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0:00If you're starting Aion 2, and you're
0:02wondering how the hell are you supposed
0:04to make Kinah, you came to the right
0:06video. Because I'm going to explain
0:08everything you need to know about Kinah.
0:10Before we get into farming, you need to
0:12understand one thing. Bound and unbound
0:15Kinah are not the same. Bound Kinah is
0:18tied to your character. You can use it
0:20for your own progression and expenses,
0:22but you can't treat it like normal
0:24tradeable currency. Unbound Kinah is the
0:27one you really care about when you're
0:28trying to make money. This is the
0:30currency you can use around the player
0:32economy and the market. And because it
0:34isn't locked to the character that
0:36earned it, you have a lot more freedom
0:38with it. And this becomes especially
0:40important when you're using alts. If an
0:43alt earns unbound Kinah, you can move
0:45that money over and use it on your main.
0:47So, whenever you're looking at the
0:49rewards, don't just look at the number.
0:51Check whether it's bound or unbound.
0:53Because two activities can both say 3
0:56million Kinah, and one can be much more
0:58useful than the other.
0:59For global I'd put expeditions and
1:02transcendents right at the top of the
1:04list for consistent Kinah. Sanctuary
1:06raids can also give a lot of Kinah, but
1:08you can only do them once a week. But
1:10more specifically, conquest expeditions.
1:13You have exploration, which is the
1:15easier version, and then the harder
1:17conquest content, which will have both a
1:19normal mode and a hard mode that will
1:21come later into the global release. Once
1:24your character is strong enough to clear
1:26conquest comfortably, that's where you
1:28want to spend your time. [music]
1:29You're getting Kinah, gear, materials,
1:32and other drops at the same time. So,
1:34even if one particular one doesn't give
1:36you anything crazy, you are still
1:38progressing your character while making
1:39money. On the current version of the
1:41game, some of the higher level conquest
1:44runs can give several million Kinah per
1:46run. Obviously, don't take that number
1:49and expect exactly the same thing on day
1:51one on global. Global isn't launching
1:53with the current Korean end game. So,
1:55some of the dungeons and reward values
1:57are going to be different. What matters
2:00is the system. Getting to expeditions,
2:02moving to conquest when you can, and
2:04prioritize the ones that give you the
2:06best overall reward for your time. And
2:08keep an eye on your Odium energy. If
2:11it's sitting at the cap, you're wasting
2:13regeneration. If you're trying to make
2:15money, you want that energy going into
2:17content that's actually giving you
2:18something useful. Now, here is the part
2:20that makes this even better on global.
2:22Alts.
2:24Because global is using unbound kinah
2:26for conquest rewards.
2:28You don't have to rely entirely on your
2:30main character.
2:31Once you have an alt that's strong
2:33enough to clear the available conquest
2:35content efficiently, you can run the
2:37same content there, collect the unbound
2:39kinah, and then move that money back to
2:41your main. And global is making the
2:43early progression of additional
2:45characters much easier compared to what
2:47we had on the older versions. So, you
2:49don't necessarily have to spend forever
2:52getting an alt before it becomes useful.
2:54There are obviously limits on how much
2:56expedition content and rewards you can
2:58get, so this isn't an infinite kinah
3:00printer. But if you are looking for
3:02reliable income, this is one of the
3:04first things I'd build my routine
3:05around.
3:06Now, if expeditions are your consistent
3:09income, bosses are the jackpot. I'm
3:11talking about open world bosses, abyss
3:14bosses, basically anything where you can
3:16get valuable tradeable loot. And the way
3:18you decide whether a boss is actually
3:20worth killing is pretty simple. Look at
3:22the drop table. Aion 2 gives you a
3:25proper list of what bosses can drop, so
3:27you don't have to blindly run around the
3:29map hoping something good comes out.
3:32You're looking for things players
3:33actually want. Rare artwork is a great
3:36example. You might have one boss
3:38dropping a blue artwork that's suddenly
3:40worth a decent amount. Then another boss
3:42drops a golden artwork with useful
3:44stats, and suddenly that one item is
3:47worth tens or even hundreds of millions
3:48of kinah.
