If you're out of Resurrection Stones in AION 2, the fix this season costs less Kina than most players think. The item's real name is Resurrection Spiritstone. NC sells it for Kina in two very different ways, one about 30 times cheaper than the other, and the cheap one ends with Season 1. This guide covers where to buy Spiritstones, what each option costs per stone, the free sources still open this week, how the revive limits in Hard mode and Ludra work, and what gets deleted on 16 December. It applies to the Global client as of 13 November 2026, after the 11 November patch. Every price, limit and date below comes from NC's own notices, linked where each one is used, unless it's marked as a player or wiki report.
Quick answer: Buy Resurrection Spiritstones at Shop > Wind Breeze Merchants. Until the start of maintenance on 15 December 2026 (PST) / 16 December (CET), NC's Rise to the Challenge event sells 30 stones for 25,000 Kina (Step 1) and another 30 for 50,000 Kina (Step 2), both with a per-server weekly purchase limit. That works out to about 833 Kina a stone for Step 1, compared with 25,000 Kina for a single stone from the regular Special tab (10 a week). Event stones are used before your permanent ones and are deleted on 16 December at 00:00 PST / 09:00 CET. Expedition Hard modes cap each player at 3 revives. Fextralife quotes Ludra's in-game text as two revives per player. Stones get you up within that cap. They don't raise it.
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What is a Resurrection Spiritstone in AION 2?
A Resurrection Spiritstone is a consumable that brings your character back where you died, so you don't have to release to a respawn point and run back to the fight. It's the item players mean when they search for "resurrection stone." The in-game name is always Resurrection Spiritstone, and there are two kinds in your inventory right now:
| Version | Where it comes from | Expires? | Tradable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resurrection Spiritstone (Bound) | Attendance, Daeva Pass, Twitch Drops, compensation mail, event chests | Permanent, except the Halloween and Rise to the Challenge copies | No |
| Resurrection Spiritstone (Season 1) | Wind Breeze Merchants (Kina) | Deleted 16 Dec 2026 | No |
You can't control which one gets used. NC's event notice is explicit: "Upon resurrecting a character, [Resurrection Spiritstone (Season 1)], which has a limited usage period, will be consumed first. Existing Resurrection Spiritstones (Bound) (Permanent) in your inventory will only be consumed after all time-limited Resurrection Spiritstones have been used." In other words, Kina stones protect your permanent stack until Season 1 ends.
None of these stones can go on the Market, so buying them from other players isn't an option. They come from NC's shop and rewards, or not at all.
Where can you buy Resurrection Stones in AION 2?
Open In-Game Menu > Shop > Wind Breeze Merchants. There are two Kina offers there right now, and the price gap between them is huge.
| Offer | Price | Stones | Kina per stone | Limit | Sold until |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rise to the Challenge, Step 1 | 25,000 Kina | 30 | ~833 | Per server per week | Start of maint. 15 Dec PST / 16 Dec CET |
| Rise to the Challenge, Step 2 | 50,000 Kina | 30 | ~1,667 | Per server per week, after Step 1 | Same |
| Special tab, single stone | 25,000 Kina | 1 | 25,000 | 10 per server per week | Before maint. 15 Dec PST |
Sources: NC's Oct 6 patch notes (the single-stone sale) and the Rise to the Challenge event notice of 21 October.
Buy the Step 1 bundle first, every week. For the Kina one single stone costs, the bundle gets you 30. Step 2 only unlocks after you've hit the Step 1 purchase limit. NC's notice says "Items from the next tier may only be purchased after reaching the purchase limit for the previous tier." The single-stone offer only makes sense if you've already bought both bundles and still need more before the reset. At 25,000 Kina each, it's a last resort before a run you can't afford to lose.
The limit is per server per week, so an alt on another server gets its own allowance. NC's table doesn't say whether two characters on the same server share one allowance. Assume they do until you've tested it in the shop.
How much Kina do Resurrection Stones cost for the rest of Season 1?
The weekly limit doesn't stack. A week you skip is gone. Counting from today, 13 November, there are five purchase windows left before the event closes. That's the current week up to the 18 November reset, then the weeks starting 18 November, 25 November, 2 December and 9 December. The last one ends when the 15 December (PST) / 16 December (CET) maintenance begins.
| Plan from 13 Nov | Weeks | Stones | Kina |
|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 only | 5 | 150 | 125,000 |
| Step 1 + Step 2 | 5 | 300 | 375,000 |
| Same stones from the single-stone tab | n/a | 50 max (10 a week) | 1,250,000 |
For comparison, one Krao Cave or Draupnir clear isn't the Kina source it used to be. The 11 November patch turned their Conquest Kina into Bound Kina (covered in our November patch notes breakdown). Players on r/Aion2 report that Bound Kina still spends at the Wind Breeze shop, which would make it a natural fit for these bundles, though NC's notes don't list where it can be used. A 25,000-Kina Step 1 purchase is small next to almost any weekly farm. Our Kina farming guide lists the routes still worth running.
