How the Shugo Festival works
- A round starts every hour at :00, in every time zone. Sign-up stays open for 3 minutes; then the round runs for 2:55 to 5:00 minutes, depending on the minigame.
- One minigame is drawn for each round, so the game changes every hour.
- Taking part is free. Everyone who plays gets a reward, with more for a better rank.
- Half an hour later, at :30, comes the Dimensional Invasion, an open-world defense event with the same 3-minute entry.
How to unlock the Shugo Festival
The festival opens from around level 10, once you finish a quest in Verteron and Altgard: Visions in Smoke on the Elyos side. The Asmodian quest is probably Urgent Pursuit (not confirmed yet). After that, a Shugo icon next to the minimap shows the timer; click it to sign up while the 3 minutes are running.
All 9 Shugo Festival minigames
| Minigame | Length | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| Jump Jump | 2:55 | Dodge the lasers and touch balloons for points; a laser hit costs points. |
| Wraith Evasion | 5:00 | Collect Odyle Drops while staying away from the wraiths. Anyone caught turns into a wraith. |
| Mysterious Track | 5:00 | A race on mounted pets: dodge the obstacles and pick up speed boosts. |
| Hidden Lugi | 3:30 | Shugos hunt players disguised as Lugi, who collect Odyle Drops. Needs at least 2 players. |
| Odyle Flight Frenzy | 3:30 | Fly to collect Odyle Drops, and pass through the flight rings for speed. |
| Goldrin's Treasure | 3:50 | Find and open treasure chests; beams of light point the way. |
| Defend Shugo Merchants | 5:00 | Hold off waves of enemies; Petrification Chests stop them in their tracks. |
| Up! Up! Up! | 5:00 | Climb moving platforms as a Gravi. Reach the first checkpoint to earn a reward. |
| Not This Tile? | 3:15 | Memorize tile colors and paths, then repeat them over 8 rounds. |
Shugo Festival Reward Keys
You get 3 Reward Keys a day, added at 07:00 UTC (the daily reset), and can save up to 12, or 21 with a Membership. Keys stop piling up at the cap, so spend them before they overflow. With no keys left you can still play for the common reward.
Shugo Festival rewards
Everyone who takes part gets a common package of Centuryroot Tokens, Enhance Stones and gear, plus extra rewards by rank. Higher brackets add Soul Codex (Bound), Abyss Points and a chance at a Resurrection Spiritstone.
Spending a Reward Key opens a second, bigger package on top: more Enhance Stones, Soul Codex, Abyss Points and Unique or Epic gear in the top brackets.
Rewards follow your level, in 9 brackets: 10–15, 16–20, 21–25, 26–30, 31–35, 36–40, 41–44, 45–49, 50. Centuryroot Tokens buy items in the Festival Shop: Main Menu, then Shugo Festival.
The other hourly events
The Shugo Festival is one of several timed events. The AION 2 timers page counts down to the Spacetime Rift, the Artifact Siege and the daily and weekly resets, and the AION 2 world boss timer tracks the field bosses.
How we checked this
NC has not published the festival's rules. The hourly start and the 3-minute entry match our timers page. Checked on October 24, 2026.
AION 2 Shugo Festival FAQ
- When is the Shugo Festival in AION 2?
- Every hour, on the hour, around the clock. Sign-up stays open for 3 minutes after the hour, and a round lasts 2:55 to 5:00 minutes.
- How do you unlock the Shugo Festival?
- From around level 10, through a quest: Visions in Smoke for Elyos. The Asmodian quest is probably Urgent Pursuit (not confirmed yet). Once it is done, the festival shows up next to your minimap.
- How many Shugo Festival Reward Keys do you get?
- 3 a day, added at 07:00 UTC, up to 12 saved (21 with a Membership). You can play without keys; a key only opens the bigger reward package after a round.
- How many Shugo Festival minigames are there?
- 9, and one is drawn for each round: Jump Jump, Wraith Evasion, Mysterious Track, Hidden Lugi, Odyle Flight Frenzy, Goldrin's Treasure, Defend Shugo Merchants, Up! Up! Up!, Not This Tile?.
Sources
Checked against NC's official posts on October 24, 2026. NC has not published the festival's rules.
