AION 2 Patch Notes — April 22, 2026
A foundational update: Damage Amplification/Resistance split into separate PvE and PvP stats, a game-wide life-steal rework, the new Azure Breath Island expedition, Sanctuary resurrection rules, Nightmare instant-complete, and Abyss boss-spawn events. Translated from the official Korean update note.
Last updated: April 22, 2026
Content & Systems
Expeditions
- New expedition “Azure Breath Island” added in Exploration/Conquest (Normal, Hard).
- Part of the Kinah from Expedition Odd Energy Cubes is moved into the mid-boss loot list.
Sanctuary resurrection rules
In mid-boss and boss rooms, skill resurrections and Spirit-Stone direct resurrections share a combined total of 2. The count resets at the start of each boss fight, on a kill, and on a party wipe. Outside boss rooms there is no deduction or reset, and basic/Kisk resurrection is unrestricted.
Nightmare
- An [Instant Complete] button is added to the lobby for stages already cleared at least once, consuming an “Instant Complete Ticket: Nightmare” and a challenge attempt to grant repeat rewards (no ranking points; buffs cleared on entry).
- Following the life-steal change, Nightmare boss attack and damage amplification are reduced (2.5%–15%).
Other systems
- Dimensional Invasion reward keys and Mission (Duty) quest counts become server-wide; Mission rewards (excluding gear) roughly doubled.
- Abyss: server rematch; the Artifact Capture schedule moves to Wed/Sat 22:00 (offset by group), with post-capture boss-spawn events at 22:30 in Lower/Middle Chaotic Ereshranta, Guardian General Nahma moved to Fri/Sun 22:00, field bosses despawning after 30 min, and the Abyss Corridor reworked to 1 player / 2 minutes with higher Kinah and Abyss Point rewards.
- Shugo Festa now activates every hour on the hour; Unique-gear chance from main rewards slightly reduced.
Class Changes — system overhaul
Common (applies to all classes)
- Damage Amplification and Damage Resistance are split into separate PvE and PvP stats. Existing values become the PvE values; the PvP values are set to 50% of the PvE values.
- “Damage-proportional life-steal” becomes a flat life-steal: e.g. “5% life-steal” = 5% of damage (capped at 10% of max HP) + 5% of max HP recovery.
- Teleport-type skills' teleport animation time is now affected by combat speed.
The bulk of the per-class change list converts each skill's old “X% damage life-steal” spec into a smaller flat “Y% HP life-steal” (typically 2nd-spec 7%→1.5–2%, opener specs 20–30%→3–10%). Below are the changes beyond that conversion — reworks, damage adjustments and party-synergy changes.
Class Changes — notable per-class
Gladiator (검성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Blood Absorption | Stat-based proportional life-steal removed; instead 50% chance on attack to recover % of max HP, plus max-HP recovery when hit below 50% HP. |
| Lifestealing Blade | Spec 2 changed from “+10% life-steal” to granting party members an “Exploit” effect for 20s (deal damage + leech 7% on attack). |
| Rending Blow / Smashing Blow | PvE damage +7%. |
| Ruinous Blow | PvE damage +15%. |
| Wave Armor | PvE damage +30%; duration 15s → up to 20s (+0.5s/level). |
| Focused Block | −10,000 evasion while in use. |
Templar (수호성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Judgment | Aggro gain +40%; Spec 3 bonus damage now benefits from Spec 1 life-steal and Spec 4 guaranteed crit. |
| Retribution | PvE damage +15%; charge-stage PvE damage 40/80/120% → 40/100/200%; +20% PvP at max charge. |
| Warding Strike | Party Spec 5 changed to +10% PvE / +5% PvP damage resistance. |
| Nezakan's Shield | Shield absorption +20%; Spec 4 HP recovery now also fires when the shield is removed. |
| Comrade Protection | Damage now split 50/50 between caster and the protected ally (was 40/40). |
| Consecutive Strikes / Punishing Strike | PvE damage +7%; Blessing of Condemnation +20%. |
| Capture / Battlefield Banner / Protective Shield | Capture Spec 3 → −30s cooldown; Banner attack-stat fix + 30% faster; Protective Shield −10,000 evasion while in use. |
Assassin (살성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Ambush / Triniel's Dagger | Front PvE damage +15% (so back damage = +30% of front); PvP −5% on each. |
| Evasion Contract | PvP tuning: projectile-immunity 50%→25%, evasion-cd-reduction 2s→1s, evasion-gain 200→100. |
| Shadowstrike | Spec 2 changed from “+50% crit-damage amp for 3s” to “+40% for 5s.” |
| Illusive Clone / Beast skills / Heart Gore / Sigil Burst | Illusive Clone Spec 1 → +10% status accuracy; multiple skills +10–20% PvE; Opening Strike clone proc fixed at 7% with a crit attack-buff. |
| Beast's Fang / Ambush Stance / Apply Poison / Backstab / Sigil | Various rework: Beast's Fang Spec 3 → +10% PvE / +5% PvP self-amp for 10s; Backstab back-amp split into PvE/PvP/back; Apply Poison no longer refreshes. |
Ranger (궁성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Snipe / Rapid Fire / Spiral Arrow / Tempest Arrow | Projectile speed +25%. |
| Drill Dart | Now usable while moving by default; Spec 3 → +20% skill speed. |
| Burst Arrow | Spec 1 → 10% HP life-steal; cooldown 30s → 20s. |
| Marking Shot | Projectile +15%; “Mark” debuff becomes a “Precision” self-buff (+300 crit); Spec 1 → +5% perfect-strike during Precision. |
| Deadshot / Suppressing Arrow | Bonus damage now triggered by your Precision state; charge PvE 40/80/120% → 40/100/200%, +20% PvP at max charge. |
