Funcom has pushed another small but important hotfix into Dune: Awakening on Steam. It requires a client-side download, so if the update doesn’t show up on its own, restart your Steam client. Servers were taken down for the deployment and came back up shortly after.
If you want to check whether a problem you’re hitting is already on the radar, the developers keep the list of known issues on their Discord server and on the Steam discussion boards.
Fixes
- Fixed an issue that could cause players to encounter Error 972 during character transfers, which resulted in characters disappearing or showing up as level 0 in the main menu.
- Fixed an issue where the Contagion Cowl cosmetic was missing as a reward for the “Contaiment: Patient Zero” contract. Everyone who already finished the contract gets the item retroactively.
- Fixed an issue where the Scourge event contract “What the Doctor Ordered” could be repeatedly reaccepted. Blood Marks farmed through repeated completions, along with Vials bought with those Blood Marks, have been removed from player inventories.
What it means for you
The Error 972 fix is the big one. Character transfers that ended with a vanished or level 0 character were the kind of bug that makes you afraid to touch the transfer button at all – now that risk is off the table. Transfer errors have been a recurring theme lately, and we covered the previous round in our article on Q73 transfer errors.
If you cleared “Contaiment: Patient Zero” and wondered where your Contagion Cowl went, you don’t have to redo anything – the cosmetic is being granted retroactively.
The last point is less pleasant for anyone who was abusing the repeatable Scourge contract. Blood Marks earned that way are gone, and so are the Vials bought with them, so don’t be surprised by a lighter inventory. Earlier changes to the event itself are described in our piece on the Scourge hotfix.
Where to next
If you’re new to Arrakis and the patch notes read like a foreign language, start with our overview of Dune: Awakening gameplay. We also keep track of every other update in our hub of Dune: Awakening news.
FAQ
Yes. The hotfix requires a client-side download. If it doesn’t start automatically, restart your Steam client.
It was an error that could appear during character transfers. The result was a character that disappeared or showed up as level 0 in the main menu. This hotfix fixes it.
No. Everyone who has already completed the contract receives the cosmetic retroactively.
The Scourge contract “What the Doctor Ordered” could be reaccepted over and over. Blood Marks obtained through repeated completions, and Vials purchased with them, were removed from player inventories.
On the official Dune: Awakening Discord server and on the Steam discussion boards, both linked in the article.