Greetings Exiles,

We’re starting the year with a new patch focusing on bringing many fixes into the game, addressing exploits, general and UI issues among other things. We’re also laying down the first layer of quality fixes for NPCs and followers, which will be the focus for our next patch in a few weeks.

With this patch we will also enable on official servers a feature introduced with the December update which limits the visibility of players in the player list. By default, players will be listed as invisible unless they choose to participate in chat. At that moment, they will be visible in the player list for the next 5 minutes.

Thanks again for your ongoing support and feedback.

Please remember that updates can mess with your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed.

• Fixed an issue where some assets were taking up too much memory.
  
• Fixed a number of crashing issues.

• Fixed a number of building exploits.
  
• Fixed an exploit regarding logging out while climbing.
  
• Fixed an exploit regarding attribute points.
  
• Fixed an exploit that allowed players to loot bases that had yet not been loaded on the client.
  
• Fixed a number of undermesh locations and methods.
  
• Added fuse time to explosive jars to limit the abuse of some macros.
  
• Fixed an exploit which would allow Javelins and Orbs being thrown through walls and surfaces.
  
• Fixed an issue where stacks of glitched arrows could be refilled.
  
• Fixed an exploit that would allow the construction of floating bases.

• Doors are now aligned to Stable Fence Gate Frame and Stable Fence Gate Frame (Pillars) correctly.

• Fixed an issue where the Great-sword 3rd heavy attack would not hit reliably.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player’s character cannot attack after unequipping a torch while performing directional attack with a one-handed weapon.
  
• Battle Standard no longer loses functionality for the player who re-joined the session in the Proving Grounds zone.
  
• Killing your own pet no longer grants experience points.
  
• Accuracy 40 perk now correctly works when shooting both players and NPCs.

• Followers should now correctly consume food on listen servers.
  
• Thralls and pets should now consume food at a slower rate.
  
• Fixed an issue where mods would break the hunger system and prevent pets and thralls from eating.
  
• Fixed an issue where a Rocknose King spawned inside a rock and was unable to move from there.
  
• Frost Giant Bodyguard can no longer access Accuracy related perks.
  
• Horses can no longer dive.
  
• Ownerless thralls will now decay over time as intended.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed certain NPC’s to be killed without retaliation in the Wine Cellar dungeon.
  
• Blood stains should now be removed correctly from pets.
  
• Fixed an additional issue where Pets’ level may reset after dedicated sever restart.
  
• Fixed an issue where followers would sometimes equip the weapon of the owning player.

• Rusted Chestpiece now provides the same cold resistance as other parts of the Rusted set.
  
• Rebalanced (increased) damage for Quivering Arrows.

• In-game lootchests should now replenish correctly for other players. This would occur if a player stops interacting by pressing the “ESC” button.
  
• Some in-game assets had white textures - this should now be fixed.
  
• Night-vision potions and equipment should now work correctly again.
  
• Fixed an issue where falling damage would not reduce the mount’s endurance.
  
• Fixed a few instances where players could ride a Horse in First Person Perspective camera.
  
• The “Explore the entire Exiled Lands” Journey Step should now unlock properly.
  
• Stables collision now more accurately reflects the model.
  
• All seeds and flowers should now correctly have the same stack-size.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Khari Soldier mail had visible gaps between the textures on the chest area of the female character.
  
• Fixed a skinning issue with Poitain Heavy Armor.

• Fixed a missing water volume in the underwater passage leading to the Undergate.

• Fixed an issue where corpses would T-pose on spawn and/or death.
  
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to interrupt the dismounting animation.
  
• Added mounted weapon-equipping animations.
  
• Fixed an issue where players would always see other players only mount from the left side of the horse.
  
• Certain character customization options are no longer reset to default while mounted.
  
• Using a sword while mounted should no longer stutter on dedicated servers.
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause flickering of body parts when creating a female character.

• Interacting player armors should no longer be presented in unconscious player inventories when interacting with them.
  
