AION 2 - Chapter 1. Land of Sand and Frost

[Changes]

• Additional details were added regarding movement restrictions during Spacetime Rift Domination. (September 18, 12:50)
• Details about the Agent Black Sunglasses (Appearance: Eyes) design change were added. (September 17, 13:05)
• Command Quests were added as a source of Soul Crystals. (September 16, 11:49)

The September 16 update is detailed below.

Patch Notes

• [Contents and Systems] Spacetime Rift Domination
• Abyss
• Shugo Festival – “Mysterious Track”
• Sanctuary – “Sorrowful Snowfield”
• New Gear
• Abyss Gear Set Effects
• Class Rank Rewards
• Soul Crystals
• Manastones and Soulstones
• Class Changes

• [Promotion] 1. New Daeva Pass: Invitation to the Abyss

• [Miscellaneous Improvements and Bug Fixes] Improvements
• Fixes

[Contents and Systems]

Spacetime Rift Domination

• The score obtained by attacking Monoliths during Spacetime Rift Domination has been greatly increased.
• While participating in Spacetime Rift Domination, movement to the Phase and Legion Airship Hall through the Duty Quest: Wanted Order, as well as movement to other territories, is restricted.

Abyss

• Unbound Potential Amplification Stones: Abyss (Heroic) and Potential Amplification Stones: Abyss (Unique) now drop from Abyss monsters.

Shugo Festival – “Mysterious Track”

• The placement of various objects, including obstacles that could interfere with normal driving, has been partially adjusted.

Sanctuary – “Sorrowful Snowfield”

• The HP of the Easy-difficulty bosses Returned Triton and Deltras in Sorrowful Snowfield has been reduced by 10%.

New Gear

• New Abyss gear, [True] Guardian/Archon Praetorian Captain weapons and guards, has been added.
• They can be purchased from the Abyss Trade Shop or Transfer Crafted using Elite Guardian/Archon Praetorian Captain weapons and Guardian/Archon Praetorian Captain weapons or guards as materials.

Abyss Gear Set Effects

• The 12-piece set effect for the Abyss PvE Damage Boost stat applied to Abyss gear has been increased.

Gear	Target Stat	2-Piece	5-Piece	8-Piece	12-Piece
Decurion	Abyss PvE Damage Boost	15%	20%	-	-
Centurion	15%	20%	25%	-
Legionnaire	20%	25%	30%	45%
General	25%	30%	35%	50%
Praetorian Captain	30%	35%	40%	55%

Class Rank Rewards

• The number of medals granted as Contribution rewards for Abyss bosses, Artifact Siege, and Spacetime Rift Domination has been partially increased.

Soul Crystals

• The Growth Pet Chest (Bound) reward obtainable from the Daily Dungeon “Odylium Repository” has been increased to twice its previous amount.
• The price of Soul Crystals available from [Shop – Wind Breeze Merchants – Special] has been changed to 500 Kina, and the purchase limit has been increased to 30,000.
• The amount of Soul Crystals obtainable from Duty and Command Quests has been increased to three times its previous amount.

Manastones and Soulstones

• Superior Manastones (Bound) and Superior Soulstones (Bound) can now be purchased from [Nightmare – Trade Shop] and [Shugo Festival – Festival Shop].
• Lesser Manastones and Lesser Soulstones have been added to [Supply Request – Emergency Rewards].

Class Changes

• Gladiator

Skill	Change
Leaping Slam	Fixed an issue where the skill could be used while in Root Status.
Ruinous Blow	Fixed an issue where the skill could be used while in Root Status.
Ankle Slice	With Specialty 3 applied, the skill can no longer be used while in Root Status. Fixed an issue where the Specialty 3 “Range Increase” effect was not applied when Specialties 1, 2, and 3 were applied.

• Templar — To discourage the use of mouse macros to cancel Pummel – Judgment, Skill Cancel timing and balance have been adjusted.

Skill	Change
Pummel / Punishing Strike	Skill Cancel delay has been increased. When Specialty 4’s Punishing Strike hits, its Cooldown Reduction effect for Punishment also applies to Pummel. Specialty 5’s effect that triggers Punishing Strike one additional time has been changed to an extra damage-on-hit effect.
Judgment	Skill Cancel delay has been increased.
Warding Strike / Annihilate / Punishment	PvE damage has been increased by 10%.
Shield Smite	PvE damage has been increased by 20%.
Noble Armor	Duration and cooldown have been changed from 5 minutes to 2 minutes.
Taunt	The Enmity Increase effect has been changed from a fixed value to one proportional to damage dealt.

