Aion 2 Elyos Leveling Guide: Levels 10–25

This is the band where your character stops being a beginner. The main story carries you out of the Dawn Legion Base, deeper through the Cantas Valley, and into the Verteron Fortress Ruins, ending around the Astin Mercenaries questline at level 25. Along the way two of the game's core power systems open up: the Daevanion board at level 12 and Stigmas at level 23.

The plan stays the same but the stakes go up: run the main story for experience, clear hideouts as each new tier unlocks (15, 20, 25) for Enhance Stones and Daevanion Crystals, and pour both into your gear and your Daevanion board. By the end of this band you should have a meaningfully enchanted set and your first Daevanion and Stigma investments.

At level 12 your Daevanion board unlocks — a node board you spend Daevanion points on to permanently upgrade your character. This is exactly what the Daevanion Crystals from hideouts are for, so the more hideouts you clear, the faster your board fills out. It is one of the biggest power gains in the whole leveling stretch, so don't leave it untouched.

At level 23 you unlock Stigmas — equippable skill enhancements, with up to four equipped at once. Treat them as a second loadout layer on top of your normal skills: slot the ones that fit your class's role and re-check them as you unlock more. Between Daevanion and Stigmas, levels 12–25 are when build decisions start to matter, not just gear.

The Elyos Hero questline through this band, in order, with each step's recommended level:

• Lv 11Odyle Collection — Talk to Kaidros at Dawn Legion Base
• Lv 11Bird's-eye View — Talk to Gabru at the Cantas Valley Base
• Lv 12Valley of Hope — Talk to Luteros at the Coastal Camp
• Lv 12Soaring Free — Talk to Nania at the Coastal Camp
• Lv 13Visions in Smoke — Talk to Caelid at Dawn Legion Base
• Lv 13Illusion Cavaliers — Talk to Asahr at Dream Crossroad
• Lv 14Collapsed Barrier Tower — Talk to Rohin at the Eastern Cantas Campsite
• Lv 15Rampaging Spirits — Talk to Ione at the Collapsed Barrier Tower
• Lv 16Beyond Etheria — Talk to Ione at the Collapsed Barrier Tower
• Lv 16Undying Light — Talk to Laveis at Spirit's Rest
• Lv 16Awakened Hope — Talk to Hithanya at the Marsh Outpost
• Lv 16Empyrean Monolith — Talk to Luteros at Dawn Legion Base
• Lv 16Renewed Resolve — Talk to Luteros at Dawn Legion Base
• Lv 18A Gesture of Sincerity — Talk to Hepallin at Dawn Legion Base
• Lv 19Transformation Prep — Talk to Cecilia at the hideout in front of the ruins
• Lv 20Fortress Ruins Infiltration — Talk to Cecilia who infiltrated the Verteron Fortress Ruins
• Lv 21Kaisinel's Seal — Talk to Caelid at the Collapsed Pillar Hideout
• Lv 21Path to the Altar — Talk to Phernos at the Collapsed Pillar Hideout
• Lv 22Illusion Oratory — Talk to Phernos in front of the Illusion Oratory
• Lv 22Daeva in a Dream — Talk to Caelid in front of the Illusion Oratory
• Lv 22Wind Breeze Merchants — Talk to Caelid in front of the Illusion Oratory
• Lv 22Precious Minerals — Talk to Bao at Dawn Legion Temporary Outpost
• Lv 24Mutual Benefit — Talk to Caelid at Dawn Legion Temporary Outpost
• Lv 24Shugonapped — Talk to Caelid in front of Kochi's Quarters
• Lv 24Finding Kochi — Talk to Caelid in front of Kochi's Quarters
• Lv 24Mercenary Pursuit — Talk to Arin at the Wind Breeze Merchant HQ
• Lv 24Weapon's Owner — Talk to Astin at the Astin Mercenaries Base
• Lv 25Best Served Cold — Talk to Baison at the Astin Mercenaries Base
• Lv 25Hidden Scheme — Talk to Baison at the Astin Mercenaries Base
• Lv 25Crime Scene — Talk to Caelid in front of the Illicit Trade Spot

If a story step starts to feel like a wall, that's the game telling you to gear up: clear the hideouts for your level, push a few enchants and Daevanion nodes, then come back. The story is tuned to be cleared in fresh gear, so a small power detour fixes most difficulty spikes.

Each hideout is still a one-time clear (no reset), and the first-clear reward scales with level: 15,000 Kina, 2 Daevanion Crystals, the wing/statue materials and a title every time, plus a growing pile of Enhance Stones — 750 at Lv 15, 1,000 at Lv 20, 1,250 at Lv 25. Clear each tier as you reach its recommended level. The Elyos-side (Verteron) hideouts are:

Don't skip the strongholds — the garrison forts scattered across the Verteron zone. They look optional, but they're the only place to get the Noble Belt Enhance Scroll, and you need one scroll for every single belt enchant (each rung from +0 to +9 costs 1 scroll plus Enhance Stones). No strongholds, no belt upgrades — there is no other source in the game data.

Each fort is a one-time clear (no reset) and pays out 15,000 Kina, 1 Noble Belt Enhance Scroll, and 3 Lesser Manastones (some also give a title). Taking a Common belt to +9 needs about ten scrolls, so plan to clear most of the Verteron forts. The named Elyos-side strongholds are: Romlon's Hideout, Forest Shade Execution Site, Renegade Hideout, Plateau Hill Base, Ugaros Thieves Campsite, Poacher's Base, Gargos Thieves Campsite, Canyon Thieves Den, Cohta Outpost, Mantasch Patrol Base, Sehna Outpost, Sabga Balaur Campsite and Maktashan Outpost (14 forts in total).

The division of labour is clean: hideouts give the Enhance Stones that enchant all your gear plus the Daevanion Crystals for your board, while strongholds give the belt scrolls (belt only) and manastones to socket into your gear. Run both as you level the zone.

Keep equipping the highest item-level pieces you get from the main story, side rewards and the Dawn Legion vendors, and keep enchanting. With hideouts handing you 750–1,250 Enhance Stones per clear, you'll have plenty to push your weapon and armor several levels — low-tier enchants are still cheap and reliable. Your Gear Score (the sum of equipped item levels plus enchant levels) should climb steadily across this band.

Spend deliberately: weapon enchants first for the clearest damage gain, then armor, and route spare Daevanion Crystals into the board the moment it opens at level 12. You're not at the Gear Score 1000 needed for Krao Cave Normal yet — that lands in the 40–45 push — but everything you bank here compounds toward it.

By level 25 you've cleared into the Verteron Fortress Ruins, opened your Daevanion board and your first Stigmas, and built a properly enchanted set. The Elyos 25–40 chapter (coming soon) takes you through the mid-tier hideouts and pushes your Gear Score toward the threshold for the endgame instances.