This page will list Hints, Tips, and Tricks for the game Conan Exiles.
Feel free to add your own.
Note: Many of the tips listed here were compiled from a thread by Conan Exiles subreddit on Reddit.
- Big rocks can contain loot chests under, which respawn every ~30 mins
- Location you setup super important, build too close to NPC camp, they despawn
- Food goes bad fast, to survive til campfire, collect bugs and keep all Plant Fibre.
- Set spawn point using Bed roll, when you die, it disappears. You need to Interact(E) with it for spawnpoint to update
- Killing Ostrich #1 exp in game it seems (2200 exp), Deer (2000), Rhinos Elephants Skeletons (1000-1200), NPC's 900 each (can cleave)
- LAG IS IN YOUR FAVOR, Mobs have harder time reacting, making you be able to farm higher level content
- Test tools when harvesting. Ie. Use Blunt vs Hatchet vs Pickaxe. I found on Spiders if i want Gossimer for silk, use Pickaxe. If I want hide, use Hatchets. If you want bark, use pickaxe on trees. There's probably a hundred different combinations which makes harvesting the same animal for different purposes.
- Pirate ship top right corner is cool
- You can NEVER have enough Branches if you decides to use things like Crossbow or Bow for farming Elephants or Rhinos
- If you create a Foundation + 2 stairs you can farm Elephant/Rhino spawns (during no lag times), and take 0 damage. Crocs, Skeles, NPCs, etc. can all be farmed using Foundation + 1 Stair.
- When farming deer/gazelle it seems using a Torch + Best Damaging weapon works best. Dunno if its because of lag from great Torch graphics (Embers etc.) or if it's the "Deer stuck in headlights" mechanic but they tend to stop and look at you more if you have Torch out.
- Things that burn can use Coal, Wood, or Plant Fibres. Ie. use Plant Fibres + Seeds to make Gruel. If you can't find Coal for your furnace, use wood.
- Shrine of Mitraen allows you to get a 36 damage early weapon for cheap. Blunt. Easy to repair. If you harvest the 1st hit of a body using it you get a Lesser Soul. These can be used to make Ambrosia (for health regen and wheels of pain food).
- if you forgot to pick up religion at character creation do not reroll when you realize it ( like i did atlvl 15 :( ) instead look around the map for priests and interact with them in order to learn their religion.
- npc camps have loot crates with valuable goods inside, loot all u can.
- Lags works in your favor for now so when u pve be mobile, circle around mobs while fighting them to reduce the damage taken.
- iron is not hard to find, there is plenty of it on North, North-East and North-West, same goes for coal.
- shields provide defense only when u block with it, ( somehow same mechanic like in Dark Souls but way more basic ) so to block u need to keep right click pressed, but be careful because when u have ur shield up stamina does not regen and a mob can break the durability of your shield in 2-3 hits *gather all the branches you find when you start, the campfire requires 50 branches and you need a campfire ASAP.
- carry a waterskin when u venture in the North side, thirst can kill you pretty fast.
- When you first spawn in on a server. There will be a rock near you (behind, left, or right, depending on spawn point) with a note and a waterskin on it...
- Pressing the number on a hotkey of a broken tool will repair it
- pressing E while in the water will let you drink without a water skin
- jumping off cliffs is a good way to lose mobs that follow you. Low falling damage in this game
crouching regenerates stamina faster
- the green barrier on the boarder of the map will kill you. Hard to get back you equipment
