Ludra, Aion 2's 10-player Sanctuary raid, opens on global servers after maintenance on 4 November, in normal mode at item level 2,800 and hard mode at 3,000. Both modes are available from day one, and the first 20 hard-mode parties in each region earn an exclusive title.
That leaves just over a week to close the gear gap, and NC is helping with a daily Odyle Energy mail from 28 October. Checked against NC's 23 Oct "Ludra Awakens" post, the 20/21 Oct patch notes, NC's 5 Oct Sanctuary notice and NC's Korean guidebook.
Ludra was in the game during Early Access, then NC pulled it before the 5 October full launch. In its 5 Oct notice, NC said Ludra had been beaten with far less progress than it expected, so it removed the raid to rebuild the fight for global players.
The practical upshot: Early Access boss guides and videos describe a fight NC has changed. We don't cover boss mechanics here for that reason. Treat anything dated before 4 November as a rough sketch at best.
NC gives the start as "after maintenance" on 4 November and hadn't posted the maintenance notice when we checked. The last two weekly maintenances started at 11:30pm Pacific on Tuesday (8:30am CEST Wednesday) and were scheduled for four and five and a half hours.
NC's post only sets the entry gates (its Korean guidebook lists 2,700 for KR/TW, so global's bar is higher). With no per-mode loot list, the day-one difference is the item level you need and whether you're chasing titles.
NC's global post doesn't publish a loot table for the reworked raid. NC's Korean guidebook, written for the KR/TW version, lists the main rewards as Ludra's weapons, Ludra's bracelet, the Abyss bracelet and crafting materials, with the Kina from Ludra's cube paid as bound Kina.
Most players sitting under 2,800 have the same problem: not enough runs. These steps put the 20/21 Oct patch and the Ludra events to work.
Krao Cave and Draupnir Hard clears also count toward NC's Daeva Bootcamp. Global milestones from 500,000 to 7 million dungeon clears mail every player Instant Clear Tickets, Training Arcana and Resurrection Stones.
Can Elyos and Asmodians raid Ludra together?
NC's Korean guidebook says Expeditions, Transcendence and Sanctuary allow mixed-faction parties, with shared party and dungeon chat. NC hasn't restated it for the reworked global raid.
