Conan Exiles Age of War Chapter 1 Patch Notes and Release Schedule

Conan Exiles Age of War began with Chapter 1, a large update that followed Age of Sorcery and shifted the game toward clan identity, treasure hoards, combat changes, and a long list of fixes. It was not a small patch. It arrived wearing armor and carrying paperwork.

What Is Age of War?

Age of War is a three-chapter update series for Conan Exiles that followed Age of Sorcery. Chapter 1 introduced the first round of systems and rewards, including clan emblems, clan hoards, new challenges, Battle Pass items, Bazaar additions, balance changes, and bug fixes.

Release Date and Chapter Schedule

Conan Exiles Age of War Chapter 1 launched on June 22. The full Age of War release plan covered three chapters during 2023.

Chapter timing in Conan Exiles has varied before. Age of Sorcery Chapter 3 arrived a little over a month before Age of War Chapter 1, while the gap between Age of Sorcery Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 was closer to five months. Because of that, Chapters 2 and 3 were safest to expect later in 2023 rather than on a precise monthly cadence.

Chapter 1 Patch Notes

Performance and Stability

• PC server builds now use shipping configuration instead of test configuration. Servers must start with ConanSandboxServer-Win64-Shipping.exe instead of ConanSandboxServer-Win64-Test.exe.
• A persistent Connection lost issue was fixed.
• Console Log spam was reduced.
• General optimization, crash fixes, and cleanup were included.

Exploit Fixes

• Several known exploits were fixed.

New Features

Clan Emblems allow clans to create a shared symbol using different images, colors, and backgrounds. The system uses a new Clan Totems workstation, where eligible clan members can design the emblem. Emblems can appear on wall banners, carpets, flag banners, shields, horse caparisons, armor, and other custom assets.

Clan Hoards let players collect treasure, bring it back to base, and display it. Treasure placeables inside the coffer radius contribute to personal and clan hoard totals, while treasures can also be placed directly into the chest near the Treasurer NPC. Interacting with the Treasurer NPC shows the hoard values. Heroic Treasures are found in the world and must be carried home manually instead of being placed in inventory.

New challenges were added for the Age of War systems:

• Apply a Clan Emblem
• Build a Coffer
• Place 3 Small Treasures
• Claim a Heroic Treasure
• Contribute to a Coffer value over 1000
• Contribute to a Coffer value over 5000
• Contribute to a Coffer value over 10000

The Chapter 1 Battle Pass added new pets, armor, emotes, horse caparisons, weapon emotes, and rewards focused on Stygian and Nordheimer lore, including the Stygian War Tent Set. Notable themes included the Stygian War Tent Set plus Nordheimer and Stygian armor styles. The Bazaar also expanded with similar categories, including pets, armor, emotes, horse caparisons, emblems, and weapon emotes.

New Twitch Drops began with the Midnight Caparison, with campaign timing shared through the Conan Exiles social channels. These drops were separate from the Battle Pass and Bazaar, giving players another route to collect themed cosmetics during the update cycle.

Building Fixes

• Foundations no longer show an Outer Face indicator.
• Feedback was improved when an object cannot be moved.
• Illusions now display properly on Armor Displays.
• Containers picked up by removing support now transfer inventory to the player as expected.
• Arena doors fit correctly in their frames.
• Cursed Tree placement is more forgiving.
• Truncheons display correctly on weapon racks.
• Rocknose Figurine has the correct icon, can be placed, and was set to return through Twitch.
• Turanian L Stairs now have corrected left and right naming.
• Storage Container: Mining accepts more item types.
• Hanging Garden plants no longer lose foliage.

Crafting Fixes

• Potion of Natural Learning and Bestial Memory recipes moved from Midnight Alchemist to Firebowl Cauldron knowledge, and Raw Ash was removed from their requirements.
• Yellow Lotus Potion now gives a Stamina buff instead of resetting attributes or knowledge.
• Some placeables no longer return incorrect materials when dismantled.
• Prying Kit now removes effects from Blunted and Balanced Weapon Fittings correctly.
• Blacksmith Bench no longer changes Blood-Moon Bow or Bite of the Huntress stats.
• Faded Purple Dye and Full Purple Dye are now less pink.
• Bazaar Golem crafting stations now match gameplay build costs, except Blood Crystal Golem Workbench still requires Blood Crystals.
• Purple Lotus Orb now requires both Black Lotus and Purple Lotus.
• Charcoal Kiln displays the correct fuel in its formula.
• Crystalline Visage Armor has correct icons.
• Fragment of Power was removed from most crafting recipes.
• Tier 2 Wells now require 50 Tar and 100 Steel Reinforcement, down from 300 each.

