Dune: Awakening 1.5.3.6 Hotfix Will Add BattlEye-Free Steam Launching
The client-side update also fixes failed autosave recovery and an ornithopter that could spawn in the air after map travel.
Dune: Awakening’s 1.5.3.6 hotfix will add a Steam launch option to run without BattlEye for single-player and private or self-hosted servers that do not require the anti-cheat. It also addresses stability, failed autosave recovery, and an ornithopter spawn issue. Funcom’s Steam announcement says the hotfix requires a client-side download. The preceding 1.5.3.5 hotfix added mirrored Sardaukar building pieces and broadened Filmic Archive armor customization, along with save and transfer fixes.
The BattlEye-free option has a clear limit: players still need BattlEye to join Steam multiplayer servers that use it. Trying to connect to one without BattlEye will produce an error. If the download does not appear automatically, restart Steam. Servers will be coming back up shortly.
One fix addresses autosave recovery failures. Another prevents the ornithopter from appearing in the air instead of on the ground in single-player after traveling to Hagga Basin or the Deep Desert from the Overland Map.
Dune: Awakening 1.5.3.6 Patch Notes
FEATURES AND CHANGES
- Added the option to launch the game on Steam without the BattlEye anti-cheat software installed or enabled for the single-player mode, or private and self-hosted servers that do not require it.
- BattleEye is still required to play on multiplayer servers with BattleEye enabledin the Steam version. Trying to join a multiplayer server from a client without BattleEye will result in an error.
FIXES
- Improved server and client stability.
- Fixed an issue that could cause autosave recovery to fail.
- Fixed an issue where in single-player, the ornithopter would spawn in the air instead of on the ground after the player travelled to Hagga Basin or the Deep Desert from the Overland Map.
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Dune: Awakening
Developed by Funcom
Dune: Awakening is an open-world survival game set on the desert planet Arrakis. Players create a custom character and must manage thirst, maintain stillsuits, and contend with environmental hazards like sandstorms, extreme heat, and roaming sandworms. The game involves scavenging resources, crafting equipment, building shelters, and competing with other players to harvest and transport spice. As players progress, they advance through phases from basic survival to leading a guild, eventually participating in faction warfare between House Atreides and House Harkonnen. The game features single-player, and multiplayer which can be fully played in PvE with dedicated PvP zones.
- Genre Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
- Perspective Third person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Release June 10, 2025
- Publisher Funcom
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