Dune Awakening Easter Eggs Revealed: Which Characters Are They Mentioned?
Posted: Jul 10, 2025 Views: 22
Dune Awakening is a survival MMO based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 science fiction novel Dune. Most players may not have read it in full, but you may have heard of the movie of the same name.
Dune Awakening follows a different timeline than the movie and the novel. In the game’s timeline, Paul Atreides was not born, and Jessica gave birth to a woman named Ariste Atreides, allowing players to participate in the struggle between the two Houses when there is a power vacuum in Arrakis.
Despite the different storylines, the production team still did a good job of restoring the world of Arrakis and left some Easter eggs pointing to the original novel.
Ghanima Cavern
Ghanima Cavern is located in Eastern Vermillius Gap, specifically on the cliffs above Anvil Trading Post. There are only some ordinary cave Dune Awakening items here, but the Easter eggs actually come from the name of the cave.
Ghanima Atreides is the daughter of Paul Atreides and Chani in the original story, but Paul Atreides is not born in the game timeline, so she cannot appear.
Halleck’s Pick
Halleck’s Pick is a Tier 6 unique blade, and its blueprint appears in the weekly rotation of Deep Desert. It has an attack power of 138.52 and an attack speed of 139, making it a very deadly melee weapon.
The name Gurney Halleck appears in the description of Halleck’s Pick. He is a bard who is good at swords and music, and is also Paul Atreides’ swordsmanship teacher in the original story. However, in Dune Awakening, he is not involved in the main storyline, but only appears as a background introduction.
Liet-Kynes
Kynes is probably the most important planetologist in the game. He appears a lot in the movie and the first novel. He eventually dies in the desert from a spice blow.
Although he does not officially appear in the game, when you look for Dr. Derek Chinara and unlock the planetologist class, he will mention Dr. Kynes.
Thufir Hawat
Thufir Hawat is one of Paul Atreides’ educators and the assassin master of Mentat. Unlike Gurney Halleck, he is a direct NPC that players can find, and you can even get quests from him.
You first have to join Atreides House, and after completing the faction-specific quests, you can meet the senior commander of Atreides at the end of each game. He is near the hangar on the west side of Arakeen (which can be reached by using 2,500 Dune Awakening Solari at any trading post). He will assign you the following quests:
- On the Tainted Trail
- A New Cultist
- A Center of Learning
- The Hunt for Skorda
- Skorda’s Last Stand
- The Tainted Spice
Duncan’s Dojo
Duncan’s Dojo is obviously related to Duncan Idaho. He is a loyal swordsman of Atreides House. He is good at swordsmanship and hand-to-hand combat. Duncan Idaho died in the first novel and was later resurrected. He is a very important character.
Duncan’s Dojo has no special facilities in the game and is a bit boring. However, Duncan Idaho may not have dead in the timeline of Dune Awakening, so the developers may arrange his appearance here in a later update.
Idaho’s Charge
This unique Tier 6 light armor also comes from Duncan Idaho. The description of this item shows his powerful aerial and melee abilities. This item also has no fixed drop location. It is one of the weekly rotations in Deep Desert. Its blade protection performance is outstanding, which can resist 12% of melee blade damage for you.
Bene Tleilax
Bene Tleilax and Bene Gesserit are two different factions in Dune, and they are very different. The common point between them is perhaps that they are both extremely xenophobic. Bene Tleilax controls many advanced genetic technologies and can change their appearance and even imitate the appearance of others.
Players cannot learn the skills of Bene Tleilax in the game, but you can find merchant NPCs of this faction. Although people hate Bene Tleilax’s research, their selling Dune Awakening items are very popular in the universe.
Maud’Dib Constellation
When the player smokes too much spice, they will see some hallucinations. You can see some illusions about Maud’Dib. This does not refer to Paul Atreides (he used Maud'Dib as an alias), but to a kind of gerbil living on this planet.
When the player first enters the game, the constellations that appear in the starry sky also include Maud’Dib constellation. It points the way for the people of Arrakis at night, just like the North Star. This is mentioned in both the movie and the novel.
The above are some of the Easter eggs in Dune Awakening about the original novel. As a game that shows tribute to Dune, there must be some content that has not been discovered, and some content may even be added to the game in future updates. Maybe it’s an NPC from the original work or maybe it’s an item. As a fan of Dune, it must be very satisfying to see these NPCs and items in the game.
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