Live countdown
The countdown shows the next events in your device's time zone. Pick your server region: Europe and North America currently share the same UTC times, South America does not, and the Abyss sieges follow each region's own clock. Below it there's a table of the same times in UTC and Central European time (it works without JavaScript too).
Live countdown
| Event | UTC (until Oct 24) | Central Europe (CEST) | Central Europe from Oct 25 (CET) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily resetDuty, Nightmare, Shugo and Dimensional Invasion keys, login reward. | 07:00 | 09:00 | 08:00 |
| Weekly resetAscension Trial, Daily Dungeon, Expedition, raid, Abyss time. | Wednesday 07:00 | Wednesday 09:00 | Wednesday 08:00 |
| Spacetime RiftPortal into the enemy faction's lands. The entrance stays open for 10 minutes; once through you have about an hour. | 00:00, 03:00, 06:00, 09:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:00, 21:00 | 02:00, 05:00, 08:00, 11:00, 14:00, 17:00, 20:00, 23:00 | 02:00, 05:00, 08:00, 11:00, 14:00, 17:00, 20:00, 23:00* |
| Shugo Festival (minigames)A 4–9 player minigame picked at random from the pool. Costs a Shugo key; the good rewards start at level 45. | every hour at :00 | every hour at :00 | every hour at :00 |
| Dimensional InvasionA field combat event scored on damage and kills. Join from the timer by the minimap within 3 minutes. | every hour at :30 | every hour at :30 | every hour at :30 |
| Watcher Kaira (Abyss boss)Boss in Lower Reshanta (the Abyss) at a random spot; leaves after 30 minutes. Level 45+ content, PvP zone. | 02:00, 05:00, 08:00, 11:00, 14:00, 17:00, 20:00, 23:00 | 01:00, 04:00, 07:00, 10:00, 13:00, 16:00, 19:00, 22:00 | 01:00, 04:00, 07:00, 10:00, 13:00, 16:00, 19:00, 22:00* |
| Artifact Siege sources disagreeArtifact battle in Lower and Middle Reshanta. The winning faction unlocks the Abyss Corridor. | Monday, Thursday, Saturday 19:00 | Monday, Thursday, Saturday 21:00 | Monday, Thursday, Saturday 21:00* |
| Post-siege bosses (Executors, Executioners) sources disagreeExecutor Tamasa, Argo and Kaira in Lower Reshanta; Executioner Dramos, Ravager Marakha, Turncoat Ducal in Middle Reshanta. | Monday, Thursday, Saturday 19:30 | Monday, Thursday, Saturday 21:30 | Monday, Thursday, Saturday 21:30* |
| Guardian Lord Nahma (Abyss boss) sources disagreeNahma and Enraged Guardian Lord Nahma in Lower and Middle Reshanta. | Friday, Sunday 19:00 | Friday, Sunday 21:00 | Friday, Sunday 21:00* |
* assuming the EU server clock keeps its local hour (shugo.gg, MetaBot, couga54); aion2hub counts in UTC — then everything is one hour earlier. We'll check on Oct 25.
Spacetime Rift: every 3 hours
The Rift is a portal into the other faction's lands. It opens at 00:00, 03:00, 06:00 … 21:00 UTC — 02:00, 05:00 … 23:00 in Central Europe, and 20:00, 23:00, 02:00 … in US Eastern time (EDT). Seven independent sources agree: questlog, shugo.gg, MetaBot, gamers4.life, aion2rifttimer, aion2hub and couga54 (who logged an opening in-game on October 2). South American servers run on their own clock (São Paulo): there the Rift opens at 02:00, 05:00 … 23:00 Brasília time, i.e. 05:00, 08:00 … UTC (aion2rifttimer, shugo.gg). One timer (talentbuilds) lists different hours and a 5-minute entry — we're ignoring it.
- The entrance is open for 10 minutes. Miss it and you wait 3 hours for the next one.
- Once through, you can stay in enemy territory for about an hour: the other faction's dungeons and strongholds, Abyss Points and enhancement materials.
- It's a PvP zone. Game8 suggests planting your own Kibelisk (teleport statue) somewhere safe — if you die, you respawn there instead of back home.
- Don't use times from Korean or Taiwanese guides: those servers run Rifts on different clocks (global vs Korea).
Shugo Festival and Dimensional Invasion: every hour
Shugo Festival starts every hour on the hour and runs for 10 minutes. It's a 4–9 player minigame picked from a pool (Jump Jump, Nyerk Shooter, Hidden Lugi, Goldrin's Treasure, Defend Shugo Merchants, Mysterious Track and more). Entry costs a Shugo key — you get 3 a day, the cap is 12 and anything over it is wasted. The good rewards start at level 45, so before 45 just play enough that your keys don't sit at the cap. Track them on the daily checklist.
Dimensional Invasion starts every hour at :30. It's a field fight scored on damage dealt and kills. Join from the timer next to the minimap — you have 3 minutes.
Watcher Kaira and the Abyss bosses (level 45+)
Watcher Kaira spawns every 3 hours in Lower Reshanta (the lower Abyss) at a random spot and leaves after 30 minutes: 23:00, 02:00, 05:00 … 20:00 UTC (questlog, shugo.gg, MetaBot, gamers4.life). Korea has her every 4 hours — that doesn't apply to global.
