We asked the Devs: New BATTLE PASS Progression & Daily XP Cap - All You Need to Know | Conan Exiles

[@Pixelcave]

✅ Want to complete the Battle Pass easy & fast? ✅ Follow our guide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roKniaeDrddkrq8

[@Mackinmeat]

at 10:13 i strongly disagree, there's no real reason to do this to the players who like to speed through the pass in a day or two, and then comeback after a short hiatus (usually after the chapter is over) unless they're scrambling for user engagement. If I buy the pass I should be allowed to finish them as fast, or as slow as I'd like (AKA: the customer). I really do hate battle pass systems, and I wished they'd just let people keep old passes after the season is over so they can level them up passively along with any new passes they may want to buy later on.

[@Nasko_Nikolov]

I'm on the same opinion.

[@Pixelcave]

Oh, totally agree with most points here - it's simply that in the grand scheme, having to grind 2-3 more days versus the previous method, is the minor issue here (and I take passive crafting station grind any day over active spawn/kill grind). In our opinion, a BP should never ask for both - time AND money. Either I pay and get all items, or it's a free BP and I have to play to unlock the rewards. I think asking for both is the real issue here. If that's not the case, then yes, there should at least be no time limit, after all, you've paid for it, so you should own the right to grind it out or (or not) whenever.

[@whazuesicefang5001]

Well in my honest opinion if your not a fan of battle passes then just ignore them and do what you do in the game I personally enjoy the thrill of a challange lvl 11 in chapter 4's battlepass after 2 days day 1 I completed the 3 weekly challenges for a total of 9 lvls and I grinded 2 pass lvls on the second day just by crafting armor, fighting bosses in dungeons, doing the jhebbal sag champions challenges but naked with a short sword and shield while having the trials war paint equipped and I loved the challange it gave me without God mode being turned on and I did them at lvl 43 just to make it harder for myself so you don't want the battlepass then just don't buy it and you'll just passive lvl the BP xp up while just playing

[@Mackinmeat]

@@whazuesicefang5001 that sounds like a fun way to play, I’ll definitely try that later. But I’m mostly bothered by the lvl cap for the battle pass. Unnecessary, unwanted, and unpleasant. Like I said before the customer should be able to play as fast or as slow as they please.

[@whazuesicefang5001]

@Mackinmeat yea but then the majority of the ones whom speed run it tends to send complaints to funcom that it's "yo funcom it's too easy to lvl the battlepass and now we're bord with nothing to do until the next battle pass!" They had once stated that they liked it easy but then complained because they had no reason to hop on and play conan because there was no challange to keep them to stay on for more than a couple of days

[@BloodMoonVA]

There is a lot of things broken in conan, and also, wrong stuff going on with BP. Also, not providing the reason for the BP exp cap is suspicious. And many things are broken of course, because of Funcoms "Spaghetti code", meaning their coding always leads to bugs when it comes to updates. Its continuous problem. As for my experience, well... BP is fine, although I couldnt understand why the zingaran theme looks more modern, comparing to previous Battle Passes we had. Fatalities are a little bugged, where you just angrily look at the person and they explode. But thats about it

[@Pixelcave]

Would have loved to get a few clearer answers. Curious to hear what you experience with the BP is, what bugs you encountered, if any different ones.

[@BloodMoonVA]

@@Pixelcave Most bugs were the one where it would take some time for exp to register, and probably the one with progress not applying in challenges for a while. But funcom should really focus on fixing the main bugs. Hell, maybe even consider upgrading their engine, to fix fatal errors, loading times, crashes, etc. I have had many bugs, but they are gameplay bugs, not BP. For BP, my main concern is the exp cap, and also, BP contents, because some battlepasses werent worth it. This ones alright, but it looks too modern, comparing to what we got. High time they add muskets in lol

[@briangalaviz69]

They removed the conveniance of armor & the wheel hub automatically being equipped back on your character upon retrieving/looting your corpse. Making it a royal pain to equip it all back if you happen to died in a hostile OP area because you'll end up being over encumbered with jack to fight back with. Also the weapon status feats & durability is no longer shown on the wheel hub.

[@whazuesicefang5001]

Well it depends on the server I play on ones where just the inventory drops but not the equipped gear and wheel tools and weapons

[@billvarner6548]

I just died and when I grabbed everything it all went back exactly as I had it.

[@ImadZeryouh]

U should make a good base. I farmed like 50k iron and made a huge base. If I die I have plenty extra armour and the potions I can create fast to reset atributes. With full expertiseFull Endurance and Health u become impossible to kill. Also having Teleport unlocked helps alot. Once u retrieve gear u can go base and reset again and respec taking weight in account again. The game on hardest dificulty gives me 30 mins. Also I made sure I have double keys for the arena and extra cold and hot resistant gear because some areas are harder and u cant go in fiber clothes. Thats how I do it. Yellow lotus potion is a must.

