<div data-contents-type="text"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">For all Daevas setting out to face the blazing Kromede today, we've prepared a guide to &lt;Exploration&gt; mode</span></span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><hr data-page-break="true" contenteditable="false"><div data-contents-type="text">&nbsp;</div><div data-contents-type="text">Game Info is NCER — AION2 game news brought to you by NCER.</div><div data-contents-type="text">&nbsp;</div><div data-contents-type="text">⚠️ This is AI-generated information.<br>It may differ from actual game content. Please verify on the official channels.</div><div data-contents-type="text">&nbsp;</div><div data-contents-type="text">Written as of: 2026.10.05</div><div data-contents-type="text">&nbsp;</div><hr data-page-break="true" contenteditable="false"><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">✅ Talk to the NPC Phazkhi you meet upon entering the dungeon to receive the quest, then click 'Prologue to Exploration' to open the instance.</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- Killing the Flame Spirit also opens the entry barrier</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">✅ Choose Left or Right, move there, and bind the 'Path of Atonement Kibelisk'.</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- Even if only one party member binds the Kibelisk, it applies to the entire party</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">✅ Then move to where the 'Coolant Console' is located and click it.</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- The location of the Coolant Console can be checked on the map</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">✅ (Based on choosing Right) Defeat the boss 'Red Spark Ignus'.</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- Watch out for the boss's AoE field attack</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- When it designates an AoE field on an individual party member and teleports to attack If party members are grouped together, they'll all get hit at once</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">✅ Move to the Fire Corridor entrance, then move to the 'Mirror Altar' Kibelisk.</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- Check the location of the Fire Corridor entrance on the map, then Glide there</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- After landing from Glide, Bind the 'Fire Corridor Kibelisk'</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- Bind the 'Mirror Altar Kibelisk'</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- Open the 'Mirror Altar Door'</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">✅ Kill the final boss 'Kromede's Desire'.</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- Warning: attacks covering the area in front and the floor area</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- Various and continuous position changes, such as teleportation and Rush</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- Main mechanics are Flame Arrow Rain and frontal arrow attacks</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- When HP drops to about 50%, a special mechanic Flame Wall appears</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">: When the Flame Wall ends, Arrow Rain, straight-line arrows, and circular area attacks are cast consecutively</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">- When aiming the Bow downward, a straight-line floor attack is cast on each party member</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">: If party members are grouped together, they'll all get hit at once</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><hr data-page-break="true" contenteditable="false"><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">⚠️ After defeating 'Kromede's Desire', click the &lt;Odyle Energy Cube&gt; before leaving to obtain your rewards!</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><span style="color: var(--glyphs200);">⚠️You may accidentally fall off the edge at the ‘Mirror Altar’</span></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div><div data-contents-type="text"><br class="ProseMirror-trailingBreak"></div>