Conan Exiles Hardened Brick: Recipe, Unlock and Real Cost
- ๐งฑ What Hardened Brick Is in Conan Exiles
- ๐ Conan Exiles Hardened Brick Recipe: the Full Chain
- ๐ Unlocking It: the Mason Feats
- ๐๏ธ What You Need Conan Exiles Hardened Brick For
- ๐งฎ The Math: What a 4x4 Tier 3 House Costs
- ๐ก Production Tips for Conan Exiles Hardened Brick
- โ Conan Exiles Hardened Brick FAQ
In Conan Exiles, Hardened Brick is made in a Furnace from 1 Brick and 1 Stone Consolidant, and the community wiki lists 10 seconds per craft. You fire the Brick from 10 Stone first and mix the Consolidant in a Firebowl Cauldron from Resin and Plant Fiber.
This guide covers the full Conan Exiles Hardened Brick chain with every confirmed amount, the Mason feats that unlock it and our own math: how much Stone, Resin and furnace time does a 4x4 tier 3 house actually cost?
๐งฑ What Hardened Brick Is in Conan Exiles
Conan Exiles Hardened Brick is the base material for tier 3 Reinforced Stone building pieces. The Enhanced database conanexiles.gaming.tools describes the Consolidant that goes into it as a heat-resistant mortar needed for most buildings and furnaces. It also goes into big crafting stations such as the upgraded furnaces.
Funcom mentions the material exactly once in the Enhanced patch notes from May 5, 2026: "Argossean Observatory Door now properly requires Hardened Brick rather than stone." None of the Enhanced patch notes we checked up to Hotfix 3.0.1 change the Conan Exiles Hardened Brick recipe itself.
๐ Conan Exiles Hardened Brick Recipe: the Full Chain
Three steps, four raw materials make one Conan Exiles Hardened Brick. The values for steps 2 and 3 come from the community wiki on Fandom, which is maintained by players. The order of the steps matches the Mason journey in the Enhanced database.
| Step | Ingredients | Result | Station | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Fire | 10 Stone | 1 Brick | Furnace | not confirmed |
| 2. Mix Consolidant | 2 Resin, 5 Plant Fiber | 5 Stone Consolidant | Firebowl Cauldron | 10 s |
| 3. Harden | 1 Brick, 1 Stone Consolidant | 1 Hardened Brick | Furnace (any type) | 10 s |
TheGamer, GamerGuides and Scalacube all list 10 Stone for step 1; we could not load the matching wiki page. We found no reliable source for the firing time of step 1. According to the wiki, step 3 works in every furnace type, from the basic Furnace and the Improved Furnace up to the Heat-Efficient and Fuel-Efficient Furnace.
Plant Fiber conflict: The community wiki lists 5 Plant Fiber per Cauldron batch, while TheGamer (2021), GamerGuides and Scalacube say 6. We run the numbers below with both values. If you want to be sure, check the recipe in your Cauldron once.
The Old Recipe: Ichor and Twine
Some older guides still describe a different recipe: 2 Twine and 2 Ichor in the Firebowl Cauldron. That recipe is outdated. Back in September 2021, a player on the Funcom forums pointed out that only the item description still mentions Ichor and Twine, while the actual recipe had long switched to Resin and Plant Fiber. The community wiki still shows that old description text too.
๐ Unlocking It: the Mason Feats
You need several feats before Conan Exiles Hardened Brick and its building pieces show up. That covers the material and the pieces. Levels and costs come from the community wiki:
| Feat | Level | Knowledge points | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apprentice Mason | 3 | 1 | earlier mason tier |
| Journeyman Mason | 20 | 5 | earlier mason tier |
| Master Mason | 30 | 7 | Reinforced Stone, tier 3 |
| Firebowl Cauldron | 15 (one older guide only) | not confirmed | Stone Consolidant |
The wiki and an older German guide both put Master Mason at level 30 for 7 points. The Cauldron level comes from a single 2019 guide, so treat it as unconfirmed. Which feat unlocks the hardening step itself is not clearly documented. Players on the Funcom forums point to the Firebowl Cauldron, and in the Enhanced database's Mason journey the Furnace step follows right after the Cauldron.
The Mason Journey as a Roadmap
According to the database, the journey requires level 10 and runs in this order: unlock Carpenter, unlock Firebowl Cauldron, craft Stone Consolidant (50 XP), craft Hardened Brick in the Furnace (100 XP) and later unlock Journeyman Mason. Follow the steps and you build the whole Conan Exiles Hardened Brick chain almost on the side, with XP as a bonus.
