AION 2 Patch Notes — May 13, 2026
The May 13, 2026 update unlocks Mirror of Crimson Affection stages 1–4, adds three new Arcana sets, retunes dungeon rewards and counts, overhauls the HUD editor, and applies a heavy Sorcerer balance pass. Translated from the official Korean update note.
Last updated: May 13, 2026
Content & Systems
Transcendence
- Mirror of Crimson Affection stages 1–4 are unlocked, with new related season missions under [Season – Season Mission – Transcendence].
- Entry item levels: Stage 1 = 3200, Stage 2 = 3500, Stage 3 = 3800, Stage 4 = 4000.
- Its Odd Energy Cubes can drop “Runaway Fearful Thought (Soul-bound)” — a material for the new Heroic-grade crafting recipes arriving May 27.
- Ranking-point rule change: no points are earned in a run if the party composition changes after entry (leave/join); rewards from the Odd Energy Cube are still received, the restriction resets on retry, and characters with insufficient final-boss contribution earn no points.
Arcana
New Punishment, Guard and Indomitable Arcana sets are added (each enhancement raises its main stat by +2):
| Set | 2-piece | 4-piece |
|---|---|---|
| Punishment | +5% boss damage resistance | PvE Attack +60; +10% PvE damage amp while above 70% HP |
| Guard | +5% regeneration | +5% weapon damage amp; gain a 10,000 shield for 5s when below 30% HP (120s cd) |
| Indomitable | +5% weapon damage resistance | +5% crit-damage resistance; +50% PvP damage resistance for 5s when hit by a status effect (150s cd) |
These are obtained from the Mirror of Crimson Affection's Odd Energy Cubes, or synthesized using “Noble Crystal (Soul-bound).” Extracting them yields Noble Crystal, which can also be material-converted from 3× “Mysterious Crystal” or 3× “Harmonious Crystal.”
Expeditions & dungeon counts
- Conquest Kinah rewards raised: Dying Dramata's Nest / Cradle of Nihility (Hard) 600k → 810k; Hall of Illusion / Azure Breath Island (Normal) 705k → 810k, (Hard) 705k → 1,005k.
- Weekly reward charges adjusted: Expedition 21, Transcendence 14, with the weekly accumulated-play Kinah-rate thresholds raised.
- New daily dungeon “Cropakin's Secret Storage” added to the Unknown Rift.
Abyss
When a PvP kill happens near a Dimensional Core or boss monster, every character that damaged the slain player now also accrues contribution to that Core/boss. A server rematch resets Artifact occupation and the Abyss Corridor (full server-pairing schedule on the official note).
Class Changes
Common
- Shock Clear: the Tenaciousness (sturdiness) effect can no longer be removed by a buff-dispel skill, and its “+100% status resistance” becomes status immunity instead.
- Tenaciousness, Comrade Protection, Second Skin, Evasion Contract, Mother Nature's Breath, Hibernation, Arctic Armor, Enhance: Spirit's Benediction, Command: Proxy, Salvation, Yustiel's Power and Barrier Spell are no longer affected by cooldown-increase effects; passive “cooldown” labels are renamed to “re-trigger cooldown.”
Gladiator (검성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Lunge Stance | Base effect now also reduces MP cost by 20% for the duration. |
| Mocking Blade | Added a boss-target life-steal note to its tooltip. |
Templar (수호성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Assault Fury | Fixed its stun chance being set higher than other classes' assault skills: base 50% → 30%, spec 75% → 50%. |
Chanter (호법성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Recuperation | Fixed the second effect not stacking when re-cast within 1s of equipping spec 1. |
| Gust Rampage | Fixed being able to move without the usable-while-moving spec equipped. |
Cleric (치유성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Debilitating Mark | Fixed intermittently failing to hit a moving target. |
| Salvation | Fixed it failing to remove some damage-over-time effects. |
Sorcerer (마도성)
| Skill | Change |
|---|---|
| Arctic Armor | Adds “Mana Substitution” above 50% MP (50% of damage taken converts to HP, 10% to MP). Spec 2 changed to “Absorb Essence passive ×1.5.” Spec 3 changed so the Robe of Cold passive applies ×1.5 to all effects (defense, crit resistance), not just slow. |
| Element Enhancement | Faster motion; the effect now applies instantly on use. |
| Soul Freeze | Faster motion. |
| Frost Burst | No longer removes Frost on hit; PvP damage +20%. Spec 4's 300-MP damage now ignores block/evasion and lands as a crit. Spec 5 changed from “25% re-freeze” to “50% chance to reset Frost Burst's cooldown.” |
| Frost | Spec 4 freeze chance raised +20% → +25%. |
| Firestorm | Spec 3's −10% combat speed changed to −50% reduced-healing-received. Now cancels after the projectile fires on Emergency Evasion. NOTE: the earlier cancel-timing change hurt feel and is reverted to the original behavior; it will be reworked and re-applied later. |
| Bittercold Wind | Spec 5 changed from “25% chance of 2s Frost on the last hit” to “−1s Frost cooldown on hit.” |
| Hellfire | Faster projectile speed. |
| Steel Barrier | Now restores 300 action power when the shield is removed. |
| Grace of Enhancement | Passive trigger condition changed from 50% MP to 25% MP. |
HUD editor overhaul
- Snap-to-grid/UI when moving elements, plus undo/redo and a screen-margin setting.
