Running: 16/10 to 6/11

Dellishunerk and Harrishunerk are supposed to be guarding Trillonerk's Gold Vault. But lately they've been delving deeper and deeper into the art of transformation. Monsters saw a chance to exploit the situation and have stolen Trillonerk's treasure from the gold vault. The Shugos are now searching for brave Daevas to confront the monsters and retrieve Trillonerk's treasure.

Help the Shugos and be rewarded for your efforts with valuable items such as the [Rune] Selection Box of Hanbok Pixel Transformation Contracts (3 types), the Box: Hell Steed, the [Rune] Fire Dragon King's Weapons Chest and the [Rune] Daevanion Essence!




Two to three players enter Trillonerk's Gold Vault and transform into one of three Shugo Transformations. Players receive keys depending on how many points they get for defeating monsters that can then be exchanged for rewards. Players can purchase a special key for special rewards in the AION shop.

• You can find the entrance to Trillonerk's Gold Vault in Lakrum in the Temple of Perpetual Wisdom and in the Everlasting Life Refuge.
• Groups of 2 to 3 players can enter the gold vault 1x daily. Entry is reset daily at 9 AM.
• You can get a Cool-Time Reset Scroll from the AION shop or from the Imperial Chest Bundle in this event.

You can select 1 of 3 Shugo transformations when you enter the gold vault: Lanzenerk, Artunerk or Merlinerk.
Each transformation comes with its own special abilities, so choose wisely!


Grab as many points as you can – show those monsters no mercy! The more points you collect, the better your rank – the better your rank, the more Imperial Chest Keys you can grab.
Each Imperial Chest Key opens an Imperial Chest that contains an [Event] Bundle of Gold Coins.


When fighting against the Pumpkin Kings in the instances listed below, you’ll come across special Imperial Chests. These are much bigger than the normal ones and can only be opened with the Indestructible Imperial Chest Key. They contain precious Imperial Chest Bundles!

You can purchase the Indestructible Imperial Chest Keys in the AION shop or when trading with the NPCs Dellishunerk and Harrishunerk


You can exchange the [Event] Gold Coins from the Imperial Chest in the capital cities with the NPCs Dellishunerk (Elyos) and Harrishunerk (Asmodians) in return for valuable items.


You can find a list of rewards here.



Note: The event items will be removed from the game one week after the event finishes.

The time has come for us to announce the winners of our anniversary contest. AION players had till 7th October to impress us with their creative masterpieces – and we’re now presenting the best artists with their hard-earned reward!

As always, we were overwhelmed by the huge amount of fantastic submissions, and once again it was very difficult to choose the most beautiful entries. The 5 best submissions in each category will receive valuable in-game prizes and fantastic AION merchandise!


The following winners created their masterful dishes in the finest kitchens in Atreia:
Innori (Sillus) - Tweedledee (Ragnarok) - Wayu (Odin) - Nanett (Odin) - Galbagranos (Ragnarok)



The following winners enchanted their legion members with new designs for their cloaks:
A Pack of Wolves (Sillus)



Daevas from the start. These are the winners of the ‘Then and Now’ category:
Jaques (Odin) - Alphaion (Stormwing) - Ascle (Sillus) - Moomins (Ragnarok) - Carnelia (Sillus)



You can also find a selection of the fantastic submissions in this gallery.



A big congratulations to all participants and thank you for your fantastic submissions!
The AION Team

Running: 09/10 to 30/10
Prerequisite: from level 76

An unnatural mood has swept across all of Atreia – those who keep their cool now will be able to celebrate, battle and clean up in the Halloween event: there’s daily quests, bombastic buffs, exploding pumpkins and impressive rewards all across Lakrum, such as [Rune] Autumn Harvest Transformation Contract (65 types), Magic Hour Robes and the [Rune] Box of Ultimate Magical Manastones.



It’s all going haywire in Atreia this Halloween: the members of the Milky Way League have had their Halloween Pumpkins stolen! Halloween can’t take place this year if they don’t get these pumpkins back fast. So we’re calling on brave Daevas like you to hunt down the thieving Pumpkin Kings. You can get support from Kabe, a Shugo who has dressed up as a black cat – he’ll kit you out with Transformation Potions.


