English translations of the official AION 2 patch notes and notices (Korea / Taiwan servers) plus AION 2 Global announcements, newest first. Every article is also available with its full text in the RSS feed.
AION2 Global - Patch Notes October 21: Hard Mode for Krao Cave & Draupnir, the Ariel Daevanion Board, Abyss Capacity Patch Notes · AION 2 Global · Krao Cave and Draupnir get a Hard mode (item level 2600, 4-minute boss Frenzy, 3 revives) with Philosopher's Stone: Revelation, Ariel Fragments and Expedition Hero Artworks; 100 Ariel Fragments morph into a Daevanion Crystal: Ariel for the new Ariel board. Sorcerer and Chanter fixes, Resurrection Spiritstones for Kina until December 16, more players in the Abyss and tougher Abyss bosses.
AION2 First Anniversary Festival in Seoul on November 8: Applications Open News · AION 2 Korea / Taiwan · NCSOFT holds an AION2 first anniversary festival on Sunday November 8, 2026 from noon at the aT Center (Hall 2) in Yangjae, Seoul. 300 Daevas with a 350K+ Combat Power character are drawn from the applications (October 21-27, winners on October 30), each with one guest; others can queue on site, and every visitor gets a special anniversary coupon.
AION2 Global - Steam Payment Issue Resolved (October 6-12 Purchases) News · AION 2 Global · Between October 6 and October 12, some Steam purchases were not delivered, or used up a purchase limit without completing. NCSOFT finished fixing every affected payment on October 14: the missing items were delivered and the purchase limits restored.
AION2 Global - Patch Notes October 14: Halloween Event, Conquerors of the Abyss, Odyle Energy Limits, Sorcerer & Spiritmaster Fixes Patch Notes · AION 2 Global · The Halloween event runs until November 4 (CET): Trick or Treat attendance, weekly event missions and Coin Merchants paying Halloween Pumpkin Coins, Candy Keys from Expeditions and Transcendence. Abyss Rift Stones for Kina until October 28, the Odyle Energy weekly limit raised during server transfers, Sorcerer and Spiritmaster fixes, a Y-axis camera option and less Abyss stuttering.
AION2 Global - Server Transfer Limits: Hourly Caps per Server News · AION 2 Global · Each server has a cap on transfers in and out. During a transfer period the remaining slots are refreshed every hour on the hour, so a server can close early and reopen in the next round; a server that gets far too many requests may be closed to transfers for good.
AION2 Global - New Servers Opening (NA East): Hithanya & Nemon News · AION 2 Global · Hithanya (Elyos) and Nemon (Asmodian) opened in NA East on October 9 at 15:00 PDT (October 10, 00:00 CEST). Dungeons and other instanced content are cross-server, and server transfers let players rejoin their friends later.
AION2 Global - Server Transfers: Schedule by Region, Prices and Q&A News · AION 2 Global · Free server transfers open in two rounds: Early Access servers from October 14 to 21 and Launch servers from October 21 to 28 (CEST), in two daily windows per region. The transfer itself costs 0 Quna; extra character slots on the destination cost 1,000 Quna each. Names become @TemporaryName, Server Storage does not move, Kina, Quna, Mileage and Membership do.
AION2 Global - New Servers Opening (Europe): Nathara & Tassin News · AION 2 Global · Nathara (Elyos) and Tassin (Asmodian) opened in Europe on October 8 at 18:00 CEST. Dungeons and other instanced content are cross-server, and server transfers let players rejoin their friends later.
AION2 Global - October 8 EU Cloud Outage and Compensation News · AION 2 Global · A cloud service outage hit 21 EU servers on October 8. Players on those servers get one day of Membership and of pet auto loot (if active) at the next maintenance, plus a Special Daeva Supply chest by mail: 20 Life Crystals, 10 Resurrection Spiritstones, 20 Battle Enhance Scrolls, 5 Content Usage Ticket Selection Chests and 5 Odyle Energy.
