When you are adventuring around Arrakis, no matter what results you have achieved or how many resources you have obtained, you need to return to your personal base in time. This is not only a place for you to rest, but also the best place for you to store and integrate resources.

In other previous guides, we have introduced you to how to choose a location and build a base. On this basis, you can continue to place various furniture and devices that can process Dune Awakening items in the base.

In fact, processing items is one of the most important gameplays in the game, because most of the resources that can be directly collected are basic resources, and most other advanced tools and materials must be processed.

Based on this, this time we will recommend 7 devices that are worth placing in the base first, so that you can complete the crafting of the required items faster and more conveniently.

1. Power Generator

To be honest, not only in Dune: Awakening, but even in the real world, generators are very important equipment, especially if your residence is far away from the town, it can help you deal with emergencies such as power outages.

In the game, since there is no “power plant”, most of the other machines and equipment in your base cannot operate without Power Generator. Fortunately, it is also very simple to make - just find enough Salvaged Metal in the wasteland.

Next, if you want your Power Generator to generate electricity, you also need to search for batteries in the wilderness, and then press “F” to put it into Power Generator to power the entire base.

It is worth mentioning that in order to prevent a series of troubles caused by accidents such as all devices going offline at the same time, it is recommended that you prepare an extra Power Generator if conditions permit.

2. General Fabrication Unit

The crafting system in Dune: Awakening is gradual. As you level up, you can unlock more advanced crafting tools and devices, but before that, General Fabrication Unit will accompany you for a long time.

In addition to basic weapons, tools and armor, most other items that can be crafted through the Crafting tab can also be obtained through General Fabrication Unit.

In addition, compared with other devices of the same level, General Fabrication Unit has up to eight storage slots, and the tools it can craft can reach up to Mk2 level. That’s why some advanced machines can’t replace it.

3. Ore Refinery

Various metal resources also play an important role in the game, especially when you start to need copper and iron ingots, so the importance of Ore Refinery becomes apparent.

The most basic small Ore Refinery can refine copper, iron, and steel ingots, but if you start to need aluminum and other higher materials, you need to upgrade the refinery to medium or large level.

4. Blood Purifier

Like electricity, water is also an important resource no matter where it is, and even more precious. If you can’t replenish water in time in the desert of Arrakis, you will die of dehydration.

There are several ways to get water resources in the game, and they are gradually upgraded as your abilities improve. Among them, the method of converting blood into water through Blood Purifier is the most efficient one.

To do this, you need to complete the relevant tasks to unlock and craft Blood Extractor and blood bags, both of which can be used to collect blood from enemies after killing them. Next, bring the blood back to the base and convert it into water through Blood Purifier for storage or drinking.

5. Water Cistern

When you have collected enough water by collecting and converting blood, sometimes you don’t need to drink it immediately, and this is when Water Cistern comes in handy. Store water in Water Cistern and you can take it out whenever you need it.

Although Literjons in the game can also store water, the capacity is smaller and more suitable for carrying outside. In addition, as your character level increases, more water will be needed, so your Water Cistern must also be upgraded in time.

6. Recycler

This device usually comes into play in the later stages of base construction. Its function is to decompose machines into basic components, or decompose basic components into raw materials, which can provide help when you are in urgent need of certain parts.

In fact, Recycler has another function besides function, which is to free up your storage space. When you get extra Dune: Awakening items through battle, you can decompose them and sell them in exchange for Solari.

7. Repair Station

Whether you are wearing full gear or riding a vehicle to go out and collect resources, the hot and dry desert environment will cause damage to your items, so you need to build a Repair Station to repair them.

Since the iron ingots required to build a Repair Station are relatively high-level materials, you can prioritize completing other base-related tasks before building it. After that, as long as you have the required materials, Repair Station can repair almost any level of items.

The above are just a few devices we recommend you to craft first. In fact, in the specific game process, you can craft the devices you need more urgently according to your actual needs. I wish you a happy base building experience in Dune: Awakening!

When you enter Dune: Awakening, you will first face not only the choice of class and corresponding play style, but also the faction you need to choose between Landsraad and the noble houses of the Imperium, which will play a very important role in your overall exploration storyline.

But before unlocking and joining the largest Landsraad house, you need to find and join House Harkonnen or House Atreides. However, these two noble houses have a long-standing feud with each other, and no matter which one you join, you will fight followers of the rival house as you travel through Arrakis.

Judging from the number of contracts that both houses can provide you with, as well as Dune Awakening Solari and other loot that can be provided to you, House Atreides is more worth joining.

