AION 2 (Korea): Nov 4 Patch Plus the Nov 11 Update – Housing, Level 55 and Solo Expeditions

At the first-anniversary event in Seoul on November 8, 2026, NCSOFT showed what’s next for the Korean version: housing, level 55 and a solo mode for every expedition on November 11, followed by a roadmap running into January 2027. The announcement summary comes first, the full November 4 patch follows below.

NCSOFT has published the update notes for the Korean service of AION 2 (the same content also applies in Taiwan), going live after the regular maintenance on Wednesday, November 4, 2026. All times below are in Korea time (KST). This is explicitly the Korean version – the global version runs on its own update schedule, so don’t expect these changes there one to one. If you’re only now looking at the game itself, you’ll find it on the AION 2 page on Steam.

Announced at the anniversary: what arrives on Nov 11 and after

The next big Korean update isn’t Chapter 2 but the second part of Chapter 1, called Boundary of Light and Veil. Elyos and Asmodians push on to the Barrier, and the story beyond it continues in Chapter 2. English names for the new content are unofficial translations from Korean for now and may differ in the English client.

November 11: level 55 and new character progression

• The level cap rises from 50 to 55.
• Daevanion gets a new board with 128 extra points. You can’t fill everything, so you’ll have to choose where the points go.
• Gear breakthrough goes up to stage 7. Stages 6 and 7 use materials from content, and NCSOFT says they won’t add as much power as earlier stages.
• The pendant moves to Hero grade with enhancement up to +20, plus five extra Superior Stigma points.
• A new character growth system built on Transcendence rewards is added.

Expeditions go solo

Every expedition, Hard included, gets a solo mode. Going alone uses one-player stats, while two or more players get five-player stats. Rewards are the same in both modes.

Content on November 11: the reworked Urugugu Canyon of Fanaticism expedition, the new Erakus Ruins Transcendence, a merged Sunken Temple of Life Transcendence, Nightmare V and the Submerged Throne awakening battle.

Housing: a whole estate for a million Kina

• Housing launches on November 11. You get a full private estate with roughly 300 m² of interior space and a garden, not just a house.
• It costs 1,000,000 Kina and the estate is yours permanently. There’s no competing with other players for land.
• 286 kinds of furniture at launch, most of it crafted. Furniture has no combat stats.
• You can invite up to 40 players.
• Furniture dyeing, sitting and lying on furniture and a Legion village come later.

Combat: manual play should beat macros

NCSOFT is reworking combat so well-executed manual play gives roughly 20% more efficiency. That isn’t a flat +20% damage. Macros stay usable, but specializations that reset cooldowns and guaranteed crits on main attacks are going away. Every class gets changes.

Roadmap to January 2027

• Nov 18: one free server transfer per account and the Trust system taken from the global version. We covered how it works on global in our Trust level and market article.
• Dec 2: a limited-time Ludra Challenge based on the global version of Ludra, with higher difficulty and a Ludra pet as a reward. More on Ludra in our Ludra events article.
• Dec 23: the second half of Part 2 with the Void Arkanis expedition, Frostwind Valley Transcendence, Nightmare VI and a Christmas event.
• Jan 20, 2027: the new Ascension Fortress Erek Sanctuary with Ishtar as the boss. Difficulty is picked per boss and a story mode opens a week earlier.
• The Fire Temple Trial grows from 16 to 24 stages. Progression rewards still stop at stage 16, higher stages give honor rewards.
• No date yet: sailing combined with fishing, the Labyrinth solo dungeon, the upper Abyss and new zones. Three collaborations are planned as well, two of them with anime.

For the anniversary every player gets a weapon skin and wings, appearance dyeing gets 50% cheaper and older cosmetics return.

What this means for players

If you play the Korean version, start saving Kina now: a million for housing is a big expense and it arrives on Wednesday. Solo expeditions with the same rewards make farming easier, especially without a fixed group. NCSOFT hasn’t announced a date for any of this on the global version yet, so don’t change your global plans around Korean dates.

The biggest block of changes lands in Abyss Outland, there’s a new color code field in the UI, a Power Shard Chain Use option, two autumn events and a handful of fixes. Here’s everything the patch contains.

Abyss Outland: new times and reworked potions

Entry into Abyss Outland is being pushed back by 10 minutes against the current schedule:

• Before: entry every 30 minutes from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM and from 8:00 PM to 11:30 PM
• Now: entry every 30 minutes from 11:10 AM to 1:40 PM and from 8:10 PM to 11:40 PM

Other changes inside the mode:

• The airship now disappears at the same moment the barrier is lifted after the match starts.
• The poisonous gas in the upper phase appears 30 seconds later.
• The position of the wind stream in the middle layer has been adjusted.
• The 3rd stage poisonous gas now deals the same damage on every floor.
• Stealth (skill) is canceled when you use an attack skill while under the effect of a Stealth (skill) potion.
• The invincibility potion has a shorter invincibility duration, but you can now move and use skills while invincible.

What this means for you

Set your alarms ten minutes later – if you queue by the old schedule, you’ll be standing around waiting. The potion rework changes how consumables are played: Stealth no longer lets you open with an attack skill for free, and the invincibility potion turns from a pure “stand still and survive” button into a shorter but active window where you can keep fighting or reposition. Unified 3rd stage gas damage across all floors also means the upper floors stop being a different kind of risk than the lower ones.

UI: color codes in the palette

The Color Palette UI is getting a field for entering [Standard Color Codes], the kind you can look up on the web. Codes you used before this update can still be entered in the [Existing Color Codes] field. The feature applies in:

• Customization
• Wardrobe
• [Settings] > [Chat Font Color]

In practice, you can now take a hex code found anywhere online and drop it straight into the game instead of hunting for the shade by eye.

