AION 2's first global in-game event is live, and it is a Halloween one: the Trick or Treat celebration runs from October 14 to November 4, 2026. If you log in across the next three weeks, you can bank over a thousand Halloween Pumpkin Coins, trade them at an event-only Coin Merchant for a skeleton skin, pet soul crystals, buff candy and consumables — and farm the concurrent Conquerors of the Abyss event for Kina on top. This guide breaks down the exact dates, every coin source, the full mission list with payouts, and what to actually buy first before the event vendors leave.
Quick answer: The AION 2 Halloween event (the "Trick or Treat" event) runs Oct 14 – Nov 4, 2026. You earn Halloween Pumpkin Coins two ways: a 14-day attendance path worth 620 coins total (35/day most days, 100 on Day 7 and Day 14), and 10 weekly event missions worth 235 coins per week per server (Abyss, Transcendence, Expedition, Ascension Trial, Nightmare, logins, gear, scrolls, Dimensional Invasion, Shugo Festival). Spend coins at the event Coin Merchant NPC in the major towns. The standout buy is the Halloween Chest for 250 coins (skeleton skin + 10,000 pet soul crystals). A separate Conquerors of the Abyss event (Oct 14 – Oct 28) lets you buy Abyss Rift Stones with Kina. Every figure below is sourced from the official October 14 patch notes and cross-checked against launch-week coverage.
This applies to the AION 2 global PC launch build (Steam AppID 3393110) on the October 14, 2026 patch. Numbers come straight from NC's published patch notes for that update and are cross-checked against independent launch-week guides; exact shop stock can vary by region and may be adjusted mid-event, so read the live Coin Merchant listing before you commit a big pile of coins.
When does the AION 2 Halloween event start and end?
The event is tied to the October 14, 2026 patch — the same maintenance that shipped class fixes, Abyss improvements and server-transfer shop changes. The Halloween content itself has two clocks you need to track:
| Event | Runs | What it gives |
|---|---|---|
| Trick or Treat (Halloween) | Oct 14 – Nov 4, 2026 | Pumpkin Coin attendance + weekly missions + event shop |
| Conquerors of the Abyss | Oct 14 – Oct 28, 2026 | Buy Abyss Rift Stones with Kina from the Shop |
The Halloween window is 22 days, but the attendance reward path only needs 14 login days, so you have slack if you miss a day or two. The Conquerors of the Abyss event is the shorter of the two — it ends Oct 28, a full week before Halloween wraps, so prioritise it if you want the discounted Abyss Rift Stones.
How do you earn Halloween Pumpkin Coins?
There are two coin faucets, and you want to tap both. Attendance is guaranteed and passive; the weekly missions are where the volume is.
Trick or Treat attendance (620 coins)
Open the in-game menu → Attendance to claim your daily reward. The 14-day path pays Halloween Pumpkin Coins on a fixed schedule, with two bonus days:
| Day | Coins | Day | Coins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 35 | 8 | 35 |
| 2 | 35 | 9 | 35 |
| 3 | 35 | 10 | 35 |
| 4 | 35 | 11 | 35 |
| 5 | 35 | 12 | 35 |
| 6 | 35 | 13 | 35 |
| 7 | 100 | 14 | 100 |
That is 620 coins for simply logging in across 14 days — enough on its own to clear the 250-coin Halloween Chest with change to spare. The days do not have to be consecutive, so a few missed logins across the 22-day window will not cost you the path.
Weekly event missions (235 coins/week per server)
Under Season Mission → Event, ten missions reset weekly per server, each paying a flat coin reward. These map directly onto the endgame loops you are already running, so most of them clear themselves:
| Mission | Requirement | Coins |
|---|---|---|
| Abyss | Hunt 10 monsters in the Abyss | 25 |
| Transcendence | Clear Transcendence Dungeon 1 time | 25 |
| Expedition | Clear Expedition Conquest 1 time | 25 |
| Ascension Trial | Clear Ascension Trial 1 time | 25 |
| Nightmare | Clear any stage 1 time | 25 |
| Log in | Log in 3 times | 30 |
| Obtain Gear | Obtain 1 piece of Unique gear | 20 |
| Use a Scroll | Use 5 scrolls | 20 |
| Dimensional Invasion | Participate 1 time | 20 |
| Shugo Festival | Participate 1 time | 20 |
That totals 235 coins per week per server. Because the missions reset per server, players with characters parked on multiple servers can repeat the mission set — the attendance path is the one capped at 620, the weekly missions are not. Over a full two-week run, missions alone can out-earn attendance.
Where is the Halloween Coin Merchant?
Spend Pumpkin Coins at the event-exclusive Coin Merchant NPC added to the major towns for the duration of the event. Per the official patch notes, the vendors sit in:
- Elyos: Verteron · Dawn Legion Base · Zumion Village
- Asmodian: Altgard · Safe Haven · Nornir Assembly
You do not need to hunt all of them down — one merchant stocks the full event list, so visit whichever hub is closest to where you play.
What should you buy with Pumpkin Coins first?
