A curious wind travels all over the Exiled Lands. Sun watches over gloriously, as summer reaches its peak. For some, it’s time to retreat into a cool house by the water or in a cooler area. Others aren’t as lucky, living in all-purpose homes or worse yet - working under the sun’s scorching gaze.

Exiles, have you ever thought about where and how you would face the summer in the Exiled Lands? Well, no better time now to think about and work on that we gladly announce our next Building Contest theme: A Summer Retreat.

You are welcome to imagine it any way you’d like - cozy and wicked ideas are both welcome.



Exiles, it’s time to build your Summer Retreat in the Exiled Land. Whatever a “Summer Retreat” means is up to you to decide.

Judging will be based on creativity and originality of both your building and how you applied the idea of “Summer Retreat”.

Bigger is not necessarily better! While work put into a detailed construction will definitely be appreciated, a small house with an original take and well-thought-out decoration will be more impressive than a bland building with simply a lot of rooms.

Context can help us better understand nuances! This is why we are giving you a field to tell us about your building in the application form. You can name your building, talk about where it is and anything we should know (and might miss by just looking at the photos/videos!) While this is first and foremost a building contest, we will be reading and considering this field for context.

Judges will be from the community managers, community support, dev team and a select few Exiles volunteers.

There will be six winners, three for each category: unmodded and modded. As usual, we will also have a few Honorable Mentions!

Feel free to share your creations on social media with the hashtag #HotConanSummer ! In fact, one of our Honorable Mentions will be chosen from the participants using the hashtag!*

Please note that you need to fill out the participation form to enter the contest regardless!

• Read the “How to Enter” section for more info.

All entries must be submitted by July 25, 2024 10:00 CEST.



For each category (Modded and Unmodded)





To qualify as a participant, you must send us your entry through the Participation Form.

• If you do not submit it through the form, your application will not be counted.
  
• Optionally, you can share your creation on social media with the hashtag #HotConanSummer. This is NOT a replacement for filling in the form. One of the creations shared via this way might be selected as a Honorable Mention, but the ultimate decision will be at the Jury’s discretion.
  
• We will accept entries until July 25, 2024 10:00 CEST. Entries submitted after this date will not be counted.
  
• Please be sure to double-check all the information and especially the email address you enter, so that we can contact you if you win.

Good luck, Exiles.



Please use only the following websites to upload your building:

Imgur
YouTube
OneDrive
GoogleDrive
Twitter
Official Forums

Additionally:

• Your entry must include an image and/or video of your building.
  
• If you include a video, please keep it under 5 minutes.
  
• If you include pictures, please keep it under 15 images.
  
• When you submit your building entry, you affirm that it is your own work. You may have help making it, but it can only be submitted once. Please do not submit an entry that you did not make.
  
• If same building is used in multiple entries, only the first entry will be counted.
  
• Only one entry per person is allowed and this is true across categories (ie you can only submit an entry for modded or unmodded, not both)
  
• All entries must adhere to the Conan Exiles Code of Conduct.
  
• Do not edit your images in any way, such as filters.

Privacy: Funcom’s Privacy Policy is at: Privacy Policy – Funcom

Restrictions: Void where prohibited by law. Participants must be of legal age in their country of residence to participate. Directors, officers and employees of Sponsor, its parent, and any of their respective affiliate companies, subsidiaries, agents, professional advisors, advertising and promotional agencies, and immediate families of each are not eligible to win any prizes. All applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

Use of Entries: In consideration of the chance to enter the Contest, The Sponsor(s) shall have the perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide license and right to use, modify, reproduce, publish, perform, display, distribute, make derivative works of and otherwise commercially and non-commercially exploit Entrant’s name, character, likeness, and entry materials in perpetuity and throughout the universe, in any manner or medium now existing or hereafter developed, without separate compensation to Entrant or any other person or entity.

General Release: By entering the Contest, Entrant releases participating sponsors and any of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agencies (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any liability whatsoever, and waive any and all causes of action, related to any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Contest or delivery, misdelivery, acceptance, possession, use of or inability to use any prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, taxes, fees, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy.