[@xyAKMxy]

I already don't like this idea of 3 challenges a week, feels like they're forcing me to log into the game at specific timed to boost playtime statistics, they've essentially already done this with the bazaar because I have to check every day, every 3 days, every 6 days and every 2 weeks for items that I have no guarantee they'll show up on that rollout. I want to be done with the challenges at my own time, not at Funcom's time. Edit: ffs they disabled exp through admin-spawns, come on!

[@kukipett]

I also don't like the new style, you quickly make the 3 challenges, took me one hour then you are shooting in the dark, you don't know if you progress or not until a huge deafening sound blows up you ears giving you an heart attack because you have reached a new level. Before i had a sense of what i had to do but now it's just a background thing, well, good for the lazy players who don't want to bother about challenges.

[@Pixelcave]

If you gonna admin complete the BP, you can also fully ignore the challenges - yes, they give you a day's worth of XP per week, but that's it. So just log in at 8 days of your choosing (out of 3 months) and passive grind (crafting stations) your daily cap out in a few minutes. The whole cap is not really making anyone who uses admin mode play seriously more, so much is for sure. Admin spawns don't matter either, just teleport to the handful of mobs required, done.

[@xyAKMxy]

@@Pixelcave I understand that I can just spawn resources to craft stuff on a bench, but between having to spend 1 or 2 hours crafting stuff like we used to craft ten-thousand daggers in Skyrim AND having to do some daily challenges which give you one or two levels in the BP with the exp multipliers, I'd personally pick the latter. Moreover, having to find certain animals was a struggle, especially bears and the reptile monstruosities, so I eventually opted for spawning them on stacks of 5-10 in singleplayer. If I sound pissed off at a videogame (which is silly of me, I know), it's because as of currently I'm struggling to return to Conan, I've lost a lot of my interest in playing and Funcom altering things every now and then is starting to annoy me. Edit: on a sidenote, I wish to say thank you for the informative video, I appreciate the effort you put in providing us with detailed showcases of the updates and new chapters/ages.

[@Ming1975]

Yes, this is a time sink, all i wanted is the regalia and that's 1000 fangs 😣 they are doing this to force players to log on just to get this outfit.

[@Pixelcave]

@xyAKMxy Thank you, we really appreciate it. And don't worry, we all need to vent about games now and then - the frustration is completely understandable. It's difficult not to feel that way if you care about a game or experience repeatedly issues that destroy your gameplay experience.

[@IcyTorment]

One bug I noticed is that if you start a queue to craft items that give XP and then open the challenge screen and watch the XP rack up, it shows three level-ups instead of one. Exiting and reopening the challenge screen will reset it to show the correct level.

[@billvarner6548]

That bug has been around since chapter 3 at least.

[@VeridianHerald]

Gratitude for your investigation and inquiries. I'm not entirely sold on the new system because it seems to exclude new players and forces builders (who are the primary source of revenue as their monetization is almost exclusively cosmetics) to engage with much of the game that they may not find inspiring (especially stripping away the ability to spawn the monster to be slain). That said, it is still easy enough to accomplish so not terribly burdensome.

[@BigBrother-op6wq]

I created 500 units of noxious gas arrows from scratch and got 15,500 battle pass XP for my efforts (500 for filling the glass flasks with water; 5000 each for water orbs, gaseous orbs, and the arrows themselves). I did this (well, my thralls did this) over 2 days. That's 1/4 of the battle pass. I gathered the puffball mushrooms using a star metal sickle in just one session (4 locations). That's a really good harvest rate for the mushrooms (my harvest setting is 1.0). I used the arrows fighting several level 5 purges and got a lot of xp defending my base.

[@Lost_Elfgirl]

You can craft perfect paddings for 25 EP too. For me the daily reset for the EP is at 01:00 / 02:00 or 03:00 (Germany time) I could not get the exactly time so far.

[@Pixelcave]

Thank you, and interesting. We had a similar experience yesterday, around the same time. Need to do some further testing, please do share if you find out more as well!

[@Lost_Elfgirl]

@@Pixelcave Aye I'll try

[@Lost_Elfgirl]

@@Pixelcave This night it was not 03. Tested at 02:30 and got EP. I'll try to catch the 01 tonight.

[@Lost_Elfgirl]

@@Pixelcave Ok 1:00 doesn't work - 2:00 does work. (German time)

[@Pixelcave]

@@Lost_Elfgirl Thank you so much, we're pretty sure it's 1am for us (that's UK time), so that would match your findings!

[@slik1977]

Did you ask them why they can't bring out an update that's not a buggy piece of crap?