- Live in-game preview while editing.
- HUD presets: save up to 6, rename them, share via codes, and export/import preset files (stored in a shared path so other characters' presets apply easily).
- Configure how many of your buff/debuff icons display and their size — up to 14 per row, two rows (28 total).
- Currently-equipped skills/consumables now sync into edit mode, and grid options persist across re-entry.
Crafting, shop & UI
- Crafting: a separate Inheritance Craft tab is added to the bench and management UI, showing only inheritance recipes, with soul-bound and unbound gear both listed (other characters' bound gear hidden).
- Inheritance: recipe added to inherit “Response Dragon King” / “Machine Dragon King” gear into the “Radiant” versions.
- Material conversion: new blueprints for “Statue: Kromede's Abyss,” the “Mirror of Crimson Affection appearance box,” “Noble Crystal,” and a per-character (4/week) “Odd Energy” recipe (server limit set to 16/week).
- Shop: [Sand Breeze Trading – Special] reorganized — Odd Energy now 4/char + 16/server weekly at 100,000 Kinah; Expedition/Transcendence challenge-ticket box 7/server weekly.
- UI: Sanctuary resurrection-count notifier icons/tooltips, party Spirit Stone counts, membership default of 2 on Odd Energy Cube rewards, world-map boss tooltips now listing all drops, chat nickname interaction popups, and 7 new emblems.
Other improvements & fixes
Improvements
- Guards: the shock-type accuracy stat from soul-engraving changes to a status-effect accuracy stat.
- Season missions/achievements/quests: party members with no contribution now also get monster-kill credit.
- Kick: a kicked player can no longer join a dungeon created by the leader who kicked them.
- Boss rear indicator: Expedition/Transcendence/Sanctuary can now show a boss's rear arc (toggle in Settings > Info > Combat).
- “Seed of Insight” added to Shugo Festa and Hidden Cube key rewards; its cooldown changed 1 min → 30s.
Fixes
- Transcendence: bonus score now starts decreasing from a PC's first death; fixed a missing Transcendence banner image.
- Azure Breath Island boss Awakened Alturadon: fixed a Fafnite mineral icon showing on the minimap, and the “Awakened Beast's Trial” pattern intermittently marking two players.
- Corroded Decontamination Facility boss Terminator Bargott: fixed bombs from the chain pattern and the sub-30% “blow it all up!” pattern double-summoning.
- Several quest steps that required an emote can now be completed without one (multiple Verteron and Altgard quests listed).
- Conquest/Transcendence item-chargeable final-boss kills increased 10 → 30; crafting disabled in the Abyss; scrolling-text speed options tuned; various cosmetic/pet resource fixes.
Reclaim & restore
Weekly Expedition/Transcendence reward charges set to 21/14; characters holding more than the new cap are mailed challenge tickets for the excess. Remaining un-reclaimed amounts from the April 22 “Hero's Invitation” duplicate rewards are additionally reclaimed.
Official sources
Frequently asked questions
What is the Mirror of Crimson Affection?
A Transcendence instance whose stages 1–4 unlocked on May 13, 2026, with entry item levels from 3200 to 4000. Its Odd Energy Cubes drop new Arcana and the “Runaway Fearful Thought” material used for the Heroic gear added on May 27.
What did the Sorcerer changes do?
A broad rework: Arctic Armor gained Mana Substitution, Frost Burst no longer breaks Frost and hits harder in PvP, Firestorm's cancel timing was reverted, and several skills got faster motions or new spec effects.