๐๏ธ What You Need Conan Exiles Hardened Brick For
The amounts below are from the community wiki. You craft the building pieces in the Construction Hammer with no crafting time:
| Building piece or station | Hardened Brick | Other ingredients |
|---|---|---|
| Reinforced Stone Foundation | 15 | 4 Shaped Wood, 3 Steel Reinforcement |
| Reinforced Stone Wedge Foundation | 10 | 4 Shaped Wood, 3 Steel Reinforcement |
| Reinforced Stone Ceiling | 6 | 3 Shaped Wood, 2 Steel Reinforcement |
| Heat-Efficient or Fuel-Efficient Furnace | 300 | 100 Steel Reinforcement, 100 Stone Consolidant, 1 Furnace |
TheGamer also lists 50 for the Improved Furnace and 100 for the Armored Animal Pen. That article dates from 2021, and we have not cross-checked those values. Our guide to Steel and Hardened Steel explains how to get the Steel Reinforcement.
For comparison, one tier down: a Stonebrick Foundation (tier 2) costs 10 Brick, 4 Shaped Wood and 3 Iron Reinforcement according to the wiki. Tier 3 therefore needs 50 percent more brick, plus one Consolidant per brick and Steel instead of Iron. Why tall builds still collapse at some point is covered in our stability guide.
๐งฎ The Math: What a 4x4 Tier 3 House Costs
Our own calculation based on the wiki values: a 4 by 4 grid of foundations with a full ceiling on top, no walls. That is 16 foundations at 15 each and 16 ceilings at 6 each, or 336 Hardened Brick in total. We left walls out on purpose because we could not confirm their cost.
| Item | Amount | How we got it |
|---|---|---|
| Hardened Brick | 336 | 16 ร 15 + 16 ร 6 |
| Brick | 336 | 1 per Hardened Brick |
| Stone | 3,360 | 10 per Brick |
| Stone Consolidant | 336 | 68 Cauldron batches of 5 (4 left over) |
| Resin | 136 | 68 ร 2 |
| Plant Fiber | 340 or 408 | 68 ร 5 (wiki) or 68 ร 6 (other sources) |
| Furnace time for hardening only | 56 minutes | 336 ร 10 s in one Furnace |
What the math shows: For Conan Exiles Hardened Brick, the bottleneck is time, not Stone. At 40 seconds per Wood, a Dryer needs about 91 minutes for the 136 Resin, as our Resin guide explains. Add 56 minutes of Furnace time for hardening, plus the unconfirmed firing time for 336 Bricks. Two Furnaces and two Dryers running side by side cut that in half.
The Heat-Efficient Furnace is a bigger job: 300 Hardened Brick plus 100 Consolidant straight in the recipe add up to 400 Consolidant. That means 80 Cauldron batches with 160 Resin, plus 3,000 Stone. All values assume default Conan Exiles settings; on servers with a changed crafting speed, the times shift.
๐ก Production Tips for Conan Exiles Hardened Brick
- Mine Stone in bulk first: 3,360 Stone for a small house is a lot. Our resources guide shows which tools get you more.
- Batch your Consolidant: The Cauldron always gives 5. Plan in steps of five and almost nothing goes to waste.
- Don't feed Furnaces from chests: The Enhanced patch notes from May 5, 2026 say crafting stations that auto-queue crafts, like the Furnace, cannot use nearby inventories. Both ingredients have to go straight into the Furnace, unlike Craft from Storage at workbenches.
- Ignore old guides: You no longer need Ichor or Twine for this material.
โ Conan Exiles Hardened Brick FAQ
How do I make Hardened Brick in Conan Exiles?
In a Furnace from 1 Brick and 1 Stone Consolidant, which takes 10 seconds according to the community wiki. You fire the Brick from 10 Stone and mix the Consolidant in a Firebowl Cauldron from 2 Resin and 5 Plant Fiber, which gives you 5.
What level do I need for Hardened Brick building pieces?
Master Mason, which unlocks the tier 3 pieces, comes at level 30 and costs 7 knowledge points according to the wiki.
Do I need Ichor for Hardened Brick?
No. The old recipe with Twine and Ichor is outdated. According to a player report on the Funcom forums, only the Consolidant's item description still mentions Ichor and Twine.
Why won't my Furnace pull from the chest next to it?
Because Funcom says crafting stations that auto-queue crafts cannot use nearby inventories. Put all ingredients and the fuel directly into the Furnace.
How many Hardened Brick does a foundation take?
According to the community wiki, 15 for a Reinforced Stone Foundation and 10 for a wedge foundation. A ceiling costs 6.
Checked against Conan Exiles Enhanced with Patch 3.0.0 (October 6, 2026) and Hotfix 3.0.1 (October 8, 2026) as of November 2026; we found no newer hotfix at the time of writing. Sources: Funcom's Enhanced and Patch 2.0.0 notes, Steam news for Hotfix 3.0.1, the Mason journey on conanexiles.gaming.tools and the community wiki on Fandom. Community information: TheGamer, GamerGuides, Scalacube, older German guides and Funcom forum posts.
