AION 2 Pet Chests Guide: Growth Chests, Daily Dungeon, Hidden Cubes and Merchant Sources

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Pet chests in AION 2 come from the Ascension Trial, the pet daily dungeon, hidden cubes, map boxes and the Black Cloud Merchant. The sources behind this site do not document what the pet selection chest and advanced pet selection chest contain.

AION 2 Pet Chests: Where They Come From

A cavern arena with red lights in AION 2 key art, cropped

AION 2 pet chests are one of several ways pets and pet-related rewards reach a player. The sources listed here are the ones that guides or the aion2pets.app record document. Guides recorded before and after the global launch mostly name the same main places: the Ascension Trial, the pet daily dungeon, hidden cubes, map boxes and the Black Cloud Merchant. This AION 2 pet chests hub explains each source, the growth chest figures, and the limits of what this site can say about selection chests.

SourceChest noteAttribution
Ascension TrialGrowth pet chests, with the count set by scoreOne global video
Pet daily dungeonChests that each hold soulsPre-launch guides
Hidden cubePet chests among the rewardsPre-launch and global guides
Black Cloud MarketOne pet chest that gives one random pet from two small petsOne pre-launch guide

The aion2pets.app record lists Chests and Ascension Trial as acquisition categories for pets. That matches the sources in the table, although the record does not describe the contents of each chest.

Growth Chests and Opening Limits

Growth pet chests come from the Ascension Trial. One global video says a score of 7,000 or more gives 20 chests, and a score of 6,000 gives 17. The same video says the trial resets every Tuesday. Another global video says the trial can be completed three times a week. Some pets also drop from Ascension Trial chests, according to one global video.

ItemFigureAttribution
Ascension Trial score of 7,000 or more20 growth chestsOne global video
Ascension Trial score of 6,00017 growth chestsOne global video
Opening limitUp to 100 chests at once, 10 per open actionOne pre-launch guide

Those opening numbers come from a pre-launch guide, so check them in your own client. The AION 2 pet daily dungeon page covers the other chest-heavy activity in the pet system.

Growth chests scale with score, so a lower score gives fewer chests. The table above shows the two score tiers that guides document, and this page does not invent any other tier. If you are working toward the top tier, track your score each week and compare it with the figures listed here.

Black Cloud Merchant, Shop and Map Chests

The Black Cloud Merchant pet tab refreshes every hour and can sell pet chests and pets. Read the AION 2 black cloud merchant page for stock, value and per-character notes. Shop items are covered on the AION 2 cash shop pets page, which explains which shop pets give no attributes according to guides.

Map boxes also hold chests, according to pre-launch guides that list them alongside hidden cubes and the daily dungeon. Map boxes are a small source, so plan around the larger sources first.

The black market pet chest is listed by one pre-launch guide as giving two small pets, with only one of them chosen at random. Because only one guide records that detail, treat it as a single report rather than a settled rule for every AION 2 pet chests listing. The official PET section of the NC contents page describes pets but does not list chest contents.

Pet Selection Chests: What This Site Can and Cannot Say

Players search for the pet selection chest and the advanced pet selection chest. The sources behind this site do not document what either chest contains, so this page does not describe their contents. The table shows what the site can state about each name.

Chest nameWhat this site documentsAttribution
Pet selection chestIts name appears in searches, but contents are not documentedSearch demand only
Advanced pet selection chestIts name appears in searches, but contents are not documentedSearch demand only

For the chest sources that are documented, use the sections above. If a reliable guide later documents the selection chest contents, this hub can be split into a separate page.

The AION 2 pet rewards page covers official events and the launch gift status, which can also affect what you receive from pet-related activities.

AION 2 Pet Chests: Planning Your Route

AION 2 pet chests come from several places that ask different things of you, so a route is easier to plan when you see what each source needs. The table lists each documented source and the requirement that guides attach to it.

SourceWhat it asks of youAttribution
Ascension TrialA score high enough for the growth chest tiersOne global video
Pet daily dungeonCompleted runs, which give chests and soulsPre-launch guides
Hidden cubeHidden cube keys for red cubes, none for yellowOne pre-launch guide
Black Cloud MerchantBuy from the pet tab, which refreshes every hourSeveral guides

The daily dungeon and the hidden cube both give souls as well as chests, so they overlap with the soul route on the AION 2 pet souls page. The AION 2 hidden cube page covers the key rules and the sound tip, and the AION 2 pet daily dungeon page covers entries and launch scope.

The source details can also change between versions, so read each attribution before you trust a number. Treat the global video figures as the most current, and the pre-launch figures as older reports that may not match your client.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What are the main AION 2 pet chests sources?

A: The main documented sources are the Ascension Trial, the pet daily dungeon, hidden cubes, map boxes and the Black Cloud Merchant. Guides differ on the chest counts in each source.

Q: Do AION 2 pet selection chests contain pets?

A: This site cannot say. The sources behind it do not document what the pet selection chest or the advanced pet selection chest contains.

Q: How many growth chests does the Ascension Trial give for AION 2 pet chests?

A: One global video says a score of 7,000 or more gives 20 growth chests, and a score of 6,000 gives 17.

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