October 7, 2026 - Named Boss Badges on the World Map, Hidden Cube Soul Crystals x10, 5 Presets, Cheaper Auto Loot, Abyss Re-Matching Patch Notes · AION 2 Korea / Taiwan · Korea's October 7 update: the world map flags field named bosses whose kill achievement is still open, the Abyss servers are re-matched into 21 groups, Hidden Cube keys give 1,000 Soul Crystals instead of 100 (paid back since Chapter 1), presets go from 3 to 5 (closet 6), Resurrection Spiritstones and Pet Auto Loot get cheaper, Daily Dungeon rewards are smoothed and Stigma Shards join several shops.
AION2 Global - Patch Notes October 7: Founder's Pack Shop on Every Character, Raw Leather Drops, Map Pins Patch Notes · AION 2 Global · Founder's Pack items now work on every character and server, with a free Founder's Pack shop for items you do not own yet. Sealed Wings to Enhance Stones morphs are capped at 20 a week per server, Raw Leather drops more in Lower Reshanta, Verteron and Altgard, Resurrection Spiritstones are sold for Kina until December 16, and 30 map pins work properly.
AION2 Global - Launch Servers and Matchmaking: 86 Servers in Five Regions News · AION 2 Global · NCSOFT published the line-up of the Global launch servers: 86 servers in Europe, NA East, NA West, Latin America and Asia, each Elyos server paired with an Asmodian one for the Abyss and the other cross-faction modes. New in Europe: Nania-Hadala, Tahavatha-Ludra, Luteros-Ulgorn, Phernos-Munin, Daminu-Odar, Kasaka-Zemurru, Bakarma-Kromede, Tsenka-Quai and Kochi-Baba.
AION2 Global - Maintenance September 30 (23:00 PDT): Hero Quest Object Bottleneck Fix, Servers Back Online Maintenance · AION 2 Global · A 1.5-hour maintenance on September 30 at 23:00 PDT (October 1, 08:00 CEST) fixed a bottleneck when interacting with objects in several Hero Quests: Northern Tolbas Forest, Eastern Tolbas Forest and Altamia Highland for Elyos; Basfelt Ruins, Purifying Forest, Fafnite Deposit and Impetusium Square for Asmodians. All servers are back online and a compensation is sent by in-game mail.
AION2 Global - New Servers Opening: Vaizel & Triniel (NA East), Meslamtaeda & Beritra (Europe), Nezekan & Zikel (NA West) News · AION 2 Global · Three more server pairs opened on September 30 (PDT): Vaizel / Triniel in NA East at 02:50, Meslamtaeda / Beritra in Europe at 04:10 and Nezekan / Zikel in NA West at 17:08. NCSOFT encourages players to join new servers as they become available; server transfers will come later, and all instanced content including dungeons is cross-server.
AION2 Global - A Thank You Gift to All Daevas: Coupon TAKEFLIGHTAION2 (October 1 – 13) News · AION 2 Global · AION 2 is No. 1 on the Steam Global Top Sellers and No. 1 in 13 countries including the United States, Germany, France and Brazil. To say thank you, redeem the coupon TAKEFLIGHTAION2 (Settings > Miscellaneous > Account > Enter Coupon) for Odyle Energy x4, Resurrection Spiritstone x5 and Battle Enhance Scroll x10: all servers, once per account, from October 1 after maintenance until October 13 at 11:00 PM PDT (October 14 at 08:00 CEST).
AION2 Global - Launch Rewards: Pre-Registration & Wishlist Rewards for Everyone Who Logs In Before December 1 News · AION 2 Global · NCSOFT extends all Pre-Registration and Steam Wishlist rewards to every player who creates an account and logs in between September 30 (6:00 AM PT) and December 1 (11:30 PM PT). Delivered automatically by in-game mail (the mail expires December 8): the Advance: Pet Chest (Pet: Pagati plus one pet of your choice among Papis, Silver Blade Rotan, Konutin Worker or Black Smoke Murute) and the Advance: Wishlist Chest (10 Resurrection Spiritstones, potions and scrolls).
