Attention, heroes and scoundrels across Hyboria; Age of Conan heralds its 14th year of live service this year!

Beginning May 20th and ending the morning of June 6th, keep an eye out for a slew of item sales and the return of both the Shades of the Past event, along with the War for Kuthchemes personal challenge.

We’re thrilled to announce that Conan Chop Chop has arrived, bringing you the most unhinged vision of Hyboria yet!

With the wacky turned to 11, Conan Chop Chop invites you and your friends to join forces in both local and online multiplayer for this 1-4 player party roguelite game.

Charge into a crazy adventure as Conan, Valeria, Belit, or Pallantides, each with their unique upgradable skill trees, and stop the evil wizard Thoth-Amon. He may have an army of weird monsters and a great maniacal villain laugh, but you have your muscle-bound stick limbs, a good ol’ chopper, and a whole lot of rage, so get hackin’.

Let loose your most dramatic war cry as you mash that chop button, through endlessly varied magically generated maps bursting with loot. You will die and rise again, a little richer, a little wiser, a little more fueled by vengeance.

What is best in life? CHOP, CHOP!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1061880/Conan_Chop_Chop/

The world of Conan is getting a little bigger and… flatter. Almost 3 years ago we teased – by way of an April Fools’ joke – a new adventure for Conan. We want to celebrate everything we love about Conan in a more comedic and light-hearted tone. It’s been a journey, but Conan Chop Chop is almost here.
Conan Chop Chop is a party rogue-lite for 1-4 players full of mayhem, loot, and adventure. In this outrageous take on Conan the Barbarian, you are the muscle-bound hero foolish enough to try and stop the evil wizard Thoth-Amon!

As part of the launch we’ve decided to release a free Demo as part of the Steam Next Fest.

Click here to try the Demo now!

The demo will take you through the first zone in the game, giving you a chance to sample the combat, a small part of the world and some of the basics of each character and their skill trees. We've included a few items and equipment as well, so you can get a feel for how they impact gameplay. Lastly, online co-op has been disabled for the demo but you can always use remote play together.
We hope you enjoy this very different take on Hyboria!

Wow! Where has the time gone? For many, 2020 was a challenging, Kafkaesque blur of days gone by. We can’t thank you all enough for sticking with Age of Conan as we approach the precipice of our thirteenth year in operation. Thank you, heroes!

In celebration of the anniversary, join us from May 13th through June 03 for special event login rewards, opportunities to obtain the Dogs of the Desert vanity armor set and boosted RF tokens!

Gilded Desert Stallion
Obtained FREE from daily event login rewards

Dogs of the Desert vanity set (click for full size)
Obtained from Oracle Vateesa from completing ‘The War for Kuthchemes’ daily quest;

• Dogs of the Desert Boots: 2 Completions
  
• Dogs of the Desert Gloves: 5 Completions
  
• Dogs of the Desert Skirt: 10 Completions
  
• Dogs of the Desert Vest: 16 Completions

Additionally, the Dogs of the Desert Helm is available to all as a free claim during the event.


Thank you once more, heroes!
-The Age of Conan team

We've made it through this blasted year and by Ymir's rimed beard, we've endured and grown stronger. A world sown with chaos and pestilence cannot stop us; raise an ale with us as we celebrate the holidays and the coming new year together!

Be well, be safe, and take care of your fellow warriors.
-Funcom & the Age of Conan team

We’ve made it another cycle around the sun, heroes! Age of Conan was unleashed upon the world 12 years ago - and we’re still thrashing and smashing thanks to you! Celebrate the occasion with daily login rewards featuring a new mount, as well as new rewards just for playing Onslaught! Learn more here!

Get daily goodies for every day you log in during the anniversary event, including a free mount: The Gilded Desert Stallion!

This year’s global community challenge tasks you with completing waves in Kuthchemes Temple Onslaught! When enough waves are completed by everyone on both servers, the entire community is awarded the headpiece of a new vanity set: Dogs of the Desert! See progress at https://leaderboards.ageofconan.com/ .

In addition to the above challenge, you’ll all individually have a chance to earn other pieces of the new vanity set by completing The War for Kuthchemes daily quest. As you complete the quest daily through the anniversary, you’ll be able to receive a piece of the new Dogs of the Desert vanity set. Will you be able to collect all the pieces? Talk to Oracle Vateesa to claim your rewards!

