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Dreaming of Paradise Walkthrough: Every Elyos Chapter 2 Quest and Reward in AION 2

All 15 Verteron episode quests from level 10 to 16, with every step, target, and reward through awakening Phernos.

All 15 Verteron episode quests from level 10 to 16, with every step, target, and reward through awakening Phernos.

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Chapter two of the Elyos campaign, “Dreaming of Paradise,” begins after you collapse during your flight from Poeta and come to inside the Dawn Legion Base in Verteron. The main goal is to collect enough Odyle to rouse Phernos, who says he arrived from the paradise on the far side of the Bulwark. Across 15 episode quests, you travel through Cantas Valley, a Sura-filled cave on the coast, a marsh near death, and at last return to the base to awaken Phernos.

Quick answer: Chapter 2 runs 15 episode quests across Verteron, recommended for levels 10 through 16, awarding a combined 721,660 XP and the full Dawn armor set before you move on to hunt High Priestess Reda.


Settling in with the Dawn Legion

Dawn Legion starts automatically once you regain consciousness. Phernos was pulled out of Poeta alongside you but remains unconscious, and Caelid works out that waking him will take a large amount of Odyle, the power of AION that fuels every Daeva. You agree to help the legion collect it. The quest turns in to Hart.

Janna
Janna. Image: NC
Talk to Nania in the recovery room. She points you toward Caelid, who asked to be told the moment you woke.
Head to Caelid’s Office to meet the Dawn Legion commander and hear the plan.
Talk to Shuron, the Verteron supply officer, who sends you to Hart for proper gear. Hart hands it over with a warning that sets the tone for the whole legion: “Try and make sure the gear isn’t completely destroyed when you die. We’re always running short.”

All Geared Up, which Nania gives you, is a quick preparation errand before the main work. Have Etezia fix your broken Selvis, the device used for remote communication, and then answer Nania when she contacts you through it. Report to Kaidros, who shows you three mounts; select one of the pets to receive as your reward.

Odyle Collection, assigned by Kaidros, sends you to Cantas Valley, where the legion has set up collectors in an area rich in Odyle. Meet Nania at the Valley Outpost, then use the Western Odyle Collector and defeat 2 Hard Kalgolem to secure it. You discover that Lebronus, a legionnaire, went to the Cantas Valley Base to recover Odyle and has not returned. Complete the quest with Gabru.


Cantas Valley and the coastal cave

Bird’s-eye View sends you after the missing Lebronus. Gabru gives it; Luteros takes the turn-in at the Coastal Camp. Along the way you find that the valley’s Odyle is nearly gone and that the Balaur have planted Dratona eggs, which would overrun the area if they hatch.

Use the Selvis to brief Nania on the situation.
Look for Lebronus beside the central scanner. A Balaur scout ship has him trapped there.
Ride the Updraft up to the Sky Island.
Continue on to Nania on the Sky Island.
Update Nania on the valley’s condition.
Travel to the Coastal Camp and find Luteros.

Valley of Hope, which Luteros assigns, continues the Odyle search at a coastal cave said to harbor Sura. Accompany Luteros to the Coastal Cave, inspect the unusual barrierstone by its entrance, then get out and contact Nania through the Selvis. The cave contains plentiful Odylium, along with an extraordinary Sura whom Luteros identifies as Perion. Turn the quest in to Nania at the Coastal Camp.

Soaring Free deals with the grief that follows. Perion turns out to be the legion’s vice-commander, lost during a Balaur raid and trapped as a Sura ever since. Daeva turned into Sura are cremated by tradition, so Nania asks you to help prepare the funeral. Talk to Nania, then interact with the Crestlich Nest twice to gather feathers. “Perion loved to fly, so I want to send him off with feathers,” she explains. Both the start and turn-in go to Nania.


Perion’s funeral and the Daevanion

Visions in Smoke is given by Caelid and turns in to Asahr at the Dream Crossroad. Ride the Windstream to the cremation site to attend Perion’s funeral, then enter the Dream Crossroad when Asahr’s voice calls to you. Asahr, who names himself your Core, opens the path of the Daevanion, another power granted to Daeva. “Successor of AION’s will. I shall open the path of the Daevanion to you,” he tells you.


Allying with the Illusion Cavaliers

Illusion Cavaliers starts automatically at the Dream Crossroad and turns in to Rohin at the Eastern Cantas Campsite. The slow trickle of Odyle still was not enough to wake Phernos, so Caelid decides to seek out Spirit Fruit, a far more concentrated source, by enlisting the Illusion Cavaliers. The legion and the Cavaliers have a history of fighting over supplies, so repairing that trust is the first job.

Asahr
Asahr. Image: NC
Hear Asahr’s guidance on AION’s fragments and the dream you have entered.
Wake in the recovery room and talk to Nania.
Head to Caelid’s Office to attend the legion meeting.
Ask Dakian about the Spirit Fruit.
Share the information with Hithanya over the Selvis.
Find Illusion Cavalier Rohin.
Investigate the Ugaros Thieves Campsite and open the campsite door to recover Rohin’s supplies.
Return the supplies to Rohin.
Defeat 2 Cairn Tog and a Splendent Hill Sparkie to collect Odylium Fragments for restoring the altar. Rohin crafts these into shards used to patch the barrier around the tower piece by piece.

Collapsed Barrier Tower, given by Rohin, introduces Ione, a Cavalier who knows the marsh best. It turns in to Ione at the Collapsed Barrier Tower.

Join Hithanya at the marsh.
Talk to Hithanya about the strange rift she found on the way.
Retrieve the Odyle Shard from the chest, then defeat 2 Coastal Zelophi and 2 Marsh Vine Spirit to clear the coast. Ione reveals that rifts to the Spirit Realm have appeared across the marsh and that the tree spirit Laveis has vanished, so the Spirit Tree cannot bear fruit.