Affidavit, Release and Data Collection: As a condition of being awarded any prize, winners will be required to execute and deliver to Sponsor’s a signed Affidavit of Eligibility, which includes an acceptance of these Official Rules, a release of liability and delivery information for prizes. Entrant is informed that the data collector is Funcom Oslo AS., and the data collected will be transferred to the United States of America. Upon request, Entrant will be provided with access to Entrant’s personal data. Entrant may withdraw their personal data upon request, however in such an event, Entrant will be disqualified as an entrant in the Contest prior to the fulfillment of prizes.

Winners List: Winners will be posted on the Funcom official forums.

Sponsors:
Funcom Oslo AS.
Kirkegata 12 N-0153 Oslo Norway

Greetings Exiles,

Today, we come bearing big news! As you know, Conan Exiles is always evolving, and so is the way our team develops it. We have several important topics to cover:

• Today’s new update
  
• New content update structure
  
• No Battle Pass from Next Age and onwards

The Bounty Hunting Event has returned, with a few improvements and new rewards. Across the Exiled Lands you will now find camps of people dedicated to Mek-Kamoses, a powerful sorcerer who will suffer no new upstarts.

Track down the nascent sorcerers and bring them back to earn unique new rewards. A living sorcerer is worth most, but their skull will also do. For the return of this event, new rewards have been added, including the Khitan Slaver Outfit, and a shiny new truncheon and bindings to bring those sorcerers back in one piece.


Down But Not Out (DBNO) has arrived! Thanks to this long-awaited feature, your thralls will no longer permanently die when their health is depleted. Instead, they will enter a downed state, during which you can resurrect them. But beware, for if your thrall is downed three times within a certain window, it will die for good. Make sure to keep them out of trouble until these “strikes” expire.

See the full details of today’s update in the patch notes below.

This update is the first of its kind, one which allows us to add content which did not make it into the major Chapter updates.



Since the beginning of the Age of Sorcery, and for most of the Age of War, we have been releasing one Chapter update more or less every three months. This was a new challenge for us, and we have learned a lot (and released a LOT).

For one, this cadence is not quite our sweet spot; where we are completely happy with the quality, the quantity, and the type of content we are releasing.

To find this sweet spot, we’re extending Chapter updates to roughly every six months, and adding a smaller update between each. Today’s update is the first of these.


We believe this will give us the time we want to fully flesh out the Chapter updates, along with the opportunity to add smaller updates between, including things such as new and returning events (with cosmetic rewards), quality of life improvements, and bug fixes.


As the nature of Conan Exiles and its development cycle has evolved, we have over time reached the conclusion that the time put into creating a new and engaging Battle Pass for each Chapter can be better spent spread across several other areas of development. These include both the Chapter content, and now the updates between as well, with various activities and rewards.

In short, a part of the work previously put into the Battle Pass will now be felt in free content updates and rewards overall.


To sum everything up:

• Future Chapter updates will release about every six months.
  
• Smaller content updates will release between Chapters.
  
• The Next Age will not have a Battle Pass. Instead, it will focus on Chapters with smaller content updates between Chapter releases, and the Bazaar will continue with new items and bundles. The current Battle Pass will remain active until the next Age begins.

The team is progressing well on the next Age, and while we do not have a release date just yet, we can’t wait to share more info with you all in August. We will be bringing some brand new major features which have a ton of potential to expand upon for future updates, and which integrate well with existing features added in the Age of War, making the world feel even more alive and cohesive.

We’d love to hear what you think the next Age will be called, and what it will bring. Let us know in the comments!



DBNO (Down But Not Out)

• On taking fatal damage, followers (excluding golems) will no longer immediately die! They will instead fall to the ground and begin to bleed out. Their health bar will turn gray and deplete over time.
  
• Interacting with allied followers that are bleeding out will perform a rallying cry that revives them and allows them to return to the battle. If you do not revive them before they bleed out, the follower will die.
  
  • Pressing interact will cause revived followers to return to their previous behavior
    
  • Holding interact will cause revived followers to follow you when they are revived
    
  • If you take damage while performing a rallying cry, the action is interrupted and must be started again.
    
