AION 2 — May 13, 2026 Update Notes

New Transcendence dungeon, new Arcana sets, Sorcerer skill rework, HUD Editor presets, Inheritance Crafting expansion, and Substance Morph additions.

[Content & System]

Transcendence

New Transcendence dungeon Mirror of Red Yeon's Heart — Stages 1–4 unlocked.
New Season Missions related to Mirror of Red Yeon's Heart added under [Season → Season Missions → Transcendence].

Stage	Required Item Level
1	3,200
2	3,500
3	3,800
4	4,000

The Ode Energy Cube from Mirror of Red Yeon's Heart has a chance to drop Rampant Fear's Thought (Bound).
Rampant Fear's Thought (Bound) is a crafting material required for a new Heroic-grade equipment recipe arriving May 27.
Ranking point rules change: If party composition changes after entering a Transcendence dungeon (party member leaves or joins mid-run), ranking points will not be awarded for that run. Ode Energy Cube rewards are still granted normally. Ranking point restrictions reset on retry.
Characters with insufficient contribution to the final boss will not receive ranking points.

Arcana

Three new Arcana sets added. Upgrading new Arcana grants +2 Divine stats per enhancement.

Set	2-Set Bonus	4-Set Bonus
Punishment	Boss damage resistance +5%	PVE ATK +60 · PVE damage amplification +10% when HP ≥ 70%
Guardian	Regeneration +5%	Weapon damage amplification +5% · At HP ≤ 30%: gain 10,000 shield for 5 s (CD 120 s)
Indomitable	Weapon damage resistance +5%	Critical damage resistance +5% · On receiving abnormal status: PVP damage resistance +50% for 5 s (CD 150 s)

Obtain from the Mirror of Red Yeon's Heart Ode Energy Cube, or via Substance Morph using Noble Crystal (Bound).
Extracting Punishment / Guardian / Indomitable Arcana yields Noble Crystal (Bound).
Substance Morph: Mysterious Crystal (Bound) ×3 or Harmonious Crystal (Bound) ×3 → Noble Crystal (Bound).

Expedition

Ode Energy Cube Kina rewards increased:

Dungeon	Difficulty	Old	New
Nest of Dead Dramata, Cradle of Nihility	Hard	600,000	810,000
Artwork: Hall of Illusion, Artwork Scrap: Azure Breath Island (Bound)	Normal	705,000	810,000
Artwork: Hall of Illusion, Artwork Scrap: Azure Breath Island (Bound)	Hard	705,000	1,005,000

Conquest / Transcendence — Weekly Run Count Adjustments

Expedition (Conquest) weekly reward charge count: 21 runs.
Transcendence weekly reward charge count: 14 runs.
Weekly cumulative play reward thresholds also increased.

Type	Kina 100%	80%	60%	40%	20%
Conquest	≤84	≤105	≤126	≤147	≥148
Transcendence	≤56	≤70	≤84	≤98	≥99

Numbers represent cumulative weekly runs. Kina acquisition rate applies to that run's reward.

Daily Dungeon

New dungeon Kroppakin's Secret Vault added to the Unknown Rift daily dungeon pool.

Abyss

PVP kills near a Dimensional Core or boss monster: characters who dealt damage to the killed player now also gain contribution toward the Dimensional Core / boss, even if they didn't directly attack it.

Class Changes

Passive skill cooldown labels renamed from "Recast Time" to "Activation Limit Time".

Common (all classes)

Skill	Change
Defiance	Tenacity effect can no longer be removed by beneficial-effect-dispel skills. Abnormal status resistance +100% changed to full immunity.
Tenaciousness, Comrade Protection, Second Skin, Evasion Contract, Mother Nature's Breath, Hibernation, Arctic Armor, Enhance: Spirit's Benediction, Command: Proxy, Salvation, Yustiel's Power, Barrier Spell	These skills are no longer affected by cooldown-increase effects.

Gladiator

Skill	Change
Lunge Stance	Base effect: now also reduces MP consumption by 20% while active.
Mocking Blade	Tooltip added explaining HP absorption behavior against bosses.

Templar

Skill	Change
Assault Fury	Stun chance reduced to match other classes' Assault skills. Base: 50% → 30%. With spec: 75% → 50%.

Chanter

Skill	Change
Recuperation	Fixed: With Spec 1, the second effect failed to stack when used again within 1 second.
Gust Rampage	Fixed: Movement was possible even without the movement-enabling spec equipped.

Cleric

Skill	Change
Debilitating Mark	Fixed: Intermittently failed to attack moving targets.
Salvation	Fixed: Some DoT effects were not being cleansed.

Sorcerer

Skill	Change
Arctic Armor	Base effect: At MP ≥ 50%, Mana Conversion activates — absorbs 50% of incoming damage as HP and 10% as MP. Spec 2: Cold Summon passive damage ×1.5 → Mana Absorption passive ×1.5. Spec 3: Slow effect only ×1.5 → all effects (DEF + crit resistance included) ×1.5.
Element Enhancement	Animation faster. Effect now applies immediately on use.
Soul Freeze	Animation faster.
Frost Burst	Freeze status no longer broken when this skill hits. PVP damage +20%. Spec 4: 300 MP damage → ignores block/evasion, guaranteed critical hit. Spec 5: 25% chance to refreeze → 50% chance to reset Frost Burst cooldown.
Frost	Spec 4: freeze chance 20% → 25%.
Firestorm	Spec 3: combat speed -10% → received healing -50%. Skill is now cancelled on emergency dodge after the projectile is fired.
Bittercold Wind	Spec 5: 25% chance to freeze target 2 s on last hit → on hit, Frost cooldown reduced by 1 s.
Hellfire	Projectile speed increased.
Steel Barrier	On shield break: +300 AP recovery added.
Grace of Enhancement	Passive trigger condition: MP ≥ 50% → MP ≥ 25%.

