Arrakis

"He who controls the Spice controls the universe."

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Villages

General Info

• + Villages are located in certain regions and can be attacked with military units
• + Neutral villages further from your Main Base have stronger Militia defenses
• + After defeating a village's militia, you can take one of three actions:
• − Annex: spend Authority to gain control of the village and its region
• − Pillage: plunder it for Resources (mainly Solari)
• − Liberate: return the village to a neutral state (only available on enemy faction villages)
• + Villages have construction slots that can be unlocked with Plascrete:
• − Standard factions: 5 slots (2 unlocked by default; additional slots cost 100, 200, and 400 Plascrete)
• − House Corrino: 6 slots (3 unlocked by default)
• − Fremen: 4 slots (2 unlocked by default; additional slots cost 100 and 200 Plascrete)
• + Each village has 2 random traits providing bonuses (see Village Traits below)
• − Investment Office buildings will apply a village's traits an additional time
• + You may abandon a controlled village at any time (no refund is given)

Village Traits

Each village has 2 of the following traits:

Resources

Spice

• + The most valuable resource in the game — used to both generate Solari at a variable exchange rate and pay the Imperial Spice Tax
• + Spice Fields with harvesters on them will generate Spice, but will also be attacked by Sandworms intermittently
• + If set to Auto-Recall, harvesters will generate -5% Spice but will attempt to automatically recall themselves to the village when attacked by a Sandworm. Note that sometimes the Harvester will still be destroyed even on Auto-Recall.
• + Can be traded with other factions
• + Converts to Solari at a rate of 1.5–2.5 Solari per Spice; the rate recalculates after each Spice Tax cycle
• + The Spice Tax is due every 25 days; missing a payment costs −20 Landsraad Standing
• − No more than 3,000 Spice can be stockpiled at any given time (6,000 with the CHOAM Branch Main Base building)

Solari

• + Solari is the main currency on Arrakis and is used to pay for a variety of things including Units and Buildings.
• + Primarily gained from selling Spice
• + By default, your Main Base generates +30 Solari
• + Can be traded with other factions
• − When a faction goes in to a Solari deficit, they receive the following effects:
• −50% Knowledge
• −100% Agent recruitment speed
• −5 Landsraad Standing

Plascrete

• + Plascrete is required to build and maintain all Buildings within Villages and Main Bases.
• + Primarily gained from Plascrete Factories
• + By default, your Main Base generates +30 Plascrete
• + Can be traded with other factions
• − No more than 5000 Plascrete can be stockpiled at any given time
• − When a faction goes in to a Plascrete deficit, they receive the following effects:
• +50% Buildings Solari Upkeep
• −50% Buildings construction speed

Manpower

• + Manpower is required to recruit and maintain Units
• + Primarily gained from Recruitment Offices and Agents assigned to Spacing Guild Infiltration
• + By default, your Main Base generates +4 Manpower
• − No more than 500 Manpower can be stockpiled at any given time
• − When a faction goes in to a Manpower deficit, they receive the following effects:
• −100% health regeneration on Units

Fuel Cells

• + Fuel Cells are the main power source used on Arrakis. They are used to operate vehicles such as Harvesters and Drones, as well as some Buildings
• + Primarily gained by building Fuel Cell Factories
• + By default, your Main Base generates +10 Fuel Cells
• − Fremen cannot obtain Fuel Cells; their major buildings consume additional Water instead

Water

• + Water is essential for life, and a rare resource on Arrakis. It is mainly used to supply controlled Villages as well as recruit and maintain Units
• + Primarily gained by building Dew Collectors (all factions) or Wind Traps (Fremen only)
• + By default, your Main Base generates +20 Water
• + Village buildings consume 2 Water; major buildings consume 3 Water (10 Water for Fremen)
• + Increases the maximum Supply range of non-mechanical units
• − When a faction goes in to a Water deficit, they receive the following effects:
• +50% Supply drain
• −50% Manpower production
• Unrest and Rebellion may take place in your Villages

Authority

• + Authority represents a Faction's leadership and reach over the regions of Arrakis
• + Primarily gained by assigning Agents to Arrakis Infiltration
• + Used to take control of Villages
• + By default, your Main Base generates +4 Authority
• − No more than 500 Authority can be stockpiled at any given time

