Players at the start of their journey and possibly those wondering whether they should purchase the game will be wondering how death works in Dune: Awakening. Death in survival games and MMOs can often be brutal, with players losing hours of progress, and this may put some players off. This guide will cover the various ways to die in Dune: Awakening and the different death penalties.
What Happens When You Die A Normal Death In Dune: Awakening?
Normal deaths in Dune: Awakening don't occur straightaway when the health bar reaches zero. Instead, after being stabbed, shot, or losing health due to the elements, players will be downed.
In this downed state, players can self-revive or be revived by others. This is done by holding X/Square/F. However, this revive bar needs to fill up before the gold bar above it reaches zero. Being hit by enemies will cause this bar to go down. If players succeed, they will get back up and have a small amount of health restored.
You can set your base as your spawn by interacting with your Sub Fief Console.
Picking Up Death Backpacks
If players fail to revive, they will die. They can subsequently choose to respawn at checkpoints, bases, or a Respawn Beacon they crafted and placed down. Some quest locations also have checkpoints to respawn at. No XP or Skills will be lost, and players will keep their equipped gear, such as armor, weapons, and tools.
However, they will momentarily lose the contents of their backpack, such as materials, currency, ammo, extra tools, and so on. Thankfully, this backpack will be marked on the map and compass with a skull icon, and players can simply return and reclaim everything. Tools and gear will also take some damage, but they can be repaired. Quest items will remain in the player's inventory, even if they die.
If you die again before reclaiming your backpack, you will lose access to it. You can only claim the most recent backpack dropped.
In summary, when you die a normal death in Dune: Awakening from NPCs or dehydration, for example, the result is not punishing, as long as players can safely return to their backpack. Retaining your equipped gear upon respawn also means you aren't weak when running back into the fray.
Lastly, as long as players are killed in a PvE scenario, other players cannot pick up your backpack.
What Happens When You Die To Sandworms Or Coriolis Storms In Dune: Awakening?
While normal deaths aren't too punishing, the two greatest dangers of Arrakis are. If players fail to avoid a Sandworm while traversing the open sands and are eaten, they will lose all their equipped gear and all the loot in their backpack. If they were riding a vehicle, this will also be consumed and lost. None of this is retrievable.
As this is incredibly punishing, players should learn how to deal with Sandworms in Dune: Awakening.
The other way to experience a death where you lose everything is only in the Deep Desert, a late-game PvP region. Here, there are Coriolis Storms once a week, which wipe out everything, resetting the map. Make sure your character isn't caught in one. Normal storms, however, cause normal deaths, with retrievable loot.
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What Happens When You Die In PvP In Dune: Awakening?
For the most part, players don't need to be worried about PvP in Dune: Awakening, as it is limited to the late-game Deep Desert region and a limited number of other locations, which will issue warnings.
If players are killed in PvP, then their killer can pick up resources, Solari, and Spice that they were carrying in their backpack. For this reason, it can be a good idea to store Solari in a bank and place resources in your base before setting off for PvP.
Normally, any gear the player has equipped, such as weapons, armor, and tools, cannot be looted, and they will retain them upon respawning. The only exception to this would be if a Landsraad decree were issued for the week, allowing full PVP looting in the Deep Desert.
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