1.1.10.0 Patch Notes in Dune: Awakening

The 1.1.10.0 patch for Dune: Awakening, released on July 2, 2025, is the game's first major update since its launch, initially deployed on the Public Test Client (PTC) on June 25, 2025, for testing before going live. It introduces significant gameplay improvements, quality-of-life changes, and bug fixes, with a focus on balancing PvE and PvP in the Deep Desert, enhancing vehicle mechanics, and improving the overall player experience. Below is a comprehensive summary of the patch notes based on available information.

Highlights

• Deep Desert PvE Expansion: The PvE area near the shield wall in the Deep Desert has been expanded to cover rows A, B, C, D, and half of E, allowing players who prefer PvE to access end-game resources without engaging in PvP. Imperial Testing Stations and caves in this area are now PvE zones, though Control Points and Shipwrecks remain PvP across the entire map, creating localized PvP pockets in the PvE section. Resource density increases further north, with the largest spice fields spawning there to maintain a risk-vs-reward balance.
• Sandworm Behavior: Sandworms now linger around recently harvested spice fields, adding a new dynamic to resource gathering.
• Harkonnen and Atreides Base Attacks: Reduced the frequency of Harkonnen attacks on certain Atreides bases (and vice versa) in Hagga Basin to balance faction interactions.
• Streamer Mode Enhancements: When Streamer Mode is active, the map creator’s name and Deep Desert sector names are hidden to protect player privacy.
• Main Menu Update: The “Play Now” button now filters out private servers for easier access to public servers.

Gameplay and Balance Changes

• Vehicle Improvements:
  • Ornithopter Changes: Scout Ornithopter Thruster modules have increased speed in Vulture Mode, rewarding players who prioritize speed over inventory or other modules. Exiting ornithopters mid-air now causes them to drop straight down instead of gliding, reducing the risk of losing them due to accidental exits or disconnects.
• Ground Vehicles: A failsafe system prevents vehicles from being stuck in a flipped state, and their behavior when flipped or kicked by sandworms has been improved. Vehicle interaction is now easier from various angles, and the buggy turret camera has been tweaked for better visibility.
• Anti-Gravity Fields: Updated to allow stationary targets to move out of fields rather than being locked at zero velocity.
• Rusher NPCs: Now animation-cancel melee attack finishers when targets move out of range, improving combat responsiveness.
• Resource Gathering: Fixed an issue where Dew Reapers would not continuously harvest water between dewfield patches.
• Crafting and Items:
  • Added three unique weapon schematics to Asmara Efendi (Harko Village Weapons Vendor). The Vehicle Backup Tool and Solido Replicator are now craftable in the Survival Fabricator under Utility Tools and Building Tools categories, respectively.
• Moved Atreides Decorations from Asmara Efendi to Ormunda Laaks (Harko Village Structure Vendor).
• Removed the Hawkeye Scanner Module MK5 Unique schematic from Landsraad rewards, as it was outdated.
• Sietch Land Claiming: Removed restrictions on visiting sietches, allowing players to claim land in any sietch in their world, not just their “home” sietch.

Bug Fixes

• New Player Experience:
  • Fixed missing fire visuals in parts of the New Player Experience.
• Resolved an edge case where players could get stuck in the New Player Experience environment.
• Removed unintended SFX on the black screen of the New Player Experience cinematic.
• Journey and Progression:
  • Fixed an issue where players could complete a Journey step without triggering a key cinematic in the Introduction of the Assassins Handbook.
• Resolved a progression-blocking issue in The Assassination Journey.
• UI and Accessibility:
  • Subtitles in the intro movie now match regular subtitle styles and respect accessibility settings.
• Fixed overlapping UI panels in the Journey menu with the Social Button.
• Player names in the Social Menu now fit within space limits or auto-scroll if too long.
• Pressing ESC in the expanded Building UI with an active tutorial popup now closes the popup instead of collapsing the UI.
• Cinematics and Visuals:
  • Fixed inconsistent player pose and animation during the “Awaken Prescience” cutscene in the Fourth Trial of Aql.
• Corrected the Water Shipper boss T-posing at the end of the assassination cinematic.
• Fixed Trial of Aql failed test VFX not always working.
• Game Stability:
  • Fixed a GPU crash issue related to memory corruption from camera shake.
• Improved game stability and added the latest NVIDIA driver to the GPU driver check at launch.
• Updated the minimum Intel GPU driver version to 32.0.101.6793 to prevent sand surfaces from displaying a triangular mesh pattern on Intel Arc GPUs.
• Removed false positive warnings about minimum hardware specs for GeForceNOW users.
• Miscellaneous:
  • Fixed a muted death sound when falling into the large fan in Carthag.
• Replaced an incorrect Pardot Kynes hologram in an O’odham Testing Station.
• Replaced a salvageable Buggy in Imperial Testing Station #10 with a broken one.
• Improved collision in the Proteus room where players encounter their first shielded enemy.
• Fixed Landsraad victory and decree popups reappearing after traveling or relogging.
• Player characters no longer lose radiation fully upon logout.
• Clarified the description of poison tooth activation for better understanding.
• Armor in the main menu now uses the correct armor swatches applied in-game.
• Loot containers from NPC corpses are now invisible if empty for the player who picked them up.

Additional Notes

• Public Test Client (PTC): The patch was first released on the PTC on June 25, 2025, allowing players to test it early and report critical technical issues via the in-game Bug Report option. Progress in the PTC carries over to the main game once the patch goes live.
• Server Downtime: The patch required a client-side download and approximately 90 minutes of server downtime, starting July 2, 2025, at 10:00 AM CEST. Players were advised to restart their Steam client to ensure the download appeared.
• Known Issues: A list of known issues is available on the official Dune: Awakening Discord server or Steam discussion boards. Players are encouraged to report bugs through in-game tools or discuss them in dedicated PTC channels.
• Player Reporting: Introduced a system to report players’ messages in text chat or via the Inspect menu.
• Future Updates: The patch notes indicate that further tuning may occur before or after the patch’s full rollout, and Funcom is actively monitoring community feedback.

Sources

For the full patch notes, visit the official Dune: Awakening website: 1.1.10.0 Patch Notes or the Steam News page: Steam Community

This patch addresses community concerns about endgame PvP dominance, improves accessibility for PvE players, and enhances overall gameplay stability and polish.