Summary
Dune: Awakeningwas never going to be a good survival game unless you could build enormous structures to call your home. Carving out a little slice of life on Arrakis might seem like a pretty ludicrous idea toanyone who has read the books- it’s a hostile desert planet infested with giant sandworms - but the developers at Funcom have given us all the tools to build some seriously impressive buildings by the looks of things.
As you’d expect from such a hostile world, the bases in Dune: Awakening are huge fortresses built to withstand both sand and worms, looping over natural rock formations or butting up against the dunes. It’s probably not going to be cosy, but it’s the best chance you have on Arrakis.
Get To Work - These Homes Aren’t Gonna Build Themselves
“Okay Google, Can Worms Eat Rocks?”
Listen to the narrator say: “For your walls must stand against the unfathomable forces of Arrakis, your Arrakis,” at the end of the trailer, by the way. It’s either fantastic or gives big Toast Of London vibes.
Due to the massive sandstorms that regularly sweep across the dunes of Arrakis, your base in Dune: Awakening actually serves more than an aesthetic purpose. You can shelter behind your walls, build a fuel generator, and build several blood-processing plants to transform the blood you’ve harvested from your enemies into delectable drinking water. Normal Dune stuff.
Building solo in Dune: Awakening can be a bit of a grind, but there’s a blueprint system in the game that allows you to collectively build with other players. Everyone can contribute to the building once the blueprint is established.
Blueprints can be bought and sold between players, so if you want to make some extra cash, you may pull on your architect’s hat and build a fortress to flog to the masses.
Your base in Dune is also representative of your house alignment - whether that be the Harkonnen or Atreides. Both houses come with unique cosmetics and architecture. This also applies to the various vehicles in the game - from the sandbike to the ornithopter. you’re able to keep these safe from storms in specially-built garages and shielded runways.
The bigger the base, the more tax you pay. That’s right: you need to pay tax to the Empire in Dune: Awakening. If only real life followed these strict rules. Maybe we just need a galactic emperor to enforce them. If you want to test out some of these building mechanics yourself, theDune: Awakening public beta is running for the weekend starting May 9.
