Aion Classic 2.5 Update: A Daeva’s Counterattack Patch Notes

Update Arrival: February 15, 2023 

It’s time for the next chapter of Aion Classic! Learn more about the dark fallout from Tiamat’s schemes by exploring Tempus Lab, test your skills in Empyrean Crucible and the Crucible Challenge, improve your gear with item conditioning, and explore everything the newest update has to offer.  

  

Official 2.5 Patch Notes 

 

[Instance Dungeon] 

• A dungeon of many secrets for you to unearth, Tempus Lab is an experiment that involves Siel’s Relics’.  
• Tempus Lab is divided into three parts: the Research Center, the Prototype Prison, and the Tempus Production Chamber. 
• The Research Center is the base for Tempus Drana research and is a facade meant to trick enemies. It is a region where Dracuni and Drakan study Drana. 
• Prototype Prison contains those being utilized as test subjects to experiment with the effects of time control from the devices created at Tempus Lab.The Tempus Production Chamber is a place that mass produces the time control devices, and many Drakan researchers study the mass production of time control devices here.

• New instance dungeon ‘Tempus Lab’ has been added. 
• Elyos must complete the ‘ A Moment in Time’ mission and Asmodians must complete the ‘ Time Seized’ mission to enter. 
• Rewards can be obtained according to the score obtained in the instance. 

Entry Location	Entry Members	Entry Level	Entry Number	Reset Time
Elyos: Inggison (Mount Marut, Weeping Valley)  Asmodian: Gelkmaros (Nunglark Ruins, Marayas Wilds)	1	55	Once per week	Every Wednesday 9AM

• New instance dungeon Ashikar Legion Hideout has been added. 

Entry Location	Entry Members	Entry Level	Entry Number	Reset Time
Elyos: Inggison (Mephistis Farm)  Asmodian: Gelkmaros (Marayas Scrubland)	2 ~ 3	51 ~ 55	Once per week	Every Wednesday 9AM

• ‘Stormwing’s Essence’ has been added to Beshmundir Temple (Hard), and after obtaining 7, a ‘Fine Stormwing’s Box’ can be crafted through the Weaponcraft Design. 
• ‘Stormwing’s Essence’ cannot be obtained in the (Easy) instance. 
• The Crafting Design is sold by the Weaponsmith. 
• Crafting 'Fine Stormwing’s Box' has a chance to fail at a very low rate. 
• 'Stormwing’s Essence' and 'Faint Stormwing’s Essence' can be obtained from 'Fine Stormwing’s Box' based on set rate. 
• If you get a Critical Success while crafting the 'Fine Stormwing’s Box', you can craft a ‘Beshmundir Temple Hero’s Weapon Selection Box’. 
• You can craft a ‘Beshmundir Temple Hero’s Weapon Selection Box’ with their Weaponcraft Design by gathering 20x Faint Stormwing’s Box through ‘Fine Stormwing’s Box’. 
• The Crafting Design is sold by the Weaponsmith. 
• It is possible to fail when crafting 'Beshmundir Temple Hero Weapon Selection Box' at a very low rate. 
• The locations to acquire some Stormwing equipment in Beshmundir Temple were changed. 

Equipment	Original Acquisition Location	Changed Acquisition Location
Stormwing’s Shoes Stormwing’s Boots  Stormwing’s Brogans  Stormwing’s Sabatons	Ahbana the Wicked	Manadar
Stormwing’s Gloves  Stormwing’s Vambrace  Stormwing’s Handguards  Stormwing’s Gauntlets	Macunbello	The Plaguebearer
Stormwing’s Pauldrons  Stormwing’s Shoulderguards  Stormwing’s Spaulders  Stormwing’s Shoulderplates	Dorakiki the Bold	Thurzon the Undying Taros Lifebane

• Increased the rate of obtaining Beshmundir Temple’s Stormwing Equipment. 
• Changed so that ‘5x Platinum Medal Fragments’ are obtained instead of ‘1x Sapphire Medal’ from the Esoterrace Reward Box. 
• Slightly raised Chantra Dredgion’s battle end rewards. 
• The rate of obtaining a lv. 37 Stigma by killing ‘Shadow Judge Kaliga’ and ‘Kaliga the Unjust’ in the ‘Nightmare’ instance has been increased to 100%. 
• The rate of obtaining lv. 48-50 Stigmas by killing ‘Brass-Eye Grogget’ in the ‘Steel Rake’ instance has been increased to 100%.  
• The item acquisition rates will be adjusted if the level gap between character and monster is 8 levels or higher. 
• The stats of Neonate Drakan, Hatched Veteran Drakan in Padmarashka's Cave have been adjusted. 
• A new instanced dungeon ‘Empyrean Crucible’ has been added. 

