Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Forum

Funcom continues to show utter faithfulness to the works of Robert E. Howard with the announcement of Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer, and expansion based off Howard's "The Tower of the Elephant."

The new expansion is sure to be a real treat for fans of the original Conan stories. Rise of the Godslayer takes place in the Empire of Khitai, years after a young Conan slew the Elephant God in "The Tower of the Elephant." Since that event, strange and horrible things have been happening in the empire, and players will get to experience said things as a member of the Khitai, an all new culture with its own starting area.

Along with an expansive new landmass for players to explore, Rise of the Godslayer adds an alternative advancement system to AoC, allowing players to further hone their skills far beyond the level cap. PVP is also getting a boost, with warring Khitai factions pitting players against players in bloody battles. All that, plus new armor, weapons, quests, powers - you know, the good stuff.

Funcom has launched an official website for Rise of the Godslayer, where you'll find plenty of screens and information. The expansion is also playable at Gamescom this week, so if you're heading that way, give it a go.

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• No level cap increase
• No new classes
• New abilities, spells and combos
• Alternate Advancement Point system for new feat trees

• A new continent named Khitai based on Chinese and Korean culture
• A new race of Chinese and Korean culture named Khitan
• Khitai will have a larger area to explore
• Playfields will be linked in the region thus eliminating the need for travel NPCs and gated doors
• Khitai is split into five large gameplay regions and players will be able to travel there from one or more of the major hubs in the game

• Gateway to Khitai (Level 20-40)
• The Northern Grasslands
• Chosain Province
• Kara Korum
• Paikang

• Unknown at this time

• Tiger mount
• Wolf mount
• New mounts cannot be bought from a vendor
• New mounts can be tamed as a cub and trained to fight
• Player must craft a saddle before being able to ride new mount

• Ranks and titles which are faction based in Khitai
• Ranks unlock special rewards, titles and additional tiers of quests
• Players will have to choose which faction they ally themselves to
• Separate quest lines for each faction
• Betrayal quests
• Four separate tiers of armor for each different faction

• Pillars of Heaven