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Leveling Guide For Asmodians v.2.0

Patch 5.5
Updated 19.08.2017

1. About

This is a leveling guide for Asmodians playing on EU servers (with EU translations). The last update
was made in July 2017 to match patch 5.5 content. This guide is written to match with the ​experience
requirements​. The whole project started in 2013 and it has been revamped for several times. You
don't need to purchase any experience boost items or gold pack to level up from 1 to 65 by following
this guide. It has been tested with all classes with and without gold pack. The last test run with this
guide is from December 2016 with gunner (gold pack) and in October 2016 with cleric, ranger and
gladiator (no gold pack).

It's such a shame that I don't have any copy from the original guide for leveling in patch 2.5-4.0.
However, I can tell you without showing any evidence that the leveling experience has changed
drastically. Campaigns used to be scattered and be less rewarding than what they are now. Leveling
was stuck on patch 2.0. It wasn't horrible grind like in 1.5 since experience requirements got nerfed but
it was still all over the place. The leveling experience I had inspired me to start working on this guide.
In Patch 3.0 era (KR 2011-2012, EU 2012-2013) leveling was mainly about grinding instances and
certain repeatable coin quests for gear. Leveling between 20-25 and 40-45 used to be ”major grind”
since there was no good quests to do.

In patch 4.0 era (KR 2012-2015, EU 2013-2016) leveling got a major overhaul. New key quest system
made leveling more linear and work more like in Blade & Soul which was a welcome change. New
purple event quests also boosted experience gain and made grouping worth your time. In ​patch 4.7
some quests and old campaigns got removed from the game. All new characters started to follow
Aethertech's storyline funnily enough.The problem with this was that NCSoft forgot to add new quests
to replace lost experience. There was almost 10 levels of experience missing in low level maps (25-35)
and people had to grind Fire Temple. Level 55-65 suffered greatly from a similar issue as NCSoft
decided to remove ​Danaria/​Katalam​/​Sarpan​/​Tiamaranta​ maps from the game in order to revive open
world PvP. They did add new quests but still there was up to 7 levels worth of experience missing.
Players had to spam Tiamat's Fortress, Rentus Base and Beshmundir Temple with experience
amulets.

All of these problems got finally fixed when they lowered experience requirements between levels 1-65
and added new quests to low level maps in 5.0. Sadly because of this the storytelling isn't coherent at
all. To be honest, it never was. If you're interested in the lore, Internet is good place to look up for
backstories and old cinematics. Later on you can visit some old locations for old standard quests if you
wish to feel the breath of the past.

Nosra/Esterra part of the guide is based on my own personal experience and few guidelines I've seen
around Internet. I also did some field tests with friends to check what is the most efficient way for
leveling. Don't stress too much about getting to 75 because it's going to take months if not years
without experience boost items. You should be able to do majority of the content once you've reached
level 70.
The author is nearly a hopeless altoholic from Deyla that has been playing Aion since 2011. She
made her first alt character only few weeks after starting the game and has both characters still
hanging around.
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1 Tips & Tricks

1.1 FAQ
How to use this guide?
This guide doesn't hold your hand in every situation. I've seen way too many leveling
guides for MMORPGs that go too deep into details on what color of mobs they are
supposed to kill and exact amount of them etc. Instead, this guide exists here to give
you an idea of what you should be doing at certain level. ​It's good to pick up when
you haven't played the game for a while and got no clue where to go.

Majority of the quests are linked to Aion Database or similar website for backtracking.

When you log in to the game for the first time, give a good look into the options and
get familiar with the UI. The quest tracker alone should help you a lot to find correct
locations for the quest targets.

How do I change my bind point?

Use ​Obelisks​, they are located in every main city and town in the game. You can
also purchase ​kisks​ from general good merchants and use them as temporary bind
points.

How do I travel fast in this game?

- With scrolls from general good merchants
- With dedicated flight/teleport NPCS and quick travel points (wing statue icon)
- Teleport statues and special teleport NPCs
- Rifts (blue or red oval icon)
- Windstreams (blue ”snakes” or ”circles” visible on map)

I heard that I can get free leveling aid for my character? How do I get all the
goodies?

There are 2 types of leveling aid for Aion. Faction based surveys and normal leveling
aid quest (usually purple). Surveys will appear as a scroll icon next to your skill bar.
Aid quests you can get from NPC called Edanos. Edanos can be found from all of the
main fortresses and from Pandaemonium.
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Here is a spreadsheet for all of the quests Edanos gives including the levels required
to do them:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S9686IM2ateN6FU-HDpNYqHs1RinLbgrl9
NiA5b7jUk/pubhtml

Where do I see the experience requirements for each level?

http://aionpowerbook.com/powerbook/XP_Requirements

I can't see normal quests!

Options → User Interface → check ”Marking for normal quests below 65”

How many slots I can have for my inventory?

Without Aion Store you can purchase up to 135 slots with kinah. The maximum
amount of slots is 162.

How do I get more stigmas?

After getting the last stigma from Level 55 quest the easiest way is to buy them from
broker. Certain mobs in open world can drop stigma bags with a low chance. Majority
of the stigmas are received through different events.

You can get 1 random hero/fabled grade stigma for your class by completing a quest
for Makarna at L65 or higher. Garden of Knowledge has a chance to drop a stigma
bag from the sun crystal chamber (near Piton). You can also get a stigma bag every
week from Arena of Challenge. Also random bosses in Arkhal and Kroban have been
confirmed to drop a stigma bag with a random chance.
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Is there addons for Aion?

Not really. UI is pretty flexible without any but sadly everything else you've to get
used to (like watching your cds and debuffs). There are few damage meters around
(Aidps and Aion Rainmeter) that do offer little tweeks for the game. Most common
things to add to Aion is Japanese crit font and EU players like to use NA translation
pak. However, use these at your own risk.

Where do I get a mount?

Most mounts are from events and Aion store. However, there are few you can get
without buying Aion coins. Every mount takes 1 slot from your inventory so in general
it's not a good idea to owe more than 1.

Sharptooth Lumen​ – Speed 12.8 – Tiamat's Fortress. You need to kill all bosses to
spawn a big box in a garden. You can also purchase similar mount from NPC in
same instance, but it's going to take 38 runs or so.
Pagati Veyron​ – Speed 12.6 – Rentus Base (normal mode).
Sharptooth Airspike/Sharptooth Bloodletter​ – Speed 12.4/12.7 – Crafted by
master Handicrafts. The box it comes from can be purchased from broker.
Crestlich Cito​ - Speed 11.9 – Hatched from an egg that can be purchased from
housing area merchants (you need to own a house). The mount hatched from the
egg is usually 30 days version and very rarely a permanent. Can be purchased from
broker.
War Horse of The Legion of Honour –​ Speed 12.0. Can be purchased from level 8
legion merchant for 364 legion coins. You can only use this mount when you're in
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(any) legion.

Waveform Surfrider – ​Speed 12.0 – Drops from world boss in Pernon (Agrints)
Airskim Surfrider​ – Speed 11.4 – Purchased from Pernon for 57 million kinah.
Blue Surfrider​ – Speed 10.8 – Purchased from Pernon for 11 million kinah. This is a
REALLY slow mount and some players can catch you by running.

Just in case you haven't noticed there are also some mounts available for ​Conquest
Tokens ​in Gelkmaros. The prices are quite salty but there is also ​4560 token box
that contains any Conquest Token mount randomly.

How do I get a minion?

Minions can be acquired through few instances like Neviwind Canyon, Narakali,
Tower of Challenge and Museum of Knowledge. They are also available from events
and Aion store. Minions come from rank A to D, A being the strongest and D being
the weakest All minions will buff the player and come with 1-3 special skills that can
be unlocked by sacrificing your other minions (ascension). Minions can also be used
like pets for scrolling and buffing, looting items and alerting for enemies. However, if
you decide to use the pet function, minion skills will be unavailable.

Where is PvP?
Open world PvP is nearly non-existing before lvl 60. There are rifts to enemy
territories occasionally here and there but chances are you won't find opponents.
Most of the PvP is located in the endgame maps/instances.

You can participate in 6v6 PvPve maps Dredgion/Chantra Dredgion/Terath Dredgion

starting at 46. At this time you can also enter Arena of Chaos (12 man ffa), Arena of
Discipline (1v1), Arena of Cooperation (3v3). Arena of Glory (4 man ffa) opens at
level 60. The entrance for arenas is in Marchutan Priory (check Pandemonium map).

Kamar Battlefield (12v12), Jormugand's Marching Route (6v6), Steel Wall Bastion
Battlefield (24v24) and Runatorium (6v6) are available after level 60.

