WORK IN PROGRESS BUILD AND DOCUMENT
This is a work in progress build and as such, neither of the changes and implementations found in it are final. Neither is the patchnotes document, which will be updated, corrected and completed over the Public Beta Client period to better reflect the work in progress nature of this build.

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Exiles of the Public Beta Client lands!

Brace yourselves Exiles as the Age of Heroes is upon us! Your settlements will never be the same! In this major free update, your followers will act on their needs ~for a change~, new companions with the promise of adventures, and much more to discover! Tidy up your tavern, warm up by a campfire, and summon the bards to sing about this new journey ahead.

You can test out the new content in our public Beta. Remember that this is an early access build and you will experience bugs. Your feedback, as always, is massively appreciated.
Thank you for showing interest in our public beta, and don’t forget to send us feedback if you try it out!

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It is time Exiles that we allow our followers and workers to live their best lives. They worked hard, many times under the scalding sun of the desert, and it’s their turn to show you what’s what!

With this new feature, your workers will have a needs system that guides them into a better work-life balance, seeking rest and feast!
Watch as your settlement comes to life with new animations, a new UI for bonus selection on workbenches, and move them around to see new interactions with placeables! Be the follower for a while to discover what’s truly in their hearts and with whom they prefer to sit for their meals.

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What’s best in life than the friends we made along the way?

With this update we introduce two new companions, but don’t be fooled, they are not quite like regular followers. To earn their loyalty you must hear their stories and adventure on new quests!
First, you will need to scavenge the Lands to find them. Then, understand what troubles them and how to assist. New perks follow them along the way and your decisions might change their fate.

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IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING MODS

Please remember that updates can mess with the functionality of your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed. For the purposes of testing, we recommend not using any mods when playing on Public Beta Client.

• All-new functionality for crafter thralls and crafting stations throughout your settlement!
  
• Crafter thralls now fully functional NPCs.
  
• A brand-new GUI has been added for all crafting stations allowing you to select which crafting bonus you would like to apply to your crafts as well as displaying the details of those bonuses.
  
• Crafter thralls will now go about their lives within your settlement fulfilling their daily routines, including work, relaxation, and entertainment as they see fit.

Rescue and recruit new unique followers who will join your pursuit to dominate the Exiled Lands. Help them overcome challenges through multi-day quests across various locations and encounters.

• Disembodied voices summon you to a perilous situation east of the Celestial Plaza. Hear the plight of the sorcerer Liu Fei and aid him in his struggle to survive.
  
• Billowing black smoke will lead you to Freya’s Hovel in the Highlands. Discover what tragedy has befallen the warrior Freya and help her overcome her demons.

Each Companion has several unique Perks to unlock. The perks they receive are based on the decisions you make during their questlines.

• Servers will reset every 12 hours instead of every 24 hours for the Public Beta.
  
• Barkeepers can now be found and rescued from cages across the Exiled Lands
  
• Crafters now have a chance to appear in prisoner cages upon successfully completing a Purge.
  
• Male character model hands no longer clip through Bloodletter Shield.
  
• Large crystal nodes can now be harvested by axes, pickaxes and picks.
  
• Engaging in combat with a Tavern Patron will now kick them out of your tavern
  
• All beds now work as smart objects for players and thralls.
  
• NPCs no longer teleport far away from their chair when attacked.

• Thrall Status is now hidden in nameplates when the thrall is not Following/Guarding/Scouting.
  • Combat thralls set to Guarding/Scouting retain showing their current orders.
  • Thralls which are not Guarding/Scouting now have their nameplate status hidden by default.

• Nameplates of thralls actively following you have been expanded to display more useful information
  
  • Thralls now display their engagement behavior on their nameplate, e.g. Passive, Defensive, Aggressive…
  • …or their current orders, e.g. Attacking, Moving, Waiting/Defending, Returning, Fleeing
  • The exception to this are Pacifist followers such as mounts, and will continue to display as “Following”.

• Delving now works more reliably and has been restructured internally to use gameplay tags.

• (Gamepad) Sorting type and/or its filter can be reset with a long press on R3/L3.

Note these issues will be fixed for the full release. Some issues are experienced more frequently on dedicated servers, testing in single-player may allow you to progress through each quest more reliably.

• Disconnecting during Liu Fei’s ritual may break the functionality of the Circle of Power for all server players until the server reset.
  
• If a group of players completes Freya’s final fight quest together, when talking to Freya the dialog for recruitment may not open for server players until the server reset.
  
• Freya may be missing her sword after recruiting her.
  
• If a player completes the forge battle around another player they may be unable to start it.
  
• Forge mobs may not de-spawn during the forge fight quest.
  
