# Conan Exiles Enhanced Conan Exiles Enters a New Era as Massive FREE UE5 Upgrade Goes Live

- Product: Conan Exiles Enhanced (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/conan-exiles-enhanced)
- Vendor: Funcom
- Date: 2026-05-05
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/440900/view/663860577379025424
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/conan-exiles-enhanced/releases/2026-05-05-conan-exiles-enters-a-new-era-as-massive-free-ue5

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- **changed** — Moved the entire game into Unreal Engine 5
- **changed** — Improved environments, character models, lighting, and effects
- **changed** — Redesigned UI with numerous quality-of-life upgrades
- **changed** — Performance now targets 60+ FPS across all graphical presets on most PCs
- **added** — Strong Steam Deck performance for portable survival
- **added** — Players can now freely travel between The Exiled Lands and The Isle of Siptah as a unified world
- **changed** — The Exiled Lands and The Isle of Siptah are now integrated and connected, eliminating the need to choose a map at character creation
- **changed** — Multiplayer servers can host both regions simultaneously, dramatically expanding the playable space for communities that own the Siptah expansion

Greetings Exiles,

_Conan Exiles Enhanced_ is officially live on Steam, bringing the most dramatic visual and technical overhaul the survival hit has seen since its launch eight years ago.

Funcom, working in partnership with Inflexion Games, has released the upgrade as a **free download** for all current and future Steam owners.

Arriving just ahead of the game’s May 8 anniversary, the Enhanced edition is a gift to the millions of Conan Exiles players around the world.

##### **A Modernized Conan Exiles**

The upgrade moves the entire game into **Unreal Engine 5**, unifying eight years of post‑launch content and giving the world of Conan a sweeping visual refresh. Players jumping in today will see:

- Sharply improved environments, character models, lighting, and effects

- A redesigned UI and numerous quality‑of‑life upgrades

- Performance targeting **60+ FPS** across all graphical presets on most PCs

- Strong Steam Deck performance for portable survival

##### **Two Maps Become One World**

For the first time, players can freely travel between **The Exiled Lands** and **The Isle of Siptah** (the latter still sold separately). The two massive regions are now integrated and connected, eliminating the need to choose a map at character creation or start over to explore both.

Multiplayer servers can host both regions simultaneously, dramatically expanding the playable space for communities that own the Siptah expansion.

##### **A Survival Staple Reinvented**

Since its 2018 debut, _Conan Exiles_ has become one of the most recognizable survival games on the market, set in the brutal universe inspired by Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian. Funcom frames the Enhanced edition as a celebration of the game’s longevity.

_Conan Exiles Enhanced_ is **out now** as a free upgrade for all Steam players.

Read the full patch notes [here ](https://forums.funcom.com/t/conan-exiles-enhanced-patch-notes/296991)and check out the FAQ (https://www.conanexiles.com/blog/conan-exiles-enhanced-is-a-massive-free-upgrade-arriving-may-5th/).