Conan Exiles (Anniversary Update) Version 1.40 PS4 Patch Notes

Conan Exiles (Anniversary update) version 1.40 on PS4 is now available for players. According to the official Conan Exiles update 1.40 patch notes, the Anniversary update adds a whole new dungeon to the game, a new mini-dungeon, new types of pets, and a full revamp of several NPC settlements and cities. This revamp includes population changes, new bosses, and new loot and rewards for those of you brave enough to challenge these new foes. Apart from this, Conan Exiles version 1.40 also added stability and performance improvements.

Previously, a big update was released with New content and balancing. Unfortunately, since this patch, many players were experiencing a number of issues when trying to play the game. Today’s Conan Exiles 1.40 patch is expected to all these issues. Check out more details below.

Conan Exiles Update 1.40 for PS4 Patch Notes

The Sunken City

The Sunken City is a brand-new dungeon intended for high-level players to test their mettle against the corrupting evil that lurks within. You travel to the city via a boat found in Dagon’s Embrace, and upon arrival a strange and mysterious voice starts echoing through your head. It is the voice of Dagon, the Deep One, who is trying to tear through the membrane of reality and unleash an age of horror on the known world.

New pets!

You can now tame Frost Giants and scorpions. There’s also a new Feat, “Witch Doctor”, which lets you summon Wights and skeletons to your side!

Complete revamp of major capitals

Sepermeru, New Asagarth, The Summoning Place and the Volcano have been re-worked and re-populated adding new NPCs and bosses, along new rewards and loot for those brave enough to challenge these new locations.

New dungeon – The Sunken City!
Total revamp of Sepermeru, New Asagarth, Summoning Place and Volcano, with new fiends and foes, additional bosses, new loot and extra recipes.
New unlockable pets!
Tons of UI fixes.
Additional exploit fixes and balance passes.

Full Conan Exiles version 1.40 Details

New Additions

The Unnamed City loot-pools have been increased; all bosses have received additional drops. In addition, the Library of Esoteric artifacts has received even more unlockable scrolls.
The population for the Volcano has been adjusted. A number of additional bosses have been added, and parts of the population in the Volcano is now also hostile.
Sepermeru population has been adjusted and improved and bosses and unique thralls have been added. In addition, it is now possible to enter the Sepermeru Silver Mine.
The Population for the Darfari Capital (“The Summoning Place”) has been adjusted and new bosses and recipes can now be obtained from there.
The population of New Asagarth has been revamped, and now has unique bosses, thralls and loot.

Performance and stability

Fixed a server crash relating to explosives being applied on large bases.
Fixed an issue where performance would drop when using sliders in the settings menu.
Optimized the Sunken City dungeon.

Explore Fixes

Fixed an exploit that allowed to achieve extra speed when moving around under certain circumstances.
Fixed an exploit regarding undermeshing.
Conan Exiles version 1.40 for PS4 addressed a duplication issue related to baby pets.
Tweaked the threshold range for input spam.

Building and Placeables Fixes

It should now be possible to place ceilings connected to doorframes even if they have a door in them.
Conan Exiles 1.40 addressed an issue where placeables would lose stability after server restart.

Crafting Fixes

It is now possible to harvest Elephant pets for the correct items.
Fluid press now correctly processes the Elephant Carcass.
Conan Exiles version 1.40 addressed an issue where certain Obsidian weapons and tools had the wrong ingredients in their recipes.
Fixed an issue where the Reinforced Stool and Table Leg items required the wrong materials.
Fixed an issue where the Decorative skull required the wrong repair-materials.
Conan Exiles update 1.40 addressed an issue where crafting Black-Ice Reinforced Buildings gave too little experience. In addition, the requirements for crafting these building pieces have gone up, as it was too cheap.
Glass should no longer automatically convert to glass flasks, and now require the glass flask mold to be present (basically – as it used to be).

Combat Fixes

Two-Handed Hammer attacks now have a much easier time hitting humanoid targets.
Two-Handed Hammers now have hyper-armor through light attacks.
Daggers now have hyper-armor on heavy attacks.
It is no longer possible to attempt to “double-poison” the already poisoned Venom-Infused weapons.

AI Fixes

NPC Archers should no longer fire arrows from too far away and instead follow the player in order to regain lost range. No more archer.bas.
Thralls wielding two-handed swords and hammers should now be able to properly perform combos.
NPCs are now affected by cripple.
Pets/Thralls should no longer follow a player that has been kicked out of a clan.
Pets should no longer have their starving animations and effects.
Lions now use the correct stats when in combat.
Giant Snakes will now apply poison on attacks.
Melee NPCs should now be able to path through open doors correctly (and stop at closed doors correctly).
Unstable Skeletons can now only be hit once before it explodes into a miasma of gas.
Higher level scorpion pets no longer drop the Skeleton key.
Caravan Elephants can now be harvested
Undead pets can now be harvested.

Purge Fixes

Fixed an issue with the purge where the same purge would keep attacking all the time.

