Communinet
Commmuninet Signal #21
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 Arrakis
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...