[@BloodMoonVA]

Because they have a spaghetti code

[@bradiklongsword335]

Ya I know lot just don’t play for two weeks after the update until a hotfix comes in …

[@durpdurpsmurt]

Tired of losing my thralls, lvl, knowledge, and everything else. This game is just bait to make you buy it and screw you iver

[@BloodMoonVA]

@@durpdurpsmurt Playing mostly in RP servers here, but I get your point. I hope that eventually Funcom WILL do something with the game, maybe like an engine upgrade or something. Its tiresome nowadays

[@yiany]

Probably because Dennis is overworked. I suspect he is the only person doing all the work at the moment.

[@vascodutra9895]

The reason for the 9k xp cap, in my opinion, is so they have players logging on everyday to finish it and show in the graphics they have a consistent and active player base, each they don't

[@connorb8056]

You can spawn mobs and still get credit toward BP using "datacmd spawn 1 DungeonSag_WerewolfBoss" ofc just change what your wanting to spawn, had to kill the midnight grove end boss twice, using this command still gave credit while the admin panel didnt (its a console command so use ~ and paste, not sure how console players use console)

[@IcyTorment]

Are you sure that the old system considered player level when choosing challenges? It never seemed to for me.

[@Pixelcave]

Yes, we actually did test that, but you had to log in with the character of the lower level first. If you first logged in for the day with a higher level character and then relogged with the lower level one, you were stuck on the challenges for the higher level one. Same with playing on Exiled Lands or Siptah. Of course there were also more challenging challenges (lol) for the lower ones, but overall the selection was more geared towards your level.

[@IcyTorment]

Oh, and one other thing to remember when estimating the speed at which you can level up the BP: crafting is faster and costs fewer resources in Ch.4 than it did before. By a lot in many cases.

[@skavi2182]

Came back to Conan Exiles after months and, of course, Pixelcave has videos for everything I need to know. Bought battlepass, don't know how many days until new age and I lose ability to complete it. Cheese video helped me do 16 levels today.

[@Pixelcave]

Hehe, glad you found some of our videos helpful. You might still have 2-3 weeks or so, but I wouldn't chance it and try to get it done asap. By the way, if you haven't seen some of our more recent content about the next Age - they will discontinue the Battle Pass completely come the next Age. The one you bought now is the very last there will be.

[@skavi2182]

@@Pixelcave Thanks, will catch up on all your vids to be up to date.

[@LorisLaboratory]

Thank you for this! As a pure single player builder who would just admin spawn through the challenges, the new constraints of time and anti-spawning are irritating, and I guess I have to set reminders now for when challenges reset. but I still managed to get to level 9 first day with the help of a giant creature/boss map, at least. It will be disappointing if they force other more complicated gameplay (purges etc) in future challenges, since I don't want to play these parts of the game. Seems like they are hoping people will be less likely to regain their crom coins in the pass so they will need to buy more next time. 😑

[@Pixelcave]

We get you, even we as creators don't have the time to play the game normally - and if so, would mainly be builders as well. A tip for the easiest completion though, just build a few blacksmiths and spawn resources to passively grind your 8k daily cap whenever you are online building. Even if you miss the weekly challenges, they merely give you a day's worth of XP per week - so no major loss (throughout a 3 month chapter).

[@LorisLaboratory]

@@Pixelcave thank you!! 🥰

[@raalexander8708]

Yeah I’m done with this crap fest game…. Only reason I kept coming back was the battlepass and finishing it in as admin as to build and have fun …. F this game and f this studio … never again supporting them

[@LorisLaboratory]

@@raalexander8708 it's actually turned out to be soooo much faster and easier to breeze through the battle pass now via crafting arrows. It literally takes about a minute a day to plop the pieces in a bench and you are done with the whole pass after doing this just a handful of times. If it wasn't for that, it'd be annoying, but doing this is so much faster than it was before even with admin.

[@SailorsMrs86]

Not a fan that I can't kill things in the battle pass WITH another player. My sister and I were going around to kill world bosses together and neither of us would get the challenges if we both fought. Same with fighting other things together. If we wanted to get any points going towards the battle pass points/levels we have to kill each thing solo. I hope that's a bug and they fix it soon!

[@Pixelcave]

Yeah, that's exactly what we confirmed in the video. Having always played CE as co-op team, that's absolutely critical to get fixed asap!

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

I wonder if completing these battlepass tasks for XP still works on singleplayer with admin mode switched on.

[@Pixelcave]

You might have missed that part in the video, but we explained that while you can't spawn mobs - they won't count when killed, you can still spawn resources, admin teleport and adjust server settings to make things easier and faster.

[@davefinfrock3324]

I cleared the first BP challenge. Feels lacking. It's not that hard to do, but I think I liked the older system better. It had a lot of busy work, but it did give you lots of options to progress things and how all in you went was pretty much up to you. It wasn't hard completing the BP in the allotted time. This one...eh, underwhelming.

[@seamusoconaill8265]

I started Tuesday night, doing the challenges and cheesing the BP by teleporting to the Siptah areas that have multiple bosses in tight concentration allowed me to finish on Sunday night.

