Loading...
Loading...
Expedition Ordeal
October 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Aligned names with the rest of the wiki: Ordeal shop item names
Expedition: Ordeal is a custom-difficulty mode for selected Expedition Dungeons in AION 2. NCsoft announced it under this name in June 2026 as part of Chapter 1. Lands of Sand and Snow, and the first Ordeal opened on the Korean and Taiwanese service on July 15, 2026. The Korean name is 시련; this wiki previously called it Trials.
The Ordeal is entered from the Expedition interface. Players set four conditions, a time limit, a resurrection limit, a boss buff and a dungeon debuff on the party, and the stages chosen add up to the final difficulty. Each difficulty pays out once a week, resetting on Wednesday, in an Ordeal-only currency spent at the Ordeal shop in the Expedition menu.
As of October 7, 2026, NCsoft's global notices have not described this content for the global build. Everything on this page describes the Korean and Taiwanese service.
Ordeal | Dates (KR/TW) | Entry | Settings |
|---|---|---|---|
July 15 to September 23, 2026 | Level 50, item level 4,800 | Four settings of stages 1 to 4 each, total difficulty 4 to 16 | |
From September 23, 2026 | Level 50, item level 4,800 | Time Limit 1 to 3, Revival Limit 1 to 3, Boss Enhance 1 to 8, PC Weaken 1 to 2, total 4 to 16 |
Time Limit, Revival Limit, Boss Enhance and PC Weaken are the setting names in the game client's English data; the Korean notes describe them as a time limit, a resurrection limit, boss strengthening and weakening of the player characters. The difficulty is set in the room settings before entering. Player guides for the Vakron Ordeal note that revival allowances count per boss and reset when the next boss starts.
The Ordeal currency is the Token of Overcoming (극복의 증표; game client name), and the shop sits in the Expedition menu, called the Expedition Exchange Shop in the game client. On August 12, 2026 it added an accessory version of the same material, Rampaging Fear Energy: Accessory (폭주한 공포의 기운: 장신구; provisional name), and on August 19 a wing item. On September 23, 2026 NCsoft raised several weekly purchase limits and added new stock:
Item | Korean name | Price (Tokens) | Weekly limit |
|---|---|---|---|
Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound) | 부활의 정령석 (각인) | 1,000 | 20 per character (was 10) |
Superior Manastone (Bound) | 상급 마석 (각인) | 2,000 | 10 per character (was 5) |
Superior Soulstone (Bound) | 상급 영석 (각인) | 3,000 | 10 per character (was 5) |
Superior Abyssal Manastone (Bound) | 상급 심연의 마석 (각인) | 3,000 | 10 per character (was 5) |
Superior Abyssal Soulstone (Bound) | 상급 심연의 영석 (각인) | 6,000 | 10 per character (was 5) |
Rampant Thought of Fear (Bound; provisional name) | 폭주한 공포의 사념 (각인) | 3,000 | 5 per character (was 3) |
Battle Enhancement Scroll x10 | 전투 강화 주문서 (각인) | 5,000 | 1 per character |
Superior Healing Potion (Bound) | 상급 치유 물약 (각인) | 1,000 | 5 per character |
Transfer Stone Fragment (Heroic) (Bound) | 계승석 조각 (영웅) (각인) | 5,000 | 5 per character |
Ordeal Enhancement Stone box | 시련의 강화석 상자 (각인) | 4,000 | 10 per server |
Rampaging Fear Energy: Weapon (Bound; provisional name) | 폭주한 공포의 기운: 무기 (각인) | 60,000 | 1 per character |
Lucky gathering material bundle (provisional name) | 행운의 채집 재료 꾸러미 (각인) | 3,000 | 20 per server |
Since July 29, 2026 the Ordeal can be retried in the middle of a run, item tooltips list the Ordeal as a source, and the season missions include one weekly and five season missions for Ordeal clears. Since September 9, 2026 players can commend a party member after an Ordeal clear. On October 7, 2026 the Expedition Exchange Shop added the Artisan's Ultimate Refining Stone (달인의 최상급 제련석).
