Conan Exiles Enhanced has launched Patch 3.1.0, turning Legacy of the Giant-Kings: Part Three into the final chapter with a new Akhamet quest, tougher Rifts, companion consequences, and practical fixes for returning players.
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Patch 3.1.0 turns Part Three into the actual finale
Conan Exiles Enhanced Patch 3.1.0 is live now on PC, and its headline addition is bigger than the usual next-step seasonal update: Legacy of the Giant-Kings: Part Three is now the end of the story arc. Funcom’s forum patch notes confirm that Part Three is live and sends players into a new quest with Akhamet as the story concludes. MMORPG.com and MassivelyOP also reported the update as the third and final portion of the Legacy of the Giant-Kings content.
The notable wrinkle is structural. The public Legacy of the Giant-Kings post says the arc was originally announced as a four-part story, but that the planned content has since been included within three updates. MMOHuts reported the same shift, noting that the free story arc now closes with Patch 3.1.0 rather than a fourth chapter.
For players who tend to wait until a survival game’s live arc is complete before returning, that changes the calculation. Conan Exiles Legacy of the Giant-Kings no longer has another announced chapter sitting beyond this one. Patch 3.1.0 is the completion point for this storyline, at least based on the sources currently available.
Akhamet is the quest hook, and his outcome is player-shaped
The final chapter centers on Akhamet. Funcom’s patch post says players must find him after his mind falls under the influence of voices only he can hear. The same official notes describe the path forward as a sequence of increasingly challenging Rifts, with new rewards attached.
The most RPG-relevant piece is the decision at the end of that thread. The Legacy of the Giant-Kings live-now post says players will decide whether to free Akhamet from the voices’ hold or embrace the power being offered. It also says those choices will shape Akhamet’s abilities when he joins as a companion.
That is the kind of consequence Conan Exiles can use well when it ties narrative to systems. The sources do not list Akhamet’s possible ability sets, the precise reward table, or whether the choice can be changed later. Because those details are not in the provided patch notes, returning players should treat the decision as potentially build-relevant until the community has mapped the outcomes. If you care about companion optimization, it is worth paying attention before clicking through the finale.
The Rifts give returning players a clear re-entry objective
One of the hard parts about coming back to a long-running survival sandbox is knowing where to spend the first night back. Conan Exiles Patch 3.1.0 gives lapsed players a cleaner answer than checking every old storage chest and trying to remember which thrall was stationed where. The final Legacy of the Giant-Kings chapter points players toward Akhamet, the Rifts, and a companion outcome with mechanical consequences.
The wording from Funcom is careful: the Rifts are described as increasingly challenging, and new rewards are confirmed, but the patch note excerpt does not specify the expected gear level, group size, time investment, or drop structure. That leaves some practical unknowns for solo players and small private servers. Still, the update offers a defined progression lane, which matters in a game where the best moments often come from setting your own goal and then letting the Exiled Lands punish your overconfidence.
For returning survival players, the appeal is less about novelty for its own sake and more about closure. If you already played the earlier parts of Legacy of the Giant-Kings, Patch 3.1.0 is where the arc resolves. If you skipped the previous chapters, the current update gives you a complete storyline to pursue rather than asking you to invest in a still-unfinished chain.
Thrall, pet, and companion changes make the patch broader than one quest
Patch 3.1.0 also includes several smaller systems changes that affect everyday progression. Funcom’s notes say hovering over a thrall or pet’s diet icons now shows the stat bonuses for each food. That is a modest interface change, but for players managing fighters, bearers, mounts, and pets, it reduces the need to cross-check food effects away from the game.
The patch also fixes certain T4 thralls that previously could not be knocked out, according to the official forum post and MMOHuts’ summary. That matters because named thralls sit at the intersection of exploration, combat planning, base labor, and long-term character power. A T4 capture bug is not a cosmetic inconvenience if your build plan or crafting economy depends on a specific recruit.
MMOHuts also notes fixes for Freya and Liu Fei sometimes using generic NPC voice lines. That is a smaller change on paper, but companion presentation affects how much these characters feel like part of a living roster rather than interchangeable assets. In a lore-heavy Conan setting, names, voices, and roles carry weight, especially when the final chapter is also asking players to make a meaningful decision about Akhamet.
Crafting, building, Siptah, admin tools, and modding all get cleanup
The supporting fixes in Conan Exiles Patch 3.1.0 are aimed at the kinds of friction that accumulate across a survival server. Funcom’s patch notes say crafting stations now pause their queue when the output inventory is full, which should keep inventories within their item limit. For crafters, that is a practical guardrail against wasted workflow and station weirdness.
The patch also addresses a hitch when placing building pieces, according to MMOHuts’ rundown, along with issues involving stuck placed bowls, crafting stations playing sounds while inactive, armor jingling after being unequipped, overlapping dialogue in The Sunken City, and missing or incorrect effects in some areas. Several Isle of Siptah visual problems are also listed as fixed, including floating lights, fog flicker, and water issues.
Server operators get at least one memorable correction: admins can no longer ban themselves from the player list, as MMOHuts reports. Modders also receive experimental support for mounting mod paks directly, plus new logging and devkit fixes. The word “experimental” is important there. It signals a useful toolset expansion, but not necessarily a risk-free production standard for every heavily modded server on day one.
The platform picture still matters before you reinstall
The available official patch-notes source is labeled as PC patch notes, and Funcom’s forum post says Legacy of the Giant-Kings: Part Three is live in Conan Exiles Enhanced. The separate Legacy of the Giant-Kings live-now post says the team is looking ahead to 2027 for Conan Exiles Enhanced on console, cross-play, and more news. That means PC players have the clearest immediate path into Patch 3.1.0, while console-focused players should verify their platform’s current version before assuming parity with the PC update.
The same live-now post also says new Cimmerian-themed bundles are coming to the Bazaar, but it does not provide pricing or an exact arrival schedule in the provided source text. The story arc itself is described by MMOHuts as free, while Bazaar additions should be treated separately unless Funcom lists otherwise.
For a returning player, the recommendation is straightforward but conditional. If you are on PC, care about the Legacy of the Giant-Kings conclusion, or want Akhamet as a companion with a choice-shaped ability path, this is a sensible time to log back in. If your main concern is console Enhanced, cross-play, or a fully settled mod environment, the sources point to 2027 as the next major platform milestone and leave some technical details for later updates.