Neviwind Canyon can be entered from the icon with 2 banners next to the action bar
if you’re L66 or higher. It’s 96v96 mass PvP map that has objectives like killing
bosses and collecting resources. This battlefield is open 24/7 with unlimited entries.

What are sieges and when do they start? When Dredgion is open?
https://timetable.aioninfo.eu/

Sieges are RvR content that occur on different days and times. All of the current
sieges are basically ”capture a castle” types of games that require whole faction to
participate in order to capture fortresses. Capturing a fortress rewards participants
with medallions and honor points and the conquering legion (or usually the BG of the
legion) gets extra benefits such as extra daily HP and some unique items.

Fights are usually fought between Asmodian and Elyos and Balaur (AI controlled
faction that exists to spice the things up). In Pangea siege however, the siege can be
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fought against same faction from other server.

What class should I make?

Just pick anything that appeals to you the most. However, if you're new to the game
you probably should think about making ranged class because they are so much
easier for grinding than melees. Later when you have kinah and resources you can
re-roll to your favorite class.

How do I know if my class is physical or magical?

Magic classes: Sorcerer, Spiritmaster, Bard, Cleric, Aethertech, Gunner
Physical classes: Templar, Gladiator, Chanter, Assassin, Ranger

Keep in mind that magical classes can also have physical abilities and vice versa.

What about the stats?

Magic classes benefit mainly from Magic Boost, Magical Accuracy and Crit Spell.
Healing boost in Aion isn’t related to Magic Boost, they are 2 separated stats.

Physical classes benefit mainly from Critical Hit, Attack, Accuracy. All physical
classes will need Magical Accuracy in order to perform magic based stuns and
debuffs. However, don’t socket Magical Accuracy as a physical class before you
actually know your class well enough.

You can ​block​ only if you’re wielding a shield. The amount of damage blocked is
related to shield’s ​damage reduction​ stat. Block is capped to 50% (500 more block
than your enemy’s accuracy).

You can ​parry​ with greatsword, staff, polearm, sword, dagger, mace. Parry is capped
to 40%. ​Evasion​ is capped to 30%. With some certain class skills players can
perform 100% parry, evasion, block and magic resist.

Magic Resist ​gives you a calculated chance to resist any magical ability. It’s capped
to 50% (500 more Magic Resist than your enemy’s Magical Accuracy). ​All of the
abilities have also their own separated Accuracy and Magical Accuracy stat that
either increases or decreases their chance to succeed.

Elemental Defence​ reduces damage dealt to you by certain type of magic based
abilities. Fire defense will reduce damage taken from fire spells etc.

Magic Suppression​ will reduce your enemy’s magic boost effect on you in 1:1 rate.
Check damage formula in Aion if you’re interested to get more deep into this.

Strike Resistance/Crit spell​ resistance will reduce chances to land a critical hit.

Strike Fortitude and Spell Fortitude​ will reduce the damage taken from a critical hit.
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Magical Attack ​adds white damage (auto attack damage) to classes that can deal
magical auto attacks.

Healing Boost​ boost the effect of the healing spells. Healing boost doesn’t affect on
skills that heal a fixed amount and it doesn’t boost the effect of the recovery items. 10
points of healing boost adds 1% to the healing skill.

My character is stuck on walking/I can't use mouse to control flight:

Stuck to walk: Use ”.” (punctuation). I t toggles your character to walk/run.
If your group window gets minimized: Press ^.
Can't use mouse for flying: Turn Scroll Lock off

How do I link items or locations?

Alt gr + right click or Ctrl + right click for linking items or giving locations on map.
There is also a more specific mapping tool (blue human icon on bottom-left of the
map UI). You can save your maps and share them with others.

Why do people hide their details?

Because they can. Some people get really sensitive when it's about their equipment.
Most players don't want to show their gear to opposite faction.

What craft should I choose?

Don't bother with it when you're leveling. It's not a bad way to get experience while
you're AFK but it takes some kinah (around 80-150 million to master level) to do it.

Most crafts are nearly useless as in 5.3. With alchemy you can make still some useful
scrolls and with tailoring/armorsmithing/weaponsmithing/handicrafting some unique
skins but otherwise, don’t bother unless you’re a perfectionist. Magical crafting is
somewhat useful but really expensive to craft and definitely not something you want
to focus on while leveling.

Most foods and potions are easy to get from doing quests or from new high daeva
morphing recipes. You can purchase all of these designs from Nosra with Ancient
Coins.

Example:
If you’re cleric and need magic resist food all you need to do is to repeat few 60 kill
quests in Nosra to get lower grade magic resist food and upgrade it higher grade with
morphing.

Where do I find integrated gear switch macros and skill macros?

Gear switch macro can be found from opening profile (P) and clicking button
“Equipment Set Settings” under your character’s portrait.

Skill macros can be found from the last tab of the skills (K). This macro system ​will
not autocast​ your skills but instead it will put them into queue in same skill bar slot.
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What happened to NPCs for remodeling and enchanting?

All enhancement, modeling, socketing, dyeing etc. happen now in a new screen that
you can open by left clicking an item and selecting “modify” icon which looks like an
anvil.

Is Book of Monsters worth filling?

No. The experience you receive is bad and you won’t get any good rewards from it.
Wait until it gets updated for something more useful.
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1.2 Pandaemonium

Light blue wings​ on a map are ​fast travel points​ that can be used for teleporting to
their location. Teleport cost is fairly cheap and cd is low.

Vifrost Bridge
Here is Located all of the main teleporters to Balaurea and Asmodea. You can also
find a teleport statue to Marchutan Priory and Covenant of Marchutan here.

Market street
Here you can find <General Goods Merchant> Nekai that has lots of useful items to
sell.

Gender Switch NPC is located between Market Street and Apellbines Tavern.

Temple of Gold
Broker and Warehouse are located here.

Apellbine Tavern
You can purchase various emotes and motions here.

Prosperity Road
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Here you can purchase various costumes and change appearance of your character
(mainly hair and skin color, also plastic surgery NPC is located here).

Temple of Artisans
A crafting area.

Legions Board
You can purchase legion items here or find or disband a legion. You can find per
merchants and pet minder next to this building. If your faction has conquered a
fortress in Pangea siege, here will appear a portal to Pangea (lvl 65 PvP map).

Triniel Coliseum
Free for all PvP arena.

1.3 Boosting/Grinding guide

L1-10 Use ”Grinding way” map at Ishalgen
L10-20 Kill mobs at Mist Mane Village
L20-25 Kill mobs either at Brusthonin (Brohunir) or near Taran's Cavern
L25-35 Kill mobs at Brusthonin (Brohunir) with 200% exp amulet or grind NTC/FT
L35-46 Kromede's Trial, Key Quests at Mist Mane Cavern, Purple Event Instance
Quests
L46-50 Grind Adma Stronghold or Dark Poeta (better exp if you can solo) with 200%
exp amulet
L50-53 Gelkmaros campaign and key quests
L53-60 Solo/Duo Beshmundir Temple with 200% exp amulet. Repeat Rentus Base
(nm) quests.
L60-65 Solo/Duo Beshmundir Temple with 200% exp amulet. When you run out of
amulets just start questing in Vengar.

Grinding isn't necessary faster way to level up but more convenient for making alts.
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1.4 Luna Instances (level 10-75)

Luna Shop is a new feature added in patch 5.1. It's used for acquiring various
costumes and housing items. It's mainly meant to be a cash grab but with patience
there are few things you can get free from it. ​Luna Instances give nice amount of
nearly free exp​. You'll get the most out of it from level 40 to level 70. You can enter
to Luna Shop from Purple Moon Crescent icon next to the Action Bar.

Hell's Pass​ is a daily reset instance and it's a base defend type of minigame.
Your goal is to protect your base by using artilleries. ​If you get S rank you’ll
receive a superior bundle that can include all-powerful-enhancement-stone
and with weekly quest you can acquire a level reduction stone.

