Getting Started on a PvP Server (2024) - Conan Exiles

[@Zelosykes]

PLEASE READ if you intend to power-level using this method: As of the release of the Chapter 4 update (4/2/24) of the Age of War, all harvesting-power-leveling methods have been nerfed on official PvP servers because harvest rates have been brought down from x4 to x2. I ran some test and you should still be able to powerlevel using this method, it just won't be as fast. In your first run of this route, you should be able to get up to level 39. That's still a decent amount of levels to get just from simply farming mushrooms. Also, if your sickle breaks halfway through the route, pick up some of the steel bars that you find in the chests at Shaleback Hollow. Once you're level 30 you can learn the steel sickle so you can repair it. Aside from steel bars, you'll also need some shaped wood to repair it, which you can easily get from crafting a carpenter's bench. If you don't think this powerleveling route is worth it, I do have this other video that shows you another method: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXvWgqSchalpn6c If you need some more help or information, please feel free to comment~

[@sergiohenrique2411]

Brother your content is solid and no funcom last minute update will change that. We are all Conan players here :D

[@genehenson8851]

Man I love putting these on right before bed. Your audio is so chill and relaxing.

[@namelessjedi2242]

The long shaleback-filled island in the middle of the river also has a mushroom patch, not far from the giant tree, just southeast of it. Within sight of the two exiles who fight a crocodile on the far eastern side, but not close enough that any of them will attack you.

[@Zelosykes]

Thank you for sharing! The more patches the better! Speeds things up.

[@Roxxigaro]

This has been my go to start for a while: i do mushrooms on the way to the swamp, then do purple/black lotus there while getting obelisks and buy alchemy / dancer thrall + hot food from flotsam, then go through passage to north and get those obelisks + some lotus on the way to mounds of the dead, mushrooms and lotus at mounds are also decent XP. It takes a long time but you get most obelisks and plenty of lotuses for crafting later. Just make sure you keep putting down bedrolls in case you die.

[@iPhysQ]

WELCOMEBACKKK!!!! I subscribed because of ur old videos, im glad i am finaly a part of this journey😁

[@Zelosykes]

Haha thank you! :D Glad you can join us on this new adventure.

[@Zelosykes]

Here we go! The start of yet another solo pvp journey! New episodes for this series will be out every Sunday so make to subscribe to channel if you don't wanna miss any future videos.

[@krenym3876]

Great vid and love how you really take the time to explain everything to new players. Looking forward to day 2. Zelosykes vids are always so chill :)

[@Zelosykes]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it! :D

[@jonathanheineman1702]

You have a way different pvp experience than me. I focus on making noob river backup base, move on to iron spot, make iron spot base, and farm iron. My favorite setup to run around in is medium armor and an iron weapon (I switch it up regularly). The funniest thing to me is how often I recover my gear cause they don't want it.

[@OldUndeadMaleModel]

I HAVE BEEN SO EXCITED FOR THIS

[@Zelosykes]

Sorry for the long wait. Officials have been a disaster since the last couple months. It made it difficult to finish this series.

[@OldUndeadMaleModel]

@@Zelosykes no need to sorry :D im just happy its out

[@LazyCB]

Checking in for those chill new pvp server vibes

[@Zelosykes]

Haha you already know!

[@seamusoconaill8265]

I was unaware of the mushroom XP. Good to know. The long island with all the shalebacks on it, just East of the Sentinals, has a large patch on the Eastern side of the island. Added bonus if you run up and grab the sickle first aloe leaves are much easier to gather as well.

[@Zelosykes]

With the sickle it should only take around 2 trips, super quick.

[@seamusoconaill8265]

@@Zelosykes I play PVE so it will take longer. That does not in any way change the value of the content.

[@confusedfood5299]

Silvermine got free starmetal tools and advanced tool upgrade kits so level 60 is instant. Never knew shrooms giving that much exp

[@Zelosykes]

Oh really?? Are those tools 100% guaranteed? That’s awesome, I’ll check that place out.

[@Bubbles99718]

Bit risky going in there when low level

[@csgoportar4786]

If u get the sickle you can go for the black lotus at the garden and the purple plants close to mounds of the dead

[@unholyfrijole2009]

Love your chill vibe and videos. I saw another comment that you are looking for other games to play. Im interested to see what to find. Right now, Im waiting on Dune and really hope Funcom does it right and that pvp isn't just an afterthought.

[@Zelosykes]

If I find a decent PvP game similar to Conan, I’ll definitely make a video out of it so we can all escape it together, lmao. And thank you, happy to hear you enjoy the videos. :)

[@C0BRA1123]

Best way to lvl is go to jungle farm black lotus then go to that cave at north jungle and it will tp u to key hole then u go up to black ice from there u should hit like 28-30 just from lotus

[@Zelosykes]

I was wondering if there was some kind of teleportation in early game from the jungle to the west side of the map. Definitely gotta check out that cave, first time hearing about it!

