AION 2 Patch Notes, Oct 28, 2026: Urugugu & Vakron Hard, Odylium Repository

Hard mode for Urugugu Canyon and Vakron Sky Island (IL 2,700), the new Odylium Repository daily dungeon, more base HP for every class and higher Amplify caps on crafted gear. Client build 26262663, compared with 26077854.

Patch day (CET)
Oct 28, 2026
Client build
26262663global 2.0.6.0
Official changes
18
Client changes
+89 · Δ161 · −6

What changed (official)

The official patch notes in short, in our words. Each line says where it comes from: the notes, our client datamine, or both.

New content

  • Urugugu Canyon and Vakron Sky Island get a Hard mode: item level 2,700, 3 revives per player and a 4-minute boss Frenzy timer.Notes + client
  • Hard rewards: Philosopher's Stone: Revelation (a chance, or a guaranteed pick), the dungeon's own Ariel Fragment, an Expedition Hero Artwork, more Kina than Normal, every Unique crafting material and Wrathful Mind, Will and Ego.Notes
  • New daily dungeon Odylium Repository: Soul Crystals (Bound) by clear points. It shares its entry count with Daeva Bio-Research Base.Notes + client
  • Expedition and Transcendence bosses are weaker: Normal and Transcendence stage 1 boss Attack −15%; Hard and Transcendence stages 2–4 Attack and Damage Boost −10%; Transcendence stages 1–2 boss HP −6.5%.Notes
  • Base HP at Lv 45 goes up: Gladiator and Templar 4,702 → 6,202, every other class 4,702 → 5,702.Notes + client
  • Assassin: Heightened Sixth Sense gives more HP (1,000 / 2,000 / 4,000 at skill levels 5 / 10 / 20), and Illusive Clone's cooldown drops from 90 to 60 seconds.Notes

Rewards & gear

  • Crafted gear Amplify caps now match Expedition gear: True Dragon and Star Dragon (and Splendent) +1 → +3, White Dragon and Dark Dragon (and Splendent) +3 → +5.Notes + client
  • Transfer now works from Tier 3 Expedition gear to Tier 2 crafted gear, and from Tier 2 Expedition gear to Tier 1 crafted gear.Notes
  • Wind Breeze Merchants: Instant Clear Ticket: Nightmare and Instant Clear Ticket: Daily Dungeon at up to 14 per server per week, 30,000 Kina each. The Odyle Energy limited to 20 per character is replaced by 4 per character and 16 per server each week.Notes
  • Weekly Season Missions: Land Grabs swaps its Abyss Points for a Lower Abyss Rift Stone, and Watcher Kaira adds one.Notes

Quality of life & crafting

  • Gathering now needs Lv 45 (was 10) and is capped at 1,000 per server per day, reset at 08:00 CET.Notes
  • Deleting a character now takes 7 days (was 1), and idle players return to the lobby after 30 minutes (was 3 hours).Notes
  • Hidden Cubes spawn more often. The spawn spots in the client are unchanged.Notes + client
  • The Lower Abyss Dimensional Core gets more HP and a Dissipation of Power debuff once a fight lasts 10 minutes.Notes
  • Supply Requests that needed Sweet Balaur Berry are removed, and the client deletes the item.Notes + client

Events

  • Atreia's Call: a 28-day attendance event until the Dec 2 maintenance.Notes
  • New Daeva Pass, Prelude to Flight: a free and a premium track over 50 levels, until Dec 2.Notes
  • New shop cosmetics: the Vulpine Sunshower and No-Nonsense Maid outfit sets, Secret Teatime weapon skins, Maid Ribbon Wings, two pets and helm and decor skins.Notes + client

Sources: Official patch notes (Steam)

Schedule changes

Before → after, read from the client's event and spawn tables.

