The raid collapsed on the last boss and I watched the party list scroll past: blue names, then gray. My weapon’s enhancement failed mid-fight and every number I expected vanished. I swore I would never run out of Enhance Stones again.
I write this from the kind of hard-earned habit you get after a few wipes. You and I both know Aion 2 makes Enhance Stones a currency of confidence — the difference between showing up and showing off. Read on and I’ll tell you where to farm them, which pieces deserve them, and how to avoid wasting stacks on gear you’ll soon replace.
How to get Enhance Stones in Aion 2
At the auction house I once watched a player trade a full inventory of greens for a single stack of stones.
There are three steady sources that keep your enhancement queue full. I recommend juggling them rather than relying on one lane, because Aion 2’s reward pacing swings like traffic on a Friday night.
- Extract spare gear. You’ll be drowning in replacements early on. Pull unwanted items from your inventory and use the extraction option to convert them into Enhance Stones. It’s the slow, dependable drip feed that scales with questing and leveling.
- Sealed dungeons. These are in your rival faction’s zones and hand out one-time rewards. Clear as many as you can — each offer rare pulls of Enhance Stones if you clear the encounters and loot the caches. NCSoft programmed these with gatekeeping in mind, so they matter more after you outgrow starter gear.
- Daily Dungeon attempts. Once you hit Level 30 you unlock weekly attempts — up to 14 clears per week. Max those runs and you’ll stack stones fast; many players treat this as their weekly savings plan.
How do I get Enhance Stones in Aion 2?
Short answer: extract gear, clear sealed dungeons, and grind Daily Dungeons every week. For a longer play: join the Aion 2 Discord and Reddit threads — creators on YouTube and outlets like Moyens I/O often post dungeon routes and extraction efficiency tips that save you time. If you buy convenience packs on Steam or the NCSoft store, note a small bundle often costs $9.99 (€10) and can include stones or extraction boosters.
Where can I farm Enhance Stones efficiently?
Efficient farming mixes repeatable content and one-off clears. Use Daily Dungeon runs as your treadmill — predictable, repeatable, and reliable. Slot Sealed Dungeon clears into your weekly rotation whenever you can cross-faction PVP risk off your list. And never ignore the extraction option: every green that’s not part of your final build is a coin toward the next upgrade.
How to use Enhance Stones in Aion 2
In the inventory screen I once counted my stones and realized I had wasted half on throwaway upgrades.
Enhance Stones do one thing: they raise a gear item’s power. Use them to push items into your endgame brackets, not to keep up with every level-up replacement. Treat them like strategic ammo; spend on pieces that will sit in your bind-on-equip setup for weeks.
Here’s the order I follow and teach players in my guild:
- Priority: Weapons and class-carrying accessories. These move your numbers the most. Push these first.
- Secondary: Chest and legs. Important, but replaceable as you run dungeons.
- Low priority: Temporary drops and cosmetics. If you plan to swap the item in a week, skip it.
Enhance Stones are spare screws in your toolbox. When your build stabilizes — usually midgame — start spending. If you rush them at Level 20 you’ll watch those stones evaporate as levels and loot outpace them.
Should I use Enhance Stones early?
No. Save them until you have a clear build plan or a confirmed BiS piece. The spike in power from an early enhancement rarely survives the next dozen quests and will leave you empty when the Boss that matters rolls around.
When you do spend, track your returns: monitor your DPS or survivability in a controlled fight (practice zone or dungeon run). If a single enhancement doesn’t noticeably change your role in a group, bank the stones and wait for a better target.
They’re the fuel for a tuned engine — use them where the output rewards the cost.
If you could only spend stones on three slots for the next raid, which three would you choose and why?