If you happen to’re simply getting began in Dune: Awakening, the ins and outs of creating it via every day on Arrakis may appear greater than slightly overwhelming. There’s an in depth prologue that walks you thru a few of the fundamentals, however it doesn’t inform you the whole lot and leaves rather a lot to the idea that you just’ll determine it out as you go alongside. Dune: Awakening is way more forgiving than some survival video games, however not having to be taught issues the exhausting approach means you may focus your time and sources on issues that matter.
We’ve compiled a listing of Dune: Awakening newbie ideas and tips to assist get you began on Arrakis, the whole lot from how one can maintain hydrated to the most effective abilities to concentrate on early within the recreation.
1. Don’t construct your base on the sand. Zantara, your information, solely tells you this after your first development undertaking, however when you construct on the sand, the foundations will get swept away at any time when a storm blows via.
2. Don’t get too connected to your first base, both. You’ll should abandon it after making some story progress, and although demolishing constructions will refund your constructing supplies, carting the whole lot you saved to your new base is a ache.
3. Concentrate on elevating your faction repute in between finishing essential and facet quests. Elevating faction repute is vital to unlocking a few of Dune Awakening’s greater options, together with the choice to purchase your individual Ornithopter.
4. Don’t neglect the primary quest, both, as finishing story quests unlocks new applied sciences and teaches you how one can use a few of Dune: Awakening’s extra nuanced programs.
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5. Kill scavengers and extract their blood at any time when you may. It sounds grotesque, however their blood is essentially the most dependable method to have contemporary water on-hand after you craft the blood refiner.
6. Scavengers respawn after a short while, the identical as sources, so that you received’t lack alternatives to reap contemporary blood.
7. Take note of the sunstroke bar, and keep away from letting it max out. Sunstroke received’t kill or injury you, however it does make you dehydrate extra rapidly. Dehydration lowers your stamina and, at full dehydration, you lose well being.
8. Hold a inventory of purified water on-hand at your base always. The Stillsuit’s hydration mechanism is a useful top-up, however it expenses too slowly to make it your major water supply.
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9. Daytime exploration exposes you to harmful warmth, so if you must exit earlier than evening falls, ensure you plot a path that features areas the place you may relaxation in shade.
10. Ignore your pistol for some time. Zantara makes a giant deal out of utilizing ranged weapons, however they’re extremely weak for a lot of the early recreation. Knife assaults are a lot quicker and safer until you’re coping with greater than two enemies concurrently.
11. Seize all of the granite, plant fiber, copper, and steel yow will discover. These supplies are required for constructing partitions, foundations, and most different base- and progress-related machines and crafting recipes.
12. Craft just a few storage chests early, and dump all of your additional rocks, vegetation, and sources in there earlier than heading out. Your base’s sub-fief has restricted preliminary space for storing, and also you don’t wish to should waste or discard something you discover on Arrakis.
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13. When you scan an space and may look at nodes on the map, search for Intel nodes. Finishing these rewards you with a variety of XP, and so they’re normally in outposts or different areas with precious sources to select up.
14. Dying is much less of an impediment than you would possibly assume usually. You’ll respawn with each piece of kit you died with and may return to gather your pack with all of your sources.
15. If a sandworm kills you, although, you lose the whole lot. Plan your journeys throughout open sand rigorously.
16. You may’t kill sandworms, so don’t attempt. The one choices for coping with them are “get eaten” or “run away.”
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17. Falling from ledges or different excessive place can injury you, however by no means kill you. At worst, it drops your HP to essential, which isn’t supreme if enemies are close by, however it does imply you may rapidly get down from a excessive place with out a lot fear.
18. It’s utterly doable to play solo, even when group play makes issues simpler. You’ll simply have to depend on merchandise trades to cowl gaps in your useful resource administration.
19. Mobility is way extra essential than fight, so make investments your ability factors in motion and survival abilities earlier than spending them on enhancing weapon injury.
