AION 2: Everything I Wish I Knew Before Level 45

AION 2: What to Know Before Level 45

The video shares lessons from Rinku’s first hours in AION 2, focusing on how to avoid wasting resources and which activities contribute to lasting character progression.

Combat and movement

• Set up a basic macro early using K. Combine your two starter attacks, which generally generate and spend mana. Add more skills as you unlock them, and save detailed class-rotation research for later.
• Experiment with skill stacking, but don’t worry about perfecting your build while much of your kit is still locked.
• Wings are your main way to fly; mounts from the pet system are mostly ground mounts. Collecting more wings improves flight speed and flying power.
• For longer, faster flights, repeatedly boost, tuck your wings to preserve momentum, then reopen them and boost again. Rinku recommends rebinding the upward-flight button to B and using V to tuck your wings for easier timing.

Progression and lasting upgrades

The main story alone won’t take you all the way to level 45. Ascension progression creates walls around levels 22 and 32, requiring you to take part in other activities, such as side quests, strongholds, and sealed dungeons.

Amulets and belts are the main gear pieces worth upgrading while leveling because they remain part of your progression:

• Gather feathers and use them at the monolith to progress your amulet.
• Complete strongholds to progress your belt.
• At +10, amulets and belts can be upgraded to the next rarity. The long-term goal is gold +10.

Feather progress can be synced to secondary characters. According to the video, the global version also requires fewer feathers than the Korean version.

Regional quests and sealed dungeons provide useful rewards, including equipment upgrades, skill points, and Deinian progression. Deinian progress strengthens your character and raises your equipment level, so don’t neglect it.

Deinian and skill points can be reset for free. Use them rather than leaving potential power unused.

Avoid spending too much on ordinary weapons and armor while leveling, since those pieces are frequently replaced. Save kina and other upgrade resources where possible.

Dungeons and limited resources

• Don’t open the reward cube at the end of an expedition dungeon you’re doing for the main quest. Opening it costs Odal energy, a limited resource better saved for higher-level expeditions where you know what gear you want.
• Sealed dungeons are separate from expedition dungeons. They’re solo activities marked by question marks until discovered, and can grant one-time progression rewards.
• Around 1,400 gear level, you can access Tier 2 Conquest expeditions. Reaching level 45 without building enough gear to tackle the content can leave you unprepared.

Should you rush to level 45?

• If you’re still choosing a main class, try the classes that interest you and focus on the story. Reaching level 22 is useful because expeditions—and Odal energy regeneration—unlock there.
• If you have limited playtime, there’s no need to rush. Follow the story, do regional quests, complete nearby dungeons and strongholds, and collect feathers as you go.
• If you can play a lot early on, reaching level 45 sooner unlocks endgame activities with daily and weekly timers. Afterward, return to skipped progression—feathers, strongholds, sealed dungeons, regional quests, and gear upgrades—to make your character strong enough for those activities.
• In general, prioritize your main character and work toward 1,400 gear level before spending much time leveling secondary characters.

Featured gamer/source: Rinku (RinkuTalks).