If you wish to be a skilled Marksman in Dune Awakening then you need to get under the wind of the Mentat Trainers. They specialize in long range combat and unless you started with this skills tree, you’ll have to find the Basic Mentat Trainer to get started.
This tree will give a boost to your ranged weapons. Below are all Mentat Trainer locations from Dune Awakening.
Mentat Basic Trainer Location in Dune Awakening
The Basic Trainer for Mentat skill tree doesn’t spawn right away in Dune Awakening. Play and progress for a while and then go and look at the Riftwatch in the Hagga Rift. The name of the trainer is Samin Moro and they will start training after you complete the required quest for them.
Mentat Basic Trainer Quest
You will find Moro at the base of the fortress near the contract board. Complete the First Blood quest for Moro with the following steps:
- Deliver Plant Fiber x100
- Deliver Iron Ore x40
- Plant the poison
- Report back
Mentat Advanced Trainer Location in Dune Awakening
Finding the Basic Mentat Trainer will unlock this skill tree, but then it is time to move on to more Advanced stuff. For that you need to locate the Mentat Advanced trainer in Dune Awakening.
The trainer named Zayn De Witte is on Arrakeen who will help you unlock new skills and abilities under the Mentat tree. Zayn is inside the Salusan Ball. Refer to the image above for his exact location in the game. Basically, you need to go up the stairs when coming from the Ornithopter Pilot.
Mentat Advanced Quest #1: Calculated Calamity
Zayn explains he has been exiled from the house and seems revenge. You need to help him and complete the Calculate Calamity trainer quest for him. To complete the quest follow these objectives in Dune Awakening;
- Interrogate the Mobula Gang Member at the Anvil
- Interrogate the second Mobula Gang Member
- Enter the Mobula gang’s base
- Search for information about other bases
- Sabotage generator
- Sabotage vehicle
- Enter Chattel Passage
- Find the Mobula Gang’s Minimic Film
- Sabotoge comms console
- Deliver the Minimic Film to Zayn in Arrakeen
But completing this quest alone won’t help the situation as Zayn won’t be able to train you. There is a second quest called An Olive Branch that must be completed before Zayn can start your training.
Mentat Advanced Quest #2: An Olive Branch
Zayn’s quest for revenge fails and he ends up making things worse for everybody. After completing the first trainer quest hand over the tape to Zayn to start An Olive Branch. In this the second quest you simply need to deliver the Mobula Gang minimic film to Thufir Hawat.
Hawat is found in the Residency Approach in Arrakeen.
Complete your conversation with Hawat and return to Zayn with the bad news. He won’t like the outcome will agree to train you regardless. For your troubles you also end up getting 700 XP, 4,500 Solari. You can then upgrade your skills to level 2.
Mentat Advanced Quest #3: Cataloging Defectors
Zayn has more favors to ask of you. Speak with him to start another Mentat Trainer quest for Zyan. During this quest you will see just how desperate he is to earn favor with House Atredies.
Mentat Skills and Abilities
| Skill Tree | Skill Name | Type | Description / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mental Calculus | The Sentinel | Ability | Deploys a suspensor‑buoyed dart turret (multi-hit AoE) |
| Garment Keeper | Passive | Reduces gear durability loss by up to 25% | |
| Ranged Damage | Passive | +5/10/15% range weapon damage | |
| Tailoring | Passive | Further reduces max durability loss on repaired gear | |
| Marksman | Technique | +20/25/30% headshot damage | |
| Pistol Damage | Passive | +10/15/20% pistol-style weapon damage | |
| Exploit Weakness | Technique | Marks unshielded enemy weak point, +50% follow-up ranged damage | |
| Assassination | Poison Capsule | Ability | Spore cloud deals poison damage (3–18 per tick) |
| Poison Mine | Ability | Deploy poison mine (cooldown ~35 s) | |
| Tactician | Gravity Mine | Ability | Slows enemies, drains power in sphere |
| Solido Decoy | Ability | Deploys a holographic decoy to fool enemies | |
| Anti‑Gravity Mine | Ability | Lifts enemies or aids traversal with gravity field | |
| Iron Will | Technique | Resists Bene Gesserit Voice effects (costs stamina) | |
| Source of Power | Ability | Deploys generator to regenerate nearby allies’ power |