  • Rallying cries will revive all followers in a 15 meter radius around the revive target
    
  • Damage taken while bleeding out will reduce the remaining bleed out Health
• Each time a follower begins bleeding out they will accrue a "Strike"
  
  • If a follower has three strikes, they will die the next time their health is depleted.
    
  • Strikes expire simultaneously after 15 minutes
    
  • Expiration time is refreshed to the maximum duration when strikes are applied
• Functionality can be enabled and disabled through server settings.

Bounty Hunting has returned to the Exiled Lands and Isle of Siptah with several new improvements and rewards. Apprehend sorcerers and bring them back for a bounty - dead or alive. The Khitan Bounty Hunters have a special interest in both live specimens and sorcerous heads. Sorcerers can be found in any human camp - prepare for a fight!

New Rewards:

• Mad Prophet Armor (returning)
  
• Khitan Slaver - Bamboo Hat, Tunic, Wristraps, Legwraps, Footgear
  
• The Tiger's Truncheon
  
• Dead Woman's Tresses
  
• Sundered Manacles
  
• Blue Smoke Fireworks / Red Brocade Fireworks
  
• Khitan Exile's Tribute Basin

Fixes

• Additional Bounty Hunter representatives in camps.

The Bazaar has received a new shipment of new items - including the Towers of Yamatai, placeables, weapons, and armors. Build your own mystical observatory with the Celestial Scholar Bundle or craft a base from the wreckage with the Barachan Castaway Bundle.

Fixes and Tweaks:

• Adjusted inconsistent stats on Gurnakhi Saddles
  
• Added missing Epic version entitlement for Vendhyan Katar small bundle
  
• Fixed issue where Lotus emblem icon does not unlock upon purchasing

• Item stacks now split successfully inside of work benches.
  
• Items in workbenches now display information on first interact.

Greetings Exiles,

Conan Exiles would not be where it is today without years of valuable feedback. Surveys are a powerful tool for us to better understand who you are and how you feel about different aspects of the game. With Age of War - Chapter 4 well underway, we are turning to you, our valued community, for feedback about your experience.


Or, scan the QR code below with your mobile device's camera:



The first survey, which we released after Chapter 3, received over 24000 responses! It provided fascinating insights into what type of players we have in the community and what you all had the most and the least fun with. It also highlighted areas in communication where we can improve, and validated the feedback shared by players, content creators, and community ambassadors.

The survey results are but one source and the insights obtained cannot be used in isolation, as they represent a subset of the global Conan Exiles community. Their true value comes when we contrast them with the rest of the information to make data-informed decisions.



Expanding on the ways we listen to you and incorporating the learnings into our plans is critical to the ongoing development of Conan Exiles.

We thank everyone for taking the time to share their thoughts. We look forward to learning how to continue improving Conan Exiles in this survey!

Greetings Exiles,

Three weeks ago, we announced our fundraising campaign in collaboration with Save the Children. Together with you, our amazing community, we aimed to raise $5,000 for children in need across the globe.

We launched the campaign with our opening livestream, also kicking off our charity auctions for some extra-special items: A custom gaming chair from noblechairs, a keyboard and mouse set from Cherry XTRFY, a Conan the Barbarian: Rage of the Undying statue from Sideshow Collectibles courtesy of Heroic Signatures, and of course, the custom-made Conan Exiles statue sculpted by Mankej:



Exiles Aid has now concluded, and we are thrilled to announce that with your contributions across auctions and direct gifts, we not only merely reached our $5,000 goal, but absolutely crushed it, totaling an incredible $15,010 by the campaign's end! We are overjoyed and humbled by the sight of our community coming together in force. Mitra is proud of you all!

To each and every donor, no matter the amount: Thank you.


To content creators and community members who amplified the campaign, sharing it far and wide: Thank you.


And to our friends at Neebs Gaming, who were joined by none other than the venerable Wak4863, for their hilarious and wildly successful fundraiser stream: We bow to you. Thank you.


Crom made us strong, but together we are stronger. It takes a village, and this wouldn't be possible without you.






To celebrate the success of Exiles Aid and as an additional humble token of appreciation, ‘The Watchers' armor set is making its return as a Twitch Drop campaign from May 20th - June 5! All you need to do is fire up your browsers, head tohttps://www.twitch.tv/, and watch your favorite creators stream Conan Exiles to claim the gear. Full details to come! Don't forget to link your Conan Exiles profile to Twitch! Learn how at http://twitch.conanexiles.com.


