Dev blog #11: Religion and Avatars in Conan Exiles

By the dev team | January 23, 2017

The world that Robert E Howard created for his eponymous hero, Conan the Barbarian, was not a standard fantasy realm where good gods and evil gods clash in everlasting battles. That evil exists in Hyboria is beyond doubt; blasphemous elder creatures and arch-fiends with unfathomable motivations abound. It is the existence of good gods that…

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Dev blog #10: Dominate the Exiled Lands

By the dev team | January 20, 2017

Conflict, war and strife are a daily reality of the world of Hyboria. And nowhere in the world is this as true as in the Exiled Lands – filled as it is with outcasts who fight and scramble for their very survival. In Conan Exiles, you have been condemned to the Exiled Lands and must…

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Dev blog #9 – The world and lore of Conan Exiles

By the dev team | January 16, 2017

Conan Exiles is an open-world survival game where you build, craft and fight to survive in the brutal world of Conan the Barbarian. But Conan Exiles is nothing like an empty sandbox, so continue reading to learn about the great game world you can uncover and enjoy. Robert E. Howard’s tales of Conan the Barbarian…

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Dev blog #8 – Servers and mods

By the dev team | January 13, 2017

One of the many questions our community returns to is on the subject of servers. Today we are very happy to announce that Funcom has partnered with Pingperfect on Conan Exiles. In addition to providing the servers hosted by Funcom they will also have private servers available for players to rent. You can reserve yours…

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Dev blog #7 – Creatures of Conan Exiles

By the dev team | January 12, 2017

The Exiled Lands are filled with a variety of different creatures and animals. Beasts both common and uncommon in Hyboria can be found, hunted, slain and harvested for resources to aid you in your struggle against both the elements and other exiles. There are even things considered unnatural by the outside world making the Exiled…

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Dev blog #6 – Building a village

By the dev team | January 6, 2017

The Exiles Lands is a harsh, unforgiving place, where the meek get crushed under the sandaled feet of the powerful. In order to survive you’ll need weapons to defend yourself, food and drink to keep your body sustained, and a home to keep the deadly sandstorms and creatures at bay. After securing your most basic…

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dev blog #5 – The brutal combat of Conan Exiles

By the dev team | December 28, 2016

With wood, stone, iron or steel in hand you must defeat your enemies. If you fail, you will be the one ripped to shreds by their claws, teeth or weapons of war. Mastering combat will be the key to your survival and domination of the Exiled Lands. An arsenal of weapons Your first task will…

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The music of Conan Exiles – Knut Avenstroup Haugen returns

By the dev team | December 22, 2016

One of the most frequent questions we get from the community is about the music in Conan Exiles. More specifically you want to know if we’ll be reusing tracks from Age of Conan and whether or not Knut Avenstroup Haugen will return to compose original music for our upcoming survival game. Today we have some…

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See Conan Exiles’ thrall system for the first time

By the dev team | December 20, 2016

By Crom, it’s Monday! Hopefully the coming week will treat you well, but in order to kick it off correctly, why not watch the archived version of our Friday live stream? You can find it on twitch.tv/funcom or on YouTube, if that’s what you prefer. Our second developer stream focused on Conan Exiles’ mid-tier experience.…

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FUNCOM ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE CONAN EXILES DIGITAL COMIC BOOK

By the dev team | December 15, 2016

Dear exiles, Today we are very excited to announce that we are working on a new Conan Exiles digital comic book with Dark Horse Comics to be released in January.  Fans will get a unique glimpse into the events that take place in the savage Exiled Lands. The creative team behind the comic book includes Michael…

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