• Companions may have assorted issues with perks:
  
• Liu Fei’s “Corrupting Curse” perk doesn’t deal damage over time to any enemy.
  
• Companions may have no perks if the player recruiting them is part of a clan.

Underneath the blood-soaked wilds stirs a primal force, a calling of the hunt. Be you predator or prey, Exile? Rejoice, for both are sacred! Learn more about this new limited-time event below:
https://www.conanexiles.com/blog/answer-the-call-of-the-wilds-in-age-of-war-chapter-4/

The Sacred Hunt is still available for testing.

• Enemy humanoid NPCs have a chance to enter a dazed state upon receiving what would normally be a fatal blow
  
• Once dazed, approach the front of the enemy and attack them with a melee weapon to perform a gruesome finisher. Each weapon type has a unique animation!
  
• Performing fatalities adds a temporary, but stacking buff

• Control over follower behavior has been removed from the follower radial menu and replaced with a new menu in the follower's inventory panel
  
• Follower Command Radial inputs more fluid - now makes selections on release rather than requiring a second click/button tap
  
• New "Flee" command will instruct your followers to run from combat and regroup with you
  
• New "Wait/Defend Here" command will instruct your followers to stand in the indicated location until instructed otherwise. Aggressive and Defensive followers will fight to defend the location while Passive and Pacifist followers (such as mounts) will avoid combat while staying near the location.
  
• "Attack" and "Return" commands have been reworked to be more reliable when the follower is already in combat
  
• "Stop" command has been removed

• New destructible camps may be found at X’Chotl and New Luxur in Siptah
  
• Bases are fully destructible, similar to the Fortress at al-Mereyah
  
• Enemies do not respawn until the camp resets

• The Stygian Legion, determined to take back what is theirs, have enlisted additional forces to Purge these lands from exiled filth. Be wary of shadowy thieves, stalwart champions, and even sorcerers capable of creating golems or raining fire from the sky.
  
• These encounters are aimed at higher difficulty purges and offer the purge new ways to counter your defenses. Good luck!
  
• Purges above difficulty 9 no longer have Prisoner waves

• Ballista is unlocked via the Knowledge menu tab at level 30
  
• Built on a Siege Weapon Base, which is built on top of a Siege Foundation. The Siege Weapon Base can then be upgraded into either the Trebuchet, or the Ballista
  
• Interact with the front of the Ballista to open its inventory, and the back (where the cranks are) to operate it.
  
• Hold down secondary/heavy attack to charge up the ballista
  
• Fire with primary attack
  
• Ballista ammunition is crafted inside the Ballista
  
• Two different kinds of ammunition, each with 3 tiers: Bolts and Balls.
  
• Bolts are excellent against living targets, and have a particular effectiveness against avatars
  
• Balls deal good point-based siege damage
  
• Ammunition can be selected in the Ballista's inventory, just like the Trebuchet

We’ve been hard at work making the inventory and inventory management a better experience for all Exiles. Here are some of the changes:

Item Tags

• 13 unique item filters which you can use to sort and organize your inventory by, based on associated item tags and identifiers

Quick Stack and Quick Split

• Quick Stack: Interacting with a container will now display a button to grab/offload all matching item types in the container and your inventory.
  
• Pressing the button a second time will place all/grab all non-matching items as well
  
• Quick Split: Right Click/Right-Bumper will now instantly split half of the selected stack of items into a new separate stack
  
• Repeated uses will split the original stack further into the new stack

Updated Inventory action button layout

• Buttons at the bottom of the inventory will now always be in the same location
  
• Buttons will no longer be hidden in a sub-menu

Dye Changes

• The dye functionality has been moved to the dyer’s bench, with a new inventory slot where you place your armor and then press the “dye” button to open up the available options.

Interface

• Added several new icons
  
• Cleaned up the interface of several windows
  
• Introduced more visual consistency between crafting and inventory windows
  
• Added new default keybindings:
  
  • Select: A / No keyboard binding
    
  • Back: B
    
  • Use/Equip: X / F
    
  • Split: RB / Right click
    
  • Give: RT / R
    
  • Give all/take all/quick stack/restock: LT / Q
    
  • Info: A (long press) / no keyboard binding
    
  • Drop: Y / Space
    
  • Start crafting station: LT (long press)
    
  • Cycle sort: R3

• Added 'Auto face forward on attack' toggle under the Gameplay tab in Settings. Turning this option on automatically makes your character turn where your camera is facing while attacking.
  