Thank you gain to all Exiles for their support in all shapes or forms. We hope to do more good in the future!

Until next time, heroes.


-The Conan Exiles team

May 14, 2024

Forward notice: We are aware of and continuing to investigate an issue where characters may periodically sink into building pieces. Due to the delicate nature of foundations and sensitivity to changes that affect them (if you know, you know 😥), a resolution for this issue will arrive with a future update. Thank you for your patience; we understand it's frustrating.

• Thrall Command and Interact inputs are no longer mapped to the same button as interacting with Battle Pass notifications. The Battle Pass shortcut on Tier Completion popups now opens with the Inventory button.
  
• Improved animations for golem movement and combat.
  
• Friendly followers have received further 'If not enemy, why enemy shaped' training and no longer attack allied golems.
  
• Fixed certain items missing the option to Repair, such as Redeemed Legion armor. Note: You still need to know the recipe for an item in order to repair it, but this should now function properly, as well as within Creative Mode or when the UnlockAllRecipes admin cheat is enabled
  
• Split stack window triggers on long press rather than press and release.
  
• Fixed issue where player is not able to Shift-Click an item from another player's inventory into their own.
  
• Fixed several additional areas where players can fall through the world and die.
  
• Fixed framerate issues when dropping items from inventory on PS4.
  
• Fixed issue where a game's host becomes stuck when respawning after removing their bracelet.
  
• Fixed issue where Option button indent boxes disappear when nothing is selected in inventory.
  
• Logged out unconscious players now display their name when inspected.
  
• Gazelles once again know fear and flee from danger.

• Improved visual effects (VFX) for Yamatai Onsen Water Pump.
  
• Arcane Reinforced Doorframe is now correctly granted from the Arcane Builder Revisited bundle upon purchase.
  
• Normalized HP values on parts of the Arcane Builder Revisited bundle that were unintentionally set too high.

Greetings Exiles,

The influence of Jhebbal Sag waxes full, and his champions show no signs of tiring. As such, the Sacred Hunt Event will continue until our next update.

If you haven't played the event yet, get a glimpse of it in our new short.

We noticed it was more difficult than we intended to acquire the event rewards in the time that it was live, so we’re extending it for an indefinite period. Thank you to everyone who shared their valuable feedback, as it guides us in decisions that improve the game.

We look forward to sharing more information about our next update soon.

Slay and Survive, Exiles

Greetings Exiles,

Can you believe it has been six years since the first Exile wandered across the desert and found the southern river? They may have promptly been eaten by a crocodile, but nonetheless it was a momentous day!


In celebration of our 6th anniversary, we have teamed up with Tiltify to launch a fundraising campaign for Save the Children! Until 14 May, you can donate money to help children in need.

Donors will have a chance to win a range of prizes, including a savage, custom-made Conan Exiles statue. Get the full details of the charity campaign here.



Grab a pew and a tankard and let us regale you with a tale – no, not the whole tale, for it’s too long – but look below and let us bask in the glory of battles past.



As we’ve continued to welcome new Exiles into the community, Conan Exiles has grown and grown. Let us take a brief look back at all the new content that has arrived in the last year.



An Age in Conan Exiles, but a year ago for all of us, The Age of War launched, bringing Clan Hoards, Emblems, and a slew of combat and weapon improvements.



After you had journeyed across the Exiled Lands to amass your hoard, Chapter 2 saw the Stygian threat take note and send their might against your base in the fully revamped Purges. In addition, Chapter 2 added updates to loot, making it both more valuable and appropriate for the enemy type, its culture, and equipped gear.



In Chapter 3, the ability to build your own Tavern brought a much-needed refuge between battles, a place to trade tales and unwind. Meanwhile, the Siege of al-Merayah provided a new kind of challenge, and a clear target to strike back at the Stygian invasion.



Which brings us to the present. Chapter 4 has expanded purges with additional enemy types, as Stygia makes a final push to conquer the Exiled Lands. Heads are chopped off, impaled, and turned into red mist with the Fatalities system. And when Jhebbal Sag proclaims it, his Sacred Hunt Event begins anew, allowing you to challenge his champions and gain his favor.

