AION 2 Patch Notes, Nov 4, 2026: Abyssal Forge: Ludra & Chaotic Outer Reshanta

Abyssal Forge: Ludra opens (Normal IL 2,800, Hard IL 3,000), Chaotic Outer Reshanta brings equalized PvP, and Artifact Siege drops to Thursday and Saturday. Client build 26429009, compared with 26262663.

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

Abyssal Forge: Ludra opens in the Sanctuary with Normal and Hard modes for 10-player Forces. Each run has a 60-minute time limit; the client cut it from 120 minutes.Notes + client
Minimum item level: Normal 2,800, Hard 3,000. The client lowered Hard from 3,200, and both modes now open at Lv 45.Notes + client
Normal drops the same kinds of items as Hard; only the drop rates differ.Notes
The client allows 2 revives per player in each mode.Client
Chaotic Outer Reshanta (renamed from Chaotic Upper Reshanta in the client) opens at Lv 45 with 3 hours of play time per week, refilled on Wednesday. Outer Abyss Rift Stone (Bound) adds more time.Notes + client
Inside, every character's stats, skill levels and Stigma levels are set to the same values. Only stat bonuses and specialization effects from class skills and Stigmas still apply.Notes
The client also sets an entry item level of 1,000 for it.Client
Rewards there: Kina (Bound), Abyss Points, Common, Rare and Epic gear, Outer Abyss Rift Stone (Bound) and Bound crafting materials. Some Season Missions can be completed there too.Notes
The client gives Fire Temple and Ferocious Horn Den a Hard row (item level 2,800, 3 revives) but keeps it locked at Lv 99. A same-day hotfix removed the Hard option that was shown for them by mistake.Notes + client
More Hidden Cube spawn groups: Eltnen 26 → 39, Morheim 26 → 41. Two large Hidden Cube objects are also new in the client but not placed on any map yet.Client

Abyss & PvP

Abyss Points from PvP in Outer Reshanta are cut by 50%.Notes
Artifact Siege in Chaotic Lower Reshanta now runs twice a week, Thursday and Saturday at 21:00. Monday is gone.Notes + client
To make up for it, each Abyss Corridor run gives 50% more Abyss Points.Notes
Executor Kaira, Executor Argo and Executor Tamasa follow the siege: Thursday and Saturday at 21:30 only.Notes + client

Schedules & spawns

Argo, the Spirit King now spawns twice a day, at 10:30 and 22:30. The client adds it as a new 12-hour timer.Notes + client
Eternal Gartua, Immortal Gartua and High Commander Lagta respawn every 11 hours instead of 12. The client has no fixed timer for them, so this comes from the notes only.Notes

Rewards & gear

Two new bracelets: Ludra's Bracelet (item level 86, Amplify up to +5) and Abyssal Bracelet (Amplify up to +3; the client lowered its item level from 86 to 70). The Abyssal Bracelet can drop in both modes.Notes + client
Ludra also drops Ludra's weapons and Guard, Sealed Abyssal Waves Wings (morphs into Abyssal Waves Wings (Bound)) and Artwork: Abyssal Ludra.Notes + client
Each clear lets you pick a guaranteed voucher: Gear Change Voucher: Ludra (Bound) on Normal, Gear Change Voucher: Ludra [Hard] (Bound) on Hard. A general Gear Change Voucher can be picked in both.Notes
Substance Morph: 6× Gear Change Voucher: Ludra (Bound) or 3× Gear Change Voucher: Ludra [Hard] (Bound), plus 5,000,000 Kina, make Ludra's Bracelet. 2 Normal vouchers make 1 Hard voucher. The client raised the Normal cost from 3 to 6 vouchers.Notes + client
Abyssal Forge: Weapon Selection Chest (Bound) comes from Substance Morph: a Ludra weapon plus 4 Normal or 2 Hard vouchers and 10,000,000 Kina.Notes + client
The top Hard-mode Forces in each region enter a Hall of Fame.Notes
Draupnir, Vakron Sky Island and Ferocious Horn Den on Exploration now give Normal-mode rewards: more Kina, Enhance Stones, Silentium and Soul Codex, plus Amplify Stone Fragment (Unique). The drops are Bound.Notes
Exploration Kina now scales with your total runs: 0–40 runs 100%, 41–50 80%, 51–60 60%, 61–70 40%, 71 and more 20%.Notes
Souls of some pets that only came from Pet Chests now also drop in Expedition and Transcendence dungeons.Notes