3:50On the current server, I can show you
3:51artworks selling for more than 10
3:53million Kinah. And earlier in season 1,
3:55some of these were going for well over
3:57100 million. That's why boss farming can
4:00be so ridiculous. You're not farming the
4:02boss because he gives you a massive
4:04amount of Kinah directly. You're farming
4:06him because one good drop can pay for
4:08hours of normal farming. You also get
4:11valuable gear, maps, material, and other
4:13items that can be sold. But there's one
4:15massive downside, [music] RNG. You can
4:18kill 10 bosses and get absolute garbage.
4:21Then the next boss drops something worth
4:23100 million. That's why I wouldn't call
4:25boss farming the most reliable method.
4:27It's the high risk, high reward one. And
4:30you also need to be strong enough to
4:31actually participate in these kills. A
4:34lot of these bosses are going to require
4:36a proper group. And depending on the
4:38boss, you need enough contribution to
4:40qualify for the rewards. So if you're a
4:43fresh level 45 wearing whatever gear
4:45that game gives you, maybe don't start
4:47with the world boss. Get stronger, find
4:50a group, and learn which bosses are
4:51worth killing. If you don't have a group
4:54for bosses, or you just want something
4:56you can farm by yourself, head into the
4:58Abyss and start killing mobs. The nice
5:00thing here is that you get several
5:02sources of value at the same time. You
5:04get the the direct Kinah from killing
5:06mobs, then you get the loot that can
5:08include gear, mana stones, soul stones,
5:10refining materials, crafting resources,
5:13and other items you can sell. So don't
5:15judge the farm just by looking at the
5:17tiny amount of Kinah that pops up after
5:19every kill. A lot of your profit is
5:21sitting inside the loot you're picking
5:23up. I think Abyss farming is going to be
5:25particularly interesting during the
5:27first weeks and months because the
5:29economy is going to be fresh. On older
5:31servers, some basic materials have
5:33become almost worthless because there
5:35has been months of farming, huge amounts
5:38of supply, and obviously bots. On
5:40global, you're going to have thousands
5:42of players trying to upgrade their gear
5:44and craft things at the same time. So
5:46materials like refining stones, leather,
5:48spirit stones, and other basic resources
5:51can become surprisingly expensive. And
5:53now we're getting into the part that can
5:55make you rich without actually farming
5:57more, the market. One of the easiest
5:59ways to lose kinah is getting an item
6:02and immediately selling it to an NPC
6:04because you don't recognize it. Before
6:06you sell something, especially if it's
6:08tradeable, check the market. Look at the
6:11things like crafting materials, spaner
6:13stones, soul stones, refining materials,
6:15rare equipment, artwork, dungeon drops.
6:17If you don't know whether something is
6:19valuable, spend 5 seconds checking. But
6:22I don't only look at the current price.
6:23Look at why the item has that price. Is
6:26it rare? Is there barely any supply? Is
6:29it needed for crafting? Is it used for
6:31upgrading? Because that's how you find
6:33opportunities. For example, you have
6:35these supply requests where you need to
6:37deliver two specific gear items to get
6:39rewards. And the these supply requests
6:41change weekly. So, a random blue gear
6:44piece is worthless today, but next week
6:46it can explode in price because it is
6:49needed for a supply request. Obviously,
6:51you don't need to keep every random
6:53piece of garbage you pick up, but if
6:55something is rare, tradeable, useful
6:58progression, and the supply is low, you
7:00need to keep an eye on it. And honestly,
7:02if you learn the market early on global,
7:04you can make a ridiculous amount of
7:06money without increasing your actual
7:08farming time. Crafting is another big
7:10one, but this is where you need to stop
7:12guessing and start doing some basic
7:13math. The rule is simple. Know how much
7:16it costs before you craft it. If the
7:18materials cost 300 million and the
7:20finished item sells for 280 million, you
7:23obviously don't craft it. The
7:25interesting part is that you might
7:26already have some of those materials,
7:28[music] especially bound materials that
7:30you can't sell anyway. If you already
7:32have 30, 40, or 50 of these materials
7:34sitting in your storage, the actual
7:36amount of kinah you're spending can be
7:38much lower than the total market value
7:41of crafting everything from scratch.
