Welcome to another Aion guide about blue rewards and unusual quests. This time you don’t have to kill bosses, you don’t need a group and surprisingly you don’t have to grind (at least not too much). I hope these information have attracted your attention.
Inferno sword is a guest reward from the quest Flame Sword. It’s Elyos quest level 37 that starts in Sanctum. This quest is the last part of the quest chain:
An interesting point in this quest chain is an item Fire Sword. This item is a drop from Eltnen mobs Mottled Basilisk and Dried Gnarl (this is the grind part ~2hours). Usually, this item ends up as vendor trash or enchantment stone. The main reason for this is a fact that no one tells you that Fire Sword is a quest starting item. With this item in your inventory bag be sure to go directly to Garperos and you will be able to start the first quest Fire Sword. Garperos will ask you to bring him Flame Essences from Flame Spirits and as a reward you will acquire green Flame Sword.
With the Flame Sword in your hand or inventory bag you can start another quest at level 32 Fire Feather. The quest giver is an elite bird Griffonix, but only by day. Griffonix will ask you to hunt Virago Scavengers, Pretor Looters and Tornado Spirits. When you collect materials your reward will be a Fire Feather.
With Fire Feather and Flame Sword, at level 37, go to Sanctum, find NPC Regmos and start the last quest in this quest chain Flame Sword. Regmos will send you back to Eltnen, where you have to collect Magma Essence and Burning Barghest Tail from Magma Spirit and Burning Barghest in Geroch Caldera. And finally, when you bring the materials to Regmos Inferno sword will wait for you.
Information and media from the recently announced Aion patch 1.9 is starting to pour in. Massively.com found this video from the big press conference that was held in Korea and it showcases not only the 1.9 changes, but beyond, into the Aion 2.0 content. There are improvements to the gliding across vast distances as well as new bosses. Graphics engine seems to be better as well.
European and North American office “super secret” meeting took place today and major v1.9 game improvements were announced.
New skills for every class (including new skills specifically for countering stun attacks)
Dozens of daily quests with different objectives and rewards
New quests, increased quest rewards, and increased instance drop rates
Dredgion enhancements
Max item enchantment increased to +15
An increase in experience gain (including a new experience bonus system: Energy of Salvation)
Soul Healing, Soul Binding, and Flight Transportation cost decreases
A mechanic that allows two two-handed weapons to be combined to create one more powerful two-handed weapon
Looking for group (LFG) functionality improvements
Numerous user interface improvements
In parallel, big press conference was held in Korea to announce these same changes and their release to Korean test servers. Full patch notes are over 20 pages long and will be released later this week. You can read the official announcement here.
When you hit level 30 Fire Temple will become an important instance for you. You can access it very often – a lockdown is 30 minutes from the moment you enter the instance, you have a very good chance to get your first gold loot and it’s a really good way to get XP.
Fire Temple Quests
The Fire Temple can be accessed from Morheim for Asmos, and from Eltnen for Elyos. The instance is actually located in Morheim so the quests that will take you to the Fire Temple will be marked as [Spy/Group] for Elyos.
Elyos – In order to enter the Fire Temple you must obtain a Fire Temple Key. A quest must be completed by everyone in the party, or you will not be able to enter the instance. The best drop rate for the Fire Temple key is at night, outside the Kyola Temple entrance from Raging Obscuras mobs.
Before you enter the Fire Temple Instance take a look if there is a Named Temptress Lichna the Cruel inside Kyola Temple. This boss has also a very nice loot – blue and green weapons level 30.
The Fire Temple entrance is a door in the basement of Kyola Temple in Eltnen. When you enter Kyola Temple go through the door on the right side (just faster access). In the first room (Thorntail Skyray and Shadow Bloodwing mobs) go right again. At the other end of the second room (Inflamed Temptress and Chaotic Temptress mobs) you will see another door, go through that door and go all the way to the other end of the room where you will see the entrance portal to get in.
