01. Core Mechanics: 3 Zones
Enhancement in Aion 2 has three distinct zones. +0 → +10 = 100% SAFE with no destruction and linear cost. Use green quality stones here, never blue or higher. +11 → +15 = SOFT PITY zone — each failed attempt adds +2% success chance (stacks). Never use Legendary stones before +16. +16 → +20 → +25 = HARD PITY with multiplicative ×1.035^N scaling per enchant level.
- Safe zone (+0→+10): 3.2m Kinah avg per legendary weapon
- Soft pity (+11→+15): ~5 fails avg per piece, 8m per piece
- Hard pity (+16→+20): ~22m per piece total, 12 fails avg
- +21→+25: whales only, 80m+ total; stop at +20 for 99% of players
02. Stone Priority by Tier
Never waste higher-tier stones on low-tier gear. The multiplier difference per stone tier is small — the level of gear you enchant matters more. Correct mapping: Green stones = +0 to +10 always, including legendary. Blue stones = +11 to +15. Purple (Ancient) stones = +16 to +20. Legendary (orange) stones = ONLY when you're going for +21+ AND the pity counter is at 50%+. Anything else is throwing Kinah away.
03. Fail Stack & Pity Tips
Always enchant your entire 7-set in parallel, not serially. Do +10 on all pieces first, then +11 on all, then +12 on all. This distributes pity across items and saves ~25% stones total. Never fail-stack on a weapon then switch to armor — build pity on what you want upgraded.
- Use Luna's Blessing scrolls (from login rewards) for +15 attempts only
- If you fail +15 → +16 four times in a row: STOP for the day. Come back tomorrow.
- Disassemble all +11+ armor you replace for extraction stones (refund 30%)
04. Fail Stack Strategy & Stopping at +15
The optimal stop point for 99% of the player base is +15 on EVERYTHING except your mainhand weapon (push that to +20 if possible). The stat gain per enchant shrinks logarithmically: +10 → +15 gives +78% of the total power of +25, while +16 → +20 gives only +14% more and costs 3× the Kinah. Stop here, and use leftover stones to enchant your second alt set or PvP gear instead of chasing +21.
- Recommended: +15 full 7-set + PvP accessories at +12 = sweet spot (25m total / character)
- Fail stack method: enchant a throwaway green weapon to +12 → fail 3× → now enchant your REAL weapon to +16 (free +6% success)
- NEVER use Kinah shop direct-buy stones below +13. Farm them from Argent Manor dailies — 10 mins/day = 40 stones/week