AION Free-to-Play News

We’ve been feverishly waiting for this moment, and now it’s finally here – AION Classic has launched on the European server!
Due to the very high number of players right now, we decided to open a second server. The new server Tahabata is already available. We recommend picking this one if you are joining now.

Relive that vanilla feeling of your favourite MMORPG. AION Classic gives you a fresh start in this fantastic version of old, rekindling all the nostalgia of the original, while delivering additional balancing updates and quality of life improvements.

AION Classic can be enjoyed by both seasoned veterans and fresh newcomers who are ready to choose their allegiance in the great conflict between the Elyos and Asmodians, and lose themselves in the fantastical world of Atreia!


[h3]Here’s What’s Waiting[/h3]

The huge and inimitable realm of Atreia is waiting to be explored:

Choose between one of the core classes (strong Warriors, silent Scouts, powerful Mages and influential Priests) and play as Gladiator, Templar, Hunter, Assassin, Spiritmaster, Sorcerer, Cleric or Chanter.


Experience amazing PvE content, such as the iconic Dark Poeta and Baranath Dredgion instances.


Craft a wide variety of useful items and weapons to make your hero even more powerful.


Progress to level 50, completing quests, earning powerful Daeva gear and dominating the timeline.


Charge into PvP, including heart-pounding Fortress Battles and more!



[h3]This Is AION Classic[/h3]

Get a flavour for your upcoming adventures in our AION Classic trailer:

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Take a glance at our FAQs, to learn more about AION Classic.

See you in the game!
The AION Classic Team

Spring is coming late to Aphsaranta this year – to the benefit of all active corps as they had spontaneously decided to hold a small spring festival. Now they’ve had enough time for planning, which they desperately needed.

The corps want to thank the Daevas for their dedicated support during the long winter months. Each hero can now look forward to wonderful rewards for entertaining missions and amazing deals at the merchants in Gelkmaros and Inggison.

During this event you can pick up items like the Ultimate Fragments of Memory, [Event] Extra Ticket for Hererim Mine, [Rune] Ultimate Gold Key and many more!

Running: 19th April to 10th May


[h3]Your Rewards[/h3]
Don’t let the magic of spring in Aphsaranta enchant you for too long – collect 5 Spring Leaves and combine them to a Spring Flower. You can exchange this flower for precious items. You can find an overview of all possible rewards in our list of rewards.

There are two ways to get Spring Leaves:

• Complete daily quests, 3-day quests, or weekly quests of the corps. For each completed quest, you’ll receive 5x [Event] Spring Leaf.
• Complete the posting quest level 1 and 3 of the active corps (Elyos, Asmodians or neutral corps). You’ll receive 20x [Event] Spring Leaf.

[h3]Get the Boost![/h3]
During each of the following three periods, you’ll receive a great PvP boost in the form of 200% Abyss Points in Aphsaranta:

• 21st April (9 AM) to 24th April (8:59 AM CEST)
• 28th April (9 AM) to 2nd May (8:59 AM CEST)
• 5th May (9 AM) to 8th May (8:59 AM CEST)

[h3]Spring Offers[/h3]
During the event, you’ll find special bundles containing valuable items (such as the [Rune] Vernal Magic Coin) in the AION Shop:

• Large Spring Feeling Pack (1x per account)
• Spring Feeling Pack (19x per account)

What you get for your coins:

• An NPC with the distinct name ‘Spring Feeling’ is waiting for you in Gelkmaros and Inggison. In exchange for Vernal Magic Coins, you can get valuable items such as the [Rune] +15 Stigma Selection Box and [Rune] +5 Extreme Equipment Selection Box.

Note: The items [Event] Spring Leaf, [Event] Spring Flower and [Rune] Vernal Magic Coin will be removed from the game after the event is over.

Greetings, Daeva

As you already know, we recently moved AION Live to our Gameforge client and unfortunately encountered some technical difficulties during the process.

Our team is hard at work to fix the remaining issues as fast as possible, as well as preparing the launch of AION Classic. But to ensure this will be a great experience, we've decided to postpone the release of Classic to the 25th of April.

We understand game delays are always frustrating, especially since many of you, much like us, are already very excited for next week. But as much as we wanted to stick to the previously announced date, we still haven’t reached the level we want to achieve for a smooth game launch.

Our top priority is to ensure you will have the best experience possible. This short delay will allow us to apply the necessary measures based on our learnings from the Live migration, which we think will greatly improve the release of Classic.

The entire team is continuing to work diligently on the game, and we thank you for your patience.

We will, as always, keep you posted on our official channels.
Your AION team.

In great anticipation of spring in Atreia, Greenhaven Garden has finally been reopened for all Daevas: here they may garden to their heart’s content and enjoy all those colourful flowers and pretty plants. But what’s that? Fiendish pests are trying to attack the plants, threatening this garden project – this can’t be allowed to happen! Help the Daevas to defeat the pests.

In this event you can pick up rewards such as the [Rune] Astral Treasure Egg, [Event] Lodas’ Greater Golden Star and many more. Additionally, you can reap loads of experience points during this event!

Running: 5th April to 19th April

[h3]Greenhaven Garden[/h3]
From level 80, you can enter the garden once per day by using the portal in the Gelkmaros Fortress or Inggison Illusion Fortress.