[@Pixelcave]

Interesting. Which timezone if I may ask, and does night mean before or after midnight? Like technically Wednesday and Monday early hours?

[@seamusoconaill8265]

@@Pixelcave I'm in EST in the US. I didn't take note of specifically what time it changes, but I get off work any time between 10 PM and Midnight. I play after work until I am ready for bed, and I would log into my official server. When I saw that I had more XP over the 500 that the cap stops at I would switch to solo and get to cheesing.

[@Pixelcave]

Thanks for the info. We currently suspect that the cap resets at around 8pm your time. So by that calculation, you could have completed 7x the daily cap as it reset for you on Sunday evening, plus the 7.5 levels from Challenges. Haha, trying to do the math (hating numbers and timezones). Will do some more digging. But in short, it's a fairly relaxed to complete BP.

[@seamusoconaill8265]

@@Pixelcave No sweat, I rely on you (and a couple others) for accurate info to improve my gameplay. I'm happy to add what I can. :-) It's really not bad for someone like me that cheeses it, once you figure out the 'rules'.

[@grizzly1386]

Not sure if anyone has said but i am getting huge BP gains crafting dragonbone arrows.

[@Pixelcave]

Nice tip! Gonna try it once our cap has reset (sigh).

[@grizzly1386]

Cool I haven't done the math but 1200 arrows just maxed my day

[@IcyTorment]

Yeah, it's 10 XP per arrow. Sand reaper venom is, too. Making orbs is 1 XP for the flask, 1 XP for filling it with water at a bench, 10 XP for the water orb, and 10 XP for the final orb. There's a lot of easy BP XP that I've stumbled across while playing the game.

[@selinamularz9194]

I like the new battle pass progression. I couldn't get the challenges until I was a higher level, but just through game play I'm already at level 23. I play a lot though, and would find it frustrating if i was trying to bust out the BP with limited time.

[@Pixelcave]

Thanks for sharing! Interesting to hear how others progress based on their playstyle - glad to hear it works well for you while playing naturally!

[@whazuesicefang5001]

I had gotten 10 xp for killing a frost giant and i crafted a piece of armor and got 25 xp while killing a 3 skull world boss i gotten like around 75 xp from killing one and im enjoying this because now i can just enjoy playing the game and getting battlepass xp by doing so im already lvl 11 in the battlepass

[@Pixelcave]

That's awesome! It's really nice that the new system rewards active gameplay and you aren't pressured into completing daily challenges anymore. Really glad you enjoy it!

[@ragnarrandom7367]

none of the battlepass stuff is craftable on my account. still shows up in ancestral knowledge, but nothing shows in the bench

[@Pixelcave]

That's strange, I just checked some armor and everything shows. Which items did you check? Did you maybe have some filters/sorting on? If not and if it persists I would contact support.

[@ragnarrandom7367]

@@Pixelcave i just checked again and today it worked, so maybe there was some sort of FLS bug last night? i dunno but it resolved itself so thats good.

[@Pixelcave]

@@ragnarrandom7367 Ah, that could be of course. Glad to hear it resolved itself!

[@Kaotic_Chan62]

what armor is that? 4:07

[@Pixelcave]

That would be Conan's Royal armor, unfortunately it's no longer available. You can see it in more detail here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oajRXn2ri6d7p5I

[@monkeyjackmonkeyjack3779]

daily battle pass xp cap seems to reset at 12am GMT for me

[@Pixelcave]

Seems about right, at least it's what we "thought" we observed and a few others as well, but we'll try to confirm it.

[@DanDroidx]

Is there a way to turn off the auto-sort option in the inventory? Every time I log in, I have to reset my inventory to "Not Sorted" and rearrange my inventory so the stuff I need to access quickly is where I need it to be.

[@Pixelcave]

I believe not, at least we're having issues with the inventory constantly resorting itself - and not even in a logical manner. Extremely annoying.

[@paollopiettrobrunoro9979]

Unfortunately I ain't seeing any improved QOL! And no, it's not working at all!! I'm feeling more frustrated and disappointed than excited!! Several changes is ruining the gaming experience once again! And I'm not talking about BP progression or xp daily cap! That's not nearly a problem related with more important thigs that should have been fixed a long, long, loooooong time ago! But regarding chapter 4 update, (I know a new patch note was released addressing some issus to be fixed soon), but It's absolutely annoying that I cannot have my inventory sorted the way I want and have always worked best for me, becaus every time I log on in the game, my inventory goes back to sorted by type! And I can't stand having to reorganize everything all over again, and again, and again!! 😓💔 What is also really bugging me out, is not having the option for precise split! If I want take 11 out of 500, or 43 out of 78, I just can't, because now the only option is splitting in halves!! I don't get some os theses changes, how on earth removing one awesome system mechanics and replacing it by a silly one could mean improved QOL? To whom? Why not implementing it instead of replaceing or removing it? I simply don't get it!! 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 That's way I couldn't agree more with Ed Sheeran, yeap, loving can hut!! And loving this game is hurting me so much, again! 💔 Thank you again for you awesome video, I truly appreciate YOU and your hardworking, Pixel Cave Team, you guys rock, taking your time producing the best conten ever, as always!! Please forgive me if I've said too much, or what I shouldn't have! 🥰🤗🙏