Rampaging Spirits, assigned by Ione and returned to her, has one objective: activate the Rift Aura three times to soothe the marsh’s contaminated spirits and prevent further rifts from appearing. Ione explains, “If a Daeva expels their Odyle aura in one strong push, they can eliminate the rift aura,”. She will take you onward only once the rifts nearby have been cleared.


The Spirit Tree and the Etheria rifts

Beyond Etheria, given by Ione, turns in to Laveis at Spirit’s Rest. The Spirit King has severed his contract with Atreia following the deaths of the Empyrean Lords Kaisinel and Lumiel, and is pulling every spirit back to Etheria, which is why the rifts opened and Laveis went missing.

Accompany Ione to Spirit’s Rest.
Talk to Ione about a solution once you reach the tree.
Go into the Etheria Rift, take down its berserk spirits and Oathbreaker, and save Laveis.
Head back to Spirit’s Rest and locate Luteros.

Undying Light, which Laveis gives you, has the tree spirit come back to renew its strength as you deal with the rifts still remaining. Deliver it to Hithanya at the Marsh Outpost.

Defeat 3 Water Spirit to collect the Odyle Energy left inside them.
Use that energy to close the Etheria Rift Fissure.
Talk to Laveis, who hands you the Spirit Fruit now that the tree has its light back.
Share the moment with Luteros, who is convinced the fruit will finally wake Phernos.

Awakening Phernos

Awakened Hope, given by Hithanya, puts the Spirit Fruit to work. Take it to Caelid’s Office, then follow Caelid’s direction to go back outside. The fruit’s power is infused into Phernos; he awakens, troubled by nightmares. While he recovers, Luteros tells you of a relic called a Monolith inside the base and gives you an Amulet. Turn in the quest to Luteros.

Phernos
Phernos. Image: NC

Empyrean Monolith, also given by Luteros, teaches the Monolith system and turns back in to him.

Find Jackson, the Monolith’s keeper, near the relic.
Interact with the Empyrean Trace: Verteron nearby.
Obtain the Empyrean Trace: Verteron.
Resonate with the Monolith using the Trace, which returns a Revelation Amulet Enhance Scroll and various blessings.
Talk to Jackson again about the rewards. “So if you ever come across an Empyrean Trace, make sure to resonate with a Monolith,” he urges.

Renewed Resolve brings the chapter to a close. Luteros assigns the quest, which you turn in to Hepallin outside the Command Post. You officially join the Dawn Legion, and Phernos finally arrives with an explanation: an Empyrean Core is needed to cross the Bulwark, and High Priestess Reda is believed to have one. Her last known location was the Verteron Fortress Ruins, now overrun by Balaur.

Head to Caelid’s Office and enlist with the legion.
Accept the blessing Luteros offers.
Assemble with the Dawn Legion at the Command Post, where Hepallin asks whether you are looking for a skilled user of illusion magic. That question leads straight into Chapter 3.

Every quest and reward

QuestLevelXPOther rewards
Dawn Legion1023,389Kina x4,500, Life Serum x20, Healing Potion x10, Return Scroll x20
All Geared Up1023,389Kina x4,500, choice of Pet Fossa, Armadon, or Tog
Odyle Collection1129,717Kina x5,000, Key: Hidden Cube x1
Bird’s-eye View1129,717Kina x5,000, Dawn Breastplate x1
Valley of Hope1219,253Kina x5,200, Speed Scroll x20, Dawn Greaves x1
Soaring Free1219,253Kina x5,200, Dawn Gloves x1
Visions in Smoke1381,539Kina x5,700, Noble Belt x1
Illusion Cavaliers1381,539Kina x5,700, Dawn Boots x1
Collapsed Barrier Tower1497,407Kina x6,100, Dawn Cloak x1
Rampaging Spirits15109,797Kina x6,600, Courage Scroll x20, Dawn Helm x1
Beyond Etheria1641,332Kina x7,000, Dawn Pauldrons x1
Undying Light1641,332Kina x7,000, Dawn Guard x1
Awakened Hope1641,332Kina x7,000, Revelation Amulet x1
Empyrean Monolith1641,332Kina x7,000
Renewed Resolve1641,332Kina x7,000, Kukuru Fried Meat x5

Clearing all fifteen leaves you with the complete Dawn armor set, a mount or pet of your choice, the Revelation Amulet for Monolith enhancing, and a lead on High Priestess Reda that opens the next chapter in the Verteron Fortress Ruins.

All four of these Elyos episode quests unlock at level 10. Recommended levels climb from 11 to 15, and the XP per quest roughly triples across the run.

QuestRecommended levelXPKina (Bound)Other rewards
Odyle Collection1129,7175,000Key: Hidden Cube (Bound) x1
Illusion Cavaliers1381,5395,700Dawn Boots x1
Collapsed Barrier Tower1497,4076,100Dawn Cloak x1
Rampaging Spirits15109,7976,600Courage Scroll (Bound) x20, Dawn Helm x1

Rampaging Spirits is the only one of the four that pays out Courage Scrolls. The Hidden Cube key from Odyle Collection is worth keeping in mind for Verteron, which holds 95 hidden cubes.

The Ugaros Thieves Campsite you search during Illusion Cavaliers is also an exploration quest in its own right. It starts automatically, unlocks at level 1, is open to both Elyos and Asmodian characters, and pays 13,043 XP.

Verteron Reference Counts

While moving between camps, the region offers 61 teleport statues, 15 rifts and 2 monoliths. Odyle is the most common gathering node, at 706 spots, ahead of Orichalcum at 546.