  • This option is turned OFF by default.
• Stamina now begins regenerating 1 second after consuming or exhausting your supply (from 0.1 seconds)

• Adjusted placement of several items in the Construction Hammer menus
  
• Updated build menu nomenclature:
  
• 'War Torn' item descriptions and notations received a consistency pass
  
• 'Beds' building category renamed to 'Bedroom'
  
• 'Shelves' category renamed to 'Cabinets and Shelves'
  
• Yamatai Floor Pillow is now a proper seat you can interact with! This also means they are now valid spots for tavern patrons and followers to sit.
  
• Freebooter Feline now grants Sorcerous Pet Food knowledge
  
• Zamorian Dais clips less with crafting stations, building, and decoration pieces
  
• Vendhya Treasure Cag is easier to place
  
• Relic Hunter Pick is no longer missing its colored border
  
• Forlorn Crypt Spiral Staircases are easier to rotate on foundation pieces
  
• Floor Pillows can no longer be stacked
  
• Zamorian Canopy no longer clips with crafting stations, building, and decoration pieces and with itself
  
• Added titles and artist names (with permission!) to art contest paintings
  
• The King Below will once again drop the Diadem of Kings
  
• The Sword of Crom now properly deals damage to all enemy types, even when held by Thralls.
  
• Weapon stats have been adjusted as a result
  
• Eldarium Cache and Bag of Essences now have updated icons
  
• Camel Mount and Camel Saddles no longer mention horses in their long descriptions
  
• Adjusted HP value of the Forlorn Crypt Iron Doorframe
  
• The Training Dummy can now be spawned from the admin panel
  
• Corrected a spelling error in Unholy Communion Armor #spelchekr
  
• Updated the placement of several weapons in Weapon Display Racks
  
• Spears with the Sweeping property can now be used while mounted
  
• Re-positioned Thrall placement for the Improved Stove to prevent clipping
  
• The Wine Cellar boss Thag now correctly drops Khari Steel
  
• Nemedian Peasant and Decadence sets have had their crafting requirements updated to match other cloth-based sets
  
• Characters can no longer enter a stance from a mysterious land and era after interacting with Smart Objects (i.e. chairs, emplacements). What depraved sorcery is this 'rootin and tootin'?
  
• Purified Water no longer indicates that it has durability
  
• Fixed a typo with the Potion of Invisibility
  
• Rolling with a drawn bow will no longer result in the bowstring remaining stuck in the drawn state
  
• Fixed an issue where several armor sets could not be delved
  
• Heroic Treasures can once again be placed near coffers
  
• Fixed missing audio on spears' heavy third attack

• Fixed a crash in the Black Galleon on Single Player for lower-spec PCs
  
• Fixed an issue causing hunting-chests to have unintended loot
  
• Fixed an issue prevent hatch-frames from being placed next to wedge ceiling pieces
  
• Fixed an issue which allowed characters to use tools on nodes that are intended to be picked up by hand
  
• Exception: Sickles can still be used on bushes
  
• Fixed an issue which would teleport players inside of the Wolf Cave outside
  
• NPCs at Mek-Kamoses' spire will no longer stop spawning due to nearby landclaim
  
• Siege foundations now follow overlapping rules better, and cannot be placed halfway into other building pieces
  
• The White Tiger and nearby NPCs can now properly navigate their terrain
  
• Fish Traps and Shellfish Traps have had their bait values adjusted to properly reflect their chances of catching specific fish with a given bait type
  
• The cheer emote is now usable in the radial wheel after learning it
  
• Characters will no longer hold dual axes incorrectly when in the relaxed combat pose.
  
• Players may now target-lock limbs of Apes, Rocknose Kings, and the Kryllandian
  
• The Scorpion Queen now has a 100% drop rate for a Scorpion egg sack
  
• Tinkerer Journey step text has been updated to correctly identify the “Apprentice Armorsmith Knowledge” as the required knowledge to progress the journey
  
• The last step of the Thrall Taker’s Journey will now properly complete when placing a thrall from the bench’s inventory
  
• Fixed an issue where some epic weapons did not trigger the "Craft an Epic Weapon" Warsmith journey step
  
• Finding a language dictionary will no longer notify the player that they have found a relic fragment
  
• Repainted several transparent stones at the Mounds of the Dead
  
• Adjusted collision detection for fish trophies so that they cannot be placed in unintended locations
  
• It is now possible to dye all of the armor pieces from the Champion’s armor set
  
• Craft and Craft-All no longer share a default key binding
  
• Stormglass pieces no longer have rain pass through them
  
• Thralls placed too close to one another no longer struggle to find their home-location after a fight
  
• Several Avatars on Xbox have had their Potion of Invisibility revoked, and are now visible as intended
  
