Arrakis is a huge desert planet that acts as a sandbox for players to do whatever they want. As soon as you begin your journey in Dune Awakening, you instantly see how massive this barren landscape is. Getting vehicle after unlocks like Sandbikes and Ornithopters will make travelling easier in the game, however they do take some time to unlock and still incur a lot of travel time across the distance within the map.
Luckily, there’s a quick way to travel long distances in the game. In Dune Awakening, you can travel quickly, but it doesn’t work quite like many other open-world titles. Knowing how this works will save you hours of going through the sands.
Understanding the Fast Travel System
In Dune Awakening, fast travelling is done under certain conditions and with limitations that allow you to focus on exploration and survival. To disallow instant teleportation from anywhere and everywhere, we allow players to use special transit points in the world.
To move quickly around Arrakis, you can use the Tradeposts found everywhere. These outposts are important for trade and more importantly for travel, they are also the people that can arrange your speedy travel to remote locations.
Locating Ornithopter Pilots
Within every Tradepost, players need to find the Ornithopter Pilot located in a corner of the structure. You can spot them easily because they have the Ornithopter projection behind them, so it’s hard to miss if you know what to look for.
If you talk to these pilots, you can find out where they fly to. Players will be allowed exclusive access to important faction strongholds like Harko Village, which serves as the Harkonnen headquarters, and Arrakeen, the main Atreides settlement, before acquiring their own Ornithopter aircraft.
Transportation Costs and Pricing Structure
The quick mode of transportation is good, but it comes with a price. The price depends upon different locations. The pricing is based on the distance and strategic relevance of places in the desert.
Travel expenses range from free flights in some cases to bigger costs for major settlements. For example, to travel to Harko Village would cost $2,500 Solari, and certain regional trips like Hagga’s Basin may not cost anything.
Regional Travel Expenses
Transportation fees are subject to a dispersal gradient that varies with distance across Arrakis. If players understand these costs, they can budget effectively and plan their journey accordingly.
Going to a destination in Hagga’s Basin will cost you about 700 Solari in local Tradeposts. This modest fare is a true reflection of the shorter regional nature of these flights, as opposed to the premium charged for inter-regional fares to major population centres.
The key locations and their prices are Griffin’s Reach ($700 Solari), Pinnacle Station ($700 Solari), and The Anvil ($700 Solari). Transport times on Arrakis vary significantly.
The major faction capitals charge top dollar, Harko Village and Arrakeen require $2,500 Solari to cross.
Strategic Considerations for Fast Travel
Although fast-traveling is often a simpler solution, players should think about how and when to actually use it. Using them frequently will have an impact on your Solari reserves, so keep that in mind when planning your expeditions.
players can also opt to travel via foot or horse instead and realize the significance of the journey. At times you may find the resources you gathered while travelling overland, the experience gained via an encounter, or discovery of a new location outweighs the time saved.
When planning big trips or when time is being crunched, understanding the fast travel network can be useful for your needs. The Ornithopter pilot system is a useful tool to have when doing time-sensitive missions or temporarily relocating your base. Knowing how to use it will come in handy when you’re on Arrakis.