Welcome back to Dune Awakening! In Episode 2 of this single player series, Survival Bob finishes the Hagga Basin starter zone, clears Imperial Testing Station
#2, unlocks Planetologist and Trooper skills, crafts a stillsuit, builds the first sandbike, and gears up for the Eastern Vermilius Gap.
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This episode covers helmet visibility settings, early contracts (Trooper Basics and Vial Retrieval), testing station loot routes, ID bands, secret passages, the Mysterious Vials, Emperor’s Wings Mk1, sandbike assembly, fuel cells, the vehicle backup tool, water cistern upgrades, survey probes, wreck runs, Shigawire claw, scavenger armor, and the recycler.
If you are starting Dune Awakening solo, this is a full beginner-friendly walkthrough of the early game loop: contracts, dungeons, research points, skill choices, hydration, and your first vehicle.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro & how to hide your helmet
0:18 Journey board, Trooper Basics & Vial Retrieval
0:49 Inventory cleanup and quick deposit
1:16 Heading east, caves, and resource farming
2:38 Meeting Planetologist Derek Chinara
4:47 Imperial Testing Station
#2
5:16 Crafting and placing a respawn beacon
6:02 ID bands, story recordings, and water sources
11:02 Power Pack Mk1 and Passive Suspensor Belt
13:51 Way of the Fallen early-game gun
14:10 Secret passages and extra loot rooms
15:10 Station boss fight, parry, and Weirding Step
16:10 Mysterious Vials and Emperor’s Wings Mk1
17:46 First sandbike parts in inventory
18:19 Sandstorm safety at the Planetologist camp
19:03 Unlocking Planetologist training
20:35 Best early Planetologist passives (mining & power pack)
23:04 Stillsuit crafting and research unlocks
24:14 Delivering the vials contract
25:16 New cutter array and stillsuit pieces
25:48 Building your first sandbike
27:30 Assembling chassis, hull, engine, treads, and inventory
28:21 Repairing the bike and the red durability ring
28:59 Small chemical refinery and fuel cells
29:52 How to refuel the sandbike
30:10 Vehicle backup tool demo
31:08 Water system / cistern upgrade
31:30 Vehicle repair and cutter skills
31:45 Crafting Emperor’s Wings
32:18 Survey probe and launcher
33:07 Water network explained
34:28 Customizing and first sandbike ride
36:18 Emperor’s Wings cliff-jump trick
37:22 Microfiber farming for better heal kits
40:50 Ship wreck loot run and back entrance
43:10 Karpov rifle pickup
44:32 Khif Drinker blood knife
45:16 Crossing the starter map on the sandbike
48:42 Firing the survey probe
49:26 Full Hagga Basin South map overview
50:36 Sandworm close call
52:21 Completing Trooper Basics
53:24 Extra desert loot and used sandbike note
54:05 Clearing POIs for intel points
56:57 Broken Stone Station blueprints
57:07 Aren’s Vengeance
59:09 Safe long-term vehicle parking
59:44 New contracts and booster parts
1:00:19 Trooper trainer turn-in
1:01:29 Trooper skills unlocked + Shigawire claw
1:02:19 Early Trooper techniques (Trauma Recovery & Battle Harden)
1:03:17 Shigawire + Emperor’s Wings combo
1:03:33 Recycler setup and base cleanup
1:04:32 Scavenger armor upgrade (55 to 120 armor)
1:05:36 Starter area complete + next episode plans
1:06:16 Outro
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