AION 2 will take its game servers offline for scheduled maintenance beginning October 6 at 11:30 PM PDT, which is October 7 in most other regions. NC lists 3 hours 30 minutes of downtime generally and a longer 5 hours 30 minutes for Asia servers.

Players will be disconnected when maintenance begins, and game login will be unavailable during the shutdown. Use the regional start-time list below to plan your session. The longer Asia window applies to the server region you play on, not simply the time zone where you live.

Maintenance start times around the world

These are conversions of the same announced start: October 7 at 06:30 UTC. Dates are included because the Pacific start falls on October 6 while the other listed regions are already on October 7. Daylight-saving offsets reflect the event date.

  • Pacific North America (PDT, UTC-7): Oct 6, 11:30 PM
  • Mountain North America (MDT, UTC-6): Oct 7, 12:30 AM
  • Central North America (CDT, UTC-5): Oct 7, 1:30 AM
  • Eastern North America (EDT, UTC-4): Oct 7, 2:30 AM
  • Brazil, Sao Paulo (BRT, UTC-3): Oct 7, 3:30 AM
  • UTC: Oct 7, 6:30 AM
  • UK (BST, UTC+1): Oct 7, 7:30 AM
  • Central Europe (CEST, UTC+2): Oct 7, 8:30 AM
  • India (IST, UTC+5:30): Oct 7, 12:00 PM
  • Thailand and Vietnam (ICT, UTC+7): Oct 7, 1:30 PM
  • Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines (UTC+8): Oct 7, 2:30 PM
  • Japan and South Korea (JST/KST, UTC+9): Oct 7, 3:30 PM
  • Eastern Australia, Brisbane (AEST, UTC+10): Oct 7, 4:30 PM
  • Eastern Australia, Sydney and Melbourne (AEDT, UTC+11): Oct 7, 5:30 PM

Brisbane and Sydney are listed separately because they use different daylight-saving rules. If your location is not named, use the 06:30 UTC start and your local offset for October 7.

Standard downtime is scheduled for 3 hours 30 minutes

Adding the standard duration gives an estimated end of October 7 at 10:00 UTC. That converts to the following times for some of the main audiences:

  • Pacific North America: October 7 at 3:00 AM PDT.
  • Eastern North America: October 7 at 6:00 AM EDT.
  • Brazil, Sao Paulo: October 7 at 7:00 AM BRT.
  • UK: October 7 at 11:00 AM BST.
  • Central Europe: October 7 at 12:00 PM CEST.

These are calculated endpoints, not a confirmed notice that the servers will reopen at those times. NC says the schedule can change. Do not plan a dungeon group around a guaranteed restart minute that has not been announced.

An AION 2 character uses magic during combat in an official Steam screenshot.
Image: NC.

Asia servers have a 5-hour-30-minute window

The Asia schedule runs two hours longer than the general window. Its calculated end is October 7 at 12:00 UTC, with these local equivalents:

  • India: October 7 at 5:30 PM IST.
  • Thailand and Vietnam: October 7 at 7:00 PM ICT.
  • Singapore, Malaysia and Philippines: October 7 at 8:00 PM local time, UTC+8.
  • Japan and South Korea: October 7 at 9:00 PM JST/KST.
  • Brisbane: October 7 at 10:00 PM AEST.
  • Sydney and Melbourne: October 7 at 11:00 PM AEDT.

Those Australian times are conversions for readers playing on Asia servers, not an announcement of separate Australian servers. A player outside Asia who uses an Asia server should also plan around the longer duration.

Patch details are still pending

NC has not included the update contents in this maintenance notice. The confirmed information is the shutdown time, the two scheduled durations, the affected game servers, and the login interruption.

Do not treat the downtime as confirmation of a class change, compensation delivery, or Ludra's return. Those need their own announcement. For now, finish your session before the listed start and check NC's reopening update before returning; both the schedule and maintenance details can change.