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A big decision that you will need to make inDune: Awakeningis where to put your base. Once you find a location, you will then need to consider how to actually build it, which can be a huge task in itself. If you’ve never played a base-building game, you may be a bit overwhelmed.
In the tutorial of Dune: Awakening, you’ll be able to make small base with four foundation tiles, but where do you go from there? In this guide, we’ll look at some tips to help you build your base. This will also cover how to relocate your base, as the location you first choose may no longer interest you.
Build On A Relatively Flat Area
Foundation tiles can be placed on rocky ground to make a flat surface, butit’s a good idea to choose a spot that has a little flat space already.This can help you navigate, as well as expand a single level of your base without having to adjust too much for the terrain.
You are able to move your base (we’ll go over this later), soif you build on too small of an area, you can always just move somewhere else.If you do decide to do this, consider a spot that has enough space for a grand base.
Settle Near Resources
The idea of being removed from other players may sound appealing, but you alsorun the risk of being far from other things, like resources and scavenger camps.Early in the game, finding water can be hard,especially if you just have to rely on Dew Flowers.
We suggest placing your first base near an area where you know there are plenty of resources. For example, if you found a large clearing with a patch of Dew Flowers just a few seconds away,consider placing your Sub-Fief Console here.
Plan Out Your Base Build
In Dune: Awakening,you’ll be able to plan out your base,which is incredibly handy. When you are in the build mode,a single click will put a blueprint of the item down.At this point, you canswitch to other blueprints and place them down too.
To build the item in question, you just need tohold down on the blueprint, which will cause it to build.If you are testing out a layout, or just trying to fit all of your stuff into one area, we highly consider using these blueprints.
Make Sure You Can Access Your Base
You’ve just expanded your base from the inside out, only to walk outside and realize that you aredangerously close to the edge and can’t easily leave.Sure, you can just climb a rock face, but after a while, you may get tired of doing that.
When planning out and building your base,we suggest reserving a small area for you to comfortably enter and leave your base.If you find yourself leaving your base and fully wrapping around to the other side in order to reach a specific location, consider just putting the door on the other side.
Keep Your Base Powered
Power is essential in Dune: Awakening, soit’s important to keep your base up and running.With the help of the Fuel-Powered Generator and Fuel Cells, you’ll be able to provide power for your base, which includes crafting stations.
Fuel Cells are relatively easy to find, especially if you explore frequently. Overall,don’t forget to add these cells to your generatorin order to use stations and provide shields to your base.
Manage Your Base Permissions
You can play Dune: Awakening by yourself, but you’ll also be able to play with others. This can range from just one friend, to a group of strangers. Regardless of your party,we suggest editing the permissions of your base from the Sub-Fief Console.
By interacting with the console, you’ll be able to set who can enter your base. If you want someone to enter your base, but don’t want them to use your stuff,you can manage this individually from each item.
Don’t Forget About Storage Containers
In the tutorial of the game, you’ll be prompted to make/interact with a storage container. This is nothing too exceptional; most survival games have storage like this. In Dune: Awakening though,you’ll be able to craft with items that are stored.
We recommend storing items that you obtain, especially if you are holding something valuable. If you do happen to die while exploring, you won’t lose your items. If you need to craft something before setting back out to where you died,you can easily just use the items that are in your storage container.
You can manage this by assigning containers and crafting stations to different circuits. This is good if you have more than one of the same station, allowing each one to focus on something different.
How To Move Your Base
Is your current base location bad? Maybe it’s fine, but you found another area that you like even more. You will be able to move your base, but it takes some effort. First, you’ll need tomake the Solido Replicator,which is found in the first row of the Construction research tab.
Once you’ve researched andmade the replicator (using 20 Salvaged Metal),point it at your base to save the blueprint.Once scanned,you’ll need to abandon your current base, which can be done from the map.Click on the icon of your Sub-Fief Console, andchoose ‘Abandon Base’.
Before you abandon the base (but after you can it in), you candestroy it and get some materials back.This will prevent others from taking it first.
Now, you’ll be able tohead somewhere else and build your base with the blueprint.This can be done with the Solido Replicator after making a new Sub-Fief Console. Unfortunately, you’ll need to have the resources on hand if you want to build it, but you won’t have to do any of the planning; it’s already been done.