The last boss has two forms Kromede the Corrupt and Vile Judge Kromede. Vile Judge Kromede is another version of the last Boss in Aion’s Fire Temple instance. This version has a slightly higher chance of dropping epic loot.
To get to the last boss, take the left path but be careful not to fall into the lava. You will not die but there is no way out. If you want to avoid unnecessary fights go left or right and kill the mobs, instead of fighting through the middle of the room. When you clean your path, you can easily pull Kromede a side without aggroing other mobs in the room.
Kromede has very nasty AoE attacks so healers and rangers should stay back as far as they can. She also summons suspicious objects that explode causing additional AoE damage. You have a few seconds to kill them before they explode. They are easy to kill, so it’s a perfect moment for Gladiator to use Seismic Wave skill chain. The rest is tank and spank.
Video of my wife (lvl 37 Gladiator) and I (lvl 35 Chanter) killing the last boss in Aion’s Fire Temple instance. We have managed to clear the instance up to the last boss all by ourselves. The endevour took about 2 hours and we were so happy that the boss dropped some good loot. The boss later on dropped a gold sword for the missus, so it was well worth the time (and the XP was great).
Aion’s newly appointed producer addressed the community today with a monthly update of where the game is at the moment and what their plans are for the future. Chris himself admits that:
… at times you may feel like you’re wringing water out of a rock in regard to getting information from us, but we want to be cautious with telling you the correct information to not mislead the community. We are in constant communication with our development and production staff, and we really want to share with you more information on a regular basis, but due to scheduled release timing, localization efforts and Western development schedules, we aren’t always able to share what we’d really like to.
The following list of things to come is confirmed for sure in this address:
The first bigger game update will be coming in Q2 this year
more content at lower levels
increased rewards for quests
improved drop rates
server transfers are coming (as a paid service at least)
With the Flame Sword in your hand or inventory bag you can start another quest at level 32 Fire Feather. The quest giver is an elite bird Griffonix, but only by day. Griffonix will ask you to hunt Virago Scavengers, Pretor Looters and Tornado Spirits. When you collect materials your reward will be a Fire Feather.
Impish Greatsword
Impish Jewel
Impish Longbow
Impish Staff
Impish Sword
Impish Tome
Lichna’s Necklace
Lichna’s Spear
Lichna’s Warhammer
Lichna’s Dagger
Flame Chain Boots
Flame Gloves
Flame Chain Gloves
Flame Shoes
Volcano Chain Pauldrons
Flame Leather Shoes
Flame Plate Boots
Flame Leather Gloves
Flame Gauntlets
Volcano Polearm
Demise Moonstone Earrings
Volcano Gauntlets
Volcano Leather Leggings
Rotan’s Ring
Flame Tunic
Flame Mail
Ambush III
Volcano Breastplate
Volcano Chain Boots
Volcano Gloves
Volcano Leather Pauldrons
Volcano Mail
Volcano Plate Greaves
Harfuia’s Earrings
Flame Jerkin
Flame Breastplate
Sipus’s Shield
Sipus’s Belt
Volcano Leather Shoes
Volcano Plate Pauldrons
White Flame Jewel
Flame Plate Greaves
Flame Leather Leggings
Flame Leather Pauldrons
Flame Plate Pauldrons
Flame Chain Pauldrons
Flame Pauldrons
Flame Chain Greaves
Leggings of Flame
Demise Moonstone Ring
Volcano Chain Helm
Kromede’s Warhammer
Kromede’s Serated Knife
Kromede’s Greatsword
Kromede’s Longbow
Kromede’s Staff
Kromede’s Spear
Kromede’s Sword
Kromede’s Tome
Kromede’s Necklace
Design: Expert Adamantium Dagger
Flame Headband
Flame Chain Helm
Flame Helm
Flame Hat
Barrens Greatsword
Barrens Headband
Barrens Helm
Barrens Leggings
Barrens Shoes
Barrens Spellbook
Barrens Staff
Fossil Leather Belt