• Assassin — To discourage the use of mouse macros to cancel Savage Roar – Heart Gore, Skill Cancel timing and balance have been adjusted.

Skill	Change
Savage Roar / Savage Smash / Heart Gore	Skill Cancel delay has been increased.
Quick Slice / Breaking Slice / Swift Slice / Insignia Explosion	PvE damage has been increased by 10%.
Shadowstrike	Specialty 2 Duration has been increased from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.

• Ranger

Skill	Change
Deadshot	Fixed an issue where the multi-hit effect from Specialty 5 did not activate unless Specialty 4 was also equipped.
Ensnaring Trap	Fixed an issue where the Ensnaring Trap message was not displayed in combat messages.

Elemental damage has been applied to Ranger attack skills.

Elemental Damage	Skills
Wind Attribute	Volley, Rapid Fire, Spiral Arrow, Tempest Arrow, Lightning Arrow, Marking Shot, Arrow Scattershot, Gale Arrow, Burst Arrow, Suppressing Arrow, Deadshot, Concentrated Fire, Rooting Eye, Melee Fire, Hunter's Soul, Arrow Storm, Ambush Kick, Illusory Arrow, Sealing Arrow, Assault Smite, Supporting Fire, Guerilla Strike
Earth Attribute	Snare Shot, Shackling Arrow, Explosion Trap, Ensnaring Trap
Fire Attribute	Drill Dart, Griffon Arrow, Explosive Arrow

• Brawler

Skills	Change
Iron Mountain, Ascension Strike, Skybreaker, Flash Step, Earthshaker, Shadow Fist, Gale Strike	Fixed an issue where the skills could be used while in Root Status.

• Chanter

Skill	Change
Guardian Blessing	Duration and cooldown have been changed from 5 minutes to 2 minutes.

• Cleric

Skill	Change
Radiant Recovery	Specialty 2’s +20% Skill Speed effect has been changed to a +1 consecutive cast effect.
Judgment Thunder / Divine Punishment	Fixed an issue where, when using Mobile Combat Support, the skill was used repeatedly and prevented other skills from being used.

• Sorcerer

Skills	Change
Bittercold Wind / Cold Storm / Fire Wall	Fixed an issue where monsters would occasionally fail to reset while the skills were being activated.
Flame Arrow / Burst / Pyroclasm	When Specialty 4’s Pyroclasm hits, the effect that applies Fire Mark has been changed to a 5% increase to Fire Attribute Damage Boost for 10 seconds when Pyroclasm is cast.
Blaze	Changed so that the Fire Mark effect is not removed when the skill hits.
Fire Mark (Passive)	Changed from a 20% chance to apply Fire Mark when attacking with Fire Attribute attacks to a 100% chance.

[Promotion]

1. New Daeva Pass: Invitation to the Abyss

■ Purchase Location: [In-Game Menu] → [Subscription]

■ Sale Period: After the September 16, 2026 (Wednesday) scheduled Maintenance ~ October 6, 2026 (Tuesday) 05:00

■ Rewards Available: After the September 16, 2026 (Wednesday) scheduled Maintenance ~ Before the October 7, 2026 (Wednesday) scheduled Maintenance

■ Product Details

Product	Price	Contents	Purchase Limit
Invitation to the Abyss (Basic)	1,000,000 Kina	- Complete missions during the Available period to obtain various Rewards	Once per character
Invitation to the Abyss (Premium)	500 Quna	- 5 Odyle Energy (Bound)<br>- Complete missions during the Available period to obtain various Rewards	Once per character

■ [Invitation to the Abyss] Daeva Pass Progression

• Complete various missions during the Daeva Pass period to obtain Daeva Pass EXP.
• Obtain Daeva Pass rewards at each pass level. The maximum level is 40.
• After reaching Level 40, additional pass levels gained with accumulated EXP grant Repeatable Rewards.
• Each pass level can be purchased for 50 Quna.
• Daeva Pass Shop Coins can be used at [Subscription] → [Pass Shop].
• Products can be purchased until October 6, 2026 (Tuesday) 05:00.
• Missions can be completed and Rewards Collected until before the October 7, 2026 (Wednesday) scheduled Maintenance.