The other Abyss events have fixed days but an uncertain hour:
| What | Days | Time according to the sources |
|---|---|---|
| Artifact Siege (the winning faction unlocks the Abyss Corridor) | Mon, Thu, Sat | "21:00 server time": shugo.gg and gamers4.life — 21:00 on your region's clock (EU 19:00 UTC, NA East 01:00 UTC the next day); questlog — 21:00 UTC; aion2hub — 21:00 Korean time (12:00 UTC) |
| Executors and Executioners (post-siege bosses) | Mon, Thu, Sat | 30 minutes after the siege |
| Guardian Lord Nahma | Fri, Sun | 21:00 server time (shugo.gg, gamers4.life, MetaBot); questlog — 19:00 UTC |
Every source agrees on the days, not on the hour. The countdown uses the region-clock version (the most common one) with an "unconfirmed" tag. We'll fix it after the first siege we see in game. What to do in the Abyss: after level 45.
World bosses (field bosses) in Verteron and Altgard
Field bosses don't run on a fixed clock, so we don't count them down. The game shows their state on the map (Exploration tab): a red horned icon means the boss is up, grey means it hasn't respawned yet, and the left side of the map shows the time until it spawns (Game8). In Korea respawns take 1 to 24 hours depending on the boss — nobody has documented global yet.
Almost all of them are level 45 and each has a single spawn point (MetaBot, client data). Game8 recommends a full party and gear enhanced to at least +10. Rewards: Kina, weapons and armor, manastones, enhancement stones, chests and titles. Verteron is the Elyos zone, Altgard the Asmodian one (which faction to pick); the other faction's bosses are reachable through the Rift.
Verteron (Elyos)
| Boss | Area | Lvl |
|---|---|---|
| Black Tentacle Lawa | Altamia Canyon | 45 |
| Bloodfang Pnyn | Northern Tolbas Forest | 45 |
| Blooming Korin | Ellun River Midstream | 45 |
| Bodyguard Teegant | Destroyed Abyss Gate | 45 |
| Centurion Demiros | Destroyed Temple Site | 45 |
| Chaser Taulo | Forest of Exiles | 45 |
| Divine Ansas | Contaminated Sanctum | 45 |
| Forest Warrior Aullamu | Aullaeu Village | 45 |
| Furious Saursus | Night Dew Cave | 45 |
| Harvest Manager Moshav | Drana Processing Area | 45 |
| Heretic Layla | Rock Tomb Hill | 45 |
| High Commander Lagta 1 source only | Drana Plantation | 48 |
| Kernon of the West | Western Cantas Valley | 45 |
| Kusan the Mad Gladiator | Verteron Fortress Ruins | 45 |
| Neikel of the East | Eastern Cantas Valley | 45 |
| Phantasm Kasia | Garden of the Illusion God | 45 |
| Researcher Setram | Nahid Brigade Fortress | 45 |
| Ritualist Garshim | Verteron Fortress Ruins | 45 |
| Rotten Kutar | Ellun River Marsh | 45 |
| Scholar Aulla | Aullaeu Village | 45 |
| Sentinel K'nash | Drana Processing Area | 45 |
| Silent Dartan | Southern Altamia Highland | 48 |
| Soul Ruler Kashapa | Eastern Altamia Highland | 48 |
Altgard (Asmodians)
| Boss | Area | Lvl |
|---|---|---|
| Addicted Hardirun | Fafnite Deposit | 45 |
| Advisor Resana | Dranactus | 45 |
| Berserker Vargor | Sanctum Outpost | 45 |
| Black Warrior Aed | Nameless Cemetery | 45 |
| Blood Warrior Lannar | Moslan Forest | 45 |
| Blue Wave Kelpina | Purifying Forest | 45 |
| Dark Shadow Vishwada | Lagta Fortress | 45 |
| Deceiver Trid | Uruthumheim | 45 |
| Desecrator Newbold | Legion Base Ruins | 45 |
| Drakan Battalion Weapon Guruta | Eastern Gribade Highland | 45 |
| Executioner Barthien | Western Gribade Highland | 45 |
| Faithful Rajit | Sanctum Outpost | 45 |
| High Overseer Nutah | Dranactus | 45 |
| Immortal Gartua 1 source only | Immortal Isle | 51 |
| Melted Danar | Dredgion Crash Site | 45 |
| Predator Garsan | Moslan Forest | 45 |
| Sharp Shylak | Impetusium Square | 45 |
| Special Operations Leader Linx | Basfelt Ruins | 45 |
| Specter Archon Axios | Basfelt Ruins | 45 |
| Veteran Shujakan | Black Claw Village | 45 |
| Visionary Karuka 1 source only | Black Claw Village | 45 |
Area and level from Game8 and MetaBot (they match). Game8 says 24 bosses per map but lists 23; two names on its Altgard list (High Commander Lagta, Soul Ruler Kashapa) only show up in Verteron in MetaBot's data, so we don't repeat them.
Daylight saving time (Europe Oct 25, US Nov 1)
- Resets stay at 07:00 UTC, so they move one hour earlier on your local clock: 08:00 in Central Europe, 02:00 EST, 23:00 PST the day before (details: reset times).
- Rift, Kaira, sieges: shugo.gg, MetaBot, gamers4.life and couga54 assume the server clock of each region follows local daylight saving — then the local hours stay the same (Rift still at 02:00, 05:00 … in Central Europe). aion2hub counts everything on fixed Korean time — then everything lands one hour earlier locally. We'll check in game on October 25 and fix the countdown.
Not here yet
- Arena of Tactics (10v10 PvP): MetaBot lists 11:00–14:00 and 19:00–21:00 server time, gamers4.life only the 11:00 and 19:00 starts. We'll add it once checked in game.
- Spacetime Rift Domination and the Abyss Rift Zone are Korea and Taiwan only for now (aion2hub).