Combat Fixes

• NPC first heavy attacks with Two-Handed Spears now have smaller hit areas.
• NPCs can now land attacks with off-hand daggers.
• Some NPC dagger attack areas were reduced.

AI and NPC Fixes

• Thralls no longer show strange textures in some placement situations.
• Dragons behave better on uneven terrain.
• Abandoned thralls disappear correctly over time.
• Interacting with Wight Horse mounts it instead of opening inventory.
• Greater Komodo Dragon can apply poison.
• Pet Rats now have collision.
• A Rocknose attack that could never hit was fixed.
• NPCs that always faced east were corrected.
• Greater Hyena pets continue attacking after the second aggression round.
• Enemies react immediately when hurt instead of hesitating.
• Rocknoses and similar creatures now begin in their prepared states, such as hiding before they are spotted.
• Cats are lighter.
• Deformed Bears display properly when placed.
• Battle Pass and Bazaar pets have proper attributes and leveling gains.
• Radium Gem Golem Head lighting was adjusted.

Purge and Encounter Fixes

• Blood Moon Beast damage in The Fractured Citadel was fixed.
• Kurak's gas is no longer treated as poison, so the Petrified perk does not protect against it.

Balance Updates

The update rebalanced several systems to make combat more tactical and dangerous while addressing concerns around Legendary weapons.

Item categories were updated to Unique, Epic, and Legendary. Legendary items are end-game drops that cannot be crafted. Epic items are end-game craftables such as Khari Steel, Hardened Steel, Venomsteel, and Star Metal. Unique items are best-in-tier for their material tier but do not surpass Epic or Legendary gear. Journeys that formerly required crafting Legendary items now require Epic items.

Animals and monsters became deadlier but generally received less health, making blocking and dodging more important. Humans and thralls also had reduced health, with threat still varying by tribe. Alpha animals are closer to their base animal type, Champions can appear among tribes and drop Unique items, and world bosses were adjusted for shorter but more lethal fights.

Stamina costs increased. Weapon stamina costs moved from the 3 to 9 range up to 10 to 40. Jumping now costs 8 stamina, and double-jumping adds another 16. Stamina regeneration pauses were reduced to 0.1 seconds, and related server defaults were updated, including StaminaRegenerationTime = 1.75, StaminaOnConsumeRegenPause = 0.1, and StaminaOnExhaustionRegenPause = 0.1. Armor regeneration multipliers were set to 1.0 for light armor, 0.9 for medium armor, and 0.85 for heavy armor across load levels. The gray-out effect for stamina exhaustion was removed.

Weapon tuning included heavier heavy attacks, with damage increases from 5% to 20% depending on weapon type. Shield base durability was halved. Heavy attacks now apply effects such as bleed or sunder except while sprinting. Short swords apply Bleed on heavy attacks, Two-Handed Axes apply Cripple on heavy attacks, and several combo multipliers were changed. One-Handed Axe first heavy attack dropped from 1.5 to 1.2, Katana Special rose from 0.6 to 1, and One-Handed Sword fourth heavy rose from 1.5 to 2. Kicks, Backflips, and Katana Special had reduced combo multiplier stamina costs.

Repair changes renamed Legendary Repair Kits to Grandmaster Repair Kits and Armor Patch Kits to Armor Repair Kits. Repair kit crafting costs doubled, repair kit weight dropped to 0.1, and Legendary plus Unique items can no longer be repaired. Unique and Legendary items gained much higher max durability. Weapon, armor, and tool modification kits no longer reduce max durability, while Prying Kit durability loss dropped from 50% to 30%. Dismantling returns increased. Repair kits now work on all weapon and armor tiers except Unique and Legendary, but reduce max durability by 2.5% to 20% depending on tier. Repairing Grindstone repairs all hotbar items and also reduces their max durability.

Additional balance fixes stopped enemies from breaking stun-lock, reduced excessive Blood Crystal harvesting from dead Golem followers, corrected excess heat and cold resistance on Turanian and Yamatai Epic armors, changed Tower of the Elephant to require at least two people on top before death by stompers, and stopped Heritance from being modified.

