Conan Exiles

Conan Exiles

Developers
	Funcom
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	May 8, 2018
Reception
Metacritic	68
OpenCritic	68
IGDB	71
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	MMO, Open world, Survival
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Cimmerian	1991
Conan	2004
Age of Conan: Unchained	2008
Conan Exiles	2018
Conan Unconquered	2019
Conan Chop Chop	2022

Conan Exiles is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person MMO, open world and survival game in the Conan the Barbarian series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Reddit

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Isle of Siptah Edition and Complete Edition (October 2021) also available.
GamersGate		Isle of Siptah Edition and Complete Edition (October 2021) also available.
Green Man Gaming		Isle of Siptah Edition and Complete Edition (October 2021) also available.
Humble Store		Isle of Siptah Edition and Complete Edition (October 2021) also available.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Isle of Siptah Edition and Complete Edition (October 2021) also available.
Steam		Isle of Siptah Edition and Complete Edition (October 2021) also available.
(unavailable)

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on 16 June 2020.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Additional content.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit configuration file
Go to the configuration files location. Open <path-to-game>\ConanSandbox\Config\DefaultGame.ini with a text editor. Find [/Script/MoviePlayer.MoviePlayerSettings] Change values to: [/Script/MoviePlayer.MoviePlayerSettings] bWaitForMoviesToComplete=True bMoviesAreSkippable=True -StartupMovies= -StartupMovies=StartupUE4 -StartupMovies=StartupNvidia -StartupMovies=CinematicIntroV2

Delete or rename video files[citation needed]
Go to <path-to-game>\ConanSandbox\Content\Movies. Delete or rename StartupUE4.mp4, StartupNvidia.mp4, and CinematicIntroV2.mp4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ConanSandbox\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ <path-to-game>\ConanSandbox\Config\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/440900/pfx/

Configuration data is stored in multiple files at the above locations.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\ConanSandbox\Saved\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/440900/pfx/

Game can be played "offline" on a local single player server or on any given server.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Proper Hor+ scaling natively supported. Map is 16:9 image aligned to left of screen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		FOV is in terms of vertical. Can be set more precisely in <path-to-game>\ConanSandbox\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Game.ini via the FOV value.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See Enable HDR Output.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Enable HDR Output

Enable HDR output
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini with a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.HDR.EnableHDROutput=1 r.HDR.Display.OutputDevice=5 Must be in Fullscreen mode.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Insert is permanently bound to the development console and cannot be used for other commands.
Mouse acceleration		By default acceleration is off. Negative acceleration comes from mouse smoothing.
Mouse sensitivity		See Mouse sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Mouse sensitivity

Precise settings[citation needed]
Open <path-to-game>\ConanSandbox\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Game.ini with a text editor. Set AxisConfig=(AxisKeyName="MouseX",AxisProperties=(DeadZone=0.000000,Sensitivity=0.019671,Exponent=1.000000,bInvert=False)). Be sure to only change Sensitivity and to also change the value for y-axis.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech				Fan translation; AI
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Official servers use BattlEye anti-cheat.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play		Use Nucleus Coop
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		Allows region filtering
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Conan Exiles Beta W.I.P..
vorpX		G3D, Z3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Anti-cheat	BattlEye

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7		8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Quad Core i5		Intel Quad Core i5/i7 3.3 GHz
System memory (RAM)	6 GB		8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Equivalent 1 GB of VRAM		Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti/970 (High settings) and 1070 (Ultra settings)

A 64-bit operating system is required.