Welcome in, survivors both new and seasoned!

With the launch of Dune: Awakening on console, we’ve seen a surge of fresh faces across Arrakis, and we hope you’re enjoying your time in the sands. If this is your first time tuning into a Communinet Signal, you’re in for a treat. This is our regular hub where we bring together community highlights, developer insights, and essential news so you never miss a beat. While we won’t be dropping major announcements here, you’ll certainly find plenty of inspiration from what your fellow players have been building and discovering.

In this issue, we’re featuring a full roundup recent highlights, a curated list of community-built tools and websites, incredible fan art, a Q&A, and some truly breathtaking base designs. Let’s dive in!

Round Up

El Sayldam: The Rain of Blood

Our community challenge is still ongoing! You’ve crushed the goals and completed all four milestones. Now push to 120 Million to claim the Asteroid Harvester Pistol swatch in the stretch goal! All unlocked rewards will distributed starting October 6th. Make sure to log in between then and November 5th to have them delivered to your account. Keep up to date on the latest numbers with our live tracker here.

Battle for Control of Arrak

is Streamers and viewers alike came together and helped raise $20,000 for charity: water! Water is key for survival both in game and out. We are proud to work with this organization that helps bring clean, safe water to communities around the world. Since 2006, it has pursued an ambitious goal: to help end the global water crisis. The funds and exposure created during this event helped bring them closer to this goal. This weeklong event saw involved raising House influence, representing House Atreides or House Harkonnen as well as offering many rewards to viewers! And though the event is now over, you can still check out the leaderboards here.

We also wanted to thank everyone for the feedback regarding this event; we’ve read what could be improved for similar events in the future, and will make sure they will be even better!

Matron’s Decor

You have until October 22nd to log in and grab the Matron’s Decor! This includes 6 new cosmetic items to decorate your home with. You’ll find them when using your construction tool. U/mfcostacampos on Reddit took advantage of this and created the perfect space with them.

Carbot Animation

For those of you new to Arrakis, here’s a quick and easy guide on how to survive by Carbot Animation. P.S. Blood extractor placement is…strictly up to personal preference.

Q&A

Q: I’ve missed out on some limited time swatches and items. Are there more opportunities to get those again?

A: Absolutely! Here is what we currently have offered as well as what is planned:

• You can currently get the Atreides Battle Rifle and Maula Pistol Richese swatches by being featured in the Communinet Signal. We also give these away in various community events (like the Battle for Control of Arrakis event that was just held), competitions, Discord sweepstakes, creator giveaways, and more!
• If you missed out on the Atreides Warship Carving or A Memory of Pain Mural, these will be coming to an in-game vendor for you to buy in a future patch.
• Note that pre-order items like the Terrarium of Muad’Dib won’t be offered again.

Q: Can I turn off BattleEye for single-player?

A: Soon! We have recently released a patch to our Public Test Client, where you can now launch the game without BattleEye installed. It’s still required for multiplayer, but for single-player you can skip this. Once we have adequate testing on the PTC, we will release it to the live client.

Q: What changes were made to the Filmic Archive DLC?

A: We’ve received a lot of great feedback on this DLC, and we’re happy to see so much positive reception on it. We made some changes based on suggestions from the community with a recent hotfix. This includes adding mirrored versions of seven of the Sardukar Building Set pieces as well as added the missing Corner Column piece. We also added the ability to have customization abilities on the armor sets.

Q: When is cross-play coming?

A: We don’t have a set date to share just yet on when cross-play will be introduced but know that it is being worked on! Updates will be made and announced as soon as we have more information on this.

Q: Can I upgrade my physical disc edition for the PS5?

A: You can! We were working with PlayStation to find a solution, as initially this wasn’t possible. But you can now buy the Deluxe/Ultimate Edition upgrade while playing the game from disc.

Q: How does the Landsraad work for single-player?

A: Because you aren’t playing with other players in factions, the game simulates this instead. By joining Harkonnen or Atreides, you are also joining the fight to help shift the scale in your factions’ favor! When a cycle has ended, your rewards can then be collected at any time before voting on a decree. We are also collecting feedback on this, however, and are open to further adjustments as needed; we plan on adding more options to change the settings in the future.

Q: When can we expect more news on the Polar Caps?

A: We don’t have anything we can share right now, only that we are hard at work on it behind the scenes. We’re looking forward to finally revealing it all in due time!

Q: I encountered a bug! How do I report it?

A: You can easily submit a report in-game by selecting “report bug” in the menu. You can also check out our Known Issues list to see if your issue shows up here.

Community Corner

Fan-made Resources

There are many community made resources to help you where you might need it in your journey on Arrakis. This isn’t an exhaustive list, but these will at least help you get started; if you have any others you’d like to share, tag us on social media or share on our Discord or subreddit!

We have plenty of new players from console as well as those taking advantage of the Steam sale, so take a look and see what you might learn!

