AION 2 Launches Globally: Surpasses 300,000 Active Players in First Hour With Community Rewards

The gates of Advanced Access have officially opened to the world. Following scheduled infrastructure maintenance, NCSoft deployed the commercial worldwide release of its flagship MMORPG, AION 2, on October 5, 2026. Player turnout was instantaneous: within just sixty minutes of the servers going live, the concurrent population rocketed past 300,000 active Daevas taking flight across Atreia.

To celebrate the initial milestone and reward early adopters, the development team pushed an immediate appreciation drop to everyone logged into the ecosystem. Players can check their mailbox to claim an essential consumable package:

• Artisan's Roasted Fogus (Bound) × 15 — a high-grade culinary buff item designed to elevate combat efficiency during early story dungeons and open-world farming routes.

NCSoft has already mapped out the next collective community target. When the active player count climbs to 400,000 Daevas, an additional reward tier will be distributed across all accounts. This momentum follows closely on the heels of the studio's major concession regarding Founder's Pack cosmetics, which will become fully account-wide and cross-server, defusing player frustration just ahead of launch day.

Server architecture handled the opening flood without debilitating connection bottlenecks or widespread crashes. The celebratory supplies remain claimable immediately via in-game mail upon logging in.