Aion 2 reroll is the most important economy decision in the game, and the one most players handle badly. A dropped legendary can be strictly worse than the trash-tier piece you replaced — not because the item is bad, but because its random stat rolls landed on the wrong side of the scale. Reforging exists to correct that, but it is a finite resource with a real market price, and burning it carelessly is the fastest way to end a progression cycle with an empty purse. This guide covers what the mechanic touches, what it leaves alone, what a reroll costs in Kinah and materials, which stats each class should chase, and where veterans set their stopping point.
How Rerolling Works in Aion 2
At its core, the reroll — also called reforging — takes a piece of equipment already bound to your character and re-randomizes its secondary stat values. You are not crafting a new item, improving its item level, or upgrading its grade. You are rerolling the numbers on a specific subset of stats, and everything else stays exactly where it was.
That distinction matters more than any other rule in this guide. Rerolling a rare item does not make it legendary. Rerolling a BiS set piece does not change its set bonus. Item level, slot, grade, set identity, socket configuration, and set bonus effect all remain locked.
What does change is the value of the secondary stat lines. A chest piece might roll Strength, Agility, and Will instead of Power, Accuracy, and Knowledge. If your build wants a different distribution, you reforge until it improves — or until you decide it is not worth the money.
Reforging is also not free and not infinite. Each attempt consumes a currency charge and, at higher tiers, a material component that cannot be bought cheaply. That scarcity is the entire reason the reroll economy exists. When every player wants reforges and only some can afford them, material prices become a real line item in the Aion 2 economy.
What to Reroll vs What to Keep
The most expensive mistake in Aion 2 rerolling is not rolling badly. It is rolling on the wrong item. Before you spend a single Kinah, run this filter.
Reroll aggressively when the stat spread is actively bad for your build — Power and Will on a piece your class wants Agility from, pure defense stats on a DPS weapon, or a roll so flat it is functionally empty. This is the case the mechanic was designed for.
Reroll carefully when the spread is decent but not optimal. A piece at 90 percent of your target is usually not worth ten rerolls to reach 100 percent. Set a numeric threshold, not a feeling.
Never reroll when the item is already near your target spread, it is a temporary upgrade you will replace within two weeks, or its value comes from something a reroll cannot touch — set bonuses, sockets, or an enchant you would lose.
Two secondary rules save real money. First, a rerolled item is usually worth more on the auction house than an unrolled one of the same base quality, so keep the version you are not using instead of destroying it. Second, if you are going to reroll at all, do it in batch on a single sitting — costs are identical whether you make five rolls or fifty, but your attention drops sharply after the twentieth attempt.
Before you commit, it is worth reading our Aion 2 gear sets guide — if a piece’s value is in its set bonus, no reroll makes it better.
Reroll Costs and Materials
Rerolling costs two things: a currency charge that scales with the item’s grade, and a material component whose scarcity varies by tier. Low-grade rerolls are cheap enough to experiment with freely. High-grade rerolls are not, and that is where discipline has to come in.
The currency side is Kinah, and Kinah has a floor value — it is not worth nothing just because it feels plentiful. Early on, a few hundred thousand Kinah is a real fraction of your weekly income; later, with multiple alts running, it becomes an operating budget. Our Aion 2 currency guide breaks down where Kinah comes from and which faucets pay best.
The material side is what creates the market impact. Reforging components drop from specific content, and because a large share of the player base rerolls on a predictable schedule, demand is remarkably steady. This produces one of the cleaner economic loops in Aion 2: materials sell reliably to players who want to improve gear, and that money funds your own upgrades.
It also produces the flip side. When players panic-reroll after a bad drop, material prices spike. That spike is a signal, not an opportunity. Buy during quiet periods, not during the twenty minutes after someone posted a screenshot of a bad roll. The same logic applies to reforge items bought off the market — check whether crafting them yourself is cheaper first, since our Aion 2 crafting guide covers which materials are actually profitable to produce.
