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Dune: Awakening
1.5.20.0|Nov 9, 2026
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Dune: Awakening 1.5.20.0: Offline Mode

3/5 Moderate

Single-player now works fully offline, alongside fixes for water generation, achievements, vehicle losses and crashes.

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Key Changes

  • 1Single-player can now be played entirely offline, including character creation and deletion.
  • 2Single-player water generation now progresses correctly while the player is offline or on another map.
  • 3The Sardaukar Killer and The Great Convention achievements now unlock correctly and are awarded retroactively to eligible players.
  • 4Single-player custom server settings now carry over through the cloud when continuing the same save on another device.
  • 5Most cases of single-player vehicles disappearing between maps while counting toward the vehicle limit have been fixed.
  • 6Buried treasures now persist between single-player runs, although storms can still hide them.
  • 7Players can now exit story levels in single-player without resetting checkpoint progress.
  • 8Several server crashes have been fixed.
  • 9Mining infocards now show yields for each resource.

All Changes

🎮Singleplayer Offline Mode(2)

  • newSingleplayer Offline Mode: Single-player can now be played entirely without an internet connection, including character creation and deletion, with a Go Online button to reconnect; acquired DLCs are unavailable while fully offline.
  • changeSingle-player custom server settings are now saved to the cloud and carry over when continuing the same save on another device.

🌍Worldbuilding and Exploration(14)

  • changeWrecked vehicles now despawn after 2 hours instead of 6.
  • changeBuried treasures now persist between single-player runs, although a new storm still hides old treasures it passes over and reveals new ones.
  • removeAn old placeholder piece was removed from the starting tutorial cave.
  • changeArrakeen Choam Exchange: The number of guards in Arrakeen Choam Exchange was reduced.
  • fixFixed a rare issue where vehicles could disappear when traveling from the Overland Map to Hagga Basin.
  • fixFixed small shipwrecks sometimes stopping appearing.
  • fixFixed surveyed locations and resources requiring rediscovery after changing Sietch.
  • fixFixed a rare single-player issue that placed players in Hagga Basin instead of their last map when continuing a save.
  • fixAnvil: Fixed a perpetual black screen that could occur when visiting the Anvil under specific circumstances.
  • fixFixed Zantara appearing too early in Harko Village and stranded merchants sometimes appearing on top of their tents.
  • fixFixed world geometry, collision, visibility and stuck spots across areas including Deep Desert, Old Quarry, Ruins of Old Carthag and Destroyed Zanovar.
  • fixStation 76: Optimised Station 76 and fixed several collision issues there.
  • fixImperial Testing Station No. 136: Fixed a disappearing Solido projection, voice-over and subtitles in Imperial Testing Station No. 136.
  • fixFixed objects being visible when they should not be in single-player.

🏛️Deep Desert & Landsraad(1)

  • changeLandsraad: Landsraad houses should offer new rewards instead of claimed placeable swatches starting with the term after the swatch was claimed.

📖Story, Journey and New Player Experience(7)

  • newSingle-player players can now exit story levels without resetting checkpoint progress.
  • fixThe Sardaukar Killer and The Great Convention achievements now unlock as intended and are awarded retroactively to eligible players, who may need to reconnect to the server.
  • fixDerek: Players who finished Derek’s Advanced Planetologist training but lack an earlier Planetologist skill module can talk to Derek to retrieve it.
  • changeZanovar: Added the planet Arrakis to the Heighliner's rear view during the Zanovar cinematic.
  • fixThe Water Fat: Fixed displacement behavior on a mineable concrete wall and a closed-door clipping issue during The Water Fat journey mission.
  • fixImproved collision around combat tutorial rooms.
  • fixThe Footsteps of the Fremen: Fixed unintended respawn locations in The Footsteps of the Fremen.

⚙️Technical and Stability(8)

  • fixFixed several server crashes, including rare crashes when refueling generators or destroying a vehicle next to another moving vehicle.
  • fixFixed crashes involving holograms, the friends list, player searches and removing building pieces with the Construction Tool.
  • fixFixed crashes when quitting to the main menu while petting the donkey in Arrakeen and immediately after defeating the final boss of the Fallen Light dungeon.
  • fixFixed terrain occasionally failing to load after respawning, connecting or returning from a cinematic.
  • fixPerformance optimizations reduce brief stutters when opening, closing or switching menu tabs and when vehicles spawn or are restored.
  • fixUnstuck: Fixed several cases where the Unstuck button could fail to relocate a character.
  • fixFixed a long black screen when starting the game on Xbox Series X.
  • fixFixed a rare PS5 crash when a player left a party while another accepted an invite to it.

