Greetings Sleepers, 

The Chapter 2 Free Update and Lost Harvest DLC are now available!  

We're also excited to share that Dune: Awakening is [i][b]free to play [/b][/i]in the Free Weekend that runs from September 11-15! This is the perfect opportunity to get your friends to join you on Arrakis, as Free Weekend players can join any World and Sietch. 

We’re also firing off our first discount from September 11-22, when the game will be available at 20% off its original price. 

Discover the update’s long list of new content and improvements, including the continuation of the main story, character re-customization, new contracts, new armors, and much more! See the highlights below and the full patch notes [url="https://duneawakening.com/news/dune-awakening-chapter-2-patch-notes/"][u]here[/u][/url]. 

DLC: Lost Harvest

The Lost Harvest DLC is also now available for $12.99 and as part of the [url="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3596810/Dune_Awakening__Season_Pass/"][u]Season Pass,[/u][/url] for those who want to experience Arrakis from its deepest depths to its most dizzying highs. If you own the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition, you already own the Season Pass and will automatically get access to the DLC. 

Lost Harvest brings: 

• The new treadwheel vehicle – an alternative to the sandbike. Enjoy unique animations and handling 

• Four Dune Man building pieces 

• Several base decorations 

• Two armor skins 

• Four weapon skins 

• The Vermillius Dusk swatch 

• The Thumper emote 

Chapter 2 Highlights 

Continue Your Story 

Following the sinister revelations in Act 3, you must now continue your journey. Meet new and familiar characters, explore new locations, investigate brutal murders, and delve deeper into the past as you unravel a web that stretches into the darkest corners of the Imperium. 

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Character Re-Customization 

Visit Arrakeen or Harko Village at any time to re-customize your character using the advanced and unnatural methods of the Suk and the Tleilaxu. Fashion the flesh to suit your whim. 

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New Hairstyles & Tattoos 

New trends from across the Imperium eventually find their way even to Arrakis. Explore four new hairstyles and five new tattoos. Don't expose those to the sun. 

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Arrakeen and Harko Village Contracts 

Discover new characters in the social hubs with stories to tell and contracts to offer. Make money working as a bouncer, get goods through customs, and more! 

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Archetype Armors 

Complete the advanced trainer contracts to earn the five new archetype armor sets, styled according to each Great School of the Imperium, such as the Bene Gesserit or the Mentat Order. Let people see what you are and what you can do. 

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Rename Storage Containers 

The spice must flow! Increase your base’s efficiency and organization with the new renaming functionality, available for storage containers, vehicles, and some placeables. 

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More Dynamic Encounters 

We continue adding more variety to the deserts of Arrakis. Take on assassination contracts and come across new temporary merchants in the wilderness. 

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Auto-Run Toggle 

With the press of a button you can now toggle auto-run. This also works for vehicles, letting you cruise across the sand with ease. It won’t stop the worm from eating you though. 

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More Reliable Ornithopter Rockets 

Firing rockets from an ornithopter is now a far better experience overall. The rockets are more accurate and fire where you are aiming. The skies are yours, Sleeper. 

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Combat Improvements 

Long live the fighters! Enemies will now generally react quicker, such as when activating their Holtzman shields. Sprint attacks are easier to aim when there are clusters of enemies, and there’s a new graphical effect when dashing out of a stagger. See the full list in the [url="https://duneawakening.com/news/dune-awakening-chapter-2-patch-notes/"][u]patch notes[/u][/url]. 

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Deep Desert Borders Removed 

We have removed the quicksand between sectors in the Deep Desert, allowing you to cross these borders on foot and in ground vehicles. In addition, abilities, weapons, and combat overall works across sectors, and crossing these borders should no longer cause disconnects and hitching. 

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Deep Desert Variety 

The Deep Desert is ever-changing. We have added new Deep Desert layouts for more variety and increased rock island density across the board, giving more access to building space for new bases. 

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New Missile Launcher Tier 

A new duraluminium-tier missile launcher has been added, letting you defend against ornithopters at an earlier stage. Unlock it in the research menu and fill the sky with fire. 

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Synced Loot Boxes & NPCs 

Various loot containers in PvP areas now respawn at the same time as related NPCs, improving the Deep Desert and shipwreck looting experience. 

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Assault Ornithopter Capacity 

Inventory slots on the assault ornithopter have been increased from 15 to 20, and volume from 1,000 to 2,000. Time to haul some spice! 

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Vehicle Seat Hotkeys 

Tired of climbing around in your buggy? Switch seats with ease using F1-F8. 

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Twitch Drops 

You can earn new building pieces by watching any Drops-enabled Dune: Awakening Twitch Stream. Starting September 11 and running until October 8, you’ll be able to earn more Observer-styled building pieces, including stairs, ladders and pillars. 

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Arrakis is Growing 

We’re so excited for you all to experience these first major additions to Dune: Awakening. This is only the beginning, and we are committed to keep making Arrakis feel truly vast and ever-changing. 

We are very conscious of and thankful for all your feedback, and will keep responding to it with more improvements and tweaks while still offering new features, story, locations, and more in new Chapter updates and DLCs like this. 

The journey continues. 

[i]Find the Fremen. Wake the Sleeper.[/i] 

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