[@Pixelcave]

Oh, I guess by now it's pretty clear that most players (including us) are frustrated by the various issues or questionable changes. The negativity is overshadowing all that's good. Good news though, precise split-stacking should return with the hotfix! 😑

[@paollopiettrobrunoro9979]

@@Pixelcave Yes, indeed! I'm deeply heartbroken!! 💔 It's good to know that we're having the precise split-stacking back! 🙏

[@TheMikeLyons]

From a little testing, the Daily XP cap doesn't reset at a specific time. Rather, there's a 24-hour 'lockout' when you gain Daily Xp. So if you reach the cap at 1900 on Tuesday, you won't be able to start gaining more XP until 1901 on Wednesday. At least, that's how it's been working for me.

[@Pixelcave]

Thanks for sharing. That's one of the theories we have, alternatively it's somewhere around 1am GMT as several others have reported, but we'll do some more testing this week.

[@TheMikeLyons]

@@Pixelcave After some more experimenting on my own, I do believe you're right: it's around midnight or 1 AM Funcom Local Time. :)

[@Pixelcave]

@@TheMikeLyons Yepp, finally confirmed it as 1am UK time (0am GMT or 2am Funcom/Norway time). In the end it's so fast to complete the BP anyway, that it doesn't matter too much, but still weird why they wouldn't confirm what we could find out anyway.

[@devilsadvocate1597]

I'm in the UK, game devs are Nordic I think, so they are 1 hour before me, I'm GBT not CET! but it seems to reset around 2am GBT... the original timezone :op

[@roberthanna4882]

Yep between 5 pm and 7pm central time. 7 pm is when my xp gain started again. Which is 2 am Norwegian time.

[@Pixelcave]

Thanks both for the info, we'll see if it's the same for us, but it sounds about right. Weird timing, especially for NA players.

[@devilsadvocate1597]

@@roberthanna4882 I nearly said CBT but that's a diff story!

[@devilsadvocate1597]

and yes I have to use Urban Ledgends to translate American English back into real English!

[@krisorionsson2312]

If they granted XP for building you could continuously build and dismantle the same piece over and over to complete the battle pass. They probably don’t want us doing that.

[@Pixelcave]

You can already use admin commands to speed up the BP progression, so I don't see why building shouldn't give XP.

[@Lost_Elfgirl]

Hmm that's a point!

[@krisorionsson2312]

@@Pixelcave Sure, you could speed everything up with the admin panel. You don't even need to gather or craft materials if you're using the admin panel. However if the goal is to give players a reason to play the game then active goals are required and loopholes like spam-building a building block ought to be avoided.

[@elnaser80]

The Demonic Crocodile and Demonic Hyena are bugged

[@Pixelcave]

Did work for me, killed a 1 star (glowy eyes) croc at the river in the Jungle. The croc in Gallaman's Tomb supposedly also works. Same for Hyenas, go for the 1 star ones (which are of course a random find), or the one in the centre of The Den.

[@IcyTorment]

@@Pixelcave I just killed three T4 NPCs on noob river on my way to and from the giant croc next to the river. I ran back and forth between the two closest giant croc spawn points to clear the giant creature and world boss challenges. So all three done in... what? 15 minutes? If the challenges stay this easy, people are really going to have to struggle to find a reason to whine and complain about the effort required.

[@kinesthesia9561]

tried world boss crocs but didnt count towards the challenge. the croc from gallaman's tomb did work (thank you for pointing this out). I wonder if the difference was that croc in the tomb dropped a scourgestone piece unlike the rest.. also learned that you can get the challenge xp (2.5k) even if you capped the daily 8k xp for the day that way..that demonic croc completion condition was too specific

[@Pixelcave]

World Bosses (aka Giant Crocs) don't count for the Demonic ones, just the Gallaman's Tomb one and 1 skull crocs (these have the glowing eyes). But the 1 skull ones are pretty random to come across. Btw, could also confirm the same for the Hyenas today, 1 skull with glowing eyes count, but are once again a random find. So the mini boss in The Den, is probably the easiest.

[@kinesthesia9561]

yeah.. just sharing that I was also able to finish the demon croc challenge via Gallaman's Tomb as it was the only challenge remaining for me.. thanks

[@WilliamJohnson-ps7sd]

I finished my battle pass today and I didn't do anything except make stuff at my crafting table and building stuff

[@Pixelcave]

Did you do the daily XP by harvesting/crafting regularly, or via admin and changing the game settings? Just wondering if anyone could max out the daily cap easily by doing it naturally.

