A player finds an equipment slot in Dune: Awakening that he cannot use and wants to know what to do with it. The initial responses from the community are not very helpful, but it quickly becomes clear that the slot cannot currently be used. So what is it for?
Where is the strange slot located? If you open your character menu, you will find your loadout on the left side and your equipment on the right side. There are 10 different slots where you can place equipment items like pants, helmets, and so on. However, the last slot always remains empty.
A player on Reddit wanted to know what this slot is for, as he has not found a suitable item so far. The same question has come up several times in the past. However, the community’s responses are often not very helpful.
Strange equipment slot turns out to be a placeholder
What does the community say? The first and most upvoted response on Reddit is
“Pocket Sand.” Another player explains that you could use a worm riding hook here. A third explains that it must be a slot for Zendaya.
All the answers are actually nonsense. By the way, Zendaya is the actress for Chani in the new Dune movies.
What is this slot good for? Currently, you cannot use the slot with your character at all, and several players also explain why: It is a placeholder that is supposed to play a role in the future. In an earlier version of the game, you were supposed to be able to use a backpack here, but that was probably removed due to many bugs. Someone writes, “the developers said it’s there for ‘future-proofing.'”
Another player adds (via Reddit.com):
Allegedly (so I’ve heard) this was a slot for backpacks from an earlier version of the game. However, they didn’t work properly/in a way that Funcom liked, so the backpacks were removed and replaced with vehicle storage, but the slot was kept.
It is rumored that backpacks might reappear in a future update/DLC.
In an older thread, it is said that the slot is for an item related to a supposedly upcoming third faction: the Fremen. The item for this slot would then be used to hide from other players like with the trapdoor from the movies.
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