AION 2 (global): October 14 Patch Notes – Halloween, Pumpkin Coins and Abyss Fixes

This week’s update for the global version of AION 2 on Steam is all about Halloween. A new event currency, a town merchant, candies scattered around the towns, a batch of spooky cosmetics, plus a handful of class fixes and client-side improvements that should make the Abyss run smoother. Here’s everything that changed, explained in plain language. The patch goes live with this week’s downtime, which we covered in a separate article on the October 14 maintenance.

Shop changes during the server transfer period

While the server transfer period is running, a couple of items move house and one of them gets much more generous limits:

• “Instant Clear Ticket: Daily Dungeon (Bound)” and “Soul Crystal (Bound)” move from [Shop > Wind Breeze Merchants > Special] to [Substance Morph > Special > Wind Breeze Merchants].
• The sales method for “Odyle Energy (Bound)” in [Shop > Wind Breeze Merchants > Special] changes.
• The weekly limit of 16 per server for “Odyle Energy (Bound)” is removed.
• The weekly limit for “Odyle Energy (Bound)” goes from 4/4 to 20/20 per character.
• “Lower Abyss Rift Stone” is purchasable in [Shop > Wind Breeze Merchants > Special] for two weeks.

In practice that means a single character can stock up on far more Odyle Energy than before, because the cap is now tied to the character instead of the server.

Class changes

Only two classes get touched this week, and both entries are bug fixes rather than balance tuning.

Spiritmaster

• Summon: Ancient Spirit – an issue where Ancient Spirit summons at Level 15 or below did not activate their skills properly is fixed.

Sorcerer

• Fire Wall – bonus damage now applies in combat even when there’s a difference in elevation, and your Embers effect is no longer removed by another player’s stronger Embers.
• Cold Storm – same elevation fix for bonus damage, plus your Frostbite is no longer overwritten by another player’s stronger Frostbite.
• Bittercold Wind – the Frost Cooldown Reduction effect now works properly in combat when fighting across different elevations.

If you want the bigger picture of how the classes have been evolving, we also broke down the September 16 class changes.

Halloween event: Trick or Treat

The event runs from after the maintenance on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 (CEST) until before the maintenance on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 (CET). For the Americas that’s after maintenance on Tuesday, October 13 (PDT) through before maintenance on Tuesday, November 3 (PST).

1) Attendance rewards

The <Trick or Treat> Attendance becomes available – check In-game menu – Attendance to see your rewards. You get 35 Halloween Pumpkin Coin (Event) on most days, and 100 on Day 7 and Day 14. Across all 14 days that adds up to 590 coins.

2) Event missions

New missions appear under [Season Mission] > [Event] and each one pays out in Halloween Pumpkin Coin (Event). All of them reset once per week per server:

• [Event] Abyss – hunt 10 monsters in the Abyss – 25 coins
• [Event] Transcendence – clear Transcendence Dungeon once – 25 coins
• [Event] Expedition – clear Expedition Conquest once – 25 coins
• [Event] Ascension Trial – clear Ascension Trial once – 25 coins
• [Event] Nightmare – clear once (any stage) – 25 coins
• [Event] Log in – log in 3 times – 30 coins
• [Event] Obtain Gear – obtain 1 piece of Unique Gear – 20 coins
• [Event] Use a Scroll – use 5 Scrolls – 20 coins
• [Event] Dimensional Invasion – participate once – 20 coins
• [Event] Shugo Festival – participate once – 20 coins

3) Event shop

A Coin Merchant NPC shows up in each town – for Elyos in Verteron (Dawn Legion Base / Zumion Village), for Asmodians in Altgard (Safe Haven / Nornir Assembly). You trade Halloween Pumpkin Coin (Event) for:

• Special Halloween Chest – 250 coins, 1 per server, Lv.10
• Odyle Energy (Bound) – 10 coins, 4 per server per week, Lv.45
• Lower Abyss Rift Stone (Bound) – 30 coins, 2 per server per week, Lv.45
• Skin Chest (10 times) (Bound) – 15 coins, 5 per server per week, Lv.10
• Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound) – 2 coins, 10 per server per week, Lv.10
• Instant Clear Ticket: Daily Dungeon (Bound) – 3 coins, 7 per server per week, Lv.10
• Nightmare Dungeon Challenge Ticket (Bound) – 7 coins, 3 per server per week, Lv.10
• Shugo Festival Reward Key (Bound) – 7 coins, 3 per server per week, Lv.10
• Life Crystal (Bound) – 2 coins, 20 per character, Lv.10
• Halloween Candy (Bound) – 2 coins, 10 per character, Lv.10
• Halloween Cookie (Bound) – 2 coins, 10 per character, Lv.10
• Superior Power Shard (Bound) – 1 coin, no limit, Lv.10

The Special Halloween Chest hands you everything inside at once: Spooky Scary Skeleton (Skin: Breastplate) (Bound) x1 and 10,000 Pet Soul Crystal.

