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Hero Quests
October 2, 2026 at 03:34 AM
Initial version (2026-10-02)
Hero Quests are the AION 2 main story line. Each faction plays its own chain of episodes, and that chain is what carries a character from the prologue through the home territory of Verteron or Altgard. NCsoft's global service notices call them Hero Quests, and the in-game quest journal files them under the Story type.
The chain is also a gate. On the Korean and Taiwanese build, finishing the hero quest line in Verteron or Altgard spawns the spatial transfer portal to Eltnen or Morheim, the territories added by Chapter 1. Lands of Sand and Snow, and the portal additionally checks level, item level and combat power.
Hero Quests are live on the global service. The first maintenance after Advance Access opened, on September 30, 2026 at 23:00 PDT, fixed a bottleneck when interacting with quest objects in Elyos Hero Quests in Northern Tolbas Forest, Eastern Tolbas Forest and Altamia Highland, and in Asmodian Hero Quests in Basfelt Ruins, Purifying Forest, Fafnite Deposit and Impetusium Square.
Episode names, level bands and the places each episode sends you are taken from the game's own quest data as of September 18, 2026. The English names have not all appeared in an NCsoft announcement yet, so treat them as provisional.
Episode | Levels | Main locations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Prologue: Poeta | 1 | Ishtar's Castle | Opens with the quest Infiltrate Ishtar Castle. |
Island of Death, Poeta | 2 to 9 | Dawn Legion Forward Base, Daminu Forest, Migzatu Brigade Supply Depot | The quest Fledgling Wings takes the character to Asahr in the Ascension Subspace. |
Dreaming of Paradise | 10 to 16 | Verteron: Dawn Legion Base, Cantas Valley, Coastal Camp, Collapsed Barrier Tower, Marsh Outpost | Introduces the Dawn Legion and the Illusion Cavaliers and includes the Empyrean Monolith quest at level 16. |
Searching for High Priestess Reda | 18 to 22 | Verteron Fortress Ruins, Collapsed Pillar Hideout, Illusion Oratory | Includes the quests Kaisinel's Seal and Wind Breeze Merchants. |
The Past Behind the Sealed Barrier | 24 to 30 | Kochi's Quarters, Astin Mercenaries Base, Aullaeu Village Border, Forest of Exiles | Follows the Shugo Kochi into Aullaeu territory. |
Two-Faced | 32 to 37 | Rock Hill Outpost, Zumion Village, Hill of Purification | Deals with Meslamtaeda's poison and ends with the quest Fire Temple. |
Encountering Kaisinel's Core | 40 to 45 | Scarlet Forest, Notos Legion Outpost, Garden of the Illusion God, Ardus Shrine | Includes the quest Draupnir and ends with Koro at the Abyss Base. |
Light Never Stands Alone | 46 | None yet | A holding step: wait for the day to depart for Eltnen. |
Episode | Levels | Main locations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Prologue: Ishalgen | 1 | Fafnir's Fortress | Opens with the quest Infiltrate Fafnir Fortress. |
Betrayer and Survivor | 2 to 9 | Aldelle Village, Azrakar Brigade Camp, Azrakar Brigade Prison Compound | The quest Spread Your Wings takes the character to Asahr in the Ascension Subspace. |
Stranger in a Strange Land | 10 to 16 | Altgard: Shadow Hall, Safe Haven, Galorik's Inspection Area, Quai Campsite, Gravekeeper Camp, Neglected Crematorium | Ends with the Empyrean Monolith quest. |
You're in the Palm of Our Hands | 18 to 22 | Fang Hideout, Sanctum Dumpsite, Watcher's Tent, Collapsed Chasm, Elim's Rest, Odar's Shade | Includes the quests Children of the Elim and Daeva in a Dream. |
Ill-Fated Encounter | 24 to 30 | Minushan Site, Nornir Assembly, Wind Altar, Water Altar, Healing Spring | Urd of the Nornir and the slumbering High Priest. |
I Only Wanted You | 32 to 37 | Briskwind Shelter, Steel Hammer Workcamp, Idun's Lake | Includes Last of the Destruction Archons and Creion of Gribade. |
Encountering Zikel's Core | 40 to 45 | Amunta's Hideout, Zemurru's Tomb, Kumrica's Cellar, Collapsed Hall of Fame, Impetusium outskirts | Ends with Koro at the Abyss Base. |
Shadows Cast Everywhere | 46 | None yet | A holding step: wait for the right time. |
A recurring cast carries each side. Nania, Caelid, Phernos, Luteros and Dymones give most of the Elyos episode quests; Nemon, Ulgorn, Menrik, Hadala and Urd do the same for the Asmodians. Both chains reach a quest named Empyrean Monolith at level 16, which introduces the Monoliths and Empyrean Traces system, and both close their level 45 episode by sending the character to the Abyss Base.
A separate Ascension chain runs alongside the episodes for both factions. Every step is given by Asahr, at the Dream Crossroad.
Quest | Chapter | Level |
|---|---|---|
The One Who Perceives | Path of Ascension I | 5 |
The One Who Hears the Voice | Path of Ascension II | 22 |
The One Who Dreams | Path of Ascension III | 32 |
The One Who Witnesses the Nightmare | Path of Ascension IV | 45 |
The One Who Swears the Oath | Path of Ascension V | 49 |
The quest journal sorts the rest of the game's quests into further types. The counts below cover both factions in the game data dated September 18, 2026, which holds 1,314 quests in total.
Type | Count | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
Story (Hero Quests) | 181 | The main episode chain described above. |
Ascension | 10 | Path of Ascension I to V, one copy per faction. |
Exploration | 204 | Entries tied to field sites such as caves, ruins, bandit dens and Balaur camps, each with a short piece of local lore. See Strongholds and Sealed Dungeons. |
District | 122 | Regional side quests from NPCs in villages and camps, including the Nine Wonders of Verteron and Nine Wonders of Altgard series and a run of Spacetime Rift quests at level 45. |
Duty Mission | 206 | Repeatable duty quests. |
Duty Scroll | 577 | Repeatable duty orders. |
Gathering & Crafting | 12 | Gathering and crafting mastery quests. |
Daeva Gauge | 2 | Quests tied to the Daeva Gauge. |
Duty quests have been loosened over time on the Korean build. The number that can be held at once rose from 5 to 10 in January 2026 and to 20 in April 2026, and from the August 12, 2026 update the duty board shows more quests for the territory that suits the character's level.
The episode list reflects the game data as of September 18, 2026. Both chains stop at a level 46 holding step; the same data also holds a level 51 holding step for each faction (In Pursuit of Light for the Elyos, Master of the Fragments for the Asmodians) with no episode quests listed in between. Chapter 1 added new stories and quests for Eltnen and Morheim on the Korean and Taiwanese build; the step-by-step chain for those territories is not covered on this page yet. See Story and Lore for the setting the episodes play out in.
