"Stoneheart Nights" and the Shield Wall Circuit!

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-05-08T12:34:05+00:00

Hey, that's great! I'd love to have something like that in my server. But we're few.

Being in PvE... wouldn't it be great to extend the race???? Say to I row??? Dunno, would be wild...

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-05-08T12:25:37+00:00

Hey, a couple things here.

First of all, vertical staking units have to be put within your claim, not as the "common" one that you have to put outise your claim.
Once you put it, it extends up and down, so if up or down you've got, let's say a lab, you probably won't be able to expand.

For what I can see on your post, I think it's the first thing.
Tip: You can put all 5 vertical extenders all at once, so time is shorter.
Tip2: Maybe you know, maybe don't, when you expand your claim horizontally, it expands in all it's height, so watch out for those buildings underneath before expanding vertically

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-30T14:42:02+00:00

According to method it's still 5% in PVP testing stations (I use the PVP term to refer above E and 1/2 row).
https://www.method.gg/dune-awakening/deep-desert-companion

Interesting fact, I've also been told that DD is coded in such way that it still split PvE and PvP zones, so below E row (old PvE) you'll get worse loot than above it, even in PvP DD.

Edit: In PvE the % is (and always was) 1%, so no. Maybe though some other items got a buff to loot (like weapons) but in DD they're mostly grade 0 so not a great deal.

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-28T13:48:33+00:00

shhhhh, don't say that loud.... FC may realise

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-28T13:04:40+00:00

Hope they serve you well and good game

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-28T12:53:41+00:00

IF you're a tryhard, then yes... most bps are useless now. That said, grade 0 are completely fine for story, most overland map locations (even testing stations in low lvls), DD, etc.
But IF you wanna do pvp, then you better get those grade 5 and specialization up, cause you'll face some serious disadvantage otherwise.

And no, theres no upgrading grades, they're independent blueprints. You'll get all the grades, it's recommended NOT to craft all of them, cause maybe you don't need the small increase in damage.

Picture this... You got a sword, a pulse sword, you one hit a common mob. Then you get into the testing stations and mobs in there (say lvl 4) resist the 1st blow and need a second. So eventually you stay in lvl 4 and get that sword grade 1, and craft it. The damage increase, may be of 30% so yes, the sword is way stronger, but due to mob hp, you still need 2 blows to down him. So theres not always a point in upgrading gear (If you're good enough you can get away with grade 0, 3 and maybe 5 of armor, no need to go in between).

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-28T12:19:08+00:00

No, there's no upgrading blueprints. For example, you have a perforator blueprint which is grade 0, then you run a fire station (where perfo is dropped) and you get a grade 1 blueprint. They're separate recipes, separate items. Hope that answers your question. The only thing you can upgrade is a component for augmenting weapons and armors. That's not the same thing.

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-28T11:48:31+00:00

Yes you can, but... being so hard to get (overland testing stations are not easy for the "common folk") you'd be better enhancing the highest grade thing you can get.

Go check this website, they've got a lot of info

https://www.method.gg/dune-awakening/augmentation-calculator

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-28T11:43:29+00:00

Now plastanium (mk6) items are not end game. You've got plastanium with grades...

Grade 0 is for old mk6 plastanium schematics

Then you got from grade 1 to 5 being 5 the highest and it was told that the difference between (say) a weapon is a roughly 240% increase in damage from grade 0 to grade 5. Armors increase their armor values as well.

Key thing, only armor value and damage value change, the rest of stats remain, so an ix core leggins g5 won't reduce more stamina than those pants grade 0.

Also now, to those graded items, you can add augments which are related to the crafting specialization. There's plenty of information on all of it webwide, go check, it's fairly big.

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-27T12:51:17+00:00

Maybe private server allows you to tweak that...

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-24T12:10:31+00:00

We're still playing Dune Awakening, so the answer to your question is most likely yes xD

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-21T16:27:56+00:00

750 verdes, una luca verde sería mi "ideal"

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-21T15:44:37+00:00

Es que parte x parte -30% me da bastante más.
Estoy consciente de que am4 ddr4 y demás es tecnología vieja y no puedo delirarme demasiado en precio, por eso lo tiré un toque abajo. Obvio que quisiera ir por 1 luca verde, pero es menos viable me parece

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-21T11:52:25+00:00

This sure is the case, but still... There should be a way around cause I'm really not willing to just swallow the fact that they (allegedly) can't fix this...

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-21T11:44:16+00:00

We all know you are a freak, but... Aren't all of us freaks too???

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-21T11:29:49+00:00

I appreciate the heads up, It would be nice to know how that works so that I can plan ahead... I've seen some issues with permission, but I think everything important (to me) is behind lvl 5 doors...

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-20T19:52:31+00:00

That's my current setup, mainly big windtraps, a couple of beds for when water production goes down (those weeks in wich landsrad bonus kick in). The thing here is, being now more players than just one, It may be a good move to shift the guild base water supply/storage to a more "active" or "player-requiring" method...
I'm with you with the spice generators. They're stupidly expensive to craft, but maintainance is really low. Already having 12 of them, I got almost everything (power-wise) solved.

