Conan Exiles Beta Patch 2.1.0 Adds Character Export, Continue Button, and Server Optimizations

The August 2026 public beta patch for Conan Exiles (AppID 931180) arrives with a handful of changes drawn, per the announcement, from player feedback and play patterns.

What changed

• Character appearance export and import is now available from both the character creation screen and the in-game menu, allowing a saved look to transfer to a new character or a new server.
• A Continue button on the title screen returns players directly to their last session, restoring the character, mode, and server — available for dedicated servers and single-player.
• Encumbrance thresholds are restored to four stages at 50%, 75%, 90%, and 100% of carry capacity, replacing a version that only activated at full load.
• Dedicated servers now process fewer player movement packets on average, reducing server load.
• Physics-related memory allocations during server startup have been reduced.
• Level streaming in the Cyclopean Halls has been improved.
• The Headhunting event returns in Conan Exiles Enhanced for a limited time, offering a faction-based bounty hunting mode with a leaderboard (Khitan bounty hunters vs. Dogs of the Desert).

The encumbrance fix in particular restores a mechanic that had evidently been collapsed into a binary trigger — its return to four graduated stages reintroduces carry-weight tension that the single-threshold version had flattened. For players who move between servers or start fresh characters, appearance portability is the headline quality-of-life addition.