On Sunday, October 11, 2026, NCSOFT restricted 4,996 accounts in the global version of AION 2. The reasons are bots, gold farming, unauthorized programs and selling Kinah for real money (RMT), plus trading patterns that were wrecking the server economy. If all you do is grind for hours, this does not concern you. The announcement says outright that long play sessions are not a reason for a penalty and that every restriction went through a review first.
What is going on around that number is more interesting than the number itself. According to what we hear behind the scenes, most of the work was done by the Trust Level system the global version introduced, and bot operators are moving to a different product: boosting directly on a player’s account. That is exactly where the next ban waves are aimed.
What NCSOFT announced
- When: October 10, 2026 at 23:00 PDT, which is October 11 at 08:00 CEST
- How many accounts: 4,996
- For what: macros, bots and other unauthorized programs, organized Kinah farming for sale (RMT) and abnormal trading that disrupts the economy
- Based on: the sanctions table in the Operation Policy for the global version
Separately from the bans, a small number of accounts received a temporary security lock. It triggers when someone logs in from a device or connection that looks like a possible account takeover. The lock is not a penalty. It protects your characters and inventory until the situation is verified. Customer Support at help.plaync.com removes it, and the same team handles bans you believe were a mistake. Every request is reviewed individually.
Trust Level did most of the work
The global version launched with something Korea and Taiwan did not have at the start: the Trust Level system, which limits trading based on how trustworthy an account is. We described it after the scale test in September, and back then nobody knew how well it would hold up on live servers.
According to our information, it worked on most bots. A fresh account with no history simply cannot sell Kinah, so the classic model of a thousand accounts farming and one account reselling breaks right at the start. Some of the smarter operators found a way to bend the rule, which is why bots have not vanished entirely. Statistically, though, the global version runs with roughly 67 % fewer bots than the number that was ruining the economy on Korean and Taiwanese servers. For you that means steadier broker prices and fewer offers to buy Kinah, which is a path to a ban anyway. Our Kinah guide explains how the server economy works.
Bots turned into account-sharing boosts
When Kinah cannot be sold, time gets sold instead. Players now buy boosting directly on their own account: they hand their login details to a stranger, who runs a bot on their character to gather materials or kill open-world monsters all night. In the morning the player has a full inventory and the feeling that nothing was broken, because nothing was bought on the black market.
Bot detection, however, does not care who is sitting at the keyboard. It looks for behavior patterns: the same route for twelve hours, millisecond reactions, zero communication. A bot on your account looks exactly the same in the data as a bot on a farm account, and the ban lands on your account, not on the service that ran it. Add the risk that a stranger with your password sells off your inventory or, by logging in from another country, triggers the security lock mentioned above.
What NCSOFT will do next
According to our information, NCSOFT will not treat account-sharing boosts as a separate problem and is not building a dedicated system against account sharing. Instead it will keep adjusting the way it identifies bot behavior, and accounts matching that pattern will keep getting banned in waves like today’s. The 4,996 accounts are therefore also a warning to everyone who paid for a boost: in the next wave their account can be on the list, no matter how many hundreds of hours or which Founder’s Pack is on it.
What this means for you
- Do not give your login details to anyone, not even a legion mate who will „just farm overnight“. To detection it is a bot on your account.
- Do not buy Kinah for real money. Seller and buyer fall under the same line of the sanctions table.
- Long grinds are fine. The announcement says so explicitly and restrictions go through a review.
- If you cannot log in and broke no rules, it is most likely a security lock. Contact support and they unlock it after verification.
- A ban you consider a mistake should go to a support ticket as soon as possible. NCSOFT promises to review each request individually.
Honest hours can be worn outside the game too: the GamersTogether shop carries AION 2 merch with Elyos and Asmodian designs.
Where to go next
Earlier announcements for the global version are collected in our AION 2 news section and all walkthroughs live in the AION 2 guides. If you are only considering the game, it is on the AION 2 Steam page.
FAQ
NCSOFT restricted 4,996 accounts in the global version on October 10, 2026 at 23:00 PDT, which is October 11 at 08:00 CEST. The reasons are bots, gold farming, unauthorized programs, RMT and trading that disrupts the economy.
No. The announcement states explicitly that normal play, including long grinding sessions, is not affected. Every restriction is reviewed against the Operation Policy first.
A temporary lock triggers when a login comes from a device or connection that looks like a possible account takeover. It is not a penalty. Customer Support at help.plaync.com removes it once you confirm you own the account.
Yes. Detection watches the character’s behavior, not who is logged in. A bot gathering materials or killing monsters on your account looks the same in the data as a farm bot, and the ban lands on your account. You are also handing a stranger the password to your inventory.
According to our information yes, roughly 67 % fewer. The main reason is the Trust Level system, which limits trading for new accounts with no history, so farmed Kinah cannot easily be resold.
Submit a ticket to Customer Support at help.plaync.com as soon as possible. NCSOFT says every request is reviewed individually.