Pay a visit to Esta and Isuta and hunt the Pumpkin Kings in the instances listed below: blow them up with the event bombs – it’s the only way to defeat them! Defeat an event boss and you will receive 1 Pumpkin King’s Bundle as well as 1 Halloween Pumpkin. A full list of potential rewards can be viewed further down this news post.

Halloween Candy Master Kabe has another daily quest for you in which you can bag 2 Ancient Transformation Potions.


A Nobleman’s Coffin: Get 100% more AP and a drop rate boosted by 100% for one hour. You receive the buffs by clicking on the coffin that appears in Lakrum. Activate your buffs as many times as you like – the only catch is that you cannot renew them when they are active.


Charging stations for Candy Bombs will be appearing in the capital cities of Lakrum and Dumaha daily at 1 PM and 7 PM. For each of your 3 visits, these stations will give you 3 bombs. If you stay logged in, you’ll also get 5 Candy Bombs every 30 minutes (up to a maximum of 20 a day).


You can find the NPCs Esta, Isuta, Kabe and the Nobleman’s Coffin in the Temple of Perpetual Wisdom, the Everlasting Life Refuge and in Stellusia.


You can find a list of all details on rewards and the exchange of Halloween Pumpkins here.




Note: The event items will be removed from the game one week after the event completes.

Running: 26/9 to 7/10.

How exciting! As AION celebrates its 10th birthday in Europe, you have the chance to win fantastic AION merchandise and items in our thrilling anniversary contest. Get ready for prizes such as the Selection Box of Legendary Transformation Contracts, Legendary Enchantment Stones and the Autumn Harvest Transformation Contract . Join in now!


Get into the kitchen and prepare one of the dishes you know from AION. It should also reference our anniversary, for instance with candles on a piece of cake. It’s your choice whether you want to cook or bake, just remember: your creation should also be a feast for your eyes, not just your mouth. Once you're done, send us a picture, photo series or video of your masterpiece!

The 5 best entries will receive the following prizes:

• 1x Cuddly Shugo
  
• 1x [Rune] Selection Box of Legendary Transformation Contracts (10 types)
  
• 1x Hero's Legendary Noble Steed
  
• 1x AION Mousepad
  
• 1x AION Bag
  
• 1x AION Lanyard
  
• 1x AION T-Shirt

Get creative: design a cool anniversary cape for your legion! Take a screenshot of your legion members proudly wearing the new design in Atreia and send us this picture of your masterpiece.

The 5 best entries will receive the following prizes:

• 15x Ultimate Keberium
  
• 5x [Rune] Bundle of Ultimate Etium (3 pieces)
  
• 1x [Rune] Legendary PvE Enchantment Stone
  
• 1x [Rune] Legendary PvP Enchantment Stone
  
• 1x [Rune] Autumn Harvest Transformation Contract (65 types)

To later send the prizes to all the lucky winners, we need the legion leader to send us a list of all active legion members as soon as the winning entries have been announced.


Have you been a Daeva since the very beginning? Then send us a screenshot of your oldest character, as well as a screenshot of how this character looks today.

The 5 best entries will receive the following prizes:

• 1x Cuddly Shugo
  
• 1x [Rune] Selection Box of Legendary Transformation Contracts (10 types)
  
• 1x AION Mousepad
  
• 1x AION Bag
  
• 1x AION Lanyard
  
• 1x AION T-Shirt

• Send your art to: http://mailto:contest@aionfreetoplay.com
• Add ‘Gourmett’, ‘Legion’, or ‘Then and Now’ to the subject line
• In your submission email, please include the email associated with your game account and state your character name and server
• Allowed formats: jpeg, png
• Maximum file size for the images: 5 MB
• Maximum file size for the videos/photo series: 200 MB (only for ‘Gourmet’!)
• You can use image editing software to help in the creation of your snapshot
• Find our full participation requirements here

Have fun and best of luck!
The AION Team

Running: 25/9 to 9/10
Prerequisite: level 76 to 80

AION is celebrating its 10th anniversary in Europe and we have a very special event in store for you: the Anniversary Hero Test with lots of exciting quests! Nab yourself extremely high-quality items and use them to equip your favourite character: among the rewards waiting for your are the Fragment of the Fighting Spirit, the [Rune] Selection Box of Ultimate Enchantment Stones and the [Rune] Selection Box of Ancient Transformation Contracts (18 types).



