January 28 Update Notes (Korea)
Two Skies, One Glory
[Corrections]
- The Kina acquisition rate applied when obtaining Odyle Energy rewards in Exploration was incorrectly listed and has been corrected. (Kina acquisition rate: 20% at 20 or more attempts → 20 or fewer attempts) (March 4, 17:07)
- The reduction to Critical Resistance from Specialty 3 of the Cleric skill Voice of Doom has been changed from 20% to 200. (January 28, 10:10)
Here are the January 28 update notes.
Patch Notes
- [Content and Systems] Class Changes
- PvP Balance Changes
- Skill Macro Added
- Character Storage Added
- Weekly Cumulative Play Reward Adjustment
- Stigma Reset Cost Reduced
- Abyss
- Shugo Festa
- System Additions and Improvements
- [Promotion] Changarung Merchant Group
- Membership Product Effect Changes
- [Other Improvements and Bug Fixes] Improvements
- Fixes
- Mobile
- Retrieval and Recovery
[Content and Systems]
Class Changes
- Common
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Survival Stance, Constitution Boost, Heightened Senses, Blessing of Life | A Health increase stat has been added. |
| Remove Shock | Specialty 1's Damage Tolerance increase has been raised from 30% to 50%. |
| Blade Throw, Infiltrate, Binding Trap, Voice of Doom | Fixed an issue where the shield destruction effect failed to remove some shields. The effect now destroys all applied shields. |
- Shock-type Resist Scrolls have been changed to Status Effect Resist Scrolls. Resistance to Frost, Fear, Log, Sleep, and Seal status effects has been added.
- The Remove Buff effect has been improved to remove Invincible effects.
- Templar
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Punishment | The Executor effect duration now refreshes when the effect is applied while already active. |
- Assassin
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Spiral Slash | The Stigma skill has been revamped. The skill animation is faster, and the skill now targets a single enemy. The 50% Stun effect has been changed to remove 2 buffs and deal additional damage based on the number of buffs removed. Specialty 1 now Removes up to 3 buffs. Specialty 2 now grants Rotate for 3 seconds when 3 or more buffs are removed. Specialty 3 now Removes up to 5 buffs. Specialty 4 now provides -30s cooldown. |
| Evasion Contract | Specialty 1 now grants immunity to Slow and Root instead of Slow immunity. Specialty 2's Movement Speed increase has been raised from 20% to 30%. Specialty 3 now has a 50% chance to reduce all cooldowns by 1 second upon evasion instead of granting Root immunity. Specialty 4 now increases Evasion by an additional 200 instead of increasing the Heightened Senses effect by 1.5 times. |
| Smoke Bomb | The skill is now placed at your location. Specialty 2 now increases party members' Status Effect Resistance by 20% within the area instead of increasing their physical resistance by 20%. Specialty 3 now reduces hostile targets' Status Effect Resistance by 20% for 10 seconds within the area upon placement, instead of increasing party members' mental resistance by 20%. |
| Aerial Restraint | Specialty 1's range increase has been raised from 6m to 16m. |
| Triniel's Dagger | Changed from a non-targeting skill to a targeting skill. |
| Darkblade Throw | Improved the skill animation for Specialty 1, Darkblade Tracking. |
| Shadowfall | Specialty 5 has been changed from an AoE skill to one that requires the target to be Blinded. |
| Ambush Kick | Specialty 3's increased skill speed is now part of the base effect, and the skill now destroys shields. |
| Shadowstrike | Specialty 4 has been changed from dealing 500 MP damage to Rooting the target for 5 seconds with a 50% chance. |
| Infiltrate | Specialty 3's knockback speed for the Dark Strike chain skill has been increased. Fixed an issue where Specialty 5's Blind chance increase applied only 10%; it now applies 20%. |
| Apply Poison | The reduction to received healing now increases with each level, and its values have been adjusted. |
- Chanter
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Charge Break | Specialty 4 has been changed from -5s cooldown to Resets cooldown on defeating an enemy. |
| Incandescent Blow | Specialty 5 has been changed from a 10% chance to Stun on a hit with Bursting Blow to multi-hit attacks that ignore Block and Evasion. |
| Promise of Wind | Damage has been increased by 15%. |
| Blessing of Protection | Specialty 1 has been changed from increasing Natura Health by 100 to increasing Defense by 5%. Specialty 3 has been changed from increasing shock-type status resistance by 5% to increasing Status Effect Resistance by 10%. |
| Healing Touch | Specialty 2 has been changed from restoring 250 MP to increasing healing received by targets with 50% Health or less by 50%. |
- Ranger
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Piercing Arrow, Burst Arrow, Snare Arrow | Skill animations have been improved. |
| Surprise Kick | Fixed so it can no longer be used on structures such as Vakron's Rock. |
- Cleric
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Earthly Punishment | Cooldown has been changed from 60 seconds to 30 seconds. |
| Voice of Doom | Cooldown has been changed from 90 seconds to 60 seconds. Duration has been changed from 10 seconds to 20 seconds. Specialty 3 has been changed from increasing the healing reduction by 20% to reducing Critical Resistance by 200. |
| Prayer of Amplification | Improved so Specialty 3's 1.5x increase to Earth's Grace effect during its duration also applies to party members. |
| Absolution | Specialty 2 has been changed from removing up to 5 debuffs to removing all debuffs. Specialty 3 no longer has a Health requirement for its additional healing on the lowest-Health target. Specialty 4 has been changed from removing all debuffs to restoring an additional 15% of Health over 10 seconds. |
| Yustiel's Power | Specialty 3 has been changed from increasing Damage Tolerance by 5% to increasing Status Effect Resistance by 20%. Specialty 4 has been changed from increasing Status Effect Resistance by 10% to increasing Damage Tolerance by 10%. |
| Light of Protection | Specialty 3 has been changed from increasing Natura Combat Health recovery by 100 to increasing Damage Tolerance by 5%. Specialty 4 has been changed from increasing Status Effect Resistance by 5% to increasing received healing by an additional 10%. |
| Holy Energy | Fixed an issue where skills were used abnormally quickly when the Cooldown Reduction stat reached a certain value. |
PvP Balance Changes
- Damage dealt in PvP combat has been adjusted to be reduced further.