• Dogs of the Desert Boots: 2 Completions
  
• Dogs of the Desert Gloves: 5 Completions
  
• Dogs of the Desert Skirt: 10 Completions
  
• Dogs of the Desert Vest: 16 Completions*

* Previously this was 20 Completions, but was reduced to 16 in a patch on May 20

Every day, you will receive an additional login reward that gives you a special Raid Finder chest. This chest can be opened with the "Conqueror's Gift" buff after completing any Raid Finder or Daily Challenge. This special chest contains a chance at various token packs as well as a chance at a new cloak!

THANK YOU ALL so much for your continued support of Age of Conan! We can’t do any of this without you. We wish you all the best in these strange times; please stay safe, and take care!

-The Age of Conan team

Do you hear the earth trembling from the unending horde before you?

A classic story brought new life; now’s your chance to experience a slice of Hyborian lore! Introducing Kuthchemes Temple Onslaught, a brand-new scenario inspired by the original “Black Colossus” story by Robert E. Howard! Discover all-new challenges, enemies, and rewards. You may access this new area through the Raid Finder (CTRL+R).

New Leaderboard tracking is now a part of https://leaderboards.ageofconan.com/ Track your progress in Onslaught and see how you measure up to other players!

Players may now initiate a vote-kick during PvP Minigames. When a Minigame vote kick is initiated, all members of a team may vote. If enough members of a team agree to kick the offending player, that player is removed from the minigame. A vote cannot be initiated until at least 5 minutes have elapsed in the minigame. Please use this feature responsibly ;)

• Last entry in friends list will display descenders (g,j,p,q,y) properly.
  
• Fixed missing hair for some combinations of power and vanity helms.
  
• Talismans will be visielbe on players in combat stance.
  
• Weapons will not be visually duplicated on players changing their form.
  
• Selecting a price to sell an item on the Trader is now easier.
  
• Raid invites sent to a team properly go to the team leader.
  
• Feedback given when attempting to trade with a player with Blocked Trade Requests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqyRE5Ta3LI


“From horizon to horizon no sign of life: only the sheer breathtaking sweep of the naked desert, bisected by the wandering line of a long-dry river course; in the midst of that vastness the glimmering fangs of the ruins, the columns standing up like broken masts of sunken ships—all dominated by the towering ivory dome before which Shevatas stood trembling.” - “Black Colossus”, Robert E. Howard, 1933

A new face arrives in Old Tarantia, seeking the aid of King Conan and his allies. Known as Vateesa the Oracle, she brings dire news: The ancient sorcerer, Thurga Khotan, has awoken and marches on the destroyed city of Kuthchemes. His temple, known as the Ivory Dome, still stands; in it, ancient relics of immeasurable power...and the whispers of a slumbering dread god underneath. We trust you understand the terrible fate that would befall the world if a mad sorcerer were to acquire these treasures....

A classic story brought new life, now’s your chance to experience a slice of Hyborian lore: introducing Kuthchemes Temple Onslaught, a brand-new scenario inspired by the original “Black Colossus” story by Robert E. Howard! Click here to learn more!

Set at the Ivory Dome of Kuthchemes and the tomb of the sorcerer king, your band of heroes must stand against the seemingly endless hordes of Thugra Khotan. Seek out Oracle Vateesa in Old Tarantia for a new quest, and open the Raid Finder (Magnifying Glass at top-left, or CTRL+R) [maybe renamed to something else?] to find Kuthchemes Temple Onslaught (hereby referred to simply as “Onslaught”).

From this interface, you may either queue up for a random group to enter Onslaught, or queue your group in so you can work together.

Once you’re transported to the playfield, you’ll have a chance to explore and get a lay of the land before the scenario begins. Once you and your team are ready, fight to the top of the steps of the Ivory Dome and interact with the red war banner at the top. Once you interact with the war banner, the Onslaught begins and does not end until you choose to leave or until your entire party is slain.

Each progressive wave of Onslaught is intended to be more and more difficult for you and your group to overcome. Every several waves, the composition of Thurga Khotan’s armies changes to represent his various followers: Shemites, Stygians, Zugites, and Kushites.


Enemies in Onslaught occasionally drop glowing potions where they die. These special powerup potions grant powerful temporary buffs to those who simply move across the powerup in the field. Powerup Potions come in four varieties:

• Regeneration (heals you)
  
• Power (improves your offensive capabilities)
  
• Protection (improves your defenses)
  
• Cleaving (attacks hit more targets)

In addition to endless hordes of enemies, you will encounter special events and challenges in and around the Ivory Dome:

• Thurga Khotan himself is a powerful sorcerer and may use his arsenal of magic against you. Stay vigilant for falling meteors or clouds of poisonous gas at your party’s location, and get out of the way!
  
