A new hotfix has landed in Dune: Awakening on Steam, and this one is worth paying attention to – among the fixes is an issue that could cost some players their progression. The update requires a client-side download, so if it doesn’t start on its own, restart your Steam client. Servers are coming back up shortly after the patch goes live.
Funcom points anyone looking for the current list of known issues to the official Discord server or the Steam discussion boards.
Features and changes
Story, Journey and New Player Experience
- Added a fallback for an issue where QTE inputs were sometimes not registered in the Awakening cinematic during Forty Fears. The cinematic now auto-completes after 10 seconds, so you can no longer get permanently stuck there.
User Interface
- Removed the legacy “Balanced” Graphics Mode option, which was still showing up in the Display settings on PS5 even after the mode itself had been removed. It was replaced by Quality.
Fixes
Technical and stability
- Improved server and client stability.
- Fixed an issue that could lead to progression loss for some players.
- Fixed an issue where failing to join a server displayed the wrong character data in the Characters tab. In the worst case, that could lead to you deleting or joining the wrong character.
Resources, Building, and Crafting
- Fixed an issue where the Base Reconstruction Tool could leave some pieces in the incorrect positions.
Worldbuilding and Exploration
- Fixed an issue where entering any Overland map, reconnecting or respawning fully restored your HP and reset Power to 0.
Story, Journey and New Player Experience
- Fixed an issue where the “Place your backed up base” journey step sometimes failed to complete even after you placed the base.
User Interface
- Fixed an issue where ping would not display correctly on consoles.
What it means for you
The most important items here are the ones you can’t see in the changelog at first glance: progression loss and the wrong character data in the Characters tab. Both could have cost you hours of play, so it’s worth grabbing the download before your next session. The change to the Forty Fears cinematic will be felt mostly by newer players working through the story – if you’re still making your way through the campaign, we’ve got a detailed Chapter 2 walkthrough on the site.
Console players get two specific fixes: ping now displays correctly, and the leftover “Balanced” option has disappeared from the PS5 Display settings. If you’re just getting into the game on console, we’ve covered the PS5 and Xbox version in a separate article.
Where to go next
We’ve written about character builds and their progression in our guide to augmentations, and all the previous updates are collected in our Dune: Awakening news section.
FAQ
Yes. The hotfix requires a client-side download. If it doesn’t appear automatically, restart your Steam client.
The developers added a fallback – the Awakening cinematic auto-completes after 10 seconds, so you can’t get stuck there anymore.
The patch notes only state that the issue which could lead to progression loss for some players has been fixed. They say nothing about restoring lost progress.
It was a legacy Graphics Mode option that was still visible in the Display settings even though the mode itself had already been removed. It was replaced by Quality.
On the official Dune: Awakening Discord server or the game’s Steam discussion boards – both are linked in the patch notes.