Gaming Guide

AION 2 Draupnir: Bosses, Loot Tables and Clear Requirements

Entry rules, the three loot bosses and verified per-kill drop chances for the party dungeon in Verteron's Abyss.

Entry rules, the three loot bosses and verified per-kill drop chances for the party dungeon in Verteron’s Abyss.

Image: NC

Draupnir is a party dungeon in AION 2, set inside a Bakarma Brigade stronghold that fell into the Abyss after the AION Tower collapsed. You run it in a group of up to five, kill a chain of Hero-rank bosses, and loot an Odyle Energy Cube at the end. The gear that matters here is the Anguish epic set and the Bakarma unique set, plus a wing cosmetic and Amplify Stone Fragments for upgrading.

Quick answer: Draupnir needs level 45 and a 700 item level, fits 1–5 players, and has a 60-minute limit. Its loot bosses are Phantasmal Lakshmi, Predator Saraswati and Transcendent Bakarma.


Draupnir entry requirements

You unlock the dungeon once your character hits the level gate and gear threshold. Both the Exploration and Conquest versions share the same level requirement, with the item level gating which difficulty you can queue for.

  • Character level: 45
  • Item level: 700
  • Party size: 1–5 players
  • Difficulties: Exploration and Conquest
  • Time limit: 60 minutes

Four Hero-rank enemies live inside: Phantasmal Lakshmi, Predator Saraswati, Afflicted Bakarma and Transcendent Bakarma, all level 45. Afflicted Bakarma sits in the Meditation Room as a named Hero on the path to the final room and carries no loot pool of its own, so the gear you are chasing comes from the other three.


How to clear Draupnir

On entering, interact with the Abyss Entrance Control Device. Enemies will swarm the person channeling it, so put a tank or frontliner on aggro duty while one player holds the device.
Push deeper and kill Predator Saraswati and Phantasmal Lakshmi. Both are mandatory before the final boss in Exploration, but you can skip them in Conquest.
In the Meditation Room, defeat the level-45 Bakarma Brigade pack: Petty Officer Akvar, Draconute Task Soldiers, and a Draconute Task Captain.
Approaching the Meditation Room
Approaching the Meditation Room, with the boss area's apparition looming ahead. Image: NC / via @Dhavannn
Take the blue portal into Bakarma’s Subspace. Wait for every party member to enter the boss area before engaging so nobody gets locked out.
Entering Bakarma's Subspace Portal
The Bakarma's Subspace gate that leads to the final boss. Image: NC / via @Dhavannn
Defeat Transcendent Bakarma. When it dies you get the Expedition Complete screen, the run counter reads Draupnir (4/4), and the Odyle Energy Cube appears for you to loot.
Transcendent Bakarma Phase 1
The opening phase against Transcendent Bakarma in the flooded arena. Image: NC / via @Dhavannn

Boss mechanics to watch

Predator Saraswati

Predator Saraswati drops blue pools across the floor that deal damage over time if you stand in them. The boss will also wrap itself in one of these pools, so pull it clear before you commit to a damage window.

Engaging Petty Officer Akvar's Squad
Clearing Petty Officer Akvar's squad before the subspace gate opens. Image: NC / via @Dhavannn

Phantasmal Lakshmi

Phantasmal Lakshmi reflects incoming damage back at players for 8 seconds when it calls out “Agony always comes back around!” Stop attacking for those 8 seconds. The boss keeps taking damage during the reflect, so a group that can outheal the reflected damage may ignore the mechanic entirely.

Transcendent Bakarma

Transcendent Bakarma teleports the party to the edges of the arena at 75% and 25% HP, then sends repeating waves. Jump over the waves to reach the boss and feed its stagger check.

Ring Wave Arena Mechanics
An expanding wave ring during the 75% and 25% phase — jump it to keep moving. Image: NC / via @Dhavannn

Save your strongest stagger skills for the 75% and 25% windows. If the party fails to fully drain the stagger meter, the boss wipes the group with a wave and resets its HP to full.

Between those phases the arena floor turns into a red damage zone, and the boss places concentric orange circles under individual players that erupt into water geysers. Move out of your circle before it detonates.

