Conan Exiles Roadmap 2026: Legacy of the Giant-Kings & What Hosts Should Plan For

The Conan Exiles 2026 roadmap — Funcom’s Legacy of the Giant-Kings story arc, the post-Battle-Pass content cadence, and what dedicated-server admins need to know.

Where Funcom Communicates

Funcom publishes Conan Exiles announcements on the official site and Steam News. Its current cadence is described as larger Chapter updates roughly every six months, with smaller updates between them. Treat each dated announcement as the source of truth rather than an invented Age name or release schedule.

Where the Game Stands

Conan Exiles remains an active live-service game under the “Age of” framework. Funcom’s current 2026 announcement names Legacy of the Giant-Kings as a free four-part story arc beginning July 21, 2026. Funcom also says the Next Age will not have a Battle Pass; rewards and smaller content updates replace that model.

What’s Confirmed for the Current 2026 Cycle

• Legacy of the Giant-Kings — a free four-part story arc begins July 21, 2026
• First part: Beneath the Unnamed City — the Cyclopean Halls, a boss encounter, and Legendary repair are announced for the opening part
• Second part: The Legacy of the Giant-Kings: Part Two, released October 6, 2026 as patch 3.0.0, with new content for the Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah; hotfix 3.0.1 followed on October 8
• Engine and networking: update 2.2.0, released September 15, 2026, moved the game to Unreal Engine 5.8.2 and to Epic’s Iris networking, which sends updates only when needed
• Smaller updates between Chapters — Funcom describes a roughly six-month Chapter cadence with smaller content, event, quality-of-life, and bug-fix updates between Chapters
• No Battle Pass in the Next Age — the previous Battle Pass model is not a current 2026 roadmap item

What Is Not Announced

• The dates and contents of Parts Three and Four of the story arc
• No current commitment is recorded here for a mod API or a land-claim change
• Do not describe the current cycle as “Age of Heroes II” or promise a Battle Pass

What Server Admins Should Plan For

Hardware

• 1-20 players, vanilla → Plan M
• 20-40 players or modded → Plan L
• 40+ players, heavy mods → top tier; CPU-bound

Age transitions are the painful days

Major Conan updates can affect mods and save workflows. Treat the official announcement and patch notes as the migration trigger, then stage the update before moving a live community. Practical playbook:

• Check ModDB / Steam Workshop compatibility tags before forcing the Age update
• Pre-Age full server backup is mandatory
• Stage a parallel test server with the new Age before community migration

Land-claim and decay tuning

Long-running PvP communities live and die on land-claim balance. Review server settings after every major update and verify that decay, claims, and mod behavior still match the community rules.

How to Track

• Funcom dev streams on Twitch
• Steam News: store.steampowered.com/app/440900/Conan_Exiles
• Conan Exiles official site: conanexiles.com/blog

Bottom Line

Conan Exiles 2026 is anchored by the free four-part Legacy of the Giant-Kings arc, with no Battle Pass in the Next Age. The biggest host risk is update and mod compatibility, not a guaranteed content cadence. Stage each major update, back up first, and promote it only after the community’s mods and settings are ready.