[@C0BRA1123]

@@Zelosykes it’s by the sandreappers at the north jungle on

[@Zelosykes]

Thank you bro, I will check it out.

[@steezwts9093]

​@@Zelosykes it puts you out in the snow above the dam. Nowhere near black ice but closer I guess. I just have someone push me through a map room to the frost temple

[@SgtSnowballs]

Babe wake up Zelosykes uploaded

[@jasonhall947]

I've been getting my ass kicked on PVP. Thanks for the tips. Subscribed!

[@Zelosykes]

Practice makes the biggest difference in PvP. You got it, brother!

[@Mr44magnum0706]

Always love the videos, hope I’ll see you around on the server 👍

[@Zelosykes]

You’re still on this server? It died like last week. Seemed like it was getting DDoS attack for a few days, had 9999 ping.

[@Mr44magnum0706]

@@Zelosykes yeah I am and I’ve noticed that. We had problems with other hackers farther back, I think my bases still stand because I never leave my character in base. Pop fell then but it seems like it bounces back fairly well.

[@Mr44magnum0706]

@@Zelosykeshate to say this but I think the server is dead. Raid hours looking slim

[@Zelosykes]

Lol yeah I figured it was. I been gone from that server for a few weeks now. What was your clan?

[@Mr44magnum0706]

@@Zelosykes don’t have one, but I use Travelin Man as my in game name in all servers

[@TEXASr0adh0use]

Can't wait for new episode

[@Zelosykes]

Thanks becoming a channel member! :) I’m still recording this series, but members will get early access to all episodes as soon as I get them edited. See you in the next episode!

[@Ymir108]

You're awesome!

[@TippyGunman]

Looking forward to the new update to try out the new leveling method

[@Zelosykes]

Hopefully Funcom doesn't patch the xp for the mushrooms/lotus flower!

[@DmytroBogdan]

6:38 there is another patch of mushrooms near alloy leaves, next to your cursor

[@stevencarter2918]

I've been looking forward to a new series I love them makes me want to redownload the game atleast you won't be short on food

[@Zelosykes]

New update comes out tomorrow! I would stick to single player or PvE servers though, haha. PvP is in a rough state.

[@stevencarter2918]

@Zelosykes thanks for the advice I am a console player I have question if you do pve should you take it as seriously if you was doing pvp

[@Sambimbo98]

Took a break from the good old Conan for about a month got my hands on the switch but ready to catch some bodies when I get back 🙌🏻☠️

[@Zelosykes]

Nice, a break from Conan is always good. Hope you have a fun adventure once you come back!

[@chrisgroves255]

Good video but one thing I think would be important to new players using this leveling method. You didn't mention the corruption gained at shellback cavern and how to cure it. Sepermeru is the simplest way imo

[@Zelosykes]

Gotta be in and out asap. Once you’re done power leveling, definitely gotta go to the tavern at Sepermeru. That’s my go to spot as well. Hopefully any new players that don’t know read your comment~

[@wav3y_visuals163]

You can do golem heads you can get to lvl 60 super fast

[@bahadir7677]

Awesome, no more making ziplines to the mounds for star metal tools. That sickle in the cave is gonna be a huge time save.

[@Zelosykes]

That sickle is huge! Hoping they don’t patch it, haha. You can also get other steel tools but they’re more random.

[@Ralticz]

i used to do black ice, then i switched over to lotus flowers and will now try puffballs, however i will not be suprised of funcom sleuths in an xp nerf for farming flowers in the next patch >.>. They enjoy taking the things i love R.I.P og spear =(

[@Zelosykes]

When I checked on the Chapter 4 beta, it seemed like mushrooms/lotus xp rates remained the same. Hopefully they don't change em.

[@rando56]

Love your content man. Shame PC seems to be plagued by cheaters. Been a pleasure to watch your content over the years :)

[@Zelosykes]

Thank you bro, glad you have stuck around. If I start playing a new PvP game, hopefully you still enjoy the content, haha.

[@vt3463]

Ark is improving

[@jukebox9377]

A nice safe fast leveling would be to farm crystals...and you can In Hannumans tomb right in the beginning

[@Zelosykes]

It was a safe way, but as of April 2nd, you will no longer be able to farm crystals using tools. You’ll need to use the Mass Cull spell to farm them.

[@jukebox9377]

Oh wow I figured they would be something you could mine with tools

[@mattsarabi4539]

yes, let's go!

[@Zelosykes]

Hope you enjoyed!