Quality of life & crafting

38 new guaranteed crafting recipes make True Dragon Lord (Elyos) and Star Dragon Lord (Asmodian) Unique gear at a 100% success rate. They never roll a Great Success, the result is Bound, and each uses the matching Artisan's Splendent piece as its base.Notes + client
The old recipes stay: they can fail, but they can roll a Great Success and give tradable gear.Notes
The color palette gets a standard color-code field in Customization, the Closet and the chat font color setting.Notes
Item Source now shows the dungeon difficulty.Notes

Events

Ludra Hunt (until the Nov 25 maintenance, CET): the first 20 parties per region to clear Hard get The First to Slay Ludra (1st), Ludra's Conqueror (2nd–5th) or Ludra's Vanquisher (6th–20th). Every clear during the event earns Ludra's Nemesis.Notes + client
The First to Seal Ludra goes to the 10 Force members of the first EU party that cleared Ludra during the AA period.Notes + client
Ludra Conquest Check-In: 7 rewards over 14 days (Nov 4, 15:00 to Nov 18, 08:59 CET), the last one being Fresh Leaf Tiara (Skin: Helm) (Bound).Notes + client
Odyle Energy Boost: 4 Odyle Energy by mail every day until the Nov 11 maintenance (CET).Notes
The client adds NPCs whose internal names point to a 1st Anniversary event (cakes, a Shugo game host). They have no in-game text yet, and the notes don't mention them.Client

Sources: Official patch notes (Steam) · Hotfix notice (Steam)

Schedule changes

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

What	Map	Before → after
Artifact Siege	Chaotic Lower Reshanta	Monday, Thursday, and Saturday · 21:00Thursday and Saturday · 21:00
Executor Tamasa	Chaotic Lower Reshanta	Monday, Thursday, and Saturday · 21:30Thursday and Saturday · 21:30
Executor Kaira	Chaotic Lower Reshanta	Monday, Thursday, and Saturday · 21:30Thursday and Saturday · 21:30
Argo, the Spirit King	Chaotic Lower Reshanta	newevery day · 10:30, 22:30
Executor Argo	Chaotic Lower Reshanta	Monday, Thursday, and Saturday · 21:30Thursday and Saturday · 21:30

Dungeon & zone entry

What	Rule	Before → after
Fire TempleHard	Revives per player	none3
Abyssal Forge: LudraNormal (Conquest)	Minimum level	Lv 99 (locked)45
Abyssal Forge: LudraNormal (Conquest)	Time limit	120 min60 min
Abyssal Forge: LudraHard (Conquest [Hard])	Item level	3,2003,000
Abyssal Forge: LudraHard (Conquest [Hard])	Minimum level	Lv 99 (locked)45
Abyssal Forge: LudraHard (Conquest [Hard])	Time limit	120 min60 min
Ferocious Horn DenHard	Revives per player	none3
Chaotic Middle Reshanta	Minimum level	45Lv 99 (locked)
Chaotic Outer Reshanta	Item level	none1,000

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 26262663 → 26429009 found: 90 new, 22 changed and 2 removed entries. Elyos and Asmodian twins count once.

Type	Total	New	Changed	Removed
Crafting recipes	512550	+38	—	—
NPCs & monsters	9,6389,656	+19	17	−1
Items	6,7976,815	+20	2	−1
Titles	981989	+8	—	—
Achievements	491494	+3	2	—
Skins	1,5311,533	+2	—	—
Wings	4242	—	1	—

Crafting recipes512 → 550

New (38)

NPCs & monsters9,638 → 9,656

New (19)

+19 other NPCs without a boss page

Changed (17)

What moved: level (16) and move speed (1).

Isolation Specialist Rahulevel 76 → 75
Abyssal Wings Ketulevel 76 → 75
Central Abyss Fusion Reactorlevel 76 → 75
Eternal Ludralevel 76 → 75
Eternal Ludramove speed
+12 more

Items6,797 → 6,815

New (20)

Changed (2)

What moved: grade (1), random stats (1), item level (1), base stats (1), and Amplify cap (1).

Removed (1)

Artwork: Abyssal Ludra (Bound)

Renamed (3)

Upper Abyss Rift Stone (7 Days) (Bound)Outer Abyss Rift Stone (7 Days) (Bound)
Upper Abyss Rift Stone (30 Days) (Bound)Outer Abyss Rift Stone (30 Days) (Bound)
Ludra Gear Voucher (Bound)Gear Change Voucher: Ludra (Bound)

Titles981 → 989

New (8)

Achievements491 → 494

New (3)

Changed (2)

What moved: goals or rewards (2) and title rewards (1).

Skins1,531 → 1,533

New (2)

Black Conical Hat (Helm)
Fresh Leaf Tiara (Helm)

Wings42 → 42

Changed (1)

What moved: grade (1), stats (1), shown in collection (1), and collection bonus (1).