AION2 Global - Early Access Queue Time Compensation News · AION 2 Global · Long queues hit several servers on the first day of Early Access. NCSOFT apologizes for the wait and will hand out an Appearance Change Voucher x1 as compensation to everyone affected.
AION2 Global - New Servers Opening (Europe): Fregion & Ereshkigal News · AION 2 Global · Two new EU servers opened on September 30 at 09:15 PDT / 18:15 CEST: Fregion (Elyos) and Ereshkigal (Asmodian). NCSOFT encourages players stuck in queues to roll on new servers as they open; server transfers will come later, and all instanced content including dungeons is cross-server.
AION2 Global - Community Launch Events: Daeva Makeover, Guides for Glory, Transcendence Dungeon Leaderboard & Beauty of Atreia News · AION 2 Global · Four community events for the Global launch: Daeva Makeover character-creation contest (Sept 30 – Oct 19, 6,000 Quna per category), Guides for Glory (Oct 5 – Nov 2, up to 10 winners get 4,000 Quna and the Tutor of Atreia title), the Transcendence Dungeon Leaderboard on Deus Research Base and Shattered Arkanis (Sept 30 on Early Access servers, Oct 5 – Nov 2 elsewhere; top 10 per server and class win 35,000 Enhance Stones and more) and the Beauty of Atreia screenshot contest (Oct 5 – Nov 9).
AION2 Global - PURPLE Region Settings for Login in Certain Countries and Regions News · AION 2 Global · Playing from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore or Thailand? AION2 may not show up in your PURPLE game list until you switch the PURPLE region setting to "Global" (a PURPLE restart may be needed after the change).
AION2 Global - Information on Server Transfer (Available from October 14) News · AION 2 Global · Stuck in a queue? NCSOFT recommends creating your character on a recommended server: server transfers open on October 14 and will let you move between servers of the same faction. Early Access players will only be able to transfer between Early Access servers, not to commercial launch servers. All instanced content, dungeons included, is cross-server.
AION2 Global - Early Access Opening Delayed to 7:00 AM PDT (Client Decryption on Schedule) Maintenance · AION 2 Global · Early Access opening was pushed back twice on September 30: first from 6:00 to 6:30 AM PDT, then to 7:00 AM PDT (14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST) with no further delay. Client decryption started as scheduled while servers stayed in maintenance. NCSOFT is sending an additional gift of 10 Resurrection Stones to thank players for waiting.
AION2 Global - Jump Into Advanced Access Now! Founder's Packs Available Until October 5 News · AION 2 Global · The skies have opened: all Founder's Pack owners can now enter Atreia. NCSOFT gathers the notices to read first (Server Matchmaking, War for Atreia, Launch FAQ, Community Launch Events, Creator Program). No Founder's Pack yet? The last chance to buy one on Steam or PURPLE is October 5 at 8:00 AM PDT / 17:00 CEST.
AION2 Global - 9/30 Common Product Info: AION 2 Starter, Quna Recharge, Tsenka Merchants & Mileage Shop Promotion · AION 2 Global · The permanent shop lineup from September 30: the AION 2 Starter bundle ($19.99, once per character: facewear skin, cube expansions, Hidden Cube keys, 50 Resurrection Spiritstones, potions, scrolls and shards), Quna recharge packs (400 Quna for $5.99 up to 4,000 Quna for $59.99), the Tsenka Merchants consumables (Resurrection Spiritstone 100 Quna, storage/cube expansions, name change, the Pagati pet for 2,000,000 Kina) and the A2 Mileage shop (Lucky Auras, vouchers, Soul Codex).
