Players at thestart of their journeyand possibly those wondering whether they should purchase the game will be wondering how death works inDune: Awakening. Death in survival games and MMOs can often be brutal, with players losing hours of progress, and this may put some players off. This guide will cover the various ways to die inDune: Awakeningand the different death penalties.
What Happens When You Die A Normal Death In Dune: Awakening?
Normal deaths inDune: Awakeningdon’t occur straightaway when the health bar reaches zero. Instead, after being stabbed, shot, or losing health due to the elements,players will be downed.
In this downed state, players canself-reviveor be revived by others. This is done byholding X/Square/F. However, this revive bar needs to fill up before the gold bar above it reaches zero. Being hit byenemies will cause this bar to go down. If players succeed, they will get back up and have asmall amount of health restored.
You can set your base as your spawn by interacting with your Sub Fief Console.
Picking Up Death Backpacks
If playersfail to revive, they will die. They can subsequently choose torespawn at checkpoints, bases, or a Respawn Beaconthey crafted and placed down. Some quest locations also have checkpoints to respawn at. No XP or Skills will be lost, and players willkeep their equipped gear, such as armor, weapons, and tools.
However, they willmomentarily lose the contents of their backpack, such as materials, currency, ammo, extra tools, and so on. Thankfully, this backpack will be marked on the map and compass with askull icon, and players can simplyreturn and reclaim everything. Tools and gear will also take some damage, but theycan be repaired. Quest items will remain in the player’s inventory, even if they die.
If you die again before reclaiming your backpack, you will lose access to it. you may only claim the most recent backpack dropped.
In summary, when you die a normal death inDune: Awakeningfrom NPCs or dehydration, for example, the result isnot punishing, as long as players can safely return to their backpack. Retaining your equipped gear upon respawn also means youaren’t weak when running back into the fray.
Lastly, as long as players are killed in a PvE scenario,other players cannot pick up your backpack.
What Happens When You Die To Sandworms Or Coriolis Storms In Dune: Awakening?
While normal deaths aren’t too punishing, thetwo greatest dangers of Arrakis are. If players fail to avoid a Sandworm while traversing the open sands and are eaten, they willlose all their equipped gear and all the loot in their backpack. If they were riding a vehicle, this will also be consumed and lost.None of this is retrievable.
As this is incredibly punishing, players shouldlearn how to deal with Sandworms inDune: Awakening.
The other way to experience a death where you lose everything is only in theDeep Desert, a late-game PvP region. Here, there areCoriolis Storms once a week, which wipe out everything, resetting the map. Make sure your character isn’t caught in one.Normal storms, however, cause normal deaths, with retrievable loot.
What Happens When You Die In PvP In Dune: Awakening?
For the most part, playersdon’t need to be worried about PvP inDune: Awakening, as it is limited to the late-game Deep Desert region and a limited number of other locations, which will issue warnings.
If players are killed in PvP, then theirkiller can pick up resources, Solari, and Spicethat they were carrying in their backpack. For this reason, it can be a good idea tostore Solari in a bankand place resources in your basebefore setting off for PvP.
Normally, any gear the player has equipped, such as weapons, armor, and tools, cannot be looted, and they will retain them upon respawning. Theonly exceptionto this would be ifaLandsraad decreewere issued for the week,allowingfull PVP looting in the Deep Desert.
