Funcom has released Conan Exiles version 1.97 on PS4, PC, PS5, and Xbox One. According to the official Conan Exiles 1.97 patch notes, the latest update adds various changes and fixes. Apart from this, today’s Conan Exiles version 1.97 also includes a long list of bug fixes.
Previously, a major Conan Exiles update 1.89 added a new mechanic (Golem Shaping). You will be able to raise guardian golems that will follow you in your quests or utility golems that will gather resources for you on demand. Unfortunately, players are still reporting issues with the Conan exiles animal pen crafting time multiplier and the Conan exiles thrall crafting time multiplier. Today’s Conan Exiles 1.97 will address all these issues.
Check out more details below.
Conan Exiles 1.97 Patch Notes
Reduced damage of Javelins and three sets of spears which were disproportionately buffed in the recent combat balance adjustments
- Epic Variants of the Blood Crystal Spear, the Aesir Chieftain Spear, and the Vanir Shaman spear no longer have increased damage
Stygian Commander Tassets now have the correct leg material regardless of the character’s sex
Wight horses no longer sport ghastly endowments
Fixed an issue where Skeleton Keys would sometimes not be consumed when opening a legendary chest
- Also fixed an issue where legendary chests would sometimes give out loot regardless of if the player had Skeleton Keys or not
Fixed an issue where sometimes the Savory Fodder recipe would not be granted to players upon successfully claiming the Festive Crested Lapdog Twitch drop
Fixed an issue where male characters visually dip downwards briefly after exiting a reading stand
Fixed an issue where players failed to buy Crom Coins within the Battlepass screen after a previous transaction was cancelled
Fixed an issue where if a player logged out with a sheathed Bazaar/Battle Pass/Twitch Drop items, the item would disappear from hotbar after logging back in
Fixed an issue where a Purge had the chance to spawn outside of the Curse Wall
Fixed an issue where some Tier 4 thralls cannot be knocked out before being killed when placed in the basic Truncheon
The Sandstorm should no longer deal damage to fully sheltered players
Relic Hunters will now drop fewer trophies
Shield Frames and Weapon Handles no longer drop as loot from NPCs
Increased draw distance for grass and foliage in the swungle biome
Battle Pass emotes are now properly organized upon being unlocked
Clan Emblems
Unify your clan by showing pride in the most common way – with pictures and colors! New work stations will let you customize the emblem for your clan!
Clan Hoards
Find treasure, bring it home, and display it at your base! Place any treasure placeables within the hard radius to contribute to your personal and the clan totals. Treasures can also be placed directly in the chest next to the Treasurer NPC.
Combat Rebalance
Rebalanced several systems with the intention of making it more dynamic, tactical, and deadly, while also addressing several concerns from the community, such as the usefulness and power level of Legendary weapons.
Performance and stability:
- Fixed a “Connection lost” issue that was difficult to resolve.
- Cleaned up Console Log spam.
- Various optimizations, crash fixes, and clean-up.
Exploit Fixes:
- Fixed multiple known exploits.
New Additions:
- Clan Emblems: Unify your clan under a custom symbol displayed on banners, shields, armor, and more.
- Clan Totems: New work station to combine images and colors for clan emblems.
- Clan Hoards: Find treasure, bring it home, and display it at your base.
- New Challenges: Apply a Clan Emblem, Build a Coffer, Place 3 Small Treasures, Claim a Heavy Treasure, and more.
- New Age of War Chapter 1 Battle Pass: Includes pets, armor, emotes, and Stygian and Nordheimer lore-related rewards.
- New functionality: horse caparisons, emblems, weapon emotes.
- New Twitch Drops, starting with Midnight Caparison.
Building and Placeable Fixes:
- Foundations no longer have an “Outer Face” indicator.
- Improved feedback on why an object cannot be moved.
- Illusions now properly appear on the Armor Display.
- Containers picked up through removing their support now drop their inventory into yours.
- Fixed various building and placeable issues.
Crafting Fixes:
- Adjustments to crafting recipes, including Potion of Natural Learning and Bestial Memory.
- Yellow Lotus Potion no longer resets attributes or knowledge.
- Fixed issues with certain placeables returning wrong materials when dismantled.
- Improved functionality of various crafting stations and items.
Combat Fixes:
- Adjustments to NPC attacks, hit boxes, and dagger usage.
- AI and NPC behavior improvements and fixes.
- Fixes and improvements to pets and thralls.
Purge and Encounters:
- Fixed damage output of Blood Moon Beast boss.
- Adjustments to encounters, gas effects, and balance.