AION2 Global - 9/30 New Product Info: Daeva Pass Season 1 (Dawn Legion / Ishalgen Mercenary) & Planet's Call Pass Promotion · AION 2 Global · Two battle passes open with Early Access: the 100-level Daeva Pass Season 1 — Dawn Legion (Elyos) / Ishalgen Mercenary (Asmodian) — free basic track plus a 1,500-Quna premium track (Sept 30 – Dec 15) that also drops 45,000 Daeva Pass Shop Coins for Shugo-themed weapon and armor skins and the Swift Lugi pet, and the 50-level Planet's Call pass (free / 1,000 Quna premium, until Oct 27). Levels can be bought for 50 Quna each. Full reward tables inside.
AION2 Global - Advanced Access Server Matchmaking: Elyos/Asmodian Server Pairings News · AION 2 Global · Each Elyos server is paired with an Asmodian server for cross-faction content such as Spacetime Rifts and the Abyss. First pairings: Europe Siel–Israphel, Nezekan–Zikel, Vaizel–Triniel, Kaisinel–Lumiel, Yustiel–Marchutan, Ariel–Azphel; NA West Siel–Israphel; NA East and LATAM Siel–Israphel and Nezekan–Zikel; Asia Siel–Israphel. Pairings will be updated periodically to keep the factions balanced.
AION2 Global - Pre-download Available Now for Advanced Access News · AION 2 Global · Pre-download for AION 2 Global is open on Steam and PURPLE. Buy a Founder's Pack, download the encrypted client, allow decryption on September 30 and play from the start of Advanced Access. Decryption is not a reinstallation; its duration depends on your PC.
AION2 Global - Advanced Access Servers & Launch Schedule News · AION 2 Global · The starting server lineup for Advanced Access (September 30, 6 AM PDT – October 4, 10 PM PDT; maintenance until the Global Launch on October 5 at 6 AM PDT / 13:00 UTC). Each server houses one faction and is paired with a counterpart: Europe Siel/Israphel, Nezekan/Zikel, Vaizel/Triniel, Kaisinel/Lumiel; NA West Siel/Israphel; NA East and Latin America Siel/Israphel, Nezekan/Zikel; Asia Siel/Israphel.
AION2 Global - Launch FAQ: Free to Play, Monetization, Platforms, Languages & Regions News · AION 2 Global · NCSOFT answers the launch questions: AION 2 is free to play with an optional membership, cosmetics and a Battle Pass; no progress carries over from KR/TW; Steam and PURPLE share the same servers and content (account linking is optional); UI in English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese and Korean with English/Japanese/Korean voices; servers in North America, South America, Europe and Japan; Windows PC only, controllers playable but unsupported.
AION2 Global - War for Atreia: Pick a Side, Back a Creator Team News · AION 2 Global · As Advanced Access begins, six teams of content creators fight alongside you as Asmodians and Elyos. Pick up a Discord role for the team you back, share the best creator clips with #WarOfAtreia, and follow the teams and the event on the War for Atreia website.
AION2 Global - Twitch Drops: September 30 – October 16 News · AION 2 Global · Two Twitch Drops campaigns on all participating AION 2 channels: Advanced Access rewards (Sept 30 – Oct 4) from Cyber Glasses at 15 minutes up to the White Headset at 8 hours (with Customization Voucher, Odyle Energy, Soul Codex, 5,000 Enhancement Stones, Resurrection Spiritstones and 500,000 Kina along the way), then Global Launch rewards (Oct 5 – 16) up to the Adorable Young Elim shoulder at 10 hours. Claim drops in your Twitch inventory.
September 21, 2026 - Chuseok Special AION2 PURPLE Live Broadcast: Tuesday, September 22 at 19:30 KST with PURPLE Drops News · AION 2 Korea / Taiwan · AION2 hosts a Chuseok special live broadcast on Tuesday, September 22 at 19:30 KST on PURPLE, simulcast on YouTube: the Chuseok events in Atreia, holiday-themed segments and plenty of rewards for Daevas. A PURPLE Drops event runs during the show and only counts when watching via PURPLE Live, with rewards granted by cumulative viewing time and claimed through the in-game Drops UI. An AION2 account and character are required to enter.