Mechanerk's Weapon's Factory​ is a weekly reset instance. Your goal is to

fight your way through the mobs with your Luna Soldiers and kill the last boss.
Repeating the weekly quest 7 times will reward you a huge manastone bundle.
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2 Ishalgen (1-10)

A. Grinding way
Levels 1-3
● Grind mobs until you enter Aldelle Village
● Do following key quests: Sibling Rivalry and Irreconcilable Siblings (for kinah)
● Complete event quest: [Event] Just One New Thing (get free item from store
for experience amulets)

Levels 3-4
● Kill all mobs on the way o Munihele Forest
● Use teleport statue to Anturoon Crossing

Levels 4-9
● Kill Karnifs until you hit 6 and after that grind undead mobs and sparkles on
top of the map until you hit 9.
● Mobs with orange name give more experience than yellow or white. Rusty
Threehand is a world boss at Ishalgen Prison Camp and it gives around 1000
exp. points per kill.
● At 9 go to Munin and start Ascension quest.
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B. Questing way
Prologue
On Your Feet
A Bloody Task
The Sprigg Report
Meeting the Fruit Quota
Vanar's Flattery
Order of the Captain
Thinking Ahead
The Shinier the Better
A New Skill
Sibling Rivalry
Irreconcilable Siblings
Where's Rae
Treasure of the Deceased
A Charmed Cube
Teaching a Lesson
Hit Them Where it Hurts
Ascension

Once you’ve ascended you should get a free set of gear in a box. ​This set will
be everything you need until L65​. Don’t bother to grind any other set during
leveling as it’s waste of time.
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3 Altgard (10-22)

3.1 Questlist: 10-12

Dispatch to Altgard ​starts from Pandaemonium

Brigade General Suthran's Orders
Sparkle Sap Polish
Ice Lake Crystals
Getting rid of floating objects in Altgard
Conversing with A Skurv​ ​→ ​Mau in Ten Minutes A Day
Guardian of the Ice Lake
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3.2 Questlist: 12-15

Retrieving The Report

MuMu Farmland Inspector
Picking off Frightcorn​ → ​Gleaning the meaning

Use fast travel to ​Basfelt Village​, bind to the Obelisk

Cure for Crazy​→​ ​A Crazy Request​ ​→ ​Report to Garuntat

Lamir's New Clothes
Money Where your Mouth Is
Glowing Mushroom
Tougher Measures​ (opens at 14)

3.3 Questlist: 15-21

Once done, go back to​ MuMu Village​ area.

Hunting Lepharist Revolutionaries

Hunting the Grave Robbers​ & ​Back to the Owner
This will open lots of key quests for MuMu village :
Securing the Merchandise
Rarified Tastes
A Fertile Field
A Matter of Pride
Making a New Start
Chieftain of the MuMu
Use return to Basfelt Village to return quests. Use fast travel to ​Altgard Fortress​.
[Instance] The Secret of the Odella
Fly to the Heart of Impetusium. Do the pre-quest and enter ​Haramel ​(1 man
instance).
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[Instance] The Price of Loyalty

[Instance] Dear Brother
After done, new quests will pop up:
[Instance] Odella Shipment to Hivan
[Instance] The Informer
[Instance] The Mysterious Box (rep)
Completing these will open the last quest on the chain:
[Instance] Enough Said
Finish the instance and go outside where you should have Hivan waiting for you.
Return the quests and feel free to take new ones there are available. Reset Haramel
by using a scroll or switching between rookie and main server.

[Instance] Hivan's Task

[Instance] The Overseers' Downfall
[Instance] End of the shift in Haramel
[Instance] Souper Passion
[Instance] The Mysterious Box (rep)

Return quests and use scroll to go ​Altgard Fortress​.

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3.4 Questlist: 21-22

The Conspiracy of the Black Claw Tribe

Reveal the Intrigue of the Mau
Impending Danger
No Escaping Destiny

Optional quests in Altgard (for fun):

Arekedil's Heritage
The Gerger's Insignia​ ​→ ​The Gerger's Disguise​ → ​Escaping Asmodae ​(Title:
Kind)
Manir's Uncle​→​Groken's Escape​→ ​Manir's Message
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4 Morheim (21-35)

4.1 Quest list: 21-25

Brigade General Aegir's Orders

Frenai's Lost Jewelry
Bringing up Tayga
Active Discouragement
The Claw of the Tayga
Fragments of Aion's Tower
Daeva, Where's My Herb?
Keeping Warm
Outfighting Arachnas
Greeting the Alchemist
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Strange Mushrooms
Promise Kept
Scouting the Lab
Recovering Research Material
A Sorrowful Message
Sprigg Nightlights
Good Tools After Bad

Optional Quests:
Irresistible Soup​ ​- for fun not good exp

At level 21​ or so you can go to Pandemonium and star a quest chain for your own
Studio
[Housing] Give My Regards to Pernon

Logging out in a studio will help make your character feel rested and recover ​Energy
of Repose ​faster. With Energy of Repose charged you gain more experience from
quests and killing mobs.

Studio is the free housing type in Aion and every character can have one. You can
decorate studio and also use it for gaining consumable items and gear skins with
questblooms. You can even rent your own Warehouse and General Goods NPCs for
your house(there is also a mail box but it works only if you have your own yard). Later
you can purchase other types of residences from House Auction if you got kinah and
patience because there is limited amount of houses in Pernon.

If you're not into housing that is just fine, just log out there for faster leveling.
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4.2 Quest list: 25​-28

At Morheim’s Ice Fortress There should be a new key quest called

[Instance] Meeting in the Ice Fortress

T​his is free 285k experience so take it. If you haven't noticed yet ​the game is hinting
you to find a group for NTC​ so keep your eyes open on LFG for instance groups. If
you got a gold pack you can also try to make your own party. If you're still not able to
go NTC you can continue questing:

[Weekly] Purge the Sprigg

this quest seems to be bugged, I was only able to get this from rookie server after
level 26 so go there if u can't see this on Morheim map. This will lead to following key
quests:
Why the Fish Aren't Biting
A Seafood Fest

If you still didn't hit ​27​, go to the ​Desert Garrison​ and pick up some standard quests.
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I recommend doing this chain because it's interesting and a good source of
experience:
Octanu’s Lair ​+ ​Arachna Egg ​→ ​Millenium Eka​ ​+ ​An Eggs-acting Quest
Use fast travel back to the Desert Garrison.

With these quests you should be able to hit level ​27.​ New key quests will pop up at
Desert Garrison​ and also a campaign so go there and bind to the Obelisk.

Ceremony of the Salt Flats

A Ribbit out of the Water
Meaty Trea​ts ​(Right choice is Buffalid neck meat)
Wasting the Watch

When you go to the desert watch out for the world boss ​King Consierd​ , he will one
shot you on sight (I died while trying to take a picture of him, he is just a bully elite
grade).
Just by the way, ​the shape of monster HP bar will tell you their grade and the dot
amount difficulty.

Neutral monsters have usually yellow/green dots instead of white ones (also they
appear as white dots in the radar) but don't get fooled by that. If you attack them by
accident they will defend themselves, well most of them anyway.

Once you finish all of the quests above you'll hit level ​28​.
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4.3 Questlist: 28-35

Bind to the ​Desert Garrison​ if you haven't done that because we aren't done here

yet.

Shadow of the Ice Claw Tribe

A Distasteful Duty
A Melange of Spices
The Munmun's Ginseng
Orashunerk's Special Order
Reclaiming History
Marital Difficulties
Destroying The Mau Flag
Melting the Ice Claw

Optional quests (for fun):

A New Recipe ​(rewards a title and a chef's hat)

When you're doing the campaign (the part where you need to enter Ice Claw Village)
follow the red path on the map and be careful. They removed most of the elites but
there are still some and you don't want to fight them. Wait for flag spawn and kill them
until you have the quest done. When you reach the bridge (yellow path) there
shouldn't be more elites on your way and you can kill the mobs without a problem.
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In case you were wondering, there is a short cut to the statue after the bridge but that
elite mob on the hill hits quite hard and you got a long run if you die on it (there are
also hidden elite assassin near the bridge if you're considering about kiting).

Kill the quest mob and use return. Hand in the quests and use scroll to ​Morheim
Fortress​. Start new campaign and use fast travel/retreat to get back to ​Desert
Garrison. ​From there, fly to the ​Slag Bulwark ​and bind the the Obelisk.

Opens at ​29​:
To The Fire Temple
Nosy Braghests
Obscured Vision
Oculazen Irises
A Foul Stench
A Quota of Creatures
A Prized Posession
The Last Piece of the Puzzle
Sky Temple is annoying place but there are few videos on YouTube that can teach
you how to make shortcuts (if you glider properly you can finish all 3 rooms in less
than 10 min).
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You can complete ​Huron's Letter​ ​which you get automatically at ​30​.

You're getting a strong hint that you should find yourself a group for ​Fire Temple
instance.

Option 1.

Mob grinding at Fire Temple. Basically you'll grind this place until level ​35​.

