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Update History
September 27, 2026 at 06:10 PM
Added the scheduled advance-access pre-download date to the global launch timeline
AION 2 runs two schedules. The Korean and Taiwanese service has been live since November 19, 2025 and patches weekly, on Wednesdays. The global service has been running a publication schedule rather than a patch schedule, and launches on October 5, 2026.
This page indexes the major beats. Weekly balance passes and event rotations are not listed individually; the pages for each system carry their own change histories.
NCsoft used numbered Seasons through the first half of 2026 and then stopped. From the June 14, 2026 showcase onward, updates are grouped into larger Chapters, each rolled out in parts. What would have been Season 4 became Chapter 1.
Date | Update | What it added |
|---|---|---|
November 19, 2025 | Launch | The game shipped in Korea and Taiwan, on PC and mobile, with eight classes |
February 25, 2026 | 100-day mark | Anniversary content |
April 8, 2026 | Season 3 | Phantom Corridor Expedition, Succession Crafting , the Daevanian Yustiel board, the Pantheon accessory preset, and an overhaul of the Abyss layer that added the middle layer |
April 22, 2026 | Season 3 | Island of Blue Breath Expedition |
May 13, 2026 | Season 3 | Mirror of Scarlet Desire, a four-stage Transcendence dungeon |
May 27, 2026 | Season 3 | Chalice of Muspel Sanctuary , the Brooch equipment slot, wing enhancement, and four new middle-layer Abyss zones |
June 14, 2026 | AION2 Summer Festa | A Seoul showcase for an invited audience plus a broadcast. Revealed the ninth class and the Chapter 1 roadmap, and announced the membership overhaul. |
June 17, 2026 | Patch | The three memberships were consolidated into one. Added the Abyss Rift Zone, a large faction-versus-faction event fought over field bosses. |
July 1, 2026 | Chapter 1. Lands of Sand and Snow | The largest update so far. See below. |
July 22 to 28, 2026 | Service | The first paid character server transfer window |
July 29, 2026 | Patch | Pet auto-pickup, a main-menu character switch, and season missions tied to Trials |
August 12, 2026 | Chapter 1, part two | The Corroded Deus Research Base Expedition, the Noiran's Hidden Legacy Transcendence dungeon, the Dice and Lantern Arcana slots, a new Draconic accessory tier, and the healing rework on Cleric and Chanter |
September 2, 2026 | Patch | Spacetime Rift: Domination, the open-map stronghold mode fought in Verteron and Altgard |
September 9, 2026 | Chapter 1 finale | A new Sanctuary at the highest item-level gate in the game, the Seal equipment slot, the Sanctuary Hall of Fame, a player commendation system and a streamer mode |
September 16, 2026 | Patch | Higher PvE damage amplification on Abyss equipment set bonuses, new top-grade Abyss weapons and guards, lower boss health on the Easy mode of the newest Sanctuary, and a round of class fixes |
September 23, 2026 | Patch | The Trial rotated to a new instance at the item level 4,800 gate, an Abyss buff that replaces several older buffs while a field boss is up, automatic tuning for Soul Binding, a skin preview in the shop, new character customization presets, and holiday events running into late October |
The July 1, 2026 update is the dividing line for almost every number on this wiki. Anything written before it about level caps, party sizes or dungeon entry is stale.
Area | Change |
|---|---|
Class | Added the Brawler , a gauntlet-wielding ninth class, with a free character slot for every account |
Level | Raised the cap from 45 to 50 |
Raised the skill cap from 20 to 25, added Advanced Stigma Shards, added a sixth slot at level 50 and made resets free | |
Party | Raised parties from four to five and forces to twenty. Expedition and Transcendence became five-player, Sanctuary ten-player. |
Entry | Removed Expedition and Transcendence entry tickets in favour of Odyle Energy , and deleted existing tickets |
Regions | Added Eltnen for the Elyos and Morheim for the Asmodian, reached by portals from the starting territories |
Gear | Added the Pendant slot, raised Amulet and Belt to a new grade, added a Stats Arcana slot and expanded the Daevanion board |
PvE | Citadel of the Fallen Daeva, Abyssal Horn Den, the Trials custom-difficulty mode, and a new solo-ladder layer |
PvP | Chaotic Upper Reshanta, Battlefield: Siege, Spacetime Rift: Domination and Outland |
Stats | Added the directional Frontal stat family and removed several stat caps |
Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
April 21, 2026 | NCsoft announced the global service, naming four server regions and eight languages |
June 5, 2026 | A new trailer at Summer Game Fest, with the launch window narrowed to September 2026 |
July 8, 2026 | The global site opened, and NCsoft published the business model |
July 17, 2026 | NCsoft published how servers would work at launch |
July 22, 2026 | Founder's Packs went on sale |
August 7, 2026 | The first global livestream |
August 21, 2026 | Every Founder's Pack tier gained 30 days of Membership, applied retroactively |
August 25, 2026 | A trailer at Opening Night Live, and the launch date set for October 5, 2026 |
August 26, 2026 | The Launch Scale Test was announced |
September 17 to 18, 2026 | The Launch Scale Test ran, free and open to everyone. Its closing notice disabled direct player-to-player trading as an anti-bot measure and added a priority queue for Membership holders |
September 30, 2026 | Advance access opens for Founder's Pack holders, for five days, and the two-week War for Atreia creator event begins; pre-download for it is scheduled to open two days earlier, on September 28 at 6:00 AM PDT |
October 5, 2026 | Free-to-play launch, simultaneous across every region |
The global build starts behind the Korean and Taiwanese one and NCsoft has said it will pace the backlog out on data and feedback rather than on a fixed schedule. As of September 27, 2026 neither the storefront news feed nor the global support FAQ has said which of the updates above are present in the global build at launch. Assume nothing on this page from July 1, 2026 onward is in the global launch build until NCsoft says so.
AION 2 Overview · Global Launch and Platforms · Chapter 1. Lands of Sand and Snow · Dungeons · Classes