Dune: Awakening is a new MMORPG that can be played completely solo or in a party with your friends. If you’re looking to take on the planet of Arrakis with a party, then you’ll need to follow a few steps to get multiplayer working.
In the guide below, we’ll show you everything you need to know about multiplayer in Dune: Awakening, how to add friends, and how to join up with friends to make a party that can play together.
How to add friends in Dune: Awakening
As of right now, Dune: Awakening is only available on PC via Steam. While the game is planned to eventually arrive on console, you’re limited to playing with PC friends on Steam.
Of course, this does make the friend invite process a little easier, as all you need to do is add a friend via Steam to be able to invite them to your party in Dune: Awakening. If you already have a friend added on Steam, they will appear on your friends list in the Social Hub of the game. You can access the Social hub from the “Skills” page and then click the Social menu icon from there.
The Social menu in Dune: Awakening
If you already have friends added on Steam, hover over their name in the friends list and then click on the “invite” icon next to their name. You can also choose to join their party by clicking the other icon.
However, if you need to add a friend through Dune: Awakening itself, you can go around adding them through Steam. To do that, go to the Social menu and press the “Search Players” button. Here, you can add a player through their character name or Funcom ID. Every player is assigned a Funcom ID after making their character in Dune: Awakening, but if you know your friend’s in-game name, just type that in.
Once you send out a friend invite, you’ll receive a notification when your friend accepts the invite, and they’ll be added to your friends list. From here, invite them or join their party.
Dune: Awakening allows for parties of five, so if you try and join a friend but can’t, it’s likely because they already have a full party.
How to play multiplayer in Dune: Awakening
Now that you’ve added your friends, how do you go about playing with them? Well, the first step is to ensure you and any potential party members are all playing on the same server. You can choose your dedicated server from the main menu in Dune: Awakening, and it’s highly recommended that you and your friends all choose the same one. This way, you can play on the same map, see each other in-game, build a base together, etc.
The server list in Dune: Awakening
You can still play in a party with friends on a different server, but it’s simply a better experience when everyone in the party is on the same server. If you do try and play with a player on a different server, you’ll still join their server, but be considered a guest instead of a full member. The major restriction with this is that party members on different servers can’t build in their friend’s building space, so if that matters to you, then simply play together on the same server.
Playing on the same server allows you to pool resources, such as Salvaged Metal and Fuel Cells, together in one base. You can also coordinate skills between all party members so you have access to different skill trees between the party.
All party members can choose when they log in and out of a server, so one party leader doesn’t control when everyone joins the game. If you’re playing on different servers, though, you might have to join a queue to be admitted onto the server where your friend is located.