[Instance/Group] A Mysterious Goblet ​(Morheim Fortress)

[Instance/Group] Temple Cleanup
[Instance/Group] The Ancient Weapon
[Instance/Group] Rescue Mission in the Fire Temple ​(opens at 31) →
[Instance/Group] Kromede's End
If this doesn't fit your taste, go to the ​Morheim Fortress ​and fly the the ​Alsig Village.

Option 2.

After doing these quests you should hit ​31​ and more quests will be available:
Harvesting Tripeed ​→​ Tripeed Monster
The Know it All
Death Threat

At ​32 ​you can pick up more quests:

Avenging Matilda
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Skinning Spriggs
Overworked and Underappreciated
Operation: Recover the Operation

After returning following pick up these and go up to the ​Red Lava Cliff:
A Friend in Need
War of the Worgs
A Picky Eater​ ​→​ ​A Dish for Dukar

At level ​33​ there will be more quests available up there:

The Agrint's Wish
Peace At The Last
Putting Out Fires
Morheim's Agony
Crush the Crushers

Return to Alsig village at ​34​:

Rynoce Horn
The Tripeed Thief
Stopping the Klaw Expansion
Beautiful Feather
Crop Stompers
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5 Beluslan (35-46)

5.1 Quest list: 35-37

Geez, about time to get a new campaign. Return or fly to ​Alsig Village​ from there
continue to ​Morheim Observatory​. Bind here now.
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Improve the Relationship with Hreidmar

The Crisis in Morheim

Thwarting the Morheim Invasion

Go to the ​Beluslan Fortress​.
Brigade General Nerita's Orders

If you didn't hit ​37​ at this point feel free to do some of the standards quests (or
Luna instances) at ​Morheim Observatory​.

5.2 Quest list: 37-41

You can start ​[Instance] Suspicious Errand ​at level 37 which used to be a prequest
to ​Kromede’s Trial​. Now it's not really required but gives nice amount of experience.
This chain continues with
[Instance] Nighmares and Dreamescapes

Fly to the ​Red Mane Cavern​ and from there take a flight path to ​Camp Kistenian​.
Pick up all of the blue quests and get ready for instance grind.
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[Instance ] Journey into the Unknown

[Instance ] Restless Sleep (rep)
[Instance ] An Honourable Death (rep)
[Instance ] A Smith's Dream (rep)
[Instance/Cash] Kaliga's End (rep)

Clear everything for couple runs. KT drops also rather unique skins so if you're
interested you should look for a full fledged guide for Kromede's Trial.
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Once you get out of the prison after being captured, make sure you loot this chest
after defeating key keepers. It gives you a temporary item that causes a heavy area
of effect stun. This item will save your bum quite many times when you chain pull
mob by accident. Mobs reset easily so if you pull more mobs that you can handle,
you can just use beads to stun them and run away.

Last boss Kaliga has 2 possible appearances depending on if you decide to kill his
followers or not. If you let Kaliga's followers live you will spawn a stronger version of
Kaliga which might be bit tricky to take down as a melee. I'm always trying to find
shortcuts in every instance so I usually kill Lady Angerr (located in Angerr's Bedroom)
since she is the weakest of the trio and rush to the boss room once done with quests.
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Take a note that you can't fight mini bosses on your 1​st​ run. Instead you'll fight a
weaker Kaliga by default. 1 run is roughly 0,5-1 level so this will be really fast. If you
want to reset KT, just change between main and rookie server. Yes, this is brain
numbing boring but it's the most efficient way for experience. Average run with all of
the quests will take about 20 minutes (with couple trains because mobs get chain
pulled easily). You might be faster or slower depending on your gear and class.

Once you hit​ level 41​ you can forget this instance forever (until you make your next
toon).

5.3 Quest list: 41-46

Icy Kurngalfelberg
Frozen Ghosts
Misdirected Letter​ ​(finish this when going for next campaign)
Collapsing Fortress ​(at Beluslan Fortress)
Investigate the father's disappearance​ ​(check Missing Father from YouTube)

Bind to ​Red Mane Cavern ​after doing these quests.

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Hoarfrost and Red Mane ​(opens at ​41​)

Consulting the Leaders
Assuming Con-Troll
Eradication Pa-Troll
Decorative Skulls
Hoarfrost ​Diplomacy
Spirit's Tears​ (opens at ​43​)
Scarlet Wrath
Red Mane Tribe's Secret Remedy
Restive Spirits
Once A Friend, Now an Enemy
Ice Petrahulks
Mau's Lament
The Crisis of Beluslan ​(opens at ​44​)
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For the Campaign you can take a significant shortcut by using a teleport near
Southgate

Pick following quests from ​Fafner​:

Bakarma Legion Garrison
Weakening the Bakarma Legion
Dangerous Drakes
Loud Nagas
These quests can be soloed but that is quite time consuming and prepare for lots of
deaths.

At​ 45 ​you can start the campaign quest for the ​Abyss​.

Honing Your Skills

Abyss General Knowledge
Correct answers for the questionnaire: 1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3
Following Through
The Last Checkpoint

Prophecy of Ancient times​ ​is really good exp but lots of effort also. You need to
complete ​Secret Library Access​ ​and have ​Artefact Activation Stone​ which you
can craft with Alchemy (199 or higher + 1500 ap for the design) or purchase from the
broker. This item is quite expensive for your level so chances are you can't even
complete this.
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Optional​ ​Instance Quests ​ for easy experience ​(​can be picked up from Beluslan
Fortress/Brusthonin Village/Pandemonium/NPCs at instance entrances​)

Draupnir Cave:
Spying Out Draupnir Cave ​(Opens at 45 from Nerita at Beluslan Fortress, free 6kk
experience)
[Progress] Eliminate the Balaur in the Draupnir Cave
[Progress] Eliminate the Spirit in the Draupnir Cave
[Progress] The Way to Beritra's Oracle
[Progress] Eliminate Brigade General Yavant
[Progress] Eliminate Instructor Akbar ​(level 40 and 46)
[Progress] Eliminate Saraswati ​(level 40 and 46)
[Progress] Eliminate Lakshmi ​(level 40 and 46)
[Progress] Eliminate Commander Nimbarka ​(level 40 and 46)
[Instance/Group] Judishtira's Weapon
[Instance/Group] Corrupted Offspring
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[Instance/Group] Destroying the Balaur Weapons
Optional: ​Adventure Stories (rep)

Steel Rake ​(new entrance is in Beluslan!)​:

[Progress] Eliminate Engineer Lahulahu
[Progress] Eliminate Chief Funner Koakoa
[Progress] Eliminate Brass Eye Grogget

Alquimia Research Center:

[Progress] Eliminate Researcher Zoik
[Progress] Eliminate Lab Director Odetu ​(you can solo this with DP burst)
[Progress] Eliminate Key Protector Nimue
[Progress] Eliminate High Priest Euras ​(try to find some help for this one)
Note: You can still do these quests after hitting 46 if you got difficulties at getting to
level 50.
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6 Brusthonin (46-50+)

Teleport to ​Brusthonin​ and fly to the ​Baltasar Hill Village​ (bind).

Take all of the red arrow quests from Protectorates (near Flight point). If you did visit
Edanos you should have 3x Recovery Teas in your inventory.

Depending on the server you're playing on, this is quite valuable item and fast kinah.
However, if you don't have a gold pack and want to level up fast I would consider
about using them on yourself instead (​save for later, don't use now!​).
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46 daevion gear chain (alias fake Fenris​):

Surt's Request​ → ​Surt's Mission​ ​→ ​Off to BuBu Village
[Progress] Destroy the Alitaurs and the Rotrons from Nahor Lake
[Progress] Eliminate the Vampires and the Curse Dealers
Carnivores Run Amok
They're Bugging Me
Baltasar's Wish
Bane's Epochal Work

46 daevion gear chain​ ​continues:

BuBu Khaaan's Request ​→​ ​Cleaning Up the Carobian Coas​t ​→ ​Visiting Surt
[Progress] Kill the Sea Chimaera
[Progress] Eliminate the Plant Lobnites
After this, finish rest of the purple quests (that can be soloed):
[Progress] Protect the Cliff of Scream
[Progress] Eliminate the Colorful Arachnas
[Progress] Gather Colorful Arachna Fluid
[Progress] Eliminate the Anubite Lookouts and the Grave Bloodwings
[Progress] Eliminate the Brohum

Unlike every other quest, these event quests don't get shown on the map so you
need to click mob names on the quest to reveal their location. Also, these quests are
more or less bugged so you might have to kill 2x amount of the mobs required to get
updates.
Depending on how many instance quests you picked you should be around ​47,5-48
by now. You can backtrack a bit and do some instances or regular quests you
missed or you can try your luck with Brusthonin.

