Final 12 months, Dune: Awakening developer Funcom promised followers that its free Chapter 3 replace would arrive between January and March 2026. Now, the official date for Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 has been set for February 3, and it is bringing numerous requested modifications to the sport.
On Funcom’s developer’s (*3*), the staff famous that Chapter 3 was designed to deal with fan calls for for extra endgame choices, extra content material for the world of Arrakis, and the power to expertise every thing within the endgame with out ditching the gamers’ most popular play fashion.
With the arrival of this replace, gamers will be capable of progress after reaching the sixth tier, Planstanium, with enhanced Specialization and Augmentation programs, in addition to “deeper selections, shared targets, and extra methods for gamers to proceed rising” in late-game play. There may also be 10 new areas on the Overland Map which have repeatable testing stations and boss encounters. Gamers can select to make these boss battles simpler or more durable, though the latter will earn extra rewards than the previous.
Moreover, gamers will be capable of settle for Landsraad missions no matter their most popular play fashion. These missions present a brand new strategy to full assignments and gather rewards. Chapter 3 can be permitting gamers to choose up the place they left off by using a Base Reconstruction Device, and transferring their characters to a different lively world or Sietch.
There are extra incentives for lapsed gamers to return again to the sport, together with together with Return Packages with priceless assets for anybody who has been logged out of the sport for over 28 days, out there after Chapter 3. Taxes have additionally been dropped for all gamers, and so they can now develop their bases with out getting gouged by the Emperor’s tax collectors.
Dune: Awakening’s subsequent paid DLC growth, Raiders of the Damaged Lands, will debut within the first quarter of this 12 months.