•  TheCrucible Academy is a lifelong training camp where Empyreans teach their Daevas the Daevanian virtues and qualities, including combat techniques and more. 
• It was designed to be open only to the Daevas who belong to the corresponding Academy, but some of the Kaisinel Academy and Marchutan Priory are now open to train all Daevas. The Empyrean Crucible can be entered via the Kaisinel Academy or Marchutan Priory and is PvE. 
• The ‘Empyrean Crucible’ is an instanced dungeon that challenges Group Members to work together to kill monsters that appear periodically in a circular stadium. 
• The ‘Empyrean Crucible’ does not have an entry quest and is open to any lv. 50+ characters that are in a Group.  

Entrance Location	Player Cap	Entry Level	Entry Limit	Reset Time
Elyos – Kaisinel Academy   Asmodian - Marchutan Priory	Max. 6 players	Lv. 50+	Once per Week	Every Wednesday, 9am

• A new instanced dungeon ‘Crucible Challenge’ has been added. 

• Unlike the Empyrean Crucible, the Crucible Challenge allows players to train and hone their skills solo, rather than needing to rely on a group. 
• The Crucible Challenge can be entered via the Kaisinel Academy or Marchutan Priory and is PvE like the Empyrean Crucible. 
• The ‘Crucible Challenge’ does not have an entry quest and is open to any lv. 50+ characters that play solo. 

Entrance Location	Player Cap	Entry Level	Entry Limit	Reset Time
Elyos – Kaisinel Academy   Asmodian - Marchutan Priory	Solo	Lv. 50+	Twice per week	Every Wednesday, 9am

• A new instance dungeon ‘Padmarashka’s Cave’ has been added. 

"The army of Tiamat was unable to stop the invasion of the Daevas into Inggison and Gelkmaros. Tiamat ordered the Dramatas, which give birth to the Drakans, to be moved to a safer and deeper hiding place due to the threat posed by the Eloys and Asmodians. The Sematariux of Red Tear left, abandoning the remaining eggs, following Tiamat's orders.

The eggs were not important to Sematariux, who was ashamed of failing to awaken as a dragon and becoming a Dramata. Sematariux pledged to survive as long as possible to make the celestial and infernal beings feel their pain and anger. However, Padmarashka could not abandon the eggs and believed that she had to protect her eggs until the moment of their death. The sensitive Padmarashka will not leave the cave until the last egg hatches."

Entrance	Entry Members	Entry Level	Entry Limit	Reset
Elyos: Inggison (Dramata's Hideout)   Asmodian: Gelkmaros (Earthfang)	Max 6	55+	1/Day	Everyday, 9am

[Quest] 

• New quests have been added. 
• These quests are entry quests for the new instance dungeon Tempus. 
• Can start after reaching level 55 and completing the previous quest (Elyos ‘Origin of Darkness’, Asmodian ‘Source of Darkness’). 
• Tiak Research Center’s repeating quests have been changed. 

Type	Quest	Reward
Elyos	Investigate the Tiak Research Center Again	1x Platinum Medal
Asmodian	Search the Tiak Research Center Again	1x Platinum Medal

• Chantra Dredgion’s repeating quests have been changed. 

Type	Quest	Reward
Elyos	[Group]  Dredgion Blues	1x Platinum Medal
Asmodian	[Group] Balaur Agent Assassination	1x Platinum Medal

• Silentera Canyon’s daily PVP quest’s rewards have been changed. 

Type	Quest	Reward
Elyos	[Party] Banishing the Shadowborn	Increased Lania’s Medal Chest
Asmodian	[Party] Snuff the Sunsuckers	Increased Vergelan’s Medal Chest

• The next Balaurea region daily quest’s Medal reward will be changed. 

