The Dunes

The Dunes
Zone	PvP / Open
Connected to	The Shores (north of Dunes East), The Pond (north of Dunes West)
Notable features	Heat damage, Giant Scorpions, King Scorpia, cacti, silver nodes, Kaziir the Armoursmith, Harun the Forgewright, Nadeen the Sandcook, Zahir the Dyeweaver, Qadim the Relicweaver, safe camps
Entry requirement	None — open to all levels (closed to free accounts)

The Dunes are a desert realm south of The Shores and The Pond, made up of three connected realms — The Dunes East, The Dunes West, and The Dunes South. Heat drains your HP over time, ordinary food stops working, and open PvP applies outside the fenced camps. King Scorpia rules the southern sands.

Entry: Walk to the south edge of The Shores (into Dunes East) or south from The Pond (into Dunes West) — neither door has a level requirement, but free accounts (holding under 1,000 $KINS) cannot enter. You get a 30-second heat grace on arrival. Dying in Dunes East respawns you at The Shores; dying in Dunes West or Dunes South respawns you at The Pond.

For the full v5.3 patch (Smithing, armor, Hard Scrolls, stack size changes), see Update:Dunes.

What's Here

Feature	Use
Heat damage	After 30s grace: 1 HP every 10 seconds (bypasses shield). Safe camps do not stop heat.
Cactus	Instant 20 HP heal (Dunes-only). Cut with Iron Axe+ at Woodcutting 20.
Giant Scorpion	200 HP pack mobs — Desert Robes (1/5,000 each piece) and Medium Scroll (1/1,000), and very rarely a Carapace piece (1/125,000 each) or the War Camel (1/200,000). Bites hit for 9-20 HP (+50% if you wear no armor); kills pay 110 Combat XP.
King Scorpia	World boss in The Dunes South — Hard Scroll, King Scorpia Mount, gold.
Safe camps	East and West each have a large fenced pen plus a small arrival pen — no scorpions/PvP, but no resources spawn inside them. The Dunes South has no safe zones at all.
NPCs	Kaziir the Armoursmith and Qadim the Relicweaver (East); Harun the Forgewright, Nadeen the Sandcook and Zahir the Dyeweaver (West).

Entry

Requirement	Notes
From The Pond	No level requirement — direct south entry to Dunes West
From The Shores	No level requirement — south entry to Dunes East
Paid account	Free accounts (under 1,000 $KINS) cannot enter any Dunes realm

Survival

Rule	Details
Food / potions	Regular Health Potions, cooked chicken, and cooked fish do nothing. Dishes give their buff but no heal, except the Cactus Salad, which heals 20 HP. Shield and Strength potions still work.
Health Potion+	50 HP over 5s — crafted by Nadeen the Sandcook (15 cacti + 1 Health Potion + 5 brute horn).
Desert Robes	Top + bottom together = full heat immunity. Each piece 1 in 5,000 from Giant Scorpions.
Tools	Starter tools do nothing anywhere in the Dunes — every node needs a forged (copper or better) tool.
Death	Full loot outside camps (except mounts, cosmetics, pets); 5-minute tombstones (an account that hasn't yet held 1,000 $KINS for 24 hours, or has a trade restriction, drops no tombstone — its loot is simply lost). Respawn at The Shores (from Dunes East) or The Pond (from Dunes West and Dunes South).
No trading	Profile card only — no trades, wagers, or duels.

Related pages

Page	Why it matters
Update:Dunes	Full Server Update v5.3 notes.
Update:Relics / Qadim the Relicweaver	Relic weaving — 5 Gold, earned gear only; rerolls 5 Gold each, max 10 per item.
The Shores	Entry point to Dunes East, and its respawn.
Smithing	Copper / iron / silver forge loop — silver ore comes from here.
Emberstone	Molten rock and brute horn for armor crafting.
Scroll	Medium Scroll farm; Hard Scrolls from King Scorpia.
Desert Robes	Heat immunity cosmetic set.
Cacti	Instant healing in the Dunes.
Health Potion+	Alternative heat management.
Giant Scorpion	Primary mob and robe source.