[@WilliamJohnson-ps7sd]

@Pixelcave no adm stuff I just made armor for my friends and finished some steps ( having a brain fart don't remember the correct term). Plus, I'm doing the new content.

[@Pixelcave]

Thank you. I guess if you are crafting a ton of armor every day, and kill plenty of enemies, it is possible. Although 8k BP XP per day is a lot to do that way (having a hard time imagining you would max the 8k out naturally, at least not every day). All 3 weekly Challenges would only give 7.5 levels. Probably also comes down to playtime and how much time you spend in game. Thanks for sharing, it's interesting to hear about different experiences.

[@WilliamJohnson-ps7sd]

@Pixelcave no worries, I might have up the exp in my single-player game, but I am unsure. I was surprised when I finished the battle pass. But I am starting over on the island of siptah to see the changes on that map. Angaar has inspired me to start over on the island

[@kuraikagemike]

Got a question I was walking yet got 5 levels back to back. I’m already lvl 40 and just started battle pass 1-2 days ago. Is my game broken or because of server I’m on with mods?

[@Pixelcave]

It's sounds like an unusual amount of BP levels for 1-2 days. Even if you max out your daily XP and do all 3 weekly challenges, you should be at around level 24 only. Unless you played exactly before or after the daily reset, then you could have maybe 16 levels more. Very weird.

[@paollopiettrobrunoro9979]

Thank you, so much Pixel Cave Team, for your awesome BP progression and the daily XP cap!! 😉🤗🥰

[@Pixelcave]

Thank you!

[@paollopiettrobrunoro9979]

@@Pixelcave My pleasure! Thank YOU, You're most welcome!

[@erjoh305]

You may want to check that daily cap. I'm seeing that cap reset twice a day.

[@Pixelcave]

As far as we have experienced it, that wasn't the case for us. We logged in multiple times during the day and nothing reset. But who knows what weird rules they put in place. Let's keep an eye on it, maybe it's activity based?

[@erjoh305]

@@Pixelcave I don't know but I did a round of 8K in the AM yesterday and saw before bed time I was gaining BP XP again so I ran an 8K sprint again. Couldn't confirm this AM because stupid real life work got in the way.

[@Pixelcave]

Are you in the US by any chance, which timezone?

[@erjoh305]

@@Pixelcave US. Server is in US Pacific TZ but I'm in MST. I believe I was doing it at 9AM my time and also at 10PM so I'm wondering if it has a 12 hour reset from last XP gain.

[@Pixelcave]

Thank you! Looking at what others have reported, and what we have most likely confirmed as well, it seems that the daily cap resets at around 6pm your time, meaning you got 8k before and 8k after the reset, that's why it feels like twice a day. Weird timing for NA players, for us that equals 1am. I can't say it 100% yet, but everything hints at it.

[@hiss9989]

I hate the daily xp cap.....

[@roberthanna4882]

Any news on the Twitch drops?

[@Pixelcave]

Not yet, but likely on Tuesday.

[@IcyTorment]

@@Pixelcave Is it possible to even link your account these days? Attempting to follow their instructions and do it from the link on the menu screen just gets a "your browser is not supported" message. Apparently, you can't log into twitch from the embedded browser in the Steam overlay.

[@Pixelcave]

Oh, another issue then. I guess it still works when navigating to the account linking from Twitch directly?

[@nicolapellegrino1072]

This new chapter is amazing... so amazing that i cannot use the horse anymore because the guys in funcom had the smartest idea to modify the behavior of all followers except the mounts... so when you order to your thrall to attack the horse does the same and you can't do anything to avoid that. Amazing. 🙄 now i hope new hotfix will patch that otherwise I'll continue stuffing my character with encumbrance potions and food.... 😑

[@Pixelcave]

Our worst experience so far was with inventory. Items not equipping, moving, etc - total mess. If that's a persistent thing, I could see people rage quitting.

[@swampmolly1]

If you grant xp for building. I would just go to one player. Make myself admin, and complete the whole pass building nothing.

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

I stopped playing Exiles because of the constant stream of game breaking updates that ruin gameplay. I've been playing Conan for a year or two. During that time, every single update has made the game less fun for me to play. I stopped after the previous age broke the game while the developers were on vacation. I keep checking in to see if anything has improved.

[@Pixelcave]

You've got to hand it to them, at least they are consistent. 😂

[@chaoscoyotex]

Your crafting EXP explanation is WRONG! I was able to get EXP from twine (like 2 for a minute.) OR BONE ARROWS! I got 10 EXP per item.

[@Pixelcave]

That's odd, I tested Twine both, handcrafted and at the Tanner's Table and got no XP - if you need to craft hundreds for a few points, it's of course insignificant. Haven't tried all items, as that would be crazy - but would have hoped you could at least trust their logic of basic handcrafted materials. As we said there are exceptions, good to know another one, thanks for sharing.