Don't overbuy in the last week. Anything you buy in the 9 to 15 December window is deleted a few days later, with no compensation listed in NC's notice. Buy what you'll actually die in.
Where can you get Resurrection Stones for free?
These are the free sources NC has published that are still open on 13 November. All of them hand out the Bound version, which goes into your inventory or mail.
| Source | Stones | Deadline | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atreia's Call 28-day attendance | 30 across the full track (Day 1: 5, Day 8: 10, Day 15: 5, Day 22: 10) | Before maint. 2 Dec | In-game Menu > Attendance, once per server |
| Daeva Pass: Prelude to Flight, Basic (free) | 2 at each of levels 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 = 10 | Maint. 1 Dec PST / 2 Dec CET (safest cutoff) | Premium (1,000 Quna) gives 3 per step = 15 |
| Ludra Twitch Drops, 1 hour watched | 15 (inside the Battle Support Chest) | 17 Nov 23:59 PST / 18 Nov 08:59 CET | Chest also has 10 Battle Enhance Scrolls |
| Daeva Bootcamp community milestones | Up to 35 (5, 5, 5, 10, 10) | Mailed by 18 Nov 23:59 PST | Only tiers the global clear count actually reaches |
Sources: NC's Oct 27/28 patch notes (Atreia's Call), the Prelude to Flight pass notice and the Ludra Awakens on November 4th notice (Twitch Drops and Bootcamp).
Two deadlines need care. Atreia's Call opened on 28 October, and the 30-stone figure is for the full 28 days. If you start today, 13 November, you can reach about Day 19 before it closes on 2 December, so Days 1, 8 and 15 give you 20 stones. The pass notice gives two different cutoffs: missions and claims until the 1 December (PST) maintenance in one place, and Season 1 pass item claims until 15 December (PST) in another. Claim your pass stones before 1 December so you don't depend on the later date.
The cheapest stones on this list are the Ludra Twitch Drops. One hour of watch time gets you 15, and they end on 17 November. If the drop doesn't show up, our Twitch Drops troubleshooting guide covers account linking. Past sources are closed, including the 400,000-player gift (15), the launch coupon TAKEFLIGHTAION2 (5), the Halloween Blue Candy (10) and EU outage compensation. Watch our AION 2 codes page for the next one. Player guides also report a random chance of a Spiritstone from Hidden Cubes. NC hasn't published those odds, so don't plan around it.
How do revive limits work in Hard mode and Ludra?
Stones only matter if the content lets you revive at all. These are the caps that apply on Global today:
| Content | Entry | Revives per player | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krao Cave / Draupnir Hard | ilvl 2,600 | 3 | NC patch notes, 21 Oct |
| Urugugu Canyon / Vakron Sky Island Hard | ilvl 2,700 | 3 | NC patch notes, 28 Oct |
| Fire Temple / Ferocious Horn Den Hard | ilvl 2,800 | 3 | NC patch notes, 11 Nov |
| Ludra (Abyssal Forge) | ilvl 2,800 Normal | 2 per boss area | Fextralife, quoting in-game text |
NC uses the same line in every Hard mode patch (21 Oct, 28 Oct, 11 Nov): "In Hard mode, each player will be limited to 3 revives." Those notes say nothing about whether the cap counts per boss or per run, so check the counter in the dungeon UI before you plan around either. On 28 October NC fixed "an issue where the resurrection count occasionally failed to reset when retrying Expedition Dungeon (Hard)". If your count looks wrong on a retry, it's worth a ticket.
For Ludra, NC's raid notices don't list a revive cap at all. The Fextralife Raids page says "Each player can be revived 2 times" and quotes the in-game text that the count is "Only deducted and reset in Mini Boss and Final Boss areas." You may see older guides saying Spiritstones don't work inside Ludra. That reporting covers the earlier Korean version of the raid, before its 4 November Global return, so it isn't evidence about the Global raid. Plan on two revives per player per boss area and check your revive options the first time you go down. Our Ludra raid guide covers the mechanics that cause most of those deaths.
Does a Cleric's resurrection use up the same count? Players say yes. A popular r/Aion2 thread this week was titled "Genuinely feel like Cleric's resurrect should not count towards revive stone count." That only makes sense if a Cleric rez and a Spiritstone draw from the same limit. NC hasn't confirmed it. Plan as if any revive, from any source, counts.