You can choose between two difficulty levels:

• Normal: Recommended from level 80. For each saved plant, there’s a certain chance of getting 1x [Event] Petal and/or 1x [Event] Lodas’ Greater Golden Star.
  
• Hard: Recommended from level 85. For each saved plant, you receive 1x [Event] Petal and/or 1x [Event] Lodas’ Greater Golden Star.
  

If you want to enter the garden more often, buy some Kinah from the NPC ‘Springlee’ and pick up the [Event] Greenhaven Extra Ticket. The ticket is available in three different versions.

[h3]Save the Plants[/h3]
As soon as you enter the garden, you’ll have to go after the pests to save the plants. A timer counts down from 60 minutes, displaying how much time is left.

Beautiful Greenhaven Fladia, Arbour Fladia, as well as marvellous Greenhaven Frightcorn and Arbour Frightcorn flourish in the garden. But pests like the Dukaki Thief and Greenhaven Tenaklu are attacking in several waves that you need to repel. You can use Combat Support to make a stand against the attacks.

[h3]Time to Harvest[/h3]
Get harvesting once the plants have reached their Harvesting Stage. Depending on the difficulty level, each plant contains the rewards listed above.

You can also look for the NPC Springlee and accept the quest ‘[Event/Weekly] Springlee’s Request’. Although the quest requires 100x [Event] Petal, it does reward you with a [Rune] Astral Treasure Egg.

[h3]Spring in the AION Shop[/h3]
Visit the AION Shop in-game and pick up the items [Rune] Solar Treasure Egg and [Rune] Astral Treasure Egg. This offer is only available during the event period.

[h3]Rewards[/h3]
You can find an overview of all possible rewards in our list of rewards.

Please note: The items [Rune] Solar Treasure Egg, [Event] Greenhaven Extra Ticket, [Event] 3 Greenhaven Garden Tickets (Set 1-3), [Event] Petal and [Rune] Astral Treasure Egg will be removed from the game after the event is over.

With preparations for the release of AION Classic ongoing, there’s also an important change for players of the Live version. Starting 29th March, AION Live will be available to play via the Gameforge Client! In order to keep on playing after that date, it is mandatory that you migrate your account. How to do that, and what benefits you can enjoy, will be explained below.


[h3]The Gameforge Client[/h3]
Our launcher provides a quick and easy way to install and update Gameforge games, as well as manage your accounts. This includes optimising patches, so your AION installation will always be up to date.

One Account, All Games
You only need a single account to play all the Gameforge titles. If you have any existing game accounts, you can integrate these into your single Gameforge account.

Play Multiple AION Accounts
Your Gameforge account is the umbrella for all of your AION accounts. That means no more awkward logging in and out, or having to remember multiple passwords – simply select the account you want to play with from the game client.


[h3]How does it work? Two ways to migrate[/h3]
Method 1
When you start up AION for the first time after 29th March, the game will guide you through linking your AION account to a new or existing Gameforge account.
The Gameforge Client will be downloaded automatically, if necessary. First, enter your ‘old’ username and password and create a Gameforge account (or log into an existing Gameforge account).
Since AION will already be installed, the Gameforge Client will detect the files znd you will only need to download the update.

Method 2
After installing the Gameforge Client, you will be able to install AION through it and you have the possibility to link your AION account to the Gameforge account.
In order to link your AION account(s) to the Gameforge account, you will need to enter the „Game accounts“ tab and add the account(s) you want to link or create a new one.

AION Live should be listed in the Gameforge Client as installed and ready to launch, if you’re logged in. (If this isn’t the case, you can add it via the dropdown menu next to the install button.)



Account Management
If you have more than one AION account, then as mentioned above, you can link them all to your Gameforge account. This way, you only need to log in once in future. Add additional accounts by clicking on either ‘Settings’ or your account name to bring up your account list, and then click on ‘Add game account’.

Log in with Your Email Address
You now log in using your new Gameforge account details in the new launcher. Simply enter your email address, and you can choose which AION account you want to play with.

Link to Steam
After March 29th, if you launch AION via Steam, you will get a special executable that will ask you to choose one of your AION game account that you played before the migration, to be linked to your Steam account.
If you start AION through Steam, you will be automatically logged in into that linked account.
If you have multiple AION game accounts (other than the one you have linked then), you will need to use the Gameforge client.

IMPORTANT: Please note that you cannot change unlink AION and Steam accounts after they have been linked to your Gameforge account.

Change Your PIN
Via Gameforge Client: Your PIN is the second password the game requests after you have selected your character. To change your PIN, log into the Gameforge Client and click on the little cog icon in the top right. You’ll receive a confirmation email after changing your PIN.
Via Steam: If your account is linked to Steam, visit AION’s Steam account management page, where you must log in with your Steam credentials to change the PIN. You can also find more account settings there. (Link will be added on 29th March.)

Additional Changes
Following this change, we will close the old AION website, meaning that the rankings, Hero Trials and web shop will no longer be available.
We’ll also be removing Veteran Rewards and Elite Levels from the Live version. The ‘Manage bonuses’ section (via the AION Shop in the game) won’t be available for some time after the migration. If you need an item from there, please assign it before March 29th, 2023. We will inform you when the section will be accessible again.

Gameforge Account FAQ
You can find more information regarding the Gameforge Account on our dedicated FAQ!





See you in Atreia!
The AION Team