• Sometimes, a “Courier of Kuthchemes” may spawn and wander the area; if attacked, they will scuttle away. Kill them for an extra stash of Mythical Relics.
  
• There are areas throughout the map that feature hostile enemies around a point. These encounters are 100% optional, but offer bonus rewards for their defeat.
  
• Special enemies, more powerful than standard fodder, supplement these armies and drop rewards when defeated.
  
• Champions are summoned when a new, special meter fills to maximum. This bar is filled by performing fatalities and gaining chain kills.
  
• Additional Special Enemies are periodically summoned during any wave and present unique challenges for your group. You’ll need to react to them in different ways if you intend to survive!

A new, key feature exclusive to Kuthchemes Onslaught is the Bloodshed Meter. As you score fatalities and chain kills, the ensuing bloodshed fills this meter - once completely full, a Champion boss is summoned. The Champion summoned depends on the type of army you’re currently facing off against. The type of army changes based on the number of waves completed during Onslaught.


Defeating a Champion spawns a boss chest with handsome rewards that scale based on the difficulty (e.g. current wave) of your run.

Boss chests contain Mythical Relics (The higher the difficulty, the more tokens you get) and chances at Kuthcheman Gems (higher difficulties equal greater chances at gems and at higher quality levels), and vanity armor.

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Hordes of minions, mini-bosses, and champions aren’t the only enemies you’ll weather during Onslaught. As you continue your survival, you’ll encounter special foes designed to keep you on your toes. Each special enemy has unique properties and acts as a force-multiplier for the hordes, so groups will need to quickly react to their appearance and dispatch members better suited to facing a single strong threat over a horde of weaker threats.

Special Enemies are marked on the minimap with a Skull:

Bulwarks of Thugra Khotan’s armies, Ancient Kuthcheman Guardians are slow, lumbering monstrosities with high innate spell resistance and are immune to all crowd-control effects. Once their health reaches 50% or less, their spell resistance falls and their movement speed increases.


Cruel and uncompromising spellcasters, Ancient Kuthcheman Witches command unholy powers that grant them sight beyond sight and an arsenal of debilitating curses with crippling effects in an area around their targets. Beware their spells:

• Curse of Lethargy: Reduces movement speed.
  
• Curse of Timidity: Reduces Ferocity.
  
• Curse of Exposure: Applies 1 stack of Spiritual Ruin, Physical Torment, or Elemental Wrack.
  
• Curse of Fumbling: Reduces Hit Rating.
  
• Curse of Frailty: Reduces healing received.
  
• Curse of Exhaustion: Drains Secondary Resource (Mana, Stamina, Energy).

Ancient Kuthcheman Witches may curse targets from extremely long ranges and without line of sight.

An utter abomination driven by a primal, insatiable hunger for magick and sorcery, these beasts ignore standard threat rules and hunt the presence of Mage and Priest classes without prejudice. Mana Hungerers possess heightened health, evade chance, and spell resistance, and speed. Once a Mana Hungerer has locked on to its target, it will not deviate from its path unless it detects a more powerful source of sorcery, such as that from Spellweaving.



These sorceresses are gifted with the power of storm magic, allowing them to conjure devastating lightning bolts and thunderclouds where they see fit. Once on the battlefield, Concubines of Khotan take up a position and begin their long-range assault:

Echoing Lightning: Casts a damaging spell on a single target, causing instant damage and echoing a mere moment later, dealing damage a second time and spreading to nearby players who will spread the echo further. Spread out!
Roiling Storm: Conjures a stormcloud over a target area. Once the cloud forms, a bolt of lightning strikes the area below; any players caught in the blast will be stunned for several seconds.


Thurga-Khotan’s own chosen guard, Heralds of Khotan act as force-multipliers for assaults upon the Ivory Dome. Clad in full plate armor and commanding waves of soldiers, Heralds embolden and empower nearby enemies with the Call of Khotan, an AoE buff that increases the damage, defenses, and size of all those affected. Heralds of Khotan may also cast various single-target buffs on their minions, such as:

• Khotan’s Hammer: Increases damage done
  
• Khotan’s Shield: Increases armor
  
• Khotan’s Resistance: Increases spell resistance
  
• Khotan’s Alacrity: Increases movement speed

Vile Necromancers of Thurga-Khotan’s armies, these Excavators of Souls take positions around the Ivory Dome and begin weaving their dark magic. If they complete their spells, vile abominations of bone and rage emerges from the ground and begin their attack. The number of creatures summoned by Excavators increases as you complete more waves.



