AION 2 GUIDESWestern release 30 September 2026

This content is live on the Korean and Taiwanese service. It is not yet available in the Western release.

The Western release opens on 30 September 2026. NCSOFT has not stated which Korean content will be present at that launch.

Mirror of Scarlet Desire added

UpdatesLast checked 2026-08-16Korea and Taiwan since 19 November 2025
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What was announced

The update of 13 May 2026 doubled how much the endgame pays. NCSOFT released the Transcendence dungeon Mirror of Scarlet Desire, at a published minimum item level of 3,200, and expanded the weekly reward count for Expedition and Transcendence content "from 7 to 14". It added three Arcana sets, a daily dungeon built as a 40-second mini-game, and announced a June showcase. It has not been announced for the Western release.

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Where it sits in the record

This release delivered "New Transcendence content Mirror of Scarlet Desire… alongside new Arcana sets", set "within a fantastical space born from love within the shattered fragments of Kromede" — the same Kromede NCSOFT showed as the Fire Temple boss in August 2025. The three Arcana sets are "Punishing Overture, Protected Soul, and Indomitable Dedication". It also added "A new daily dungeon, Crobahki’s Secret Depository", where "players have up to 40 seconds to avoid bombs and collect coins, earning Kina as a reward".

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What it actually changed

The reward change is the practical one: weekly reward counts for Expedition and Transcendence content went "from 7 to 14", and Kina rewards were enhanced for "Tier 4 Expedition content, including Dying Dramata’s nest, and Tier 5 Expedition content, including Hall of Illusion". That last phrase is the only public ordering of Expedition dungeons against one another this site has found. On the Arcana side, Protected Soul "increases Restoration by 5%" and Indomitable Dedication "increases Weapon Damage Tolerance by 5%".

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What to be careful with

Before anything else: this update applies to the Korean service, and NCSOFT has published nothing about its state at the Western launch of 30 September 2026. The mistake to avoid is reading a doubled weekly reward count as a permanent generosity: it is a dated change to a live service, and nothing says it survives to another region or another season. What is durable here is the tier information — Dying Dramata’s Nest at Tier 4, Hall of Illusion at Tier 5 — because it orders content rather than tuning it, and no community guide is needed to establish it.

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Source

The proof

NCSOFT press release, 2026-05-13 — a new Transcendence dungeon, new Arcana sets, a daily dungeon, and increased weekly rewards — read 2026-05-13.