Iron is a must-have in Dune Awakening; you’ll use it nearly all the time, especially for creating iron ingots that form the basis of tools, structures, and weaponry. Extracting iron is one of the earliest large-scale activities you’ll be doing, and it helps to know the resource flow early on to have an essential advantage.
Here’s a refined guide to make iron-hunting easier.
How to Obtain Iron Ore in Dune Awakening?
Your path to iron starts in the Wester Vermillius Gap, directly north of Hagga Basin South, your starting location. This area is teeming with coarse rock structures heavy in iron ore deposits. These spawn points show up as little glinting silver veins in rocky outcroppings on most players’ maps.
Utilize a cliff-top vantage point to your benefit. Once you’re at a better height, use a Survey Probe to scan on an area-wide scale. It will spot local iron and other valuable elements within a specific distance, relieved from having to scan each boulder manually.
To mine iron ore, you will only need the Cutteray Mk1 in the beginning, which you can unlock early during the tutorial. Mine all visible silver-grey iron veins benevolently demarcated by faintly glowing borders.
As you proceed through the tech tree, advanced models of Cutteray will increase your rate of mining as well as yield, but the Mk1 is adequate for initial exploration and building.
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