• Items behind the Aesir wall can no longer be plundered from the outside
  
• Dying in the Kurak dungeon no longer prevents the player’s corpse from being summoned
  
• Followers now receive XP when killing an enemy with weapons that have the Execution effect
  
• Isscar the Sellsword will now properly despawn (after 10 minutes) when freed from his cage in the Purge
  
  • He will also realize that he has been freed, and stop asking to be let out of a cage he is no longer trapped in
• Hyborian Fighters in the Well of Skelos will no longer fight the Serpent mini-boss in the same area
  
• Removed floating flooring at Muriela’s Hope
  
• Conan can no longer be target-locked, as he is ~~too~~ exactly as powerful as he should be

• Using the Burning Siege Boulder Trebuchet Ammo at the new Luxur Camp on Isle of Siptah may cause a server crash
  
• Items may vanish when moving them to the inventory
  * This is due to desync between client and server. Logging out/back in will resolve the missing issues and they will be back where they belong
  
• Placing items into Thrall-pet inventories causes them to vanish
  * Resolved, but the fix didn’t make it into the public beta build
  
  Controller Functionality
  
• If disconnected from the server, you will need to close/reopen your client to regain controller functionality
  
• The controller will not function/navigate in the thrall equipment panel

• Players are ambushed at night by followers of Jhebbal Sag
  
• Ambush enemies can drop a Map leading to the new event hub
  
• A large beam of light can also be seen shooting into the sky signifying the camps position
  
• The hub has a Vendor and Quest NPC to interact with, as well as a crafting table (Altar of Jhebbal Sag) to craft Grand Champion Lures
  
• Purchase Champion Lures at the Vendor NPC using the Gnarled Fangs dropped from Ambush NPCs
  
• Use Champion Lures at a small number of locations around the map (exact locations are hinted to by camp NPCs) to summon a champion to defeat
  
• Champions (including the final boss) take minimal damage unless the player is naked and wearing the bodypaint purchased at the hub vendor
  
• Use materials acquired from Champions found on the map to craft the Grand Champion Lure at the hub Altar of Jhebbal Sag after speaking to the Bloody Tongue of Jhebbal Sag NPC
  
• Purchase and drink the Potion of the Hunt from Vendor to teleport to the Boss Arena
  
• Use Grand Champion Boss Lure to summon the Werebear final boss

• Chance for enemy humanoids to go into a “Dazed State” upon death strike
  
• Once dazed, the player can perform a fatality if facing the front of the dazed enemy and attacking using a melee weapon
  
• Performing a fatality adds a buff that stacks

• Control over follower behavior has been removed from the follower radial and replaced with a new menu in the follower's inventory panel
  
• Follower Command Radial has been reworked for ease of input, it now makes selections on release rather than requiring a second click/button tap
  
• New "Flee" command will instruct your followers to run from combat and regroup with you
  
• New "Wait/Defend Here" command will instruct your followers to stand in the indicated location until instructed otherwise. Aggressive and Defensive followers will fight to defend the location while Passive and Pacifist followers (such as mounts) will avoid combat while staying near the location.
  
• "Attack" and "Return" commands have been reworked to be more reliable when the follower is already in combat
  
• "Stop" command has been removed

• Small camps that are destructible at X’Chotl and New Luxur in Siptah
  
• Enemies do not respawn until base reset
  
• Base reset occurs on timer if no one is nearby as well as after the boss is defeated and all players leave the vicinity

• Thieves, Champions, Golems, Starcaller
  
• These encounters are aimed at higher difficulty purges and offer the purge new ways to counter your defenses. Good luck!
  
• Purges above difficulty 9 no longer have Prisoner waves

• Ballista is unlocked via the knowledge menu tab at level 30
  
• Built on a Siege Weapon Base, which is built on top of a Siege Foundation. The Siege Weapon Base can then be upgraded into either the Trebuchet, or the Ballista
  
• Interact with the front of the Ballista to open its inventory, and the back (where the cranks are) to operate it.
  
• Hold down secondary/heavy attack to charge up the ballista
  
• Fire with primary attack
  
• Ballista ammunition is crafted inside the Ballista
  
• Two different kinds of ammunition, each with 3 tiers: Bolts and Balls.
  
• Bolts are excellent against living targets, and have a particular effectiveness against avatars
  
• Balls deal good point-based siege damage
  
• Ammunition can be selected in the Ballista's inventory, just like the Trebuchet

• Welcome to an all new Inventory Experience! We’ve been hard at work making the inventory and inventory management a better experience for all Exiles. Here are some of the changes you’ll find in the public beta:
  
• Updated sorting and item filters
  
• There are now 13 unique item filters which you can use to sort and filter your inventory based on associated item tags/identifiers
  
• Added Quick Stack and Quick Split functionality
  
• Quick Stack: Interacting with a container will now display a button to grab/offload all matching item types in the container and your inventory.
  
