AION 2 Ariel Daevanion Board: Nodes, Points and Ariel Fragments

What is the Ariel Daevanion board?

A sixth Daevanion board for PvE and boss stats, added to Global on 21 October. The patch of 20 October (PDT) / 21 October (CEST) brought it in with the new Hard mode of two expeditions. In the game client data published in questlog.gg’s Daevanion planner, Ariel looks like this for every Global class:

It sits next to Azphel, the PvP board that also unlocks at 45. Ariel adds nothing to your skill levels, which still come from Nezekan, Zikel, Vaizel and Triniel; how those four work for your class is covered in its Daevanion guide, such as the Gladiator Daevanion board guide.

What does each Ariel node give?

Small PvE and boss stats for 1 or 2 points, and percentage damage nodes for 3 or 4. These are the values in the planner data:

Every node except the start lists a reset cost of 500, as on the other boards. AllThingsHow lists some of the small nodes with other values, such as +5 PvE Attack, so if the numbers matter for your plan, check the node tooltip in game.

How do you get Ariel points?

From Ariel Fragments, which only the new Hard expeditions drop. The patch notes give the route:

1. Clear Krao Cave or Draupnir on Hard. Entry needs item level 2,600; bosses go into Frenzy after 4 minutes and each player has 3 revives. Ariel Fragment (Bound) is one of the rewards, and the fragment you get differs by dungeon.
2. Morph 100 fragments into a Daevanion Crystal: Ariel (Bound), under Substance Morph > Special > Daevanion. You can do this up to 30 times per character, and the patch notes add that the number you can get through Substance Morph is limited for each dungeon.
3. Use the crystal for Ariel points. AllThingsHow says each crystal adds one point.

Spare fragments can also become Enhance Stones, 5 per fragment, with no limit. The patch notes do not say how many fragments a clear gives or what each dungeon’s limit is, but questlog.gg’s game data lists 60–90 fragments in every Hard reward cube, so a crystal takes about two clears of the same dungeon. For entry, it reports that groups of players around 140,000 to 160,000 combat power cleared at a comfortable pace and about 130,000 felt slow; those are player reports, not official figures.

So for now, Ariel points are scarce: if the 30-crystal cap holds and each crystal is one point, a character can earn 30 of the 232 points the board costs.

Which Ariel nodes should you take first?

No creator we follow has published an Ariel plan yet, so here is what the board layout itself shows. A node only becomes available once it connects back to the start, so the cost of a big node includes the path to it. We worked out the cheapest paths from the board data:

The two nearest PvE Damage Boost corners sit on opposite sides of the start, so taking both costs 26 points, about +3% PvE Damage Boost plus the small stats along the way. One PvE Damage Boost corner and the nearest Boss Damage Boost node together cost 24. Both fit within the 30 points the crystal cap allows:

To try your own route, open the Ariel tab in our AION 2 Daevanion calculator, which counts Ariel points separately from your Daevanion and Azphel points.

How is Ariel different from Azphel?

Same size and price, opposite purpose. Both unlock at level 45, hold 153 nodes for 232 points and use a point type of their own, but the layouts differ and so do the stats:

Our PvP builds cover Azphel for each class, starting from the Gladiator PvP build; every class guide is listed in the builds directory.

Where does this Ariel information come from?

• AION 2 patch notes: Patch Notes, Oct. 20 (PDT) / Oct. 21 (CEST): the Ariel board, Expedition (Hard) in Krao Cave and Draupnir, Ariel Fragments and the Substance Morph limits.
• questlog.gg: the game client data behind its Daevanion planner, read on 2026-10-22: Ariel’s nodes, values, costs, unlock level and point type, the same for all eight Global classes.
• AllThingsHow: AION 2 Daevanion Crystal: Ariel Effects and How to Get: one Ariel point per crystal, and its own list of node values.
• Timesaver: AION 2 Hard Mode: Krao Cave & Draupnir Requirements, Rewards and the CP You Need (2026-10-22): what NCSOFT has not published, and players’ combat power reports.
• Route costs: our calculation from the board layout (cheapest connected route from the start).