Aion 2: What Unlocks When, Levels 1 to 45 and Item Level
Every Aion 2 unlock in one place: what opens by level, which story quest opens the rest, the level-45 wave, the Item Level ladder and what isn't on EU/NA.
On this page
Aion 2 opens its menus a few at a time. Some features wait for a character level, some for a story quest, and most of the endgame waits for level 45 and then for your Item Level. This page lists all of them in the order you meet them, so you know whether a missing menu is a bug or just not open yet.
Everything below is read from the EU client's unlock table and its in-game Navigator. The quest levels are the client's recommended levels.
In 30 seconds
- Levels 2 to 10 open the basic menus: Journal, skills, Enhancement, Crafting, Gathering, Substance Morph, the Daeva Pass and the Navigator.
- The story opens the rest. Wings, Title, Closet, Pets, Daevanion, the Shugo Festival, Legions, party dungeons and the Pantheon each unlock with a specific quest of your faction's story.
- Level 25 and 30 add Supply Requests and the Daily Dungeon.
- Level 45 opens the endgame at once: the Abyss, the Market, Arcana, Nightmare, Transcendence, the Ascension Trial, the Sanctuary raid, arenas and battlefields, seasons and rankings.
- After 45, Item Level is the only gate: 700 for the first Conquest tier, then 1,400, 2,100 and 2,800 for the Sanctuary.
Unlocks by character level
| Level | What opens |
|---|---|
| 2 | Journal, Customization |
| 3 | Info (your stat window) |
| 4 | Skill, skill presets |
| 9 | Achievements, Enhancement |
| 10 | Substance Morph, Crafting, Gathering, Daeva Pass, Navigator, Attendance, Snapshot, Delete Item, Item Extraction |
| 25 | Supply Request |
| 30 | Daily Dungeon (the Unknown Fissure, 14 entries a week) |
| 45 | The endgame: see the level-45 wave |
The Navigator (level 10) is worth opening early: it lists what the game wants you to try at your level, with a short explanation for each system.
Unlocks from story quests
These features don't look at your level; they open when you finish a quest of your faction's main story. If a menu is greyed out, check that you haven't skipped the quest below.
| Feature | Elyos quest | Asmodian quest | Around level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mail, chat, party, friends, Remote Storage, HUD editing, Combat Analysis | Poeta | Ishalgen | 1 |
| Closet, Shop | Making Yourself Useful | Prepare to Escape | 2 |
| Wings | The Power in the Lake | The Being Beneath the Lake | 5 |
| Title | Shattered Sky Island | Spread Your Wings | 6 |
| Enter Coupon | Brigade Base Neutralization | The Longest Night | 9 |
| Pets | All Geared Up | Gathering Essentials | 10 |
| Daevanion, Shugo Festival | Visions in Smoke | Urgent Pursuit | 13 |
| Legion | Renewed Resolve | Buried Atrocities | 16 |
| Expedition (party dungeons) | Wind Breeze Merchants | Daeva in a Dream | 22 |
| Pantheon | The One Who Hears the Voice | The One Who Hears the Voice | 22 |
The level-22 Ascension quest that opens the Pantheon is also the one that lets you learn stigmas. Our leveling priorities explain why you shouldn't skip it.
What the Navigator points you to
The Navigator suggests content by level. This is its list for EU/NA, with what each step gives you:
| Level | Content | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Skills | Spend skill points; Wisdom Stones add more |
| 5 | First Ascension, Wings | Basic wings and flight |
| 7 | Titles | Up to 3 equipped titles add stats |
| 9 | Enhancement | Enhance Stones raise your gear |
| 10 | Pets, Closet, Substance Morph, Gathering, Crafting | Mounts and pet stats, outfits, material conversion |
| 12 | Regional quests | Daevanion points, accessories and bound Kina |
| 13 | Daevanion, Sealed Dungeons, Strongholds, Shugo Festival | Your stat board; Wisdom Stones and rewards from map exploration |
| 16 | Legion, Monolith | Guilds; Empyrean Traces for the Monolith's amulet upgrades |
| 22 | Ascension, Stigma, Krao Cave, Pantheon | Stigma skills; the first party dungeon |
| 25 | Supply Request | Hand in items for Abyss Points |
| 30 | Urugugu Canyon, Daily Dungeon | Second party dungeon; Enhance Stones from the Unknown Fissure |
| 32 | Third Ascension | Higher-tier wings; stigma levels |
| 37 | Fire Temple | Party dungeon with extendable weapons |
| 45 | Fourth Ascension, Draupnir, the endgame | Everything below |
Three party dungeons open on their Exploration difficulty while you level: Krao Cave from level 20, Urugugu Canyon from 28 and Fire Temple from 35. The other three need level 45 even on Exploration: Draupnir with Item Level 700, Vakron Sky Island with 1,400 and Ferocious Horn Den with 2,100. Every Conquest difficulty waits for level 45 and an Item Level (see the ladder).
