AION 2 Patch Notes — September 23, 2026

A Hangawi (Chuseok) week. On the content side the Trial rotates to a new dungeon, the Abyss is rematched and gains a map-wide buff that switches on whenever a boss is up, and Soul Engraving gets an automatic re-roll. Most of the note by length is the holiday event block further down.

Trial

The Trial 'Vakron Sky Island' ends and is replaced by 'Fire Temple'.

The final difficulty is the sum of the stages you set, from a minimum of 4 up to a maximum of 16. Note the attribute ranges are no longer a uniform 1–4 as on Vakron Sky Island:

• Clearing a difficulty grants the Trial-exclusive coin 'Subjugation Mark'. Each difficulty's reward can be earned once per week, resetting every Wednesday.
• In the [Expedition – Exchange Shop], the purchase limits on some existing items are raised and new items are added:

Abyss

Server matching change:

• With the server rematch, Artifact captures and Abyss corridors are reset.
• See the official CM Azit notice for the server rematch results.

New buff — 'Power of the Battlefield':

• When a boss monster appears in the Lower or Middle Abyss, every player character on the map receives the 'Power of the Battlefield' buff.
• Power of the Battlefield replaces the effects of 'Experienced Counterstrike', 'Fury', 'Exploitation', 'Undefeated Mantra', 'Light of Protection', 'Power of the Storm' and 'Blessing of the Earth'; while it is active, those buff effects do not apply.
• The effect is removed when there is no boss monster on the map.
• In the Abyss Rift Zone the same effect applies at all times while you are inside, whether or not a boss has appeared.
• The Lower / Middle Abyss bosses that trigger the buff are: Argo, the Spirit King; Watcher Kaira; the Dimensional Core; Guardian Lord Nahma; Enraged Guardian Lord Nahma; Executor Tamasa; Executor Argo; Executor Kaira; Executioner Dramos; Turncoat Ducal; and Ravager Marakha.

Soul Engraving

• The cast time of Soul Attunement is shortened.
• An Auto Attune feature is added to Soul Engraving. Selecting the [Auto Attune] button lets you set target options.
• Soul Attunement then runs automatically until one of the target options you set appears.
• The [Auto Attune] button is enabled once the options to attune and the material items are registered.
• Auto Attune stops when a target option appears or when all the registered material items are used up.

Shop

• A product preview is added to the right of the product list in the [Atelier] tab, so cosmetic products can be checked in advance. Hovering over a product in the list shows its preview.
• Previews are available for costume sets and single pieces, weapon skins, wings, pets and emotes.
• The product list's sorting and design change: the list is laid out in 4 columns when a preview is shown and 5 columns when it is not.
• Sold-out and unpurchasable products are shaded in the list so their status is easy to recognise.

Closet

• Decoration presets are now provided for weapon skins too.
• Weapon skins that come with decoration presets can be checked in the shop preview and the decoration menu.
• Applying a provided decoration preset costs the usual decoration fee.

Customizing

• New presets and detail options are added for both male and female characters: per gender, 3 presets, 9 hairstyles, 2 face shapes and 1 eyebrow shape.
• A new item is added to body-type settings: a [Frame] option under the [Body Type > Body/Head] tab.

Spacetime Rift Domination

• The Power of the Battlefield buff now applies while you are joining and taking part in the Domination.
• When the attacking team re-enters the event server from their home server via the [Spacetime Move] button on the Domination HUD, they are given an invulnerability buff for a set time.
• The arrival point is moved near the active Stronghold group, and the number of arrival points is increased.
• When taking part on the defending team, a message alert is now shown when your own Stronghold is under attack.
• The rewards on offer can now be checked in advance via the [Info] button on the Domination HUD.

A light week for balance: one Gladiator quality-of-life change and a list of tooltip and bug fixes. No damage numbers move.

UI improvements

• Difficulty information is now shown in the Sanctuary / Transcendence dungeon waiting room and dungeon panel.
• Quest area display: fixed quest areas intermittently being drawn in the wrong place on the world map, minimap and transparent map.

Hangawi's Bountiful Journey

Runs from September 23, 2026 (Wed, after regular maintenance) to October 28, 2026 (Wed, before regular maintenance). The attendance book 'Hangawi's Bountiful Journey' opens; check the rewards in [In-game Menu] → [Attendance]. The book resets daily at 00:00.

The 28-day reward table is a 14-day cycle that repeats once (days 15–28 match days 1–14):

Hangawi Full Moon Merchants

Runs from September 23, 2026 (Wed, after regular maintenance) to October 7, 2026 (Wed, before regular maintenance). It has three parts.

1. Atreia's Hangawi Festival — a 7-day attendance book (resets daily at 00:00) paying 200 Hangawi Full Moon Coin (Event) on each of days 1–6 and a Dried Persimmon Hat (Skin: Helm) (Soul-bound) on day 7.

2. New event missions open in [Season Missions] > [Event]. Completing them earns the mission currency 'Hangawi Full Moon Coin (Event)', spent at the coin-exchange NPC merchants in towns. The coin is deleted from inventories after the event ends.

3. An event-only shop opens, with a coin merchant NPC added to these towns: Elyos — Verteron (Dawn Legion Base / Zumion Village) and Eltnen (Lacephin Village); Asmodians — Altgard (Fugitive Village / Nornir Assembly) and Morheim (Kromede's Island). Items bought with Hangawi Full Moon Coin (Event):

Event item deletion: the Hangawi Full Moon Coin (Event) is deleted on October 7, 2026 at 05:00. The Abyssal Forge and Corroded Decontamination Facility kill tickets, the Sanctuary kill-ticket chest, the Content Usage Ticket Selection Chest, Odyle Energy, Hangawi Round Songpyeon and Tasty Sweet Persimmon bought here are deleted on November 4, 2026 at 05:00.