Best way to level up to 50 is ​Adma Stronghold​. It is a group instance so you'll have

to find people to go with. There is usually plenty of Adma groups recruiting on rookie
server so you shouldn't have any problems with that.

Option 1.

Quests for ​Adma Stronghold​:

[Progress] Destroy the Canal Cellatu
[Progress] Eliminate the Suspicious Boy and Lord Lannok
[Instance/Group] The Song of Dea​th ​(Surt from Baltasar Village gives this)
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[Instance/Group] Lukmann's Justice

Option 2. Questing around Baltasar Village

Porgus Roundup
Heirnir Wants To Rest​ → ​Something for Heirnir
Mission of the Reaper's Squad
Alas Poor Groznak
Unusual Ingredients
Abandoned Mithril
Warehouse Keeper's Greed
A Light Through The Trees
A Bribe For The Chieftain​ →​ ​I Wanna Pecku​ ​→ ​The Bribed ​Chieftain​ ​(BuBu
Village)
A Thing for Ginseng​ ​(BuBu Village)
Lost Gift ​(BuBu Village, the box is located in the downstream of the waterfall, not in
the Iollu Forest lake)
Jackdaw's Request​ → ​Captain's Hat​ ​(Carobian Coast)
Lost Compass ​(Carobian Coast)
Petrahulk: Smash!​ → ​Contamination Sample​ ​(West from Baltasar Hill Village)
[Instance] The Dark Place​ ​(opens at 48 from Baltasar Hill Village)
Meet Surt​ ​(opens at 46 from Beluslan Fortress, return this when you happen to go
back to Baltasar Village)

At 48 you can enter to ​Dark Poeta ​and do some quite nice quests there for
experience.

[Progress] Eliminate the Balaur in the Akarios Village Ruins

[Progress] Eliminate the Marabata, the Elim Spirits, the Spallers
[Progress] Destroy the Mutated Fungie
[Progress] Destroy the Telepathy Controller and Supply Distributor
[Instance/Group] Changing the Future
[Instance] Balaur Henchmen
You can do Dark Poeta, Adma Stronghold and Theobomos Lab quests when
leveling to 55, they are still valuable experience and save you from running around in
Gelkmaros.

At this point I already did hit ​50 ​and I didn't even finish all of the content I listed here.
Chances are that you didn't which is probably because you didn't do any of the
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progress (instance) quests. There are still some quests left in Brusthonin so feel free
to go there if you really want to avoid dungeon grinding. However, there is no
continuity left so you'll run around a lot.

7 Gelkmaros (51-60+)

7.1 Quest list: 50-53

After completing quests above bind to Gelkmaros Fortress and start with quests
around Gelkmaros Fortress:
Support in Gelkmaros
next to high priestess Ageha is a key quest which you also should pick
Entering the Crucible
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This teleport statue in Pandemonium can take you to either ​Convent of Marchutan
or ​Marchutan Priory​. ​Convent of Marchutan ​used to be a place of skill trainers,
now you can buy mainly lvl 50-60 Abyss items, Abyss consumables and stigmas. In
Marchutan Priory ​exists NPCs for 55-65 PvP equipment, Arena entrances, Hall of
Fame and entrance to Pangea siege and Brusthonin/Theobomos invasions.

Travel to Gelkamors (bind here) through the campaign quest and pick up following
quests:
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Support in Gelkmaros
Cleaning Out Leftovers
The Leader of the Drak
Missing Pieces
Ipse's Ambition
Helping Hand
Vyuin's Orders
We Are Bees We Hate You​ → ​Truth Behind the Bees
Reinforcing the Bulwark

This should be enough to bring you to level ​52​.

Windstreams​ are really important part of transportation in Gelkmaros/Inggison and

you can see their locations by zooming on the map. You can use a wind stream by
gliding towards it. If you happen to fall from a wind stream to canyon too early, try to
look for craters on the ground. Craters usually provide useful geysers that can help
you jump back to wind stream (or get you into higher grounds).

Use the wind stream from Gelkmaros fortress to travel to ​Aether Research Group
Campsite​.
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[Instance] Intervention​ → ​Searching for A Cure​ ​(Taloc's Hollow)

[Instance] Aether Generator​ ​ ​(Taloc's Hollow)
[Instance] Research on Mutant Insects ​ ​(Taloc's Hollow)
[Instance] Heart of Wood ​ ​(Taloc's Hollow)
[Instance] A Shulack Story​ ​ ​(Taloc's Hollow)
[Instance] The Struggle Within​ ​(Taloc's Hollow, you get this inside the instance)
Mookie Farming ​→​ ​Ecologist's Advice
Water Analysis Methods

Green dots indicate important bosses. Blue dot is the last boss (after you've killed the
Queen Mosqua, break the egg in the middle and use stream to fly up to Taloc's
Heart). Growth quests will give a free reset scroll for Taloc's Hollow so you don't have
to wait a full day to enter again if you missed something.

Shishir is located in ​Coccooning Chamber​. Gellmar is in​ The Swarmspring​ (the

entrance is blocked with a spiderweb, rarely he will spawn in Garden of Life instead).
Nelith is near ​Klawtira Bloodlair​ and fighting a guard.
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Taloc's Knot​ is located at ​Taloc's Tears.

Nelith drops Dorkin's Pocket Knife that you'll need to enter to Dorkin's Nook behind
the waterfall at Taloc's Tears. Take​ ​The Lost Tome​ ​quest from Dorkin (tome is
located next to Celestius which is the last boss)
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After this you can go and defeat Queen Mosqua. After this break the egg in the
middle of the nest and use wind stream to fly up to the hidden boss room and

confront Celestius.

Completing all the listed quest in Taloc's Hollow should give you 1 level worth of
experience points.

7.2 Quest list: 53-59+

Option 1.
You can stop questing asap if you want to. ​Beshmundir Temple ​on normal mode is
great experience in small groups or on solo​. ​The entrance is located inside​ Silentra
Canyon ​where you can enter from the portal icon located between fortresses in
Gelkmaros.​ ​This instance is best done with ​full energy repose​ and an experience
amulet. Take a note here than soloing BT is quite hard for melee classes and it might
be actually faster to keep doing quests.

BT gives best experience between levels ​53-56 ​and after that it's probably better to
start questing again unless there is XP event going on (and you can afford 200%
amulets and recovery teas).

Option 2.

Once you're done with Taloc, move to

Rhonnam Refugee Village​.

Mandatory:
Destroying the Device Parts
Selling Salvage
Unity
Chenkiki's Enemies
Cowering Refugee
Sweeping the Ruins
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Continue questing around Gelkmaros.

Rescuing the Reians

The Destroyed Gargoyle is on 1​st​ floor of the Coliseum. You can glide down all the
way to the correct room if you jump from the cliff located west from Subterranean
Observation Post.

When you enter ​Lost City of Marayas ​(use a teleport statue next to Flight Transport
at Gelkmaros Fortress) make sure to take following:

Attack Preparations
Useless Regret
Reian Incorporeal Phantoms
Valuable Crystal
Rise of Living Stone
Poisoned Fungi
Aether's Attraction
Balaur Minions
Basic War Tactics
Arango's Strategem
Taking Initiative
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After this use fast travel to Subterranean​ Observation Post​ and travel to
Dragonrest.
Balaur Engineering
Balaur Anatomy
Research on Tiamat's Power​ ​(use a wind stream, stones are on floating rocks)
Researcher's Dilemma​ → ​It's Research, Not Plagiarism!
Balaur Architecture
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8 Vengar & Signia (60-65)

At this point you still can keep doing quests in​ Gelkmaros ​if you wish so. Those
standards quests I listed right above are good experience with medium effort. You
can also grind BT nm between questing if you happen to be playing a class that can
solo or duo it.
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8.1 Spinning around Vengar (60-65)

Try to get rid of the mindset that Vengar is 55+ content. There is no enough quests to
do to get to 65. ​Make sure you're at least level 60 before you start questing here.
This is because there is nowhere near enough content to level up you from 55 to 65.
Not even with fixed XP rates.

You can use teleport statues to the new garrisons and from following locations:

Temple of Oblivion → Mura (Blue)

Temple of Sunset → Satyr (Green)
Oasis Temple → Vellas (Red) & Fatebound Base

8.2 If you ever feel lost...

If you find yourself stuck at any point, the best thing to do at this point is to return
Gelkmaros​ and check if you left any quests behind. ​Rentus Base​ (nm) has some
quests that give good experience if you repeat them. Last resort here would be
Beshmundir Temple​.

