Dune Awakening July Update Applies Bug Fixes and Makes…

Dune: Awakening is opening up more real estate on the PvE market, giving players a lot more options when they're looking for a place to build bases. A newly released update for Dune: Awakening also adds some extra stability for players and fixes a major vehicle issue, providing some well-rounded upgrades for everyone.

Released exclusively on PC on June 10, Dune: Awakening got off to a strong start on Steam, easily breaking records for publisher and developer Funcom by hitting a peak of 189,000 concurrent players within its first week. The survival game is set to hit PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2026, but a few wrinkles need to be ironed out ahead of the console release.

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One of the biggest changes in the latest update, version 1.1.17.0, addresses the issue of players not having enough safe spaces to set up shop in late-game areas. Funcom has announced that with the release of the latest patch, players will have more places to build bases in the Deep Desert, as more Rock Island locations have been set up there, particularly in the PvE section. Players won't actually see this change go into effect until July 29, following the Coriolis Storm apex, but once the new Rock Islands are in place, they'll open up a lot more areas for resource gathering in addition to giving high-level players a place to call home.

Another big change in the new patch addresses some serious problems with disappearing vehicles. Some players have complained that they have been losing their ornithopters due to connection issues while they are crossing the Deep Desert, provided that they exit the vehicles partway through the journey. The new update should help to quell these connection issues and also cause ornithopters to respawn near the player when these issues occur. Dune: Awakening is already reimbursing players who have been affected by bugs that result in the loss of vehicles, bases, and other resources, showing the development team has been taking players' in-game property losses seriously, but the bug fix in the latest patch should help prevent such issues from continuing down the road.

Additionally, the latest update provides some additional client and server stability and fixes some exploits that allowed players to inappropriately farm experience using points of interest and duplicate items using social hubs. Version 1.1.17.0 is actually the seventh update or hotfix made to Dune: Awakening in July 2025 so far, and while the game still has some problems, particularly on the PvP end, Funcom is showing dedication to making player-driven improvements.

Dune: Awakening Version 1.1.17.0 Update Notes

Features and Changes

Added more rock islands in Deep Desert, primarily in the PvE area, to allow for more resources and real estate for base building, effective on July 29th after the Coriolis Storm apex.
If you encounter a connection issue while crossing between servers in the Deep Desert and leave your ornithopter, it will be teleported to the respawn location, alongside you.
Ben, if you’re reading this, your base power is out.

Fixes

Improved server and client stability.
Fixed an issue where you could lose connection to the server if you exited the ornithopter after the failed attempt to cross between Deep Desert partitions.
Fixed an exploit that allowed a player to gain experience using points of interest.
Fixed a vulnerability that allowed players to duplicate items in social hubs.
Fixed an issue where you could fail to climb the sides of a small shipwreck and get into a rubberbanded state.

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