Event: Gift at the End of Autumn

An attendance event runs from after the regular maintenance on November 4, 2026 until before the regular maintenance on November 11, 2026. The Attendance Book <Gift at the End of Autumn> opens in the in-game menu and resets daily at 00:00.

• Day 1 – Soul Crystal (Bound) ×20,000
• Day 2 – Dream Fragment Box (Bound) ×10
• Day 3 – Odyle Energy (Bound) ×5
• Day 4 – Centennial Ginseng Token Box (Bound) ×10
• Day 5 – Radiant Odyle (Bound) ×10
• Day 6 – Flame of Succession (Heroic) (Bound) ×5
• Day 7 – Pink Pacifier (Appearance: Face) (Bound) ×1

Since the book resets at midnight, you need to log in on seven separate days to reach the day 7 cosmetic.

Event pass: Crimson Autumn Maple Leaves

A new event pass opens alongside the attendance book.

• Availability period: after the regular maintenance on November 4, 2026 until 05:00 on November 11, 2026
• Subscription period: after the regular maintenance on November 4, 2026 until 05:00 on November 10, 2026
• Activated via [Subscription] – [Daeva Pass] – [Crimson Autumn Maple Leaves], available from character level 10
• Two lines: Basic and Premium. Activating Premium gives you both Basic and Premium rewards.

Both the Basic and the Premium line cost 100,000 Kina and are limited to 1 purchase per server. Premium hands you 5× Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound) immediately on purchase, Basic gives you event coins for completing missions during the availability period.

How the pass levels up

• You earn pass experience by completing missions during the pass period.
• Maximum pass level is 30; each level has a reward.
• Experience earned past level 30 gives repeat rewards, up to 10 times.
• You can buy pass levels for 100,000 Kina per level.
• Experience sources: 1 hour of accumulated character login time = 500 XP, clearing Expedition or Transcendence once = 100 XP. The daily cap is 1,000 XP per server.

Pass rewards

The Basic line gives 5× Red Maple Leaf (Event) at every level from 1 to 30. The Premium line rotates on a nine-level cycle:

• Levels 1, 11, 21 – Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound) ×5
• Levels 2, 12, 22 – Artisan’s Roasted Fogus (Bound) ×5
• Levels 3, 13, 23 – Enchantment Stone ×10,000
• Levels 4, 14, 24 – Clash Rune Box (Bound) ×5
• Levels 5, 15, 25 – Soul Crystal (Bound) ×5,000
• Levels 6, 16, 26 – Artisan’s Wind Breeze Special Tea (Bound) ×5
• Levels 7, 17, 27 – Superior Power Shard (Bound) ×2,000
• Levels 8, 18, 28 – Life Crystal (Bound) ×5
• Levels 9, 19, 29 – Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound) ×5
• Level 10 and level 30 – Odyle Energy (Bound) ×2
• Level 20 – Shining Skin Box (10 times) (Bound) ×5
• Repeat levels – Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound) ×5

What this means for you

With a daily cap of 1,000 XP per server, the pass is a long-haul grind rather than a weekend sprint – logging in and clearing Expedition or Transcendence is the daily routine. If you fall behind, levels can be bought with Kina. And watch the dates: subscription closes a full day before the pass itself ends.

Red Maple Leaf exchanges

Material transmutation formulas for Red Maple Leaf (Event) are being added for the duration of the event. Most of them cost 25 leaves and are limited to one use per server:

• Artisan’s Ultimate Refining Stone (Bound) ×3 – 25 leaves
• Radiant Odyle (Bound) ×3 – 25 leaves
• Superior Manastone (Bound) ×10 – 25 leaves
• Superior Soulstone (Bound) ×10 – 25 leaves
• Amplify Stone (Heroic) (Bound) ×10 – 25 leaves
• Instant Completion Ticket: Daily Dungeon (Bound) ×10 – 25 leaves
• Superior Power Shard (Bound) ×10 – 1 leaf

Once the event period ends, the mission currency is deleted from your inventory – so spend your leaves before the deadline instead of hoarding them.

Halloween event has ended

With the Halloween event over, the related event items and material transmutation formulas are being deleted, and the enhancement stone reward amount for the Odyle Energy Cube reverts to its original state. We covered the global version’s take on Halloween in a separate October 14 patch notes article.

Other improvements

• Acquisition Source: when the Expedition acquisition source is [Conquering], the difficulty information is now displayed separately.
• Acquisition source info is now shown for Superior Training Arcana.
• Acquisition source info is now shown for items obtainable from Season Mission [Event].
• Power Shard Chain Use: a new feature for consecutive use of Power Shards of the same grade. Untradeable shards are consumed first, then tradeable ones. Chaining happens only within the same grade – the game will not switch to a different grade on its own. You configure it in Settings > Combat > Auto-Use > Item > ‘Power Shard Chain Use’.

What this means for you

Power Shard Chain Use removes one of the most annoying micro-chores of longer fights – you stop re-equipping shards every time a stack runs out. Since untradeable shards are used first, your tradeable stock stays untouched longer.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where targets afflicted with Frost Bind could use Defiance to move and use skills under specific conditions during the fight with the boss Deltras in the Sanctuary Snowfield of Sorrow.
• Fixed incorrectly applied damage from the Flame Bomb in Abyss Outland.

Where to next

If you play the global version instead, the changes above don’t apply to you – for that one, check our November 4 global patch article. Server transfers in the global version have their own transfer guide, and everything else we’ve written about the game is collected in the AION 2 news section.

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