Maxing out your Pet Collection and Genius Insight system is one of the most powerful ways to boost your character's stats in Aion 2, and you can further speed up the process when you buy Aion 2 items like premium shards and enhancement stones. This guide covers the most efficient farming methods, optimal rolling strategies, and how to prioritize stats for maximum damage output.

 Part 1: Maximizing Your Pet Collection

Leveling all your pets to maximum provides massive permanent stat bonuses (Might, Dexterity, Intelligence, Speed, Damage Boost) and is the primary source of Genus Insight Shards.

Efficient Shard Farming Methods:

Use a combination of these methods across all your characters to gather shards rapidly.

Daily Dungeons (Best Method):

Run the daily dungeon 7 times per week on each character.

With four characters, this yields a massive amount of shards weekly.

Overworld Farming:

Click on a pet → "Source" (top right) to see its specific farming location.

Manually farm pets in the open world.

Duty Quests:

The latest update added special Soul Shards (Cogni, Ferah, Nura, Varian) to Duty Quest rewards.

Special Shops (Weekly):

Nightmare Shop: Buy weekly shards on every character.

Shugo Shop: Buy 100 shards weekly per character.

Combined: These two shops give 200 shards/character/week. With four characters, that's 800 shards.

Wind Breeze Shop (Luxury): Offers 100 more shards for 1,000,000 Kinah. Consider if you have excess wealth, but the Daily Dungeon Entry Bundle (7 runs for 700,000 Kinah) is better value.

Optimizing Pet Dungeon Runs:

To maximize points and rewards in the pet dungeon, stack Movement Speed.

Boots: Use boots with the Movement Speed stat.

Title: Equip a title that grants Movement Speed (e.g., 5%) in your third title slot. Filter titles by "Movement Speed" to find your best option.

Consumable: Always use a Speed Scroll before entering.

 Part 2: Genius Insight Optimization Strategy

Genus Insight uses shards to roll for powerful, permanent stat bonuses on a 3x3 grid. The strategy for rolling is crucial.

Golden Rule: Do NOT Lock Slots Early

Never lock a stat before reaching Insight Level 10.

Why? Each locked slot reduces the base Experience (XP) gained per roll and increases the shard cost.

Example: At 9 slots, a roll gives 900 XP. Locking one slot reduces it to 800 XP per roll, slowing your progress to Level 10 significantly.

Strategy: Rapidly roll to reach Insight Level 10 to unlock all 9 slots first. Then start locking your perfect stats.

Stat Priority & Rolling Guide

Focus on damage-increasing stats. Here is a general priority list for DPS classes:

High Priority (Lock These):

Smite: The single best damage stat. Very rare (0.2% chance).

Damage Boost (Type): E.g., "Cogni Damage Boost." Essential for bossing.

Crit Hit: Excellent consistent damage increase.

Attack / PvP Attack: Raw attack power.

Accuracy: Necessary for hitting high-level bosses.

Medium Priority (Consider if High Roll):

Boss Attack: Great for PvE.

Max Attack: Good raw stat.

Evasion: Can be valuable for survivability.

Low Priority (Generally Avoid):

Defense Stats (unless tanking)

Back Attack (situational)

Penetration (value unclear)

Special Genius Insight Notes

The Special Genius grid (unlocked later) uses different, rarer stones.

Critical Hit does NOT appear in Special Genius. Look for Critical Attack, Attack Bonus, PvP Attack, or the coveted Smite/Damage Boost here.

Be extremely selective about locking slots here due to the high cost and rarity of stones. Only lock near-perfect or perfect rolls.

Step-by-Step Rolling Process

Phase 1: Reach Level 10

Spend all shards rolling without locking any slots.

Accept any stats temporarily. Your goal is purely to gain XP.

Phase 2: Lock Your Best Stats
Once at Level 10 with 9 slots:

Identify the slots with the best high-priority stats from your Leveling Phase rolls.

Start re-rolling, locking your 1-2 best stats first (e.g., a high Damage Boost or Smite).

As you roll and find better stats for other slots, lock them one by one.

Prioritize locking Slot 9 with a top-tier stat (Smite/Damage Boost) as it's the hardest to replace later.

Phase 3: The Min-Max Grind

With 5-6 good stats locked, the cost per roll becomes very high (200+ shards).

Patiently roll for upgrades, replacing medium-priority stats with high-priority ones.

Eventually, aim for a "perfect" grid, ideally with multiple Smite and Damage Boost rolls.

Final Tips & Resource Management

Weekly Checklist: Do Nightmare/Shugo shops + 7x daily dungeons on all alts.

Gold Spending: The 700k Kinah for 7 dungeon entries is a better investment than the 1,000,000 Kinah for 100 shards in the Wind Breeze Shop.

Patience is Key: Perfecting your Genius Insight is a long-term, resource-heavy grind. Don't get discouraged by unlucky roll sessions.

Plan for Alts: The shards farmed on alts are account-bound, making them the fastest way to empower your main character's Genius Insight.

By following this structured approach, you will efficiently build a pet collection and Genius Insight grid that provides a monumental power boost, allowing you to tackle Aion 2's most challenging content. To further optimize your resources, consider securing cheap Aion 2 items from MMOEXP for reliable and affordable upgrades.