• Fixed an issue where “Clear Keybinding” option became non-functional after clearing few keybindings when using a controller.
  
• Fixed an inconsistency between functionality and keywords of building Pieces from the Riders of Hyboria DLC.
  
• Added contextual information regarding combat while riding a mount.
  
• Fixed a case where a redundant horse health bar would display on receiving damage from its rider.
  
• Fixed an issue where follower diet tabs would be empty.
  
• Fixed additional issues with keybindings.
  
• Pet and Thrall Strength attribute bonus is now accurately reflected in the Attribute section of the companion Stats.
  
• Our #spellchekker team fixed various typos and grammar. As a result, they’ve been allowed to experience sunlight for a whooping half an hour.
  
• Putting a food item that is about to expire into a slot on the shortcutbar no longer permanently dyes the text in that slot orange.
  
• Clarified a message about trying to equip unsupported mount weapons while mounted.
  
• Doors in The Warmaker Dungeon should now have information about interaction.
  
• Server list should no longer show 0.0 Population for all servers.
  
• Fixed an issue that would impede normally scrolling through the crafting options in the Armorer's bench while using a controller.

• The audio for death by lava should now be more audible. #hastalavistababy
  
• Fixed missing death vocal and dismember sounds.
  
• Rain Sound Effects are no longer present without a rainy weather inside the “Flooded City” dungeon.

We heard your input regarding the inconvenience with having to switch back and forth between the main game and our TestLive servers. To make it easier for you and because we really value your testing and feedback, we added a separate product for the TestLive server on Steam.

If you own Conan Exiles on Steam, you should now see a separate Product called “Conan Exiles - Testlive Client” in your library which gives you the option to install an additional instance of the game specifically for the TestLive servers. Please be aware that this will prompt you for a full additional installation.

We are aware that not everyone wants install or has space for two full installations. For those of you who don’t want to play through the additional TestLive Client, you can still access the TestLive servers through our old method.

And with that, the holidays have ended. We hope everyone had an amazing New Years as well! We got some pretty impressive and creative entries to this year’s Holiday Contest. We will contact the winners listed here about their prize. This is also posted in the Funcom forums here. Here are the winners!

A super creative recreation of the opening scene to the Addam’s Family movie! They even replaced the text with names of their characters from their private server, Hyboria.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCGldo9p8e8

Original Scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A_aLgc9bJ8




You'll need to click this link to see the gif.
https://imgur.com/a/4PDJHh9







Original Scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD63WRvX3nw
















If you don’t see yours up there, feel free to visit the Funcom forum thread and reply there with your screenshots! Everyone did an amazing job. Thanks for participating!

Greetings Exiles!

We’re releasing a hotfix before vacations that addresses some pending issues reported after the last patch. Please note: Although the keybinding fix should prevent this issue from happening, those who were affected by the double keybinding issue prior to this hotfix should restore their key settings to default.

We’re also doubling decay timers on all official servers for a month so you can all enjoy these upcoming days with your loved ones.

Also remember that we have an ongoing screenshot contest where you can win some sweet goodies. You can read all about it in its announcement thread in our forums.

Thank you for your ongoing support and have a lovely end of the year!

Please remember that updates can mess with your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed.

• Fixed some situations in which it would be possible to refill arrow stacks with different stat values.

• Thralls and pets would on some instances lose their progress on a server restart. This should now be fixed.

• Fixed an issue that would cause two actions to be bound to the same key when changing keybindings. Those previously affected by this issue should restore their keybindings to default after patching to get this change applied.

Greetings Exiles!

It’s finally that time of the year… again! During the next few weeks most of you will be busy spending quality time with your loved ones and suffering terrible dad jokes about the end of the year.

As such, we are doubling the decay timers on official servers to two weeks (14 days) in celebration. This change will remain in effect until January 20th, 2020, effective on all platforms.

