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11 AION 2 is a free-to-play PC MMORPG developed and published by NCsoft. Built natively on Unreal Engine 5, it serves as the long-awaited successor to the original AION in the same Atreia setting, with an open world roughly thirty-six times larger than its predecessor and aerial combat positioned as a core gameplay pillar rather than a travel mechanic.
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33 The game launched in Korea and Taiwan on November 19, 2025. NCsoft has confirmed that AION 2 will arrive globally on PC in September 2026 through both Steam and the publisher's own NCsoft Purple platform, with regional servers in North America, South America, Europe, and Japan, and localization across ten languages. The specific launch day within that month has not been announced. NCsoft has also disclosed that some in-game assets were created with the assistance of AI tools, specifically the Arcana card designs and some icons.
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55 Core Pillars
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77 PillarWhat It MeansAerial Combat3D combat in any direction; flight is how you fight, explore, and contest territory, not just how you travel between zones.Skill-Chain CombatA hybrid of strategic tab-targeting and active dodge or parry; chain skills together based on the encounter and your build.Faction WarfareOpen-world PvP between Elyos and Asmodian factions in the Abyss, alongside arenas and aerial battlegrounds.Seamless WorldAn open world rendered in Unreal Engine 5, approximately thirty-six times larger than the original game, with verticality designed in from the start.Daeva ProgressionPlayers ascend as Daeva and customize talents on the Daevanion Board, which extends skill caps and adds passive nodes for stats.
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1010 FieldDetailDeveloper / PublisherNCsoftEngineUnreal Engine 5PlatformsPC (Steam, NCsoft Purple)KR / TW LaunchNovember 19, 2025Global LaunchSeptember 2026 (specific day not yet confirmed)Business ModelFree-to-play with optional memberships, cosmetic battle pass, and cosmetic cash shop on the KR build; global terms not finalizedLanguagesEnglish, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
1111 How to Get Started
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1313 New players should begin with the Factions: Elyos and Asmodian page to choose a faction, then read Classes to pick a role, and finish with Combat and Skill Chains and Aerial Combat and Flight to learn the core mechanics. The Daeva System and Daevanion Board page covers progression past the level cap, and World and Regions maps where to go next.
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1616 Endgame Pillars
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1818 Endgame revolves around PvP and the Abyss, Dungeons, and the seasonal Transcendence System of progression and ranking. The Gear and Progression page tracks how equipment grows toward that endgame, and Monetization and Memberships covers the free-to-play model. The Global Launch and Platforms page tracks Steam and NCsoft Purple availability, regional servers, and language support.
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2222 Latest Showcase
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2424 At the AION 2 Summer Festa showcase on June 14, 2026, NCsoft revealed the Chapter 1: Land of Sand and Frost update, which launched on the Korean and Taiwanese build on July 1, 2026. It added a ninth class (Korean 권성, Kwon-seong; the English name is not yet finalized), raised the level cap to 50, and introduced the Eltnen and Morheim territories. See Classes and the Chapter 1 page for details.
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26+Ahead of the Global Launch
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28+With the global release set for September 2026, NCsoft has started publishing the commercial detail. A July 8, 2026 announcement laid out the business model: the game stays free to play, a $15 per month Membership gates player-to-player trading on the Market, the economy runs on the gameplay-earned Kina alongside the premium Quna, and per-character Daeva Passes provide the season-pass layer. Founder's Packs sold before launch carry cosmetics, consumables, and a five-day Early Access head start.
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30+A follow-up on July 17, 2026 explained how servers will work: an Early Access wave for pack holders, a second Launch Servers wave at release, separate servers per faction, and cross-server dungeon matching within each region. Full detail lives on Monetization and Memberships and Global Launch and Platforms.