All Work and No Play is a Regional quest for level 45 in Verteron for the Elyos. Xiao (Thunder Lightning Merchants Leader), at Aullaeu Village, Verteron, gives it and takes it back. It has 10 steps, including defeating 5 Tolbas Forest Lake Skyray. Rewards: 4,044,724 EXP, 5 item rewards.
Talk to Xiao at the Thunder Lightning Merchants HQ
Start and finish
From the quest's acquire and complete rules in the game's Quest table; where an NPC stands is its spawn point in the map's spawn list.
- Starts
- Xiao (Thunder Lightning Merchants Leader)Aullaeu Village, Verteron
- Requires
- Finish
DraupnirFinishForging a New Path - Character level
- 10
- Finish
- Xiao (Thunder Lightning Merchants Leader)Aullaeu Village, Verteron
Steps
The journal's lines and objectives, as the game writes them; who and what each objective names, from QuestStep.GoalList.
- Step 1 · VerteronFind the missing merchant at Aullaeu Village
- Rescue the Fallen Shugo
- Step 2 · VerteronFind the missing merchant at Aullaeu Village
- Rescue the Unconscious Shugo
- Step 3 · VerteronFind the missing merchant at Aullaeu Village
- Rescue the Exhausted Shugo
- Step 4 · VerteronEscort the missing merchant back
- Transfer the Fallen Shugo
- Step 5 · VerteronEscort the missing merchant back
- Transfer the Unconscious Shugo
- Step 6 · VerteronEscort the missing merchant back
- Transfer the Exhausted Shugo
- Step 7 · VerteronCheck the condition of the Fallen Shugo
- Talk to Xiao
Xiao (Thunder Lightning Merchants Leader)Aullaeu Village, Verteron - Step 8 · VerteronFetch the materials Khura requested
- Obtain Tolbas Forest Lake Skyray Meat
- Obtain Kuru's Draught
- Step 9 · VerteronMake the Vitality Draught for the overworked Shugo
- Brew the draught at the Firepit Cooking Station
- Step 10 · VerteronHave Khura check the draught
- Talk to Khura
Khura (Thunder Lightning Merchants)Aullaeu Village, Verteron
Monsters to defeat
Where each stands (its most-used spawn areas in the maps' spawn lists) and what it drops per kill from its own reward table.
Rewards
Dialogue
40 lines, as the game writes them (NpcTalk rows named after the quest); lines in italics have no speaker.
Accepting · 13 lines
Xiao: Long time no see, ‹your name›! Remember when you helped us found the Thunder Lightning Merchants? A lot of time has passed since then, nyerk!
Xiao: You're curious how things are going, nyerk? To be honest... Not well.
Xiao: Worse than not well... It's a crisis! The biggest crisis since the founding of the guild, nyerk!
Xiao: How can our new merchant guild beat the Wind Breeze Merchants?
Xiao: With work, work, and more work! Since we can't compete in terms of size and capital, we have no choice but to work harder, nyerk.
Xiao: But that also means everyone's constantly exhausted!
Xiao: Some merchants went off looking for new product materials while in that state... and I've lost contact with them entirely, nyerk!
Xiao: Since we're short on merchants already, losing them would mean we're finished, nyerk! We're about to go bankrupt! Bankrupt, I say!
Xiao: I'd like to look for them myself, but... Khura, our doctor, won't let me go, nyerk.
Khura: I'm not telling you again, Xiao! You need a break as much as anyone, nyerk!
Khura: Your fur has completely lost its shine! And don't get me started on those stiff shoulders! You look so pathetic even an Aullaeu would feel too sorry to mess with you.
Xiao: See? I guess what I want to ask is, could you lend us a hand one more time, ‹your name›?
Xiao: Thank you, thank you, thank you! They were on their way to the Aullaeu Village. Look in good hiding spots, nyerk!
Talk · 1 line
Xiao: ‹your name›! Come over here!
