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Patch Notes: June 2026
October 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Renamed the Grail Arcana part to Chalice, its global client name
June 2026 brought four update notes to the Korean and Taiwanese service of AION 2, on June 4 (a Thursday), June 10, June 17 and June 24. The month added a Normal difficulty to the Chalice of Muspel, reworked the newest Arcana sets, folded the three memberships into the single Kwairing Express Membership, launched the fromis_9 collaboration and the Abyss Rift Zone event, and made Combat Power from weapons and passives equal across classes, while a planned balance patch was moved to July 1. These notes describe the Korean and Taiwanese service only; the global service launched separately on October 5, 2026 and is not covered by them. For the wider timeline, see Update History.
Respawn points in the Corroded Decontamination Facility changed. Once past the toxic gas zone in the Waste Disposal Zone (폐기물 처리구역; provisional), a default respawn after death puts you at the gas zone's exit; once past the poison zone in the Contamination Residue Site (오염 잔류지; provisional), you respawn just before the poison zone.
The number of Unique Arcana per stage in the Mirror of Scarlet Desire went up.
Fusing Punishing Overture, Protected Soul and Indomitable Dedication Arcana now allows four additional effects to be set.
The Chalice and Scales parts of those sets can be fused with Kina and Splendent Noble Crystal (빛나는 고결한 결정; provisional).
Fragment: Splendent Noble Crystal (Bound) drops in the Mirror of Scarlet Desire and converts into Splendent Noble Crystal (Bound) through Material Conversion.
Rare and Epic Arcana were removed from the Mirror of Scarlet Desire Odyle Energy rewards and replaced with Lower and Intermediate Training Arcana.
Splendent Noble Crystal (Bound) and Noble Crystal (Bound) can be converted into each other, and Fragment: Splendent Noble Crystal (Bound) can be converted into Noble Crystal (Bound).
Class | Skill | Change |
|---|---|---|
Murderous Burst | Fixed its debuff being replaced by a lower-level version. | |
Shadow Walk | Removed the leftover line about party stealth from the description with specialization 4. | |
Ensnaring Trap (결박의 덫) | With specialization 2, the description now says some buffs cannot be removed. | |
Hibernation | Fixed Remove Hibernation not moving you backward when used under a status effect with specialization 4. | |
Command: Proxy | With specialization 4, the description now says HP instead of Constitution, and the HP recovery figure was corrected. |
A server rematch reset Artifact Siege and the Abyss Corridor. The 21 West and East pairings were split into groups A, B and C of seven each. Group A starts the Artifact Siege at 10:00 PM on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the Abyss boss event at 10:30 PM on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Guardian Lord Nahma at 10:00 PM on Fridays and Sundays; group B starts each 5 minutes later and group C 10 minutes later.
Event (provisional names) | Period | What it gives |
|---|---|---|
Daeva's Energy Charge (데바의 에너지 충전) | June 4 after maintenance to June 17 before maintenance | A Material Conversion recipe turning 300,000 unbound Kina into 1 Odyle Energy (Bound); 16 per server per week plus 4 more per character. Only unbound Kina can be used. |
200th Day Celebration (200일 기념 이벤트) | June 4 after maintenance to July 1 before maintenance | In Shop, Event: Star of 200 Days (Appearance: Necklace) (Bound) (200일의 주인공) for 200 Kina (1 per server) or 300 Quna (1 per character); a character that buys the Kina version cannot also buy the Quna version. 200th Day Fireworks (Bound), 20 for 200 Kina, twice per server. |
Azure Breath Island: fixed the sleeping grass (수면풀) not being visible.
Hall of Illusion: fixed Nathara's clones sometimes not acting in unison during the clone pattern.
Mirror of Scarlet Desire: one of Robstino's skills can now be avoided with the Assassin's Evasion Stance, and its attack-area telegraph no longer looks wrong.