[@mattsarabi4539]

@@Zelosykes Best! Not only was it delightful, but I also learned significant way to level up. thanks :D

[@christhompson9427]

How did you get rid of your corruption from Shaleback Hollow?

[@Berek71182]

Question: In case you get a steel pickle at the cave as well: Is it worth to farm the brimstone underwater in the Dschungel (with mask) ? Or just walk the Route again? What is more efficient?

[@Zelosykes]

The underwater brimstone in the jungle can no longer be farmed using a pick as of Chapter 4. Sadly you can only pick it up by hand now. Not worth the time.

[@jzyce1060]

i've been thinking abt trying this game, is the game servers ever populated?

[@christhompson9427]

How did you get rid of corruption from shaleback hollow?

[@greenprince7929]

meta for lvl now is golums head,u crafting stone heads after dat u craftin brim heads .from lvl 1 to 60 20mins

[@Zelosykes]

Haven’t tried that method yet. Sounds really good if you already have established clan mates who have all mats and golem crafting bench.

[@greenprince7929]

@@Zelosykes yeah if u have some clan mates that have stuff to craft its really easy too do but for solo players ur method is still the best i think

[@_metal_militia773]

cant you transfer characters server to server yet? must be a drag to lvl up every server. great video!

[@Zelosykes]

Server transfers have been disabled for a while now. Lmao I actually power leveled 3 times for this series. New character every time. Cheaters kept killing the servers.

[@jasmintwobears5581]

fastest way to lvl to 60 is making stone golem chests then upgrading them to tar or brimstone takes me 30 mins to get mats then 3 mins to lvl 60 :)

[@Zelosykes]

Ima try it out on single player, thx for sharing. :)

[@hellraisor21]

Im sry i doubt that unless u playing single player with admin mode active from beginning of the desert to the golem guy takes 10 mins tops then u have to find the closest spawn location of the area i chose the galleon but then u have to kil that creature lucky enough to get 5 blood crystal fairly enought for a arm thats 3 mins it took u longer than 30 mins lol stop playing.

[@kingtatom]

So do you gain more xp when you gather more of the resource like is it better to use better tools because they will give more resources instead of picking them up?

[@Zelosykes]

Yes, the more you pick up, the more experience you get. So a Star Metal sickle will level you up faster than an iron sickle. Also, as I mentioned, get the Efficient Harvest perk at leve 10. This perk gives you twice as many resources on the final hit, so more xp.

[@aceportgas3812]

hi, which official server is this?

[@colbashar]

Hi Zelo. First time viewer. I was wondering, is there some place where the Conan PvP community hangs out? I run a custom Conan Exiles server built for PvP with some novel area control mechanics but I don't know where to get the best reach to advertise it. Until I saw some of your fighting, I wasn't sure if PvP was still a thing on this game.

[@Zelosykes]

Honestly I’m not sure about that. I only play solo so I’m not really part of any PvP group aside from my KZbin channel. I have seen that people can advertise their servers on the Funcom Conan forums.

[@colbashar]

@@Zelosykes Ahh, well. Thank you for prompt reply all the same!

[@KillerZA065]

How is the pop on servers played it a while back on console but pop was low. Got a Pc now but to scared to get conan bec of the pop that was on console was a dead game on console.

[@Zelosykes]

Population is not the greatest right now. Officials are infested with cheaters who are killing off the remaining PvP population. PvE would be a better choice if you want to experience the game in peace.

[@kevinh5522]

I hope they dont nerf the xp on mushrooms... after ch4 the server i'm on is being wiped so I am forced into a restart... hope to get L60 fasr to get going

[@Zelosykes]

When I checked on the beta test, the xp was still good! Hoping nothing changes on April 2nd. Also, with the steel sickle, you can get up to level 60 in two farm runs, super quick. Good luck on the new server!

[@Qowed]

hello,on xbox and playstation is skybasw problem, is the problem also on pc ?

[@Zelosykes]

Sky bases on PC have always been a problem, but one of the hot fixes for Chapter 3 was suppose to help prevent them. I haven’t heard much about fly bases on PC recently, so maybe it worked, but you never know, cheaters always find a way.

[@nyexai6927]

Huh how did you get your blu torch green???

[@Zelosykes]

I'm not sure, tbh. I think it might just be my color configuration + the cave. I just picked a random torch and used it.

[@nyexai6927]

@@Zelosykesah Alr fair enough

[@RiPPeRZ]

Did you ever think of joining private pvp servers? No stress of hackers, glitchers, etc.

[@Zelosykes]

I have thought about it, but the two things stopping me from playing private servers are 1) it’s too restrictive. they have so many rules regarding what you can/can’t do 2) admin abusing their power.

