The river lands are filled with the danger of various enemies though, so you will quite quickly need to build a shelter to protect yourself from aggressive creatures or the punishing sandstorms. Your first needs will be food and water, so you should head north towards a big river delta and out of the barren desert where you had been crucified. Though Conan is free, you are trapped in the Exiled Lands and cannot escape. You start in the middle of the Exiled Lands being cut down from a cross by none other than Conan himself. 3 Wildlife: The creatures & beasts of the Exiled Lands.