Zanovar and Forty Fears Walkthrough in Dune Awakening

Great Convention Part III: bring 25 Spice Melange for Cross My Palm With Spice, meet the pilot at Arrakeen Spaceport, survive Zanovar and Forty Fears.

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Contents

Quick answers Dangerous Allies: Esmar Tuek and the smuggler base Prelude to a Journey: the spice bribe and the pilot The Tragedy of Zanovar: walkthrough Forty Fears: walkthrough A Fall from Heaven: the end of Book One Common problems and fixes Rewards What comes next

The Great Convention Part III starts when Elara Tuek calls you in a watersealed base after Call of the Night. Talk to Esmar Tuek in Fallen Light, get Staban's reel from a besieged Deep Desert smuggler base, then pay Elara 25 Spice Melange (contract "Cross My Palm With Spice"). Meet "the pilot" at Arrakeen Spaceport: it's Elara herself.

Elara TuekOpen on map →

Quick answers

Question	Answer
What do I say to Esmar Tuek?	"A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty..." (the phrase Elara gave you in Outside the Law)
How much spice for the bribe?	25 Spice Melange, delivered to any contract board
Where is the pilot?	Arrakeen Spaceport on the Overland Map. The pilot is Elara Tuek
How long is Zanovar?	About an hour, locked in. You can only return to Hagga Basin afterwards
Is there a hidden item at the memorial?	No. Walking up to it triggers the capture
How do I escape the infirmary?	Run hydraulics analysis → inspect voltage at the main console → adjust voltage on panels A, B, C, D (any order) → override the door lock at the main console
How do I wake the Sleeper?	Hold the Water of Life vial to him, then the prompts Resist → Break free → Awaken
Final boss	Sardaukar Commander Aramsham

3Spice MelangeTier 3 · Database

Dangerous Allies: Esmar Tuek and the smuggler base

Part III was added in Update 1.5 (17 September 2026). It continues straight from the Art of Kanly and Outside the Law.

Steps

Travel to a watersealed base and wait for Elara's call. Your own sealed base works.
Talk to Esmar Tuek in Fallen Light. The Smugglers' base has its own marker on the Overland Map. In the dialogue, pick "A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty...", the phrase Elara gave you at Hannivar's. He finishes it ("…but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both"), knows you're no Face Dancer and points you to Staban.
Travel to the smuggler base in the Deep Desert. Its quest marker guides you. The Deep Desert reshuffles every week, so follow the marker, not an old map. Land on rock near the entrance so a sandworm can't take your ornithopter while you're inside.
Infiltrate the base and find Staban Tuek. Mercenaries and Sardaukar are attacking it. Fight through to Staban and take the shigawire reel.
Exit the cave. Staban blows the base behind you. Journey complete (100 XP).

Open this week's Deep Desert map

Prelude to a Journey: the spice bribe and the pilot

The Tragedy of Zanovar: walkthrough

You land in the rain-soaked ruins of Zanovar and hunt for Cammar Pilru, the Ixian ambassador. The route is linear: plazas swept by patrol ships, alternating with ruined buildings full of CHOAM mercenaries.

Forty Fears: walkthrough

You wake as a prisoner on a Sardaukar orbital ship. The Face Dancer Scytale opens your cell. Stealth matters until the Sleeper wakes. After that, it's a straight fight.

Steps

Find the Sleeper and remain undetected. Sneak through the cell block, out of the prison hangar and through the training room, then break into the maintenance corridor.
Find a way to the infirmary and find the Sleeper, then escape the infirmary. The door says "Override lock at the main console", and it takes four moves: use the relay panel (Run hydraulics analysis), press the main console (Hydraulics offline - press to inspect voltage), adjust the voltage on power panels A, B, C and D in any order, then go back and face the main console for Power balanced - press to override the door lock.
Memories of a distant self. In the spice dream, explore and confront the entity in the cage three times, then embrace the memories of Tyros Reffa as your own.
Wake the Sleeper. Hold the Water of Life vial to him. Press the prompts Resist, Break free and Awaken. If you miss them, they complete on their own after a short delay.
Fight your way to the escape pods. Stealth no longer matters.
Defeat Sardaukar Commander Aramsham. Spend every healkit and all the ammo you saved. Nothing after this fight needs them (100 XP).

A Fall from Heaven: the end of Book One

Your escape pod crashes on Arrakis. Meet Stilgar, who cuts you out, and the journey ends (100 XP). This closes Book One, and the next main-story chapter hasn't been released yet.

Common problems and fixes

I quit during Zanovar and lost my progress. This is by design. Leaving for any reason (menu, quit, disconnect) sends you to the Overland Map, and the HUD shows "Travel to the Arrakeen Spaceport to continue your journey". You replay Zanovar from the start.
Where is the pilot? Not in Harko Village. Fly to Arrakeen Spaceport on the Overland Map and talk to Elara there.
The spice contract won't complete. You must deliver 25 Spice Melange at a contract board. Having it in your inventory is not enough.
Black screen or no final cinematic. An early patch fixed a black screen at the end of Forty Fears and the missing final Book One dialogue. Update the game and log in again.
Wrong cinematic at the spaceport or wrong arena in the spice dream. Both have been fixed, so update the game if you still see them.

Rewards

Journey	XP	Items
Dangerous Allies	100	—
Prelude to a Journey	100	—
The Tragedy of Zanovar	100	Taligari Viper (weapon and swatch), Zanovar Arboretum Tree Solido
Forty Fears	100	—
A Fall from Heaven	100	Aramsham's Caress (weapon and swatch), Stillsuit of the Awakened, Sardaukar Combat Training Dummy

Taligari ViperNo tier · Database

Aramsham’s CaressNo tier · Database

Stillsuit of the AwakenedNo tier · Database

Sardaukar Combat Training DummyNo tier · Database

What comes next

Book One ends here. Every passphrase and door code from the story, Esmar's line included, is in our list of all codes and puzzle answers. While you wait for the next chapter, push your House rank in the faction questline and the Landsraad, or run the Lost Harvest DLC if you own it.

How much spice do I need for Prelude to a Journey?

25 Spice Melange. The contract "Cross My Palm With Spice" asks you to deliver it to any contract board.

Where do I meet the pilot in Dune Awakening?

At Arrakeen Spaceport, a location on the Overland Map. The pilot is Elara Tuek herself.

Can I leave Zanovar halfway?

You can, but you lose your progress. Leaving sends you to the Overland Map, and you replay Zanovar from the spaceport.

How do I wake the Sleeper in Forty Fears?

Hold the Water of Life vial to him, then press Resist, Break free and Awaken. Missed prompts complete on their own after a short wait.

What is the passphrase for Esmar Tuek?

"A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty..." Elara Tuek gives it to you at the start of Outside the Law. Esmar accepts it in Dangerous Allies, at Fallen Light.