Expedition & Transcendence Hangawi Boost-Up

Runs from September 23, 2026 (Wed, after regular maintenance) to October 7, 2026 (Wed, before regular maintenance).

1. The total 'Unstable Stigma Shard (Soul-bound)' reward is doubled: during the event, opening the Odyle Energy Cube in these dungeons doubles the total amount of some of its rewards — Transcendence (all stages, 1–4): Mirror of Scarlet Desire, Abyssal Horn Den, Noiran's Hidden Legacy; Expedition (Conquest, Normal–Hard): Hall of Illusion, Azure Breath Island, Citadel of the Fallen Daeva, Consumed Deus Research Base.

2. An event coin for special material-conversion rewards is added: 'Moon Rabbit's Aura (Event)', obtained from the Odyle Energy rewards of some Expedition and Transcendence dungeons during the event.

Material-conversion recipes added for the event:

• Moon Rabbit's Red Gift Bundle contains: 1 Lava Heart Armor Selection Chest, 5 Hangawi Round Songpyeon, 5 Tasty Sweet Persimmon, 5 Growth Soulstone Chests and 500 Soul Crystal (all Soul-bound).
• Moon Rabbit's Blue Gift Bundle contains: 1 Lava Heart Accessory Selection Chest, 5 Hangawi Round Songpyeon, 5 Tasty Sweet Persimmon, 5 Growth Manastone Chests and 500 Soul Crystal (all Soul-bound).

Transcendence: Arcana Growth Support — extended

The in-progress event's end is extended. Before: August 19, 2026 (after regular maintenance) to September 23, 2026 (before regular maintenance). After: August 19, 2026 (after regular maintenance) to November 4, 2026 (before regular maintenance).

Arcana Supply Support — extended

The in-progress event's end is extended. Before: August 26, 2026 (after regular maintenance) to September 23, 2026 (before regular maintenance). After: August 26, 2026 (after regular maintenance) to November 4, 2026 (before regular maintenance).

All of the following are sold from September 23, 2026 (after regular maintenance) to November 4, 2026 (before regular maintenance), from the new [Atelier] tab of the shop — [In-game Menu] → [Shop] → [Atelier], or [In-game Menu] → [Closet] → [Shop] → [Atelier]. Prices are Purple Store rates and may differ by store; items bought with an exchange ticket accrue no mileage.

Improvements

• PvP damage amplification: the Monoliths and guards in every Abyss region and in the Spacetime Rift Domination now factor in a set proportion of the PvP damage amplification stat. As a result, the HP of Abyss region bosses and the Dimensional Core is raised slightly.
• To make retrying easier after a failed dungeon, the failure hold time is increased from 10 to 20 seconds.
• In Expedition, Transcendence and Sanctuary, the range within which party members are visible on screen is increased.
• Ground-targeted skills can now be triggered even when the mouse cursor is over a UI button.
• Chat: scrolling in the mini chat and the chat popup UI now stays anchored to that chat area.
• Commendation: in Sanctuary dungeons, the pool of players you can commend expands from your own party members to your whole force.
• Commendation: the commendation window and commendation results window now pop up on the right of the screen.
• Commendation: the results window now lists the players who received the most commendations first.
• Commendation: while the commendation window is open, the mouse pointer is always enabled regardless of the control mode in use.
• The maximum number of Arcana you can hold is raised to 1,100.
• Sanctuary: force members can now move between forces inside the dungeon. Changes are blocked while fighting a boss, and the force leader's position cannot be changed.
• Sanctuary: the 'Centuryroot Token' item can now be stored in character storage and server storage.

Fixes

• Abyss Rift Zone: boss kill rewards can now be earned even from a long distance away, as long as the contribution condition is met.
• Streamer Mode: in Expeditions, enabling [Hide my character name] now applies immediately to the party list on the minimap.
• Streamer Mode: with [Hide my character name] enabled, the character name shown in the message when a Spiritmaster summon is hit is now '@Player'.
• Streamer Mode: with [Hide my character name] enabled, the character name shown in the message when a Cleric summon is hit is now '@Player'.
• Streamer Mode: with [Hide my character name] enabled, the summoner's character name in the Kisk registration popup is now shown as '@Player'.
• Fixed the season-mission weekly reward-point gauge showing a different value from the reward points actually earned.
• Fixed ticket-exchange products with an account or per-server purchase limit showing a price of 'free' once sold out.
• Fixed the party loot-dice button not showing on the HUD edit screen.
• Fixed the world map's resolution changing in some Abyss areas when jumping to a monster-drop or gathering source location.
• Commendation: fixed the commendation popup closing on death or basic resurrection while it was open.
• Commendation: fixed the character-info popup in content rankings closing immediately when its commendation info area was clicked.
• Sanctuary 'Chalice of Muspel': fixed being able to dodge the wipe mechanic by gliding below the combat area while boss 'Iscariel' was using its 'Last Stand Guard' pattern.
• Sanctuary 'Snowfield of Sorrow': fixed a particular skill of boss 'Deltras' spawning at the basic resurrection point.
• Sanctuary 'Snowfield of Sorrow': fixed the direction keys intermittently not working when using the rope skill.
• Fixed the automatic potion slot looking disabled after leaving a Nightmare dungeon.
• In the Soul Engraving probability information, the probabilities for stat-value rolls are now shown to their significant digits.

Recovery & restoration

Based on each character's purchase history of 'Superior Manastone (Soul-bound)' and 'Superior Soulstone (Soul-bound)', which went on sale in the [Nightmare – Exchange Shop] and [Shugo Festival – Festival Shop] with the September 16 update, the difference against the current price is paid back retroactively to the cube as 'Centuryroot Token' and 'Dream Fragment' items.