The Ultimate Guide to Completing Flour Sand in Dune: Awakening

Flour Sand is a vital resource you’ll need to master in Dune: Awakening. However, it can be quite tricky to collect. If you’re not skilled in gathering Flour Sand, you might find yourself in dangerous situations, with sandworms eager to make a meal out of you.

Once you learn how to identify Flour Sand and differentiate between the types you should collect and those you should avoid, you’ll be able to gather it more efficiently and avoid perilous encounters.

Where to Locate Flour Sand

You’ll primarily find Flour Sand in areas you typically want to steer clear of: the heart of the sand dunes. This makes obtaining it somewhat precarious; lingering too long or collecting it improperly will attract the attention of sandworms.

Two Types of Flour Sand

While all Flour Sand serves a similar purpose, it’s useful to think of it in two categories:

• Flour Sand near rocky outcrops
• Flour Sand located deep in the danger zone

You can collect any Flour Sand you come across, but be cautious: collecting the latter type is far more likely to lead you into danger. When you gather Flour Sand near a rocky outcrop, escaping from an oncoming sandworm is feasible. In the middle of the dunes, however, you’ll have a much tougher time getting away, even on a sandbike.

Best Methods for Collecting Flour Sand

You can manually collect Flour Sand, but the motion of scooping it by hand will attract sandworms, and it’s also a much slower method.

A more efficient choice is to equip yourself with the right tools.

Use a Static Compactor

The Static Compactor becomes accessible after completing the second Trial of Aqb and can be created in the Fabricator.

With the Static Compactor, approach the Flour Sand and press fire. This will compact the sand into a small pile, allowing you to Take Flour Sand instead of harvesting it. This method is much quicker and less likely to attract sandworms.

Utilize a Sandbike

No matter how you go about collecting Flour Sand, there’s always the risk of sandworms chasing you. Fleeing on foot is nearly impossible, but using a sandbike significantly improves your chances of escape. While you won’t outpace them indefinitely, it greatly increases your odds of reaching a rocky area where the sandworm can’t follow.