Targeted AoE Dodge Phase
Targeted circles mark where water geysers are about to erupt. Image: NC / via @Dhavannn

Phantasmal Lakshmi drops and rates

Lakshmi guarantees a Refining Stone and a Soul Codex, and is the only boss here that drops the Lakshmi Necklace. Its Anguish gear rolls at very high rates per kill.

Phantasmal Lakshmi
Phantasmal Lakshmi. Image: NC
ItemGradeChance
Refining StoneCommon100%
Soul Codex (Bound)Special100%
Amplify Stone Fragment (Unique) (Bound)Unique99.9%
Anguish RingEpic98.2%
Balaur’s EssenceEpic95.8%
Anguish GlovesEpic94.7%
Anguish CloakEpic94.7%
Lakshmi NecklaceEpic90.3%
Anguish HelmEpic90.3%
Anguish PauldronsEpic90.3%
Anguish BootsEpic90.3%
Anguish GreavesEpic85.5%
Anguish BreastplateEpic76.2%
Expert’s Refining StoneRare71.6%
Anguish GreatswordEpic61.3%
Anguish LongswordEpic61.3%
Anguish DaggerEpic61.3%
Soul: Phantasmal Lakshmi (Bound)Common—
KinaCommon—

Predator Saraswati drops and rates

Saraswati mirrors Lakshmi’s loot closely but drops the Saraswati Earrings instead of the necklace. Its Anguish rates sit a few points below Lakshmi’s across the board.

Predator Saraswati
Predator Saraswati. Image: NC
ItemGradeChance
Refining StoneCommon100%
Soul Codex (Bound)Special100%
Amplify Stone Fragment (Unique) (Bound)Unique99.8%
Anguish RingEpic97.4%
Balaur’s EssenceEpic94.8%
Saraswati EarringsEpic93.2%
Anguish GlovesEpic93.2%
Anguish CloakEpic93.2%
Anguish HelmEpic88.2%
Anguish PauldronsEpic88.2%
Anguish BootsEpic88.2%
Anguish GreavesEpic82.9%
Anguish BreastplateEpic73.2%
Expert’s Refining StoneRare69.2%
Anguish GreatswordEpic58.1%
Anguish LongswordEpic58.1%
Anguish DaggerEpic58.1%
Soul: Predator Saraswati (Bound)Common—

Transcendent Bakarma drops and rates

The final boss is the only source inside Draupnir for the Bakarma unique armor set, the Sealed Blue Wave Wings and the Artwork: Draupnir cosmetic. It also guarantees a Balaur’s Essence and nearly always drops an Amplify Stone Fragment.

Transcendent Bakarma
Transcendent Bakarma. Image: NC
ItemGradeChance
Balaur’s EssenceEpic100%
Amplify Stone Fragment (Unique) (Bound)Unique99.9%
Wrathful MindUnique67.9%
Bakarma GlovesUnique32.7%
Bakarma CloakUnique32.7%
Bakarma HelmUnique27.2%
Bakarma PauldronsUnique27.2%
Bakarma BootsUnique27.2%
Thick Balaur ScaleEpic24%
Thick Balaur LeatherEpic24%
Thick Balaur HornEpic24%
Bakarma GreavesUnique23.2%
Sealed Blue Wave WingsUnique20.8%
Artwork: DraupnirUnique20.8%
Bakarma BreastplateUnique17.9%
Anguish RingEpic13.5%
Silentium (Bound)Special—
Enhance StoneCommon—
KinaCommon—

What the Anguish gear is worth

The Anguish pieces are tier-2 epic gear at item level 40, required level 37, each with three manastone slots and a +10 enchant ceiling. They bind when obtained. On defense values the set lands in the mid-teens of each armor slot rather than at the top. The Anguish Breastplate’s 292 Defense is the 15th-highest among 147 Top items, trailing the Splendent Ebony Dragon Lord and Splendent Wise Dragon Lord breastplates, which share the 756 top value. The Anguish Boots, Cloak, Gloves, Helm and Pauldrons each sit 16th in their slots, again behind the matching Splendent Dragon Lord pieces.

The Amplify Stone Fragments and Refining Stones are the practical reason to farm here, since they feed directly into enchanting and amplifying your gear. Bakarma’s unique drops are the rarer prize, with the full armor set and the Sealed Blue Wave Wings only available from that final kill.