In Dune: Awakening you can easily spend hours on quests, exploration, and base building. Nevertheless, a few weeks after release, the community is already focused on the endgame, although only a small part has reached it so far.
What are players discussing? Scrolling through Reddit, you can find numerous posts where users criticize the endgame. A large part of the endgame takes place in the Deep Desert. There, players collect the Spice, the most important resource in the world, which is necessary for various things in Dune: Awakening.
Criticism is also directed at the Landsraad system, which is currently one of the few endgame contents without PvP. Guilds, in particular, have a clear advantage here and can practically complete the tasks that arise in passing.
A player points out on Reddit that very few have actually completed the story of the survival MMO. Additionally, a large part of the player base has not yet even arrived in the Deep Desert, which is often discussed.
The developers have already commented on the future of the game:
Fan says: Many players rush through the content
How many players have entered the Deep Desert so far? A look at the Steam achievements reveals: Only about 16% of the player base has unlocked the achievement “Sea of Sand” – meaning they have entered the Deep Desert at all. However, since Dune: Awakening has only been out since June 10, 2025, this number is likely to grow in the coming weeks.
This also means, conversely, that around 84% of players have not yet seen the endgame area.
This is how the story of the game looks: In a Reddit post, a player points out that more people should finish the story of Dune: Awakening “before we worry too much about the Deep Desert.” He elaborates on his thoughts as follows:
Only 4.5% of the Steam player base has received the achievement for completing the story quest line. It seems that many players are rushing through the content in the game and then encounter a number of complaints (some of which are of course justified) about the Deep Desert, which is still underdeveloped and needs more gameplay data to be improved further.
What achievement is this? The achievement “The Assassin’s Handbook,” for which you must complete the second part of the story, is meant. As of June 22, 2025 (6:30 PM), only 5.6% of the player base have achieved this. 27.1% of players have already completed the first part of the story, thus earning the achievement “Echoes of the Past.”
What do other players say about it? In the Reddit thread, players discuss their progress in Dune: Awakening. Some mention that they have just built their first base or crafted their first sandbike. Opinions are divided, but many believe that you do not necessarily need to know the entire story to criticize the endgame.
For example, bob20891 wrote in the comments: “I haven’t completed the achievement yet, I’m level 120, we are a team of 4 with a large Spice refinery, MK6 copters, etc… […] You don’t have to finish the quest storyline to get into the Deep Desert and notice the problems, lol.”
The developers themselves admit that the Landsraad system is currently explained rather confusingly. In the future, the endgame should be made more accessible to solo players. In an “Ask Me Anything” session, Funcom also announced: Fresh story and PvE content for Dune: Awakening should be released every 3 to 4 months.
