Mount

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“	Mounts will allow you to navigate the Exiled Lands at a more rapid pace than before, but that's not all: we're also rolling out mounted combat, letting you swing your sword at your enemies from horseback! We'll have more to share about mounts in the time leading up to release in December.	„
	~ Jens Erik, Dev Blog - September 27, 2019

Mounts are mountable pets, such as horses, which can be used for transport and combat.

List of mounts

• Horse

Transportation

Mounts move as fast -if not slightly faster- as a sprinting player. They are also able to swim in water.

Mounted combat

See also: Controls.

Notes

• Horses are and elephants are/were planned mounts, but it was uncertain if they would only be added as mounts or also as pets.

“	It was a lot of work, and we have done it with some clever tricks that bypass some of the issues, that in turn present other lesser issues. And with optimizations done over the year(s) they are actually feasible on console too.	„
	~ Scooper

• Previous technical difficulties were able to be worked around eventually.

“	Unfortunately, we will not be launching with mounts or pets. Mounts were one of the most requested features, and we have spent a lot of time trying to make it work for Conan Exiles. Due to technical limitations with the way the game loads and streams the game world, we were unable to include a feature that allowed players to move over a certain speed. Our coders worked hard to find a solution for this, but in a recent “point of no return” type meeting, we decided that their time is better spent on polish, bug fixes, and other features that we know can make it for launch. Pets is another animal-specific thing we also wanted to do. We have done a lot of the groundwork, and it’s certainly possible that we can add them at some point after launch, but we decided to prioritize polish and other features ahead of launch. There were also concerns about server performance, that too many players having too many animals and human thralls would have a massive impact on servers. To minimize risk for launch and to focus on other core features, we have decided to put this on hold.	„
	~ Dev Blog

• Mounts were originally not able to be added for full launch.
  • The attempts to add mounts left behind an unfinished 'mount' blueprint example in the DevKit, which has no use so far.
• Early Access description:

“	Taming animals will mostly work the same as taming thralls. Players will have to drag their chosen mount back to a special pen that will break the animal’s will and turn it into a mount. The idea is that taming is an active process. We will also be adding animal thralls that will work as pets and transports for players, as well as mount and pet gear so you can customize your animal companions. Players will start out taming horses and camels to use as transportation and pack animals, while bigger animals like rhinos and elephants can be used for more offensive purposes. We’ll also be working on adding mounted combat.	„
	~ Dev Blog

Note, Most of this description concerns pets.

Background

Mounts were originally supposed to be available in one of the first patches after Early Access of Conan Exiles. This info since has changed, as technical difficulties have arisen. No fix for these issues has been found.

Mounts are not impossible, but they are not super straightforward. The main problem comes from how they structured the player character/input and UI early on. It was not planned early on to have mounts. Basically, everything is very reliant on the current controlled actor being the player. If the developers change that, there is a lot of systems that break. So it is doable, but it is a lot of work to fix.

• The developers have not been in a position where they've had the time to dedicate for it.
• For consoles it has been an issue about performance, having increased run speed allows players to run too fast for the consoles to load the world.
• You could also run off the map.

Adjusting the speed to be the same as the player makes mounts look like they are running in slow-motion. This did not feel right to the developers.

Thursday, September 26, 2019 mounts were teased at the end of the stream. As Jens was talking about the stream schedule a mounted horse rode by while he mentioned TwitchCon. Viewers noticed the mount immediately and shouted "horse!" in chat to celebrate.

Friday, September 27, 2019 it was announced that mounts and mounted combat will be implemented in December 2019. An early version of mounts would be playable on the TwitchCon show floor on September 27-29, 2019.

Notes

“	I was a nervous wreck inside when we were wrapping up the stream. There’s a reason why my cheeks are so red towards the end.	„
	~ Jens Erik, Funcom Forums - September 27, 2019

• Jens shines a light on the effort which went into making the stream teaser.

Media

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  Mounted combat.
  (TwitchCon 2019)

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  Swimming in water.
  (TwitchCon 2019)

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  Pet leveling.
  (TwitchCon 2019)

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  Mount UI.
  (TwitchCon 2019)

• Mounts trailer thumbmail.jpg

  Mounted combat as seen from a third player's perspective.
  (Announcement trailer).

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  Horse mount teaser on stream.