AION 2 News and Patch Notes: Maintenance, Events and Updates

Latest AION 2 updates

Each entry sums up one of NC's posts in our own words and links to the original. We add new ones the day NC posts them; last checked October 12, 2026.

1. October 11, 2026 · Notice

   4,996 accounts restricted for bots and gold farming

   • NC restricted 4,996 accounts on October 10 at 23:00 PDT for gold farming and bots, unauthorized programs and real-money trading.
   • NC says normal play, long grinding sessions included, is not affected.
   • A few other accounts were locked for a while because of a risky login, which NC says is a protection, not a penalty. Customer Support handles appeals and unlocks.

   NC's post

2. October 9, 2026 · Servers

   New NA East servers: Hithanya and Nemon

   • A new Elyos and Asmodian pair opened in NA East.

   NC's post · Full server list

3. October 9, 2026 · Notice

   Server transfer rules and products

   • NC posted the transfer Q&A: transfers are free, within the same region and faction, once per account, from October 13 to 27.
   • Extra character slots on the new server cost 1,000 Quna each.

   NC's post · Server transfer planner

4. October 8, 2026 · Maintenance

   Short maintenance: faster quest wings

   • A 1 hour 30 minute maintenance started on October 8 at 23:30 PDT to stabilize the servers.
   • The four wings you get from quests fly further: Daeva's Lesser Wings went from 2,000 to 2,500 Flight Power, and the Intermediate, Superior and Ultimate Wings from 500 to 1,000.
   • Every player was sent a Special Daeva Supply chest to claim within 7 days.

   NC's post

5. October 8, 2026 · Outage

   EU cloud outage, and what affected players get

   • A cloud service outage hit 21 EU servers (10 Elyos, 11 Asmodian); NC later marked it resolved.
   • Players on those servers get a Special Daeva Supply chest by mail: 20 Life Crystals, 10 Resurrection Spiritstones, 20 Battle Enhance Scrolls, 5 Content Usage Ticket Selection Chests and 5 Odyle Energy, all bound.
   • Players with an active Membership get one extra day of it, and players with pet auto loot one extra day of that, in the next maintenance.

   NC's post

6. October 8, 2026 · Servers

   New Europe servers: Nathara and Tassin

   • A new Elyos and Asmodian pair opened in Europe at 09:00 PDT.

   NC's post · Full server list

7. October 8, 2026 · Milestone

   400K+ concurrent users and No. 1 on Steam

   • NC's official X account thanked players for more than 400,000 concurrent users and said AION 2 had reached No. 1 on Steam's Global Top Sellers.

   NC's post · Live AION 2 player count

8. October 6, 2026 · Patch

   First patch after launch

   • Maintenance started on October 6 at 23:30 PDT and took 3 hours 30 minutes (5 hours 30 minutes on Asia servers).
   • Founder's Pack owners can use their skins, titles and other pack items on every character and server, and get any pack items they are missing for free from a dedicated shop.
   • Morphing Sealed Wings into Enhance Stones is now limited to 20 per server each week.
   • Raw Leather drops more often from monsters in Chaotic Lower Reshanta, Verteron and Altgard.
   • Wind Breeze Merchants now sell the Resurrection Spiritstone (Season 1) for 25,000 Kina, up to 10 a week per server, until the maintenance on December 15.
   • You can now place up to 30 map pins.

   NC's post

9. October 5, 2026 · Servers

   Four new Europe server pairs on launch day

   • NC's server notice lists four Europe pairs added on October 5: Ishtar and Fafnir, Tiamat and Indnath, Gauss and Agnita, and Lamuatan and Atiel.
   • An October 5 post on NC's X account also announced a Europe pair named Poeta and Ishalgen; NC's server notice lists no servers by those names.

   NC's post · Full server list

10. October 5, 2026 · Gift

    Free Customization Voucher for every player

    • Every player received a bound Customization Voucher for changing their character's look.

    NC's post

11. October 5, 2026 · Milestone

    300,000 and then 400,000 active users

    • NC marked both milestones on launch day with a gift for every player: 15 Artisan's Roasted Fogus, then 15 Resurrection Spiritstones, all bound.

    NC's post · Live AION 2 player count

12. October 5, 2026 · Launch

    AION 2 launches worldwide

    • The global version opened at 6 AM PDT, free to play on Steam and NC's PURPLE launcher.

    NC's post · Release date and timeline

Where NC posts AION 2 news

NC announces maintenance, patch notes and events in the news section of the AION 2 Steam page and on its own website, and shorter news on its official X account. Times are given in Pacific time and Central European time, and Asia servers can take longer to come back, as in the first patch above. For the moves this month, see the AION 2 server transfer planner; for how busy the game is right now, the live player count.

AION 2 news FAQ

When does the AION 2 Halloween event start?

NC has not announced dates yet. NC named an upcoming Halloween event as a topic of its October 8 Beyond the Abyss live stream.

What changed in the AION 2 patch of October 6, 2026?

Founder's Pack owners can use their skins, titles and other pack items on every character and server, and get any pack items they are missing for free from a dedicated shop. Morphing Sealed Wings into Enhance Stones is now limited to 20 per server each week. Raw Leather drops more often from monsters in Chaotic Lower Reshanta, Verteron and Altgard.

What did EU players get for the October 8, 2026 outage?

Players on those servers get a Special Daeva Supply chest by mail: 20 Life Crystals, 10 Resurrection Spiritstones, 20 Battle Enhance Scrolls, 5 Content Usage Ticket Selection Chests and 5 Odyle Energy, all bound. Players with an active Membership get one extra day of it, and players with pet auto loot one extra day of that, in the next maintenance.