Grave Matter

Grave Matter was a limited-time in-game event in Conan Exiles. It was originally scheduled to run from December 8, 2021 until January 10, 2022,^[1] but it was later extended until January 17, 2022.^[2]

It is not planned for the event to make any future returns.^[3]

Event

Grave Matters Ritual — Active ritual site

A summoner would appear in one of three random sites on the map. The ritual location was marked with a special red icon.

Map	Location	Summoner				Totems	Enemies
Map	Location	Name	Race	Profession	Thrallable?	Totems	Enemies
Exiled Lands	The Summoning Place	Kalisha the Masked	Darfari	Yog Senechal	No	Four	Skeleton (Darfari)
Exiled Lands	Flotsam	Stathem the Embalmer	Stygian	Derketo Archpriest*	Yes	Four	Undead Pirate
Exiled Lands	The Cursed Mound	Boreanaz the Shrouded	Hyborian	Ymir Senechal*	Yes	Five	Wight
Isle of Siptah	Sanctuary of the Serpent	Stathem the Embalmer	Stygian	Derketo Archpriest*	Yes	Four
Isle of Siptah	New Luxur	Stathem the Embalmer	Stygian	Derketo Archpriest*	Yes	Four
Isle of Siptah	The Rave in the Rubble	Boreanaz the Shrouded	Hyborian	Ymir Senechal*	Yes	Four

* These thralls were originally Overseer Taskmasters during the event, and changed to priests after the event ended.

During the ritual event, the NPCs normally present in the area were absent.

When the site was approached, a summoner could be found protected by an invincible barrier and several totems would rise out of the ground. Hostile undead enemies would periodically be summoned near the totems and corrupting mist would billow from the totems' mouths.

The undead enemies could be killed for minor loot or experience, but killing them was not necessary and they could also be ignored.

Each totem had to be destroyed. Once all totems were eliminated, the barrier surrounding the summoner would shatter with a bright flash of light and they would become vulnerable and hostile.

Knocking out the summoners would end the ritual, but would not cause the loot chest to appear until they had been placed into a wheel. During the event, the two summoners who could be thralled were T4 taskmasters, but they had a lower crafting speed bonus than all other named taskmasters.

Once the summoner was killed, any remaining undead would also immediately die and a loot chest that resembles a Wooden Box with glowing yellow sparks and wisps coming out would appear nearby. Anyone could loot the chest until it despawned a while after the ritual was stopped, whether they had participated in the event or not.

All the local NPCs would begin returning shortly after the event had ended and a new ritual would begin after about fifteen minutes.