7:43That's why a crafting calculator can be
7:45extremely useful. You can check the
7:47current material prices, calculate the
7:49total cost, compare that to the selling
7:52price, and see if there's actually a
7:54profit. Manually checking every material
7:56every time you want to craft something
7:58is a pain in the ass. If the numbers
8:00work, crafting can be extremely
8:02profitable. And again, Global could be a
8:04really good environment for it because
8:06players are going to be desperate for
8:08gear and progression items. Gathering is
8:11probably the simplest method on the
8:12list. You find resources, you collect
8:14it, you sell it. But whether it's
8:16actually worth your time depends almost
8:19entirely on the market. At the launch,
8:21everybody needs materials. People are
8:23crafting, people are upgrading, people
8:25are leveling professions, and then
8:27nobody has months of resources
8:29stockpiled yet. So, if you find a
8:30resource that's in high demand and there
8:32isn't much supply, gathering it can
8:35actually be very profitable. If
8:37something sells for 500 kinah and takes
8:39forever to collect, you can forget about
8:41it. If something sells for 20,000 and
8:43you can collect hundreds of them
8:44quickly, now you've got a farm. And
8:46don't forget that some materials can be
8:48farmed while doing other activities. For
8:50example, you can get certain resources
8:52simply by killing mobs. So, you don't
8:54always need to sit there staring at the
8:56gathering node for hours. Now, let's get
8:59into a couple of smaller things that are
9:01easy to overlook. First, hidden cubes.
9:04To open them, you need keys. You can get
9:07those through things like duty quests
9:08and command quests, and then use the
9:10keys on hidden cubes scattered around
9:12the world. The rewards are random, but
9:14you can get some useful stuff: mana
9:16stones, soul stones, crafting materials,
9:18stigma shards, resurrection items,
9:20souls, and kinah-related rewards. Some
9:23of the better soul stones and mana
9:24stones can be worth a decent amount on
9:26the market. You can also get lucky kinah
9:29chests. Obviously, RNG is involved, so
9:32don't expect every cube to pay your
9:34rent. But if you're already getting the
9:35keys, there's no reason to leave those
9:37rewards sitting there. Then we have
9:39Shugo event. Whenever an event is
9:41active, check the reward pool,
9:43especially during global launch. Events
9:45can give you valuable materials, radiant
9:47or dial, high-grade refining stones, and
9:50other progression items that can be
9:52worth a lot when the server is young.
9:54Some of these rewards are going to be
9:56much more valuable during the first
9:57weeks than they will be later. And
9:59finally, don't forget the boring stuff.
10:01Daily missions, weekly missions, daily
10:03dungeons, weekly rewards, limited
10:05activities, basically anything that
10:07resets and gives you guaranteed value.
10:09These aren't necessarily going to be
10:11your biggest kinah farms, but they're
10:13easy money that you can add it to your
10:14normal routine. If something takes 5
10:17minutes and gives you kinah, materials,
10:19or tradeable reward, it's worth doing,
10:21especially as a beginner. You don't need
10:24some perfect farming setup. Log in,
10:26[music] clear the useful daily and
10:27weekly content, spend your available
10:29energy, run your expeditions, and then
10:32decide what you want to farm afterward.
10:34And pay attention to weekly limits. Aion
10:362 has quite a bit of systems where
10:37rewards are limited by weekly caps. And
10:40that's pretty much everything I'd focus
10:42on. Obviously, this is just general
10:44information from what is available
10:45currently in Korea and Taiwan, and we
10:47will know more about specific farming
10:49techniques when we get to play the
10:51global version. So, get your expeditions
10:53running, learn the market thoroughly,
10:54pay attention to what actually sells,
10:56and don't underestimate the value of
10:58having a couple of useful alts later on.
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