The next major quest in the Dune Awakening main story, following The Last Target, has us hunting for The Jackal.
Unlike with A Sign From Above and Water Fat, The Jackal sends us to a major city rather than to a location on the world map. It is, however, once again an instanced location. Elara Tuek sends us to find the Jackal, hidden in one of the deep alleys of Arrakeen. We are given a Shigawire Garotte to carry out the deadly deed.
In this guide, we’ll walk you through The Jackal quest and point out any locations, items or tips that might help!
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Before You Start - Preparation Checklist
Despite the name of the quest and the implication that we are once again killing someone, this is a fairly easy quest that won’t require us to fight anyone.
- Shigawire Garotte - Quest item, you must have this in your inventory
- Arrakeen Travel - Ornithopter or Fast Travel
The Jackal Location
As stated in the quest information, the Jackal can be found in the city of Arrakeen. So either fly to the location via the World Map or pick up a Fast Travel taxi. You will find the location of The Jackal in a crack in the wall in the Warrens area of Arrakeen. This is an instanced area with no combat weapons allowed.
The Words Of The Jackal
Pro Tip: You can just click any option until you get the correct answer. The only thing that matters is that your character “understands” the words they must speak.
Now, once we’ve headed inside the crack in the wall, it’s time to meet our new friends. The Wolf is up first, and we need to seek the correct word from him. He will ask us a question to find the missing word. The correct answer is “Seek”.
Next, we turn the corner to “The Beggar,” who will give us our next word. No clue here, your character will understand it’s “footprint.”
Down the stairs we find The Vulture and his wife Felicity. The key here is to trust him about his wife and be nice to him. He will then reveal “Worm” as his word.
Lastly, we find The Jackal. To make him talk, we need to utter the phrase “I Seek the footprints of the worm.” This will trigger the next step, accompanied by some lore about the Fremen.
Speak with The Jackal, learn his story, and you will be given the option to kill him or say you don’t want to. Sadly, both result in his death, with The Jackal determined that killing him means we can continue our mission. Doing so will prompt Ariste to contact us about the Ixian Decoder from the previous mission, which will initiate the final part of the main story.
Upon leaving the Alley, we will get The Jackals Blindfold as a unique head item alongside the next quest, “A Rendezvous With Ari.”
A Rendezvous With Ari
Ari can be found on Arrakeen, in the upstairs area of the bar. Getting close to her will trigger a cutscene. With that done, we are given the follow-up quest “Searching for Answers".
Keep an eye on our other quest guides for more information and how to progress in the story or pick up rare quest rewards.