[@chaoscoyotex]

@@Pixelcave not a problem. I found you can max 8 levels of Conan in-game stuff daily.

[@IcyTorment]

Basic items like twine don't give BP XP. You're correct about the 10 XP for dragonbone arrows. Also, sand reaper venom, water orbs, converting water orbs into another type of orb, etc.

[@roberthanna4882]

I wonder if the daily cap resets when the bazarr items resets.

[@Pixelcave]

Good suggestion, but from what we've seen no. Need more testing, but it looks more like rather midnight or every 24h in some way or fashion.

[@roberthanna4882]

@@Pixelcave I did some testing. It looks like Midnight Norwegian time which is 5pm Texas time ( central time). I have been testing it each hour and I am on hour 5 of no skill gain atm.

[@Pixelcave]

Thanks so much, I think we can slowly narrow it down as others reported similar findings. Gonna try to confirm it on our end as well if possible. 👍

[@roberthanna4882]

@@Pixelcave Also when recycling these items in the advanced dismantling bench you get back more than you spent. Example, a SM Sickle cost 3 SM and 1 SW. When dismantled you get back 12 SM and 2 wood. A lot of the other items when dismantled are the same way.

[@Pixelcave]

That's only because you have set the "Crafting Cost Multiplier" under Server Settings to minimum. A Star Metal Sickle usually costs 30 SM and 4 SW to craft (a little bit less at an Improved Blacksmith), so the return from the Dismantling Bench is in line.

[@donknight6800]

I am one of the players who are bored with Conan after thousands of hours of play. But, I have not been able to completely quit. So i have been maintaining a base and checking in to do the battle pass. So guess what this new set up for BP exp. will be what it takes to quit for good. Goodbye Conan. I will not be forced to play a game their way.

[@Pixelcave]

It really depends what you want to do. It seems some players get enough BP xp while playing normally, and you always have the option to just passively craft stuff and even ignore the challenges if it's just about unlocking the items. We shared another guide for a quick way of completing the BP, if of interest: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roKniaeDrddkrq8

[@jacquesalas4294]

Thank you for this information, it's very useful. I have to agree with most this is their worst update ever. There are just to many bugs and the hampering of players to prevent them from completing battle pass quickly is ridiculous. I for one like rushing through the pass unlocking everything so I don't have to worry about it anymore.

[@idminister]

this will be faster for most people. as and the most efficient method is faster (less play time controlling character) so the old most efficient was only do 70 and 150 point challenges with 10x bonuses and save any 10x bonuses on 30s and 40s to rollover to the next day; and use admin mode on SP now: admin mode; SP, setup crafting stations and load them up, set server sets to min crafting time and min resource usage; admin mode spawn in the mats and chuck in stations; afk or alt tab the daily cap

[@Pixelcave]

Thanks! It's not that we think time-gating is ever a good thing, but to be honest, the new system allows for way more convenient ways to "rush" through (passive crafting) than the tedious (active) grind that was the previous one. Yes, it takes a little longer, but hell, I don't want to admin spawn/kill/grind the old challenges anymore either.

[@jacquesalas4294]

@Pixelcave thanks again, you were right about passive crafting being much faster and easier. I just finished pass yesterday. 👍👍

[@Pixelcave]

@@jacquesalas4294 Aww, that's great to hear! Glad you found it convenient and got it done fairly quick! Feels good not having to worry anymore! 🙂

[@sesimie]

Currently Bugged. That's not a surprise. I can't even dismount off my camel without my Character's legs bugging out. Chapter 3 made me uninstall due to terrible camera and NPCs turning on a dime. Chapter 4 is too grindy for fangs. Sigh!

[@Pixelcave]

Hehehe, sorry, had to laugh imagining the camel scenario. Always something new. 😂

[@TheChrisLouis]

Didn't purchase the pass because of how bad the new change is. I don't have the time to invest so it's not even worth it anymore like it used to be.

[@Dewiluv0623]

Before u were able to beat the battle pass on single or creative mode but now u have wait 3 days for new changeles and they so hard and not possible to beat. Wasting 10 bucks. Never again

[@Pixelcave]

Check out our very solo-friendly method for completing the Battle Pass fast and easy! You don't even need to do any challenges that way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roKniaeDrddkrq8

[@TheRicardobtc]

The XP Cap is most likely an attempt to prevent players from abusing the Admin Panel to blitz through the Battlepass in a week. That would also explain why they don't wanna tell us the reason for its implementation. In fact, the whole Battlepass XP rework seems to be more about combating the Admin Panel than anything else, since they could've simply kept the old Challenges *and* give XP through regular gameplay, even if they had to increase XP required for each tier. Doesn't really accomplish anything though, since Admin Mode is just too strong.

[@Pixelcave]

The thing is, you can "blitz" through in a week, and very conveniently so. As you said, it didn't really accomplish much.

