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Discover crafting, mining, combat opportunities, and more in the resourceful Vermillius Gap on the planet of Arrakis.
Dune Awakening will fully release on June 10, 2025. We, the gamers, have already caught a glimpse of the gameplay through Steam Advanced Access. The game belongs to the open-world survival craft genre, set in the famous Dune universe, the epic fantasy series by Frank Herbert.
In Dune Awakening, you play as an agent of the Bene Gesserit. Your objective is to find the indigenous Fremen across the vast desert planet of Arrakis.
You must turn over a new leaf as you enter the Vermillius Gap. This is a location toward the north of the map, filled with new combat challenges, abundant resources, and pristine crafting opportunities.
In this article, we’ll discuss the Vermillius Gap and the quests offered by these seemingly treacherous lands. As the game is in early access, some features will only be available upon full launch.
Dune Awakening Vermillius Gap Questline: The Quest List
Below are the quests you’ll encounter in the Vermillius Gap:
1) Moving On
This quest consists of three requirements:
- Research the Advanced Construction Kit.
- Construct or Interact with an Advanced Sub-Fief Console.
- Open the map and abandon your base(s) in Hagga Basin South.
2) Preparing for Life in Vermillius
As mentioned, the expanses of Vermillius offer many resources. To extract them, you must have upgraded gear and skills. The following are the requirements for this quest:
- Research the Cutteray MK1.
- Fabricate a Cutteray MK1.
- Refine Iron Ingots.
The Trials We Know of So Far
1) The Second Trial
This trial awaits you to the east of Vermillius. Once there, climb up and fight off the few enemies who impede your path. Keep climbing until you find the cave. Follow along to discover the altar with the bowl of Spice.
Once the process has been initiated, you will traverse into a different dimension. As you follow the path, you will find the Static Compactor, one of the most important tools in Dune Awakening. This tool is essential for collecting Spice and Flower Sand. Moreover, the Static Compactor can aid you during fires in mines and poison clouds. You will need to deal with both as you proceed.
The Static Compactor can also create platforms by combining rock and sand. Form such platforms to forge your path. Time your jumps carefully, as jumping too early will make you start over.
Once you reach the final floating island, go up the stairs and end the Second Trial.
2) The Fourth Trial
Travel to the middle of the Vermillius Region to locate the huge hammer-shaped rock. Climb to the top to find a bowl of Spice waiting for you at the altar. Inhale it to initiate the process.
As you are taken into another dimension, you must fight wave after wave of Sardaukars until they eventually overpower you. This leads to a cutscene where you unlock the power of the Spice, enabling you to defeat opponents with new skills.
After slaying the enemies, you will gain access to your third skill. Following this, head further up and discover a Constellation Chest next to an Ornithopter, the famous dragonfly-like aerial transport in the world of Dune.
3) The Fifth Trial
This will await you somewhere in the Haga Rift. We’ll only know about it once the full game is released.
Discovering the Holtzman Shield Mk2
This can be found in Imperial Testing Station No. 197. Once you reach the station, you will discover a giant silo surrounded by a couple of canopies. Some hostile NPCs will be there to greet you. Take them down and descend into the silo.
There, you will meet Derek Chinara, the planetologist. He will request you to recover the film records. Once you recover the records, you’ll find the coveted Holtzman Shield Mk2 in a chest at the top of a flight of stairs.
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