This Dune Awakening Base Power guide shows you how to get the base up and running at minimum costs. This is a critical game aspect. Let’s see how it works!
Dune Awakening Base Power Options
Base energy is what protects your headquarters against other players and the environment. There are different machines that supply your base with energy.
Fuel-Powered Generators
Fuel Generators give 75 power. This is the first method you unlock. They are cheap and require 45 Salvaged Metal to place. The drawback is that they take up space and rely on Fuel Cells to produce power.
Turbines
There are two kinds of turbines:
- Omnidirectional Turbines give 150 power. They use Low-grade lubricant.
- Directional Turbines give 350 power. They use Industrial-grade lubricant and spice.
Both types are placed outside the base.
Spice-Powered Generators
Spice-Powered generators give 1000 power. They use Spice-Infused Fuel Cells. To get these cells, you need Fuel Cells and Spice Residue.
Which Is the Best Power Method
Out of the four available methods, which one is the best? You might think that the Spice Generator offers the best solution since it produces the most power. However, considering that it costs 27,000 Spice Dust and 430 Plastanium Ingots to place it and the constant use of Fuel Cells and Spice Residue to keep it running, the Spice Generator is not an efficient solution.
The best method remains the Fuel Generator. It is cheap to construct and you can easily get Fuel Cells. Using a Survey Probe, you can see the location of Fuel Cells on the map. With a Buggy Cutteray, you can obtain at least 500 Fuel Cells from one Fuel Cell cluster. Don’t forget about the Staking Units, allowing you to extend the base. Place the Fuel Generators in a basement room and you don’t need to worry about the space they take. Open the Console tab, press Y, and you can automatically dispense the available Fuel Cells to Fuel Generators.
Omnidirectional Turbines are also a valid solution if you have the resources to construct and keep them running. One important thing to keep in mind is that you can conserve energy. Turn off any machines you are not using. Installations such as Blood Refineries, Spice Refineries, crafting stations, and Fremen Deathstills eat up a lot of energy and there’s no point in keeping them on when not in use.
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1) Even if you disable all of your equipment is disabled, ALL of your generators will continue to consume fuel, whether their power is being utilized or not. So simply turning off unused production machines is not useful.
2) While I certainly wouldn’t use spice in a generator, if your base needs 1000 power per day, you’ll need 14 (13.3333) fuel-powered generators which will eat 336 fuel cells per day. In contrast, if you exclusively use the omnidirectional wind turbine instead, you’ll need 7 (6.66666) of them – consuming only 64 fuel cells, 32 silicon, and 250 mL of water per day. At some point, I have to wonder if the turbines aren’t more efficient
if you disable the generators, they’ll stop consuming the fuel stored inside (their upkeep timer also pauses)
basically, you’ll want your production to match your need as closely as possible for maximum efficiency…
…in other words:
keep the dark yellow portion of your Power Management UI as small as possible;
the larger the bright yellow portion is, the more you’re tapping your bases potential;
the larger the black portion is, the more power your base has available;
the larger the dark yellow portion, the more you’re wasting Fuel 🤷🏽
you use different power generators to have different capacity and to match needs most closely (depending on your activity)