The barbarian survival MMO Conan Exiles received a new device with update 23 that truly makes sieges possible: Trebuchet catapults! With these throwing machines, you can now effectively and physically accurately dismantle enemy fortifications!
Trebuchets, also known as “trebuchet” in German, were fearsome throwing machines in the late Middle Ages that hurled heavy stone balls hundreds of meters using a counterweight and a long throwing arm.
Historically, trebuchets are documented only around the 13th century, but apparently the complex siege devices existed in the prehistoric Hyborian Age in Conan Exiles!
Conan Exiles – Building a Trebuchet – Here’s how!
Until now, you could only destroy enemy fortifications using explosive containers that you had to carry by hand to the target. This changes with the trebuchet, which was introduced in update 23 as the second new content after dyes in the game. The trebuchet is a complex machine that you need to securely install at a carefully selected location.
To do this, you need level 15 and the talent “Engineer”. Then you will build a trebuchet base for 200 wood, 13 iron reinforcements, 25 bricks, and 30 wooden boards. There, you will further construct the frame of the throwing machine with another 200 wood and 13 iron reinforcements, as well as the throwing arm with counterweight using 200 wood, 13 iron reinforcements, and 25 ropes. Your trebuchet is ready!
Conan Exiles – Sieges – Trebuchet – Physics vs. Forts
Once the trebuchet is finished, it will stay there. The device is not movable and is therefore only effective when it is within firing range of an enemy fortification. You can fire the already known explosive containers with the trebuchet or produce ammunition directly in the machine from 25 stones and ten ropes. Load stones and other heavy items into the counterweight and adjust the range and projectile trajectory.
The trebuchet itself cannot be moved, but you can rotate it left and right by walking against the respective levers to turn the device. Just be careful not to let any enemy player disturb you while besieging and dismantling your expensive throwing machine. Large sieges should therefore always be team efforts where you should bring your friends or clan along.
Have you already tried the trebuchet? What were your experiences? Let us know in the comments!
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