Corroded Decontamination Facility: Black Blood Blatt's status effects now clear when it dies; Terminator Bargott's projectile effects display properly; its Bargott Blows It All Up (바고트, 다 터뜨린다!) pattern no longer ends abnormally if the player marked number 1 dies.
Chalice of Muspel, Iscariel: fixed instant-death damage in the Two-Colour Judgment and Harsh Two-Colour Judgment (이색의 심판, 가혹한 이색의 심판) patterns applying even when weapon safe zones did not overlap; the instant death in Guard of the Sworn (결사의 수호) can no longer be avoided with Evasion Stance; its portals no longer shoot at Spiritmaster spirits.
Chalice of Muspel, Kaldrix: fixed skill order and actions going wrong when the targeted player moved far away; the ring effect on the boss in the Blazing Order (타오르는 질서) pattern is easier to see, and the hit area of the Servants of Kaldrix (칼드릭스의 종복) it summons is now shown.
Fixed some season missions not completing from PvP and hunting in the new Abyss area.
Obtaining the Liberator's Brooch (해방자의 브로치; provisional) or the Kaldrix Brooch from crafting or drops no longer sends a server broadcast.
A Normal difficulty was added to the Chalice of Muspel.
The Sanctuary can now be retried while a run is in progress, except during combat.
Sync Stone (Hero) (Bound) from the Odyle Energy Cube rose from 1 to 2.
Only equipment bound to the crafting character can now be used as a Succession Crafting material.
Titles with a visual design were added. They can be previewed in the equipped list and title info tabs, show on the nameplate and in the character info of the HUD system menu, and are visible in other players' character info. Settings, Graphics, Camera and Effects, Other Effects controls whether the design effect shows on nameplates. See Achievements and Titles.
Customization lighting gained coloured lights, and the light position can be moved to see the character under different lighting.
Recovery now also covers items extracted by mistake and items used by mistake in Soul Tuning (영혼 조율; provisional), Sync Stones included. Each kind can be recovered once a year.
Only Unique-grade or higher extracted items can be recovered; lower grades do not appear in the list.
Recovering an extracted item takes back the Enhancement Stones and Abyss Points the extraction gave. Kina spent on extraction is returned as Bound Kina. Appearances gained from extraction are not taken back, and their collection effects stay.
Recovering an item used in Soul Tuning does not change the stats already applied to the tuned item.
A recipe was added to convert Daevanion Crystal: Yustiel (Bound) into Daevanion Crystal: Marchutan (Bound).
Class | Skill | Change |
|---|---|---|
All classes | Guardian Lord: Abyssal Wave (심연의 파동; provisional) | Fixed the stun not applying when the Guardian Lord transformation used this skill. |
All classes | Defiance | Fixed Defiance not activating when hit by a stun Theostone effect. |
All classes | Theostones | Status effects from Theostones and status effects applied by characters no longer stack. |
Murderous Burst | Fixed the effect not clearing when Dodge was used right after hitting a target at 4 stacks. |
Event (provisional names) | Period | What it gives |
|---|---|---|
Cheers for Victory (승리를 기원하는 응원의 함성) | June 12, 11:00 to June 17 before maintenance | Cheer Uniform (Appearance: Set) (응원의 유니폼), containing the chest and helmet pieces, by mail; claimable from 11:00 on June 12 to 05:00 on June 17. It can be moved through character and server storage, and the outfit goes to the character who uses it. NCsoft notes the item may be sold again later in the same or a similar form. |
Raise the First Chalice (extended) | May 27 after maintenance until the 20th force clears | Extended to the first 20 forces to clear the Chalice of Muspel, timed by the death of Scourge Kaldrix. Rewards on June 10: Title: The First to Quell the Burning Scourge (최초로 불타는 재앙을 잠재운 자; provisional), by mail from 11:00 on June 10 until the July 8 maintenance, for members of the qualifying forces only. |
Creating a party, force or dungeon now defaults the loot mode to random instead of sequential.