Step 3 · 3 lines
The Shugo seems to be delirious, muttering nonsense as if in a daze.
The Shugo is lying flat on the ground, warm and feverish.
Found all of the fallen Shugo. Take them to Xiao.
Step 7 · 8 lines
Xiao: I knew I could trust you, nyerk. Thank you so much, ‹your name›!
Xiao: How are they doing, Khura?
Khura: No injuries, just exhausted from overwork, nyerk. They'll be fine as long as they get plenty of rest.
Khura: My family's special Vitality Draught medicine would be perfect, nyerk. But everybody's sick, so there's nobody left to gather the materials...
Xiao: What's that? You'll help with that too?!
Khura: You're the true hero of our merchant guild, nyerk!
Khura: I need Skyray meat and the draughts that Kuru carry around. Boiling them in a pot will produce a medicine that will make your fatigue instantly disappear, nyerk.
Xiao: ‹your name›, I'm counting on you, nyerk!
Step 8 · 1 line
Collected all of the ingredients. Take them back to the Shugo merchant guild.
Step 9 · 1 line
Made the special Vitality Draught that Khura described. Give it to the overworked Shugo.
Step 10 · 7 lines
Khura: Xiao, are you out working again? What if you collapse too, nyerk?
Khura: Ugh, I'm sorry you had to see that, Daeva. What's this smell though? Did you really brew the medicine yourself?
Khura: And with perfect ratios... You're a genius, nyerk! You'd make a fine apothecary, Daeva!
Khura: I'll distribute this medicine among the collapsed Shugo, nyerk. The secret lies in measured doses.
Khura: Daeva, share this medicine with Xiao as well, nyerk.
Khura: Just like the members lying here, Xiao's been pushing herself far too hard. Give her this medicine, and make sure she gets some sleep, nyerk.
Khura: I'm counting on you, since she pays no attention to whatever I say, nyerk!
Turning in · 6 lines
Xiao: How can they place an order with such short notice?! Do they want a taste of these paws, nyerk!?
Xiao: Hmm? ‹your name›? I just had some business to take care of. I'll be checking on the others right after, nyerk.
Xiao: You're telling me to take the medicine too, nyerk?
Xiao: Well, I guess ‹your name› is also a proud shareholder of this merchant guild. It'd be real trouble if I ended up bedridden too.
Xiao: You should take good care of yourself as well. Oh, I almost forgot, nyerk!
Xiao: I promised to share the profits if we did well. I'll try taking better care of myself. Thank you, nyerk.
When it is done
"With work, work, and more work!" Xiao recently established a new Shugo merchant guild, but it has already fallen into crisis. In their bid to surpass the Wind Breeze Merchants, the members have been working themselves to exhaustion. A group was sent out to gather materials for the development of new products, but failed to return. The missing members were found passed out from exhaustion. After they were brought back and treated with specially prepared medicine, the incident was resolved. However, Xiao continued to work tirelessly without rest. Only after taking some medicine did Xiao finally manage to have some brief rest.
All Work and No Play FAQ
How do you start All Work and No Play in AION 2?
Talk to Xiao (Thunder Lightning Merchants Leader) at Aullaeu Village, Verteron; it unlocks at level 10.
Where do you turn in All Work and No Play?
To Xiao at Aullaeu Village, Verteron.
How many steps does All Work and No Play have?
10: “Find the missing merchant at Aullaeu Village”, “Find the missing merchant at Aullaeu Village”, “Find the missing merchant at Aullaeu Village” and “Escort the missing merchant back” and more.
Which monsters does All Work and No Play ask you to defeat?
5 Tolbas Forest Lake Skyray (level 25).
What are the rewards for All Work and No Play?
4,044,724 EXP, Kina (Bound) ×100,000, Wisdom Stone (Bound), Daevanion Crystal (Bound), Title: Human Vitamin.
Quest ID 1202061 · internal name DQ1202061 · Data: client 2.0.6.0 (Steam build 25767555, 2026-10-07)