As with many survival MMOs, Dune: Awakening gives players enormous freedom to build, raid, and Dune Awakening Solari interact with the world-and unfortunately, that freedom can be abused. One of the more frustrating griefing tactics currently circulating involves a hostile player dropping a floating vehicle inside a work-in-progress Deep Desert (DD) base, such as a sandcrawler build, and then leaving. Because the vehicle remains suspended and immune to normal interaction, it effectively blocks construction and can stall progress indefinitely.

If you've encountered this situation, you're not alone. Let's break down why this happens, what doesn't work, and what practical options you still have.

Why the Floating Vehicle Is So Hard to Remove

The core issue is persistent physics ownership. Vehicles in Dune: Awakening are treated as player-owned entities with their own collision and physics state. When a griefer logs out or leaves the area, the vehicle remains exactly where it was placed-even if that location makes no physical sense.

Common attempts that do not work include:

Pushing the vehicle (collision is locked)

Adding terrain or foundations underneath (physics does not re-evaluate)

Partial storm damage (vehicles are tanky and repairable)

Waiting it out (despawn timers often don't apply to owned vehicles)

Worse still, if the griefer set the vehicle as a respawn point, they can simply return, repair it, and repeat the process.

Short-Term Workarounds That Can Help

While there's no perfect solution yet, several methods may work depending on server rules and base state.

1. Full Exposure to Environmental Damage

Sandstorms are one of the few systems that reliably damage unattended structures and vehicles. If you can:

Fully expose the vehicle (roof removal helps)

Ensure it remains in the storm's damage zone for multiple cycles

You may eventually destroy it. This is slow, but if the griefer stops checking in, it can succeed. The downside is obvious: your own base may take collateral damage.

2. Forced Base Redesign

Painful, but sometimes effective. If the vehicle is blocking a specific build node:

Shift the sandcrawler or base footprint

Complete the structure elsewhere

Abandon the blocked scaffold

This avoids giving the griefer the satisfaction of halting your entire project, though it's clearly not ideal.

3. Faction or Clan Escalation

If you're part of a larger group:

Call in allies to camp the vehicle

Kill the griefer repeatedly on respawn

Force attrition by draining repair resources

This doesn't remove the vehicle directly, but it can discourage continued harassment-especially if the griefer thrives on being uncontested.

The Most Effective Option: Report and Document

At present, this behavior borders on exploit abuse, not just PvP harassment. Dropping a vehicle to permanently obstruct construction with no counterplay is not emergent gameplay-it's obstruction.

When reporting:

Take screenshots or video of the vehicle placement

Capture chat logs if the player is spamming or taunting

Note timestamps and server shard

Most live-service survival games treat persistent obstruction griefing as actionable, especially when physics fails to resolve naturally. Developer intervention may result in vehicle removal or warnings.

Preventative Measures Going Forward

Until better systems are implemented, prevention matters.

Seal build areas early: Temporary walls and ceilings can block vehicle drops.

Build in stages: Avoid leaving open cores where vehicles can be placed.

Scout before logging off: Clear the area of hostile players first.

Build during off-peak hours if possible.

The Bigger Picture

Griefers who spam "dead game" while camping all day thrive on reaction and disruption. The key is denying them leverage. While the floating vehicle issue highlights a genuine design flaw, it's also likely temporary-developers tend to clamp down quickly once these tactics become widespread.

Until then, your best tools are documentation, coordination, and cheap Dune Awakening Items patience. Arrakis is brutal, but it rewards persistence-and griefers usually move on once their toys stop working.