We’re rolling out a major update that reshapes tuning across systems, including Soul Inscription Auto-Tuning, a reworked Fire Temple from Ordeal Vakron to be a true difficult challenge, broader sources for Manastones, Spirit Stones, and Heroic Tuning Stones, and a general push to reduce imbalance in Abyss Field Bosses and dungeons.

The update also brings a new skill preset improvement to simplify Stigma level configuration and teases future features like Soul Imprint Auto-Tuning, a fresh Trial Temple of Fire, expanded sources for Soul Crystals, and continued Arcana adjustments.

Snowfield of Grief arrives as a mechanics-driven raid available in Easy, Normal, and Hard, designed to emphasize boss patterns and visual cues over strict synchrony.

Hard difficulty rewards include top-tier weapons and guards from the Liberated White Night (Tier 4) series, with craftable Tier 4 gear via a stepped growth structure and Succession Crafting.

Snowfield of Sorrow’s Hard mode features drops from top-tier Unleashed White Night (Tier 4) weapons and guards, alongside a tiered system for crafting Tier 4 gear.

The original report was first published in Korean and later translated for English readers.

NCSoft is conducting comprehensive class balance reviews to curb over-preference in Abyss field boss fights and dungeons while preserving each class’s distinct flavor.

Deltras’s Seal (Unique) becomes available from Easy difficulty, with Fabled-grade seals craftable, and Unique-grade seals upgradable to Heroic via Succession Crafting; a Breakthrough option increases Weapon Damage Amplification.

New equipment ecosystem includes a new Deltras’s Seal (Unique) from Easy, with upgrade paths to Heroic and a Breakthrough that boosts weapon damage.

Aion 2 previews the Sanctuary update Snowfield of Grief, highlighting player-driven improvements and planned follow-ups during Chapter 1.

Radiant Azure Dragon and Radiant Extinction Dragon gear can be upgraded to True Azure Dragon and True Extinction Dragon through Transfer Crafting, with the Extend effect not occupying a Soul Inscription slot.

New accessory and gear system changes are paired with improved skill presets to streamline Stigma level configurations.