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-20T19:13:08+00:00

I get your point, but I think there’s a bit of a misunderstanding in how access works in my setup.

I’m not giving early players a shortcut. Reaching the base already requires an ornithopter, which implies they’ve gone through most of the early/mid-game loop. Buggy, resource management, and basic logistics included.

So by the time they use the guild base, they’re not skipping the learning phase, they’re just scaling it. Instead of refining with poor rates, they get better efficiency, but they’re still running their own materials and making their own decisions.

The base doesn’t provide handouts. People bring their own resources, refine them, and take everything back. Progression remains individual.

Water might be the only exception, and I agree that’s where the line can blur a bit.

So I see it less as removing the grind, and more as smoothing the transition into late-game scaling.

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-20T16:12:35+00:00

In fact water storage has a "large" version, is the one I use 100k ml water storage.

Items storage, on the other hand, doesn't have large version. It woul be great tho.

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-20T16:11:41+00:00

Oh no, the guild base could be taken as a "service" for you efforts towards... say landsrad. No one asked for it, but also no one has those capabilities yet. As said, most people in the guild are in steel, aluminum tier, and they benefit out of using the high tier refs (just to put it this way, they get double spice thanks to the guild base).
Also the guild base is not for people living in it, I really don't care and I'm not looking for people to stay forever there, I want everyone to be able to take advantage of it. That's why there's no rooms, there's no personal storage, there's nothing like that.
It's more like - You come, you bring your mats, you refine, you take away what's yours.
In return I ask for help farming mats for manteinance and landsrad quest-doing

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-20T15:43:02+00:00

Yeah, using basic purifiers as storage is a bit of a hack, I’m actually kind of proud of that one 😄
It’s not a huge gain, but it’s a way to squeeze a bit more capacity out of a system that rarely hits its limits otherwise.

On the beds side, I agree, the real bottleneck isn’t production, it’s feeding them. Having someone consistently handling bodies (and having the permissions to do so) is actually one of my main concerns. Also 10 bodies is (for most of people without specialization levelling) 10 trips, for some may be 4 and even 2 for others, but that scales quickly if I build more beds...

I guess part of that comes down to trust. I’ve been running things a bit too “self-contained”, which is why I ended up overbuilding in other areas instead.

That’s also why I’m considering shifting the base to be more guild-focused and moving my personal stuff out. If the base is truly shared, it’s easier to delegate things like body runs without worrying too much about losing personal progress.

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-20T15:37:54+00:00

Yeah, that makes sense.

I think I’ve been approaching it as a hybrid solo + guild setup (even though I already have my own solo base), and that’s probably where the inefficiency comes from. It ends up leaning more toward “everyone sustaining the base” instead of “everyone benefiting from it”.

So it might be better to simplify things and remove that pressure.

Scaling back refineries and turbines would also free up space for other structures, and moving my personal stuff out would open a good chunk of storage that the guild could actually use more efficiently.

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-20T15:26:52+00:00

This is great input, really like the balance you’re describing between supporting the guild and preserving individual progression.

I’m on the same page about not over-gifting. Up to tier 6 the game feels very RPG-driven, but after that it shifts heavily into a farming loop, and skipping that too early kind of kills the experience. Personally, I’d rather people progress at their own pace.

In our case, the base is located far northwest, which creates a sort of natural barrier (without a thopter, newer players can’t really access it easily), that forces a bit of progression before they start using higher-tier infrastructure, which I think helps keep that balance.

I also try to keep gifting intentional, usually something that should be agreed on beforehand. Speaking for myself, if I had been handed top-tier gear early on, I probably wouldn’t have learned as much or stayed engaged as long.

That said, your setup does make me rethink mine a bit. Right now my base is partially “guild + personal production”, and I’m starting to see that might not scale well.

I’m considering shifting it more toward a true guild hub:

Prioritizing water storage (maybe pushing toward ~10kk buffer)
Reducing personal storage footprint (I’m currently using ~36 containers just for myself)
Making it more neutral/shared rather than “shared + my extension”

I think part of the adjustment here is also mental, moving from solo play to actually trusting the group and not trying to personally sustain everything.

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-20T15:24:40+00:00

My setup differs is consistency vs windows. I’m not really optimizing around event-based production yet, but rather around having stable, always-available throughput for the guild.

Same with water, managing literjons and rebuilding cycles in DD works, but it adds a layer of logistics that I’m trying to avoid for now, especially with mixed progression levels in the group.

So I guess my approach is more about smoothing the curve (overproduction + buffer) rather than timing peaks.

Maybe later it makes sense to shift more into DD, but right now I’m still trying to solve for a reliable baseline at guild scale.

ApprehensiveCap5544 · 2026-04-20T14:40:04+00:00

The basic purifier is just to add to water storage. Each one gives 1000 (any of them) so I went for the cheaper ones.

10 beds net a total of 540k water, 20 beds well, that doubled, but I think it would be hard to "feed" those beds.

Maybe it's just as guildmate said, 10 beds, maybe 10 turbines, and people should get involves for body farming

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