The Attack Officers of the 31st Shield Troop have come forth from the shadows and want to plunge Atreia into chaos. Meanwhile, the leaders of Lakrum’s monsters are rising up and mobilising their forces to drive the Daevas from their land. It’s down to you – stop Atreia’s enemies in their tracks and foil their evil plans!
Complete 3 quests in which you go hunting for Attack Officers of the 31st Shield Troop:

• Wednesday and Thursday: defeat attack officers in Heiron (Elyos) and Beluslan (Asmodians) (If you do it on channel 2 or 3 please relog).
• Friday to Sunday: kill attack officers in Inggison (Elyos), Gelkmaros (Asmodians) and Dumaha (both).
• Monday and Tuesday: punish attack officers in Signia (Elyos) and Vengar (Asmodians).

Deal with the leaders in Lakrum!

• Monday to Friday: a quest is available each day in which you hunt down 2 leaders.
• Saturday and Saturday: on weekends you teach 6 leaders the meaning of fear.

Once you’ve completed a certain number of quests you will receive additional rewards! Here are the gradations:

5 of 18 quests completed
10 of 18 quests completed
15 of 18 quests completed

So what are you waiting for? Off now to battle!

On 25.09, it will be the 10th Anniversary of Aion. What a best way than to celebrate this all together in the game? Community Managers will be there to chat with you and who knows… maybe some small surprises await you.
It will start at 17:00 pm CEST and we will start on the Asmodian side (in Pandemonium), we will then switch to the Elyos side (Sanctum).

We wish you a lot of fun.
The AION Team.

Running: 18/9 to 2/10
Prerequisite: from level 76

Free the imprisoned Shugos from the clutches of the Garrison Officer and be royally rewarded for your heroic deed: you can look forward to the [10th Anniversary] Aion Gift, the [Event] Special Transformation Contract, the [Event] Starlight Hanbok and the [Event] Daeva School Uniform!



The friendly Shugos from the Autumn Harvest Delegation have prepared all sorts of autumn harvest gifts for the Daevas. But Eilinerk, who was supposed to bring the gifts, has been abducted by a treacherous Garrison Officer. Unfortunately, Princess Flinkinerk followed the Shugo and has been imprisoned too.

As a knight in shining armour, you must conquer the garrison and free the Shugos. Members of the enemy faction are also hampering efforts to deliver the Autumn Harvest Meals – you can’t allow this to continue!
Get the Autumn Harvest Meals

• Complete Dankinerk's daily and weekly quests. Here you will battle other players from the enemy faction or free innocent Shugos.
• Hunt monsters: monsters in Lakrum and Dumaha drop the tasty Autumn Harvest Meals during the event.
• Log in each day and receive 5 Autumn Harvest Meals per hour (max. 10 per day)

Get your rewards

Exchange the meals for valuable items from the leaders of the autumn harvest representatives: with Patron Heart Dankinerk in the Everlasting Life Refuge (Elyos) or Grinning Cheek Dankinerk in the Temple of Perpetual Wisdom (Asmodians).

Some of the rewards have limited availability (e.g. the Aion Gift and the Autumn Harvest Transformation Contract), others can be purchased in big quantities and with zero restrictions.

Note: The event items will be removed from the game one week after the event completes.

Running: 11/9 to 2/10.

Shiver me timbers! Cap’n Grogget, Commander of the Shulack Pirates, is back. The captain of perhaps the most notorious ship in all of Atreia, the Steel Rake, seeks his revenge upon the Daevas! He has locked away some Shugos in the Steel Rake Fortress and it is now your job to free them. But be warned: you’ll need all the courage you can muster to survive this adventure.

