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If you are diving into the Abyss Rift Zone in Aion 2, you already know it’s a chaotic, adrenaline-fueled sandbox. But beyond the bragging rights of smashing the opposing faction, the real reason we throw ourselves into the meat grinder is the loot. The endgame PvP gear progression is heavily tied to the currencies you farm inside the Abyss.
If you are trying to figure out exactly how the reward system works, how to maximize your time, and what that gear grind actually looks like, here is a practical breakdown from a player's perspective.
The Big Three: Currencies You Need to Care About
Before you start swinging your weapon, you need to understand what you are actually farming. The shop vendors do not take standard gold; they deal in three specific currencies.
Farming the Abyss isn’t just about running around looking for solo 1v1 fights. To efficiently hit your weekly caps and hoard medals, you want to mix up your activities.
1. Player Kills and Assists
The most straightforward way to get AP and climbing points for your rank is taking down members of the rival faction. If you play a support class, do not worry about getting out-farmed. The game features an assist system, meaning as long as you are keeping your team alive or helping lock down a target, you will get a fair share of the points.
2. Rift Invasions
Keep an eye out for periodic rift portals tearing open across the map. These let you invade enemy territory. The invasion quests tied to these rifts are absolutely worth doing because they reward massive bundles of AP all at once. It’s high risk, but the payout is huge.
3. Bosses and Artifact Contributions
The Abyss is dotted with map artifacts and world bosses. The best part about the reward structure here is that it is based on total damage contribution, not who gets the lucky final hit. If your faction or group puts in the work to capture an artifact or shred a boss, you will get rewarded based on how much you actually helped.
4. Weekly Scroll Contracts
Do not ignore your weekly scroll contracts. These are duo-based objectives that force you to pair up with a teammate and tackle specific goals in the Rift Zone. Completing them hands over bonus item loot bags and extra AP, making it a great routine to knock out every week with a friend or guildmate.
The Gear Path: Where to Spend Your Rewards
All that currency hoarding eventually leads to the PvP gear shop. The gear progression path is split into four distinct tiers, and knowing the costs ahead of time helps you plan your budget.
If you are trying to figure out exactly how the reward system works, how to maximize your time, and what that gear grind actually looks like, here is a practical breakdown from a player's perspective.
The Big Three: Currencies You Need to Care About
Before you start swinging your weapon, you need to understand what you are actually farming. The shop vendors do not take standard gold; they deal in three specific currencies.
- Abyss Points (AP): This is your bread and butter. You need AP for absolutely every piece of PvP gear in the game. The most important thing to keep in mind is that AP earned via PvP has a weekly cap of 200,000. Once you hit that, you will need to wait for the weekly reset to grind more from player kills, so pace yourself.
- Abyss Coins: Think of these as your high-tier tokens. You get them primarily by winning regional and faction battlefield matches. When you start eyeing the top-shelf gear, you will need to stack these alongside your AP.
- Medals: These are the ultimate progression gates. While you do not need them for basic entry-level PvP gear, you cannot touch the higher tiers without them. They come in different rarities (like silver and gold) and are required exclusively for unlocking Tier 2, Tier 3, and Tier 4 equipment.
Farming the Abyss isn’t just about running around looking for solo 1v1 fights. To efficiently hit your weekly caps and hoard medals, you want to mix up your activities.
1. Player Kills and Assists
The most straightforward way to get AP and climbing points for your rank is taking down members of the rival faction. If you play a support class, do not worry about getting out-farmed. The game features an assist system, meaning as long as you are keeping your team alive or helping lock down a target, you will get a fair share of the points.
2. Rift Invasions
Keep an eye out for periodic rift portals tearing open across the map. These let you invade enemy territory. The invasion quests tied to these rifts are absolutely worth doing because they reward massive bundles of AP all at once. It’s high risk, but the payout is huge.
3. Bosses and Artifact Contributions
The Abyss is dotted with map artifacts and world bosses. The best part about the reward structure here is that it is based on total damage contribution, not who gets the lucky final hit. If your faction or group puts in the work to capture an artifact or shred a boss, you will get rewarded based on how much you actually helped.
4. Weekly Scroll Contracts
Do not ignore your weekly scroll contracts. These are duo-based objectives that force you to pair up with a teammate and tackle specific goals in the Rift Zone. Completing them hands over bonus item loot bags and extra AP, making it a great routine to knock out every week with a friend or guildmate.
The Gear Path: Where to Spend Your Rewards
All that currency hoarding eventually leads to the PvP gear shop. The gear progression path is split into four distinct tiers, and knowing the costs ahead of time helps you plan your budget.
- Tier 1 (Decanis Set): This is your starter PvP gear. To buy the full armor set (excluding the weapon), you are looking at a total cost of roughly 715,000 AP. The upside? It requires zero medals. It is a straight AP grind, making it the perfect baseline to get your foot in the door so you stop getting one-shot by veteran players.
- Tier 2 & 3 (Tribunal Set & higher): This is where the training wheels come off. Buying these pieces requires significantly higher amounts of AP, and the shopkeepers will start demanding specific silver and gold medals to unlock them.
- Tier 4: The absolute pinnacle of endgame PvP gear. This tier is heavily gated by exclusive medals, meaning you cannot just buy your way in with raw time investment—you have to succeed in high-end Abyss activities. On top of that, Tier 4 gear introduces complex soulbound stat traits, allowing you to really min-max your build for your specific playstyle.