NC is giving the original AION 2 Pre-Registration and Steam Wishlist rewards to everyone.
You no longer need to have registered before launch or added AION 2 to your Steam wishlist. Any player who creates an account and logs into the Global version during the launch reward period can receive the entire package, including Pagati, another selectable pet and a chest filled with useful consumables.
That effectively turns what we originally covered as AION 2's pre-registration rewards into free launch rewards for the entire community.
You Can Get Two Free AION 2 Pets
The headline reward is the Advance: Pet Chest.
Every eligible player receives Pagati automatically and can then select one additional companion from four options:
- Papis
- Silver Blade Rotan
- Konutin Worker
- Black Smoke Murute
That means every new account can effectively start with two free pets without buying a Founder's Pack, watching Twitch or completing an event.
Pets are worth collecting even if you are not particularly interested in the cosmetic side of AION 2. Like many of the game's persistent progression systems, building your collection becomes increasingly relevant as you move deeper into the game. Our 10 AION 2 Things You Should Learn Early guide covers several of those systems that are easy to underestimate during your first few hours.
The Wishlist Chest Is Included Too
NC is also extending the old Steam Wishlist reward to everyone.
The Advance: Wishlist Chest contains:
- 10 Resurrection Spiritstones
- 100 Life Potions
- 50 Healing Potions
- 50 Return Scrolls
- 50 Courage Scrolls
- 50 Speed Scrolls
- 50 Benediction Scrolls
None of this is spectacular endgame loot, but it is exactly the kind of supply bundle that makes the opening hours smoother. Resurrection Spiritstones are always useful, while the various scrolls remove some of the friction from leveling, travel and combat.
If you are beginning with the October 5 free-to-play launch, our AION 2 Before You Play guide is still a good starting checklist for classes, factions, launch rewards and the systems worth understanding before you disappear into Atreia for the evening.
You Have Until December to Claim the Rewards
The important part is that this is not a one-day launch promotion.
The reward period remains open until December 2 at 09:30 CET for European players. You simply need to create your account and log in before that deadline.
The rewards are then delivered automatically through in-game mail.
That mail has its own expiration date: December 9 at 09:30 CET. So logging in qualifies you for the rewards, but you should still collect the mail rather than leaving two pets sitting in a mailbox until December and discovering that Atreia apparently operates a strict parcel-return policy.
This Is Separate From the Other Launch Rewards
The pet and Wishlist rewards stack with AION 2's other launch promotions.
You can still redeem the TAKEFLIGHTAION2 code for additional free consumables, while the Global Launch Twitch Drops provide another reward track with cosmetics and progression items.
New players also have an entirely fresh set of worlds available through the October 5 AION 2 Launch Servers, so there is now very little reason to feel that arriving after Advanced Access means starting permanently behind everybody else.
You Did Not Miss the Pre-Registration Rewards After All
This is ultimately a very player-friendly change.
Pre-registration rewards normally exist specifically to reward people who were paying attention before launch. NC has instead decided that AION 2's Global opening is a better excuse to simply give them to everybody.
So if you are installing AION 2 for the first time today, you have not missed Pagati. You have not missed the selectable companion. You have not missed the Wishlist Chest.
You just need to log in.
For once, procrastination has been fully supported by the developers.
