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Ascension Trial
October 2, 2026 at 04:08 AM
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The Ascension Trial is one of AION 2's two solo dungeons, alongside Nightmare. NCsoft's 2025 previews called it the Awakening Battle, and its Korean name is 각성전. It existed from the launch of the Korean and Taiwanese service: a November 26, 2025 patch cut its weekly attempts from seven to three and doubled the rewards to compensate.
As of October 2, 2026, NCsoft has not published how this content is set up in the global build that launches on October 5, 2026. Everything on this page describes the Korean and Taiwanese service.
Dungeon | Korean name | Added (KR/TW) |
|---|---|---|
Nightmare Altar | 악몽의 제단 | Before Season 2 |
Sanctum of Loathing | 증오의 성소 | Before Season 2 |
Tyrant's Hideout | 폭군의 은신처 | January 21, 2026 |
Depository of Fates | 궤적 보관소 | January 21, 2026 |
Chamber of the Dead | 죽은 자의 침실 | July 1, 2026 |
Forgotten Repository | 잊힌 저장소 | July 1, 2026 |
Tyrant's Hideout and Depository of Fates are NCsoft's English names. The other four are the game client's English data.
The ladder starts at Easy, Normal and Hard and climbs through Extreme, Insane and Hell. Season 2 added Insane and Hell on January 21, 2026, trimming some rewards on Extreme at the same time. Chapter 1 added Doom on July 1, 2026, open from item level 4,000. Not every dungeon offers every tier.
March 25, 2026: clear rewards gained Unstable Stigma Shards while the number of engraving boxes was reduced.
April 1, 2026: a retry option that re-enters the same difficulty if tickets remain.
April 8, 2026: Fragment: Ariel's Trace and Enhance Stones added to the rewards; the trial starts as soon as the preparation time ends; the ranking moved to a class-based system.
June 17, 2026: skill cooldowns reset and health and mana refill when the trial ends.
