Character Creation & Classes

Discover everything you need to know about creating your character in Dune: Awakening, including backgrounds, castes, and mentors.

Character Creation Overview

Dune: Awakening is an upcoming open-world survival MMO that takes place in the world of Arrakis. After creating your character, Reverend Mother will ask you a few questions. During these questions, you will have to select your Home Planet, Caste, and Mentor. Choosing the Home Planet and the Caste will set your background, unlocking unique dialogue options in your playthrough. Your character will be able to pursue these unique dialogue options with Dialogue Traits. Moreover, you will also unlock a certain Unique Emote corresponding to the Home Planet.

Character Appearance Options

Physical Appearance

  • Eye Makeup Style (18 options)
  • Eyeshadow Color and Strength
  • Eyeliner Color and Strength
  • Lipstick Style and Color
  • Lipstick Strength
  • Lipgloss
  • Lipstick Metallic (5 styles)
Character Background Options

Background Selection

  • 5 distinct home planets
  • 3 social castes
  • 4 mentor archetypes
  • Unique dialogue traits
  • Starting abilities
Character Progression

Character Progression

  • Classless progression system
  • Multiple skill trees
  • Faction reputation
  • Customizable abilities
  • Adaptable playstyles

Home Planets & Background

Your character's origin shapes their story and provides unique dialogue traits and emotes in the harsh world of Arrakis.

Giedi Prime

Giedi Prime

A heavily industrialized, volcanic world, the Baronial Seat of House Harkonnen is controlled by a network of dense urban enclaves.

  • Dialogue Trait: Deception
  • Unique Emote: Harkonnen Curse
Caladan

Caladan

A temperate but storm-wracked oceanic world, the ancestral home of House Atreides is known for its relaxed agrarian lifestyle and famous vineyards.

  • Dialogue Trait: Honorable
  • Unique Emote: Atreides Salute
Ix

Ix

A forbidding ice world of mountain, tundra, and forest. The Ixians conceal their vast technological empire within sprawling underground cities.

  • Dialogue Trait: Technologist
  • Unique Emote: Forbidden Secret

Character Progression

Your character evolves through experience and adaptation to the harsh environment of Arrakis.

Early Game

Focus on basic survival skills, water management, and learning to navigate the desert safely. Begin establishing your first shelter and gathering essential resources.

Mid Game

Develop specialized skills, join or form alliances, and start building more permanent settlements. Begin participating in spice harvesting operations and faction politics.

Late Game

Master advanced technologies, lead large-scale operations, and shape the political landscape of Arrakis. Establish major bases and influence the game world significantly.