Type	Quest	Existing Medal Reward	Changed Medal Reward
Elyos	[Daily] Protect What’s Ours	1x Sapphire Medal	5x Platinum Medal Fragments
	[Daily] Acidproof Armor	1x Sapphire Medal	5x Platinum Medal Fragments
	[Daily] Making Do	1x Sapphire Medal	5x Platinum Medal Fragments
	[Daily] Living in Obscura-ty	1x Sapphire Medal	5x Platinum Medal Fragments
	[Spy/Daily] Drakes Around the Fortress	2x Sapphire Medal	1x Platinum Medal
	[Spy/Daily]  Petrahulk of the Great Fissure	2x Sapphire Medal	1x Platinum Medal
	[Spy/Daily] A Shield Situation	2x Sapphire Medal	1x Platinum Medal
	[Spy/Daily]  Drakie the Defiler	2x Sapphire Medal	1x Platinum Medal
Asmodian	[Daily] To Procure Supplies	1x Sapphire Medal	5x Platinum Medal Fragments
	[Daily] The Seed of Anxiety	1x Sapphire Medal	5x Platinum Medal Fragments
	[Daily] Exterminator Duty	1x Sapphire Medal	5x Platinum Medal Fragments
	[Daily] Drackies and Defense	1x Sapphire Medal	5x Platinum Medal Fragments
	[Spy/Daily] Food for Rationing	2x Sapphire Medal	1x Platinum Medal
	[Spy/Daily]  Mudthorn of the Inggison Abyss	2x Sapphire Medal	1x Platinum Medal
	[Spy/Daily] Bolstering Our Defenses	2x Sapphire Medal	1x Platinum Medal
	[Spy/Daily] Sandstorms Get in Your Eyes	2x Sapphire Medal	1x Platinum Medal

• New daily quests have been added to Balaurea region. 

Type	NPC	Quest	Reward
Elyos	Thrax	[Daily] Inggison’s Ecosystem	2x Platinum Medal Fragments
Asmodian	Rhonnam	[Daily] Gelkmaros’s Ecosystem	2x Platinum Medal Fragments

• Added a quest that can exchange a Sapphire Medal for a ‘Medal Bundle’. 
• 1x Gold Medal or 2x Silver Medals can be obtained from the Medal Bundle. 
• Changed certain quests to display the correct number of times they have been completed, when exceeding 256 times. 
• Fixed an issue where the character moved to an abnormal location when the Teleport function was used in the ‘Barring the Gate’ mission. 

 

[Missions] 

• Changes have been made so that ‘Betrayer Villaire’ monster in a solo mission dungeon in Adma Stronghold no longer uses ’Destruction of Life’ skill. 
• The cooldown for the ‘Umkata’s Jewel Box’ NPC needed to try the 'Impetusium Reconstruction' mission in Altgard has been shortened. 

 

[Item] 

• Elite Brigade General Armor item set has been added. 
• Brigade General equipment item set has been added. 
• Brigade General Accessory item set has been added. 
• ‘Platinum Medal Fragment’ has been added. 
• You can obtain 1x ‘Platinum Medal’ by assembling 10x ‘Platinum Medal Fragments’. 
• The maximum stack quantity of some Relic items has been slightly increased. 
• ‘Morph Method:  Sapphire Medal Box’ item has been added. 
• You can craft 2x 'Sapphire Medal Box’ with 3x ‘Sapphire Medal’ as the material. 
• The 'Sapphire Medal Box’ item can be traded. 
• Level 1~22 Skillbook prices have been lowered for all classes. 
• Added Elyos/Asmodian to crafting material equipment item names so the specific race exclusives can be checked. 
• The 'Group Stigma Summoning Stone' has been added to the General Store sales list. 
• More items have been added to the items sold by the Glorious Insignia Armor Distributor. 
• Changes have been made to the items sold by the Glorious Insignia Armor Distributor so that items equipped on the head can now be purchased in the ‘Head’ tab. 

 

[Conditioning] 

• Item conditioning system has been added. 

• Only some items can be conditioned. 
• If you condition items, the Conditioning Effect is activated and additional options are applied. 
• There are a total of 2 levels of item conditioning, and are categorized into items that can be conditioned up to level 1 and items that can be conditioned up to level 2. 
• The charged Conditioning Effect is consumed according to Combat actions (Attack, Defense, Skill use). 
• The higher the Conditioning level is, the higher the charging fee associated with it is. 
• Conditioning can be performed by a Conditioning NPC or with a portable Conditioning item. 
• The Conditioning NPCs are located in each race’s major cities, Reshanta Point by race, Balaurea major cities, and the Empyrean Crucible. 

Type	Location	NPC
Elyos	Sanctum	Viconbarius
	Reshanta	Auminos
	Inggison	Uminosus
	Kaisinel Academy	Barius
Asmodian	Pandaemonium	Glivice
	Reshanta	Amalien
	Gelkmaros	Magrethe
	Marchutan Priory	Meiren

• A feature to display a charge notification icon for equipped items with 40% or lower Conditioning gauge. 
• A flickering charge notification will be displayed for equipped items with 0& Conditioning gauge. 
• Hovering over the Conditioning notification icon will open an instructions tooltip for each equipment.  