The Coin Merchant stocks a mix of consumables, materials and one headline cosmetic. Launch-week coverage reports the vendor carrying Odyle Energy, skin chests, tickets, life crystals and resurrection stones alongside the seasonal items. Here is the priority order:
- Halloween Chest — 250 coins. The standout buy. It contains a skeleton skin plus 10,000 pet soul crystals. The skin is the only cosmetic you cannot get any other way after the event ends, and 10,000 soul crystals is a meaningful chunk of pet progression — "pet soul hunting" is one of the most-cited daily grinds on r/Aion2 right now. Clear your attendance path first; 620 coins covers this with room left.
- Halloween Candy & Halloween Cookies — stat-buff consumables. Per launch-week reporting, Candy boosts attack +25, defense +250, max stamina +300 and stamina regen +40% for 5 minutes; Cookies give +500 max HP, +250 max MP, +300 max stamina and +40% stamina regen for 5 minutes. Cheap, and worth stocking for Abyss pushes and dungeon clears.
- Life crystals, resurrection stones and tickets — grab these only if you are short on them; they are not event-exclusive and should rank below the chest and the candy.
What are Candy Keys and the colored candies?
Separate from the coin economy, the event adds a Candy Key chain. You earn Candy Key Fragments by clearing Expedition and Transcendence dungeons, then use the Substance Morph feature to craft colored Candy Keys (red, yellow, blue). Each key opens a matching candy in the city. Launch-week datamines and guides report the loot as:
- Red candy: 20 pet growth boxes · 10 battle scrolls · 5 Halloween Candies + 5 Cookies
- Yellow candy: 10,000 Abyss Points · 10 life crystals · 5 Halloween Candies + 5 Cookies
- Blue candy: 4 Odyle Energy · 10 resurrection stones · 5 Halloween Candies + 5 Cookies
The yellow candy's 10,000 Abyss Points is the sleeper reward here — AP is the gate on your best Stigma Shards at level 45, so stacking Candy Keys during the event is a quiet way to accelerate PvP progression. These contents come from launch-week community coverage rather than NC's English patch notes directly, so treat the exact drop lists as community-reported and confirm against the in-game preview.
Conquerors of the Abyss: the second event
Running alongside Halloween from October 14 to October 28, 2026, the Conquerors of the Abyss event lets you buy Abyss Rift Stones with Kina from the Shop. The same October 14 patch also added two new Season Mission → Abyss → Weekly objectives that reward Abyss Entry Stones — "Spend 1 Hour in the Abyss" and "Defeat the Boss Guardian Lord Nahma Once" — and raised the maximum accumulated Abyss entry time to 7 hours. If you are grinding Abyss Points anyway (and the event missions push you there), this is the window to stock Rift Stones before the event closes a week early.
Does the Halloween event help you catch up?
Yes, if you log in. The event is deliberately front-loaded with low-effort, high-value rewards: the attendance path hands you 620 coins for nothing but logging in, and the weekly missions reuse content you are already clearing for your own progression. The two biggest payoffs — the 250-coin Halloween Chest (skeleton skin + 10,000 pet soul crystals) and the yellow Candy Key's 10,000 Abyss Points — both feed systems that would otherwise take a serious grind.
If your blocker is Kina rather than coins — upgrading gear, buying crafted pieces off the Market, or funding enhancement — the event does not fix that. Kina is still the real throttle on your power at endgame, and the event missions assume you can already clear Transcendence, Expedition and Nightmare content.
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FAQ
When does the AION 2 Halloween event end? The Trick or Treat Halloween event runs until November 4, 2026. The separate Conquerors of the Abyss event ends earlier, on October 28, 2026, so prioritise the Kina-for-Abyss-Rift-Stones buy before that date.
How many Halloween Pumpkin Coins can I get? The 14-day attendance path pays a fixed 620 coins total (35 per day, with 100-coin bonuses on Day 7 and Day 14). On top of that, the 10 weekly event missions pay 235 coins per week per server, and those missions reset each week, so your total over the full event is higher than 620 if you clear the missions too.
Where do I spend Pumpkin Coins? At the event-exclusive Coin Merchant NPC in the major towns — Verteron, Dawn Legion Base or Zumion Village for Elyos, and Altgard, Safe Haven or Nornir Assembly for Asmodian. Any single merchant stocks the full event list.
What is the best thing to buy with Pumpkin Coins? The Halloween Chest for 250 coins — it is the only way to get the skeleton skin, and it also hands you 10,000 pet soul crystals. Clear the attendance path first and you will have enough for it with coins to spare.
How do Candy Keys work? You collect Candy Key Fragments from Expedition and Transcendence dungeon clears, then craft colored Candy Keys (red, yellow, blue) with the Substance Morph feature. Each key opens a matching candy that contains pet boxes, scrolls, life crystals, resurrection stones, Odyle Energy or — in the yellow candy — 10,000 Abyss Points.
Is the Halloween event the same for Elyos and Asmodian? Yes. Both factions get the same attendance path, the same 10 weekly missions and the same Coin Merchant stock; only the vendor town locations differ by faction.
