Dunes: Awakening available rentable private servers at release – this is yours (and not)
Blog Andrew Joseph 03 Jun , 2025 0
Private server is about to arrive Dunes: Awakeningdespite “offer” to ensure players retain large-scale aspects of the multiplayer world.
Developer Funcom is publishing to Steam Store Pagerevealing that “private private servers available” will start from the moment the “Head Start” (read: Early Access) players go online on Thursday, June 5.
“We've previously communicated that private servers are used for post-release, but we're happy to share progress faster than expected,” the team said. “However, we do want to manage expectations about private servers working in the dunes: Awakening. As you know, this is not your typical survival game.”
Each server will belong to a world of “several other servers”, all of which will share the same social hub and deep desert. Doing so, Funcom says, will help retain a “neighbor-like feel.”
“We decided early on that we didn't want to remove the massive multiplayer aspect of the game because it was a crucial part of the Dune: the Awakening Experience, the content and mechanics of the game are deeply rooted in this setup,” the update explained.
“This means we have to make some concessions about controlling the player's control over the private server. The result is that in some other survival games, such as Conan Exiles, you have fewer settings.”
So if you decide to rent a dedicated server, you will have a Hagga basin, just like an official server, belonging to the world of other private servers (and you can choose which one when you sign up). You won't be able to rent or control social hubs or deep deserts, but you can still “get the most out of Dune: Awakening's massive multiplayer content and mechanics.”
You didn't get enough – what about you Do What if you rent a private server? Funcom says you will be able to completely disable the secure zone, “enable all parts of Hagga Basin Pvp,” or you can have the pocket of PVP, just like an official server. You can also disable taxes and dust storms and name the server and set a password for it. If the private server owner knows the password or even claims land (things you can't even do on the official server), you can also access other world servers.
“It's not easy to provide a private server for Dunes: Awakening, considering our unique massive multiplayer setup, and it's important for us to keep a basic MMO-like gameplay, which makes Dune: Dune: Dune: Awakening so unique,” the team concluded. “This means it does put some restrictions on how to configure them compared to some other survival games like Conan Exiles.”
“However, we hope that this service will still make sense for those who like to play on the server, you don’t have to share it with others, we hope that the shared world structure will add an extra dimension without getting rid of the elimination of Dune’s unique content and mechanism: what it is.”
“It also feels good to explore and further understand the world I really like, as a long-time fan of Dunes, and Funcom has obviously put a lot of effort into world building and knowledge, despite taking a lot of creative freedom compared to books/movies.” IGN's Dunes: Awakening Enclosed Beta Impressions Preview.
“There are almost no details that have a huge impact on the gameplay. I won't get into the spoilers, but this attention to detail can touch almost every aspect of the world, including the factions and characters you encounter along the way, which should be a treat for any ambient fans.”
Dune: Awakening is scheduled to be released on June 10, 2025 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S After a three-week delay to fix issues identified during its beta testing. However, players with “preemptive start” will be five days ahead of June 5th. For more information, please see the details MMO's business model and post-release plan. We have Dunes’ global release timeline: Awakening It's also here.
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