Aion Riftshade

 As the morning light touched Atreia, the old innkeeper strolled to open his tavern and soon found the Gakka Owners standing at the entrance.
- You've arrived early today, - the old man remarked with curiosity.
- Last night, a storm hit hard. We've got some serious issues now, - Lasife shared with concern, - reports say the hurricane struck not only Elysea but Asmodea too. It’s a real disaster. It wiped out the crops, and now Atreia is facing the threat of famine. What should we do...
Cheer up, - the blonde tavern owner replied with a reassuring grin, - I know of a solution. But for now, have a tea on the house and settle down.
- The storm scattered tasty grains across Atreia, and the golden particles were likely snatched by monsters, - Amunt lamented.
– How will we retrieve them?
- Trust the Daevas, they've never disappointed, - the tavern keeper's voice was confident and assured.
- Task them to rescue the harvest. Atreia's winds will supply them with tasty grains every half an hour, and by defeating monsters, the heroes can easily reclaim the golden aether.
   The old man's eyes reflected wisdom, and the Gakka Owners decided to heed his advice. By midday, the uplifting news had spread through Atreia.

Anyone who collects Tasty Grains and Golden Aether, and then combines them into the Rations Pack, will be able to extract Potent Rations from it. The Owners Gakka promise a good reward for it:

• 1 piece – [Event] Firecracker Box
• 30 pieces - [Event] Jade Box
• 50 pieces - [Event] Silver Box
• 100 pieces – [Event] Gold Box

To participate in the event, you must:
Obtain the items "Tasty Grain" and "Golden Aether". Mix these items to create a "Rations Pack". By opening it, you can collect "Potent Rations" (1 to 5 pieces randomly), which can be swapped for valuable item boxes. Additionally, the "Rations Pack" may randomly provide some potions or scrolls.

Items that can be acquired for Potent Rations (from NPCs in the capitals):
1 Potent Rations - [Event] Firecracker Box (5 firecrackers)
30 Potent Rations- [Event] Jade Box (includes medals, Value Boost Pack (1 day), enchantment stone level 90+, manastone (magic boost, attack, crit)
50 Potent Rations- [Event] Silver Box (includes medals, Value Boost Pack (1 day), Yume Summoning Lamp (3 days), enchantment stone level 90+, manastone (magic boost, attack, crit), balaur craft materials)
100 Potent Rations- [Event] Gold Box (a deluxe chest with medals, Value Boost Pack, [Title] Munin's friend (7 days), enchantment stone level 90+, manastone (magic boost, attack, crit), balaur craft materials). 

Learn more about quest items:
The item Golden Aether can be gathered by slaying monsters in areas like Heiron, Beluslan, Silentera Canyon, Katalam, Danaria, Idian Depth.

This item cannot be stored in the account warehouse and cannot be placed in the legion's warehouse, but it can still be sold and traded. The item's common value (white name) allows only one group character to roll for it. 

Keep in mind that the larger the level gap between a character and a monster, the lower the odds of obtaining items, and with a gap of 10 levels or more, dropping is impossible (a drop penalty). Choose appropriate locations for your level and allow beginners to collect the gold aether without interference.

The item "TastyGrain" is granted every half hour of being online- it appears in your inventory. The item cannot be moved within the account, not tradable between players, cannot be brokered, but can be sold to an NPC.

FAQ:

Event is in progress from 11.09.2023-19.09.2023.

NPCs for exchanging items will be installed in the game until 23.09.2023 (inclusively)

sorry but the event is just really unnecessary, there is nothing special inside, no dual mana stones, no serums, no god stones.
Balaur materials seriously now??? I'll go for 1x TF and have more. The Tia raid gives better reward than the gold chest
sets the cost of gold chest down to 10 and then it's an ok event but still unnecessary

nice event, nothing worth your time, but stay in game for 30 min to get 1-5 potent rations so you can get nothing. cool

Don't save it. Just let it burn

Dear players, 

We are not forcing anyone to participate in the event. In case you don't want to - please, don't. 

Good advice, let me give one to you, accepting mistakes helps you improve. We all wanted Shugos and they put on the worst event I remember since 2020.

Since everyone's on board with criticizing this event: 

- It's packed with too many "filler, garbage" items, making good rewards almost non-existent

- Requires an insane number of event tokens just for one box (100? seriously? that's ridiculously overboard)

- The top box rewards are pretty underwhelming (a 7-day yume lamp/title, really?)

Why not rethink how many Tasty Grains and Golden Aether are required? (15, 35, and 55). And could we have a little tweak to these somewhat dull prize lists? I know there's a solid dev team now making some impressive changes to the server.

=>  What about making some shop skins 7-day? So players can try them out for fun (like mounts). No stats, they expire. You could create box sets with randomized complete 5-piece sets. Folks would LOVE to switch up their style after a week of a fab look. 

=> Or 1-day motion cards for favorite shop items. 

=> Or seeing it's a harvest theme - why not OP foods/candies/Potions/Lucky Vinna? Non-tradable/unmarketable so the market stays stable.

.And please, please Get rid of the Balaur mats, Yume Lamp, Value Pack, and manastones entirely.....they're just filler.

Affordable boxes and temporary prizes as filler = more farming and playtime without messing up the economy.

Most other events have a standout feature - the only event for X-item or the go-to for leveling characters or snagging Enchantment stones, etc., etc.....this event lacks anything special, is filled with mostly junk rewards, and the boxes cost WAY too much to farm. Games should be fun now and again.  

By the way, just throwing it out there—Aion Riftshade, launching in 2026, promises a whole different experience. I've been in their beta testing, and they really listen to feedback with no pay-to-win nonsense. Keep your eyes peeled—Q1 2026 might just breathe fresh life into how Aion events should be.