Conan Exiles Enhanced Community Update - September
Posted on September 18th, 2026 07:00 AM EST
Greetings, Exiles!
The past few weeks have been very busy for us as we’ve been working on the UE5.8 upgrade, new Legacy of the Giant-Kings content, new Bazaar bundles, wrapping up the Modding Contest and so much more.
Patch 2.2.0 is now live, bringing Unreal Engine 5.8.2 and Iris, helping lay the groundwork for future improvements.
The adventure continues on October 6, when The Legacy of the Giant-Kings: Part Two arrives, bringing new mysteries, challenges and secrets to both the Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah.
We’ve also celebrated our first-ever Modding Contest, with the community voting for the Top 10 mods, while creators across the community continue to impress us with incredible work across the Exiles Lands.
Read all about what’s been happening in the Exiles Lands in this latest Community update!
Patch 2.2.0 is here and with it comes Unreal Engine 5.8.2, bringing the game onto the latest engine version and laying the groundwork for further improvements.
This patch also has Iris enabled – making further improvements to the game. Iris will help with alleviating performance bottlenecks on dedicated servers.
So far we’ve seen servers experience roughly half the lag they did before Iris was enabled.
Iris replaced the old UE4 networking layer so a server keeps its speed as it fills up. Before the update, every extra player cost the server more time: a quiet server ran at full speed, but a full one took eight times longer to do the same work.
We also want to hear your experience with the new engine upgrade and Iris.
Have you noticed a difference in performance, good or bad? Feel free to provide your feedback on the latest patch {LINK REMOVED}, we are always working on improving the Conan Exiles experience so your voice matters!
Additionally we are aware that this latest update forced a recook on all mods. That is because of serialization changes in the base engine.
The net effect is the same - mods being flagged as out of date until the authors recook them.
Good news is that modders have been made aware of this situation before hand so they are working hard on recooking their mods.
On October 6, The Legacy of the Giant-Kings: Part Two continues the ongoing new four-part story arc, taking you deeper into the mystery unfolding across the Exiled Lands.
Mysterious rifts are spreading across the lands. What lies beyond them and what ancient secrets are waiting to be uncovered?
The Legacy of the Giant-Kings has only just begun to reveal its secrets. Gather your thralls, friends or enemies and prepare for new challenges in both the Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah.
Check out more bout the upcoming content here: {LINK REMOVED}
Thank you all for joining the Public Beta and for helping us dig up bugs.
For everyone that participated in the 2.2.0 Public beta testing, you will be receiving your Golden Pickaxe soon.
The team is currently collecting all player ID so they can send the pickaxe your way. You will be receiving this directly in game (live version) and you will find it in your ancestral knowledge.
The Public Beta Client servers are now offline but these we will back up once the next update is ready to be tested by you.
If you are interested in participating in our next Public Beta, check out the Conan Exiles - Public Beta Client here: Conan Exiles - Public Beta Client on Steam
Your involvement matters and it will help us improve the game in the future!
At the beginning of the month we’ve experienced some crashing issues with Xbox official and private servers. These issues have since been resolved but we wanted to give you a bit more insight into what was the root cause of this issue.
A problem occurred with some legacy middleware used in the MS platform versions of the game and this caused the servers to crash.
It was disabled and we pushed the fix out as soon as we could but as mentioned before, since this was a client fix, we had to wait for Xbox certification to approve the new build.
As always, thank you to our Xbox player community for being so kind and patient while we worked on resolving the situation.
When it comes to console announcements, we know you all want to know about - When will Conan Exiles Enhanced come to consoles?
While the wait has been long, we ask that you wait a little longer. October is right around the corner and more will be revealed then.
Our first ever Modding Contest happened last month and the Top 10 modds have been voted on by all of you!
Thank you again for everyone that has participated in this contest and to all of you who have helped us choose the winners.
If you would like to know more about the winning mods before trying them out, check out KiahOnFire video showcasing all these -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86nzb3J5Wag
Our community continues to create amazing things in the Exiled Lands. From breathtaking builds and epic adventures to helpful guides and unforgettable moments, you’ve continued to impress us with your creativity.
We want to highlight some of the creations shared by our community, but these are not all, there are so many more that deserve to be seen and we encourage you to do just that by checking out our forums and reddit.
Check out this amazing {LINK REMOVED} made by Ardenaso and Tephra. A great tool that can help both veteran and new players.
Granny Gamester is back! So happy to see you back creating videos.
If you haven’t yet, go check out her channel and show her support for coming back and for continuing to create content for the community.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfUxJsTRwzs
Eradicati0n has done it again! Check out this amazing PvE base made using the Vassal building set -
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DwZWQMLe4w8&pp=ygUMY29uYW4gZXhpbGVz
This amazing build by MALPATINE - {LINK REMOVED}.
This beautiful Vendian Palace and School of Sorcerers build by Arthemis_Bright.
Who knew the Exiled Lands could be so cozy. Look at this Tree Hollow Base made by simsekcountr.
As always, thank you for being such a passionate, creative, and welcoming community. Whether you’re exploring the latest content, building incredible creations, developing mods, sharing videos and guides, or taking the time to provide feedback, every contribution helps shape the future of Conan Exiles.
Until next time, Exiles, stay safe, keep your blades sharp, and we’ll see you in the Exiled Lands!