Dune: Awakening Mentors Guide: Where to Find Each Trainer and What They Unlock

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Why mentors matter in Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening doesn’t force you into one discipline forever. You can unlock training across multiple schools by tracking down the right mentors and completing their starter or advanced tasks. The catch is that mentors are spread across trade posts, remote camps, and major hubs like Arrakeen and Harko Village, and most of them require proof before they teach you anything.

This guide is a clean directory of the mentors and quests from the original list, rewritten for clarity so it’s easy to follow in-game.

Mentor types and what to expect

Basic mentors

A basic mentor opens the discipline and gives access to the first part of its skill tree.

Advanced mentors

An advanced mentor expands the same discipline with higher-tier skills. Reaching them often involves paid travel and longer quest steps, so it’s best to plan these trips instead of doing them on impulse.

Trooper mentors

Ghavouri (Basic Trooper mentor)

Portrait of Ghavouri, the basic Trooper mentor in Dune: Awakening, arms crossed in a trade outpost interior

Ghavouri is the entry point to Trooper training. You can meet him as soon as you arrive at Griphon’s trade outpost. He’s a veteran with a personal score to settle against local gang leaders. Help him remove them and he unlocks Trooper training.

In-game map showing Ghavouri’s location marker at Griphon Outpost in the South Hagga Basin

Location

  • South Hagga Basin, Griphon trade outpost

Unlocks

  • Trooper skill tree

Reward

  • 2000 Solari
  • 700 XP

Quest

  • Trooper Basics: Proving Grounds

Objectives

  1. Eliminate Aatu Golven in Kaleff’s Stand
  2. Eliminate Kirsi Tol in Shamal Tunnel
  3. Eliminate Kardanus Ulun in Edgeway Cavern
  4. Report back to Ghavouri at the Griphon outpost

Kara Valk (Advanced Trooper mentor)

Kara Valk, the advanced Trooper mentor in Dune: Awakening, standing inside the Atreides citadel in Arrakeen

Kara Valk is the advanced Trooper trainer and can be found in Arrakeen inside the Atreides citadel. To reach her, take a taxi-ornithopter from any trade post. Once you’re inside the citadel, go deeper into the building, take the stairs at the far end of the main hall, then turn left. She stands on a balcony overlooking the hall.

In-game base map showing Kara Valk’s location marker inside the Atreides citadel in Arrakeen

Location

  • Arrakeen, Atreides citadel

Unlocks

  • Advanced Trooper skills

Reward

  • 4500 Solari
  • 700 XP

Quest

  • Trooper Advanced: Seeking Control

Objectives

  1. Infiltrate the slaver base in The Sweep
  2. Find intel about servo-stim transmitters
  3. Deliver two transmitters to Kara Valk

Planetologist mentors

Derek Chinara (Basic Planetologist mentor)

Derek Chinara, the basic Planetologist mentor in Dune: Awakening, wearing desert gear at his camp in the South Hagga Basin

Derek Chinara is an Arrakis ecology specialist who introduces you to Planetologist training. His camp sits slightly north of Imperial Testing Station No. 2. He agrees to train you once you recover a missing mimic film.

In-game map showing Derek Chinara’s location marker at his camp in the South Hagga Basin, north of Imperial Testing Station No. 2

Location

  • South Hagga Basin, Derek’s camp (north of Imperial Testing Station No. 2)

Unlocks

  • Planetologist skill tree

Reward

  • 2000 Solari
  • 700 XP

Ques

  • Planetologist Basics: Mimic Film Recovery

Objectives

  1. Enter Imperial Testing Station No. 2
  2. Find the mimic film
  3. Return the film to Derek at his camp

Mentat mentors

Samin Moro (Basic Mentat mentor)

Samin Moro, the basic Mentat mentor in Dune: Awakening, wearing a dark high-collar suit near the Riftwatch guard post

Samin Moro waits near the Riftwatch guard post. She starts with a simple resource request, then sends you on a longer job on the far west side of the Eastern Vermillius region, at Kirab’s camp near Suk Alusus. You push through a long corridor, pick up an identification bracelet on the right, then use it to open the door directly opposite. Inside, you poison the supply container. Once you return and report, she unlocks Mentat basics.

In-game map showing Samin Moro’s location marker at her camp in the Hagga Rift near Riftwatch

Location

  • Hagga Rift, near Riftwatch

Unlocks

  • Mentat skill tree

Reward

  • 6500 Solari
  • 700 XP

Quest

  • Mentat Basics: First Blood

Objectives

  1. Deliver 100 plant fiber
  2. Deliver 40 iron ore
  3. Poison the supplies
  4. Return and report to Riftwatch

Zayn de Witte (Advanced Mentat mentor)

Portrait of Zayn de Witte, the advanced Mentat mentor in Dune: Awakening, standing in Arrakeen

Zayn de Witte is the advanced Mentat trainer. You can find him in Arrakeen at the Salusan Bull bar, close to the entrance to the city zone. Getting there requires a paid taxi-ornithopter flight from any trade post.