It will be worth the effort for more than just the Shugos: scoop up some amazing items during the event, including the [Event] Boparobo Bundle, the [Rune] Autumn Harvest Transformation Contract (65 types) and the Pirate King Costume!



Players from level 76 on can enter the Steel Rake Fortress solo instance once per character each day. Entry will be reset every day at 9 AM.

You can grant yourself additional entries with the following:

• Log in daily and remain active for 3 hours to receive 2 [Event] Entry Coins for the Steel Rake Fortress.
• Exchange the [Event] Freeze Frame with Katoshunerk for Entry Coins.
• Get Entry Coins from the AION Shop.

When storming the fortress you gather keys with which you can free the Shugos. The more successful you are in your campaign against the pirates, the more keys you collect and the richer you will be rewarded.
Speak with Blubberinerk and find out what you need to do. Fight your way to the fortress on a Jet Ski (how cool is that?!). Use the Jet Ski’s weapons: the Drana Bomb and the Long-range Drana Bomb.
Once in the Steel Rake Fortress you will receive the Pipeline Blast Bomb from Blubberinerk to sabotage the fortress pipeline. Destroy 3 Pipeline Controllers with it!

Additionally you will receive the Mounter for Enhanced Rascal: get into the mech and really dish it out to Cap’n Grogget’s minions! Use the entire weapons arsenal of the mech: Fire Cannon, Fire Throw, Install Bomb and Paralysis.

Take out Grogget’s mangy henchmen: Doctor Arcetto, Madame Chichiriko and Captain Muata. Defeat them, grab their Slave Keys and free 10 Shugos!

Finally, give the returned Grogget a scrap he won’t forget.
Once you’ve defeated Grogget, you will receive one key plus one more key for each Shugo you managed to save (up to a max of 10). With this, you will teleport with Blubberinerk to a treasure island, where you can then collect the item ‘[Event] Freeze Frame’ from the Steel Rake chests.

Finally, exchange the Freeze Frames with Katoshunerk for valuable items and enjoy your moment of glory.



Note: The event items will be removed from the game one week after the event completes.

Running: 11/9 to 9/10.

Summer might be coming to an end but in Atreia it’s still hot. Elyos and Asmodians want to throw a cocktail party to cool off a bit – but oh no, they’re all out of ice cubes! Now the Daeva need to search Lakrum and Dumaha for ice to save the party.

Give them a hand: help Calobris the innkeep or Rezar collect ice and look forward to rewards such as the Summer Outfit, the Party Dress of the Enchanting Daeva, the Ultimate PvP Enchantment Stone as well as the [Rune] Legendary Transformation Contract (10 types).



In Lakrum and Dumaha, as well as the instances of these regions, you can find various materials that you’ll need to get the juicy rewards.

Collect Cold Boxes

A Cold Box contains the Frozen Ice you need as well as an Ice Hammer (low probability). Here’s how you can get them:

• Your daily login will earn you 1 Cold Box every 30 minutes (max. 10 a day).
• Defeat boss enemies in high-level instances (the loot will be dropped for the group).
• Take part in a Pandora Raid and receive the Settlement Reward Chest or the Battlefield Reward Chest.
• Hunt Sweaty Bunnies near the garrisons in Lakrum and Dumaha.

Frozen Ice and Ice Hammers

Both items can be combined to receive a [Jakunerk] Blue Box, which will give you a reward as well as a [Jakunerk] Shugo Warranty.

You will also need the Frozen Ice to complete Calobris’ (Elyos) and Rezar’s (Asmodian) quest. As a reward for completing the quest, you will receive the [Jakunerk] Cocktail Shaker. In addition to the [Jakunerk] Shugo Warranty, the shaker contains one of four cocktails that will provide you with useful buffs, for example health, mana or damage.

Until 2nd October, you can also get Frozen Ice and Ice Hammers in the AION Shop!