We’re also running a new screenshot contest where you can send us your best recreation of famous holiday movie scenes. You can check out all about it in our announcement post in our forums.



We at Funcom and the Conan Exiles team wish you a fantastic end of the year, and here’s for an even greater 2020!

Ahh, December. The time for giving, maybe decorating a dying tree with shiny things and leaving it up until March, lighting candles and setting your enemy's house on fire for warmth on a cold day, and siting upon King Conan's knee telling him what you want.

Besides those traditions, what better way to celebrate than watching your favorite Christmas/Holiday movies? Yes, Nightmare Before Christmas counts. IT'S A CHRISTMAS MOVIE DAMMIT.


We want you to recreate a scene, a building, person, iconic item, whatever from your favorite holiday movie. You could build the town of Whoville, make a character resemble Scrooge in his dark cold mansion, a screenshot of Tim Allen killing Santa, or so on! The judges (community managers) will judge based on creativity and how well it compares to the movie.


The contest will run from today until December 31st, 2019. No more entries will be accepted after this date. The winners will be announced on January 7th, 2020.


1 Grand Prize Winner
Year 2 Season Pass AND all previous DLCs ($90.00 cash value)
OR
Paid 6 months time of a/your private server

9 Runner Ups
One choice of DLC (season pass does not qualify)($10 cash value)

• Must be a movie set during the holiday season or have a scene in which it is present. Elf, A Christmas Story, Jack Frost, Home Alone, and such may come to mind. But don't forget about Die Hard, Edward Scissorhands, and Gremlins too! It can also be a movie not well known or well received or even one from a different country.
  
• You can send them in any format. Screenshots, videos, gifs, are allowed. You could take screenshots and put them in comic form to act out a scene from your chosen movie. Or do it instead through a video. Or send pictures of your recreated building. These are just some examples.
  
• Entries must be emailed to us here: contest@funcom.com. Entries not submitted via this email will not be counted.
  
• To make sure your email is for the contest, please be sure this is your subject line: Conan Exiles Holiday Contest
  
• In the body of your email please mention the titles of the movie your scene is from as well as describe or share which scene. Also tell us if you did it on PS4, Xbox, or PC.
  
• NO MODS ALLOWED. We want to make it fair for everyone.
  
• You can use Ansel on PC to take screenshots.
  
• You can use DLC pieces.
  
• You can absolutely use admin powers if you're doing this on singleplayer/private server.
  
• Only one entry per person. We do not accept multiple entries.
  
• Please refrain from sending pictures taken from mobile phone.
  
• No photoshop or edits outside of the game. (resizing and cropping is fine)

If you have any questions or things that need to be clarified please ask. You can also find this contest post on the subreddit or forums.

Hello Exiles,

We went over community feedback regarding the latest update and discussed it with the rest of the team.

It was clear that many of you felt strongly about the newest movement changes. We also agree that we didn’t leave enough room for testing, which is something we’ll take a closer look at next year and work on improving.

The designers feel that the momentum feature is an essential part of the mount experience. So while we’re keeping it in, we also made some adjustments based on your feedback.

This change is part of today’s patch. Please check out the adjustments and let us know how they feel. We do appreciate all of you and thank you for your ongoing support and for being part of our community.



Please remember that updates can mess with your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed.

• Fixed an issue where it was possible to dismantle the Stables for the wrong amount of resources.
  
• Fixed an undermesh exploit.
  
• Fixed an issue where it was possible to move another player.

• Fixed an issue where armor penetration on bows and arrows would stack incorrectly.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Accuracy 40 perk worked for NPCs but not for players.

• Fixed an issue where pet levels could reset after dedicated server restart.
  
• Decreased thrall damage output.

• Increased the Demon-Fire Barrage damage for buildings by about 40%
  
• Decreased stone requirement for Siege Boulder recipe from 250 to 150 stone.

• Fixed an issue where health regeneration was giving too much health points per tick.
  
• Fixed an issue where logging in, other mounted nearby players could have a desynched relative location to their mounts.
  
