On Sunday, June 14, NC unveiled the new Aion 2 class 'Powerstar' and details for the Chapter 1 update during a showcase. Held at the Mayfield Hotel in Seoul, the event invited 150 players selected via lottery and featured a live opening performance by composer Yang Bang-ean, as well as a special performance 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 'Powerstar' class, the update adds new regions and quests. Other highlights include new 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 released in larger 'Chapter' units rather than seasons

- Future updates planned as 'Chapter 1: Part 1' and 'Part 2' stories

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

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

- Pre-registration open until Tuesday, June 30

- Melee class that fights using fists and feet

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

- Specializes in dashing and frontal attacks

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

- Party size expanded from 4 to → 5 players

- Character level cap expanded from 45 to → 50

- Stigma Skill level cap expanded from 20 to → 25

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

- Devaion 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 content focused on high scores; no cube rewards upon dungeon completion

- Occupation Battle: All participants' combat power, stats, and skills are normalized

- 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 gathering items and ancient relics

- Housing: Claim land on floating islands, build houses, and raise/interact with pets

- 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 rewards from the membership-exclusive pass = 30 days total

- Remaining days from previous memberships transferred based on the new price

- Stronger than Season 3 support; provides both equipment and internal character growth

- Includes Tier 4 equipment, wings, pet race affinity level 10, 5 Stigma skills at level 15, and teleports for existing territory quests

- Express benefits: Batch clear for sealed dungeons, garrisons, and Traces of Gods

- Express benefits available for alt characters using Quna

- Dungeon reward limits and boss kill limits removed

- New 'Unclaimed Reward' limit added: deducted 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' obtainable in the new Sanctuary

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

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

- Season 1 & 2 Sanctuary improvements: Unlimited challenges; all rewards obtainable after defeating the final boss

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

- Garrison capture/defense missions added to Rifts; rewards based on victory and contribution

- Abyss matching interval changed to 2 weeks

- Artifact Resonance Battle reward criteria changed to individual class rankings

- To prevent 'AFK' issues in Artifact Resonance Battles, all users are kicked from the base just before the start

- Tradable (unbound) medals added; obtainable via PVP content

- 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; standard inheritance success rate set to 100%

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

- 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 blocking; prohibited word rules updated

- Member customization and costumes

- 2 pets, 1 set of wings, and weapon skins

- LIKE YOU BETTER' choreography emotes

- Stage performance; feature to dance along with nearby characters' choreography