| Blessing Bow / Griffon Arrow / Supporting Fire | Blessing Bow no longer affects party; Griffon Arrow vs. Blaze −10%; Supporting Fire PvE −10%. |
Sorcerer (마도성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Blaze | PvE damage +15%. |
| Firestorm | Improved motion; usable while moving by default; Spec 3 → −10% combat speed on hit for 5s. |
| Hellfire | Spec 2 fire-zone → fire DoT; PvE +10%; charge 40/80/120% → 40/100/200%, +20% PvP at max charge. |
| Cold Storm / Fire Wall | Cold Storm cd 90s → 60s; Fire Wall base 3s duration; both lose the element-damage condition on their enhance effect. |
| Hibernation | Can cancel a current skill to cast; cancel-window 0.5s → 1s; +20% max-HP heal on wake; Spec 4 removes shock status on wake. |
| Bittercold Wind / Winter's Shackles / Fire Mark / Absorb Essence / Delayed Explosion | Party-synergy reworks (cooldown/amp swaps; Fire Mark loses −10% attack; Delayed Explosion becomes an increased-damage-taken debuff). |
Spiritmaster (정령성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Summon: Fire Spirit | Basic attack becomes AoE; spirit cooldowns shown; casts regardless of chance when target is far. |
| Ancient Spirit | Can be summoned alongside the four elemental spirits; level-up stat 3% → 2%; summons to the caster's left. |
| Command: Proxy | Applies to the highest-HP summoned spirit (nearest if tied); spirit retargets instantly when you switch targets; several fixes. |
| Elemental Fusion / Jointstrike skills / Soul's Cry / Fear Scream | Charge PvE 40/80/120% → 40/100/200%, +20% PvP at max; many party-synergy effects reworked into spirit-damage or amp bonuses. |
| Flame Blessing / Kaisinel's Power | No longer apply to party; cooldowns 120s/90s → 60s; Flame Blessing PvE −35%. |
Cleric (치유성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Divine Aura | Projectile speed no longer affected by cooldown stat; no longer drains the aura's HP on hit; duration 10s → 5s; PvE damage +100%. |
| Healing Light | Cooldown 3s → 6s; recovery +100%; better specs (sub-50% HP heal, status-clear chance, extra recovery). |
| Radiant Recovery | Now clears 1 status by default; cooldown 7s → 14s; +50% skill speed; recovery +150%. |
| Light of Regeneration | Duration/cooldown 20s → 30s; recovery +100%; loses base +10% resistance; reworked specs. |
| Benevolence / Noble Aura | Healing Aura becomes Benevolence (party HoT around you); Touch of Rebirth becomes Noble Aura (a 5-min summon that attacks alongside you, 2s cd). |
| Debilitating Mark / Light of Protection | Mark becomes a damage-amp-down debuff; Light of Protection becomes a toggle PvE/PvP amp+resistance buff (doesn't stack with Chanter's Invincible Mantra). |
Chanter (호법성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Smashing Chain / Resonance / Thunder / Storm Chain | Damage +7%. |
| Incandescent / Bursting Blow | +7%; Spinning Strike +30%; Dark Crush / Piercing Strike PvP +10%. |
| Recuperation | Recovery +20%; clears 1 status by default; specs reworked (movable cast, multi-status clear, extra HP, cooldown). |
| Rushing Smash | Charge PvE 40/80/120% → 40/100/200%, +20% PvP at max charge. |
| Recovery Touch | Base recovery +20%; reworked specs (sub-50% heal, action power, up to 5 status clears). |
| Wave Blow / Invincible Mantra / Dash Mantra / Barrier of Blocking / Focused Defense | Wave Blow Spec 4 → PvE −10% / PvP −5%; Invincible Mantra doesn't stack with Light of Protection; Barrier of Blocking +40% shield; Focused Defense −10,000 evasion while in use. |
Items, combat power & UI
- Material conversion: convert 30× “Attunement Stone Fragment (Unique)” → “Attunement Stone (Unique),” and 10× Unique → Heroic; Daevanion crystals now yield 20 Soul Books (was 10).
- Items: higher vendor price on Unique expedition gear; +1% HP per armor breakthrough stage; HP-recovery consumables buffed (potions, elixirs, crystals); attribute divine-stone damage greatly increased.
- Combat power: passive-stat contribution now counts at 50%, with passive-level and high-level active-skill and HP contributions raised to compensate.
- UI: enhancement stages shown in conversion material windows, inheritance info in detail tooltips, scrolling-text speed option, and Sanctuary party-info challenge/reward counts.
Events, promotion & fixes
- Event: Stigma Renewal Chance — free Stigma skill resets (Apr 22 → Apr 29).
- Event: Odd Energy Pass — a new Kinah-based pass (20 levels + repeats) via “Odd's Grace,” granting Conquest final-boss kill tickets and Odd Energy.
- Promotion: Encore Collection armor skin “Loose-Fit Street Mood.”
- Fixes: numerous Hall of Illusion / Corroded Decontamination Facility boss fixes, a non-combat weapon-display option, extraction quick-select filters, soul-attunement flow improvements, integrated-enhancement restrictions, and inventory/storage hover lag optimization.
Official sources
Frequently asked questions
How did damage stats change on April 22?
Damage Amplification and Damage Resistance were split into separate PvE and PvP stats. Your existing values became the PvE values, and the PvP values were set to 50% of those. Life-steal was also converted from damage-proportional to a flat HP-based effect across every class.
What is the new expedition?
Azure Breath Island, added in Exploration and Conquest (Normal and Hard) difficulties, with new Unique and Heroic accessory rewards in its Odd Energy Cubes.