October 7 Update (Korea)

AION 2 - Chapter 1: Land of Sand and Frost

Hello, Daevas!

Here are the October 7 (Wed) update details.

Patch Notes

• [Content and System] Achievements
• Nameplates
• Class Changes
• Abyss
• Refining Stones
• Abyss Conquest
• Wind Breeze Merchants
• Artwork Remnants
• Duty Quests
• Shop Additions and Changes
• Daily Dungeon Reward Adjustments
• Hidden Cube
• [Events] Signal of Resurrection
• Expedition & Transcendence Chuseok Boost-Up Event Ended
• [Other Improvements and Bug Fixes] Improvements
• Fixes

[Content and System]

Achievements

• Field Boss Kill Achievement Status Display: The World Map Field Boss icons will now show whether the kill achievement has been completed.
• Incomplete Achievement: A kill achievement badge will appear on the boss icon.
• The achievement badge will not be displayed if the achievement is complete or if no achievement is available.

Nameplates

• An option to hide your character's nameplate has been added.
• You can enable or disable this option under [Settings] > [Info Display] > [General] > [Nameplate] > [Display My Nameplate].

Class Changes

• Common: Fixed an issue where attacks against a target while airborne would occasionally fail to hit even when within range.
• Sorcerer

Skill	Changes
Fire Wall	Fixed an issue where Embers dealt no extra damage above a certain altitude. Embers' damage over time now deals Fire-element damage.
Cold Storm	Fixed an issue where Frostbite dealt no extra damage above a certain altitude.
Hibernation	Fixed an issue where Backline MTeleport did not work properly when using Remove Hibernation.

Abyss

• Upper Abyss Reshanta: Characters will now die immediately if they exceed the entry stat limit after entering, such as by changing Gear.
• Being kicked from the map and the one-hour Usage Time deduction will continue to work as before.
• Server Matchmaking Changes: Artifact and Abyss Corridor capture status will be reset when server rematching takes place.
• For details on Chapter 1: 8th Server Match, please see the notice in the CM Hall.
• Optimization: Optimization has been applied to reduce stuttering during large-scale battles in Upper, Lower, and Middle Reshanta, as well as in the Abyss Rift Zone.

Refining Stones

• The drop rates for higher-grade Refining Stones have been increased in Chalice of Muspel (Normal/Hard) and Snowfield of Sorrow (Easy/Normal/Hard).
• Artisan's Ultimate Refining Stone (Bound) is now available for purchase in [Expedition - Trade Shop].

Abyss Conquest

• Rewards will be given to the faction that did not land the final strike on the Dimensional Core.

Wind Breeze Merchants

• The Sale Prices of Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound) and Pet: Auto Loot Ticket (Bound), sold in [Wind Breeze Merchants - Special], have been reduced.
• Following the Sale Price reduction for Pet: Auto Loot Ticket (Bound), the Kina difference from previous purchases will be retroactively refunded soon based on play logs.
• The NPC Shop Sale Price for Pet: Auto Loot Ticket (Bound) has been reduced.

Artwork Remnants

• Artwork Remnants previously obtained in each Shugo Festival mode have been consolidated into Shugo Festival (Remnant: Artwork). Existing mode-specific Artwork Remnants can be converted into Shugo Festival (Remnant: Artwork) through Substance Morph.
• A new Substance Morph recipe has been added to convert Artwork Remnants obtained in Expeditions into Enhance Stones and Soul Crystals.

Duty Quests

• Rewards for Duty Quests available in Verteron and Altgard have been adjusted to the same level as those in Eltnen and Morheim.

Shop Additions and Changes

• Stigma Shard products have been added to the Abyss Shop, Nightmare Dungeons Shop, and Festival Shop.
• Daevanion Crystal: Azphel (Bound), available for purchase with fewer Abyss Points than before, has been added to the Abyss Shop.
• Soul Crystals in the Festival Shop are now sold in bundles of 50, with a weekly purchase limit of 15.
• Soul Crystals in the Nightmare Dungeons Shop can now be purchased in bundles of 50.

Daily Dungeon Reward Adjustments

• Rewards for completing Daily Dungeons have been improved so that more rewards can be earned with lower scores, and the reward gap between score brackets has been reduced.

Hidden Cube

• The amount of Soul Crystals obtainable by spending a Key in the Hidden Cube has been increased from 100 to 1,000.
• Due to the Hidden Cube Reward adjustment, additional Soul Crystals will be retroactively granted based on play logs to players who spent Keys to obtain Soul Crystals during Chapter 1, according to the increased reward amount.

[Events]

Signal of Resurrection

■ Event Schedule

• After Maintenance on Wednesday, October 7, 2026 – Before Maintenance on Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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■ Event Details

- During the event, you can purchase additional Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound) in addition to the item already sold in the Shop.

Event Item	Price	Event Details	Purchase Limit
Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound)	25,000 Kina	Available under Shop > Wind Breeze Merchants > Special	30 per character each week (Character Level 45 or higher)

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Expedition & Transcendence Chuseok Boost-Up Event Ended

• The related event items and Substance Morph recipes have been removed, and reward amounts have returned to normal.
• The Hidden Cube's appearance has reverted to its previous appearance.

[Other Improvements and Bug Fixes]

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Improvements

• Sound Options: An option to turn My Wings' Sound Effects ON or OFF has been added to Sound Options.
• Presets: Presets for Gear, Wings, Title, Pantheon, Genus Insight, Skills, and Arcana have been expanded from 3 to 5. Accordingly, HUD Batch Presets have also been expanded to 5.
• Closet presets have been expanded from 3 to 6.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where characters were invisible when playing with Radeon 8060S integrated graphics.
• Fixed various artifact issues that occurred when using FSR.
• Fixed an issue where the game crashed immediately after launch on Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 devices.
• Fixed an issue where the UI was clipped on some Galaxy Fold devices.
• Fixed an issue where the existing World Marker continued to appear after moving within a Force while a World Marker was set.
• Fixed an issue where a certain skill used by Kromede's Desire, the boss in the Judgment dungeon Fire Temple, dealt excessive damage to Spiritmaster spirits.

Thank you.