Loading...
Loading...
Sanctuary Raids
October 2, 2026 at 03:51 AM
Updated the Expedition Ordeal name
Sanctuary is the ten-player raid tier and the ceiling of AION 2's instanced PvE. Where Expedition is the tier a group runs weekly, Sanctuary is the tier a group organises around. It carries the highest item level requirements in the game and the largest Odyle Energy cost per entry.
Element | Detail |
|---|---|
Party size | Ten players. Sanctuary ran with eight before the Chapter 1 update on July 1, 2026 raised it. |
Entry cost | 80 Odyle Energy, doubled from 40 in the same update |
Final boss clears | One per week. That was cut from two, with rewards doubled to compensate, and the accumulated guaranteed-reward counters were halved at the same time. |
Mid-boss rewards | Removed from the older Sanctuaries; the payout now comes from the Odyle Energy that appears when the last boss dies. |
Difficulty | The newest Sanctuary ships in three difficulties rather than two |
Time limit | Two hours, since July 1, 2026 |
Resurrections | Two per boss room since April 22, 2026, counting skill resurrections and Resurrection Spiritstones |
Membership | Members can inject Odyle Energy twice when opening the reward cube; the Korean service added this on February 25, 2026 and the global Special Quai Membership lists the same benefit |
The global store page describes ten-player group dungeons as one of the three dungeon formats across a roster of more than 200 dungeons, which matches the ten-player Sanctuary size of the Korean service since July 1, 2026.
Sanctuary | Korean name | Added (KR/TW) | Entry | Bosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
심연의 재련: 루드라 | Launch period | Not given in English material | Isolation Specialist Rahu, Abyssal Wings Ketu, Eternal Ludra | |
침식의 정화소 | March 11, 2026 | 3,700 at launch | Devouring Klawfly, Black Blood Blatt, Terminator Bargott | |
무스펠의 성배 | May 27, 2026 | Item level 4,500 at release; Normal added June 10 | Iscariel, Scourge Kaldrix | |
비탄의 설원 | September 9, 2026 | Item level 5,800 Easy, 6,000 Normal, 6,200 Hard | Triton, Deltras |
Deltras is a story boss as well as a mechanical one: once a hero and guardian of Elysium, executed in Asmodae, now a thought-form trapped in a mental space of his own making, repeating the same betrayal. Both factions have a reason to put him down, and the encounter has the players work with his daughter Elpistera to stop his body.
The September 9, 2026 patch added a Hall of Fame that records the first, second and third kills of a Sanctuary's final boss across every server, for the hardest difficulty only.
Recorded | Detail |
|---|---|
Identity | Character name, server, legion, class |
Performance | Highest combat power and highest item level reached during the run, force position, clear time |
Timing | The date the record was set |
Characters with no contribution are not recorded, and a record does not change if the character, server or legion is renamed afterwards. It is reachable from a tab on the Sanctuary entry screen.
The same patch added a commendation system that runs in Expedition, Transcendence, Expedition Ordeal and Sanctuary. After the last boss dies, eligible players can hand one commendation to one other player, choosing a reason from a fixed set: outstanding skill, reliable guardian, dedicated support, excellent leadership, or kind mentor. It is one per clear, it runs on a timer, and the totals accumulate on the character sheet.
November 26, 2025: Sanctuary entry required at least eight players.
December 31, 2025: four attempts and two rewards per week.
January 28, 2026: the reward count was no longer required to enter; players with attempts left could still enter but could not open Odyle Energy Cubes without reward counts.
March 2026: weekly attempts at Abyssal Forge: Ludra were cut from four to two on March 11, and both Sanctuaries were set to four on March 18.
April 22, 2026: two resurrections per boss room.
May 27, 2026: Kisks can no longer be placed anywhere in Abyssal Forge: Ludra and Corroded Decontamination Facility, and a vote-kick arrived for Expedition, Transcendence and Sanctuary; in a force a majority vote removes the target.
July 1, 2026: ten players, no attempt limit, one final boss kill per week with doubled rewards, 80 Odyle Energy per entry and a two-hour limit.
September 9, 2026: the Hall of Fame and commendations; entering a boss room also opens a portal to it at the starting point.
Everything above except the party size and the ten-player format is Korean and Taiwanese live-build state. As of October 2, 2026, NCsoft has not published which Sanctuaries are present in the global build at launch on October 5, 2026.
Dungeons for the full ladder. Expedition Dungeons for the five-player tier. Odyle Energy for the entry currency. Gear and Progression for what the drops feed.