- The maximum adjustment based on item level gaps has been eased, allowing players to deal more damage.
Skill Macro Added
- A skill macro feature has been added to make it easier to cancel Basic Light Attack and Basic Heavy Attack skills.
- Open Settings: Open the Skill Macro settings screen using the button in the upper-right corner of the Skills screen.
- Configuration: Use Add Macro to add steps. Set a delay for each step to adjust the interval between skill-use attempts. Each step can select only one action: Basic Light Attack or Basic Heavy Attack.
- How to Use: Set a shortcut under Settings → Key Settings → General → Skill Macro. The macro runs while the shortcut is held. On mobile, touch and hold the macro input button placed on the main HUD.
- Common Behavior: Manual inputs always take priority if entered while a macro is running.
- Notes: If a mouse control button is assigned as a shortcut, it will not work in AION1 Control Mode. The macro repeatedly attempts to execute steps in sequence, advancing while each step is running; the order of steps is not guaranteed.
Character Storage Added
- You can store items in Character Storage or Server Storage by selecting one from the existing storage interface.
- Character Storage is selected by default the first time you open storage.
- Quick Store Settings can be configured separately for each storage type.
- As with Server Storage, items in Character Storage can be used directly for crafting, Substance Morph, Supply Requests, and Combined Enhancement without moving them to your Cube.
- The existing Storage Expansion Voucher item has been renamed Server Storage Expansion Voucher.
Weekly Cumulative Play Reward Adjustment
- The number of play attempts used to determine Kina acquisition limits for Odyle Energy rewards in Exploration has been adjusted as follows.
| Category | 100% Kina acquisition rate | 60% Kina acquisition rate | 20% Kina acquisition rate | 0% Kina acquisition rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploration | 7 or fewer attempts | 14 or fewer attempts | 20 or more attempts | 21 or more attempts |
Stigma Reset Cost Reduced
- The cost to reset Stigma Points has been reduced to 10,000 Kina per point.
Abyss
- The stats of some monsters in Middle Abyss Reshanta have been slightly reduced.
- A buff increasing Kina and Abyss Points gained by 40% each has been applied in Middle Abyss Reshanta.
- The stats of boss monsters appearing in Lower Abyss Reshanta and Middle Abyss Reshanta have been increased.
Shugo Festa
- The stats of the Bandit Cannon monster appearing in the Defend Shugo Merchants event have been slightly increased.
- In the Wraith Evasion event, the wraith's field of view has been adjusted more precisely to match its height.
- Fixed an issue where Odyle Drops were difficult to obtain in the Goldrin's Treasure event.
- In the Jump Jump event, the score for collecting pink balloons has been reduced, and a score for laser balloons has been added.
System Additions and Improvements
- The reward count check has been removed from Sanctuary entry requirements.
- You can play Sanctuary as long as you have attempts remaining, even if you have no reward attempts left. In this case, you cannot obtain Odyle Energy Cubes, which consume a reward attempt.
- The required level for Gathering has been changed to Level 45.
- Proficiency, owned Skill Points, and skills already acquired below Level 45 can be used at Level 45.
- The recommended level for the Ascension Quest for the Extraction profession has been changed to Level 45.
- Viewing Other Characters: The default Info tab for another character has been improved to show the appearance they currently have equipped.
- Use the buttons at the bottom of the UI to switch between Preview Gear and Preview Skin modes.
- In Preview Skin mode, use the Preview button on the right to apply that character's equipped gear and appearance to your character for viewing.