🏗️Resources, Building, and Crafting(7)

  • changeRug of the Desert Flyers: Adjusted the placement boxes for Rug of the Desert Flyers to make it easier to place near objects such as walls.
  • changeSardaukar Carpet: Adjusted the placement boxes for Sardaukar Carpet to make it easier to place near objects such as walls.
  • fixProjections: Fixed some Projections being impossible to place on carpets.
  • fixMaw of the Worm Relief: Fixed the Maw of the Worm Relief collision boxes to better match its visual size.
  • fixFixed the building tool requiring two piece-picker presses to select ladders.
  • fixFixed power generators built before update 1.5.3.0 showing their off animation while running.
  • fixFixed single-player water generation not progressing correctly while the player was offline or on another map.

⚔️Combat(7)

  • fixpentashield: Fixed player pentashield corners not taking damage in PvP when the shield was down.
  • fixdirectional wind turbine: Fixed directional wind turbines being immune to damage in PvP.
  • fixpoison dungeon: Fixed cover collision not fully blocking bullets in the poison dungeon.
  • fixWreck of Hephaestus: Fixed some NPCs interacting incorrectly with the environment in Wreck of Hephaestus.
  • fixSardaukar Prudence: Fixed Sardaukar Prudence door collision so players without access cannot clip through.
  • fixpentashields: Fixed pentashields not immediately providing full shelter when placed with the Base Reconstruction Tool.
  • fixParanoid: Fixed the Paranoid sometimes stopping its attacks partway through the boss fight.

🚗Vehicles(3)

  • fixFixed possible item loss when traveling with a harnessed vehicle.
  • fixCarrier Ornithopter: Fixed vehicles carried by a Carrier Ornithopter duplicating upon travel.
  • fixVehicle Backup Tool: Fixed most cases of single-player vehicles disappearing between maps while still counting toward the vehicle limit; vehicles lost in a rare remaining case are moved to Vehicle Backup Tool recovery.

🖥️User Interface(7)

  • changeMining infocards now show yields per resource.
  • changeLandsraad: The Landsraad screen now displays “Hidden Guild” for guilds named by blocked players or when social restrictions are enabled.
  • changeImproved wording on the character transfer screen for closed worlds.
  • fixFixed typos, duplicated power-restoration messages, persistent building-menu markers and incorrect guild names and house swatch icons.
  • fixFixed backpack sort type not persisting per character.
  • fixLandsraad: Fixed the Landsraad top Contributor list so it can be scrolled with a gamepad or mouse wheel without dragging the bar.
  • fixFixed the recurring “Can’t Retrieve Character Data” message on the console main menu at startup.

🎨Graphics, Animations, and VFX(3)

  • fixFixed cinematic and quest visuals, including missing props and doors, misplaced objects, gameplay frames and character animation issues.
  • fixFixed outfit mesh gaps and clipping, including issues with Harkonnen outfits, the Trooper Chestpiece, Filmic Archive outfits and the Contagion Visor.
  • fixFixed missing active shield VFX under the sub-fief and incorrect fire VFX in the Eye of Salusa.

🔊Audio(2)

  • fixThe Bloodline: Fixed incorrectly timed puzzle sound effects in The Bloodline.
  • fixFixed sounds sometimes dropping out during busy moments on consoles.

📅Coming Soon(1)

  • changeSingleplayer Offline Mode: The developers plan to address acquired DLCs being unavailable while fully offline in an upcoming update.

Summary

Offline and single-player

Patch 1.5.20.0 went live on November 9, 2026. Acquired DLCs are unavailable while fully offline; the developers plan to address this in a future update. Single-player settings now carry over through the cloud, buried treasures persist between runs, and story levels can be exited without resetting checkpoints.

Gameplay and fixes

Mining infocards show yields per resource, wrecked vehicles despawn after 2 hours instead of 6, and Landsraad houses should offer replacement rewards after players claim placeable swatches. The patch also fixes achievement unlocks, most cases of vehicles disappearing between single-player maps, several crashes, and numerous world, combat and interface issues.

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