HUD Editor

Snap: Elements now auto-snap to grid and other UI positions when dragging.
Undo / Redo: Revert or reapply recent edits.
Margin: Set a minimum gap between elements and the screen edge.
Preview: See the live in-game HUD state while editing.
Presets (up to 6): Save, rename, share (via code), export/import as file. Preset files save to a common path so other characters on the same account can use them.
Buff/debuff icon settings: Adjust display count (up to 14 per row, 2 rows = 28 total) and icon size.
Currently equipped skills and consumables now sync into edit-mode display.
Grid option settings persist after re-entering HUD edit mode.

Crafting

Crafting Bench and Craft Management UI: a separate Inheritance Crafting tab is added (shows only Inheritance recipes).
Inheritance Crafting material selection: Bound and non-Bound equipment shown together. Equipment Bound to another character is not shown.
When a normal craft result is "Bound on pickup", the crafting UI now displays a notice.

Inheritance Crafting

New recipes: craft Splendent Noble Dragon Lord Greatsword from Noble Dragon Lord Spellbook equipment, and Splendent Horned Dragon Lord Helm from Horned Dragon Lord Helm equipment.

Substance Morph

New recipe: Statue's Remnant: Chromede's Abyss (Bound) → Statue: Chromede's Abyss.
New recipe: Fragment of Red Yeon's Heart → Mirror of Red Yeon's Heart Appearance Selection Box (Bound).
Both new materials drop from the Mirror of Red Yeon's Heart Ode Energy Cube.
New recipe: Mysterious Crystal (Bound) ×3 or Harmonious Crystal (Bound) ×3 → Noble Crystal (Bound).
Odyle Energy (Bound) morph limit adjusted: 21/server weekly → 16/server weekly. New additional recipe: 4/character weekly.

Shop

Breeze Boutique Special tab updated:

Item	Old Limit	New Limit	Price (Kina)
Odyle Energy (Bound)	21/server weekly	4/character weekly + 16/server weekly	100,000
Expedition/Transcendence Challenge Ticket Selection Chest (Bound)	21/server weekly	7/server weekly	100,000

UI Improvements

Sanctuary resurrection icon: active only in zones where direct/skill resurrections are consumed — visible in the notification bar. Click to see tooltip.
When a party member dies in Sanctuary, their remaining direct/skill resurrection charges are shown in the party/force list.
Sanctuary lobby party info: each member's Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound) count now also shown.
Ode Energy Cube reward selection UI: default quantity for Membership users is now 2.
Ode Energy charge UI: quantity selector now defaults to minimum 1 (was 0); +/− buttons deactivate at min/max.
World Map boss tooltip loot list: now shows all drop items, not just equipment.
Mini/popup chat: clicking a nickname now shows an interaction UI popup.
7 new emblems added (5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 0 / Moon).
Skill UI: "Learn level" popup and "combo/conditional skill list" popup buttons removed.

[Improvements & Fixes]

Improvements

Guard equipment Soul Binding stat: Shock-type Hit → Abnormal Status Hit.
Season missions / achievements / quests: party members without contribution now also have monster-kill counts credited.
Party kick: expelled members cannot join dungeons created by the party leader or force leader who kicked them.
Boss backstab indicator: the boss's rear arc is now displayed in Expedition / Transcendence / Sanctuary. (Settings → Info Display → Combat → Boss Rear Marker)
Shugo Festival reward list: Seed of Detection added.
Hidden Cube [Open with Key] rewards: Seed of Detection added.
Seed of Detection reuse time: 1 min → 30 sec.

Fixes

Transcendence: bonus score now deducted starting from the 1st death (not later).
Transcendence dungeon banner image not displaying in Season UI fixed.
Artwork Scrap: Azure Breath Island (Bound) boss Awakened Alturagon: Pafnite mineral icon was incorrectly shown on the minimap — fixed.
Artwork Scrap: Azure Breath Island (Bound) boss Awakened Alturagon: "Awakened Beast Trial" pattern intermittently targeting 2 players — fixed.
Corroded Decontamination Facility boss Fused Bagot: chain-pattern bombs and HP≤30% bombs could duplicate — fixed.
Several quest steps that required emote commands now have alternative completion methods (no emote needed).
Conquest/Transcendence: item-rechargeable final-boss kill count increased from 10 to 30.
Craft Management: item crafting disabled in Abyss zones; craft button deactivated.
Scrolling text speed options (Settings → Accessibility → Visual Aids → Text Speed) adjusted: Slow is now slower, Fast is now faster. Text now auto-continues seamlessly.
Hahoe Nobleman Mask (appearance: helmet): incorrect quantity delivered on purchase — fixed.
Seolheuk Wind Pants: dye slots increased from 3 to 4 to fix undyeable region.
Pet Bebinyangi: whisker mark adjusted.
Pet Harbor Seal: ball-bounce effect on mount removed.
Assassin / Ranger: stealth sound settings no longer reset when mounting a Kyberlisk after entering stealth.
Some spec combinations caused Heart Stab to activate abnormally during Illusion Clone — fixed.
Deva Pass "Nightmare Boss Kill" mission: kills in Nightmare Tier III boss were not counting — fixed.
Abyss cross-faction chat: nickname and timestamp were showing as glyphs in mini/popup chat — fixed.

Reclaim & Recovery

Characters who have more than 21 (Expedition) or 14 (Transcendence) weekly charge runs will receive the excess as Expedition/Transcendence Challenge Tickets via in-game mail.