Kara Valk Trooper Questline in Dune Awakening

The Trooper school starts with Ghavouri at Griffin's Reach Tradepost in Hagga Basin South. His contract Proving Grounds sends you to kill three gang leaders. After that, Kara Valk waits next to the Salusan Bull in Arrakeen with six advanced contracts. The Journey tab calls the whole line Rigor of the Trooper.

Quick answers

All Trooper contracts and rewards

Every contract also pays Solari.

Where the Trooper questline starts

Any tradepost board can hand you Discipline of the Soldier, which only asks you to talk to Ghavouri at Griffin's Reach. You can also walk straight to him. He stands inside the tradepost, so this is the closest trainer to the starting area. If you chose Trooper at character creation, the basic part may already be done: check the Journey tab, and if it is, go straight to Kara Valk.

Basic training: Proving Grounds

Ghavouri wants three of his old enemies dead. Each one now runs a gang in a cave in the basin.

The three caves sit close together south of Griffin's Reach, so clear them in one loop and bring healkits: each leader fights with a gang around him. Then ask Ghavouri about advanced training. He sends you to Arrakeen.

Advanced training with Kara Valk

Kara Valk stands next to the Salusan Bull in Arrakeen. She is a veteran with a slaver implant in her skull and a stim habit, and every contract chips away at that problem. If you have not been to Arrakeen yet, take the ornithopter taxi from a tradepost.

Seeking Control

Regaining Control

Bring the Handheld Resource Scanner. The trail goes cold without it.

A Shot at Improving

Master of Weapons

This is practice, not travel. Use Assault Seeker, Attractor Field and Gravity Field three times each, then fetch another dose from the Suk doctor and give it to Kara. You must have all three abilities learned and slotted. The reward is the capstone Suspensor Blast.

Surgical Strike

The Cleansing of Kara Valk

The fastest way through

• Carry the scanner from the start. Regaining Control stalls without it, and you only find out at Tuco's stash.
• Bank the Solari first. The medicine and Campos Demari's transport cost money you pay on the spot.
• Plan your skill points. Master of Weapons needs around 12 points to reach all three abilities. Respec has a 48-hour cooldown, so set up the tree before you take the contract. Try the layout in the skill planner.
• Group the Jabal Eifrit runs. The Sweep, Tuco's stash and Khidr's Shadow are close together. An ornithopter saves a lot of driving.
• Park outside Taqwa's Watch. Expect five or six tough cultists there. A vehicle parked outside works as a respawn point.

Common blockers

• "The stash is nowhere to be found." That message is expected. Pull out the Handheld Resource Scanner and scan the ground to reveal the footprints.
• Anoushka won't talk about the smuggler. You picked the wrong drink. Choose the Kirana Brandy line exactly.
• Master of Weapons does not count. Each ability needs three real uses, not just being equipped. Check that all three are on your ability bar.
• Can't find Doctor Kumari. In Harko Village she shows up as the Suk Doctor. Use the pin above.

Rewards and what comes next

Seven contracts give 4,900 XP on top of the 350 XP board contract. You get the full Trooper tree, Levels 2 and 3, and two capstones. Finishing the line also unlocks the Trooper armour schematic. There is no follow-up journey. Pick your next school: the Swordmaster line and the Mentat line also send you to Harko Village and Arrakeen. The classes and trainers guide compares all five schools.