Balance Updates:
- Rebalancing of systems, including item classifications (Unique, Epic, Legendary).
- Adjustments to enemy strength, stamina costs, weapons, shields, combo multipliers, and repair mechanics.
QoL Improvements:
- Target lock improvements and fixes.
- New diving animation, gamepad/controller rebinding support.
- Various other quality-of-life improvements.
General Bug fixes:
- Starving characters will no longer die while offline
- Token of friendship should now only give 1 Thunn Ha Ally
- Charcoal now has an icon and the correct description
- Forlorn weapons now correctly display under the weapons categories
- Equipping only Aesir Raider leggings no longer part of the legs invisible
- Several fixes for the Journey system
- Auto Switch Next Journey setting will now always pick a new Journey, even if there is not a default progression from the one just completed
- Dregs now correctly unlocks the Dungeon Delver Journey
- Leyshrines now correctly unlocks the Surge Defender Journey
- Assigning a thrall to any crafting station now correctly completes the Thrall Taker Journey step
- The step to find the Sorcerer’s Grotto now triggers reliably once you have gone further into the grotto itself
- Placing a foal into a stable will now complete the relevant step correctly
- Several steps that would auto-complete no longer do so
- Steps that require interaction with specific workbenches now also accept the improved version of those workbenches
- Steps that unlock on specific Feats now unlock also for characters that had those Feats from before
- The step to level a thrall/pet now correctly triggers also on going from level 0 to level 1
- Harvesting Plant Fiber from Berry bushes will now also trigger the steps for collecting plant fibers
- Artificer Journey now correctly unlocks from Fine Metal Crafts
- Journey step to Wear a piece of Epic Armor no completes only with Epic Armor
- Balanced Iron Poniards Knowledge are now hidden until the correct Journey is resolved
- Several Journey step descriptions pointing to the wrong location or workstation have been corrected
- Journey step “Summon Protection of Gods” description corrected
- Corrected the icon displayed for several Journey steps
- Tanner Journey no longer has “Learn Tanner” as a step, since it has it as a requirement for unlocking the Journey
- Interacting with a built trebuchet will now also trigger the Journey step to Complete Building a Trebuchet
- Corrected typos in some Journey step descriptions
- Journey system now properly updates Journeys added or removed by mods
- The “Learn a Delved Schematic” step in the Delver Journey can now be passed by using any scroll from the Voidforge, even if you have that knowledge from before. In addition, if you have all the Knowledges from the Voidforge it will automatically resolve.
- The “Upgrade an Altar to the final level” step in the High Priest Journey will no longer give credit for crafting a Retreat of Jhebbal Sag, and instead correctly require the tier 3 Grove of Jhebbal Sag to be built.
Terrain and Environment:
- Fixes and improvements to foliage, collision, and terrain across different locations.
Animation and Cinematic Fixes:
- Fixes and improvements to character animations, sitting in chairs, bow animations, and more.
UI and Text:
- Our valiant#spellchekkerteam has gone to war against the armies of Typus Maximus and came victorious. Ish.
- Our prestigious international#spellchekkerteam has saved the day once again by fixing a number of los typos in the localized versions of the game.
- Activating the inventory shortcut while on another interface screen now only closes that screen, and no longer switches to the inventory.
- Respawn interface will now take a small moment to appear, to allow a moment of dread and/or laughter before being asked to do it all again. The death camera has also been tweaked to improve the experience.
- Pristine Khari Daggers now both show up on their icon
- Claim Challenge Reward has its own controller button also on the Japanese PlayStation version, and no longer shares X with “Back”
- All elephants now have visible health bars
- Dying by passing through the Cursed Wall will no longer in certain cases open several unrelated interface windows
- Inventory grid no longer displays on top of the Info and Split buttons on Xbox
- Stables and Animal Pens Rename button can now be navigated to with controller
- Character Copy window can now be closed with Esc on keyboard or Back on controller
- Avatar controls now show and work correctly also when doing the summoning from inventory
- Dryer now visually shows dried meat in it
- Show Journey Steps setting now correctly applies in all situations
- A new icon for Skeleton Key has been made to distinguish it better from other keys in the game
- Zeal being stolen is now messaged only when Zeal is actually being stolen
- Loot and interaction windows now work properly in the start area of Well of Skelos
- Conan Exiles 1.92 added text to the (at first) empty Sorcery Knowledge tab.
