In Dune: Awakening, many players are hesitant to venture into the Deep Desert, even though it holds not only vital resources but also endgame content and items.
What is the Deep Desert? The Deep Desert is the endgame area of Dune: Awakening. Here await the greatest rewards of the survival MMO, as well as the greatest dangers. However, there is no way to experience the game fully in all its aspects without venturing into the desert.
For many, the greatest danger in the desert is the PvP. Outside the safe landing strip, PvP is enabled. Anyone can attack anyone, which represents too great a risk for many.
What do the tips cover? The tips are designed to help all players survive the Deep Desert without significant losses. Those who adhere to the tips will only lose the materials they recently farmed.
Even on private servers, the Deep Desert is not private:
Tip No. 1: Use the Vehicle Backup Tool to save your Ornithopter
Before you can even go into the Deep Desert, you need an Ornithopter. This first flying machine not only has agility but also another advantage: it can be packed just like the Sandbike in the Vehicle Backup Tool.
If anything happens to you in the Deep Desert, be sure to pack your Ornithopter using the tool. Even if you die, you will respawn with the tool in your action bar, and your Ornithopter will be safe.
Tip No. 2: Boosters over Cargo Hold
Even though it may be tempting to take as many items from the Deep Desert to your base at once, you should forgo the cargo ramp as equipment for your Ornithopter.
You cannot pack your Ornithopter if you have cargo in the cargo ramp. If a fight breaks out, you will need to evade and escape to safety. There is no time to jettison the ballast then. So it’s better to install the booster and store your found items in your personal inventory.
Tip No. 3: Take only what you need
If you die in the Deep Desert in Dune: Awakening, you drop some items. In broad terms, all materials, consumables, and money, whether you just farmed it or brought it from the Hagga Basin.
When venturing into the Deep Desert, you should pack enough drinks, something to heal, a Cutteray, the necessary weapons and armor, and the Vehicle Backup Tool. Leave at home anything you cannot fit in your equipment slots or hotbar and do not want to lose.
If you die, you will only lose what you just collected and will walk away with a black eye and some damage to your equipment.
Tip No. 4: Quicksand is your friend, the worm is not
Sooner or later, the point will come when you die in the Deep Desert. Whether by PvE, PvP, or by the worm that catches you while harvesting spice. Unlike in the Hagga Basin, though, the quicksand here is your friend.
If you have the choice between dying in quicksand or being eaten by the worm, always choose the quicksand. This particularly occurs if you lose connection due to server issues or restarts. You will then respawn in the quicksand and should pack your Ornithopter as described in Tip 1 and accept your death.
Do not make the mistake of trying to free yourself with your skills. You will attract the worm, and if it eats you, far more than half an hour of collected materials will be lost.
Tip No. 5: It’s easier to play together
Especially in the Deep Desert, mass matters more than classes. The players there have little time to recognize if you are loot or a threat. But if one, two, three, or a dozen Ornithopters are flying next to you, you will appear much more threatening, even if you just want to farm peacefully.
So ask your friends or guild for help and form groups. If you are out with more players than in a group, you should choose the same skin for better identification.
Tip No. 6: Friendly players are everywhere
Many players fear the Deep Desert, even though there are many friendly players there as well. To communicate with them, use the in-game voice chat. This is enabled by default and transmits your voice to nearby players at the push of a button.
But even nonverbally you can simply give each other some space, especially where everyone wants to farm anyway. Especially at the spice explosions, you will quickly encounter a dozen other players, who, like you, just want to loot. If in doubt, the quick escape with the Ornithopter always helps.
Tip No. 7: Avoid hotspots
Even though the Deep Desert is supposed to be generated anew each week to ensure there is always something to explore, the map is no secret to many just a few hours after the reset. Many images of the weekly map circulate on the internet that can also benefit you.
On websites like Planetologist.app, you can see a current map of the Deep Desert with all the interesting places. Where large spice fields, titanium, or many command outposts are, there are often also many enemies.
Avoid these hotspots and focus on the less lucrative islands if you want to avoid PvP. Many of the smaller and medium deposits are not even marked on the map and are well suited for you to loot.
Tip No. 8: With the scanner, you don’t need to land
Even though tools like the website in Tip 7 provide a good overview of the Deep Desert, it’s always worth building a scanner onto your Ornithopter. With this, you can uncover all resources in an area with the push of a button.
When you then open your map and zoom in on the area, you will see all resources using icons that are beneath you. This way, you don’t have to stop to check if there’s a titanium or stravidium ore deposit somewhere.
Tip No. 9: Enemies = Chests
In addition to the resources, there are also crashed spaceships in the Deep Desert that can have worthwhile loot. They are sought-after targets for many players and can contain many good resources, weapons, and blueprints worth obtaining.
Because they promise good loot, there are also many players who loot them. If you want to avoid flying through an empty wreck, the enemies will show you well whether there is still loot to be found. If the wreck is full of enemies, there is still loot to be found.
But if all of them are lying on the ground, there is hardly any loot left, and you should preferably turn around and fly to the next wreck. This way, you won’t waste your time in an empty wreck where perhaps even a real player awaits you.
Tip No. 10: Not all research stations are the same
In the Deep Desert, there are basically two different types of research stations. Some are for groups, and some are for solo players. To identify these more easily, there are several factors.
If you have to break down doors and multiple waves of enemies appear, it’s a group dungeon. If you don’t have to break anything down and have a more linear dungeon ahead, it is designed for single players.
If you find yourself alone in a group dungeon, you can of course try to fight. However, we recommend simply being defeated by the NPCs and respawning at the door. You will lose your loot, but the enemies in the large research stations are so strong and numerous that it can take 30, 45, or even 60 minutes to defeat them all.
If it takes you too long, the research station resets, and you’ll have to start over again. Don’t forget that real players can come by at any time, who may not necessarily join you to fight the waves.
The Deep Desert is as dangerous as it is rich in loot, and PvP adds an additional, unpredictable danger to Dune: Awakening in the endgame. If our tips were helpful, you might soon be able to build the combat ornithopter into the Deep Desert: Dune: Awakening Build the Combat Ornithopter Quickly on Your Own – Here’s How
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