[Instance/Group] Vasharti's Protectorate High Command

[Instance/Group] Vasharti's Insignias

The 1​st​ quest can be repeated 2,5 times per run and it gives 9 million XP each time.
2​nd​ quest can be repeated 1,5 times and it also gives 9 million XP. So if you got 3
runs for Rentus Base you'll make around 108 million XP points (level 65 requires 133
million XP) . 1 run takes around 20 minutes.
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8.3 The quest path

The Vengar Expedition Troop​ → ​Investigating the Fragments

New Acquaintances
Red Pearls
Vengar's Secrets
Troublemakers from The Sea

Ruins Troublemakers
Modification Masters
Algae Research
Aquan Weapon
Homesickness
Experiments with Valor Seeds

Aetheric Field Stones​ ​(Requires level 59 but most of the blue quests open at 60)
The Spirit​ → ​Thirst for Vengeance
Appetite for Meat
Undead Drakan
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Treasure of The Sea Giants

Offering for the King​ → ​The King's Treasure
Tiamat's Wrongdoing
The Infiltration Route
Secretive Request
Cardiac Arrest​ → ​The Frost Crystal
Ancient Crystal​ ​(Requires level 61)

A Puzzling Battle​ ​(Requires level 62)

Glowing Rock
Petrified Coral
Desert Outlaw
An Eerie Place
The Stolen Id

New Discoveries ​(Requires level 64)

Downfall of the Chieftain
The Burning Heart
The End of A Queen
A Bone to Pick
Distro's End
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9 Welcome to the Grind (Esterra/Nosra, 66-75)

9.1 Few tips for new high daeva

When you hit level 65 you should receive a letter from Munin that starts a new
campaign quest. You'll travel to Pandaemonium and start your journey to become a
high daeva. Once you've finished the story arch you'll hit level 66 instantly.

This section is mainly aimed for those that are new to Aion and don't have any gear
from previous patches.

This is where the endgame starts.

Unlike any other region there isn't any ”exact” way for leveling since the ​amount of
experience required for each level increases rapidly after 67​. Grinding and patience
is the key here. Your goal from now on isn't to hit level 75 in day or two but becoming
a higher level will help you a lot during your gearing progress.

From now on you should start gearing up because ​better gear equals faster grind​.
Also new instances are bit harder than what you're used to so you'll need equipment
for that also.
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New mobs will drop eternal and mythical grade gear that is mostly useless and meant
to be extracted for new materials (new fluxes, elemental stones and manastones are
nice source for income and also required for morphing new items). However, if you
drop a mythical item and you're not sure if it's good or not, it's better to ask someone
else if this is worth selling. There are some really good weapon drops in
Nosra/Esterra that are worth good kinah.

9.1.1 Ancient Coins

Once you hit 66 the 1​st​ thing you want to do is to hoard lots of ​Ancient Coins​.
They are like new kinah now and used for anything from new gear to purchasing
morphs and other useful stuff. Morphing is actually a very old profession for making
raw materials in previous patches but now it's mainly used for creating new level 70
gear (and some potions/foods but those recipes aren't worth it). Once you've become
a high daeva you can buy new morphing recipes from Azphel's Temple.

Upper Abyss weeklies, Balaurea Research Center, Runadium, Lost Refuge and few
other fetch quests are also good sources for these coins. Also some hero grade
mobs in Nosra and Esterra have chance for dropping few. If you infiltrate Esterra and
hold Elyos garrison for a while, guards will start to drop Ancient Coins too. Everytime
you do Vengar quests on your alts, you'll receive around 1100 Ancient Coins from
questing. You can also trade Battle Marks from Upper Abyss to Ancient Coins in
Kaldor.

Upper Abyss weeklies from Tokanu Landing (entry from Vengar and Nosra):
[Weekly] Hitonium Clumps
[Weekly] Hitonium Shards
[Weekly] Hitonium Fragments
[Weekly] Destruction of the Ereshkigal Legion
[Weekly] Underground Squad in the Ruins of Roah
[Weekly] Underground Squad in Lake Asteria
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9.1.2 PvE Gear/Weapon

Here is few things to keep in mind:

1. All High Daeva (L66+) gear breaks when you fail enchanting (not socketing)
2. High Daeva manastones are really expensive and have low chance for successful
socketing without supplements. ​Don't waste +6 or higher stones on bad gear​.
3. Figure out which stats do you need for your class. Don't make hybrid builds before
you reach cap for your main stat.
4. Supplements give you a higher chance for success. Mighty supplements and
all-powerful-enhancement-stone (APES) give 100% success for enchanting.
5. In general, don’t invest on gear you’re planning to replace soon (2-3 months) for
better. Check what is available and what kind of goals are realistic for you. ​Weapon is
usually the most expensive part of your set so be extra careful on that.
6. Upgrade first those gear parts that give you highest amount of total stats. For
example: if chest piece is 250kk (million) and it gives you 50 mboost but shoulders +
boots cost same but give more stats, it’s better to to get those small parts first.

Low tier​:
Katalamize/Hyperion gear – It's only good if you get the full set, same goes with
accessories.
Eternal Rune Hero set – You can upgrade this later to High Daeva gear.
Adma Ruins/Elemental Lab/Arkhal/Kroban – This is garbage.

Mid tier​:
Frozen Insignia sets – Upper Abyss world/instance drops
Rune Hero - Morphed Ancient Coin gear, very good stats but expensive to upkeep
Makarna gear – Good if you get the full set with a weapon. You need to make it +15
to stay relevant in PvE but it's still ok.
Library of Knowledge set (Maze)

High tier​:
L80 open world drop weapon
Garden of Knowledge (Apollon)
Mythical Prigga weapon/gear - There are multiple Prigga sets and higher level ones
got higher stats. Drop from Pandemonium Battlefield (eternal pieces can be
upgraded).
Narakali set (Ancient Fallusha)
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9.1.3 PvE Accessories

Low Tier​:
Fabled accessories from ​Daemon organization ​quests (Vengar) are one easy option
before you get mythical ones. You can also do Balaurea Research
Center/Jormugand's Bridge to get some ​Battle Medallions​ to buy fabled accessories
for Strife series (Akaron).
Runadium and Katalamize Accessories

Mid Tier
Kroban drops both eternal and mythical accessories with decent stats
Library of Knowledge campaign gives a mythical set of accessories with a skill bonus.
Ved/Kaelis/Alleph or similar accessories from morphing/broker
Runatorium Accessories have good stats for PvE.

High Tier​:
L70/L75 AP accessories can be used for PvE too.
Garden of Knowledge (Apollon)
Narakali (Ancient Fallusha).

9.1.4 PvP Gear

Low Tier:
L70 Mythical Crucible gear (bought with Infinity Insignias at Marchutan Priory)
L65 Mythical Battle Medallion (Heroic Quest set) gear with ancient manastones

Mid Tier​:
L70 Abyssal equipment
Runatorium Accessories
Eternal Oath Equipment (old Sky Island)

High Tier
L75 Abyssal equipment
Raging Antriksha equipment (high daeva version)
Sky Island equipment (Eternal Hope/Glory/Honour)
Bygone Weapon – World Raid Boss drop from Nosra and Esterra

I didn't list most L65 equipment here since they aren't worth getting. Crucible L70 set
got same stats with old L65 officer set and L70 Abyssal set is quite close to mythical
L65 gear.
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9.1.5 Power of Creation (CP)

Think about it like a skill point system from a single player RPG. When you level up,
you gain skill points to use for enhancing your character. You play mage and kill bats
and level up and can add 1 point to either fireball skill or HP. This is basically how CP
works in Aion.

You’ll gain 1 CP every time you reach a diamond icon on your experience bar and 6
CP during leveling up.

How should you spend your precious CP then? Well, it depends on your current stats
and what you’re aiming for. Focus first enhancing your offensive ​attributes​ (1st tab):
Accuracy (physical) or Knowledge (magical). Health and Power are secondary stats.
If you got enough Critical Hit, you can start investing on Power. Will and Agility are
used rarely but they got their own use with certain type of defensive builds/gear.

New high daeva manastones focus on enhancing these very same attributes but
don’t mix them with CP. For additional CP you’ll need to have Estimas.

Keep in mind that stats gained from enhanced attributes are calculated in a different
way than direct stats you gain from regulars (old) manastones and equipment. ​Sywo
has made a great video that explains how to get most out of your attributes with a CP
calculator.

Here is a direct link to the ​CP calculator​. ​This is for patch 5.5​. Save it to Google
Drive to make a version you can edit yourself).

When you reach level 69, you should invest 5 CP to passive ​PvE damage boost
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when grinding mobs.