• Fixed an issue where character customization options would reset (temporarily) to default while mounted.
  
• Fixed an issue where the player’s breath bar would drain when on a mount in water.
  
• Fixed an issue that would cause certain thralls to be locked to a certain growth rate.
  
• Fixed an issue regarding sprinting mode not toggling off automatically when the mount stops.

• Removed spawnpoints for foals from near the starting river. Foals still exist in other places on the map.

• Tweaked player movement acceleration based on community feedback.
  
• Fixed an issue where using swords while mounted could stutter animations.
  
• Fixed an issue where walking backwards while mounted would affect the weapon attack animation and the mount walking direction.

• Fixed an issue with stretched paperdoll models in inventory and stats menu.
  
• Keybindings for mounts can now be changed (Bound to the same keys as normal movement).

We heard your input regarding the inconvenience with having to switch back and forth between the main game and our TestLive servers. To make it easier for you and because we really value your testing and feedback, we added a separate product for the TestLive server on Steam.

If you own Conan Exiles on Steam, you should now see a separate Product called “Conan Exiles - Testlive Client” in your library which gives you the option to install an additional instance of the game specifically for the TestLive servers. Please be aware that this will prompt you for a full additional installation.

We are aware that not everyone wants install or has space for two full installations. For those of you who don’t want to play through the additional TestLive Client, you can still access the TestLive servers through our old method.

Dear Exiles,

We’re excited to announce that Conan Exiles will be free to play on Steam this weekend, starting from Thursday, December 12, until Monday, December 16!

This is an excellent time to jump in and experience Conan Exiles at its best. We’ve added a ton of new features and mechanics to the game since launch.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/440900/Conan_Exiles/

With Update 38, our most important update since launch, we added mounts and mounted combat, a highly requested feature by the Conan Exiles community. You can now saddle up and ride a horse into the sunset or engage your foes from atop your mighty steed using swords, pikes, bows, and the newly implemented lances.



We’ve also added a leveling system to pets and thralls, making them grow stronger as they fight alongside you. Complimentary to that, we released our latest DLC pack, Riders of Hyboria, which includes new placeables, armor pieces, weapons and building pieces that let you build your own stables.

If you decide you want to buy the game to continue playing after the free weekend, you can get it for 60% off the full price! If you already own the game you can top up on any missing DLCs with a 20% discount for our previously released DLC packs* (except Riders of Hyboria).

We wish you a fantastic free weekend with Conan Exiles!

The Conan Exiles Dev Team

Dear Exiles,

Last week we released Update 38, one of the biggest Conan Exiles updates ever, bringing mounts, mounted combat, thrall/pet leveling system, and much more!

We’re sure you have a lot of questions and comments about the update, so we wanted to take some time today to answer them on stream. It’s the second post-patch mailbag!

Lead designer Alex and Community Manager Jens Erik will be on hand to answer questions from our forums, Reddit and social media on stream. If there's time we will also take questions from chat and from Steam. They will be able to answer some of your questions during the stream, but will try to get to as many as possible.

The stream kicks off at 5pm CET / 11am ET / 9am PT on our regular streaming channels or right here on Steam:

Twitch.tv/Funcom
Mixer.com/Funcom
YouTube.com/Funcom

Hello, Exiles,

We went over community feedback regarding the latest update and discussed it with the rest of the team. It was clear that many of you felt strongly about the newest movement changes.
We also agree that we didn’t leave enough room for testing, which is something that we will work on improving.

The designers feel that the momentum feature is an essential part of the mount experience. However, while we’re keeping it in, we are also making adjustments based on your feedback.

This change will be part of a hotfix going out within the next few days. Please check out the adjustments once they are live and let us know how they feel.

This will also be discussed in our stream later today at 5 pm CET. Make sure to tune in on either Twitch, Mixer, here on Steam or Twitter (Periscope).

We do appreciate all of you and thank you for your ongoing support and for being part of our community.