Abyssal Waves Wingsgrade Special → Unique · stats · collection bonus · shown in collection

Renamed maps

Chaotic Upper ReshantaChaotic Outer Reshanta

Substance Morph recipes4 new · 2 changed

Result	Inputs
Abyssal Waves Wings (Bound) new	1× Sealed Abyssal Waves Wings + 10× Radiant Odyle
Ludra's Bracelet new	3× Gear Change Voucher: Ludra [Hard] (Bound) + 5,000,000× Kina (All)
Abyssal Forge: Weapon Selection Chest (Bound) new	1× Ludra's Blade of Extinction + 2× Gear Change Voucher: Ludra [Hard] (Bound) + 10,000,000× Kina (All)
Gear Change Voucher: Ludra [Hard] (Bound) new	2× Gear Change Voucher: Ludra (Bound)
Abyssal Forge: Weapon Selection Chest (Bound) changed	1× Ludra's Blade of Extinction + 2× Gear Change Voucher: Ludra (Bound) + 10,000,000× Kina (All)1× Ludra's Blade of Extinction + 4× Gear Change Voucher: Ludra (Bound) + 10,000,000× Kina (All)
Ludra's Bracelet changed	3× Gear Change Voucher: Ludra (Bound) + 5,000,000× Kina (All)6× Gear Change Voucher: Ludra (Bound) + 5,000,000× Kina (All)was: Abyssal Bracelet

Other client tables that changed: Abyss events, attendance rewards, Substance Morph, Legion Hall, Soul Binding, and gear Transfer.

Hidden cubes & gathering

Spawn data per map, before → after: spawn groups and the possible spots they use.

Map	Type	Spawn groups	Spots
Morheim	Hidden Cube	2641	455745
Morheim	Gathering Node	3672	1,1881,980
Eltnen	Hidden Cube	2639	456716
Eltnen	Gathering Node	77114	1,3952,100
Eltnen	Empyrean Trace	140142	140142

A spawn group is one set of possible spots in the client's map data. More groups means more places a Hidden Cube or node can appear.

The Nov 4, 2026 patch in short

Abyssal Forge: Ludra opens (Normal IL 2,800, Hard IL 3,000), Chaotic Outer Reshanta brings equalized PvP, and Artifact Siege drops to Thursday and Saturday. In the client (build 26429009): 90 new, 22 changed and 2 removed entries. Official changes are summarised in our own words; every number matches the notes or the client.

AION 2 patch Nov 4, 2026 FAQ

What changed in the AION 2 patch on Nov 4, 2026?

Abyssal Forge: Ludra opens (Normal IL 2,800, Hard IL 3,000), Chaotic Outer Reshanta brings equalized PvP, and Artifact Siege drops to Thursday and Saturday. Abyssal Forge: Ludra opens in the Sanctuary with Normal and Hard modes for 10-player Forces. Each run has a 60-minute time limit; the client cut it from 120 minutes. Minimum item level: Normal 2,800, Hard 3,000. The client lowered Hard from 3,200, and both modes now open at Lv 45. Normal drops the same kinds of items as Hard; only the drop rates differ.

Which client build is the Nov 4, 2026 patch?

Steam build 26429009. MetaBot compared it with build 26262663: 90 new, 22 changed and 2 removed entries.

Did the Nov 4, 2026 patch change any schedules?

Yes, in the client: Artifact Siege: Monday, Thursday, and Saturday · 21:00 → Thursday and Saturday · 21:00; Executor Tamasa: Monday, Thursday, and Saturday · 21:30 → Thursday and Saturday · 21:30; Executor Kaira: Monday, Thursday, and Saturday · 21:30 → Thursday and Saturday · 21:30; Argo, the Spirit King: — → every day · 10:30, 22:30; Executor Argo: Monday, Thursday, and Saturday · 21:30 → Thursday and Saturday · 21:30.

Did dungeon entry requirements change on Nov 4, 2026?

Yes: Fire Temple (Hard): Revives per player none → 3; Abyssal Forge: Ludra (Normal (Conquest)): Minimum level Lv 99 (locked) → 45; Abyssal Forge: Ludra (Normal (Conquest)): Time limit 120 min → 60 min; Abyssal Forge: Ludra (Hard (Conquest [Hard])): item level 3,200 → 3,000; Abyssal Forge: Ludra (Hard (Conquest [Hard])): Minimum level Lv 99 (locked) → 45; Abyssal Forge: Ludra (Hard (Conquest [Hard])): Time limit 120 min → 60 min; Ferocious Horn Den (Hard): Revives per player none → 3.

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.