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Sandworm-riding isn’t part of Dune: Awakening, at launch, anyway. As creative director Joel Bylos told Eurogamer last year, Funcom looked into it but decided the technical cost was too steep and “it needs a purpose.” In the movies, sandworms are ridden through the otherwise impassable southern sandstorms and used to attack Arrakeen. You don’t do either of those things in Dune: Awakening, at least not yet.

So sandworm-riding isn’t an official feature—but some very brave Dune: Awakening players are doing it anyway. Just take a look at this amazing clip SgtDolphin posted to reddit:

Riding The Sandworm: Part Two from r/duneawakening

Lisan al-Gaib! As written! SgtDolpin lures Shai-Hulud over to a dune and then leaps onto its back and takes a ride. This alt-history version of Dune may have no Paul Atreides, but who needs him? We’ve got SgtDolphin.

If you haven’t played Dune: Awakening, you might be wondering: what’s with the super-sprint and long jump? Well, SgtDolphin appears to be using a combination of skills and gear to leap safely over the sandworm’s gaping maw and onto its back.

There’s a Bene Gerrerit ability called Bindu Sprint that lets you go zipping around at high speeds like The Flash, great for crossing dangerous desert zones quickly and escaping from combat situations when they go wrong. Also good for quickly getting over to a stampeding sandworm.

The wormrider also has some suspensor gear equipped, which allows them to levitate: leap modules or a gadget called Emperor’s Wings will let you glide slowly through the air—or zoom around like a rocket if you’ve used a grappling hook or a Bindu Sprint first.

Here’s another wormriding video by the same brave player:

Riding the Sandworm from r/duneawakening

Obviously you can’t steer the worm the way Paul and the Fremen riders do in the movie, but it sure shows the possibilities in a game where it’s not actually a feature.

Not to brag, but I did a tiny bit of wormriding myself. Unintentionally. I was driving across the desert not paying close attention and a worm crossed right in front of me, and my sandbike’s treads briefly touched the sandworm’s back—at which point I squealed in fear, turned around as fast as I could, and hit the boosters until I was back on safe ground again.

That’s as close as I care to get. I’ll leave the actual worm riding to the professionals.

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Helldivers 2’s most recent update has put Super Earth in big trouble. A massive Illuminate invasion scythed straight through the outer planets belonging to humanity, striking right at the Heart of Democracy. Illuminate thralls stalk the streets while vast floating Leviathan creatures bombard brave Helldivers from below.

In these dark times, Super Earth looks for a hero, one who will unite humanity in a shared cause and liberate Super Earth from the Illuminate menace. Indeed, the Helldivers await their equivalent of Dune’s Lisan al-Gaib. And the good news is, they may just have found them.

Over on r/Helldivers, the aptly named Helldivers 2 player Beautiful-Injury7738 shared a video of themselves riding one of the aforementioned Leviathans. Titled “Leviathan Surfing”, the video depicts Beautiful-Injury standing atop a building, waving the flag of democracy as one of the giant creatures approaches, before using the game’s recently added jetpack to hover over and land on the Leviathan’s back.

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Leviathan Surfing from r/Helldivers

To be clear, you’re not really supposed to do this, but Helldivers 2’s commitment to mechanical consistency (and general disregard for Helldiver safety) means that you can. “I spent longer than I would like to admit setting this up”, admits Beautiful-Injury. The video doesn’t show the setup for the ride. But it’s clear that Beautiful-Injury used the jetpack to summit one of the newly added skyscrapers that cover the surface of Super Earth. The trick appears to be finding a structure that is climbable while also being the appropriate height to safely land on the Leviathan’s back.

From there, it’s a simple case of hanging on, which Beautiful-Injury manages for a full two minutes. This is trickier than it might sound, as while Leviathans don’t actively try to throw you off, they do undulate while flying, making it easy to slide off and plummet to your death.

On Reddit, the video immediately drew comparisons to the sandworm-riding scene from last year’s Dune: Part Two, with numerous fellow redditors declaring Beautiful-Injury to be Helldivers 2’s very own Lisan al-Gaib.

Sadly, our hero and saviour wasn’t around for much longer. As the Leviathan drifted out of the combat zone, Beautiful-Injury was targeted by the anti-desertion artillery that prevents Helldivers from straying beyond the map, and ultimately blown to smithereens by the very people he was destined to lead. Honestly, you couldn’t ask for a more fitting ending, and it’s exactly what would have happened to Timothee Chalamet had Dune: Part Two been directed by Joel.

Meanwhile, the battle rumbles on. Harvey dropped in to do his part for Super Earth a few days ago, and had a blast causing millions in property damage while attending a few ad-hoc Illuminate raves. The broader HD2 community, meanwhile, has fallen head over heels for the new NPC SEAF troops. And I don’t mean they’ve had their feet blown off by Illuminate ordnance.

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Lisan al-Gaib! Sandworm-riding isn’t a feature in Dune: Awakening, but players are doing it anyway

Helldivers 2 player embraces their inner Lisan al-Gaib, discovering a way to surf on the back of the game’s giant floating Leviathans: ‘I spent longer than I would like to admit setting this up’