Balance Updates

Conan Exiles update 1.40 for PS4 rebalanced the Staff of Epemitreus.
Learning Serpentine Weapons now requires knowledge of Star Metal Tools.
The Scorpion Ward now grants +100 bonus armor.
Sunken City weapon rewards have been increased in stats, to better match current Legendaries.

General Bug Fixes

Players should now correctly receive damage from touching palisades. Palisades now inflict a damage over time effect (bleed).
CraftingCostMultiplier server setting now functions as intended.
Conan Exiles update 1.40 corrected an issue where god bubbles would not disappear after a server crash.
Set antidote no longer removes bleeds.
Eating Spiced Slivers no longer removes Poison.
Character should no longer respawn in the desert if the death was caused by low temperature.
According to the official Conan Exiles update 1.40 patch notes, the new update has fixed an issue with an infinite loading screen while joining a dedicated server with limited max ping.
Flawless and Exceptional Vanir Settler Breechclout now show up properly when equipped.
Lions no longer drop a Panther head when killed.
The Invisibility cheat now also turns the player invisible to themselves.
Conan Exiles 1.40 corrected an issue where players would be invisible to others while sitting in a chair under certain circumstances.
The Raging Kappa now drops the intended amount of Demon Blood.
Walking onto the boat in the Sunken City dungeon no longer instantly teleports you out from the dungeon. Now you need to interact with the boat in order to do so.
Equipping and unequipping Horn of the North no longer unlocks “Gods of the North” trophy.
Fly and Ghost cheats should not work correctly on listen servers.
For modders: Removed “Cook by the book” checkbox from mod devkit.
Dagon’s final boss room inside Flooded City no longer resets after the user touches the water near Dagon’s cage

Terrain and Environment Fixes

Moved a jaguar from the Deckswab’s Retreat, as it was aggressive towards the camp inhabitants.
There is now a legendary chest near the giant snake boss room in the Arena.
Conan Exiles version 1.40 removed a legendary loot chest from near the Red Mother, as she does not drop a legendary key.
Conan Exiles version 1.40 corrected a number of stuck spots and graphical imperfections in the Sunken City dungeon and the Scorpion Den.
Fixed an undermesh location in the Unnamed City.
It’s no longer possible to swim outside the boundaries of the Sunken City.
Conan Exiles update 1.40 fixed a number of teleportation issues in the Sunken City that would make the player teleport under the world.
Conan Exiles update 1.40 corrected a number of stuck spots in the Sepermeru Silvermine.
The exit teleport from the Silvermine has been adjusted to the entrance.
Several issues with the Rage Hammer (formerly “Siege Hammer”) have been fixed.

Animation and Cinematic Fixes

Implemented new swimming animations.
Emotes should now correctly stop when logging off the server.

UI and Text Fixes

Conan Exiles 1.40 fixed a bug where Purge Meter Trigger Value could be set only to minimum or maximum value while using a controller.
Nudity options are now saved while changing from non-nudity to partial and full nudity via the settings menu.
Fixed a bug where it was not possible to access Server population with the controller in server browser.
Fixed a visual-only bug where seemingly, health would be set to 200 after a server restart.
Conan Exiles version 1.40 for PS4 fixed an issue where the loading icon in the Server Settings box in the Server browser would become persistent.
The map marker should no longer “bounce” when the cursor hovers over a marker that is located at the bottom of the map.
Crafting progression icon no longer disappears from the screen after teleportation.
Repairing items now correctly displays the turning cogwheel animation.
Downloadable Content GUI will no longer persist after joining a session if not discarded before.
Fixed an issue where two checkboxes in Audio tab in Settings could not be reached with a controller.
Fixed an issue where it was not possible to center the map while using a controller.
Conan Exiles 1.40 for PS4 addressed an issue where previously unlocked map markers and points of interest would disappear after logging out of a server.
Pets should no longer log hunger to the event log.
Players can now properly access the Level sorting options in the server sorting with controllers and keyboards.
Interaction Panel (Hold X for more options) and Inventory display are now shown when item is placed underwater.
Warning message displayed when recreating character is now correctly translated.
Highlight on Quickbar is now fitted to the slot if Inventory is browsed with arrow keys.
Fixed some missing translations.
Chests should now retain their locked/unlocked status properly on restart.
Armor linings and paddings are now all sorted correctly while using the armor selection filter.
Players are now able to navigate through the Player List using a controller.
Fixed an issue where expiration timers would desync.
Fixed a visual-only issue with crafting queues that would seemingly allow you to craft more items than you had the resources for (this was visual only).
According to the Conan Exiles update 1.40 PS4 patch notes, the new update addressed an issue where one Turanian Statue had 0 hitpoints when placed.
Fixed an issue where the Turanian sloping walls had switched icons.
Fixed an issue where it was possible to use blank unicode characters in the clan name and player name to mess around with the chat system.

Fixed crashing issues with Conan Exiles update 1.40.
Addressed glitches as reported by players.
Added fixes for framerate drop.
Fixed freezing issues with Conan Exiles 1.40.
Added fixes for stuttering/lag issues.
Conan Exiles update 1.40 performance improvements on PS4 Pro systems.

Conan Exiles version 1.40 for PS4 is now available for download.