If you're relatively new to Buy Items Dune: Awakening, contracts can be intimidating: multiple objectives, hostile territory, risk of death. Search and Retrieval is a perfect contract to cut your teeth on, but only if you prepare well. Here’s a beginner‑friendly guide to help you survive, complete objectives, and enjoy the mission.
Understanding the Objectives
Before you set off:
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Locate multiple Kirab camps in Hagga Basin.
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Collect Spice Miner’s Guild Tags from each.
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Find and examine the discarded comms device.
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Return to Chief Hanso with your findings.
Knowing these helps you stay focused—don’t get distracted by loot or side fights unless you have buffer time/resources.
Gear Up Smart
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Essential tools: weapon (balanced, ranged + melee), sufficient armor, healing supplies.
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Hydration & environmental protection: bring water or items to mitigate heat, be aware of shade.
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Inventory space: ensure you have space for tags, loot, device. You don’t want to pick up the evidence only to be forced to drop items later.
Start Close, Grow Far
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If you’ve not unlocked fast travel, pick camps closer to your current safe zone first. It lets you ease into the contract without being overwhelmed.
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Learn the map: know where rivers, rocky outcroppings, shade, trees are—these help navigation & cover.
Stealth & Engagement
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Use night travel or foggy/sandstorm conditions to your advantage.
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Move slowly between cover; avoid running unless you have to.
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Be ready to disengage: retreat if overwhelmed rather than fighting every guard.
The Device & Tag Hunt
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When looting, search all bodies and containers — tags often are hidden in less obvious spots.
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The coms device: check surroundings of camps. Sometimes just outside the walls or near the guard huts.
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Don’t linger too long: because carrying evidence might provoke further enemy attention or risk being caught by surprise.
Dealing With Combat
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Pick your fights: sometimes it’s safer to isolate enemies rather than take on full groups.
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Use ranged weapons to thin numbers, then close in.
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Healing items: use them early rather than waiting until you’re nearly dead; avoid deaths which cost you much more.
Survivability Tips
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Save often if the game allows (or use respawn / checkpoints appropriately).
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Use vehicles or Ornithopter if available, especially for travel between camps.
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Always have an exit plan: know where you came from, where you can go if things go wrong.
Return Strategy
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Once your objectives are met, retrace the safest route.
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Use speed + cover; avoid open ground.
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If you have extra loot, decide whether it’s worth the risk to keep fighting + carrying or return early to make sure you don’t lose everything.
Estimating Cost vs Reward
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Expect some resource use: healing items, time, ammo, maybe some repair.
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But reward is decent: XP, maybe some loot from camps, and the satisfaction of mission completion.
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If new, you might not get perfect times, but learning the layout, guard patterns, and locations will serve future runs well.
Common Beginner Mistakes
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Going in under‑prepared (not enough supplies).
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Charging in loud without assessing camp guards or perimeter.
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Over‑collecting loot that slows travel or limits room for required items.
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Ignoring environmental hazards or forgetting to hydrate.
Final Encouragement
Don’t worry if your first run is messy. Search and Retrieval is forgiving enough that you’ll learn. Each failure teaches you a new route, a better hiding spot, or smarter timing. And once you’ve completed it well, it feels great — the tags, device, the Dune Awakening Items on sale here return — you did something meaningful, not just loot‑grind.
If you like, I can put together a “best path for beginners” map with screenshots to minimize confusion. Interested?