• Pressing the button a second time will place all/grab all non-matching items as well
  
• Quick Split: Right Click/Right-Bumper will now halve the selected stack of items
  
• Several clicks will split the stack into the same stack
  
• Better present the available inventory actions
  
• Buttons at the bottom of the inventory will now always be in the same location
  
• Buttons will no longer be hidden in a sub-menu
  
• Dye Changes
  
• The dye functionality has been moved to the dyer’s bench, with a new inventory slot where you place your armor and then press the “dye” button to open up the available options.
  
• Added several new icons
  
• Cleaned up the interface of several windows
  
• Introduced more visual consistency between crafting and inventory windows
  
• Added new default keybindings
  
• Select: A / No keyboard binding
  
• Back: B
  
• Use/Equip: X / F
  
• Split: RB / Right click
  
• Give: RT / R
  
• Give all/take all/quick stack/restock: LT / Q
  
• Info: A (long press) / no keyboard binding
  
• Drop: Y / Space
  
• Start crafting station: LT (long press)
  
• Cycle sort: R3

• Fixed a crash in the Black Galleon on Single Player for lower-spec PCs
  
• Fixed an issue causing hunting-chests to have unintended loot
  
• Fixed an issue prevent hatch-frames from being placed next to wedge ceiling pieces
  
• Fixed an issue which allowed characters to use tools on nodes that are intended to be picked up by hand
  
• Exception: Sickles can still be used on bushes
  
• Fixed an issue which would teleport players inside of the Wolf Cave outside
  
• NPCs at Mek-Kamoses spire will no longer stop spawning due to nearby landclaim
  
• Siege foundations now follow overlapping rules better, and cannot be placed halfway into other building pieces
  
• The White Tiger and nearby NPCs can now properly navigate their terrain
  
• Fish Traps and Shellfish Traps have had their bait values adjusted to properly reflect their chances of catching specific fish with a given bait type
  
• The cheer emote is now usable in the radial wheel after learning it
  
• Characters will no longer hold dual axes incorrectly when in the relaxed combat pose.
  
• Players may now target-lock limbs of Apes, Rocknose Kings, and the Kryllandian
  
• The Scorpion Queen now has a 100% drop rate for a Scorpion egg sack
  
• Tinkerer Journey step text has been updated to correctly identify the “Apprentice Armorsmith Knowledge” as the required knowledge to progress the journey
  
• The last step of the Thrall Taker’s Journey will now properly complete when placing a thrall from the bench’s inventory
  
• Fixed an issue where some epic weapons did not trigger the "Craft an Epic Weapon" Warsmith journey step
  
• Finding a language dictionary will no longer notify the player that they have found a relic fragment
  
• Repainted several transparent stones at the Mounds of the Dead
  
• Adjusted collision detection for fish trophies so that they cannot be placed in unintended locations
  
• It is now possible to dye all of the armor pieces from the Champion’s armor set
  
• Craft and Craft-All no longer share a default key binding
  
• Stormglass pieces no longer have rain pass through them
  
• Thralls placed too close to one another no longer struggle to find their home-location after a fight
  
• Several Avatars on Xbox have had their Potion of Invisibility revoked, and are now visible as intended
  
• Items behind the Aesir wall can no longer be plundered from the outside
  
• Dying in the Kurak dungeon no longer prevents the player’s corpse from being summoned
  
• Followers now receive XP when killing an enemy with weapons that have the Execution effect
  
• Isscar the Sellsword will now properly despawn (after 10 minutes) when freed from his cage in the Purge
  
• He will also realize that he has been freed, and stop asking to be let out of the cage he is no longer trapped in
  
• Hyborian Fighters in the Well of Skelos will no longer fight the Serpent mini-boss in the same area
  
• Removed floating flooring at Muriela’s Hope
  
• Conan can no longer be target-locked, as he is ~~too~~ exactly as powerful as he should be

• The King Below will once again drop the Diadem of Kings
  
• The Sword of Crom now properly deals damage to all enemy types, even when held by Thralls
  
• Eldarium Cache and Bag of Essences now have updated icons
  
• Camel Mount and Camel Saddles no longer mention horses in their long descriptions
  