It has been an incredible year, and we can’t wait to show you what’s next, as a new Age rises from the ashes of war...


We just got back from Comic Con in Stockholm, where we had the honor of chatting with a whole army of Exiles.



The Anniversary Sale is now live, meaning you can get the Isle of Siptah Expansion at a 20% discount, or any of the culture DLC packs at 25% off. Thank you all for another year of adventure and battle!

Slay and Survive, Exiles

We are currently still investigating Siptah crashes and a full solution is not included in this update. This remains at the top of our priorities for a future update.

• Adjusted right stick input required to change locked targets with a controller to reduce unintentional target changes
  
• NPC-owned destructible bases now respawn more consistently
  
• Fixed locations that cause instant death in locations such as the Sinkhole and the Sacred Hunt Dungeon on Siptah.
  
• Characters once again continue sprinting while Sprint toggle is on.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused characters to log in at the wrong location following a server restart
  
• Thralls and Followers placed from before the Sacred Hunt began have had a change of heart and no longer attack friendly Werehyena followers

• Custom Split window now works within your inventory while Sorting is enabled
  
• Only one inventory item will get highlighted after switching tabs with Item Filtering on
  
• Character inventory no longer becomes unresponsive when merging stacks with Sorting and Filtering applied
  
• Merging multiple stacks of the same item still works after doing it more than once
  
• Updated storage navigation on Gamepad:
  
  • Left analogue stick or d-pad is used move between all storage spaces.
    
  • Optionally, Right analogue stick may also be used to move instantly between storage types.

We overcome hunger, thirst, and the elements in Conan Exiles, but for millions of people across the real world, it is a struggle to contend with daily, and children are among the most vulnerable.

Together, we can combat hunger, but it takes a village - that’s why this year, as part of our sixth anniversary celebration, Funcom is teaming up with Save the Children and Tiltify to launch a charity drive to aid children around the globe! We’re calling upon all Exiles to help give these children a fighting chance.

From April 24th until May 14th, you can donate money directly to the Exiles Aid campaign, stay up to date on auctions of exclusive items - including a custom-made original Conan Exiles statue - and our 6th Launch Anniversary! All the proceeds will go directly to Save the Children.

Here’s how you can get involved:

We are teaming up with Tiltify to launch our fundraising campaign for Save the Children! Tiltify acts as a headquarters of sorts for the campaign, featuring live fundraising updates, direct links to streams, and auctions for some sweet swag. Your generosity could end up snagging you:

• An original, custom-made Conan Exiles statue, created by artist @Mankej_
  
• Conan the Barbarian: Rage of the Undying Sideshow statue, courtesy of Heroic Signatures
  
• Custom gaming peripherals like keyboards, mice, and pads courtesy of Cherry XTRFY
  
• An exclusive Conan Exiles-branded gaming chair from Noblechairs

Tiltify is a leading peer-to-peer fundraising platform for charitable campaigns, with deep roots in bringing content creators and their audiences together with the causes they support. Learn more here: https://causes.tiltify.com

We will be making an appearance at Comic Con Stockholm in Sweden, where the fabulous Conan statue by Mankej will be featured on the convention show floor! We will be hanging out with attendees all weekend, and we might even have special guests swing by!

Find out more about Comic Con Stockholm HERE.

Our fundraising campaign concludes on May 14th! We will be hosting a short livestream to tally up the final numbers and go over what amazing contributions you have made towards ensuring a bright future for vulnerable children around the world! Stay tuned for exact details on our Twitch and YouTube channels.


Thanks for reading to the end, Exiles. Let’s help some kids out.

Save the Children is an international non-partisan, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded over 100 years ago. Their mission is to aid children across the world with food, shelter, and safe education. https://www.savethechildren.org

Greetings Exiles,

On 15 April, the Sacred Hunt came to an end, but the champions of Jhebbal Sag will only slumber for so long…

Return to the hunt and earn unique rewards from 1 – 10 May

Any event items you have already collected will remain in your inventory and can be used when the event returns, which it will do at least once more in Chapter 4.

Good hunting, Exiles!