Getting Started with Your First Ornithopter
If you're diving into Dune Awakening solo and aiming to fly your own ornithopter, this guide breaks everything down step-by-step. There are two main ways to get one: farm and craft the materials yourself, or purchase the parts from specific vendors once your faction rank is high enough. Both approaches work—what you pick depends on your resources, patience, and play style.
Understanding the Core Materials
To craft an ornithopter, you'll need several specialized parts. Some are straightforward to find; others require effort and location knowledge. Resources like aluminium ingots and armor plating are relatively easy to gather, while components like industrial pumps and diamond dust are much harder to track down. Knowing where to farm these saves hours of guesswork.
Farming or Buying: What’s Best?
You can build your ornithopter by either collecting the materials and crafting the components or purchasing pre-built parts from faction vendors. Crafting is material-intensive but doesn’t require faction alignment. On the flip side, buying parts means reaching at least level 4 in a faction like Atreides or Honan. You’ll need cash on hand but skip the grind for rare items.
Where to Buy Ornithopter Parts
Once you hit level 4 with a faction, head to their primary base. For example, Atreides players can visit their base to find a vendor selling ornithopter components. Honan has a similar vendor in their territory. Both vendors offer similar inventories. One universal vendor is also found at Araine Village’s airfield—just head west up the stairs, and you’ll find them easily. This vendor also offers the full set of ornithopter parts.
Faction Rank and Availability Questions
There’s some uncertainty in the community around whether you need to be ranked in a specific faction to unlock all vendors. From player experience so far, it appears that having any faction at level 4 may be enough to access the parts universally. Still, this isn’t officially confirmed, so aligning with your preferred faction remains a safe bet.
Why Farming Still Matters
Even if you plan to buy parts, farming is still worthwhile. Many components are reusable or repairable, and clearing out points of interest gives you bonus materials and extra loot. Farming imperial testing stations, for example, yields complex machinery and servo capacitors, two essential parts of your ornithopter.
The Best Locations to Farm Components
Stick to the Eastern Shield Wall region for your initial farming runs. Testing Station 17 and Testing Station 142 are good starting points. Avoid high-level zones in the west unless you're well-geared. Clearing out these stations not only gives parts like complex machinery, but also increases your resource stockpile for future vehicles or upgrades.
Which Ornithopter Parts Wear Down
Understanding which parts degrade over time can help you prioritize what to craft or buy. Wings, engines, and CPUs are subject to wear and need replacement or repair. Chassis and hulls, however, don’t degrade once repaired. If you can farm or buy those sturdier components early, you’ll save yourself time and materials down the line.
Where to Farm Aluminium Ingots
Aluminium ingots are among the simplest resources to collect. You'll find aluminium nodes scattered across the northern region of the map. This area tends to be uncontested and free from enemies, making it ideal for solo farming. Just mine the nodes and refine the ore into ingots. You’ll accumulate plenty in a short time—perfect for both basic and advanced ornithopter construction.
Cobalt Paste and Aerite Crystals
Cobalt paste is harvested from Aerite crystals. These are found in mineral extraction facilities within a large tunnel system on the map. When you enter one of these facilities, search for bright red crystals—those are Aerite. Farm them regularly to build a healthy stock of cobalt paste, especially since it’s required in more than one crafting recipe later on.
Armor Plating and Common Drops
Armor plating is a frequent drop from enemies and chests found in dungeon-like environments. You’ll collect it naturally while progressing through missions or looting during farming runs. Since this material is common, don’t prioritize hunting it directly unless you're running low.
Diamond Dust and Carbide Scraps
These two items often confuse players because they only appear in one key location. Head to the area around the giant snake zone. The chests scattered around this point of interest have a high chance of containing both diamond dust and carbide scraps. However, it’s a mid to high-level area, so come prepared with gear and healing items.
How to Farm Complex Machinery
Complex machinery is one of the more common rare components. You’ll find it inside destroyed machinery located throughout most points of interest. Use the map to highlight POIs like Southeast Iron Works or Sentinel City. Both contain machinery you can break down for complex machinery drops. Imperial Testing Station 142 also has this part frequently.
Industrial Pumps: The Hardest Material to Find
Among all ornithopter components, industrial pumps are the rarest. The most consistent location to farm them is Sentinel City. This landmark stands out visually with a huge rock formation and a lion face carved into its surface. Clear out this POI thoroughly to maximize your pump drop rate. No other area currently rivals it in terms of pump yield, making it a farming priority.
Using the Vehicle Construction Fabricator
Once you've gathered or bought the necessary parts, take everything to the vehicle construction fabricator. This station allows you to assemble the ornithopter using the collected materials. Be sure to review each component before finalizing the craft—especially if you’re mixing repaired and new parts. This helps reduce long-term maintenance.
Why Save Aluminium for Future Upgrades
Though it’s tempting to burn through all your aluminium for your first ornithopter, consider this: the next tier of vehicles uses dur-aluminium, which requires standard aluminium in its recipe. If you farm and buy parts for your starter ornithopter instead of crafting everything, you’ll save enough aluminium to push straight into crafting the upgraded version without grinding again.
Final Tips for Solo Players
If you're going solo in Dune Awakening, time and efficiency matter. Farming your first ornithopter by collecting materials from the right places—like Sentinel City and the snake zone—saves you both money and crafting stress. If you're already aligned with a faction and sitting on some currency, buying parts can give you a quicker route to flight.
Mixing both strategies is also valid. You might farm the harder-to-find parts like the industrial pumps and diamond dust, then purchase the rest. This hybrid method gives you flexibility and helps preserve valuable resources like aluminium, which you’ll need for the upgraded ornithopter down the line.
Conclusion: Best Approach to Building Your Ornithopter
To sum it up, getting your first ornithopter in Dune Awakening is a mix of knowing where to look, how to prepare, and when to spend versus save. Whether you go all-in on farming or prefer to skip the grind by purchasing components, having access to reliable farming routes like Imperial Testing Station 142 and Sentinel City makes all the difference.
Your goal should be to get the ornithopter up and running with minimal waste. Save your premium materials for future upgrades, and get familiar with zones that drop key items. Stick to this guide, and you’ll be airborne in no time—even as a solo player.
FAQs: Ornithopter Crafting in Dune Awakening
Where can I find industrial pumps in Dune Awakening?
Industrial pumps are most reliably found in Sentinel City. Clear out the full area to increase drop chances.
What faction level do I need to buy ornithopter parts?
You need to reach level 4 with a faction like Atreides or Honan to unlock access to the ornithopter parts vendor.
Can I build an ornithopter without crafting all parts?
Yes, you can buy many parts from vendors if you have the currency, or mix farming with purchases to save time and materials.
Do ornithopter parts degrade over time?
Some parts like wings, engines, and CPUs degrade. Hulls and chassis don’t degrade once repaired.
Should I save aluminium ingots for later vehicles?
Yes. Aluminium is used for upgraded vehicles, so consider saving it by farming or buying initial ornithopter parts instead.
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