With Smart Combat Sound Correction on (Settings, Audio, Advanced, Combat Sound), the current combat sound state is shown.
Fixed the system message shown when Enhancement Stones or scrolls run short during enhancement.
Wind Breeze Merchants (산들바람 상회): the quantity buttons for Power Shard (Bound) (봉혼석) changed from +5 and +10 to +1,000 and +10,000. In NPC shops, the buttons for Power Shard (Bound) and Superior Power Shard (Bound) changed from +10, +100, +1,000 and MAX to +1,000, +5,000, +10,000 and MAX.
Recharging Odyle Energy with the plus button at the top of the Expedition, Transcendence and Sanctuary windows now shows whether each Odyle Energy item is locked, and items can be locked or unlocked from the item details.
The minimap clock gained local time, with a toggle to see server and local time together; hovering over it shows game, server and local time.
In HUD editing, the Shugo Festa notifier was renamed the Event notifier.
Mirror of Scarlet Desire: fixed the light pillars at the edge of the garden sometimes not appearing.
Chalice of Muspel: party info now shows the final-boss kill count and Resurrection Spiritstone count.
Kaldrix: fixed the basic pattern firing before a special pattern when its HP dropped sharply at certain moments; fixed Mark of Hellfire (업화의 낙인) persisting when Spreading Flames (퍼져나가는 화염) followed Unbearable Heat (버틸 수 없는 열기); fixed Unbearable Heat's fire projectiles sometimes vanishing; fixed the Blazing Order telegraph sometimes pointing the wrong way; removed the instant death from being hit twice by the Servants of Kaldrix's explosions in Blazing Order. Pattern names are provisional.
Fixed controls sometimes cutting out when using an evasion skill during a leap skill.
Healing skill tooltips now include the healing amplification stat in the shown amount; actual healing is unchanged.
Arena of Cooperation: fixed cursor toggle and mouse drag not working while spectating after death.
The wing enhancement window no longer shows the wing preset button.
The Advanced Succession help tooltip now shows how levels carry over: Unique +1 to +15 becomes the same level on Hero gear, and Unique breakthrough stages 1 to 5 become Hero +16 to +20.
The Arena and Battlefield exchange shops now stock the same Praetorian Captain weapons and guards as the Abyss shop.
Characters whose faction side changed with the June 4 Abyss matching and who then bought Abyss Directives beyond the weekly limit have their Directive shop purchase count reduced by the excess from 05:00 on June 10 to 05:00 on June 17.
The note was corrected twice after release: on June 17 to fix the Spark of Resurrection purchase limit, and on June 25 to fix the succession materials listed for the Corroded Afterimage Bracelet. The figures below are the corrected ones.
Sales of the Shugo Express Membership, Sand Breeze Membership and Chengarung Membership ended, and the Shugo Express Membership was carried over into the new Kwairing Express Membership. See Monetization and Memberships.
The Shugo Festival ranking achievements (Achievements, Exploration, Shugo Festa) now require taking part in that Festa rather than reaching a rank.
The weekly server mission Lawless Zone gained a Step 3.
The weekly challenge missions Let's Go Catch Stars (별 따러 가세) and Welcoming the Sprouts (푸릇푸릇 새싹 맞이) had some medal types and reward amounts raised. Names are provisional.
When an Ascension Trial ends, skill cooldowns now reset and HP and MP are restored.
The Kaldrix Brooch recipe under Material Conversion, Equipment now needs 1 Gear Change Voucher: Kaldrix (Bound) instead of 2.
A new recipe under Material Conversion, Equipment makes the Corroded Afterimage Bracelet (침식된 잔영의 팔찌; provisional) from a Gear Change Voucher: Bargott (Bound) and Kina.
The Corroded Afterimage Bracelet can also be made with guaranteed succession under Crafting, Succession Crafting, Handicraft, using a Transfer Stone: Accessory (Hero) (Bound) and a Ludra's Bracelet as the succession materials.
fromis_9 stages were set up in Verteron and Altgard. A player who owns the emote fromis_9 LIKE YOU BETTER Highlight 2 can start a performance from the centre of the stage, which plays stage effects and music.
