Dune Awakening: How many bases can you have?

Many Dune Awakening players have been confused about how many bases you can actually have, and that makes sense. When you first leave your starter base behind in Hagga Basin South, the game instructs you to “abandon” it. That means you go to the base on the map, and abandon it, therefore destroying the Small sub-fief console. What the game doesn’t tell you, is that you don’t really have to get rid of it forever. If you want a holding in Hagga Basin South, you can put a sub-fief console back there.

Whether you’re in Hagga Basin South, heading to Vermillius Gap, or beyond, the question of how many bases you can have in Dune Awakening is a pretty simple one. The short answer is three, but there are certainly things you should keep in mind when setting these bases up.

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Dune Awakening players can have three bases total

Technically, Dune Awakening players can have three bases functioning at once. There’s been some misinformation being spread that says two of those bases have to be smaller bases, using a sub-fief console, instead of the Advanced Sub-Fief console, that you use for a larger base. This is simply not true.

You can have several bases - just remember to pay taxes if necessary (Image via Funcom)

You absolutely can have three large, advanced bases scattered across the sands of Arrakis in Dune Awakening. The downside to this is, unless you have tons of Solaris, you could lose these bases by not paying taxes. Advanced bases cost a baseline of 2,500 Solaris a month, and if it’s larger than normal, that adds onto the cost.

If you have small bases (sub-fief console), you don’t have to pay taxes on those. If you chose to have an Advanced base, and then two small bases, you only have to pay taxes on the larger one. It’s certainly something to keep in mind. You may decide to build a small base near resources you need, so you can craft items there, or you may want three huge bases, to tend to a variety of needs.

Just remember that you also have to keep those bases powered with plenty of fuel cells, then you need to make sure that you have enough money to pay taxes, and avoid the wrath of the Saurdaukar.

Early in my time in this game, I abandoned my base to go to Vermillius gap, but due to Sandworm deaths, I was stuck back in Hagga Basin South. That’s when I learned you can just put the Small sub-fief console back in your old base, and it was like the thing was never gone.

The primary difference between a Small and Advanced sub-fief is that the Advanced can be expanded five times horizontally and vertically, while the Small is stuck at a specific maximum size and can never go beyond that.

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Check out our other Dune Awakening guides and features

• Dune Awakening: Research and Intel points system, explained
• Dune Awakening: How to recover from sandworm death as a solo player
• Dune Awakening: How to unlock Trooper Skills (Basic and Advanced Trainer locations)