NC revealed the new Aion 2 class 'Soul Master' and details for the Chapter 1 update during a showcase on Sunday, June 14. Held at the Mayfield Hotel in Seoul, the event hosted 150 randomly selected users and featured a live opening performance by composer Yang Bang-ean and a special appearance by fromis_9, who will be featured in an upcoming collaboration event.

The showcase introduced the Chapter 1 update, 'Land of Sand and Frost,' scheduled for Wednesday, July 1. In addition to the stylish new 'Soul Master' class, the update adds new regions and quests. Other highlights include sports-oriented PVP content like Occupation Battles and Battle Royale, competitive PvE challenges that increase difficulty through debuffs, and horizontal content such as sailing, fishing, and housing.

- Updates now delivered in larger 'Chapter' units rather than seasons

- Future updates planned as 'Part 1' and 'Part 2' of each chapter

- New Elyos territory 'Eltnen' and Asmodian territory 'Morheim' added

- New story and quests added; existing lore expanded with behind-the-scenes stories

- Pre-registration open until Tuesday, June 30

- Melee class that fights using fists and feet

- Builds up rage to enter a 'Berserk' state, which changes the skill set

- Specializes in dashing and frontal attacks

- Combat style involves pushing/pulling enemies, dashing into the fray, and returning to the original position

- Party size increased from 4 to 5

- Character level cap increased from 45 to 50

- Stigma Skill level cap increased from 20 to 25

- 6 Stigma Skills can be equipped; new specializations unlocked at level 25

- Daevanion Board expanded

- New slots: Pendant, Seal, Stat Arcana

- Amulet and Belt upgraded to Epic grade

- Attack power cap removed

- Existing expedition dungeons can now be customized with 4 debuffs: time limits, resurrection limits, boss buffs, and dungeon debuffs

- Scores earned based on the total difficulty of debuffs; rewards granted based on weekly rankings

- Challenge-focused content for high scores; no cube rewards upon dungeon completion

- Occupation Battle: All participants have their combat power, stats, and skills normalized to the same level

- Victory goes to the team that captures 3 points and reaches the target score within 10 minutes

- Outland: 100-player Battle Royale content

- Start with basic equipment, farm items, and earn rewards based on survival rank

- Sailing: Content for hunting, fishing, and defeating monsters with friends or Legion members

- Fishing: Obtain underwater gatherables and ancient relics

- Housing: Claim land in aerial islands like Elysea or Pandaemonium to build homes, raise pets, and interact

- Consolidated three existing membership tiers (19,700, 29,700, and ₩45k) into one

- New membership price is ₩25k

- Duration: 28 days base + 2 days of bonus rewards from the membership pass = 30 days total

- Remaining days from previous memberships will be converted based on the new price

- Improved over Season 3 support; provides both equipment and internal character growth

- Includes Tier 4 equipment, wings, pet, level 10 race mastery, 5 Stigma skills at level 15, and teleportation to existing territory quests

- Express benefits: Bulk acquisition of dungeon and garrison clears, and Traces of the Lord

- Express benefits can be purchased with Quna for alt characters

- Dungeon reward limits and boss kill limits removed

- Added a limit on 'unclaimed rewards': counts down if you leave a dungeon without claiming rewards

- Sprout Badge' system for new/returning users

- Existing users earn a portion of the Od energy spent by 'Sprout' users when running dungeons together

- New Sanctuary to be added in the mid-to-late stages of Chapter 1

- New equipment slot 'Seal' can be obtained in the new Sanctuary

- Sanctuary rewards rotate between bracelets, brooches, and seals to ensure longevity of accessories

- Sanctuary difficulty consists of Normal and Hard; Hard mode offers double the pity rewards

- Improvements to Season 1 & 2 Sanctuaries: Unlimited attempts, all rewards granted after defeating the final boss

- New Abyss 'Surface of Chaos Ereshuranta' added for players with 400k combat power or less; focused on Abyss Point farming

- Added garrison capture/defense missions to Rifts; rewards based on victory and contribution

- Abyss matching interval changed to 2 weeks

- Reward criteria for Artifact Resonance Battles changed to class-based individual rankings

- All users kicked from the base just before the start to prevent AFK issues in Artifact Resonance Battles

- Added tradeable, non-bound medals; new PVP content to earn additional medals

- Resolved combat power discrepancies between classes caused by weapon stats or passive differences

- Stigma reset cost made free

- Same-race server transfer feature introduced on Wednesday, July 15

- Inheritance limit removed; general inheritance success rate set to 100%

- All Nightmare boss difficulties unlocked at once; clearing Nightmare also clears lower difficulties

- Pet auto-loot added: available for free pets, activated with Kinah

- Paid costumes/pets now shared across the server

- Pets can now be mounted inside dungeons

- Transparent map added; map pins expanded to 30

- Account-wide chat block; prohibited word rules updated

- Member customization and costumes

- 2 pets, 1 set of wings, weapon skins

- LIKE YOU BETTER' choreography emotes

- Stage feature: follow the choreography of nearby characters