Others can join without owning the emote, up to 5 performers including the starter; once a performance ends a new one can start. On the stage, Highlight 2 can only be used by starting or joining a performance.
A new Event volume slider (Settings, Audio, Volume, Event) controls event and special content sounds, including the stage.
Contribution built on Dimensional Cores and bosses during PvP near them was increased.
The Abyss Rift Zone event was added: factions compete for points by killing bosses that appear over time. It opens at 10:00 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays depending on matching group, with an entry icon beside the minimap and entry through the Abyss window.
Entry requires character level 45 and item level 3,000, with up to 400 players per faction. It does not affect Abyss season missions or rankings.
When a Rift Zone boss dies, the race that landed the final blow is rewarded according to each class's contribution ranking. NCsoft plans to expand it to all-server matching with multiple channels.
A server rematch reset Artifact Siege and the Abyss Corridor. Groups A, B and C of seven pairings each run the Rift Zone at 10:00, 10:05 and 10:10 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Artifact Siege at 10:00, 10:05 and 10:10 PM on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the Abyss boss at 10:30, 10:35 and 10:40 PM on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and Guardian Lord Nahma at 10:00, 10:05 and 10:10 PM on Fridays and Sundays.
NCsoft described the balance direction ahead of the coming Season 4: these changes are part of narrowing performance gaps between classes and will continue based on play data. Planned next steps were fixing Combat Power differences caused by class weapons and passive skills, raising the attack cap, and adjusting party synergy effects so that fewer parties depend on specific class combinations.
Class | Skill | Change |
|---|---|---|
Rage Burst | Specialization 4 PvE damage amplification raised from 5% to 10%, PvP from 2.5% to 5%. | |
Gladiator | Ruinous Blow, Leaping Slam | PvE damage amplification of the Prepare for Battle effect raised from 15% to 20%, PvP from 7.5% to 10%. |
Gladiator | Keen Strike, Rupture Strike (파열의 일격), Wrathful Strike (분노의 일격), Reckless Strike | PvE damage +5%. |
Gladiator | Rending Blow, Smashing Blow (격파의 맹타) | PvE damage +5%. |
Gladiator | Overhead Slam, Upward Strike | PvE damage +5%; animation 10% faster. |
Gladiator | Aerial Snare, Forced Fall | PvE damage +10%. |
Gladiator | Ruinous Blow | PvE damage +20%. |
Illusive Clone | Its conditional extra damage and cooldown reduction are no longer affected by the Illusive Clone skill itself. | |
Assassin | Shadowstrike | Specialization 2 changed from +40% to +20% critical damage amplification. |
Assassin | Defense Break | Groggy removed from its trigger conditions. Defense reduction starts at 12% instead of 13% and grows 2% per level instead of 3%. |
Snipe, Rapid Fire (연사), Spiral Arrow (나선 화살), Tempest Arrow | PvE damage +7%. Fixed Tempest Arrow not working on the mirror walls in Hall of Illusion. | |
Ranger | Tempest Shot | PvE damage +7%. |
Ranger | Drill Dart, Deadshot, Gale Arrow, Marking Shot | PvE damage +10%. |
Ranger | Burst Arrow | PvE damage +10%; fixed the life absorption specialization tooltip. |
Ranger | Griffon Arrow | Extra PvE damage against Crimson Flames targets +20%. |
Ranger | Supporting Fire | PvE damage +20%. |
Ranger | Concentrated Fire, Hunter's Soul | PvE damage +30%. |
Ranger | Drill Dart | Specialization 4 changed from multi-hit that ignores evasion and block to a guaranteed multi-hit. |