     

[Daeva Potential] 

• Daeva Potential that is rated based on the items equipped and the stats of characters has been added. 
• A player can check their rank on their server at [Start Menu - Community - Daeva Potential Ranking]. 
• The ranking updates every 4 hours. 
• It will update once a character has ascended their class to Daeva. 
• Players can obtain rewards when their Daeva Potential reaches certain levels. 
• Daeva Potential will be updated after item changes. 
• It will be affected by item enchantment, Manastones, Conditioning, and set effects.  
• Stat increases from skills, Passives , Stigmas, or titles will not affect Potential levels. 
• The top 1,000 players will be displayed in ‘All Servers’ regardless of their class. 
• The top 200 players will be displayed for ‘My Server’ regardless of their class. 

 

[UI] 

• Fixed an issue where the activation mark was not being displayed on equipped Arrow and Power Shard items. 
• Fixed an issue with Bows being equipped strangely when swapping equipment sets in battle. 
• The way entry level is displayed in the Instance Info window has been changed. 
• Character Info Window – Magic Defense location has been adjusted. 
• The Remove Armsfusion instructions have been updated.

• Fixed an issue with changing the level and class in Group recruitment posts. 

 

[NPC] 

• Added an NPC that purchases Crown, Goblet, Icon, Seal items and exchanges them for Abyss Points. 

Type	Location	Purchase Item
Ogrernerk	Eye of Reshanta	Crown, Goblet
Tronerk	Silentera	Crown, Goblet, Icon, Seal

• The Consumeables Items Merchant no longer sells the ‘Sapphire Medal Bundle’. 
• The cooldown for ‘Zephyr Deliveryman’ has been changed to 3 seconds. 

 

[Abyss] 

• Krotan Barracks, Mirren Barracks, Kysis Barracks’ entry locations have been changed. 
• Entry is possible from Lower Abyss’s Asmodian ‘Solitary Island’, Elyos ‘Shade Island’. 
• Krotan Refuge, Mirren Barracks, Kysis Fortress’s entry numbers have been changed to 1 time per week. 
• Upper Abyss Fortress instance dungeon’s difficulty has been lowered. 
• Gold Box Relics and Fabled Weapon drop probability have been increased in the Upper Abyss Triple Island Fortress Treasure Rooms. 
• The Artifact Fragment related quests that can be completed after failing a Fortress Occupation has been removed. 
• Siel’s Western Fortress, Siel’s Eastern Fortress, and Sulfur Fortress Treasure Room have been removed. 

 

[Fortress Siege] 

• Changed the amount of Abyss Points obtained to reach each rank. 
• Changed some of the Fortress Siege’s Win/Loss rewards. 
• Fixed an issue where some level 50 mobs were being spawned during the Divine Fortress Battle. 

 

[Balaurea] 

• A regional alert message is output when Balaurea region Named Monsters appear. 
• NPCs where one can exchange for items using ‘Fighting Spirit Gem’ have been placed. 

Balaurea	NPC
Inggison Illusion Fortress	Seona
Gelkmaros Fortress	Metalla

• A Windstream to move to the entrance to ‘Padmarashka's Cave’ has been added in the Inggison ‘Angrief Observation Post.’  
• The area where Kisk’s can be placed in the Vorgaltem Citadel Fortress has been adjusted. 

[Monsters] 

• The number of monsters in Morheim – Fortress of Sorrow has been reduced. 
• The number of monsters in Morheim - Wonshikutz's Laboratory has been reduced. 

 

[Skill] 

• Corrected so Critical Hit is not applied to Spiritmaster’s command skills. 
• ‘Transformation: Krall’, ‘Transformation: White Tiger’ skill effects have been changed to be the same as ‘Transformation: Mau’ skill effect. 
• Templar and Gladiator’s ‘Shield Counter’ skill as well as the Assassin’s ‘Weakening Blow’ skill descriptions have been updated. 
• Sorcerer’s ‘Summon Whirlwind’ skill description has been updated. 
• An issue with Assassin’s ‘Weakening Blow’ skill not functioning properly has been fixed. 
• Fixed an issue with ‘Word of Destruction’ displaying an Evasion-related message when resisted. 
• Fixed an issue with ‘Divine Chastisement’, ‘Chastisement of Darkness’ displaying a Resistance-related message when evaded has been fixed. 

 

[Other] 

• Changes have been made so that a player can now join and accept in the Group/Alliance recruitment, apply tab and use the Alliance joining function while flying via NPC.  
• An issue with the Alliance Vice Captain being unable to apply the ‘Distribution Settings’ function has been fixed.  
• An issue with dual weapons being placed at weird areas when equipping “The Dragon” motions, has been fixed. 
• Some Gelkmaros monster locations have been slightly adjusted. 

 

We can’t wait for you to come see these latest updates! Come explore Tiamat’s latest machinations in Aion Classic 2.5 and prepare yourselves to once again serve as Atreia’s greatest heroes. See you there, Daevas!