[@IcyTorment]

I'd say it's more a matter of keeping people from blitzing through it by kicking off some crafting and walking away from their PC for a few hours. You can do it in a week without the admin panel under this new system, even with the cap. It's easier to do that than it was with the admin panel in the old system, in fact.

[@A_piece_of_broccoli]

Why dont you ask the devs an important question like why they broke functioning systems and dumbed down the command system to the point it doesnt work anymore. I dont know a single person who cares about a battlepass for a non battle royale game.

[@kukipett]

Well he can't ask those annoying questions or he will lose his advantage of being able to ask them questions.

[@Pixelcave]

Oh, we do ask them enough annoying questions, but what do people expect they would say? I just want to reiterate that quite a few content creators, including us, do flag a lot of issues with the devs and provide early feedback, we really try, and often share feedback from the community as well. If people think the only way we can relay feedback and concerns to the devs is by making click-bait videos like "Everything is S!&T", then sorry, they are wrong.

[@MungisBuddha]

Thanks for the video but BP is really just moot when this update borks your private server and you're unable to even play at all without being disconnected after 2-10 minutes. At this point, FC cost me because we can't even enjoy a service we've paid extra for specifically to better enjoy their game. We also paid for all of their DLCs and much of their extra crap from the Bazaar to support FC ... All rendered useless after this garbage update. Not whining, just stating facts.

[@Pixelcave]

Hey, it's totally ok to be frustrated. We didn't experience any disconnects with our dedicated server yet (thank goodness), but we had other hiccups, like inventory sorting/equipping things, and also one time where we couldn't interact with anything at all. So yeah, it definitely takes away from anything else that could be good.

[@DirectorKane]

Of course the new system has bugs.. But I'm annoyed with the 8 level limit a day. 😅 Looking at the challenges I've seen from other players and Streamers, we all go the same challenges to start off with, not seeing much randomness to that. 😂

[@Pixelcave]

One of us got 2 different ones - similar, but different. Defeat 1 Demonic Hyena & Defeat a Demonic Crocodile. Really curious to see what we get next week.

[@DirectorKane]

@@Pixelcave I'd like to see something for builders, since we don't get passive experience for BP, I spend more time building than anything else. 🤣 I have the MultiChar mod, and have 9 separate builds going on. 😅

[@Pixelcave]

There definitely should be BP XP for all kinds of playstyles.

[@IcyTorment]

@@Pixelcave Personally, I think they should add XP to things that don't currently give it (e.g., basic crafting), put lower caps on individual sources of XP, (e.g., 100 XP per day for twine or 1000 XP for purple lotus orbs) and remove the cap on total XP handed out.

[@Pixelcave]

That's an interesting suggestion, @IcyTorment.

[@thatjonguy103]

I think the cap should be disabled in the last week or two of the chapter.

[@Pixelcave]

In theory a great suggestion, as to help latecomers or people with little time to complete it. But I doubt they'll do that, as many would then simply wait for the last week to do theirs. But one can hope.

[@IcyTorment]

They might do something like that. Under the old system, they sometimes handed out huge numbers of multipliers and rerolls in the last couple of weeks.

[@raalexander8708]

Regret buying battlepass before finding out they fcked it up….. never again and this game is getting deleted

[@Pixelcave]

We made a guide that explains how you can do it with minimal effort and time spent: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roKniaeDrddkrq8. But yeah, if you don't enjoy the game anymore, best to take a break.

[@IcyTorment]

This new BP is *so* much better than the old system. Even with the admin panel, the old system was a huge grind. Now the grind is gone entirely.

[@TheChrisLouis]

Idk this seems like an even bigger grind imo

[@Pixelcave]

I have to agree with you, if it stays like it is, it's much easier to get everything done passively.

[@bigredraddish]

tldr conan is fucked, and every update it got worse. " in the past the challenges were tied to your level and which map you played on..... " thats just outright not true at all in anyway shape or form

[@angrycharrua4999]

They keep killing the game. That is for sure.

[@MrRoden1990]

I hate this new way it slowed down getting the levels the only reason they did this was to get people to pay for levels with crom coins.

[@IcyTorment]

They made it so ridiculously easy to finish the BP that I'm unclear on why anyone would buy levels now.

[@mrarmyveteran7355]

They really just made the battle pass not enjoyable for me as an RP player this is just trash. Sad I guess I won’t buy it anymore.

[@Pixelcave]

What would you like to see in regards to the Battle Pass? What would work well/better or be more enjoyable for an RP player like you?

[@weihongtan649]

new battle pass suck . they made daily cap. not every week we r free.that made it SUCK.

[@realFilthyJesus]

I’m already 2/3s of the way thru the battle pass, and it just released.. I’ve only been playing the game for a bout a month or so, but I wasn’t able to complete the previous battle pass.. it does seem like it’s a lot easier to progress the battle pass now

[@Old-Toby]

This Battlepass is going to kill the crom coin great job dev's 🎉