Best Stats to Target for Each Class
Rerolling without a target is how people waste gold. Know the spread you are chasing before you open the reforge panel, and treat anything outside your acceptable band as a candidate for another roll.
| Role | Primary Stats to Chase | Secondary Stats Worth Keeping | Stats to Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warrior / Templar (Tank) | Strength, Defense | Will, Health, Block-related scaling | Will-heavy pure offense, low survivability |
| Cleric / Champion (Healer) | Will, Power | Healing bonus, Accuracy, MP-related scaling | Pure Strength, unusable offensive scaling |
| Wizard / Sorcerer (Mage DPS) | Will, Intelligence | Power, Accuracy, Cast-related scaling | Strength, defense stacking |
| Ranger / Ranger (Physical DPS) | Agility, Strength | Accuracy, Critical scaling, Power | Heavy Will, heavy defense |
| Assassin / Gladiator (Melee DPS) | Strength, Critical scaling | Accuracy, Power, Agility | Heavy Will, defense stacking |
| Spiritmaster / Warlock (Summoner DPS) | Will, Power | Accuracy, summon or pet scaling | Strength, Agility |
Two things stand out in this table. First, accuracy and equivalent off-stat scaling appear on nearly every row — not because they are exciting, but because missing them costs you more than a slightly better primary stat gains. Second, Will is role-locked rather than universally good: central for casters and healers, close to dead weight on a physical damage dealer. If you keep landing Will on a weapon, that is not bad luck, that is the wrong weapon for the job.
These are general rules, not a substitute for your own build. Open the character sheet, see what your current set already provides, and target the stats that fill actual gaps.
Advanced Reroll Strategies
The mathematically clean way to approach a reroll is to compare the marginal value of another attempt against the marginal cost. If a roll costs a material component plus the going rate in Kinah, and your odds of a better result are one in three, then a roll is worth it only if the expected improvement exceeds that cost. Most players feel this correctly and violate it anyway after a bad streak.
Batch your attempts. Do not roll once, look, and walk away. Sit down with a set budget, work through it, and evaluate the finished result. Frustration-driven rolling is the single largest source of wasted Kinah in this game.
Use the market as a thermometer. If reforge materials are unusually cheap, it is a good week to reroll. If they spike, you are late — most of the motivated buyers already went.
Know your stopping point in advance. Decide the number before you start: ten attempts, or three past your target threshold, whichever comes first. A stop rule prevents the classic sunk-cost spiral where attempt forty-one feels necessary because you got to attempt forty.
Reroll during quiet periods. Prices dip after a content patch drops and everyone is farming. That is the window where materials are cheapest and the market is deepest.
Reroll Mistakes That Waste Gold
The most common error is rerolling an item you should have equipped as-is. A piece at 85 percent of your target that costs nothing to use will beat a perfect piece that costs three times as much.
The second most common error is ignoring the market value of your old roll. Every reroll produces an orphaned piece of the same base quality. Those accumulate fast, and they are stock, not trash.
The third is rerolling for a stat you do not use. Somebody will absolutely spend real money pushing Accuracy on a class whose attacks already hit. Verify the stat scales for you first.
The fourth is rolling during a price spike. Someone panics, prices jump, everyone rushes in, and by the time your order fills the market has corrected.
The fifth is treating every item as worth rerolling. Common and uncommon gear can usually be replaced faster and cheaper than it can be reforged. Save the mechanic for gear you are actually keeping.
The sixth is rerolling while ignoring the rest of your gear. A perfect piece surrounded by bad stats performs worse than three good pieces.
Aion 2 Reroll FAQ
How do you reroll in Aion 2?
Open the item and use the reforge option from its context menu, which consumes a reforge charge plus the required material component. You select the stat line, the game recalculates its value, and you keep the result or spend another attempt. The item’s level, grade, slot, and set bonus stay the same throughout.
Is rerolling worth it in Aion 2?
Yes, on items you intend to keep long-term and whose current stats are actively wrong for your build. Not on temporary gear, pieces already near your target, or items whose value comes from set bonuses and sockets that a reroll does not touch.
What is the cheapest way to improve gear in Aion 2?
Combine drops first — a free legendary out of a chest is better than anything you can reforge. Then reroll only what is clearly mis-statted, buy materials on dips rather than spikes, and prioritize the few slots that carry the most weight.
Can you reroll set bonuses in Aion 2?
No. A reforge only affects secondary stat values. Set bonuses, set piece identity, sockets, and item level are fixed properties that rerolling does not modify. If a set bonus is what makes an item valuable to you, that value is already there — spend your materials on the stats instead.
Conclusion
Aion 2 rerolling rewards discipline far more than luck. Know which item deserves the attempt, which stat spread you are chasing, what a roll costs in Kinah and materials, and in advance when you will stop. Reroll the gear you are keeping, refuse to reroll the gear you are replacing, buy materials on dips instead of spikes, and treat every orphaned roll as stock rather than trash. Get those habits right and the mechanic that drains most players’ purses will steadily build your character instead. For more Aion 2 gear and economy guides, bookmark Aion Kinah Hub.