What kinds of rewards can you expect from playing through Onslaught? Let’s take a look at the really important stuff: THE LOOT.

As you battle your way through each wave of enemies, you’ll discover and collect Mythical Relics. These new tokens are exclusive to Onslaught and may be spent from a new vendor found in Old Tarantia.

Rewards from this vendor include:

• A case of Onslaught Potions
  
• Epic- and Legendary-quality Onslaught Gem Pouches (more on Gems later!)
  
• Rare-quality Onslaught Gems
  
• New weapons for each class!

Here’s a few examples of the kinds of weapons you’ll find:

As you can see, each weapon is incredibly powerful in its own right, although not intended as upgrades in PvP. Each Onslaught weapon features sockets for Onslaught and Kuthcheman gems.

All the new Onslaught weapons also feature new artwork inspired by the Starmetal weapon line from Conan Exiles! Following the success of the Armor of the Silent Legion vanity set repurposed from Conan Exiles, we’re excited to bring more high-fidelity assets from Conan Exiles into the world of Age of Conan.


Onslaught features two new gem types to collect, simply known as Onslaught and Kuthcheman gems. Onslaught gems are found from a new Mythical Relic vendor in Old Tarantia, right next to Oracle Vateesa. Kuthcheman gems are found only as loot drops from bosses you’ll encounter within the Onslaught game mode itself.


Onslaught gems come in two base varieties: Fatal, and Ferocious. The former grants bonuses to your Fatality Rating, while the latter boosts Ferocity. More powerful rarities of Onslaught gems confer additional blessings; Epic Onslaught gems have one special blessing, while Legendary Onslaught gems have two. If you’re familiar with Age of Conan’s endgame content, you’ll find the blessings found on high-level Onslaught Gems to be similar to that of Chaos Gems Here’s some examples:

Kuthcheman gems are, again, found exclusively as loot drops from Onslaught mode itself. These gems come in multiple varieties and offer more straightforward bonuses to character stats, such as Intelligence, Hit Rating, and Constitution.

Here’s a couple examples:

You’ll notice that in all the above examples, both Onslaught and Kuthcheman gems are Bind-on-Equip and thus tradable (until slotted, of course). We look forward to seeing the impact these new gems have on the market ;)

Thanks for reading! We’ve been hard at work on this new feature and we’re looking forward to watching you face the endless hordes of Thurga-Khotan. How far will you make it? See you in game!

A classic tale brought to life, you’re invited to experience a slice of Hyborian lore: introducing Kuthchemes Temple Onslaught, a brand-new group scenario inspired by the original “Black Colossus” story by Robert E. Howard!

We’re looking for able-bodied heroes to band together and test this new mode on TestLive this Friday, April 3 2020 from 4PM - 8PM Eastern Time USA.

No signups, no invites - just fire up the test client to join! Read on to learn how to participate:

If this is the first time you’ve attempted to connect to TestLive, don’t fret – the process is simple!

First, download the TestLive “Local Config” file below. If you are taken to a page that looks like raw HTML code, simply right-click anywhere on that page and then “Save As”. Then save the physical file to your PC:

1. EITHER:
   
   • COPY your Age of Conan folder, duplicating the client, OR
   • RENAME your current LocalConfig.xml file in your existing Age of Conan folder to something else easy to remember
2. Download and save the LocalConfig.xml file included in the above link
3. Move the .xml file to the Age of Conan folder (same folder where AgeOfConan.exe is)
4. Run the game

If done correctly, you should see a “Welcome to TestLive” message in green at the top of your launcher.

Once the server opens up on Friday, simply log in with your usual account name and password.

You’ll need to make a new character on TestLive and play through the beach area. Not too long after, you’ll encounter two NPCs; “Fate” and “Raidmaster”. These two NPCs can boost your character’s level and gear so you can play Onslaught. Remember, Onslaught is a group mode! Going in by yourself will assure your death.

More info on Onslaught itself to come! Looking forward to seeing you and hearing your feedback!!