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This article refers to elements from Original Dune Pages for this subject as it appears in other canons:
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A thumper is a short stake with a spring-loaded clapper on one end. With the catch released, the thumper would pound repeatedly. It was used to summon a sandworm on the planet Arrakis.
Some thumpers also had a candle, which, when lit, would last for approximately one hour. After the candle burned out, the catch would automatically be released, and the thumper would begin to pound.
Images of thumpers[]
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Thumper illustration for The Dune Encyclopedia (art by Matt Howarth)
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Thumper illustration
Thumper fan art
Thumpers in adaptations[]
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Paul Atreides setting and activating thumper (Frank Herbert's Dune miniseries, 2000)
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Thumper concept art (Dune, 2021, concept art by Joseph Cross)
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Thumper concept art, design variations (Dune, 2021, concept art by Joseph Cross)
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Thumper concept art, thumper in action (Dune, 2021, concept art by Joseph Cross)
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Thumper in action (Dune, 2021)
See also[]
- Maker hooks - Set of Fremen-developed mechanical devices essential to wormriding, used for climbing and holding onto a sandworm's outer armoured scales, and shifting them to influence and steer a sandworm.
- Fremkit - Fremen-developed desert survival kit, includes thumpers and Maker hooks among other essential equipment.
- Images of thumpers