Dune Awakening: How to get water

How to stay hydrated in the early, mid, and late game

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Looking for the best ways to get water in Dune Awakening? As you might expect from a Dune survival game, obtaining water and staying hydrated is a major part of daily life on Arrakis. The hydration bar on the lefthand side of the screen will be a constant thorn in your side in the early game, and if you stay out too long in the sun, your hydration level will rapidly fall until you collapse in a parched heap. Even when you have plenty of water to keep you alive, you’ll still need to carefully partition it out for crafting purposes.

There are a few key methods to keep your liquid levels high, thankfully. In this guide, we’ll tell you the best ways to get water in Dune Awakening.

Dune Awakening: How to get water

The following tips range from drinking dew to imbibing the (processed, thankfully) blood of your enemies. We’ve listed them in rough order of what’s going to be useful in Dune Awakening’s early game, mid game, and late game.

Early game: Drink flower dew

Not the best way to get water, but it serves you okay at the start of your desert adventure. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Funcom

Like a desparate dog, licking up dew from flowers is the most consistent way to get water in Dune’s early hours. This is okay when you’re running around the starting zone of Hagga Basin, but even then, finding flower patches can prove tricky. Generally, patches grow around the edges and intersections of rock formations - once you find a reliable area rife with flowers, it’s a good idea to build a base nearby.

Early to mid game: Use Blood Extractors and Blood Purifiers

Once you’ve built a base and have passed through several tutorial missions, you’ll be able to craft a Blood Extractor Mk1 and a Blood Purifier . These slightly morbid items work in tandom - the Blood Extractor lets you suck 1,000 ml of blood out of downed enemies. You’ll place this lifejuice into a blood bag, each of which holds 3,000 ml.

Harvest baddies for their blood, then turn that blood into water! Only problem is carrying all the bags. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Funcom

Take the blood bags back to your base and deposit them into your Blood Purifier to extract the water. (You can also drink ’em raw if you’re in an emergency situation, but this isn’t a great method for hydration - it’s also kinda gross.) Blood extraction/purification is reliable for much of Dune Awakening, especially as you gain the schematics for superior Blood Extractors and Blood Purifiers that let you extract more fluid from your foes. Unfortunately, blood bags take up a lot of inventory space.

Early to mid game: Sip from your Stillsuit

After completing the Trial of Aql tutorial quests, you’ll get a Stillsuit , which is a special set of clothes worn by Fremen nomads that incorporates a catchpocket. This pocket slowly accumulates with water over time. While wearing this getup, take note of the small bar that appears next to the hydration bar on your screen. When its coloured, you can press F to take a quick sip from some of the water accumulated in the suit.

Take notice of the small thin bar next to the hydration bar in the lower left. When that fills up, you can drink from your suit. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Funcom

Stillsuits are iconic to the world of Dune and have superior heat protection that can slow down your constant threat of dehydration under Arrakis’ sun. Unfortunately, they barely provide any protection from attacks, leaving you at a distinct disadvantage if you engage in combat while wearing one. They also fill up with water at a slooooow rate. Ultimately, players who tend towards exploration and surveying instead of fighting will probably get the most from them.

Mid to late game: Use Dew Reapers, Literjons, and Cisterns

The Dew Reaper - essentially a Fremen sickle - is a great tool that lets you harvest flower dew at night hours. The best way to use one is in conjunction with Literjons , which are flasks that let you carry around a decent amount of water and drink at will.

Purchase a Literjon blueprint from this guy in Griffon’s Reach as soon as you can. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Funcom

You can buy your first Literjon schematic from the seller at Griffon’s Reach Outpost in south Hagga Basin, and you can even find drinking stations (sci-fi water fountains!) at various bases and Imperial Testing Stations where you can refill your Literjon.

Eventually, you’ll get schematics to build the Dew Scythe (a better Dew Reaper), as well as larger Literjons - ie, the Decaliterjon, which has a great container capacity of 10,000. Deposit extra water from your Literjons into a Water Cistern , which come in varying shapes and sizes and will let you store up big amounts of H2O in your base. The Large Water Cistern has a whopping capacity of 100,000 ml. Drink away!

Mid to late game: Use Fremen Deathstills and Windtraps

By Dune Awakening’s late game, you’ll probably be searching for ways to generate water passively to always keep those Cisterns full. Fremen Deathstills and Windtraps both fit the ticket, allowing you to collect water from dead bodies (how lovely) and the environment (that’s a bit better) over time.

Fremen Deathstills are similar to the blood extraction process, only leveled up. These devices pull all water from a corpse and must be built from Duraluminum Ingots, Silicone Blocks, and Complex Machinery. Set them up in your base and you can dump dead enemies into them. The machinery will slowly pull out all water from the bodies, offering up a total yield of 25,000 ml or 45,000 ml, if you build the Advanced Fremen Deathstill. As long as you don’t mind transporting bodies back and forth, this is a solid way of making water from corpses that would otherwise rot under the sun.

Windtraps are a bit less gruesome than Fremen Deathstills. And possibly more eco-friendly? |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Funcom

Windtraps offer a similar functionality, though they don’t hold nearly as much - the Large Windtrap only has a capacity of 500 ml, for instance. But once they’re crafted, you don’t have to worry about depositing bodies. Just let the machines harvest water from the wind, and you’ll have your very own hydration pocket industry at your disposal.

That completes our look at the best ways to get water and stay hydrated in Dune Awakening in the early, mid, and late game. If you’re searching for more tips at surviving in the harshness that is Arrakis, see our guides on the best Mentor, Homeworld, and Caste to select at the start of the game. We’ve also got a valuable trainer locations guide showing all basic and advanced trainers, so that you can unlock every skill tree under the sun!

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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