[Promotion]
Changarung Merchant Group
- January 28, 2026 (Wed), 05:00 until further notice
- One new product will be added under [In-game Menu] → [Shop] → [Changarung Merchant Group] → [Consumables].
| Product | Price | Contents | Purchase Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character Storage Expansion Voucher | 200 Quna | 1 Character Storage Expansion Voucher (Bound) | 20 per character |
Membership Product Effect Changes
• After scheduled maintenance on January 28, 2026 (Wed)
• The Membership effect "Remote Storage Access" has been changed to "Remote Server and Character Storage Access."
| Product | Updated Effect | Before Membership Effect | After Membership Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gentle Breeze Membership | Remote Server and Character Storage Access | Access Server Storage and Character Storage through an in-game Storage NPC | Always access Server Storage and Character Storage remotely from below the Cube |
| Special Shugo Membership | Remote Server and Character Storage Access | Access Server Storage and Character Storage through an in-game Storage NPC | Always access Server Storage and Character Storage remotely from below the Cube |
[Other Improvements and Bug Fixes]
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Improvements
- UI Improvements: A clock has been added to the Minimap to show the real-world time. Click the Switch button at the lower-right of the Minimap to choose whether to display game time or the time in your country of connection.
- The hood equipped/unequipped state on the character portrait in the Main Menu is now retained after reconnecting.
- Fixed an issue where parts of the item Detailed Info window were clipped.
- The Chat Share and Lock buttons in the item Detailed Info window have been moved to the item image area.
- Some UI buttons can now be operated with F for improved convenience.
- Substance Morph materials are no longer included under Crafting Materials in Quick Store settings for storage or Quick Register for sale at NPC shops.
- The Transfer UI has been improved. The confirmation popup now shows information about the items that will be consumed during Transfer.
- A system message now appears when attempting to register equipment that cannot be used as Transfer material.
- Middle Abyss Reshanta has been added to the Move buttons on the World Map.
- Items stored in Character Storage can now be used as Transfer materials.
- Class ranking information is now displayed on the Rankings page.
- Class ranking information is now displayed on the Season lobby page.
- The reconnection grace period after an unexpected disconnection in Expedition, Transcendence, or Sanctuary has been increased from 1 minute to 10 minutes. If you reconnect within 10 minutes, you can enter a dungeon room joined by your party or Force members without consuming an attempt.
- Fixed an issue where Administrator Najium, a boss in Dying Dramata's Nest (Expedition), sometimes used the Tracking Blade skill more often than intended or spawned blades late.
- Fixed an issue where Talisra of the Void, a boss in Shattered Arkanis (Transcendence), failed to absorb souls if a character revived after the boss cast Gathering Souls.
- Nightmare, Floor II: Boss monsters' Accuracy and Block stats have been reduced.
- Floor II: The maximum Health of Mutated Ulgorn, Soulreaper Rathman, Sharp Aulak, and Sealed Sura has been reduced.
- Fixed an issue where Nightmare rankings were not sorted by highest record.
- Subjugation: Fixed an issue where players could leave Orcus's Grave before it began.
- Daily Dungeons: Fixed an issue where the previous dungeon's timer was displayed when challenging again.
- Improved [Transfer – Substance Morph – Special] so equipment obtained through quests can be used as material when morphing a Transfer Stone Fragment (Unique) (Bound).
Fixes
- Equipment bound by another character can no longer be used as Crafting or Substance Morph material.
- The alert sound has been removed from the Daeva authentication popup.
- The Closet shortcut has been changed to ALT+O.
- Improved an issue where the character's body protruded through the Cozy Bunny Doll Outfit on certain body shapes.
- Fixed an issue where hair protruded through the Daily Hood on smaller body shapes.
- The opening of the Empty Cradle Expedition has been postponed to February 11.
- The opening of the Submerged Life Temple Transcendence has been postponed to February 25.
- Fixed an issue where obtaining wings as a ranking reward increased the Pro Wing Collector achievement count by 2.
- Fixed an issue where the red dot did not disappear from the Season menu.
- Dying Dramata's Nest (Expedition) now counts toward Final Boss Kill Count.
Mobile
- Improved the World Map so that touching a location moves your character there automatically.
Retrieval and Recovery
- Notice regarding retrieval and recovery for the Season 1 ranking reward distribution error → Go to related notice. All incorrectly distributed Season 1 rewards from Wednesday, January 21, except for Oath Coins, have been retrieved in a batch.
- The correct Season 1 rewards will be distributed again with the January 28 (Wed) update. For Oath Coins, the difference will be granted based on the amount previously distributed.
- You can claim the correct Season 1 rewards by pressing the Go Now button for each content in the Season UI.
- During Season reward processing, some characters' wing appearance and equipped state may have changed to the default wings. After the update, please equip the wings you want to use again.
We will continue working to provide better service.
Thank you.
Official news translation Korean version. Original: aion2.plaync.com