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■ How to Obtain Daeva Pass EXP

Product	Contents Reward	EXP	Maximum EXP
Invitation to the Abyss	Defeat 10 monsters	50	12,000 EXP per character per week
	Kill opposing camp players	100
	Successful Gathering	30
	Successful Crafting	20
	Clear Expedition/Transcendence	300
	Clear Sanctuary	700
	Successful Gear Enhancement	10
	Successful Gear Extraction	10
	Gear Soul Binding Successful	20

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■ Daeva Pass Item Rewards

Pass Level	Invitation to the Abyss (Basic)	Quantity	Invitation to the Abyss (Premium)	Quantity
1	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
2	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
3	Unknown Fissure Challenge Ticket (Bound)	1	Unknown Fissure Challenge Ticket (Bound)	3
4	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
5	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
6	Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound)	1	Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound)	3
7	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
8	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
9	Instant Clear Ticket: Daily Dungeon (Bound)	3	Instant Clear Ticket: Daily Dungeon (Bound)	5
10	Content Usage Ticket Selection Chest (Bound)	1	Content Usage Ticket Selection Chest (Bound)	1
11	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
12	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
13	Lower Abyss Rift Stone (Bound)	1	Middle Abyss Rift Stone (Bound)	1
14	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
15	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
16	Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound)	1	Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound)	3
17	Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound)	1	Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound)	2
18	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
19	Instant Clear Ticket: Nightmare (Bound)	2	Instant Clear Ticket: Nightmare (Bound)	5
20	Soul Crystal (Bound)	350	Soul Crystal (Bound)	1500
21	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
22	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
23	Unknown Fissure Challenge Ticket (Bound)	1	Unknown Fissure Challenge Ticket (Bound)	3
24	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
25	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
26	Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound)	1	Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound)	3
27	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
28	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
29	Instant Clear Ticket: Daily Dungeon (Bound)	3	Instant Clear Ticket: Daily Dungeon (Bound)	5
30	Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound)	1	Content Usage Ticket Selection Chest (Bound)	1
31	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
32	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
33	Lower Abyss Rift Stone (Bound)	1	Middle Abyss Rift Stone (Bound)	1
34	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
35	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
36	Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound)	1	Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound)	3
37	Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound)	1	Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound)	2
38	Small Odyle Energy (Bound)	1	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1
39	Instant Clear Ticket: Nightmare (Bound)	2	Instant Clear Ticket: Nightmare (Bound)	5
40	Soul Crystal (Bound)	350	Soul Crystal (Bound)	1500
Repeat	Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound)	3	Odyle Energy (Bound)	1

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[Miscellaneous Improvements and Bug Fixes]

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Improvements

• If the Force Leader leaves a Dungeon or reassigns the Force Leader role, the character who becomes the new Force Leader is placed first in Party 1.
• The Damage dealt by Guards to Spirits has been changed to the same Level as the Damage dealt to PCs.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where a Cooldown Reset Specialty Effect could apply at an unintended time, allowing some Skills to be used twice consecutively.
• Cylinders and Kibelisks exposed in the second part of Eltnen are no longer visible.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” — Fixed an issue where the ice wall would occasionally fail to break after all of Deltras’s swords had been found.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” boss Triton — Fixed an issue where Crystals summoned by the “Manifested Wrath” Skill would explode abnormally quickly when the Boss became Staggered.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” boss Triton — Fixed an issue where the Stagger gauge would not lock during the “Bittercold Wrath” Skill.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” boss Triton — Fixed an issue where the “Bittercold Wrath” Skill was not performed correctly.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” boss Triton — Fixed an issue where Warmth Orbs would disappear earlier than intended during the “Chill Harvest” pattern.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” boss Triton — Fixed an issue where the Boss would occasionally take massive Damage and die during the “Chill Harvest” pattern.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” boss Deltras — Fixed an issue where a target in Frost Restraint could be selected by the “Crystal Point” and “Ice Crystal Fall” Skills.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” boss Deltras — Fixed an issue where the Stun effect on a target in Frost Restraint would be removed if the target died and was revived during combat.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” boss Deltras — Fixed an issue where Frost Restraint would be removed when the Boss started certain Patterns, causing the target to receive multiple instances of Damage in an instant and die.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” boss Deltras — Fixed an issue where the Watching State would not be removed even after the Boss’s combat was Reset.
• Sanctuary “Sorrowful Snowfield” boss Deltras — Improved the visual effect of purple ice Crystals during the “Core of Winter” pattern for better readability in Colorblind Mode. (Hit Detection remains unchanged.)

• [Expedition] Fixed an issue where the Praise popup did not appear on the Results screen after clearing the Judgment Dungeon.
• Fixed an issue where the Sale Price of some Fist gear was set lower than that of other weapons.
• The Agent Black Sunglasses (Appearance: Eyes) design has been changed.