The character creation process in Dune Awakening involves choosing your Mentor, Homeworld, and Caste, along with customizing your character’s appearance. But how important are these choices, and what do they influence? Some options are mainly for role-playing and don’t significantly affect gameplay, while others can have a notable impact, especially early on.
To help you decide, we’ve broken down the best choices during character creation and explained how your Homeworld, Caste, and Mentor can shape your experience.
Top Class Choices in Dune Awakening Character Creation
If you’re creating your character, here are some recommended choices:
- Homeworld: Giedi Prime or Caladan
- Caste: Bondsman
- Mentor/Class: Bene Gesserit
(See the images for a visual look at character creation options.)
When selecting these, keep in mind that the Homeworld and Caste don’t drastically change gameplay but can influence dialogues and interactions. The Mentor, however, is more impactful since it determines your starting skills, access to certain abilities, and your initial class.
How Much Do These Choices Matter?
Among these options, the Mentor is the most critical. Your choice of Mentor sets your starting skill tree and abilities, essentially defining your class and play style. Later, you can unlock other classes, but the Mentor impacts your early skills and strategies.
Choosing Your Homeworld
Dune Awakening offers five Homeworlds, each with unique traits and emotes:
- Giedi Prime: Deception trait, Harkonnen Curse emote
- Caladan: Honorable trait, Atreides Salute
- Chusuk: Cultured trait, Chusuk Music
- Kaitain: Political trait, Kaitain Bow
- Ix: Technologist trait, Ixian Secret
For gameplay, there’s no clear best. The traits and emotes are mainly for flavor. That said, starting on Giedi Prime or Caladan might give a slight edge since they align with the early factions you’ll encounter—the Harkonnens and the Atreides. Having a connection here can smooth initial interactions, but overall, the choice isn’t critical.
Selecting Your Caste
Castes reflect your social standing:
- Peasant (Lower class)
- Middle class
- Aristocrat
In practice, caste choices mainly unlock different dialogue options; they don’t significantly alter gameplay. The Bondsman caste is a popular choice because it unlocks interesting dialogue, but these are mostly flavor text and don’t change the game outcome much.
Picking Your Class and Mentor
This is where your choices truly matter. The Mentor defines your initial abilities, the skill tree you access, and your starting class. Here are some options:
- Swordmaster: Focuses on close combat, with abilities like Knee Charge.
- Bene Gesserit: Offers powerful skills such as Voice: Compel (to influence NPCs from afar) and Bindu Sprint (a fast dash for mobility). Many players find this class very strong early on.
- Mentat: Skilled in reconnaissance, strategy, and agility, with abilities like the Sentinel drone.
- Trooper: Emphasizes offense, explosives, and ranged combat, with abilities like the Shigawire Claw.
Most players consider the Bene Gesserit the best starting option because of its powerful early skills, especially the ability to manipulate enemies and quickly move around the battlefield. The Trooper is more beginner-friendly and can be learned early from trainers, but ultimately, your preferred play style should guide your choice.
Trainers and Skill Unlocks
You can find trainers around the game world to learn new skills, but some are located far into the desert, making it a challenge to reach them early. Planning your route and exploring is part of the adventure.
If you’re looking to build a strong start or want tips on surviving sandworms and gathering resources, check out some of our other guides. Whether you want the best early-game strategies or how to gather mid-game materials, there’s plenty to explore.
Enjoy your journey in Dune Awakening!