Gathering Routes

AION 2 has a single gathering system, Essence Extraction, and this hub collects the guides about it. It covers six material categories: Ore, Gem, Log, Herb, Cooking Ingredient and Odyle. Nodes sit in Verteron for the Elyos, in Altgard for the Asmodians and in Chaotic Lower Reshanta at level 45, and Odyle nodes also turn up inside Expeditions. Odyle, Orichalcum, Ruby, Diamond and Sapphire grow on both faction maps, while each map keeps a few nodes of its own. Proficiency runs from 1 to 100, Novice up to 50 and Professional from 51, with common skills such as Proficient Handling, Delicate Touch and Lady Luck and specialty skills such as Seeker, Plentiful Harvest and Appraiser. The specialty quests come from Korius for the Elyos and Alzirr for the Asmodians.

Start with the Essence Extraction gathering guide, which walks through the node types, proficiency and skills, and how to plan a lap that passes as many useful nodes as possible. Gathered materials feed the five crafting professions: Odyle goes into almost every gear recipe, base gear also needs an Orichalcum Ingot, and Alchemy turns materials into manastones, potions and scrolls, the crafts most often called profitable. One point is still open on Global: in Korea, NC raised the minimum gathering level to 45 in January 2026 to stop gathering macros, while some Global guides still say gathering starts around level 10, so check in game. For what the materials are worth, see the Kinah hub.

In AionBot, open Gathering, tick the Skills you want, Ore, Gem, Herb or Odyle, pick the Region and keep Optimise the route on, so the bot plans its own path through the nodes. Avoid mobs near nodes and Fight back when attacked keep a lap out of trouble, the Gathered row and the Gathered this session list show how a lap is going, and Use flight on long trips shortens laps across open ground. Empty the cube before a long lap so it does not stall. Know the risk before you start: automation breaks NCSOFT's rules for AION 2, the game runs its own anti-cheat, NCGuard, and NC bans accounts for it, as the October 2026 ban waves showed, so never bot on an account you cannot afford to lose.