Dune: Awakening—including refreshers on basics, tips for playing, and system breakdowns.

Dune: Awakening Twitch drops: Limited time, CHOAM-themed building parts

Dune: Awakening multiplayer: Bring some friends

Dune: Awakening research menu: Locked or unlocked, that is the question

Dune: Awakening fast travel: Dune dash across Arrakis

Dune: Awakening water: There are several ways to stay hydrated.

Dune: Awakening blood purifiers: Turn blood into drinkable water

Dune: Awakening sandbike: How to craft your first vehicle

Dune: Awakening buried treasure: Dig up valuable loot

Dune: Awakening taxes: How to pay your dues

Dune: Awakening trainers, skills, and builds

Dune: Awakening

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Character Creator

Primers on the best Dune: Awakening builds, choices made in the character creator, and allegiances sworn along the way.

Dune: Awakening trainer locations: Find them to gain new skill trees

Everything the character creator throws at you

Dune: Awakening respec: Reset and rebuild any skill tree mistakes

Dune: Awakening quest guides

Dune: Awakening

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Questing

Trusty companion guides for completing Dune: Awakening's main quests, or help with any detours.

All trippy trials

Dune: Awakening Minimic Film: The planetologist has a request

Dune: Awakening Holtzman Amplifier: Lost in the Alcyon wreckage

Dune: Awakening building and crafting

The quest board in Dune: Awakening with a player wearing an upgraded suit standing in front of it.

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Building Blocks

Repair gear, power up your base, and build tools for surviving against soldiers, sandworms, and other players.

Dune: Awakening best base location: Where to build, and tips for building

Dune: Awakening circuit power: How to boost your base's capabilities

Dune: Awakening repair tips: Fix gear, bikes, and buildings

Dune: Awakening intel: Open the path to crafting research

Dune: Awakening materials and resources

Dune: Awakening

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Resource and Material Locations

You're dehydrated, low on iron ore, and those faction troops flying about won't leave you alone—there's no time for dallying about. We're cataloguing Dune's most valuable resources and materials to help out.

Dune: Awakening iron: Where to find this useful resource

Dune: Awakening carbon ore: A rare material needed to make steel

Dune: Awakening spice-infused copper dust: Stockpile this enhanced metal

Dune: Awakening flour sand: How to spot this valuable crafting material

Dune: Awakening spice sand: The first way you'll find melange

Dune: Awakening worm tooth: There's only one place to find it

Dune: Awakening silicon blocks: Turn sand into ingots

Dune: Awakening erythrite crystals: A key to advanced crafting

Dune: Awakening diamondine dust: A rarity required for vehicles

Dune: Awakening carbide scraps: One step closer to your own ornithopter

Andrea Shearon
Andrea Shearon
Evergreen Writer

Andrea has been covering games for nearly a decade, picking up bylines at IGN, USA Today, Fanbyte, and Destructoid before ing the PC Gamer team in 2025. She's got a soft spot for older RPGs and is willing to try just about anything with a lovey-dovey "I can fix them" romance element. Her weekly to-do always includes a bit of MMO time, endlessly achievement hunting and raiding in Final Fantasy 14. Outside of those staples, she's often got a few survival-crafting games on rotation and loves a good scare in co-op horror games.

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