- Long localized Journey descriptions now have reduced text size to fit in the description box
- Battle Pass reward display will no longer show two characters under certain conditions
- Corrected descriptions for several floor and wall paints
- Conan Exiles version 1.92 added missing translations to some items and buttons
Audio Fixes:
- Acid now makes sound when hitting shields
- Corrected some sound issues in the Settings menu
- Certain doors in Isle of Siptah Vaults will no longer play looping sounds
- Cats shake quieter now
- Interacting with the Armor Display now plays the correct sound
FAQs
- What are Clan Emblems in Conan Exiles?
- Clan Emblems allow players to customize their clan’s symbol and display it on banners, shields, armor, and more. It’s a way to unify the clan and show pride through pictures and colors.
- What are Clan Hoards in Conan Exiles?
- Clan Hoards are a new feature that allows players to find treasure, bring it home, and display it at their base. Players can place treasure placeables within the clan’s territory to contribute to their personal and clan’s total hoard.
- What changes have been made to combat systems in the update?
- The combat systems in Conan Exiles have been rebalanced to make battles more dynamic, tactical, and deadly. The update addresses concerns from the community, including the usefulness and power level of Legendary weapons.
- Are there any new crafting stations and equipment introduced in the update?
- Yes, alongside the new features, the update also introduces new crafting stations and equipment to Conan Exiles. Further details about these additions can be found in the patch notes.
Is there a PS5 upgrade available for Conan Exiles?
No, there is no PS5 upgrade available for Conan Exiles at this time. However, the game is backward compatible on PS5, so you can play the PS4 version on your PS5.
How does the animal pen crafting time multiplier work in Conan Exiles?
The animal pen crafting time multiplier affects the amount of time it takes to craft items in an animal pen. The higher the multiplier, the less time it takes to craft items. The default multiplier is 1.0, which means that items will craft at their normal speed. You can increase the multiplier up to 10.0, which will make items craft 10 times faster.
Are there any recent updates for Conan Exiles?
Yes, there have been a few recent updates for Conan Exiles. The most recent update, released on March 8, 2023, added the Age of War expansion. This expansion adds a new region to the game, as well as new weapons, armor, and building pieces.
What is the crafting time multiplier in Conan Exiles?
The crafting time multiplier is a setting that affects the amount of time it takes to craft items. The higher the multiplier, the less time it takes to craft items. The default multiplier is 1.0, which means that items will craft at their normal speed. You can increase the multiplier up to 10.0, which will make items craft 10 times faster.
How can I find the master weapon fitting in Conan Exiles?
The master weapon fitting is a rare item that can be found in the world. It is a required component for crafting the master weapons. The master weapon fitting can be found in chests, on thralls, or as a random drop from enemies.
When is the release date for Chapter 4 in Conan Exiles?
There is no confirmed release date for Chapter 4 in Conan Exiles. However, Funcom has said that they are working on the chapter and that it will be released sometime in 2023.
What is the thrall crafting time multiplier in Conan Exiles?
The thrall crafting time multiplier is a setting that affects the amount of time it takes to craft thralls. The higher the multiplier, the less time it takes to craft thralls. The default multiplier is 1.0, which means that thralls will craft at their normal speed. You can increase the multiplier up to 10.0, which will make thralls craft 10 times faster.
How can I increase the pet taming speed in Conan Exiles?
There are a few ways to increase the pet taming speed in Conan Exiles. One way is to use the “tame speed” setting in the server configuration file. Another way is to use the “tame speed” buff, which can be obtained from certain thralls or from the Black Hand faction. Finally, you can also increase the pet taming speed by using the “taming potion,” which can be crafted using the “taming potion” recipe.
Are there any known issues with lag on PS4 in Conan Exiles in 2023?
Yes, there have been some reports of lag on PS4 in Conan Exiles in 2023. Funcom is aware of the issue and is working on a fix. In the meantime, there are a few things you can do to try to reduce lag, such as:
- Playing on a server with fewer players.
- Lowering your graphics settings.
- Restarting your PS4.
Are there any specific patch notes for Conan Exiles?
Yes, there are specific patch notes for Conan Exiles. You can find the latest patch notes on the Funcom website.
How does the crafting time multiplier affect gameplay in Conan Exiles?
The crafting time multiplier affects how long it takes to craft items in Conan Exiles. The higher the multiplier, the less time it takes to craft items. This can be useful if you are trying to quickly craft a lot of items. However, it can also make the game too easy.
Where can I find oil in Conan Exiles?
Oil can be found in a few different places in Conan Exiles. One place to find oil is in the Black Keep, which is located in the north of the map. Another place to find oil is in the mounds of the dead, which are located in the south of the map. Oil can also be found in some chests and on some thralls.
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