Aion 2 · PVE Progression · Work In Progress

The Aion 2Bible

An in-depth, everything-you-need-to-know guide covering all the foundational information in Aion 2 PVE and everything related to character progression.

AuthorKanon
Last updated9/27/2026
RegionGlobal / KR — Chapter 1 / Level 50
Chapters11
Confidence:ConfirmedKR ValuesNeeds TestingNot At Launch
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Three ways in.

Read in any order
Tool 01

Stat Value Index

What every stat is actually worth in DPS, measured at current KR end-game on an ideal build with support buffs. Sorted by real damage efficiency — not by what sounds good. Open any row for the caveats and the formula.

Ch 3 · Kanon + Aion Research Lab
Damage efficiency
Stat value TLDR
Diminishing returns are real These values will be different at global launch. We will have fewer stats, so less diminishing return impact — and the discrepancy will be greater for some stats than others. Front/Back Damage Boost starts at a base value of 0% where Critical Damage starts at 50%, so the first 10% added to both favours Front/Back.
Tool 02

Stat Line Finder

Ch 3 · How Stats Work
Priority by roll rarity
Tier = how hard the line is to roll
How rerolling works
    Accuracy & Crit requirements
    RaidAccuracyCritStatus
    Read before using these
    Chapter 03 · The damage formula

    Published for the first time with this doc — not because it was a hidden secret, but because it was very difficult to figure out and nobody had. Math heads and theorycrafters, here's your baseline.

    TLDR — if you read nothing else

    Expand the full formula — every term, plus what counts as Pure Attack
    Final damage

    What counts as “Pure Attack”

    Pure Attack is not an official stat. It is a label for the Attack that gets directly multiplied by Weapon Damage Boost. There are a lot of different Attack stats in-game, but they are spread across the equation.

    Test it yourselfYour in-game “Attack” stat does not factor in Weapon Damage Boost. Remove Weapon Damage Boost from your Marchutan Daevanion Board and the Attack value will not change.
    Flat Attack tiers

    Tier 3 stats are the worst — they do not fall under Pure Attack and only get added to PVE/Boss Attack on condition. Species is specific to mob type.

    Smite, explained with a paycheck — why +1% Smite is worth less the more you have

    Imagine you have a 1% chance for your salary to be doubled. If your salary is 1,000,000 won, then over 100 paychecks that's 100,000,000 won plus one extra 1,000,000. Divide by 100 and you have your average per paycheck.

    Practical calculation
    Power Shards
    Defensive stats & caps — Defense, Penetration, Accuracy, Tolerance, Endurance
    Combat speed
    Tool 03

    Wings Meta

    Twelve wings, their Equip and Owned effects, and what every class is actually running in KR. Only the top line and the last hidden line upgrade when you enhance — the two middle lines stay static.

    Class distribution
    Tool 04

    Transfer Matrix

    The doc warns you four separate times that something is lost when you transfer gear. Here they are in one place, plus what a transfer actually costs you in Heroic gear.

    Ch 1 + Ch 5
    What survives a transfer
    Carries over
    Lost — permanently
    Transfer Stone cost
    Heroic fragments10at 5 per Heroic piece
    Heroic gear to morph2pieces consumed
    Extra yellow stones0on top, for cross-grade

    Kanon's warning
      The full guide

      Eleven chapters.

      The complete document, in order. Everything above is pulled from these — the tools are a shortcut, not a replacement.

      Last updated
      Chapter 01

      Anatomy of a gear piece

      Seven distinct systems are stacked on every item you equip. Four of them do not survive a transfer. Select any item in-game and choose “Source” to find out where it comes from.

      Gear & Basics
      Yellow/Unique weapon tooltip with numbered stat regions
      Yellow / Unique — Soaring Daeva Claymore, +15 Amp 5
      Orange/Heroic bracelet tooltip showing Pantheon stats
      Orange / Heroic — Faded Shadow Bracelet, +20
      Pantheon

      Bundled stats

      In-game Pantheon stat wheel
      The Pantheon wheel — Destruction [Zikel] at 164
      A closer look

      The odd slots

      Belt, Amulet, Runes and Pendant do not enhance like the rest of your gear — and one of them blows up.

