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When playingDune: Awakening, the Landsraad and the noble houses of the Imperium play a big part in the overall gameplay. However, to unlock the Landsraad and join factions, you’ll first need to find and join either House Harkonnen or House Atreides. These two noble houses are perpetually feuding with one another, so you’ll want to be careful about which one you pledge your loyalty to.
If you’re not sure where to start, look no further than this guide. In this walkthrough, we’ll show you everything you need to know to find House Atreides and join them in Dune: Awakening.
Where To Find House Atreides
To find House Atreides, you’ll need tolocate their envoy on Arrakis,Lieutenant Anton Tolliver. To do so,head to The Anvil tradepostin the Eastern Vermillius Gap.
If this is your first time in the tradepost, when you arrive,you’ll trigger a cutscene that shows Tolliver fighting with a Harkonnen envoy, Levenbrech Maxim Kazmir.
After this cutscene,you’re able to talk to both and begin questlines to join either House Harkonnen or House Atreides.
You won’t need to commit to either until the fourth and final quest.
How To Join House Atreides
Once you’ve found Tolliver, simplytalk to him and offer your services to help House Atreides. Tolliver will explain that, before you can officially swear yourself to the house, you’ll need tocomplete a series of contractsto prove your loyalty.
There are four contractsin total that you’ll have to complete for the Atreides.
How To Complete The Missing Spy
After speaking to Tolliver the first time, you’re able to ask for a contract to helppledge your loyalty to House Atreides. The first mission involveshunting down the whereabouts of a missing spyin the Vermillius Gap region.
When you complete this first quest,you can choose to either give the information you find to Tolliver or the Harkonnens,thus branching the quest line.
To find the missing spy,head south of the Anvil tradepostto the rock formation marked on your map. You’ll want toclimb up the face of the structure andlook for a small camp.
There are also many Kirab camps in this area, but note thatthe spy’s camp is located much higher, while the Kirab camps are sand-level.
There’s a dead body and a recorded transmissionin this camp. Simplyplay the transmission, and report back to Tolliver.
How To Complete Test Of Prowess
Next, Tolliver will tell you aboutthe vicious slaversnorth of the Anvil. To prove your loyalty to House Atreides, he’ll ask youto kill ten slavers.
While you canhead to the point located on your map, there are also slavers all throughout the region north of the Anvil, known as the Jabal Eifrit region.
The best places to kill slavers arein Intel stations in this region.
Simply head to the point marked on your map, or other bases in the region, andkillten slavers. Then, return to Tolliver.
If you don’t have one already,fabricating a Holtzman Shield is a good ideabefore attacking the slavers.
How To Complete Test Of Cunning
Next, Tolliver will ask you to do some espionage on behalf of the Atreides. You’ll need tointerview a Harkonnen operative known as Lanov.
Lanov has an addictionto a drug known as Semuta. You’ll need touse this informationto extract recon from him about the Hakonnens.
Head to the Harkonnen fortress east of the Anvil, and look for Lanov standing underneath a small canopy. From there, you can interrogate him.
Depending on your character build and background,you might get special dialogue options for this interrogation. These are typically positive selections.
As you talk to Lanov,here are the dialogue options you’ll want to selectto get the proper information out of him:
From there, just don’t select ‘Goodbye’ and you’llcomplete the interrogation successfully.
This interview is all about deftness;don’t select any special options that are too brute-forcein nature, or you’ll scare Lanov off.
How To Complete Test Of Loyalty
Report back to Tolliver for your final quest. This quest line will reveal thatMaxim is a Semuta addict. By using this information,you may blackmail himand prove your worth to the Atreides.
Be warned, after completing this part of the contract line,it will prove more difficult to join House Harkonnen.
Talk to Tolliver back at the Anvil. From there, he’ll give youthe location of a Semuta den in the Western Vermillius Gap.
The den is located inside Imperial Testing Station 13, which you may have already stumbled upon in your travels.
Head westto the testing station. The station is relatively easy to explore. Simply head down to the lowest level andcollect the two access bracelets in the side rooms.
Then, headthrough the purple door.
If you’re short on Calibrated Servoks, the Imperial Testing Station is full of these parts.
The Semuta den is behind this door. Defeat the enemies inside, andcollect the record of all of Maxim’s Semuta purchases. This can be used to blackmail him.
The records are locatedin a chest resting on a carpet near a small fire pitin the back of the room.
Once you’ve done this, simplyhead back to the Anvil and inform Tolliverto join House Atreides.
You can betray Tolliverand join House Harkonnen after if you want, but it’ll prove much harder to earn Tolliver’s trust again.
