Aion 2 Update: Patch Notes 17.06.2026
Two Skies, One Glory. A huge update: a membership revamp, the fromis_9 collaboration (in-world stages, cosmetics, emotes and an event), a new Abyss "Rift Zone" battle with server rematching, a 3-class rebalance (Gladiator, Assassin, Ranger), material-conversion changes, two events and a large batch of fixes.
[Content & System]
Membership
- Sales of the existing Shugo Express, Breeze and Changarung memberships end. Shugo Express is migrated to the new Quailing Express Membership.
Achievements
- [Achievements → Exploration → Shugo Festa] rank achievements now complete by participating in each Festa, instead of reaching a rank.
Season Missions
- [Season Mission → Server → Weekly] "Lawless Zone" gains Step 3.
- [Season Mission → Challenge → Weekly] "Go Pick Stars" and "Greet the Green Sprouts" have their medal types and reward amounts partly increased.
Ascension Trial
- When the Ascension Trial ends, skill cooldowns are reset and HP/MP are restored.
Sanctuary — Material Conversion
- [Material Conversion → Equipment] the Equipment Change Voucher: Caldrix (Bound) required to make Caldrix's Brooch reduced from 2 → 1.
- New design added: Gear Change Voucher: Bargott (Bound) (Bound) + Kina → Faded Shadow Bracelet.
- A held Faded Shadow Bracelet can be inherited deterministically at [Crafting → Inheritance Crafting → Refining] using Crafting Transfer Stone: Weapon (Unique) (Bound) (Heroic) (Bound) and Ludra's Bracelet as inheritance materials.
fromis_9 Stage Installation
- On the dedicated fromis_9 stages in Verteron and Altgard, a holder of the fromis_9 LIKE YOU BETTER Highlight 2 emote can start a performance from the stage's central area.
- Starting a performance plays stage effects and music. Others can join without owning the emote.
- A performance fits up to 5 players (including the starter); once the current performance ends, a new one can start.
- On the stage, the Highlight 2 emote can only be used via start/join.
Abyss
- PvP combat near a Dimensional Core or boss monster now grants more contribution to that core/boss.
New Event — Abyss Rift Zone
A new "Abyss Rift Zone" event: defeat bosses that appear over time to score points and compete against the opposing faction.
- Active every Tuesday and Thursday from 22:00, by matching group. An entry icon appears next to the minimap; enter via the Abyss window.
- Open to Level 45+ and Item Level 3000+; up to 400 players per faction.
- Does not affect Abyss Season Missions or rankings.
- On a boss kill, rewards go to the race that landed the final blow, distributed by per-class contribution ranking.
- Will later expand to all-server matching and multi-channel creation.
Server rematching also resets Artifact occupation and the Abyss Corridor, on the schedule below (all times KST):
| Group | West | East | Rift Zone (Tue/Thu) |
Artifact (Wed/Sat) |
Abyss Boss (Wed/Sat) |
Nahma (Fri/Sun) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 시엘 | 이스라펠 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 22:30 | 22:00 |
| 루미엘 | 에레슈키갈 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 22:30 | 22:00 | |
| 아리엘 | 아스펠 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 22:30 | 22:00 | |
| 네몬 | 콰이링 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 22:30 | 22:00 | |
| 타하바타 | 카사카 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 22:30 | 22:00 | |
| 페르노스 | 오다르 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 22:30 | 22:00 | |
| 이슈타르 | 파프니르 | 22:00 | 22:00 | 22:30 | 22:00 | |
| B | 지켈 | 트리니엘 | 22:05 | 22:05 | 22:35 | 22:05 |
| 카이시넬 | 유스티엘 | 22:05 | 22:05 | 22:35 | 22:05 | |
| 프레기온 | 무닌 | 22:05 | 22:05 | 22:35 | 22:05 | |
| 나니아 | 브리트라 | 22:05 | 22:05 | 22:35 | 22:05 | |
| 울고른 | 인드나흐 | 22:05 | 22:05 | 22:35 | 22:05 | |
| 크로메데 | 바바룽 | 22:05 | 22:05 | 22:35 | 22:05 | |
| 티아마트 | 챈가룽 | 22:05 | 22:05 | 22:35 | 22:05 | |
| C | 바이젤 | 네자칸 | 22:10 | 22:10 | 22:40 | 22:10 |
| 마르쿠탄 | 루드라 | 22:10 | 22:10 | 22:40 | 22:10 | |
| 메스람타에다 | 바카르마 | 22:10 | 22:10 | 22:40 | 22:10 | |
| 하달 | 젠카카 | 22:10 | 22:10 | 22:40 | 22:10 | |
| 루터스 | 히타니에 | 22:10 | 22:10 | 22:40 | 22:10 | |
| 코치룽 | 다미누 | 22:10 | 22:10 | 22:40 | 22:10 | |
| 포에타 | 이스할겐 | 22:10 | 22:10 | 22:40 | 22:10 |
Event Sound Settings
- A new setting to adjust the volume of event and special-content cutscene sounds — under Settings → Audio → Volume → Event (e.g. the fromis_9 stage performance sound).
