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Futur and conditionnel are both based on the same stem for each verbs, and always use the same endings

Être > je serai (future), je serais (cond)

Thus if you already know the future tense, you don't have anything new to learn

For nearly all verbs this stem is the same as the infinitive:
Je mangerais
Je finirais
Je rendrais
Je boirais

Then there are special cases:
All verbs than end in -oir lose that oi, usually they remove it completely:
Devoir > je devrais
Recevoir > Je recevrais

Highly irregular oir verbs (voir, avoir, savoir, pouvoir) behave similarly, but are to be treated as exceptions (see below)

Another special case is that of -er verbs that alternate between two vowels in their conjugation, like acheter

Notice how this verbs gets an extra accent in some cases like j'achète
Well, for verbs that do this, you also add this accent to the fut/cond stem

J'achèterais

Finally we get to truly irregular verbs, which you have to memorize. There's perhaps 20 of them in total, nothing to be afraid of

Beyond the "classic" irregulars (être, avoir, aller etc.) here's a handful to be aware of:

A couple irregular ir verbs (only a couple, not all of them) lose their i:
Mourir > mourrais
Courir > courrais
Venir > viendrais
Tenir > tiendrais