How to Get & Use Shields in Dune: Awakening

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In the game Dune: Awakening, energy shields serve as an additional protective barrier for the characters, safeguarding them from common weaponry attacks. These shields effectively absorb damage, minimizing harm to the wearer, thus enabling them to withstand bullets and other flying objects. Yet, similar to the original story, a slow blade can still successfully penetrate these shields’ defenses.

In Dune: Awakening, players will have to wait a bit before they acquire their first shield. Once obtained, however, it allows them to explore the treacherous regions of Arrakis with less apprehension. Nonetheless, since the shields in this game function quite differently than those in other titles, it’s essential to understand the nuances that make Holtzman shields distinctive within Dune: Awakening.

How to Get a Personal Shield in Dune: Awakening

Players can create the Holtzman Shield Mk2 once they’ve deciphered its blueprint through the Research menu, but this feature won’t be accessible until after players have progressed beyond the Dune: Awakening tutorial area. You can assemble one at a Fabricator using these materials:

  • 15 Iron Ingot
  • 10 Particle Capacitor
  • 10 Holtzman Actuator

You might stumble upon Particle Capacitors and Holtzman Actuators in ancient Imperial structures, like Imperial Research Centers. For instance, Imperial Research Center 10, located in Vermillius Gap, is teeming with these parts, but it’s also swarming with heavily-equipped scavengers. If you’re a solo player, you’ll need to strategize your battles smartly here. Otherwise, consider teaming up with a couple of allies to share the load.

Shields can either be purchased from merchants or discovered scattered around the world, but you’ll frequently find them in poor condition if you happen upon them by chance.

Dune: Awakening – Shield Mechanics

According to the game’s tutorial, shields are immune to damage from projectile weapons and shrapnel caused by explosions. However, they can be circumvented with powerful melee attacks or overwhelmed by intense fire. Notably, these shields need to be manually activated after being equipped.

Effective management of stamina is crucial to triumphing in the melee battles of Dune: Awakening. Those who exhaust their stamina first tend to be the quickest to fall in combat. To bait your adversary, employ both light and heavy attacks, then capitalize when they’ve tired themselves out by launching a decisive strike.

Regarding long-range battles, Disruptors have the ability to overwhelm shields with their rapid-fire intensity. Additionally, certain weapons shoot off toxic darts that release harmful mist upon impact. Although the darts themselves can’t pierce through shields, the poison they carry deals direct damage to targets.

As a gamer, my shields gradually recover on their own unless they reach max capacity, at which point they explode and become useless. If the incoming damage I sustain is more rapid than the rate at which my shield recovers, it shatters.

Additional Mechanics

  • Turning a shield on while on open sand will attract sandworms.
  • Shields will automatically turn off when their wearers are firing weapons or throwing items.
  • Shield recharge rates are based on your equipped Power Pack.

Base Shields

Players can safeguard their bases with protective barriers by setting up and activating a generator. Once a base is fortified, it becomes invulnerable to attacks from other players. Additionally, it will endure less harm from sandstorms. Nevertheless, sandstorms in the Deep Desert can cause malfunctions in the base shields, leaving them susceptible to assault.

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2025-06-07 11:44