Earth Transformation​ is also quite a life saver when soloing content.

Rest is going to depend on your class and role. It’s very confusing from start but it’ll
start making more sense as you play the game.

9.1.6 Spinel Medallion and AP Farm

Best way to get new medallions is to participate in ​siege warfare​. Also PvPve
instances like ​Balaur Marching Route​ and ​Kamar Battlefield​ reward shattered
spinel and AP to winners. ​Ashunatal Dredgion​ has one quest that can be repeated
daily and it gives 500 shattered spine. If you’re too lazy for this you can also grind
some kinah and buy the medallions from broker.

Upper Abyss​ got few quests for shattered spinel, mainly as landing level site quests
from certain campsites. These quests are usually dark blue and you can take them
either from garrisons or from Tokanu Landing Site.

If you grind ​Steel Wall Bastion​, it will reward you with 4 Ceranium Medallions and
lots of AP. All old medals can be transferred into Spinel Medallions through new
Petra Medallion system (click on old medals to trade them for Petra Medals which
you can use to buy Spinel Medallions from Nosra).

Once you’ve got some PvP gear, you should try to get to officer ranks in order to get
weekly officer rewards (Spinels and AP). Also ​Golden Crucible​ and ​Arena of Glory
give both new medallions and AP. Golden Crucible is open in weekends. In order to
take part in Arena of Glory you need to have at least 4 Tickets for Arena of Glory.
These tickets can be obtained from winning regular arenas. Arena of Glory is open
only in weekends (evening). ​Tower of Challenge​ will provide 5 Spinels and 190 000
AP from full run.

9.1.7 Feather/Bracelet/Estimas
Feather ​is a accessory that is shown above your character's ear. Feathers add HP
and offensive stat points. Main stats for feathers are attack, critical hit, magic boost
and magical accuracy. The amount of stats you receive from the feather depend on
their enchanting level.

Enhanced Feather​ is an upgraded version from the regular feather that gives 2
offensive stats. The main stat of the Enhanced Feather remains unchanged during
enchanting but failing or succeeding effects on the amount of HP and 2ndary stat.

+5 regular feathers are nowadays cheap in Aion EU and it shouldn’t be hard to save
kinah to get one once you reach 66+. These feathers are tradeable and can be
traded between your characters.
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Bracelet​ is a PVP accessory that gives PvP defence and depending on it’s
enhancement level it also has additional manastone slots (1-6).

Estimas​ are like glyphs or stigmas that add CP to your characters. These are fairly
expensive to make and can break during enchanting. Estimas are tradeable items.

9.1.8 New Experience Buffs

Okay, so do you still remember what is Energy of Repose? Good, here are 2 new
buffs that you can earn when you become a high daeva. They all stack so you can
have all 3 buffs at once.

Golden Star Energy​ is a buff which gives you 100% more experience from grinding
mobs and when charged over 50% gives extra 60% of experience. This is energy is
charged by using Lodas Golden Stars and Golden Apples.

Energy of Growth​ is a buff with a cloverleaf icon. This is given to you randomly
when you're grinding mobs level 66 or above (and also a daily 5 kill quest in Esterra
rewards 5% charge for this buff). This energy gives 60% more experience from
quests and mobs.
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9.2 Rift of Oblivion (level 66+)

Rift of Oblivion is a new 1 man instance added in patch 5.1. Asmodian entrance to
the instance is in ​Saphora Forest​ and you can enter there from level 66. It resets
daily if you have a gold pack and it's probably one of the best ways for gaining
experience points at the moment. Small mobs give 500k-2kk experience each and
commanders (large round mobs) give ​40-80 million experience each​ and drop
Ancient Coins. Last boss gives 20kk if you got time to kill it.

Commander locations are marked with ​green X​ on this map.

The last boss of the instance,​ Shadow of Oblivion ​is quite tough one and requires
switching between elemental transformations in order to beat it. He will transform 2
times totally and it can transform to any of the following classes:

Assassin (Swords) – Use fire or earth form and stay at 0m

Cleric (Mace and Shield) – Use water and spam self heal. Go behind the boss to
avoid Oblivion Wave
Gladiator (Polearm) – Use wind and face tank with resistance stance (1​st​ skill on).
Remove the stance to kite and kill adds.
Mage (Orb) – Use fire form and wipe out adds fast.
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9.3 Questlist 66-69

In Nosra majority of the quests will become repeatable and basically infinite. I've
splitted the questing area to different rotations so that 1​st​ is the lowest level enemies
and 5​th​ the highest.

Option A. Questing

At ​66​ keep rotating between 1-3 and repeat. If you're fast enough, you can add 4 to
your rotation. 2 day quests don't require you to kill mobs so those you can do even if
mobs resist you. Feel free to do high daeva gear guests at this level.

Remember to pick up following quests from Azphel's Temple every day/hour:

[Daily] Strange Creatures in Nosra​ (reset at 9am)
[Daily] Report on the Fragments of Tower of Eternity​ ​(reset at 9am)
The Red Dawn Plains​ (From Benin,1h cd)
The Swamp of Silence​ (From Benin, 1h cd)

At ​67​ keep rotating areas 1-4. You can also do Spy Quests and Daily PvP quests in
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a group when rifts are up.

At ​68-69 ​rotate areas 2-5 and consider doing Ancient Creature Daily quests (acquired
from Azphel's Temple).

Area​ 1.

Nosra and Ancient Atreia

Nosra Transport Mode 1​ ​(4 quests in total)
Defence of the Red Dawn plains​ ​(1h cd)
Crystal of Immortal Light​ ​(2d cd)
Defence of Swam of Silence​ ​(1h cd)
Remove the Guardian traps ​(2d cd)

Area 2.

Defence of Sea of Life​ ​(1h cd)

Lost Souls ​(2d cd)
[Weekly] Nocturnal Going On
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Area 3.

In this Area flight is available during daytime.

Defence the Plateau of Retribution​ ​(1h cd)
Flight Hindrance​ ​(2d cd)
[Weekly] Fair Winds

Area 4.

Defence of Saphora Forest ​(1h cd)

Mysterious Flowers​ ​(2d cd)
[Weekly] Flowers of the Night

Area 5.

Defence of the Cursed Gorge​ ​(1h cd)

Free the Shadowbringer Scouts​ ​(2d cd)
[Weekly] Thorny Vines in the Daylight
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Option B. Grinding

Akaron Guards​ in elite camps are good to duo with exp. amulet between 66-70.

Zenzen territory elites​ give decent exp with exp. amulet between 67-70. ”Raging”
mobs give the most experience points. ”Crafty” and ”tough” ones are also fine but
they got slightly higher defensive stats (crafty got higher resistance for magic and
tough for physical damage). Strange mobs spawn a new mob upon a killing blow so
prepare your cool downs before finishing them off.

Option C. Gathering (2d cd repeats)

I recommend this when you're just too lazy to grind but not motivated enough to
follow quests either. This one works also when you're short on time.

Option D. Sieges and PvP instances

There are [League] quests for sieges that give​ 70 million experience each​. Most
common quests to do are for Upper Abyss and they can be picked up from ​Tokanu
Landing Site ​(portal is located in Nosra). The NPC that gives the quests is next to
Ancient Coin weekly quest NPC. There are multiple quests for each fortress.

Upper Abyss Sieges are held on Monday-Wednesday-Friday 21-22 CET

https://timetable.aioninfo.eu/siege
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9.4 Grinding/questing 70-75

This is where it's starting to get brutal and you hit the grindwall. Consider doing Hero
Quests for experience boost items. From now on, ​set yourself a daily exp goal to
reach each day​, like 6% at 70, 4% at 71 and 2% at 72. Be realistic, you won't hit CP
point mark every day.

Next thing to do is to ​find yourself a nice spot for grinding lots of mobs​.
I prefer to do this during experience boost events.

Red Areas​ have level 74-75 elites, nice experience from tough, crafty and raging
ones but less loot. Crafty mobs are harder to kill for magical classes and tough mobs
are harder to kill for physical classes.

Yellow Areas​ have level 74-75 normal mobs, a lot less experience than elites but
more loot (since you're killing more mobs per hour).

Average exp/hour is same in both of these spots without boost items, it comes down
to your preference which you end up doing. At level 72 Level 77-78 mobs resist way
too much for you to grind efficiently so don't bother. When you don't feel like grinding,
do the collecting quests from lower level areas and Ancient Creature dailies. Take it
easy and try to do also other PvE/PvP stuff so the grinding doesn't get too tedious.
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Upper Abyss instances​ give quite nice amount of exp/hour if you can solo or duo
them. Also consider doing ​Upper Abyss weeklies​ from garrisons, you'll be surprised
about how much experience those quests are giving since patch 5.3.

