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Dungeon Rewards

• Conquest weekly reward runs: 14 → 21 | Transcendence: 7 → 14
• Kinah rewards increased for select Tier 4/5 Conquest dungeons
• Wind Breeze Merchants Special shop overhauled — Odyle Energy (Bound) now has a per-character weekly limit (4) in addition to per-server (16)

New Transcendence: Mirror of Crimson Longing

• 4-stage instance with entry item level 3,200/3,500/3,800/4,000
• Main boss: Kromede's Abyss; additional bosses: Lomstino and Rothar
• Kinah rewards: ~750k / ~850k / ~1M / ~1.2M per stage (per Odyle Energy Cube)
• Key drops: Season 3 Arcana, Fragment of Crimson Longing, Yustiel's Trace fragment, Rampaging Terror Apparition (Bound, Stages 2–4), Noble Crystal: Fragment (Bound)
• Appearance system: collect Fragments → Morph into Mirror of Crimson Longing Appearance Selection Box (Bound)

New Arcana

• Season 3 Arcana sets added: Punishment, Protection, Indomitable
• New Arcana Crystal: Noble Crystal (Bound) and Noble Crystal: Fragment (Bound)
• Season 1 & 2 Arcana can now extract Mysterious Crystal (Bound); Season 3 extracts Noble Crystal (Bound)
• Mysterious or Harmonious Crystal can be Morphed into Noble Crystal
• Set bonuses at 2-piece and 4-piece — highlights include PvE Attack, Protective Shield proc, and PvP Damage Tolerance on Status Effect hit

May 27 Update: Sanctuary: Muspell's Chalice

• Dragon Spear / Dragon Slayer King weapon & gatherer recipes arriving May 27; armor & accessories to follow
• New equipment slot: Brooch
• Hero item succession recipe update planned
• New Eungryong/Giryong → Brilliant Conversion Recipe added

Combat Changes

• Tenacity: can no longer be removed by Beneficial Effect Removal skills; Status Effect Resist +100% changed to full Status Effect Immunity
• Long list of skills (including Comrade in Arms, Second Skin, Hibernation, Arctic Armor, Barrier Spell, Yustiel's Power, etc.) are now unaffected by cooldown increase effects
• Impact-type Chance on Gatherer gear Soul Imprints changed to Status Effect Chance

Sorcerer Changes

• Arctic Armor: new Mana Conversion effect at 50%+ MP; Lv.2 and Lv.3 specializations reworked
• Element Enhancement: animation accelerated, effect applies instantly
• Soul Freeze: animation accelerated
• Steel Barrier: adds Stamina +300 on shield expiry
• Frost Burst (Mastery): no longer removes Frost on hit; PvP damage +20%; specs 4 and 5 reworked
• Frost (Mastery): Spec 4 Frost Chance 20% → 25%
• Firestorm (Mastery): Spec 3 changed to Incoming Heal -50%; projectile cancel bug fixed
• Hellfire: projectile speed increased
• Grace of Enhancement: passive trigger threshold 50% MP → 25% MP

New Daily Dungeon: Crobakhi's Secret Vault

• Dodge bombs and collect coins in up to 40 seconds
• Reward: 300,000 Kinah (Bound) based on highest score

Other Improvements

• Boss rear indicator added for Conquest/Transcendence/Sanctuary (toggle in Settings)
• 7 new emblems added
• Shugo Festa key charge count now displayed in UI
• World map boss tooltips now show all possible drops
• Abyss: Crafting UI disabled inside; PvP kills near Rift Cores/bosses now grant small contribution; class-based rewards planned
• Sanctuary lobby UI now shows Spirit Stone quantities; resurrection counts now visible in-combat
• HUD Edit: preview mode, snap-to-grid, undo/redo, padding settings added
• Buff display expanded to 28 buffs/debuffs, resizable via HUD Edit
• Succession Crafting now has its own tab; Bound/non-Bound gear shown together in material selection
• Mini/Popup chat: clicking a username now opens interaction menu
• Membership users: Odyle Energy Cube default opens at 2

Server Matchups (effective after May 13 maintenance)

• New Season 3 Chaotic Abyss and Rift matchups announced — 18 groups each

Events & IRL

• Dye Discount Event ends May 13 maintenance
• AION2 Showcase: June 14 at Mayfield Hotel Ballroom, Seoul — applications open May 12–25, 75 Elyos + 75 Asmodians selected by lottery

Note: Some dungeon and boss names are unverified fan translations pending official EN localization. Join the AION2 Community Discord for the latest news, notes, and discussions!