And according to the current feedback from the player, this faction has more followers than other factions, which means you have a high chance of finding players of the same faction to explore together. However, be warned that the steps to find House Atreides and join them are quite involved.

So, here are the specific locations of House Atreides in the game world and the specific quests you need to complete joining it, so that you can join it as soon as possible and upgrade to the highest level to gain access to Atreides-themed cosmetics.

House Atreides Location

Before you begin the process of joining House Atreides, you will need to find the faction’s envoy to Arrakis, Lieutenant Anton Tolliver, who will appear at Anvil tradepost in Eastern Vermillius Gap.

If this is your first time at this trading post, once you land or enter it a cutscene will trigger, showing Tolliver fighting Levenbrev Maxim Kazmir, an emissary of House Harkonnen. This indicates that after speaking with various NPCs, you will join different factions and start fighting each other.

After this cutscene ends and you talk to Tolliver, you will be granted the questline to join House Atreides. It is important to note that the quests for both factions are the same until the fourth quest in this questline, and you do not need to choose to join either house. The most important part is the last quest.

Steps To Join House Atreides

After you talk to Tolliver, he’ll offer you four contracts, and will tell you that you need to complete them to prove your loyalty before you can officially pledge your allegiance to House. Here are the specific steps to complete each contract.

Missing Spy

For this contract, you’ll need to track down a missing spy in Vermillius Gap region. According to your quest log, you’ll need to climb up a rock formation south of Anvil tradepost marked on your map and find a camp there.

This area is a large sandy area with many Kirab camps, but the camps containing the spies are located higher up, and you may need to have enough stamina or an Ornithopter and Dune Awakening Materials to help you navigate between them.

Eventually, you’ll find a body and a recording in one camp. After playing the recording and understanding what it says, return to the tradepost and report the results to Tolliver.

Test Of Prowess

Afterwards, Tolliver will talk to you about some very brutal slavers in the north of Anvil, and in order to prove your loyalty to House Atreides, he will ask you to kill ten slavers there.

Then you need to go to the location marked on the map and start the battle. Although the northern part of Anvil (also known as Jabal Eifrit region) is full of slavers, if you want to complete the killing task quickly, you can go to Intel stations in this area, where the enemies are more concentrated.

Also, since this mission requires combat, make sure you have Holtzmann Shield before you set off, as this shield can effectively resist damage from slavers. If you don’t have one, you can make one first or directly spend some Dune Awakening Solari to trade with other players.

After successfully killing ten slavers, you can return to the tradepost and talk to Tolliver again.

Test Of Cunning

At this point, Tolliver is already quite impressed with you, and will ask you to conduct some espionage on behalf of one of Atreides - interrogating a Harkonnen operative named Lanov. Tolliver will also tell you that Lanov is addicted to Semuta, a drug, and you need to use this item to get reconnaissance intelligence about House Harkonnen from this spy.

Once you have collected enough Semuta, you can set off to Harkonnen fortress east of Anvil, where you will find Lanov standing in a small canopy. Please note that the dialogue options you choose in this interrogation are relatively positive, depending on your current character settings and background.

After he says Maxim Kazmir sent me to observe you, as long as you do not choose Goodbye, you will successfully complete the interrogation. In addition, do not choose any overly violent special options, otherwise you will scare Lanov away and cause the mission to fail.

Test Of Loyalty

After you get the intel and talk to Tolliver again, he’ll give you one last quest - Prove that Maxim of House Harkonnen is Semta’s poisoner - this is the final way to prove your loyalty to House Atreides.

Obviously, joining House Harkonnen will become more difficult after you complete this contract. But it’s worth it to join Atreides. Toliver will then tell you that Semta den where Maxim is located is located at Imperial Testing Grounds 13.

This testing station is relatively easy to explore in the entire Dune Awakening. You just need to go to the bottom floor and collect two access bracelets in the side room, then use them to open the purple door. Maxim is behind this door.

By the way, if you are short of Calibrated Servoks during daily crafting or exploration, you can not rush to open the door first but collect as many parts as possible.

After you start the arena and defeat all the enemies in it, you can find all the records of Maxim’s consumption of Semuta in a chest on the carpet next to a small fire pit at the back of the room, which is the best evidence for blackmailing him.

Once completed, return to Anvil and interact with Tolliver again to join House Atreides. Unlike regular games with faction disputes, Dune: Awakening allows you to betray your previous house and join House Harkonnen during the subsequent adventure, but it is very difficult.

The above is all the information and steps for you to find and join House Atreides in Dune Awakening. Please note that your game experience will be completely different if you join different factions, so if you want to try more gameplay, you can do so by betraying or creating a new character. I wish you a happy game!