• Adjusted the HP value of the Forlorn Crypt Iron Doorframe
  
• The Training Dummy can now be spawned from the admin panel
  
• Corrected a spelling error in Unholy Communion Armor
  
• Updated the placement of several weapons in Weapon Display Racks
  
• Spears with the Sweeping Property can now be used while mounted
  
• Re-positioned Thrall placement for the Improved Stove to prevent clipping
  
• The Wine Cellar boss Thag now correctly drops Khari Steel
  
• Standardizing nomenclature
  
• War Torn items now have the same spelling/notation
  
• Beds building category is now Bedroom
  
• Shelves category is now Cabinets and Shelves
  
• Adjusted placement of several items in the Construction Hammer menus
  
• Nemedian Peasant and Decadence sets have had their crafting requirements updated to match other cloth-based sets
  
• Characters who entered the “Quick-Draw” stance after interacting with Smart Objects have had their gun and spurs revoked, and will no longer act like a wild west gunslinger
  
• Purified Water no longer indicates that it has durability
  
• Fixed a Typo with the Potion of Invisibility
  
• Rolling with a drawn bow will no longer result in the bowstring remaining stuck in the drawn state
  
• Fixed an issue where several armor sets could not be delved
  
• Heroic Treasures can once again be placed near coffers
  
• Fixed the missing audio on spears' heavy third attack

This is a work in progress build and as such, neither of the changes and implementations found in it are final. Neither is the patchnotes document, which will be updated, corrected and completed over the Public Beta Client period to better reflect the work in progress nature of this build.

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- {LINK REMOVED}Read the full patch notes in our forums.

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Exiles of the Public Beta Client lands!

Steel your nerves, for The Age of War Chapter 3 arrives on December 14! In this major free update, you will finally show the Stygians whose land they seek to conquer. Gather everyone – allies and subjects – and bring down the invader's stronghold.

You can test out the new content in our public Beta. Remember that this is an early access build and you will experience bugs. Your feedback, as always, is massively appreciated.

Thank you for showing interest in our public beta, and don't forget to send us feedback if you try it out!

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

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Have you ever looked at the purge enemies charging your fortifications and longed for the glory of assaulting a castle yourself? In Chapter 3, you can.
Among the ruins of al-Merayah, the Stygians have raised a mighty fortress from which to squeeze every drop of wealth from the Exiled Lands.
Crush their defenses, fight your way into the inner chamber, and face the Commander of the Stygian forces. Gold and glory await the victor.



What are legends for without a place for them to be shared and celebrated. Open your own tavern and then bring it to life.
Once the barkeep has been freed from an enemy purge camp and settles down in your tavern, this dynamic area will over time fill with NPCs that you can hire as guards or workers.
No longer does the wheel of pain need to be the main source of followers!

WORK IN PROGRESS BUILD AND DOCUMENT
This is a work in progress build and as such, neither of the changes and implementations found in it are final. Neither is the patchnotes document, which will be updated, corrected and completed over the Public Beta Client period to better reflect the work in progress nature of this build.

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Welcome to the second chapter of the Age of War. Your precious treasure is under threat and protecting it will be no easy feat. Grab your weapons, build your defenses, and eliminate those seeking it out with new purge rework. Along with this comes new changes to loot, with drops from NPCs and chests that relate better to the area found in.

If you decide to try the beta, share your feedback with us as we continue to shape this update before it launches on all platforms.

Thank you for the continued support for Conan Exiles, and stay safe!

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IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING MODS

Please remember that updates can mess with the functionality of your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed. For the purposes of testing, we recommend not using any mods when playing on Public Beta Client.

Purge Rework!
Protect what is your yours in the new purge rework! Trigger a purge and protect your coin with purge difficulty that scales with your wealth. Win and be rewarded handsomely!

Loot Revamp

Changes to loot are much more contextual, with chests granting more interesting and usable loot and NPCs dropping their actually worn equipment.

[forums.funcom.com]

WORK IN PROGRESS BUILD AND DOCUMENT

This is a work in progress build and as such, neither of the changes and implementations found in it are final. Neither is the patchnotes document, which will be updated, corrected and completed over the Public Beta Client period to better reflect the work in progress nature of this build.

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Exiles of the Public Beta Test lands!

The Age of War is upon us. The first chapter in our next Age for Conan Exiles is now ready for you to jump in and get an early look at what's coming in June. Including new features coming to the game, such as Clan Emblems and Coffers, as well as a significant rebalance to the combat systems to make battles in the Exiled Lands feel as brutal and rewarding as it can get.

Alongside these new systems come new crafting stations and equipment, as well as a bevy of fixes and changes to known issues for the game. This new Chapter will be the first step in the road to war, setting up the foundations for what's to come in later chapter of this second Age of Conan Exiles.

If you decide to try the beta, share your feedback with us as we continue to shape this update before it launches on all platforms in June.

