Conan Exiles is an open-world survival game developed by Funcom and set in the brutal lands of Conan the Barbarian. Released into Early Access in 2017 and reaching full release in May 2018, it casts players as exiles stripped of weapons and left for dead in a savage wasteland. From nothing, you must survive, build, and dominate.
The core loop revolves around three pillars: survive the harsh environment, build a base from sandstone all the way to hardened steel, and enslave NPCs as thralls using the Wheel of Pain. Thralls become crafters, fighters, or archers, each one captured and broken into service at your forge or on your walls. The world pushes back with The Purge, a periodic onslaught of enemies that scales in intensity the longer your settlement grows.
Conan Exiles servers come in three modes: PvP for full raids and base destruction, PvE-Conflict for player combat without base raiding, and PvE for cooperative clan building. On a dedicated server, your world runs 24/7, your thrall army persists, your purge schedule holds, and your clan can log in whenever without relying on anyone keeping their PC running.
Conan Exiles has a deep modding scene built around the Steam Workshop. Server staples include Pippi for admin tools and RP features, Fashionist for cosmetic armour overlays, Age of Calamitous for a full faction and progression overhaul, Less Building Placement Restrictions for creative builders, and Savage Wilds for a massive new explorable map. A typical modded server runs 10 to 15 mods stacked and needs dedicated server hardware to stay stable across sessions.
Conan Exiles is CPU and RAM intensive. Purge events spawn large NPC waves that stress tick rates, and thrall limits stack CPU overhead per active player. Running Isle of Siptah or a heavy mod stack like Age of Calamitous pushes RAM requirements higher than a vanilla Exile Lands session. NVMe SSD storage keeps world saves fast and reduces character data corruption risk during busy sessions.
| Server type | RAM needed | Players | Recommended plan |
|---|
| Vanilla PvE (1-10 players) | 6-8 GB | 1-10 | 8 GB plan |
| Modded + Purge active (10-20 players) | 10-12 GB | 10-20 | 10 GB plan |
| Large community (40+ players) | 14 GB+ | 20-40+ | 14 GB plan |
A dedicated Conan Exiles server gives full admin control: set purge intensity and timing, configure thrall caps, choose your PvP rules and raid windows, tune decay rates for offline bases, and manage your active mod list. All of it runs through a clean control panel, no command-line required.
PingPlayers handles the hardware, the uptime, and the automated backups. Ping AI handles the setup questions in chat, whether you are installing Pippi for the first time or tuning a custom purge schedule for your community.
