Conan Exiles weapon rankings shift with every balance pass, so this ranks by what the 3.0 attribute rework made durable: which weapon families reward which attribute, and which armour actually holds up.
Weapons
| Tier | Weapon | Attribute | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | Two-handed sword | Strength | Best reach-to-damage ratio, strong combo flow |
| S | Spear | Agility | Longest reach in the game, safest against bosses |
| A | Two-handed axe | Strength | Higher raw damage, worse reach and recovery |
| A | Daggers | Agility | Fastest bleed application, requires closing distance |
| A | Mace and shield | Strength | Best survivability, slowest clear speed |
| B | Bow | Agility | Excellent for pulling and thralls, weak as a primary |
| B | One-handed sword | Either | Fine, outclassed by everything above |
| C | Throwing weapons | Agility | Situational, expensive to sustain |
Armour
Weight class matters more than the individual set after 3.0. Light preserves stamina and dodge, heavy trades both for armour value, medium is where most PvE builds sit.
Mixing pieces to hit a weight threshold beats wearing a matched set for its bonus in most cases.
Thralls, which outrank weapons
A fully invested Authority build with a good fighter thrall outdamages most weapon builds, because the thrall has more health than you and never runs out of stamina.
The genuinely valuable thralls are not fighters though. Named tier-four crafters improve the stats of everything made at their station, so an armourer or blacksmith is worth more hunting time than a slightly better bodyguard.
Corruption as a build choice
Corrupting an attribute permanently reduces your health and stamina pool and upgrades that attribute's perks. Committing to it is strong; dabbling in sorcery and carrying uncleansed corruption is the worst of both.
The Purge decides your base, not your gear
Your Purge meter fills as you play and eventually sends a wave at whatever you built. Beautiful bases lose to it; defensible ones do not.
Thralls on the walls do most of the defending, which is the third time on this page that Authority turns out to matter more than the weapon in your hands.
Where this list stops applying
Single player with adjusted settings changes everything. Harvest rates, thrall conversion times and Purge frequency are all configurable, and most solo players turn at least one of them down.
On official PvP servers the ranking inverts toward whatever survives a raid, which is a different game with a different list.
Attribute caps
Each attribute caps at 20 with perks at 10 and 20, and you cannot max more than two and change. That constraint is what makes the weapon rankings above a real choice rather than a shopping list.
Server settings
Official PvP, private PvE and single player are three different games with three different answers. Harvest rates, thrall conversion and raid windows are all configurable, and most of this list assumes PvE.
The Conan Exiles builds guide covers attributes, corruption and thralls in depth.
