Death and taxes, whether one is living on desert planet Arrakis or today’s demanding financial world. In Dune: Awakening, taxes don’t sound so exciting, but dealing with them is essential to ensuring your base stays strong and works efficiently.
This guide explains how taxes work, and how to keep from losing your hard-earned territory.
Calculating Your Tax Liability
Players can check their Sub-Fief Console to see how much they owe. You will see the current tax amount on the extreme right-hand side of the interface.
Usually, the tax is small and can be easily paid by finishing a couple of quests. The main goal is not to deplete your Solari aggressively but to have you participating at least every few weeks.
Paying Taxes: Where and How
Settling your taxes is straightforward. To pay your Debt, visit either Harko Village or Arakeen and search for the Tax Collector NPC and pay it in a transaction.
If – you don’t have – an ornithopter for direct travel you’ll have to go via a trade post to these hubs instead. This costs around -2,500 solari so make sure you have level funds.
Ideally, you want to make tax payments at least once every week or two. If you do not complete payment in time, you will start falling behind on your payments gradually and after a month, you will lose ownership of your base and your resources will be raided by players. This makes timely payments critical to protect your assets.
Strategies to Minimise Tax Expenses
The more land you have, the more you’ll pay in taxes. Typically, owning only one base without the expansions will cause a tax of close to 2000 Solari per cycle.
To minimize costs, restrict your base’s growth and keep your buildings concentrated in one area. Increasing your area with Staking Units leads to tax liabilities that are not too high. Moreover, having additional bases raises your total tax and sales bill. Therefore, if you plan to have a few locations, make sure the advantages outweigh the extra cost.
By balancing your claims and being timely with your payments you will maintain your position on Arrakis, without exhausting your resources.