Thank you for the continued support for Conan Exiles, and stay safe!

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IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING MODS

Please remember that updates can mess with the functionality of your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed. For the purposes of testing, we recommend not using any mods when playing on Public Beta Client.

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Clan Emblems!

Unify your clan by showing pride in the most common way - with pictures and colors! New work stations will let you customize the emblem for your clan!

Coffers!

Find treasure, bring it home, and display it at your base! Place any treasure placeables within the coffers radius to contribute to your personal coffer and the clan coffer totals. Treasures can also be placed directly in the chest next to the Treasurer NPC.


Combat rebalance!

We’ve rebalanced several systems with the intention of making it more dynamic, tactical, and deadly, while also addressing several concerns from the community, such as the usefulness and power level of Legendary weapons.

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• Clan Emblems!
  
• Coffers!
  
• Combat rebalancing!
  
• Bug fixes!
  
• …and much more!

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WORK IN PROGRESS BUILD AND DOCUMENT
This is a work in progress build and as such, neither of the changes and implementations found in it are final. Neither is the patchnotes document, which will be updated, corrected and completed over the Public Beta Client period to better reflect the work in progress nature of this build.


Exiles of the Public Beta Test lands!

We’re readying our gears for the next Chapter of Age of Sorcery. Chapter 3 is right around the corner so we’re releasing the current beta publicly so you can have an early look at what’s coming!

Chapter 3 will introduce a new mechanic we hope you get to love as much as we did creating it: Golem Shaping! Gather different parts and raise your golem in the new workbenches. Depending on which parts you use, you will be able to raise guardian golems that will follow you in your quests, or utility golems that will gather resources for you on demand! Take it one step further with the coatings to further customize your creations! Chapter 3 will also introduce a new encounter! A moon eclipse is looming over the nightime skies. Face Kurak and all the dark forces protecting him in his lair for rewards that will be worth your time!

Another big addition we are adding in Chapter 3 is a complete overhaul of the Journey System. We went back to the drawing board and redesigned the system from the ground up. New objectives, more meaningful paths, new UI, and even rewards to make your user Journey all the more meaningful and satisfying!

That’s not all included in this update: many new fixes to known issues, stability improvements as well as a new Battle Pass track (including mannequins!) will come bundled in once we release this update on all platforms in the near future. Until then, if you choose to give this beta a try, let us know your feedback!

Thank you for the continued support for Conan Exiles, and stay safe!

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING MODS
Please remember that updates can mess with the functionality of your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed. For the purposes of testing, we recommend not using any mods when playing on Public Beta Client.

Golem Shaping!
Construct your own Golem using different parts, specialize it in combat or utility to harvest materials for you! Apply coatings to add special effects and extra customization!
New crafting benches, reagents, NPCs, loot and other goodies await in this free update!

Journey System revamp!
A brand new journey system with new and redesigned challenges for a more comprehensive and welcoming learning experience.
Get rewards for completing journey steps and milestones, including resources and equipment!

New encounter: Bloodstone!
The night has retreated, replaced by a foreboding eclipse, amplifying catastrophic sorceries being conducted in the shadows.
Mek-kamoses knows Kurak hides beneath the sands. He has fashioned a Transportory Stone for any adventurer willing to take on Kurak and attempt to return his head to Mek-kamoses.

• Golem Shaping!
  
• Journey System revamp!
  
• New encounter: Bloodstone!
  
• New Battle Pass and Bazaar items!
  
• Bug fixes!
  
• …and much more!

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This is a work in progress build and as such, neither of the changes and implementations found in it are final. Neither is the patchnotes document, which will be updated, corrected and completed over the Public Beta Test period to better reflect the work in progress nature of this build.

Greetings, Exiles of the Testlive Public Beta Test lands!

We’ve been working on a patch to address several performance and stability issues reported over the past weeks, as well as a bunch of other general issues.

Since this is a pretty hefty patch with some important fixes, we wanted to release it first on the Public Beta Test branch of the game to gather some feedback before it goes live on all platforms.

If you give this patch a try and experience any noticeable issues, do please send us your feedback here in the forums!

Thank you for your support and here’s to a smashing 2023!

Please remember that updates can mess with the functionality of your installed mods. We suggest taking a backup of your current database before updating to any new patch if you have mods installed. For the purposes of testing, we recommend not using any mods when playing on Public Beta Test.

• Fixed a number of crashing and stability issues.
  
• Optimized loading times especially on lesser hardware and old gen consoles. This should result in shorter loading times in some cases.
  
• Addressed an issue that could cause abnormally long loading times after respawning.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused framerate to drop when placing Illusionist Mirrors.
  