[@RiPPeRZ]

Before I joined private my concern was abusing admins and that there are wipes every 2months or so. But I found a server where admins are legit so far, everything is pvp focused. Best thing is that you don't have to worry about hackers and glitchers and for me that makes it up. Sure there are rules and I guess privates don't have that story telling as you would have when starting on official.

[@hellraisor21]

The fastest way is actually harvesting plants rare plants in terms which is to hilarious.

[@Bubbles99718]

Official is 4× harvesting? Is that a pvp thing?

[@Zelosykes]

For Official PvP it’s x4, not sure about PvE.

[@seamusoconaill8265]

PVE is 1X @@Zelosykes

[@csgoportar4786]

If u skip journey at the beginning, you ll get around 5 lvls

[@cxkekai]

The state of Conan is at its worst it’s been, a lot more hackers with new hack, will come and full loot locked vaults and chest without having to do anything but type in that certain chests code and input into cheat and it will pull all the loot from your locked chests and into their chest

[@Zelosykes]

It’s the worst I have ever seen. This series took so long to film because of cheaters constantly killing every server. I have been trying to find a new game to play because Conan PvP is an absolute tragedy to play. Good luck man. I hope a new PvP game comes out soon cause as much as I love Conan, I don’t have much hope for it due to all the super cheats going around.

[@cxkekai]

@@Zelosykes100%, Conan is super addicting but I’ve lost interest recently, literally every server even low pop with like 7 on during raid times, hacker come full loots everyone haha ggs, trying out siptah it’s been actually kinda refreshing learning everything

[@spongebob423]

Yep, I gave up too, because of cheaters.

[@saraathena]

Let us know if you find a new game because seems that all of us leave Conan for the same reason

[@Zelosykes]

Don’t worry I’ll make a video once I find a good replacement! I’m waiting for one that should be coming out soon!

[@kurtl8425]

Conan the Mushroom Farmer was some of Howard’s best work. If this is how you level all I can say is what a silly game.

[@Zelosykes]

Lmao yeah, it is pretty silly.

[@Semirotta]

Everytime I watch your videos, I get that feeling of going back to Conan. Its just so boring PvE, even with mods. PvP aspect of any game does not intrigue me what so ever due to the rampant hackers in every game.

[@Zelosykes]

I would stay away from PvP official servers right now, it’s just not a good time to play unfortunately. :/

[@Maverick-qm8xw]

Would you be interested in a 1v1 with me?

[@Zelosykes]

Yeah, I’d be down in the future. I been wanting to host some kind of friendly 1v1s with subscribers, just gotta figure out a good server to do it on.

[@timothybagley287]

nice

[@africansoldier9312]

Finally!

[@Zelosykes]

We back! :D

[@gillateeen]

Game is abaolute garbage now bro. Wait for Dune or play rust/dayz

[@Zelosykes]

Planning on playing some DayZ soon. It seems so hard for new players, lol!

[@gillateeen]

@@Zelosykes it's a blast dude, dying a thousand times before you even get a weapon is the fun part

[@dejavu3663]

Come to official 3690 you wont survive

[@mzxu1]

Conan is simple step 1 avoid offical servers. Its all spamed u cant build anywhere. Ur dead first day. Unless ur playing a dead ass server. Or a pve bob

[@KUTZUM4]

Why hate on the pve-c.. it's the best idea for these types of games it let's us with lives live and still enjoy all the goods and bads of this game including pvp

[@4sterTV]

Try Blood an Sands RP. Like a PVE-C with raids sometimes for wars an stuff. Cool idea.

[@KUTZUM4]

@4ster468 we don't have raids but when people quit the servers usually everyone stalks the decay time then all fight for the base when it decays

[@kaylacalderon1870]

Sounds like it’s not for the weak so don’t complain and go to a pve server 😂

[@bigspooky2817]

1770 pull up, no spam at all

[@honkykong4672]

I hope Dune is released soon. Conan is all but dead to me. Official server lag is unplayable.

[@Zelosykes]

I been looking for a new PvP game to play cause official servers are at all time worst. So many cheaters that can loot your locked chests, etc. I watched so many servers die from this playthrough.

[@momomartinez3935]

Is it the same on consoles? Or less of the chest and vault hacks?

[@Zelosykes]

I’m not sure about that. I even thought about playing on console too just to avoid all the cheating going on on PC. I think the cheating might be less bad on it though, but I have seen videos of speed hackers/lag switching on console. Who knows… if any console players can enlighten us please.

[@darren2877]

I play on console One or two hackers from time to time but nothing major. Usually everyone seems cool 😎

[@Zelosykes]

Nice, thanks for letting us know!

[@CesarGonzalez-qu8uh]

Do one for siptah pls