Dune Awakening Griffin's Reach location

Griffin's Reach Tradepost in Dune Awakening — (Image credit: Funcom)

The Dune Awakening Griffin's Reach location for the first Tradepost is hard to find if you don't know where to look, and even harder to reach if you're new to the game and still learning the nuances of navigation. However, you'll definitely want to get there before long, partly because the story mission " A Wider World " necessitates that you do so, and partly because it's an essential early location for picking up missions, trading goods, and engaging with optional missions and bounties.

So to help you out, we've got the location of Griffin's Reach tradepost below and what you need to do to reach the central hub of civilization in the South Hagga Basin location that makes up the game's tutorial area.

How to find Griffin's Reach Tradepost in Dune Awakening

Dune Awakening Griffin's Reach Tradepost — (Image credit: Funcom)

Griffin's Reach Tradepost in Dune Awakening is located close to the Northern border of the South Hagga Basin region, left of the center as marked on the map above. What you're looking for is a tall stone building on top of a stone mountain, that you'll need to climb up to (depending on your choices during the Dune Awakening character creation you might find this easier, as certain abilities let you scale quickly).

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The Tradepost itself can be reached by using the stony outcroppings around it to spend the minimum amount of time on the sand as possible. Ultimately, those who are wise about their approach should be able to get there without provoking the Sandworms in Dune Awakening.

Once you reach Griffin's Reach Tradepost, you'll be able to access a merchant, a notice board for new jobs, a trainer for the Trooper skill tree (giving you access to some of the best Dune Awakening skills), and more besides. You'll likely come here more than a few times while you're in this region, and it might be worth setting up a base close to it.

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