Library of Knowledge​ and ​Garden of Knowledge​ mobs give a decent amount of

experience since patch 5.5 so you might want to grind the mobs in solo or duo after
all of the bosses are down.

The fastest way from 73 to 75 is spamming Rift of Oblivion/Kumuki Hideout during

100% experience event with 100% amulet, Recovery Teas and Lodas Stars stacked
up. However, this is very expensive method and I can't recommend this way to
anyone. Level 75 transformation isn't worth it. Why don't you enjoy the game instead.

9.5 Kumuki Hideout

Kumuki Hideout is an event instance that is scheduled to be hold (on GameForge’s

servers) ​every 2 weeks for 1 week​. This instance is really good exp and with gold
pack activated it can be run daily. This instance is for L46 and higher. The entrances
can be found from Pandaemonium and Azphel’s Temple at Nosra.

This is when Kumuki’s Hideout event is activated in 2017 (estimation, not 100%
accurate, changes might happen):

Week 27: 05.07.2017-12.07.2017

Wekk 29: 19.07.2017-26.07.2017
Week 31: 02.08.2017-09.08.2017
Week 33: 16.08.2017-23.08.2017
Week 35: 30.08.2017-06.09.2017
Week 37: 13.09.2017-20.09.2017
Week 39: 27.09.2017-04.10.2017
Week 41: 11.10.2017-18.10.2017
Week 43: 25.10.2017-01.11.2017
Week 45: 08.11.2017-15.11.2017
Week 47: 22.11.2017-29.11.2017
Week 49: 06.12.2017-13.12.2017
Week 51: 20.12.2017 - (No idea if Kumuki will be activated because it’s Xmas time)
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Here is a map for the instance. Bosses are marked with ​red circle​. Keep in mind that
Bosses ​don’t drop keys ​for the treasure box. The keys (marked with ​green​) can be
used to free Poppy’s and they have a chance to drop a key that can be used for the
treasure box. ​Yellow X​ is where the wandering tog is located at and it can be used for
skipping the mobs on the bridge.

You will need to have some gear for your character in order to kill all of the bosses.
Equip at least Nosra weapon and some decent Level 60+ gear (or if you have 55
arena set or old Abyss set that will be enough).
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9.6 Tower of Challenge

ToC or Tower of Challenge is a good source for experience points and ap/honor
points for those who are up for 1 hour PvE marathon. This format is imported from
other NCSoft’s title Blade & Soul and it works in a similar way. The tower is splitted
into different themes and by every 5 level or so you will fight a miniboss.

Things you need to know:

● You can attempt to finish ToC 3 times per week.
● You can continue your challenge from the last floor you were left on last week
or start from the bottom.
● You can have a break by staying in the previous floor but as you enter to the
new level it will start instantly.
● For later stages you will need to be higher level (72+) and have good gear.
● You can use crowd control (sleep, fear, blind, silence, root) on majority of the
enemies
● Like in Blade & Soul you can also dodge some of the hits (though in Aion it’s
clumsy and depends on your ping more than anything because it’s still a tab
targeting game)

Level 1-5: Theobomos

- Kill Malekor (servants) first because they hit harder than golems
- Silikor of Memory is the mini boss of 5th floor and it’s quite easy to beat. It has
some nasty aoe damage but if you burst the boss at start it won’t have time to use it.
Try to keep your HP 75% or more all the time.

Level 6-8: Calydon Tribe

- Kill togs before they finish eating meat piles. They got annoying low cd silence skill
that will stop you from using any skills so you will want to get rid of the togs as fast as
you could. Kurins do same thing but they got slightly more HP.
- Tog Leader has 2 powerful fan type of aoe attacks and 1 stun skill. Aoes are easy to
dodge. Break the barrels to temporarily prevent togs from silencing you.

Level 9-12: Chapir Tribe

- Kill shamans first and try to dodge their magical damage skill
- Marabata is the final boss of Chapir Tribe and quite nasty. Open with DP on this
one and use all your burst at once. When it splits into 2, choose to focus on one of
them and only on THAT ONE. Ignore the other clone. It will split one more time after
you’ve killed the small Marabatas the stage will finish and the other big clone will
disappear. This guy will also drain your mana to 0 but luckily it’s easy to kite.

Level 13-16: Katalamize

- Kill enhanced Detection Devices first as they deal lots of magical damage on you.
- At 16 you will face 3 bombs that will run after you and try to explode on you. Just
kite them when they start to flicker and you’re good to go.
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Level 17-20: The Swarm of Balaurea
- Focus on Insect Eggs and then on Clodworms
- Kadena is a huge insect boss you want kill fast before it lay eggs, literally. Burst DP
to finish her off instantly.

Level 21-24: Krall Tribe

- Kill Shamans (they are called volunteers) first, they got 2 different reflects (blue is
magical and red physical) so be careful.
- Keltra is the final boss of this stage and it has 2 different reflects, red and blue one.
When the red reflect is on, you can’t use physical skills and when the blue reflect is
on, you can’t use magical ones. This boss will also drain mana and it has quite
powerful AoE skill.

Level 25-28: Adma Stronghold

- Kill Liches first and dodge giants
- L27 is a troll level. Socket CP for health and will with PvE defence buff (HP works
like a charm here) and try to use bit of crowd control if you have any. If you’re full
melee class kite the mobs around in circles and try to burst 1b1 with DP.
- Bolwig Black Heart is the last boss of this stage. When it uses a skill called “Evil
Awakening” start kiting the boss in circles because this boosts the boss significantly
and it can potentially 2-shot you. Another nasty skill is “Nerve Impact” which will
paralyze you and make you vulnerable for it’s other major damage skill. Try to kite
the boss and always stay behind it’s back if possible.

Level 29-32: Rentus Base

- L29 The Blue Globe the mob has will reflect damage on you. Stay close to the blue
fire all the time. Everytime the mob uses a skill called “Fire Column” the fire will swap
it’s blace to other column.
- L30 Here the fire will swap the place without a warning.
- L31 Kill blue mob at the blue flame and red mob at the red flame. Now the “Fire
Column” skill will deal aoe damage.
- L32 Now use everything you’ve learned against this boss. Sadly just like in real
Rentus Base, the flames don’t work very well.

Level 33-36: Tahabata’s Legion

- Kill Keros first because they will silence and bind you, kite centaurs
- Vankrist is the boss of this stage and it’s quite meanie. He got a move that can
potentially oneshot you randomly (adrift). Save your potions and shields for it. When
the boss pulls you run as far as you can. Kiting works quite well for this boss.

Level 37-40: Runadium

- Kill spectres first and kite giants
- Last boss will be Grendal the Witch. When the witch uses skills “Spirit Scream” and
“Freezing -” or “Summoning Ice Storm” or anything similar ice related, go behind the
boss to avoid being feared and taking unnecessary ice damage.
- When Grendal uses a skill called “Domain of the Vague Ghost”, stay under the
platform with a green glow. If you miss the green platform, you will take a debuff that
decreases your dmg.
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9.7 Repeat Quests for High Daeva Instances (GameForge

exclusive)

​In June 2017 GameForge implemented a small patch for Aion that added new quests
for certain High Daeva instances. These quests can be found from NPC called
Boborunerk next to Teleport and Flight Points at Azphel’s Temple.

You won’t see all of the quests before you’ve completed corresponding quest in the
quest chain. This means that you’ve to do all of the instances at least once if you
want to open all of the repeated quests. Quests give 90-120 million exp. points
depending on difficulty of the instance.

The quests are following:

[Instance/Group] Repeat Task: Adma Ruins

[Instance/Group] Repeat Task: Elemental Lord's Laboratory
[Instance/Group] Repeat Task: Arkhal's Hidden Space
[Instance/Group] Repeat Task: Kroban Base
[Instance/Group] Repeat Task: Library of Knowledge
[Instance/Group] Repeat Task: Garden of Knowledge

9.8 Hero's Test (GameForge exclusive)

Hero tests work like daily quests and they give some some free goodies to aid you
during leveling progress. You can access Hero Quests from a little calendar icon next
to Flight icon. These quests change daily at 9am. It will take up to 30 minutes for
these quests to update so be patient.

Some PvP quests can be done in PvPvE instances but only if they don't set any
territory for the killing.

I didn't make a list of the quests since they vary a lot. There also some purple quests
that pop up there only during certain events.Usually there are at least 1 [Solo] quest
and the other 2 are [Solo/Group] or [Group].