Funcom also announced Dune Awakening’s first free story update will arrive on September 10, 2025, with a paid DLC expansion, The Lost Harvest. A Dune Awakening free trial is also currently running until Augustus 24, 2025, and is aimed at players who haven’t played the game yet.
Dune Awakening Free Story Chapter
Free for All Players: Chapter 2 to the Dune Awakening story With this update, we are adding many new features that have been requested:
- Character re-customization
- New hairstyles and tattoos
- New contracts and dynamic encounters
- Expanded armor archetypes
New gameplay features will broaden the Dune universe and guarantee that Dune Awakening players have a more significant progression and customization in this chapter.
The Lost Harvest Paid DLC
In addition to the free update, Funcom is also releasing a paid DLC, The Lost Harvest, for $12.99 USD. This DLC also comes bundled with the Season Pass if you purchased it already.
The Lost Harvest brings:
- A standalone story expansion
- Introducing the Treadwheel — a new vehicle for exploring Arrakis
- Plunder through three Imperial Testing Stations
- Five base decorations
- Four weapons skins and two armors skins
- Dune Man–themed base building pieces
- A thumper emote
The Lost Harvest offers cosmetic rewards as well as unique gameplay content, expanding the ways in which players will experience Dune Awakening.
Dune Awakening Free Trial Details
A free trial is available for Dune Awakening, so it’s an ideal opportunity for newcomers to dip their toes in some Arrakis life. Active: Now through August 24(PC), 10 hours of gameplay in Hagga Basin. Restricted areas include Harko Village, Arrakeen, and the Deep Desert, but the free trial is a true showing of the survival MMO.
Any progression — including character level, skills, and story progress — carries over into the full game. Base structures, vehicles, and Solaris over 10,000, however, will reset. Players who upgrade from trial to full game as well receive cosmetic bonuses.
Why This Update Is Important For Dune Awakening Fans
A few months back in 2025, we got to see Dune Awakening release but it wasn’t a major content patch, of course. Chapter 2 and The Lost Harvest are an important refresh because many of the long term players have already devoured the launch content. This patch, along with balance changes and gameplay adjustments promised from Funcom, will likely be continued to be scrutinized by the community.
Dune Awakening will entice both new and existing players back to the world of Dune this September with a free trial, a completely new story chapter, and the option of a DLC on top.
FAQ
Chapter 2—story update is free and will be published on September 10, 2025.
Lost Harvest DLC cost $12.99 USD, but you may found it available for free, that means they included in the Season pass.
It offers 10 hours to try out the game for free, and the trial is available until Aug. 24, 2025.
Your story progress, character level, and skills will transfer over — as will bases, vehicles, and excess Solaris — so yes.