• Improved performance when opening inventory boxes or opening crafting stations. This should be most noticeable on last-gen consoles.
  
• Spawning undead via the Admin panel should no longer crash the game, but it will still bother the necromancer union.
  
• Optimized memory usage of spells.
  
• Implemented optimization changes which should result in lesser memory usage and derived performance problems when being near NPCs and fighting.
  
• Improved memory usage when receiving resources into the inventory.
  
• Implemented a system that will prioritize loading of models based on whether they are visible or occluded by building pieces or placeables. This should improve performance and game stability in busy areas by avoiding out of memory crashes.
  
• Removed some outdated code lines and deprecated systems to clean up the game code.

• Updated the version of BattlEye.

• Some Wallpaints would be partially hidden when used on certain walls. This has now been fixed.
  
• Moving placeables while you’re on them should no longer move your character, crushing all Aladdin wannabes in the Exiled Lands.

• Added the recipe for sorcerous pet food to the Ophidian Magi Cat feat.

• Grey Foxes can now be damaged. But at what cost.
  
• Shield attacks while holding a sword should no longer slide past the target without inflicting damage.

• Yetis are now able to fight again.

• Tweaked the backend for Events with some optimizations and checks to improve functionality and reliability.

• Your character will now be invulnerable while in a loading screen and three seconds after exiting a loading screen.
  
• “Allow building everywhere” server setting now also lets you place thralls in otherwise restricted areas.
  
• When looting or harvesting many items of the same kind, the UI should now group up notifications to prevent UI clutter.

• Fixed an issue that caused many enemies and animals to show fully or partially invisible on consoles.
  
• Fixed a number of small visual imperfections on a few armor sets.
  
• Fixed an issue that caused not being able to jump after canceling climbing if you had the perk Extended Leap.
  
• “Bounty Hunting: Turn in a head and body” challenge progress is no longer reset upon rejoining the session without claiming the reward.

• New sheathing animations!
  
• Fixed an issue with Shield floating momentarily when unequipping it while holding an 1h spear or 1h axe.
  
• Fixed issue with 2h sword equip animation playing at low frames per second.

• Icons in the construction UI and the admin panel should now load faster.
  
• Updated the description for The Gilt, The Craft and The Lie trophy on the Japanese version to match its current requirements.
  
• Renamed a bunch of Wall/Floorsprays to Wall/Floorpaint for consistency.
  
• Addressed mixed up reward names and descriptions for the Battle Pass level 27 & 38 rewards.
  
• Resolved a number of additional issues where some Battle Pass rewards would have a different name in game.
  
• Addressed a number of inconsistency issues with the international localizations of the game.
  
• Fixed some item icons in the Bazaar that showed stretched.
  
• Localized some missing text entries.

• Added new sound effects for the new sheathing animations.

WORK IN PROGRESS BUILD AND DOCUMENT
This is a work in progress build and as such, neither of the changes and implementations found in it are final. Neither is the patchnotes document, which will be updated, corrected and completed over the Testlive period to better reflect the work in progress nature of this build.


Exiles of the Testive Lands!

We hope you’ve had a great time with Age of Sorcery so far, sinking your teeth deep into all the new systems introduced in the last update and finding out the powers within Sorcery. Today we’re letting you have an early look at what’s coming with Chapter 2, where we introduce a new Encounter type (psst, Events are now called Encounters!), Head Hunting!

You can now find head hunter contracts where you will have to hunt down nefarious Sorcerers hidden in the lands. It will be your choice to bring them back dead or alive! With this new Encounter we are also adding a new special encounter, Witch Hunter. Explore the lands to find more about it! This update will also introduce a new Battle Pass revolving this mechanic, with new challenges and rewards, as well as a new batch of items for the Bazaar.

Along with that, we are also starting our pet companion rebalance. This will be the first step in revising pets moving forward, with the intention of bringing them up to a level where they can be at a similar level to other followers. There will be more changes to come in future patches, so keep an eye out!

And of course, with this new update we are releasing a bevy of bug fixes to reported issues, including fixes to the most common crashes, fixes to texture and invisible issues reported with the release of Age of Sorcery and much more.

If you decide to give this Testlive update a try, help us out ensuring a smoother launch by sending us any feedback and reporting any issues you may find while playing this early build.

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING MODS

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

Head Hunting!
Hunt down dangerous sorcerers and bring them back for rewards…dead or alive!

Pet Companion rebalance!
We’re revising the stats of your animal companions to make them a more viable choice in your adventures!

• New encounter type: Head Hunting!
  
• New encounter type!
  
• New Battle Pass and Bazaar items!
  
• Bug fixes!
  
• …and much more!

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