Conan Exiles Legacy of the Giant-Kings Part Two (6 October): Rifts, Four New Spells and the Mi-Go

Update, 6 October: Part Two went live at 14:00 UTC (3pm UK) as Patch 3.0.0. We've checked this article against Funcom's release post and full patch notes: Mi-Go thralls are confirmed, there's still no wipe, and the mod change from the beta shipped unchanged. Known issues that matter on a server are listed below.

Legacy of the Giant-Kings Part Two arrived in Conan Exiles Enhanced on 6 October. It adds rifts inside existing enemy camps that lead to arena fights, four new sorcery spells, and the return of the Mi-Go with a Mi-Go mini boss, across both the Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah. It's free, and your server needs the usual: a backup, the game update, and a check of your mods once it's back up.

What's in the update

Part Two is the second of four free updates in the Legacy of the Giant-Kings story arc. Part One arrived on 21 July and sent players beneath the Unnamed City into the Cyclopean Halls, and Part Two follows on from there: "The events surrounding Akhamet and the Cyclopean Halls have left their mark. Strange tears now scar the Exiled Lands, opening gateways to hostile arenas beyond reality."

Rifts in enemy camps

Rifts have opened across the Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah, and you find them inside enemy camps that are already on the map. Step through one and you're in a hostile, otherworldly arena.

• You choose the fight. Funcom's wording is "Choose your challenge, defeat what waits on the other side, and return with new materials and rewards."
• Rewards: "The greater the danger, the greater the prize."
• The rift materials are also what the new spells cost (below).

Funcom still hasn't said how many rifts there are, how often they open, or whether a cleared rift comes back.

Four new sorcery spells

Part Two adds four spells to Sorcery, "unlocked using materials earned from Rift encounters". After that you "upgrade your tome" to get more out of them. Funcom's release post describes the four without naming them:

• A ward: "Protect yourself with a defensive ward."
• Void control: "Control the battlefield with the power of the Void."
• Corruption: "Spread corruption among your enemies."
• Swift casting: "prepare your magic for swift casting when every second counts."

The Mi-Go return

Funcom's 2020 Isle of Siptah reveal listed "swarming Mi-go" among the "horrors from the outer void" drawn in by the island's Maelstrom storm. Now they come back through the rifts: "Face these otherworldly creatures once more, including a Mi-Go mini boss, and hunt for themed rewards."

Beating them earns themed rewards, and "those who prevail may even find a way to bring a Mi-Go thrall or pet back to their settlement." Mi-Go thralls are real: the patch notes' known issues include "MiGo thralls follow really far away."

Since 2.2.0

Part Two is the first content update since patch 2.2.0 (15 September), which moved Conan Exiles Enhanced to Unreal Engine 5.8.2 and switched dedicated servers to Iris, Epic's newer networking layer. If your server hasn't been updated since mid-September, the Part Two update brings all of this with it.

• Less lag on busy servers. Funcom: "So far we've seen servers experience roughly half the lag they did before Iris was enabled." They also say "Iris doesn't remove all server performance limitations, given the freedom players have to build at scale."
• Every mod needed rebuilding. 2.2.0 "forced a recook on all mods" because of engine changes, so mods showed as out of date until their authors republished them. A mod that hasn't been updated since 15 September is worth a second look.
• Two hotfixes followed. The 17 September one "Fixed several server crash issues" and fixed base-game asset overrides not loading from cooked mods. Hotfix 2.2.2 on 24 September "Fixed crash that could occur on boot for servers with stale files from before the 2.2.0 update."
• Joining a modded server is quicker: the check that compares a player's mods with the server's "is now calculated in a much faster way."

What changed for servers in 3.0

Most of Patch 3.0.0 is quality of life and bug fixes. The lines that touch a server:

• "Tightened server movement checks when the server is running well, making speed hacks less effective."
• "Reduced server log spam about missing spawn table data."
• "Fixed a rare server crash related to incremental garbage collection."
• "Fixed some golems healing to full health after a server restart."
• Legendary items can now be dismantled for legendary fragments, and warpaints no longer expire.

Funcom's known issues list for 3.0 has a few that a server owner will hear about:

• "Everybody Can Loot Corpse option is always turned on." If you run a PvP server with that setting off, it isn't being honoured right now.
• "Golems set to guard don't take damage on a PVP server when PVP building damage is off."
• "Buildings decaying and disappearing refreshes the decay timer for placeables."
• "Followers abruptly disappear on teleport or dungeon entrance/exit."

What your server needs to do

1. Take a backup before you update. On a self-hosted server, copy the whole ConanSandbox\Saved folder: the world database and your settings live there.
2. Update the server. Players get the new version through Steam.
3. Start the server and check your mods before your players join. The 3.0 patch notes don't ask for a recook this time, but they do change how mods share assets (see the FAQ), so a mod can load with pieces missing.

Self-hosting? The dedicated server is Steam app 443030:

steamcmd +login anonymous +app_update 443030 validate +quit

Tip: On a LOW.MS server, Create backup on the Backups tab takes the backup, and the Game updates card on the Overview tab installs the new build (the server stops and restarts while it runs). Check for updates on the Mods tab shows which of your mods have new versions. All three are in the control panel.

What's coming next

• October: news on Conan Exiles Enhanced for consoles, which is still PC only. Funcom's September update says "October is right around the corner and more will be revealed then." There's no date yet.
• A Shemite building set is coming to the Conan Exiles Enhanced Bazaar, per the Part Two release post. No date given.
• Parts Three and Four: no dates. Funcom's June announcement says the arc will "unfold across four parts during the coming months".

FAQ

Do players need to buy anything?

No, Part Two is free: Funcom announced Legacy of the Giant-Kings as "four free updates". The Isle of Siptah half of the map is still DLC, though. Funcom's own words: "Access to the Isle of Siptah still requires ownership of the Isle of Siptah DLC."

What version number is Part Two?

Patch 3.0.0, released on 6 October. It followed hotfix 2.2.3, a small Bazaar fix released on 1 October.

Does Part Two wipe my server?

No. Neither the release post nor the patch notes mention a wipe. The rifts open inside enemy camps that already exist, and the Mi-Go come through them.

My server excludes one region of the map. Does it still get rifts?

Rifts appear in both the Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah. If you've set Excluded Regions on the Manage tab, players can only reach the rifts in the region you've kept.

Will a server on the Legacy (UE4) branch get Part Two?

No. When Enhanced launched, Funcom said the Legacy version on PC "will not receive additional updates". Part Two is for Conan Exiles Enhanced only.

Will Part Two break my mods?

It can. Patch 3.0 adds a rule for mods that share assets: "Assets shared between mods must now sit in a subfolder under Shared that matches the mod's name. Improperly named shared assets (for example Mods/SomeMod/Shared/OtherMod) are ignored with a warning."

Ignored means the mod still loads without those assets, so the server can start normally with parts of a mod missing. Only the mod's author can fix the folder layout. Check the Mods tab after the first start, look at the mod's Workshop page for a 3.0 update, and if something is missing in game, look for that warning in the server log.

Sources: Funcom's Part Two release post, Patch 3.0.0 notes with full notes and known issues, the Patch 3.0 public beta notes, Part Two announcement, September community update, Update 2.2.0 and its full patch notes, the 17 September hotfix, hotfix 2.2.2, the Legacy of the Giant-Kings announcement, Part One and the Conan Exiles Enhanced FAQ.