AION 2 Patch Notes — January 7, 2026
The January 7, 2026 update makes the pet system server-wide and halves pet soul costs, adds skill-mastery and Stigma presets, introduces a CAPTCHA anti-bot system, and applies class changes. Translated from the official Korean update note.
Last updated: January 7, 2026
Content & Systems
- Pet system goes server-wide: owned pets, collection progress and race-understanding are shared across a server's characters (special-race pets stay per-character). Soul amounts needed to obtain and level pets are cut by 50%, with overflow converted to race Soul-Crystal points.
- Race understanding now opens at level 1 regardless of pets, applies the highest level among your server's characters, and reclaims the previously double-granted understanding XP.
- Skill Mastery and Stigma presets added: switch via hotkey or the skill screen; each preset can set different specs (skill levels are shared).
- CAPTCHA anti-bot system added: suspected macro behavior triggers an image-text check; failing it transforms you for a time with reduced move speed and disabled skills.
Class Changes
Common
- Mocking Blade, Wave Blow and Shadow Drop: their grab state becomes a shock state, so being hit by it can be cleared with Shock Clear.
- Overhead Slam, Aerial Snare, Judgment, Annihilate, Shadow Drop, Dark Crush, Wave Blow and Frost Burst: the “activate vs. status-immune targets” spec becomes a base effect.
Gladiator (검성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Overhead Slam | Faster motion; usable while moving; Spec 3 → adds an Upward Strike combo. |
| Aerial Snare | Spec 3 → +50% damage vs. status-immune targets. |
| Blood Absorption / Murderous Burst | Blood Absorption adds a life-steal stat; Murderous Burst adds crit-damage-resistance reduction. |
Templar (수호성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Judgment | Faster motion; usable while moving; Spec 3 → bonus damage; Spec 4 → guaranteed crit. |
| Annihilate / Blessing of Condemnation | Annihilate Spec 3 → +50% vs. status-immune; Blessing of Condemnation adds a crit stat. |
Cleric (치유성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Debilitating Mark / Chain of Torment | Element-resistance reductions converted to flat damage-resistance reductions (Mark −5%, Spec 4 −8% more = 13%; Chain −5%, Spec 4 −10% more = 15%); the two stack when applied together. |
| Divine Aura | Damage +30%; Spec 5 cooldown reduction 5s → 10s. |
| Judgment Thunder / Heaven's Wrath | Faster motion; Empyrean Lord's Grace adds a crit stat. |
Assassin / Chanter / Sorcerer / Spiritmaster (살성 / 호법성 / 마도성 / 정령성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Various | Assassin: Shadow Drop Spec 3 → −5s cooldown, Evasion Stance grab-evasion fix. Chanter: Wave Blow Spec 3 → +1s knockdown, Gust Mantra reworks. Sorcerer: Blaze/Delayed Explosion range to 50m, Frost Burst Spec 3 → 75% 2m knockback. Spiritmaster: Elemental Fusion movable while charging, several element-resistance → damage-resistance conversions. |
Improvements & fixes
- Sanctuary boss Eternal Rudra: its “Red Mana Orb” can now be answered with the Assassin's Evasion Stance, and each class's defensive stance grants a damage-amp reward on a successful response; multiple air-phase pattern improvements.
- Numerous Abyss, Expedition, Transcendence and Subjugation fixes and added boss voice lines; Kinah/items now obtainable via temporary storage when the cube is full.
- Recipe/supply changes: Greater Life Elixir now needs 1 Life Elixir (was 3 Life Potions); mace re-classified as melee, staff as ranged in supply requests.
Official sources
Frequently asked questions
Are AION 2 pets shared across my characters?
From January 7, 2026, pets, collection progress and race understanding became shared across all characters on a server (special-race pets remain per-character), and the soul cost to obtain and level pets was cut by 50%.