Aion 2 Elyos Leveling: 45–50 in Eltnen

The Chapter 1 update, 'Land of Sand and Frost', raised the level cap from 45 to 50 and added a new Elyos region — Eltnen — as the home of the 45–50 leveling band. Once you've capped the base campaign and cleared the road to Krao Cave, a teleport portal opens in your territory that carries you across to Eltnen (meeting its level, item-level and Combat Power thresholds). From here the main story continues through a fresh set of desert and ruin zones — Lankusis Plateau, Cracked Land, Ruberein Hill, Eltnen Observatory Ruins and Kuriullu Canyon — pushing you the final five levels to the new cap.

The Chapter 1 Elyos Hero campaign through Eltnen, in order:

• Lv 46To Eltnen — Talk to Paitos at Garden of the Illusion God
• Lv 46Shugo of the Barrens — Talk to Moru at Tsenka Merchants Office
• Lv 46What was Reclaimed from the Turbid Stream — Talk to Moru at Tsenka Merchants Office
• Lv 46Where the Loot Gathers — Talk to Moru at Tsenka Merchants Office
• Lv 46Cycle of Theft — Talk to Nania at the Ruberein Highland Outskirts
• Lv 46The Fountain of Life — Talk to Moru at Tsenka Merchants Office
• Lv 46Resonating Fate — Talk to Nania at Tsenka Merchants Office
• Lv 46The Hill's Past — Talk to Caelid at Tsenka Merchants' Village
• Lv 47People among the Remnants — Talk to Soru at Eiron Refugee Camp
• Lv 47A New Lead — Talk to Vartus at Eiron Refugee Camp
• Lv 47History's Illuminator — Talk to Hakran at Hakran Laboratory
• Lv 47Missing Companions — Talk to Hakran at Hakran Laboratory
• Lv 47A Village on the Fountain — Talk to Phernos at Hakran Laboratory
• Lv 47New Information — Talk to Chloris at Lacephin Village
• Lv 47A Glimmer of Hope — Talk to Nania at the collapsed cliff
• Lv 47Scattered Lives — Talk to Tiasiris at the Ruins Survey Campsite
• Lv 47For a Better Life — Speak with Chloris at the trace of the fall
• Lv 47The Damaged Orb — Talk to Caelid in front of the Abandoned Observatory
• Lv 48Changed Place — Talk to Chloris at Lacephin Village
• Lv 48Desperate Truth — Talk to Chloris at Mystic Spring Observatory
• Lv 48Precious Information — Talk to Phernos at Mystic Spring Observatory
• Lv 48Armed Conflict — Talk to Nania at the cave in the southwest
• Lv 48Formidable Foe — Talk to Caelid in front of Light Crash Site
• Lv 49Forward Again — Talk to Phernos at Lacephin Village
• Lv 49Thorough Preparation — Talk to Tiasiris at Chloris's Secret Base
• Lv 49Descent into the Underground — Talk to Tiasiris at Chloris's Secret Base
• Lv 49Massive Confusion — Talk to Chloris at the Ruined Laboratory
• Lv 50The Twisted Fatewalker — Talk to Luteros at the outskirts of the Fractured Land
• Lv 50One Step Beyond Despair — Talk to Luteros at Lacephin Village
• Lv 51Waiting for the Next Journey — Wait for the day to depart for the next region

The chain runs through the Illusion God pilgrimage and the Ardus Shrine and out into the new desert zones, ending at the level 50 cap. As before, once you’re capped the work shifts from levels to Gear Score and the endgame instance ladder.

Chapter 1 doesn't just raise the cap — it widens your character sheet. A new Pendant equipment slot is added (Rare and Heritage pendants come from Eltnen/Morheim quests; Unique-and-above pendants are enhanced with Draconic Essence), and two new Arcana slots — Key and Hourglass — join the six you already run. Stigma skills now climb to level 25 (from 20), funded by the Advanced Stigma Shards you earn each level-up from 45. Plan all of it — the new slots, the L50 stat budget, and your gear — in the Build Calculator.

This is also the patch that adds the game's ninth class, the Brawler, a Gauntlet-wielding melee fighter. If you're rolling a fresh Brawler alongside the new zone, its full skill kit and gear are on its class page and in the planner.

Keep every slot filled with the highest item-level gear the Eltnen campaign and vendors hand you, and enchant as you go — the same Gear Score maths apply, now over a taller ladder. The new Draconic materials (consolidated into Draconic Essence and Radiant Draconic Essence) feed the top crafted armor, and inheritance now succeeds at a guaranteed 100%, so upgrades no longer gamble your materials. Socket the manastones you collect and don't leave a slot under-enchanted.

At 50 you graduate into the Chapter 1 endgame loop: the Ascension Trial ranked altars, the new Expedition (Citadel of the Fallen Daeva) and Transcendence (Abyssal Horn Den) instances, the Reshanta Abyss layers, and Season 4 progression. Check each instance's drops and entry requirements in the database, and use the Build Calculator to plan the L50 set — Pendant, new Arcana and all — that carries you into it.