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How many Resurrection Stones do you actually need per week?
Budget by attempts, not clears. Each Hard attempt allows up to 3 revives per player, and NC's 28 October fix confirms the count resets when you retry, so every failed pull can cost another 3 stones. Each Ludra boss area allows up to 2. The formula is Hard attempts × 3 plus Ludra boss areas reached × 2. For example, seven clean Hard clears and one Ludra run through all three bosses adds up to at most 27 stones, so one 30-stone Step 1 bundle covers it. Add two wiped Hard attempts and the worst case is 33, which is where Step 2 starts to make sense. Most weeks you'll use fewer, because not every attempt spends every revive.
When Step 2 is worth the extra 50,000 Kina:
- You're learning a new Hard tier. The Fire Temple and Horn Den Hard modes only opened on 11 November, and NC gives those bosses a 4-minute Frenzy timer, so every player on the floor costs damage.
- You run two or more characters on the same server through Hard. Assume they share the weekly bundle until you've checked.
- You pug Ludra or wipe on Hard pulls several times a week, since each retry resets the revive count.
When it isn't:
- You only run Hard on farm. Step 1 and the free attendance stones cover you.
- It's the 9 December week. Anything left over is deleted on 16 December.
One more thing changed on 11 November that cuts how many stones you'll burn. Potions, food and scrolls with a 5-minute effect now last 10 minutes, and NC says the effects now "persist after death and upon resurrection." A revive no longer means rebuffing mid-fight.
What happens to Resurrection Stones on 16 December?
Season 1 ends at the 15 December (PST) / 16 December (CET) maintenance, and NC's notices list two separate Spiritstone deletions (Rise to the Challenge, Trick or Treat):
- Rise to the Challenge stones (bought for Kina): removed 16 December 2026, 00:00 PST / 09:00 CET.
- Halloween event stones: removed 15 December, 11:00 PM PST / 16 December, 08:00 CET.
Bound stones from attendance, the Daeva Pass, Twitch Drops and compensation mail have no removal date in NC's notices, so they carry into Season 2. Because the game spends time-limited stones first, the stack you'll have after 16 December is whatever permanent stones you hadn't touched by then. Our Season 2 release date guide lists everything else that expires with Season 1.
FAQ
Where do I buy Resurrection Stones in AION 2? At In-Game Menu > Shop > Wind Breeze Merchants. Until the 15 December (PST) / 16 December (CET) maintenance, the Rise to the Challenge event sells 30 Resurrection Spiritstones for 25,000 Kina, then another 30 for 50,000 Kina, with a per-server weekly limit. A single stone also sells for 25,000 Kina, 10 per week.
What do I do if I'm out of Resurrection Stones in AION 2? Buy the Step 1 bundle at the Wind Breeze Merchants for 25,000 Kina, claim the Atreia's Call attendance rewards, and watch one hour of Ludra Twitch Drops before 17 November for 15 more. Without a stone you have to release and return, or wait for a Cleric's resurrection.
Can you buy Resurrection Stones with Quna? NC has said its shop sells consumables, naming resurrection stones among them, alongside cosmetics. The one Quna route with published numbers is the Daeva Pass Premium (1,000 Quna), which adds 3 Bound stones at each of five pass levels, 15 in total. Every stone sale with a published price on Global is in Kina, and at about 833 Kina a stone the Step 1 bundle is the cheap option.
Which Resurrection Stones get used first? The time-limited Resurrection Spiritstone (Season 1) copies from the Kina event. NC says your permanent Bound stones are only used after all time-limited ones are gone. That happens automatically, and you can't change the order.
Do Resurrection Stones bypass the 3-revive limit in Hard mode? No. The cap is on revives per player, and a Spiritstone is a revive. Stones let you get up while you still have revives left. The count resets when you retry the dungeon, but NC hasn't said whether it counts per boss or per run, so check the counter in the dungeon.
Can you use Resurrection Stones in Ludra? Fextralife quotes Ludra's in-game text as allowing two revives per player, counted in the mini-boss and final-boss areas. Older reports that stones were disabled describe the earlier Korean version of the raid. NC's Global Ludra notices don't address it, so check your revive options the first time you go down.
The bottom line
The cheapest Resurrection Spiritstones are the Kina bundles, and they're at their cheapest right now. Buy the 30-stone Step 1 bundle at the Wind Breeze Merchants every week until 9 December. Only add Step 2 while you're learning a new Hard tier or wiping often. Treat the 25,000-Kina single stone as a last resort. Grab the free 15 from the Ludra Twitch Drops before 17 November, and don't stockpile for Season 2, because the Kina stones are deleted on 16 December.
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