Dune: Awakening's free Blood and Ice expansion hits December 1, 2026 with a polar cap survival map
- Blood and Ice, Dune: Awakening's free expansion, launches December 1, 2026 on all platforms with a new survival map at Arrakis' North Pole, where cold replaces heat as the main hazard and harvested ice cools base equipment to speed production.
- The polar cap covers two biomes, the tundra and the more heavily guarded ice cap held by Water Shipper families, and offers around 35 hours of progression along with new vehicle modules, augments, and specialization traits.
- Offline mode for single player arrives in November 2026, and copying characters from multiplayer servers to single player plus full cross-play follow in January 2027.
- Funcom reports more than 1 million new players since the console launch, after rebuilding the endgame and releasing three DLCs earlier in 2026.
- A new cosmetic store with rotating items, including gear taken from the films, will fund continued free updates, and a Water Crisis event follows Blood and Ice after the currently live Scourge event; a new events tab tracks progress and rewards, with every event playable in single or multiplayer.