Conan's adventures take place 10, 000 BC. Here you must fight to survive, build and dominate. These can be anything from working on crafting stations to guarding buildings or even as companions.
2 – Stamina and shield… Zamora is a country of the Hyborian Age. The North, North East and Center, not one named crafting thrall got several named fighters, archpriests & dancer but only lvl 3 crafting thralls. You've probably been fighting with one anyway, so just use the 'heavy attack'. For a truly excellent pre-modern era Chronology of the Marvel Universe, check out Robert Wicks' Unofficial Chronology of the Marvel Universe. Looking at the Steam documentation for Conan: Exiles doesn't provide much information.
Conan Exiles is out in Early Access on Steam, allowing survival fans to make their way in the brutal world of the Exiled Lands.