The level-45 wave
At 45 these all open at the same moment:
| Feature | What it is |
|---|---|
| Abyss | Chaotic Lower Reshanta: PvP, the Artifact Siege and Abyss Points (Item Level 1,000 to enter) |
| Market | Buying and selling between players |
| Arcana | Card slots that add stats and Item Level |
| Transcendence | The 5-player ranked dungeon that pays Arcana |
| Nightmare | The solo boss ladder |
| Ascension Trial | The weekly solo time trial |
| Sanctuary | The 10-player raid Abyssal Forge: Ludra (Item Level 2,800) |
| Arena and Battlefield | 1v1 and team arenas, 10v10 battlefields |
| Season, Season Mission, Rank | The season missions and the rankings |
| World Level | Listed in the unlock table; the client gives it no description |
The Navigator also introduces duty quests, Dimensional Invasions and Spacetime Rifts at 45 (the Rift portals into the enemy region accept level 45 and up). Your fourth Ascension quest waits there too and pays higher-tier wings. Our level 45 guide explains what to do first.
The Item Level ladder at 45
From here, Item Level opens the content. The unlock table sets five Conquest tiers:
| Gate | Item Level | What uses it on EU/NA |
|---|---|---|
| Conquest Tier 1 | 700 | Krao Cave, Draupnir |
| Lower Abyss, Subjugation Easy, Ascension Trial Easy | 1,000 | Chaotic Lower Reshanta, the trials and Subjugation |
| Conquest Tier 2 | 1,400 | Urugugu Canyon, Vakron Sky Island |
| Subjugation and Ascension Trial Normal | 1,500 | |
| Subjugation and Ascension Trial Hard | 2,000 | |
| Conquest Tier 3 | 2,100 | Fire Temple, Ferocious Horn Den |
| Subjugation Extreme, Ascension Trial Challenge | 2,500 | |
| Conquest Tier 4 | 2,800 | No Conquest dungeon yet; the Abyssal Forge: Ludra raid gate |
| Conquest Tier 5 | 3,000 | No Conquest dungeon yet; Chaotic Middle Reshanta and Subjugation Despair |
| Subjugation Hell | 3,500 |
Transcendence stages have their own gates (1,600 for the first) and also need an S rank on the previous stage; see our solo and ranked endgame guide.
Not on EU/NA yet
The EU client contains several systems from the Taiwan and Korea versions, locked above the level-45 cap. Guides written for those regions often mention them:
| Feature | Unlock in the EU client |
|---|---|
| Auto Combat | Not open yet |
| Fields of Progress | Not open yet |
| Seals | Not open yet |
| Holy Artifact | Not open yet |
| Dream Crossroad | Not open yet |
| Growth Support | Level 50 |
| Conquest Tier 6 | Level 50 and Item Level 3,800 |
None of these can open at the level-45 cap: the first five have no unlock a player can reach, and the last two wait for level 50. They stay locked until a patch opens them. When a guide tells you to "do Fields of Progress" or "turn on auto combat", it was written for another region.
FAQ
My Daevanion menu is locked at level 20. Why? Daevanion opens with a story quest (Visions in Smoke or Urgent Pursuit), not a level. Finish the main story up to it.
Can I enter Conquest with a level-45 alt in starter gear? Not until it reaches Item Level 700. Below 700, only Krao Cave, Urugugu Canyon and Fire Temple are open, on their Exploration difficulty.
When does the Market open? At level 45, together with the rest of the endgame.
Is there any auto-play? No. Auto Combat is in the EU/NA client, but it is not open yet.
Where to go next
- Leveling priorities: what to collect on the way to 45.
- What to do at level 45: the gearing loop after the wave.
- Item Level 1,400: the route to the second Conquest tier.
- Daily and weekly routine: the limits that refill once you're there.
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