      Community field guide

      Full Stats Breakdown

      Chapter 02 · Supplements Ch 3
      How to read this chapter
      Combat resolution — what the game checks, in order

      Accuracy

      Base stats — what the tooltip doesn't tell you
      Damage & hit sub-stats

      Status effects / CC chance — worked example
      Formula
      Special section stats
      God & primary stats
      Conditional flat stats
      Quick reference — every cap in one table
      MechanicCap / key number
      Chapter 04

      Skills

      Active · Passive · Stigma
      The three types, side by side

      Specialty Perk unlocks

      In-game Specialty panel: three equip slots with one locked, and five perk options with the last gated at level 16
      Three slots, two filled. First unlocked at level 8. The final perk at level 16.
      Getting an Active Skill to 20

      Where Stigma Shards come from
      Fully maxed

      Supports
      In-game Stigma panel showing skills at levels 20, 21 and 25 alongside locked slots
      Two skills at 25, one at 21, the rest at 20 — with slots still locked.
      Before global launch
      Not in the doc yet
      Chapter 05

      Enhancement

      Six systems · A through E
      The enhancement ceiling
      Read this firstFour of the six systems below produce something that is destroyed the moment you transfer the piece. Build them on gear you are keeping.
      Chapter 06

      Arcana

      10 cards · 7 sets
      The ten Arcana cards
      All ten Arcana cards — Chalice, Parchment, Compass, Key, Hourglass, Bell, Mirror, Scale, Dice, Lantern
      Not at launch
      CardRollsStatus
      Upgrading
        Strategy
          Chapter 07

          Daevanion Boards

          8 boards · 4 tile types
          The Nezekan Daevanion board
          Nezekan board — orange tiles sit on the corners and sides, the furthest distance from centre
          Four shared-point boards
            No PVE value
            Four individual boards
            BoardRoleOrange tiles

            Tile types
            Chapter 08

            Pet Genus

            5 boards · 9 slots each
            BIS lines per slot
            SlotCogni / Fera / Natura / VarianSpecial board
            Owned effects
            Cogni Insight genus panel at level 10
            Cogni Insight at Lv. 10 (MAX) — nine rollable lines
            Chapter 09

            How wings work

            Wings
              The upgrade quirkWhen upgrading, only the top stat line and the last hidden stat line get upgraded. On Brawler Wings the tooltip only shows the Owned Effects at base level 0 — enhance to +1 and Weapon Damage Boost appears, which is what makes them high value.
              Eroded Golden Wings at +10
              +10 Eroded Golden Wings
              Brawler Wings enhancement screen
              Brawler Wings, +4 → +5
              Chapter 10

              Closet

              Transmog · Horizontal power
              Collection progress

              Why a cosmetic grind matters
              In-game Collection Effect panel showing per-slot collection points and the percentage increase each grants
              The Collection Effect panel. Every figure in the table below is read off this.
              TLDR

              Every skin you unlock raises a permanent % for that slot. Weapons feed Attack; armor feeds Defense. It is the slowest system in the game and it never stops paying.

              Expand the per-slot numbers — points, unlock counts and exact percentages
              SlotPointsSkins unlockedIncreaseEffect

              The calculation
              Formula
              Outfit damage
              Who wrote this

              Kanon

              KR · Brawler
              KanonXO combat information dashboard
              Skill Index 238 — equivalent +138% — in the 560k–580k Combat Power bracket
              Sources —Class meta:

              Catch an error?
              Come tell him.

              This doc is maintained solo. If you spot a typo, a wrong number, or a system that changed — the Discord is where it gets fixed, and Kanon is live on Twitch daily.

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