Cold Shock, Vacuum Explosion (진공 폭발), Earth Tremor | PvE damage +5%. | |
Spiritmaster | Combustion (화염 전소), Ashy Call | PvE damage +5%. |
Spiritmaster | Elemental Fusion | PvE damage +7%. |
Spiritmaster | Spirits | PvE damage tolerance of spirits raised from 80% to 150%, and their PvE tolerance against damage based on maximum HP from 90% to 99%. |
Flame Arrow, Burst (작렬), Pyroclasm | PvE damage +5%. | |
Sorcerer | Ice Chain, Cold Wave | PvE damage +5%. |
Sorcerer | Firestorm, Blaze, Hellfire | PvE damage +7%. |
Sorcerer | Bittercold Wind | PvE damage +7%. Base cooldown cut from 20 to 15 seconds. Specialization 2 changed from 5 seconds less cooldown to being usable while moving. |
Sorcerer | Fire Wall | Extra PvE damage against Embers targets +30%. |
Sorcerer | Cold Storm | Extra PvE damage against Frostbite targets +30%. |
Sorcerer | Delayed Explosion | Damage taken increase raised from 10% to 15%. |
Sorcerer | Winter's Shackles | Specialization 1 changed from 2 seconds longer slow to being usable while moving. |
Sorcerer | Frost | Now usable while moving by default. |
Sorcerer | Frost Burst | Specialization 2 changed from a 5-second slow to being usable while moving. |
Rushing Smash | No longer costs MP and now restores 100 MP by default. Specialization 1 changed from removing the MP cost and restoring 200 MP to 20% lower impact-type resistance for 5 seconds. |
All collaboration items were sold from after the June 17 maintenance until the August 12 maintenance. Outfit appearances apply until the November 25, 2026 maintenance, and the emote music plays until then. After that maintenance, the fromis_9 and member names in item and title names change to generic names. Won prices are those of the Purple store and may differ by store.
Item | Price | Contents | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
fromis_9 Baek Jiheon, Lee Nagyung, Song Hayoung, Park Jiwon or Lee Chaeyoung (Appearance: Set) (Bound) | 49,000 won each | Chest, legs, boots and gloves | None stated |
fromis_9 Appearance Set (5 Types) | 220,000 won | All five member sets | None stated |
fromis_9 Light Stick (Appearance: Greatsword, Longsword, Dagger, Bow, Spellbook, Orb, Mace or Staff) (Bound) | 1,000 Quna each | 1 item | Greatsword for Gladiators, Longsword for Templars, Dagger for Assassins, Bow for Rangers, Spellbook for Sorcerers, Orb for Spiritmasters, Mace for Clerics, Staff for Chanters |
Pet: Baby Flonyang (베비 플로냥) | 29,000 won | 1 pet; 2,900 Mileage | 1 per character |
Pet: Flobong (플로봉) | 1,500 Quna | 1 pet | 1 per character |
Four-Leaf Flover Wings (Bound) (네잎 플로버 날개) | 1,500 Quna | 1 pair of wings | 1 per character |
fromis_9 member earrings, five types (Appearance: Earrings) (Bound) | 300 Quna each | 1 item | 1 per character |
Emote: fromis_9 LIKE YOU BETTER Highlight1 (Bound) | 500 Quna | 1 emote; cannot start stage performances | 1 per character |
Emote: fromis_9 LIKE YOU BETTER Highlight2 (Bound) | 500 Quna | 1 emote; can start stage performances | 1 per character |
Owners of either Highlight emote can dance together with other Daevas anywhere in Atreia. Highlight 2 owners can also press F at the centre of the fromis_9 stage in Verteron or Altgard to turn on the lights and music and perform on the stage.
fromis_9 Event: The Case of the Stolen Stage Props (공연 소품 도난 사건; provisional), from after the June 17 maintenance until the August 12 maintenance. Quests are taken from the Stage Planner NPC in each town: the Dawn Legion Base for the Elyos and the Fugitives' Village for the Asmodians.