Class Changes
Common — Balance direction
Balance fixes ahead of the upcoming Season 4 are part of an ongoing effort to narrow the performance gap between classes. Adjustments are data-driven and will continue. Planned directions: ease the combat-power imbalance from weapon/passive differences, raise the attack-power cap (to preserve high-end value), and tune party synergy so a wider range of party compositions becomes viable.
Gladiator
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
 Rage Burst | Spec 4: PVE damage amp 5% → 10%, PVP damage amp 2.5% → 5%. |
 Ruinous Blow Leaping Slam | Combat-Ready effect: PVE damage amp 15% → 20%, PVP 7.5% → 10%. |
 Keen Strike Rupture Strike Wrathful StrikeReckless Strike | PVE damage +5%. |
 Rending Blow Smashing Blow | PVE damage +5%. |
 Overhead SlamUpward Strike | PVE damage +5%; skill motion 10% faster. |
 Aerial SnareForced Fall | PVE damage +10%. |
| Ruinous Blow | PVE damage +20%. |
Assassin
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
 Illusive Clone | The bonus damage and cooldown reduction triggered on meeting the condition are no longer affected by the Phantom Clone skill itself. |
 Shadowstrike | Spec 2: critical damage amp +40% → +20%. |
 Defense Break | Groggy state removed from the trigger condition; defense-reduction start value 13% → 12%, per-level growth 3% → 2%. |
Ranger
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
 Snipe Rapid Fire Spiral Arrow Gale Arrow | PVE damage +7%. Fixed: Gale Arrow not working on the mirror walls of "Artwork Scrap: Hall of Illusion (Bound)". |
| Rapid Fire | PVE damage +7%. |
 Drill Dart | PVE damage +10%. |
 Deadshot | PVE damage +10%. |
| Gale Arrow | PVE damage +10%. |
 Marking Shot | PVE damage +10%. |
 Burst Arrow | PVE damage +10%; fixed the Lifesteal spec tooltip error. |
 Griffon Arrow | PVE bonus damage vs. burning targets +20%. |
 Supporting Fire | PVE damage +20%. |
 Concentrated Fire | PVE damage +30%. |
[Promotion] — fromis_9 Collaboration
All fromis_9 collaboration cosmetics are on sale from June 17 (Wed) after maintenance to August 12 (Wed) before maintenance. The "fromis_9" name and member names are unique group identifiers and will be changed to generic names after the November 25 (Wed) maintenance.
- Armor sets (Appearance): Baek Jiheon, Lee Nagyung, Song Hayoung, Park Jiwon, Lee Chaeyoung — 49,000 KRW each (5-set bundle 220,000 KRW).