The Shugo Warranty

During the last week of the event you can exchange all [Jakunerk] Shugo Warranties you have collected with Summerinerk for costume skins and other valuable items.
Click on Rewards to view a list of the rewards.



Note: The event items will be removed from the game one week after the event completes and the two NPCs Calobris and Rezar will be leaving Atreia on 2nd October.

Climb aboard the express train through Dumaha: an exciting task awaits you at each station that will let you snap up great quality items – including the [Event] Selection Box of Ultimate Enchantment Stones (7 days), Ultimate Splen accessories and weapons as well as the [Event] Legendary Transformation Contract (10 types) (7 days).


Running: 4/9 to 2/10.

The Dumaha express train calls at the following stations:

• Transformation Station: Log in daily to receive a legendary contract at the end.
• Mookie Station: Hunt down nasty Mookies and collect special event materials that you can use for magical crafting.
• Experience Station: Snap up the XP Boost by going on a monster hunt.
• Altar Station: Expand the altars and receive even more rewards for sieges in the Altar Siege Battle.
• Monster Station: Additional boss opponents appear that you have to take down.
• Instance Station: Collect the extra items dropped by boss opponents in Makarna of Bitterness, Prometun’s Workshop and the Stella Development Laboratory (easy).

You can find the extensive list of stations and tasks in this news update under ‘Detailed Timetable’.

Click on Rewards to view a list of the rewards.


Welcome aboard the express train through Dumaha! This is your timetable:


All players at level 76 or higher benefit from logging in on a daily basis. You can receive these items once a day per character:


In order to receive the final reward from Transformation Station, you need to combine your items as follows:

• [Event] Fragment Bundle from a Selection Box of Ultimate Enchantment Stones (7 days): open the item and you will randomly receive 1 to 3 fragments. Once you have 5 of them, combine them to be rewarded with the [Event] Selection Box of Ultimate Enchantment Stones (7 days).
• [Event] Bundle of Mysterious Legendary Transformation Contract Fragments: open the item and you will randomly receive 1 to 3 fragments. Collect 20 fragments and grab the [Event] Legendary Transformation Contract Alchemy Reagent (1x free per account) item from the AION Shop. Then combine these items to be rewarded with the [Event] Legendary Transformation Contract (10 types) (7 days).

Terror Mookies: Terror Mookies appear for 20 minutes at 11:30 AM and 7:30 PM from which you can grab Sharp Mookie Needles. You’ll need the needles for magical crafting. According to the Train Conductor, the Terror Mookies can be found in the Outlaw North or Outlaw South, in the Exitus Camp as well as in the Heart of Snuwa…

Magical Crafting: You can use the needles you get from the Mookies to craft the following items: [Event] Ultimate Splen Belt Chest, [Event] Ultimate Splen Earring Chest, [Event] Ultimate Splen Necklace Chest, [Event] Ultimate Splen Ring Chest and [Event] Ultimate Splen Weapons Chest.


Get a Dumaha Level Pack from the AION Shop. It temporarily speeds up your progress in the game and is available for various levels once per account. A 300% XP Boost will also be active during the event!


Dumaha’s altars have been expanded, so dive into the Altar Siege Battles – they take place from 2 PM to 3 PM and 8 PM to 9 PM from 11th September!

The quantity and range of the rewards have been increased (even for lower-ranking characters). There are five Stelliums in Ara Minima, six in Ara Medicora and seven in Ara Magna!


Four notorious monsters in Dumaha also show up each day at 9 PM: Desert Kadabra, Raging Pupuru, Dragon Lord’s Rachmaga Masterpiece and Fire Incarnation Yanohas!


Snap up the Drop! You can find the Ultimate Raging Blue Flame equipment in Makarna of Bitterness and Prometun’s Workshop. The Ultimate Merciless Intruder’s equipment is dropped by boss opponents in the Stella Development Laboratory (easy).


Instance entries are available from 11th September and are reset every Saturday at 11 PM.

Note: The event items will be removed from the game one week after the event completes.

Now we’ll say goodbye to all you Daevas getting off in Dumaha and we wish you a pleasant onward journey!
The AION Team