In-game map showing Zayn de Witte’s location marker inside the Salusan Bull bar in Arrakeen

Location

  • Arrakeen, Salusan Bull bar

Unlocks

  • Advanced Mentat skills

Reward

  • 4500 Solari
  • 700 XP

Quest

  • Mentat Advanced: Calculated Calamity

Objectives

  1. Interrogate a Mobula gang member in The Anvil
  2. Interrogate a second Mobula gang member
  3. Infiltrate the Mobula base
  4. Find information about other Mobula bases
  5. Find the Mobula mimic film
  6. Deliver the mimic film to Zayn in Arrakeen

Bene Gesserit mentors

Sister Mesa (Basic Bene Gesserit mentor)

Sister Mesa, the basic Bene Gesserit mentor in Dune: Awakening, wearing traditional robes at Helios Gate

To reach Sister Mesa, travel to Helios Gate in the Eastern Shield Wall region. The gate is directly north of the Pallas Crash wreckage in the Western Vermillius basin. The safest route described in the original guide is to move north while staying along the eastern side of the massive rock ridge that leads up to the gate. This path takes you past Pinnacle Station (where the basic Swordmaster mentor is). From Pinnacle Station, turn left and move south to climb toward Helios Gate.

In-game map showing Sister Mesa’s location marker at Helios Gate in the Eastern Shield Wall region

Location

  • Helios Gate, Eastern Shield Wall

Unlocks

  • Bene Gesserit skill tree

Reward

  • 7000 Solari
  • 700 XP

Quest

  • Bene Gesserit Basics: The Missing Pieces

Objectives

  1. Find a text titled “Lisan al-Gaib and …”
  2. Find the text “Blade of the Mahdi”
  3. Deliver “Lisan al-Gaib and …” to Sister Mesa
  4. Deliver “Blade of the Mahdi” to Sister Mesa

Jacosta Cleo (Advanced Bene Gesserit mentor)

Jacosta Cleo, the advanced Bene Gesserit mentor in Dune: Awakening, standing in Harko Village

Jacosta Cleo is the advanced Bene Gesserit mentor hidden in Harko Village. You can reach the Harkonnen stronghold by paying for an ornithopter flight from any trade post. She is in the north-east part of the village, near the weapons vendor, past the venue called Eye of the Baron.

In-game map showing Jacosta Cleo’s location marker near the weapons merchant in Harko Village

Location

  • Harko Village (north-east, near the weapons vendor, past Eye of the Baron)

Unlocks

  • Advanced Bene Gesserit skills

Swordmaster mentors

Arno (Basic Swordmaster mentor)

Arno, the basic Swordmaster mentor in Dune: Awakening, wearing a blindfold at Pinnacle Station

Arno, the basic Swordmaster trainer, is located at Pinnacle Station, a trade post in the Jabal-Eifrit al-Garb region. To find it, travel straight north from the Pallas Crash wreckage in the Western Vermillius basin. Pinnacle Station looks similar to other trade posts, so the key is being on the correct northbound line from the wreckage.

In-game map showing Arno’s location marker at Pinnacle Station in the Jabal-Eifrit al-Garb region

Location

  • Pinnacle Station, Jabal-Eifrit al-Garb

Unlocks

  • Swordmaster skill tree

Reward

  • 5500 Solari
  • 700 XP

Quest

  • Sword Master Basics: Checking the Post

Objectives

  1. Find Devil’s Eye Cavern
  2. Search the Pallas Crash site
  3. Investigate Imperial Testing Station No. 76
  4. Return to Arno at Pinnacle Station and report

Planning tips so mentor trips don’t waste your session

Stack your objectives when you fly

Paid flights to Arrakeen or Harko are usually worth it only when you stack multiple goals into the same trip: mentor, vendor stop, quest step, and any nearby unlocks.

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Don’t carry your entire stash

Most mentor quests push you through camps, caves, corridors, or PvP-adjacent routes. Going light reduces the cost of failure and makes your travel safer.

Advanced mentors hit harder when your character is already stable

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If you try to run that chain while your level and kit are still shaky, the session turns into recovery work instead of progression. Stabilize first, then commit to one clean push: fewer resets, fewer emergency vendor trips, and a much higher chance you finish the whole route while your momentum is still intact.