The two consumables are worth keeping on the bar. Halloween Candy (Bound) gives Attack 25, Defense 250, Max Stamina 300 and 40% Natural Stamina Regen for 5 minutes. Halloween Cookie (Bound) gives Max HP 500, Max MP 250, Max Stamina 300 and 40% Natural Stamina Regen for 5 minutes.

4) Candy Keys

Candies are placed throughout the towns and you open them with a “Candy Key” crafted via the Event Substance Morphs. “Candy Key Fragments” drop as rewards for completing Expedition and Transcendence Dungeons.

• Red / Yellow / Blue Candy Key (Event) – 60 Candy Key Fragment (Event) each, 100% success, once per week per server for each color
• Superior Power Shard (Bound) x10 – 1 Candy Key Fragment (Event), 100% success, no limit

Each candy gives you its full contents at once:

• Red Candy – 20x Growth Pet Chest (Bound), 10x Battle Enhance Scroll (Bound), 5x Halloween Candy (Bound), 5x Halloween Cookie (Bound)
• Yellow Candy – 10,000 Abyss Points, 10x Life Crystal (Bound), 5x Halloween Candy (Bound), 5x Halloween Cookie (Bound)
• Blue Candy – 4x Odyle Energy (Bound), 10x Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound), 5x Halloween Candy (Bound), 5x Halloween Cookie (Bound)

Conquerors of the Abyss

A shorter event running from after the maintenance on October 14, 2026 (CEST) until before the maintenance on October 28, 2026 (CET) – in the Americas October 13 through October 27 (PDT). During the event, Abyss Rift Stones can be bought with Kina: Abyss Rift Stone (Event) for 50,000 Kina from Shop > Wind Breeze Merchants > Special, limited to 7 per character per week for characters at Lv. 45 or higher.

New cosmetics in the Shop

All of the paid cosmetics below are sold from after the maintenance on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 (CEST) until before the maintenance on Wednesday, November 25, 2026 (CET); in the Americas the window ends before maintenance on Tuesday, November 24, 2026 (PST). Prices are based on the Purple Store and may vary depending on each store’s policies.

Armor skins

• Monarch of Blood (Skin: Set) – $29.99, includes Breastplate, Greaves, Helm, Gloves, Boots and Cloak, earns 4,350 Mileage
• Midnight Witch (Skin: Set) – $29.99, includes Breastplate, Greaves, Helm, Gloves and Boots, earns 4,350 Mileage
• Midnight Slasher (Skin: Set) – $29.99, same five pieces, earns 4,350 Mileage

You claim the sets in [Shop-Storage] and then find the individual pieces in [Closet – Armor]. None of them can be traded, deleted or stored, but they can be customized.

Weapon skins

The Halloween Night weapon skins cost $11.99 each and earn 1,750 Mileage. Each one is tied to a single class: Greatsword for Gladiator, Longsword for Templar, Dagger for Assassin, Bow for Ranger, Spellbook for Sorcerer, Orb for Spiritmaster, Mace for Cleric and Staff for Chanter. That covers the eight classes the global version launched with – Brawler is not part of the global roster.

Pets and wings

• Pet: Pumpkin Carriage – $19.99, once per server, earns 2,900 Mileage
• Pet: Little Ghost – $19.99, once per server, earns 2,900 Mileage
• Spider Wings – $19.99, once per character, earns 2,900 Mileage

Helms and decor

Eleven decor items and four head pieces land in the Atelier at 300 Quna apiece: Dapper-O’-Lantern (Skin: Helm), Jack-O’-Lantern (Skin: Helm), Face Bandages (Skin: Facewear), Frankenstein Bolts (Skin: Helm), Tears of Blood, Clown Facepaint, Pumpkin Clown, Red Scar Facepaint, Death Mask, Black Cat Facepaint, Vampire Night, Ghost Tattoo and Pumpkin Cutie (all Skin: Eyewear), plus Dracula Fangs and Slasher’s Muzzle (Skin: Facewear). Decor items are limited to once per server.

Improvements

• Two Season Missions now also reward Abyss Entry Stones: Season Missions > Abyss > Weekly > Spend 1 Hour in the Abyss, and Season Missions > Abyss > Weekly > Defeat the Boss Guardian Lord Nahma Once.
• Standard stats in the Battlefield are adjusted to bring combat duration to an appropriate level.
• Stuttering during large-scale battles in the Abyss is reduced.
• An option to invert the Y-axis is added to the Settings menu.
• A system is added to restrict listing gathering materials on the Market based on gameplay history.
• An option to show or hide HP bars is added under the “Show My Nameplate” settings.

Fixes

• Maximum accumulated time for Abyss entry changes to 7 hours.
• Graphics settings being configured incorrectly on PCs with two graphics cards is fixed.
• Crashes at certain refresh rates on 4K monitors are fixed.
• Longer loading times when using the FSR option are fixed.
• Player positions being reset when reconnecting to the network during Shugo Festival is fixed.
• Graphics settings are no longer saved to Steam Cloud.

Where to go next

If you want to compare how fast the global version is moving, take a look at the October 7 patch notes, and we also have a separate piece on the reworked Ludra dungeon.

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