AION 2 Style Shop: How to Download and Upload Character Presets

The Style Shop in AION 2 lets you move character appearances between the web portal and your game client. You can pull finished looks from other players into one of your download slots and apply them in seconds, or publish your own customization and collect a cut of in-game currency each time someone uses it. The whole system runs through NCSoft’s PlayNC portal, which links directly to your active character.

Quick answer: Open Customization then Manage Appearance in-game, sign in to the PlayNC Style Shop with your character selected, download a preset to one of your eight slots, then refresh Download Storage and press Load.

Download a character preset to your slots

Your character has eight download slots, numbered 1 through 8. A preset you grab from the web lands in whichever slot you pick, and you load it from there inside the game.

Open the main menu with F10 or Esc and select Customization. Open Manage Appearance to see your Download Storage slots before you fetch anything.

In-Game Customization Menu — The Customization screen, where Manage Appearance opens your eight Download Storage slots. Shown at 00:22 in MistaWigglez’s video. Image: NC

Go to the Style Shop on the PlayNC site and log in with your NC account. Switch to your region, your server, and the character you want to dress.

Look through the presets in Style Home or View All, then narrow the list with the class, style, or category filters. Choose a preset, use its download icon, and put it in an open slot numbered 1 to 8.

Return to the game and open Download Storage. Click the refresh button, wait a few seconds for the slot to populate, select it, and click Load. Your character takes on the saved appearance once it loads.

If a freshly downloaded slot shows empty, hit refresh again. The web transfer takes a moment to reach the client, and the slot only fills once that data arrives.

Upload and register your own preset

Publishing a look has two halves. First you capture a snapshot in-game that carries your customization data, then you register that snapshot on the web and tag it.

Capture the snapshot in-game

Set up your character’s appearance first. Unequip any headgear or armor that hides the face or body if you want those details to show in the preset.

Go to Snapshot mode from the main menu and enable Include Customization Info. When enabled, snapshots are stored with your skin data embedded; screenshots captured without the option are saved too.

Take one or more shots. Each one that carries the customization flag can be registered on the Style Shop web page so other players can apply your appearance.

Taking Snapshot In-Game — Snapshot Mode with Include Customization Info checked, which embeds skin data into the saved image. Shown at 02:26 in MistaWigglez’s video. Image: NC

Register the preset on the web

Find the saved files in Windows Explorer under C:\Users\<Username>\AppData\Local\<GameFolder>\Saved_Steam\Screenshots\Windows\. Enable Hidden items from the View menu, otherwise the AppData folder stays invisible.

In the Style Shop, choose Register My Style. Add a main image and any extra shots by dropping in files or uploading them, with a limit of 10 images altogether.

Provide a description and a title with two or more characters. Open the tags, select up to five Style Codes, and choose Register Style to publish your entry.

Your look appears under My Style once it is registered, and you can reopen Edit Style at any time to change the images or swap your tags.

Style Codes you can tag a preset with

Tags drive how other players find your preset through the Style Shop filters. You may attach up to five of the following twenty codes to a single entry.

Lovely, Sexy, Innocent, Stylish, Elegant
Scary, Funny, Fantastical, Natural, Cute
Cool, Soft, Foxy, Fierce, Bold, Sleek
Warm Spring, Cool Summer, Warm Autumn, Cool Winter

Earn settlement profit from your presets

When another player purchases an appearance you registered, part of the payment comes back to you as in-game profit. That balance builds up on your character rather than in your web account.

To collect it, open the Profit Settlement Status window in the Customization menu and use the Settle Profit button. The same window is where you check how much has accumulated before you claim it.

AION 2 classes you can filter presets by

The class filter on the Style Shop matches presets to the class you are shopping for. Each class carries a fixed main weapon and set of party roles, which is worth checking so a downloaded look sits on the frame you expect.

Class	Main weapon	Party roles	Skills
Gladiator	Greatsword	Tank, Dealer	39
Templar	Longsword	Tank	36
Ranger	Bow	Dealer	37
Assassin	Dagger	Dealer	38
Spiritmaster	Orb	Dealer	44
Sorcerer	Spellbook	Dealer	39
Cleric	Mace	Healer	36
Chanter	Staff	Healer, Dealer	37
Brawler	Fist	Dealer	36

Brawler is not playable at the global launch, so you will not be able to apply a preset to one at the start even though its class filter may appear.

Once a downloaded look shows on your character or your own entry appears under My Style, the transfer has worked. From there it is a loop you can repeat freely, pulling in fresh presets whenever you want a new look and banking settlement profit on the ones you publish.