At a glance
- Launch
- October 5, 2026 at 13:00 UTC, after an 8-hour launch maintenance. Founder's Pack early access ran from September 30 (13:00 UTC) to October 4.
- Price
- Free-to-play. Optional purchases: a monthly membership, the Daeva Pass (battle pass) and cosmetics. More below.
- Platforms
- Windows 10/11 PC only, through Steam or NCSOFT's PURPLE launcher. Controllers work but aren't officially supported. No console or mobile version has been announced for Global.
- Level cap
- 45 for Season 1, confirmed on NC's dungeon livestream. The game files contain content up to level 50, but it isn't open.
- Classes
- 8: Gladiator, Templar, Assassin, Ranger, Sorcerer, Spiritmaster, Cleric, Chanter. See the class guides.
- Your progress
- A fresh start. Korean and Taiwanese characters and accounts don't transfer.
- PC specs
- Minimum: Ryzen 5 2600 / Core i5-10500, 8 GB RAM, GTX 1050 Ti. Recommended: Ryzen 7 3700X / Core i7-11700, 16 GB RAM, RTX 2070. 100 GB, SSD recommended.
Resets & maintenance
What resets when
- Daily (07:00 UTC): Nightmare attempts (+2), Duty Missions, Invasion and Shugo Festival keys, daily quests.
- Weekly (Wednesday 07:00 UTC): Daily Dungeon, Ascension Trial, Subjugation, Exploration, raid attempts, boss-kill caps, reward cubes, Abyss time. Unused weekly entries don't carry over. Full list of limits.
- Conquest and Transcendence rewards and Odyle Energy refill on timers (every 8, 12 and 3 hours) instead.
Weekly maintenance
Global's weekly maintenance usually starts Tuesday 23:30 PDT (Wednesday 06:30 UTC) and lasts about 3½–4 hours (longer on Asia servers), so the weekly reset normally happens while servers are down.
NC hasn't published Global's reset time. 07:00 UTC is what players have consistently observed (Korea resets at 05:00 local time instead). Hover any entry counter in game to see its exact "Daily / Weekly recharge in" countdown.
Regions & servers
When you create a character you choose, in order: region → faction → server.
| Region | Server pairs (Oct 7 notice) | Launch pairs (Oct 4) |
|---|---|---|
| Europe | 22 | 9 |
| NA East | 8 | 5 |
| Asia | 8 | 3 |
| Latin America | 6 | 4 |
| NA West | 5 | 3 |
NC keeps adding servers as they fill: 24 pairs at launch, 49 pairs (98 servers) by October 7, and about 53 pairs by October 11. NC says its servers are located in North America, South America, Europe and Japan.
How servers work
- Each server holds one faction. Every Elyos server is paired with an Asmodian server, and that's who you meet in the Abyss and other cross-faction content. NC changes pairings from time to time to keep factions balanced.
- Server names repeat across regions (for example, Kaisinel / Lumiel exists in several), so agree on region, faction and server with friends, not just the name.
- Elyos servers are named after Empyrean Lords such as Kaisinel, Yustiel and Ariel; Asmodian servers after Lords such as Lumiel, Marchutan and Azphel. Europe uses its own names, such as Nania / Hadala.
- Instanced dungeons match players across servers, but don't assume Legions or trading are cross-server.
Server transfers
Free transfers are open for a limited time: October 14–21 for early access servers and October 21–28 for launch servers. You get one move per account (any number of characters), within the same region and faction only. Characters must be level 10+, in a town, and not in a Legion. Transfers can be refused if a server is full.
Elyos or Asmodian
Elyos
Children of the light, from the upper half of Atreia. You start in Poeta and level through Verteron. Wings at level 5.
Asmodians
Hardened by the dark, from the lower half of Atreia. You start in Ishalgen and level through Altgard. Wings at level 6.
Both factions have the same 8 classes and the same progression. The choice decides who you fight in the Abyss and who you can group, trade and chat with, so join the faction your friends or guild are on. There's no faction change, even with a server transfer. Every page of this site can be themed to match yours with the toggle at the top.
Membership & payments
The Special Quai Membership costs about $15 for 30 days (prices vary by region). It covers every character on the server you bought it for, and no other server.
What it unlocks
- The Market and personal trading (5 a day)
- The Kinah–Quna exchange and a members' tab at the Wind Breeze Merchants
- Remote storage
- Odyle Energy cap 840 instead of 560, and extra cube choices
- Abyss time 14 hours a week instead of 7
- Shugo Festival keys: hold 21 instead of 12
Good to know
- Dungeons, raids and PvP don't require it.
- Locking the Market behind it is the most common pay-to-win complaint.
- The 30 days start when you click Activate, not when you buy.
Other purchases are the Daeva Pass (battle pass) and cosmetics.
Languages
- Text and subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Korean, Russian.
- Voice-over: English, Japanese, Korean.
- No Chinese on Global. An April announcement listed 10 languages, but the launch FAQ and Steam list the 8 above.
- There are no official language servers. Language communities gather in Legions and Discord groups instead.
Founder's Packs
| Pack | Price |
|---|---|
| Founder's Pack | $24.99 |
| Deluxe Founder's Pack | $49.99 |
| Ultimate Founder's Pack | $99.99 |
Every tier included the 5-day early access, a starter supply chest, a founder title and 30 days of Special Quai Membership. Since the October 7 patch, founder rewards can be used on any character and server.
The early access is over, so a pack is no longer needed to play and its biggest perk can't be recovered. These prices are historical; check the store before buying anything.
Global vs Korea
Korea and Taiwan launched on November 19, 2025, so most guides online were written for those servers. Global is a separate service with its own patches, so be careful copying from them:
| Global | Korea / Taiwan | |
|---|---|---|
| Classes | 8 | 9 (Brawler added July 1, 2026) |
| Summoner's name | Spiritmaster | Usually "Elementalist" in English guides |
| Level cap | 45 (Season 1) | 50 after Chapter 1 (July 2026) |
| Zones | Poeta, Verteron, Ishalgen, Altgard, Lower Reshanta | Adds Eltnen and Morheim |
| Stigma slots | 4, max level 20 | 6 (since March 2026), max level 25 |
| Hero / Heroic gear | Not in Season 1 | Available |
| Daily reset | 07:00 UTC (observed) | 05:00 local time |
| Platforms | PC | PC, iOS, Android |
Drop rates, costs, shop items, Abyss ranks and siege timers are all set per service. Treat Korean tier lists and builds as a starting point, not a rule.
Sources
- AION 2 on Steam
- Release date and launch time (aion2guide.org)
- Global vs KR/TW differences (aion2guide.org)
- What not to copy from Korean guides (DaevaGuides)
- Servers and regions (timesaver.gg)
- Servers and languages (aion2game.com)
- Launch servers and pairings (aion2hub, from NC's notice)
- Server counts and transfers (Neonsect, from NC's notices)
- Launch maintenance notes (aion2hub)
- October 14 patch notes (aion2hub)
- Entry caps, Odyle Energy and Abyss time (MetaBot.GG)
- Special Quai Membership (Shugo.GG)
- Launch times and Founder's Packs (Insider Gaming)
- Aion 2 (Wikipedia)
- Maintenance and reset times (senseos.gg)
- Livestream: level cap 45, no Heroic items in Season 1 (Playnews)
- Language support (aion2kina)
- Founder's Pack verdict (WikiRealm)
- Global changes: no Heroic gear in Season 1 (MMOEXP)
- Reset times (KeenGamer)