- Weapon — fromis_9 Light Stick: one appearance per weapon type, 1,000 Quna each, class-restricted (Greatsword→Gladiator, Longsword→Templar, Dagger→Assassin, Bow→Ranger, Spellbook→Sorcerer, Orb→Spiritmaster, Mace→Cleric, Staff→Chanter).
- Pets: Bebe Flonyang (29,000 KRW) and Flobong (1,500 Quna), once per character.
- Wings: Four-Leaf Flover Wings — 1,500 Quna, once per character.
- Accessories: five fromis_9 earrings (Song Hayoung, Lee Chaeyoung, Park Jiwon, Lee Nagyung, Baek Jiheon) — 300 Quna each, once per character.
- Emotes: fromis_9 LIKE YOU BETTER Highlight 1 and Highlight 2 — 500 Quna each, once per character. Holders can dance with Daevas anywhere in Atreia; Highlight 2 holders can additionally start the lighting/music performance on the Verteron/Altgard stages (press F).
[Events]
1. fromis_9 Event: The Stolen Stage Props
Period: June 17 (Wed) after maintenance → August 12 (Wed) before maintenance
A fromis_9 collaboration event opens. Accept the quests from the "Stage Planner" NPC in each town (Elyos: Dawn Legion Base; Asmodian: Fugitive Village). Completing the quests grants collaboration-exclusive rewards:
| Quest | Reward |
|---|---|
| The Stolen Stage Props | Emote: fromis_9 LIKE YOU BETTER INTRO ×1; choice of 1 of 5 fromis_9 Titles |
| Who's the Culprit? | Emote: Cheer 1 ×1; Emote: Cheer 2 ×1 |
| A Promise to Be the Best | Emote: fromis_9 LIKE YOU BETTER Preview 1 ×1; Preview 2 ×1 |
※ The title choice (1 of 5) is final — the other 4 cannot be obtained later, so choose carefully.
2. Resurrection Signal
Period: June 17 (Wed) after maintenance → July 1 (Wed) before maintenance
During the event you can buy extra Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound) (Bound) on top of the regular shop stock: 30,000 Kina each at Shop → Breeze Trading Co. → Special tab, limited to 30 per server per week (Level 45+).
[Other Improvements & Bug Fixes]
Improvements
- Crafting / Material Conversion: the popup shown when using effect-bearing equipment as material gains a Select All button (toggles all unselected materials on/off); a warning is shown when selecting gear with enhancement, breakthrough, potential amplification, mana/spirit/theostone effects.
- [Crafting → Alchemy → Mana Stone] new designs to craft Intermediate Manastone and Intermediate Soulstone in stacks of 10.
- Map Pins: the number of world-map pins increased from 10 → 30.
- Membership: if a subscription ends during a long absence, content time for the un-played period now charges according to the subscribed/unsubscribed period on next login.
- Rankings: Nightmare, Transcendence and Ascension Trial (Hell difficulty) ranking-point calculation changed — points awarded by clear time per challenge stage are increased.
Bug Fixes
- Expedition "Artwork Scrap: Hall of Illusion (Bound)", boss Glassbane: fixed it casting "Rising Madness" repeatedly (hard to counter) when HP dropped sharply.
- Transcendence "Mirror of Scarlet Desire", boss Robstino: fixed abnormal collision detection.
- Transcendence "Mirror of Scarlet Desire": fixed the "Trial of Love" magic circle occasionally failing to apply the dance status to players.
- Sanctuary "Grail of Muspel", boss Iscariel: fixed the shield HP being occasionally reduced during the "Desperate Guard" pattern.
- Sanctuary "Grail of Muspel", boss Caldrix: the explosion damage of the Caldrix's Servant summoned in "Blazing Order" is reduced (Normal difficulty).
- The Potential Stone: Armor [★★★] (Bound) count to convert into a Heroic-grade Lava Heart Weapon changed from 1 → 10.
- Fixed the boss rear-marker losing sharpness.
- Membership: fixed an instant-charge benefit being given again when re-subscribing within a charge cycle that had already received the benefit.