How can there be a 65gb update?

[GetToTheBoat]

So I logged into Steam to check out Conan again, imagine my surprise when there was a 65gb update waiting to be installed.

Is that right? I havent bought the new expansion and 60 gb seems like a lot of extra space…

[DanQuixote]

A lot of it is updates and changes to the base game, so some of that size will disappear again after the download is finished. (Also, as I understand it, in order that people with and without DLCs can play on the same servers, everyone needs certain assets so that DLC pieces can be seen/interacted with by players that don’t have the DLC.)

So, short answer, yep, sorry, but that’s not just Steam pranking you

[TheLOLxd2]

Hey GetToTheBoat,

The Isle of Siptah DLC requires the base game to function.

You can browse this thread for some explanation:

Why do I have to download 60 GB of Siptah when I do not own it?

Hey there, As some players have explained above, this patch does not include Siptah assets only, but many changes to the base files including new granite bakes for base game assets. It is true we could’ve sent an additional announcement informing about the size of this patch, but it has been out in Testlive for the good chunk of a week where its size was roughly the same as the final update. It was no particular secret. Future patches will affect both the Siptah map and the Exiled lands as th…

If you have any questions, you should post them in the above thread.

[GetToTheBoat]

Thank you so much