• Dune: Awakening Wiki: If you’re interested in helping out the community with your in-game knowledge while also being rewarded for it, make sure to check out the wiki page! Right now, they are running a campaign where you can participate in missions to earn the Scriveners’ Swatch, while also giving back to the community. They also run raffles and other events you don’t want to miss out on!
  • You can find out more by checking out the reward page here. You can also join the Discord; it’s not required to participate but there are more missions available to Discord users.

• DuneStatus: This is a great tool to use to check out a lot of information on the servers including player count, datacenter locations, status, and more.
• Dune.Gaming.Tools: This website has everything you need to know about any resource, contract, components, refineries, and more. Each page goes in-depth about what you may need to find them, build them, properties, and other useful information. This website has everything you need to know about any resource, contract, components, refineries, and more. Each page goes in-depth about what you may need to find them, build them, properties, and other useful information.
  • You’ll also find the newly released Companion App. This adds a fully customizable heads-up display to your game to give you even more information if you’d like.
• Blueprints.DuneDocker: A website dedicated to base building. You can create your own building through here, as well as publish, inspect, and download other shared blueprints.
• Sandforge: This is a great site to visit if you’re looking to perfect your loadout. Use the weapon calculator and input your augments, weapon type, and details to see all the stats! You’ll also find an armor calculator, skill builder, the latest news, and more.
• TinkerTownHQ: Planning out your base is now easier than ever! You can now plot out your base through this tool before building it in game.
• Planetologist: You’ll find plenty of guides and information here, such as an interactive Deep Desert map with the most up to date POIs, service status monitoring, and a servers guide.
• Method: Here you’ll find any and every guide you will ever need! This ranges from how and where to get certain resources, understanding new game mechanics, testing station walkthroughs, and much more.
• AwooTools: This is another great website for server monitoring. You can easily browse the different servers and find information on each or look through previous client updates.
• PMD: If you’ve built a base you are proud of and want to share with the rest of the world, you can upload pictures and videos here! Look through the community’s brilliant creations and get inspired to make your own. You can write a summary or history of your build, add tags, and include your World and Sietch for potential visitors.
• DuneAwakening.th.gl: This is the perfect website to check out interactive maps for all areas including Arrakeen, Harko Village, Blushing Cavern, and more.

Fanart and Creations

Atarabyte created a hand-made Dune: Awakening PS5 cover! She did a fantastic job recreating a sandworm bursting from the sand. There’s even a small ornithopter narrowly escaping its maw. Find more of her work on Instagram, as well as more pictures here on Reddit. 

If you’re in need of some Grade A Dune: Awakening memes, u/Mello_mi has you covered. This is just a sample though, so check them all out here! 

A Celtic sandworm knot by Alaskankare on Discord. It’s a worm eat worm world out there!

Buildings

The FENRIS Stealth Corvette by u/Luftwolf. An absolutely jaw dropping design inside and out that is well armored and operated by a crew of 13 and can be found on World Eluzai, Server Barkan. Don’t miss out on more pictures, details, and background story here!  

A beautiful triangular open base, Candlelight Hall, by Rennstrauss on Discord.

An impressive ship sailing on the sands by u/Willy-leBarge-1312- on Reddit. Take a look at more pictures here! 

The crossover we always wanted. The legally distinct electric Muad’Dib is here to keep all your resources and ornithopters safe! Built by Isary on Discord. More pictures here!

A container base made to also look like a container by Dragonxs on Discord.

The Hellpaws Mother House by TeaMergency on Discord. This is a mining outpost based on the Mother School in Dune: Prophecy and the entrance to the lab in The Old Quarry. Find more pictures here!  

A comfy and peaceful base with a pool. Go on, dive in! It’ll be fine! By StilTeg on Discord. More pictures here! 

The Hub by u/g4rbl3 on World Arrakis, Sietch Sandrat. This beautiful and practical base has everything you need and more, including plenty of refineries, water containers, easy access to vehicles, and a sky bar. Find more pictures and details here! 

A comfy and pretty base by Savagestoph8tn on Discord. Find more pictures here! 

A base by lila0323 on Discord that uses a combination of Smuggler and Water Shipper building pieces to make a gorgeous fractal pattern. More pictures here! 

-_- by u/danko12321

Baron’s Eye & Scepter built by u/Crynidemth and posted by u/suit_up_yo. This eye catching base houses the SEA Spice Corporation guild. More info and pictures here! 

Venator-class Star Destroyer complete with a command center by Adomos on Discord. More pictures here!  

Screenshots

By corrupt_1 on Discord.

By noxx_spluggorth on Discord.

By u/AJofftheinternet on Reddit

By Raizilla on Discord

By Shrimpgumbo410 on Discord

By Sorvina Savage on Discord

Closing Words

That wraps it up for this Signal! We hope you are thoroughly inspired to make your own building or share one of your screenshots based off these featured here. And if you do, make sure to share it with us on our official Discord server, subreddit, Twitter, BlueSky, or Threads! Now that we’ve welcomed console players onto Arrakis, we’re focusing on what’s ahead including the Polar Cap. More info on this to come! Until then, stay hydrated, avoid the drumsand, and most importantly, have fun.