Knowledge

• + Knowledge determines how quickly a Faction's Developments are researched
• + Gained from building Research Hubs, the Research Center or Research Agreement Treaties

Influence

• + Influence may be spent to grant votes in the Landsraad Council
• + Primarily gained from building Listening Posts and assigning Agents to Landsraad Infiltration

Intel

• + Intel is used to launch Espionage Operations
• + Primarily gained from Agents and building Data Centers
• − No more than 1000 Intel can be stockpiled at any given time

Command Points

• + Command Points limit the size of your army
• + By default, your Main Base grants you 22 Command Points
• + This cap is mainly increased by researching Military Developments

Hegemony

• + Hegemony is the reflection of a Faction's overall power over Dune. Thresholds unlock new abilities and ultimately allow you to win the game
• + 2,500 Hegemony: Unlocks Headquarter Buildings
• + 5,000 Hegemony: Unlocks faction elite ground units, air units, and major buildings
• + 10,000 Hegemony: Unlocks Hero unit
• + 30,000 Hegemony: Victory
• + Primarily gained from controlling Villages (+600 per village on medium map, +1,000 on small map), controlling Special Regions (+1,000 each), paying the Spice Tax (+1,000 per payment), and completing Events (+300 each)

Landsraad Standing

• + Landsraad Standing represents your Faction's current political power and standing within the Landsraad
• + Starting values: Corrino 250, Ecaz 220, Vernius 220, Atreides 210, Harkonnen 200; Smugglers enter the Landsraad at 5,000 Hegemony with 200 Standing; Fremen never obtain Landsraad Standing
• + Can be gained from Discoveries, supporting Council Resolutions favored by House Minors, active Truces, and building an Embassy in your Main Base
• + Can be lost from: missing a Spice Tax payment (−20), betraying a Truce (−100), using Nuclear Warheads (−500), recruiting a Hero Ghola (−30)
• + Dropping below 250 Standing risks losing your Charters
• + The Landsraad Standing tier effects are shown below:

Special Regions

• + All or some of these Special Regions will randomly spawn around the map at the start of the game
• + All owned Special Regions provide +1000 Hegemony
• + Annexing a Special Region costs an extra +30 Authority
• + Crafts Workshops can only be built in Special Regions

Acid Lakes

• Ground units lose -10% Health daily
• +100% Research Hub production

Crescent Ridge

• +100% Dew Collector production
• Fremen only: +100% Windtrap production

Great Volcano

• Allows Fuel Cell Factory construction
• +100% Fuel Cell Factory production
• Fremen only: Allows Ceremonial Caves construction
• Fremen only: +100% Ceremonial Caves production

Imperial Basin

• +100% Recruitment Center production

Moon Dew Vale

• Ground units lose Supply at 50% speed
• Village buildings consume no Water

Mount Idaho

• +200% Plascrete Factory production

Observatory Mountain

• Allows Data Center construction
• Allows Listening Post construction
• +50% Data Center production
• +50% Listening Post production

Polar Sink

• Note: Always located at map center
• Allows Water Extractor construction

Sand Fall

• Converts 6% of Village Solari upkeep into Knowledge

Shield Wall

• -50% Building upkeep in this region

Space Wreck

• Space Craft Wreck discovery appears periodically
• Spacing Guild Branch provides +1 Guild Favor
• Fremen only: Recycling Plant provides +1 Spaceship Parts

The Desolation

• Cannot be owned
• +400% Supply drain
• Ground units lose -40% Health daily
• -40% Ground unit Speed

Well of Riches

• +100% Processing Plant production

White Rift

• +100% Crafts Workshop production

Worm Nest

• Military units attract Sandworms 50% faster
• +25% Spice production in the region

Sietches

General Info

• + Sietches will randomly spawn somewhere on the map when the game is created
• + Sietches will periodically send raiders to attack nearby Villages owned by players (the lower the relation level, the more frequent the raids)
• + Initially, Sietches are competely invisible. However, players can increase their Sietch detection speed through various means
• + Once a Sietch is discovered, players can choose to trade them 10 Water in exchange for another Resource determined by the Sietch
• + Trading with a Sietch slowly raises your relations. At 100 relation level, you can ally the Sietch to gain their unique trait

Sietch Traits

Each Sietch can be allied to gain one of the following traits: