Funcom announced the release of the March Update 2025 for Conan Exiles earlier today via their Discord and Steam site. As always, you can take a peek at the official patch message on their website, here. There are a few images included, in their message as well if you are interested in that. Nothing too out of the way considering previous videos, images, and posts, but it is there none-the-less.

I suspect the additions will be rather nice the next time we head back over to the lands of the Exile and try to carve out a living for our group!

Patch Notes – March 25, 2025

Siege of al-Merayah

The Stygian Legion have abandoned their stronghold within the Exiled Lands, and the Dogs of the Desert have reclaimed the Ruins of al-Merayah. This means the keep is gone, and the area has been refitted back to being a Dogs of the Desert NPC camp. The Jhebbal Sag cave shrine linked to The Sacred Hunt is still intact and available.

The Keep at al-Merayah was a consistent source of reports of poor performance and server stability, so we made the difficult decision to raze the keep and return it to being a Dogs of the Desert camp.

NEW: Compass

You can now craft a compass! Unlock the Wayfinder knowledge to learn how to never get lost again. Simply keep it in your inventory to always know where you are going.

Crash Fixes

• Fixed crash that occurred after selecting while going through the Construction Menu
• Fixed crash that occurred immediately after loading a session on the Exiled Lands map
• Fixed crash that occurred when the player entered the Knowledge Menu
• Fixed crash that occurred when switching from Spanish to English

Companions

• Fixed Liu Fei being practically immortal in PvP
• Increased the chances of random spawns for the Elite boar for Freya’s Hunt
• Fixed some typos in Freya’s questline dialogue and Liu Fei’s ability descriptions
• Added cooldown to Liu Fei ability “Phantasmal Simulacrum”
• There is no longer a floating pillow inside the room with research papers during Liu Fei’s questline

Living Settlements

• Living Settlements now has a lock/unlock function for doors to be excluded for use by thralls so they no longer view a door as “openable”
• Fixed issue where players couldn’t complete Thrall Taker, Master Chief, and High Priest Journeys by assigning thralls to crafting benches
• Living Settlements thralls should no longer get stuck at chairs when close to a table
• Fixed Living Settlements thrall behavior after using some beds
• Fixed issue where thralls would not use Yamatai Bar Stool, Atlantean Throne, Gelid Throne, Lion Throne, Stone Throne, Stygian Sedan Chair, Throne of Jhebbal Sag, Throne of Skelos, Zamorian Throne with Living Settlements
• Updated Vanir Tavern Keg so thralls stand on the side of the keg with the spout

Building

• Fixed issue where Pyramid Pillars clipped through various ceilings
• Door frames can now be placed under ceilings
• Fixed issue where Construction Hammer Ghost Brush would not snap correctly to buildings
• Fixed issue where several walls, door frames and windows did not replace building pieces from other categories
• Spiral staircases can ignore the presence of walls, allowing more flexibility when placed
• Aesir Vaulted Ceiling Corner can now be placed if a ceiling piece is directly above them
• Double-height walls and arches (such as the Argossean Observatory Double-Height Arch Wall) can now be placed so they overlap with ceilings for more flexibility
• Fixed Hyrkanian Banner placement collision to prevent clipping
• Barachan Bonfire and Hammock now cast shadows
• Fixed issue where Sorcerer Skull and Magi Skull could not be placed
• Arcane Curio Cabinet is now located in the Decorations tab for the Construction Hammer rather than the Crafting Stations section
• Zingaran Vineyard Trellis Pergola pieces can no longer be placed inside themselves by rotating them
• Jhebbal Sag Wall Paints are now correctly sorted under the Decorations/Furniture-maker category in the Knowledge tab
• Fixed issues where Pagoda Wall Frames and Lost Dungeon Stairs present fighting textures when snapped to each other
• Fixed issue where Lost Dungeon Ceiling and Lost Dungeon Ceiling Frame could be placed in and clip with Forlorn Crypt Pillars
• Ceilings can now properly snap to the Turanian L shaped stairs
• Archer Post recipe has been moved from the Construction Hammer to the Carpenter’s Bench
• It should now be easier to place Zingaran Mercenary Captains Tent on uneven terrain
• Yamatai Folding Screen no longer presents low resolution art
• Yamatai Decorative Paintings can no longer overlap each other
• Updated Taxidermied Rocknose and Trophy Rocknose models
• Some Stygian Pyramid building pieces have had their costs reduced to match other building sets
• Stygian Pyramid Slant foundations can now be placed next to walls properly
• Stygian Trebuchet Base now requires Engineer Knowledge to craft
• Fixed an issue where lights were on for some placeables lights while in placement mode

Journeys

• Fixed issue where “Place a bed and bind to it” step from Homesteader Journey didn’t complete if the user places a bedroll
• Fixed issue where the Dungeon Delver Journey for Exiled Lands would not progress upon entering the Dregs
• Fixed issue where Thrall Taker Journey does not remain completed on dedicated servers
• Players will now obtain a Ratcatcher’s Whistle when completing the Beast Master journey step in addition to the Ratcatcher’s Whistle Recipe and the Shadebloom
• Harvest Aloe Leaves step from Alchemist Journey can now be completed by harvesting Aloe Leaves from any location

QoL Changes

• Coin Piles now take damage
• Added haptic feedback when you hit with weapon attacks and when hit by heavy enemy attacks
• Adjusted all spear attacks so that the hitbox detection happens 1 frame earlier
• Thralls and NPCs should now know how to handle Dual Axe wielding properly and not just do one attack at a time
• Players can now preview armor on their characters on PS4
• Winged Death now has a 100% chance of dropping a legendary on death
• Non-improved fish traps and crab pots will now always catch a fish on each cycle, but are more likely to catch less savory fish than their improved variant.
• The Forge of the First Men now has a map marker on the Isle of Siptah
• Usable chairs can now be used by all players, even if a player does not own the chair
• Black Corsair Sorcerers can now be knocked out
• Archer posts can now be repaired
• Bearer crates can now drop more varied loot
• All thrones now have 5000 hitpoints instead of varying the hitpoints between thrones
• Skeletal Horse and Undead Rhino now count as a mount thralls instead of a fighter thralls
• Darfari loot-chests have a low chance of spawning Severed Arm and Severed Leg items
• Vendhyan Pack Camel now has comparable HP to other camels
• Pictish Sabertooth now deals more damage (both normal and alpha variants)
• Players can now place Shaped and Insulated Wood inside Storage Container: Woodcutting
• Players can now dye the Reaver Helmet from the Riddle of Steel DLC

Stamina

We received a lot of feedback that said you weren’t happy with the stamina changes, stating that the cost was simply too high – so we’re going to meet somewhere in the middle.

First, we reduced the stamina cost of attacks by 50%. This keeps the balance of relative value from weapon to weapon, keeping them feeling different from one another, and also allows you to perform full combos with even two-handed weapons with only 100 stamina.

With the reduced stamina cost of attacks, we can be more gentle with stamina regeneration again. We’ve returned stamina regen time to its previous timing, and reinstated the Exhausted state that occurs when your stamina is depleted.

In total, the following changes have been made:

• Reduced the stamina cost of attacks by 50% from their current values
• Restored stamina settings to the same or similar settings to prior values
• StaminaRegenerationTime = 3.75
• StaminaExhaustionTime = 3.75
• StaminaOnConsumeRegenPause = 1.3
• StaminaOnExhaustionRegenPause = 2.75
• Restored the Exhausted state, and left out the slide-in message that informed you your stamina was empty.

UI / Text Fixes

• Updated icons in Delving Bench to show what materials are needed to use the bench
• Consumables should now show the correct heat/cold resistances in the item inspection window
• Yellow Lotus Potion no longer appears as a food buff instead of a potion buff after being used
• Localized currencies no longer have a visual overhang in the Bazaar
• “View Privacy Policy” button is no longer cut off when French is set as the system language
• Fixed an issue where equipped items would not display the correct bonus to concussive damage in the Stats window
• Ballista ammunition is no longer missing construction location information
• The Medicine Jar, Mortar and Pestle and Inkwell items now have descriptions in the Construction Hammer UI
• Corinthian Academic pieces now show temperature stats
• Fixed text bug in the description of Yothga, the Demon Plant
• Chilled Godbreaker Boots and Godbreaker Boots are no longer referred to as leggings in their descriptions
• Replaced incorrect formatting in description for the Khitan Exile’s Tribute Basin
• Fixed text displayed for for Corinthian Couch in the Bazaar
• Fixed typo in Crate of Spices, Zingaran Mercenary Captains Tent, Arcanist of Zar Dagger, and Precision Carpenter’s Bench descriptions
• Greater Sabretooth skins are now correctly named “Greater”
• Corrected name and description of the “Yamatai Tower Roof Intersection” to “Yamatai Tower Spire”
• Wall paint – Elevator description no longer claims it is a floor paint
• Updated the description of the Yamatai Onsen Ceiling
• Zingaran Spear Epic no longer has the same name in the Knowledge page as the normal spear
• Spider Webs: Wall and Spider Webs: Ceiling no longer has mentions of spider-eggs in their descriptions
• Fixed an issue where several T3 building sets were sorted under the Ancestral Knowledge: Apprentice Mason knowledge rather than Ancestral Knowledge: Master Mason knowledge section
• Ice Core Axe and other weapons that protect against temperatures now properly show their resistances in the Item stat info card
• Nemedian Archer armor knowledges now follow the correct naming convention of “Nemedian Archer” and “Nemedian Archer Epic”
• “Aesir Longhouse” Knowledge has been renamed “Aesir Stronghold” to match the name used in the Bazaar
• “Wall Paint – Riddle Writing” has been renamed to “Hieroglyphs of Mystery” to match the name used in the Bazaar
• Nemedian Hanging Banner is now correctly named in the Bazaar
• The “Doom” wall paint no longer claims to be a floor paint in the Bazaar

Audio

• Fixed issue where Turanian and Lost Dungeon Quarter pillars had no sound on placement
• Fixed issue where Armor Displays and the Barachan Castaway Icebox made Wooden Chest sound when interacted with
• Fixed issue where Grape Stomping Tub, Corinthian Couch, Corinthian Research Table, and Yamatai Onsen Ceiling played Stone soundcues upon placement and dismantlement
• Fixed issue where Pictish Fur Rug, Zingaran Vineyard Trellis Foundation, Zingaran Round Carpet, Corinthian Telescope, Corinthian Scholar Statue, and Corinthian Stargazer Hanging Candelabrum played Wood soundcues when interacted with, hit, or walked on
• Fixed issue where combat music would play when Liu Fei comes to the player’s tavern
• Fixed Hyrkanian Corral Fence and Pict Warchief’s Table soundcues for placement and dismantlement
• Fixed several big Argossean Observatory building pieces’ soundcues when dismantled

Modding

• Updated character customization to use table row names, instead of indices. This improves modding support for the standard player/NPC appearance system
• Added blueprint exposed functions to retrieve references to available crafter thralls both from the crafting queue as well as from the crafting station UI

Exploits

• It should no longer be possible for an Exile to have 30 Resurrected Corpses following them
• Stable Fence Gate Frame Pillars can no longer be stacked
• Fixed an issue with the Rage Hammer

Misc.

• Fixed issue where mining multiple Rocks results in a major drop in performance
• T4 Carpenter and Taskmaster thralls now correctly reduce weights of items crafted
• Updated Crafting Stations to include thralls above Tier 4
• Female Votary of Skelos Sherpas (Skelos Bearer III) should no longer have above average HP
• Disabled tavern visitors teleporting when no path is available
• The Famished and Snarling Monstrosity bosses now have hitpoints that match their world-boss status
• Players are no longer able to rename world-spawned crafting stations
• Fixed issue where players killed by undermesh can permanently lose collision
• When attacked or trying to attack while emoting, the emote is now cancelled properly
• Fixed an issue where some snake eggs would spawn under the terrain
• Fixed issue where Crystalline Visage Helmet made beards disappear after equipping
• Adjusted side-collision for wolves and dogs
• Players can no longer interact with certain objects while dodging
• The Kennel cage will now auto-align to follow the ground
• Fixed a number of terrain spikes in the Exiled Lands and Desert
• Barrow King no longer fights barehanded
• Fixed a player clipping issue near the the entrance of The Black Keep at Undergate
• Fixed issue where only T1 Treasure Seekers were being spawned during the Purge; now up to T3 Treasure Seekers will be spawned
• T3 Purge Headhunters may now use weapons other than a spear
• Reduced XP gained from crafting Stone Guardian parts and killing Purge Golems and Kurak Golems
• Removed unintended genitalia from Skeletal Horse when nudity settings are turned on
• Players can no longer apply poisons to shields
• Blacksmith thralls now grant crafting bonuses to tools
• Tier 4 Blacksmiths should now properly increase the durability of tools
• Iron Pick near the The Cursed Way now grants an Iron pick instead of a fragment of power
• Wheel of Pain beams located at Westwall Sepermeru are no longer missing collision
• Fixed collision on animal corpse located in the Giant Alligator’s area near the Eye of Ekim
• Fixed a stretched texture on the scratched wall inside Sanctuary of the Snakemen
• Removed ornament part of a wall that clipped into a rock cliff in The Pools of the Grey Ones
• Fixed issue where the topmost stone blocks from the wall around Black Pools were floating above the ground
• Fixed some water texture issues in the Highlands and behind the Sanctuary of the Serpent
• Zingaran Mercenary armor now requires the correct crafting materials (it is a medium armor but was set up to require the same crafting materials as a heavy armor)
• Ranger and Island Ranger armors are now correctly marked as Light in the item info cards
• Fixed issue where Zingaran Mercenary Rapier Epic Variant could be crafted in the normal Blacksmith’s Bench
• Thralls placed at a Zingaran Camp Gate Frame Door should no longer clip into said gate frame
• Harlot’s Journal #4 is no longer underneath mesh
• Fixed a couple of trees that were growing out of rocks near the Crowngrove
• Fixed issue where fatality kills did not count as a kill to open the Dregs dungeon
• Darfari Witch Doctors now correctly use the Darfari Cannibal growth rates rather than the Surge growth rate
• Updated Two-Horned Rhinos on Siptah stats and dropped loot
• Fixed an issue where, after rejoining a session, players could craft certain DLC items without meeting their level condition
• Fixed issue with some textures between Bridge of Voormithadreth and Road of the Righteous
• Fixed torches in Vault 10 on Isle of Siptah
• Updated the color of the Turtle’s shell for the Turtle Trophy on the Isle of Siptah
• Fixed an issue where a chest was flickering in and out of existence on one of the camps on the Isle of Siptah
• Fixed a spot player could get stuck on the Westlight tower on Isle of Siptah
• Fixed gaps in the puzzle room of the Den of Wolf-Brothers on the Isle of Siptah
• Fixed a cosmetic issue with a rock to the west of Violet Isle on the Isle of Siptah
• Grounded a floating tree on the near The Valley of Shade and some floating grass bushels on a shipwreck at the Old Smugglers Route and to the left of the original shipwreck on the Isle of Siptah
• Fixed a floating tower at the Accursed Citadel on the Isle of Siptah
• Fish Trap repair materials now match the construction recipe material
• Black Ice Javelin should now grant less materials on disassembly
• Fixed an issue with the Royal Armor Epic repair materials and crafting costs
• The Witch Doctor scroll, which grants nothing, can no longer be dropped as loot
• Armor Rebalance kits should no longer drop, as they were never implemented fully