Quest (provisional names) | Rewards |
|---|---|
The Case of the Stolen Stage Props | Emote: fromis_9 LIKE YOU BETTER INTRO (Bound); one fromis_9 title chosen from five, one per member (the other four cannot be obtained afterwards) |
Who Is the Culprit (범인은 누구냐거) | Emote: Cheer 1 (Bound) and Emote: Cheer 2 (Bound) |
A Promise to Be the Best (최고가 되기 위한 약속) | Emote: fromis_9 LIKE YOU BETTER Preview1 (Bound) and Preview2 (Bound) |
Spark of Resurrection ran again from after the June 17 maintenance until the July 1 maintenance: extra Resurrection Spiritstones (Bound) for 30,000 Kina each in the Wind Breeze Merchants, Special tab, up to 30 per character per week, for characters at level 45 or higher.
Crafting and Material Conversion: the popup shown when using equipment with effects as a material gained a select-all button (pressing it again with everything selected clears the selection). Equipment with enhancement, breakthrough, potential amplification, Manastones, Soulstones or Theostones applied now shows a warning icon and text.
New recipes under Crafting, Alchemy, Manastone make Intermediate Manastones and Intermediate Soulstones in bundles of 10.
World map pins raised from 10 to 30.
If a membership ran out during a long absence, content time for the absence is now recharged according to which part of it was subscribed and which was not.
Ranking points in Nightmare, Transcendence and the Ascension Trial (Hell difficulty) are now calculated from completion time per stage, raising the points available.
Hall of Illusion: fixed Glassvein casting Rising Madness (차오르는 광기; provisional) repeatedly when its HP dropped sharply.
Mirror of Scarlet Desire: fixed Robstino's abnormal collision, and the dance status effect from the magic circles in the Trial of Love sometimes not being applied.
Chalice of Muspel: fixed Iscariel's shield sometimes starting with reduced HP in Guard of the Sworn; the explosion damage of the Servants of Kaldrix in Blazing Order was lowered on Normal difficulty.
The Potential Amplification Stone quantity in the conversion involving the Hero-grade Lava Heart weapon changed from 1 to 10.
Fixed the boss rear marker becoming faint.
Fixed resubscribing to a membership within a recharge cycle that had already paid out granting the instant recharge again.
The note was updated twice on June 24, adding the Nightmare fix and the wing feather restoration listed below.
The positions and numbers of the bosses in each phase were adjusted, and boss HP was raised.
PvP within 100 m of a boss now also scores points.
NCsoft applied a Combat Power system improvement first, to close Combat Power gaps between classes, and plans to adjust class balance from the data that follows. To limit the effect on the ranking challenge then running, the balance patch planned for June 24 was moved to July 1.
Weapon Combat Power is now counted equally for every class.
Combat Power gained from passive skills is now counted equally for every class. See Item Level and Combat Power.
fromis_9 stage: any number of players can now join a performance, and the area on the stage where a performance can start was enlarged.
Default cube (inventory) slots rose from 30 to 40; characters that had already expanded their cube also gained 10 slots.
Coupon registration now becomes available after the quest Operation to Neutralize the Legion Base (군단 기지 무력화 작전) for the Elyos and The Longest Night (가장 긴 밤) for the Asmodians (quest names provisional). See Coupon Codes.
Fixed some Ludra's Bracelets not being accepted as succession material for the Corroded Afterimage Bracelet, and crafting one no longer triggers a server notice.
Abyss Rift Zone: fixed the bosses Distorted Deputy Commander Arunt (왜곡된 부대장 아룬트) and Distorted Kabanda (왜곡된 카반다) (provisional names) repeating only one skill.
The Abyss Rift Zone mission was removed from Season Missions, Abyss, Weekly.
Instant clear can no longer be used while a Nightmare run is in progress.
Wing feather items deleted or sold to NPC shops before the wing enhancement system arrived were restored; for feathers sold to a shop, the Kina received was taken back first.
Earlier and later changes are on Patch Notes: May 2026 and Patch Notes: July 2026.
