Dune: Awakening players are reporting that some of their items are going missing, and the development team has acknowledged the problem by suggesting an unconventional and not very player-friendly bug fix. The popularity of Dune: Awakening has been falling in recent days, and the development team at Funcom's latest bit of advice might not win back the players it's been losing.
Launching on PC on June 10, Dune: Awakening got off to a strong start on Steam, with opening-week concurrent player counts rising above 189,000. Good early impressions of the sci-fi survival game have had an impact, as the game's all-time user reviews on Steam put it into the "Mostly Positive" category, with 74 percent player approval. But several developments in the last several weeks have had many opinions souring, with only 56 percent of reviews within the last 30 days being positive and the highest player spike in the last week peaking at less than 37,000 players.
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Dune: Awakening Is Losing Players' Items
One of the latest problems, reported after the game's scheduled August 13 update, is a resource bug that's causing players' items in Dune: Awakening to disappear from their inventories. Specifically, this bug seems to be going into effect when players travel between sections of the Deep Desert or to other maps. The development team has addressed this problem through an in-game alert, indicating that the problem should be patched through a hotfix update that is expected to launch on August 14. While players wait for a permanent solution to the item loss issue, the alert announcement has given players a workaround that they can employ, though many are not satisfied with what it requires them to do.
According to the message, players can avoid the item loss bug by delaying travel for up to 10 minutes after filling the inventories of their Dune: Awakening vehicles. Although this workaround should only be necessary for about a day or so, players are expressing their displeasure with the development team for the long periods of inactivity they're being asked to endure. Many have suggested that waiting around after harvesting Spice is a fool's errand, and multiple players have suggested that they'll avoid venturing through the Deep Desert or booting up the game at all until the problem is fixed.
The item loss bug isn't the only issue that players have been having since the game's launch about two months ago. The development team has already had to fix an issue that allowed for the duplication of items, and Funcom temporarily disabled Steam Family Sharing to combat cheats and exploits. Additionally, Dune: Awakening reimbursed players for a bug in July that inadvertently deleted their bases and equipment. There has been no indication yet that Funcom intends to reimburse players for items lost as a result of this latest bug.
WHERE TO PLAY
Rise from survival to dominance on the most dangerous planet in the universe. Dune: Awakening combines the grit and creativity of sandbox survival games with the social interactivity of a large, persistent multiplayer game to create a unique and ambitious Open World Survival MMO.
Awaken The Sleeper
Your journey begins on Arrakis, with its vast deserts and colossal sandworms. Meet characters from the movies and books as you follow your story across Dune. Discover new allies and enemies and exploit your relationships to uncover the mystery that lies just beneath the surface of the sands.
Choose Your Identity
Craft your identity and build your prowess, from deep character creation to skills and abilities taught by specialists like Mentats and Bene Gesserit. Declare your loyalties by what you wear and become known by what you do, whether you are a specialized master or multi-talented adept.
Explore Arrakis Like Never Before
Dune: Awakening brings the epic landscapes of Arrakis to vivid life. Explore boundless rolling dunes, ancient underground Ecology Labs, and deep canyons pockmarked with caves, where bandits seek easy prey. Wander the bustling villages before braving the lawless and ever-changing deep desert.
- PC Release Date
- June 10, 2025
- Genre(s)
- Open-World, Survival, MMO
- Platform(s)
- PC