Quality-of-Life Improvements

• Target lock gained multiple lock points on large enemies and no longer switches automatically when a target dies or is lost.
• Target lock can break when enemies burrow or turn invisible, no longer snaps due to an uncentered controller thumbstick, and no longer works on dialogue NPCs.
• DropEquipmentOnDeath now supports losing nothing, losing everything, or losing backpack inventory.
• A new diving animation triggers by pressing Crouch before the apex of a jump.
• Gamepad and controller rebinding was added.
• Bind Wisp and Detect Resources became toggle spells.
• Eighty Shades of Pink now teaches the Seduce emote.
• Chicken Dance counts toward dancing challenges.
• Pet and thrall conversion time was significantly reduced.
• Dungeon entry and exit no longer cause grass to block constructions.
• Characters now have a minimum amount of light even without carrying a light source.
• Gold and silver bars have larger stack sizes.

General Fixes

• Starving characters no longer die while offline.
• Token of Friendship now grants only 1 Thunn Ha Ally.
• Charcoal has the correct icon and description.
• Forlorn weapons appear under weapon categories.
• Aesir Raider leggings no longer make part of the legs invisible when worn alone.
• Journey fixes improved automatic Journey selection, Dungeon Delver unlocks from Dregs, Surge Defender unlocks from Leyshrines, and Thrall Taker completion when assigning thralls to crafting stations.
• Sorcerer's Grotto steps now trigger more reliably, foals placed in stables complete the correct step, and several steps that once auto-completed no longer do so.
• Steps that require specific workbenches now also accept improved versions, and steps tied to Feats also work for characters that already had those Feats.
• Thrall and pet leveling from level 0 to level 1 now counts, harvesting Plant Fiber from Berry bushes counts properly, and Artificer Journey unlocks from Fine Metal Crafts.
• Epic Armor Journey checks now require Epic Armor, Balanced Iron Poniards Knowledge is hidden until the correct Journey resolves, and multiple descriptions, icons, typos, and workstation references were corrected.
• Tanner Journey no longer lists Learn Tanner as a step when it is already an unlock requirement, and interacting with a built trebuchet now completes the related Journey step.
• Journeys added or removed by mods now update correctly.
• Delver Journey completion now accepts any Voidforge scroll for Learn a Delved Schematic, and players with all Voidforge knowledge can complete it automatically.
• High Priest Journey now correctly requires the tier 3 Grove of Jhebbal Sag instead of giving credit for crafting a Retreat of Jhebbal Sag.

Terrain and Environment

• Isle of Siptah foliage displays properly on PlayStation.
• Small flag collision was removed from Stygian invader ships.
• Inverted normals were fixed on Black Hand Galleon planks.
• A river camp in the Exiled Lands was repopulated.
• Exiting Midnight Grove no longer risks underwater teleportation.
• Lockstone cave no longer has rain or snow.

Animation and Cinematics

• Female NPCs no longer use male animations in certain Solo and Co-op situations.
• Characters face the correct direction when sitting and no longer get stuck in chairs.
• Bows now have an idle animation.
• Bigfoot throwing animation and projectile launch timing now align.
• Large creatures stutter less on slopes.
• Shield block knockback animations are smoother.

UI, Text, and Audio Fixes

• New community loading screen tips were added from player suggestions.
• Multiple typo and localization fixes were made.
• Inventory shortcuts now close the current interface instead of switching directly to inventory.
• Respawn interface timing and death camera behavior were adjusted.
• Pristine Khari Daggers display correctly.
• Claim Challenge Reward has a separate controller button on Japanese PlayStation.
• Elephants now show health bars.
• Cursed Wall deaths no longer open unrelated interface windows.
• Xbox inventory grid overlap was fixed.
• Stable and Animal Pen rename buttons work better with controllers.
• Character Copy can close with Esc on keyboard or Back on controller.
• Avatar controls now work correctly during inventory summoning.
• Dryer visuals show dried meat.
• Show Journey Steps applies correctly in all situations.
• Skeleton Key received a clearer icon.
• Zeal theft messages now appear only when Zeal is actually stolen.
• Loot and interaction windows work properly in the Well of Skelos start area.
• The Sorcery Knowledge tab received text where it was previously empty.
• Long localized Journey descriptions now fit better in the description box.
• Battle Pass reward display no longer shows two characters under certain conditions.
• Floor and wall paint descriptions were corrected.
• Missing translations were added to several items and buttons.
• Acid now makes sound when hitting shields, Settings menu sound issues were corrected, some Isle of Siptah Vault doors stopped looping audio, cats shake more quietly, and Armor Display interaction uses the right sound.