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Elyos starting route: Verteron to level 45

Choose your Elyos home with friends, follow the Verteron story and use the level 20, 28, 35 and 45 dungeon milestones.

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An onboarding route through decisions and unlock milestones. Landmark descriptions are official orientation references, not a verified quest-by-quest order or a speedrun path.

Create your character in the right place

For this route, choose Elyos with your group and confirm the exact region and home server before committing character-specific rewards. Your outdoor story follows Verteron; dungeon grouping does not mean friends on another faction share that outdoor route.

Choose a class whose combat role you want to practice, then follow the active story objectives and tutorials. Leave yourself one clear quest to resume instead of starting several disconnected progression goals.

Official Elyos character in pale armor holding a luminous blue weapon.
ElyosPublisher faction artwork. Appearance is illustrative, not a gear or character-creation preset.Official AION 2 showcase · NC ↗
Sources for this section (2)
  1. AION 2: Tale of Two Worlds — setting and regional landmarksNC Japan · Global / Japan-facing English presentation · Reviewed 4 October 2026
  2. Official AION 2 global showcase — factions, locations, dungeons and petsNC / AION 2 Global · Global promotional preview · Reviewed 4 October 2026

Orient yourself in Verteron

Use the named landmarks to describe where you are when asking friends for help. Follow your actual quest journal for travel order; the publisher’s world tour does not establish prerequisites or an optimal path between these places.

When a marker seems close but is unreachable, check its elevation and the objective text. Activate travel or checkpoint interactions as the game introduces them; the showcase presenters explicitly had developer-unlocked travel, which is not a fresh-character route.

A statue and tall ruined columns surround a secluded courtyard in Dawn Legion Base.
Dawn Legion Base · VerteronA hidden base within Cantas Valley. Official location preview.Official AION 2 showcase · NC ↗
Overgrown stone arches and towers rise above a grassy canyon floor.
Altamia Canyon · VerteronThe reemerged canyon shown in the publisher’s world tour.Official AION 2 showcase · NC ↗

28:27: checkpoint explanation and the distinction between normal progression and developer-unlocked travel.

Watch on YouTube at 28:27 ↗
LandmarkHow to recognize its setting
Cantas ValleyThe Odylium-depleted valley; Dawn Legion Base is within it.
Ellun River MarshThe former Barrier Tower site.
Aullaeu VillageThe settlement near Tolbas Forest.
Altamia CanyonThe reemerged canyon watched by the Notos Legion.
Sources for this section (3)
  1. AION 2: Tale of Two Worlds — setting and regional landmarksNC Japan · Global / Japan-facing English presentation · Reviewed 4 October 2026
  2. Official AION 2 global showcase — factions, locations, dungeons and petsNC / AION 2 Global · Global promotional preview · Reviewed 4 October 2026
  3. [AION 2] Dungeon Live Gameplay ShowcaseNC / AION 2 Official · Global prelaunch demonstration · Published 4 September 2026 · Reviewed 5 October 2026

Your Global dungeon milestones

NC’s Global showcase gives a clear leveling ladder: Krao Cave Exploration at 20, Urugugu Canyon at 28 and Fire Temple at 35. Conquest becomes available at 45, which is also the announced launch level cap. These level milestones do not remove other prerequisites shown by the selected dungeon.

21:48: Exploration levels and the transition to Conquest. The level-cap answer is at 46:31.

Watch on YouTube at 21:48 ↗
Character levelGlobal milestone in the official previewUseful next action
20Krao Cave ExplorationUse the introductory mode to learn the dungeon menu and encounter cues.
28Urugugu Canyon ExplorationTry the next available Exploration while continuing your story.
35Fire Temple ExplorationLearn the route and inspect its equipment rewards.
45Launch level cap and Conquest accessCheck the chosen dungeon’s remaining requirements, then form a learning group.
Sources for this section (1)
  1. [AION 2] Dungeon Live Gameplay ShowcaseNC / AION 2 Official · Global prelaunch demonstration · Published 4 September 2026 · Reviewed 5 October 2026

Turn each unlock into a useful practice stop

Try the available Exploration when you want to learn its encounter or need its displayed rewards. Read one newly unlocked skill, practice a defensive response and return to the story with a specific next objective.

At 45, use the Global progression guide to select an eligible Conquest, prepare your four-Stigma choices and work toward one useful equipment improvement. The route does not require following a later KR / TW level-50 chapter.

Sources for this article

  1. AION 2: Tale of Two Worlds — setting and regional landmarksNC Japan · Global / Japan-facing English presentation · Reviewed 4 October 2026
  2. Official AION 2 global showcase — factions, locations, dungeons and petsNC / AION 2 Global · Global promotional preview · Reviewed 4 October 2026
  3. [AION 2] Dungeon Live Gameplay ShowcaseNC / AION 2 Official · Global prelaunch demonstration · Published 4 September 2026 · Reviewed 5 October 2026

Publisher facts are summarized in original prose. Practical recommendations are editorial advice. Read our methodology.

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