Dungeon & zone entry

WhatRuleBefore → after
Urugugu CanyonHard (Conquest [Hard])Minimum levelLv 99 (locked)45
Urugugu CanyonHard (Conquest [Hard])Revives per playernone3
Vakron Sky IslandHard (Conquest [Hard])Minimum levelLv 99 (locked)45
Vakron Sky IslandHard (Conquest [Hard])Revives per playernone3
Abyssal Forge: LudraNormal (Conquest)Minimum level45Lv 99 (locked)
Odylium RepositoryMinimum levelLv 99 (locked)30

Times are server time as the client stores them. A minimum level of 99 is above the level cap, so the mode cannot be entered yet.

Datamined changes

What our diff of client build 26077854 → 26262663 found: 89 new, 161 changed and 6 removed entries. Elyos and Asmodian twins count once.

TypeTotalNewChangedRemoved
Items6,7616,797+47152−2
Skins1,5011,531+30——
Achievements492491+28−3
NPCs & monsters9,6349,638+51−1
Mounts209211+2——
Skin sets123125+2——
Wings4142+1——

Items6,761 → 6,797

New (47)

Changed (152)

What moved: Amplify cap (152).

Removed (2)

  • Sweet Balaur Berry
  • Sweet Balaur Berry (Bound)

Renamed (1)

Skins1,501 → 1,531

New (30)

NPCs & monsters9,634 → 9,638

New (5)

  • Eternal Ludra
  • Eternal Ludra
  • +3 other NPCs without a boss page

Changed (1)

What moved: name (1) and move speed (1).

  • Eternal Ludraname · move speed

Renamed (14)

  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • Midsize MonsterMedium Monster
  • +2 more

Mounts209 → 211

New (2)

Skin sets123 → 125

New (2)

Wings41 → 42

New (1)

Substance Morph recipes2 new · 0 changed

ResultInputs
Daevanion Crystal: Ariel (Bound) new100× Ariel Fragment: Urugugu (Bound)
Daevanion Crystal: Ariel (Bound) new100× Ariel Fragment: Vakron (Bound)

Other client tables that changed: attendance rewards, content unlocks, Substance Morph, Daeva Pass, Legion Hall, and gear Transfer.

Hard mode for Urugugu Canyon and Vakron Sky Island (IL 2,700), the new Odylium Repository daily dungeon, more base HP for every class and higher Amplify caps on crafted gear. In the client (build 26262663): 89 new, 161 changed and 6 removed entries. Official changes are summarised in our own words; every number matches the notes or the client.

See Also

Patch NotesEvents & timersDungeonsHidden CubesCrafting
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AION 2 patch Oct 28, 2026 FAQ

What changed in the AION 2 patch on Oct 28, 2026?

Hard mode for Urugugu Canyon and Vakron Sky Island (IL 2,700), the new Odylium Repository daily dungeon, more base HP for every class and higher Amplify caps on crafted gear. Urugugu Canyon and Vakron Sky Island get a Hard mode: item level 2,700, 3 revives per player and a 4-minute boss Frenzy timer. Hard rewards: Philosopher's Stone: Revelation (a chance, or a guaranteed pick), the dungeon's own Ariel Fragment, an Expedition Hero Artwork, more Kina than Normal, every Unique crafting material and Wrathful Mind, Will and Ego. New daily dungeon Odylium Repository: Soul Crystals (Bound) by clear points. It shares its entry count with Daeva Bio-Research Base.

Which client build is the Oct 28, 2026 patch?

Steam build 26262663. MetaBot compared it with build 26077854: 89 new, 161 changed and 6 removed entries.

Did dungeon entry requirements change on Oct 28, 2026?

Yes: Urugugu Canyon (Hard (Conquest [Hard])): Minimum level Lv 99 (locked) → 45; Urugugu Canyon (Hard (Conquest [Hard])): Revives per player none → 3; Vakron Sky Island (Hard (Conquest [Hard])): Minimum level Lv 99 (locked) → 45; Vakron Sky Island (Hard (Conquest [Hard])): Revives per player none → 3; Abyssal Forge: Ludra (Normal (Conquest)): Minimum level 45 → Lv 99 (locked); Odylium Repository: Minimum level Lv 99 (locked) → 30.

How reliable is this summary?

Each line is tagged with its source: the official notes, our client datamine, or both. Where the two disagree, the page says what the client says.