Rescue Operation is an Episode quest for level 32 in Altgard for the Asmodians. Menrik (Fang Legion), at Briskwind Shelter, Altgard, gives it and Ulgorn takes it in. It has 5 steps, including defeating 3 Draconute Patrol and 6 Drakan Guard. Rewards: 2,856,707 EXP, 2 item rewards.
Talk to Menrik at Briskwind Shelter
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
- Menrik (Fang Legion)Briskwind Shelter, Altgard
- Character level
- 10
- Finish
UlgornHidden Cave, Altgard
Steps
The journal's lines and objectives, as the game writes them; who and what each objective names, from QuestStep.GoalList.
- Step 1 · AltgardCollect supplies to deliver to the Hidden Cave
- Steal weapons from {npc:M_D1_DR_DracoWar_03_001}
- Steal armor from {npc:M_D1_DR_DracoArc_03_001}
- Search for food and recovery potions from the supply chest
- Step 2 · AltgardFind out what is currently happening in the Hidden Cave
- Join with Menrik
- Step 3 · AltgardExplore the escape route
- Search for the patrol log
- Step 4 · AltgardCollect materials for Drakan transformation
- Collect tissue samples from {npc:M_D1_DR_BeritraC_01_001}
- Steal clothes from {npc:M_D1_DR_BeritraC_02_001}
- Step 5 · AltgardReturn to the Hidden Cave and join with Menrik
- Go to the Hidden Cave
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
55 lines, as the game writes them (NpcTalk rows named after the quest); lines in italics have no speaker.
Accepting · 4 lines
Menrik: I'll go check on the legionnaires myself. The only problem is I have no gear to give them...
Menrik: Please seize some weapons and supplies from nearby Draconutes.
Nemon: Meet me at the Hidden Cave once you have them.
Nemon: Let's go, ‹your name›.
Talk · 1 line
Found no patrol logs.
Step 1 · 3 lines
Menrik: There you are, ‹your name›! Everyone was hiding here, just like I thought.
Menrik: They're not in the best condition, but at least they're alive.
Menrik: Did you bring enough supplies? All right, let's start handing them out.
Step 2 · 14 lines
Kiara: Odyle Jelly? No, I'll manage fine without. Please give it to someone who needs it more.
Kiara: Is Ivar still unconscious? He's the only one who knows about the underkeep...
Kiara: Ivar was leading the rescue team while I secured an escape route.
Kiara: The battle was already over by the time I joined them. The best I could do was save Ivar and a couple others.
Kiara: Ivar will wake up soon enough, and everyone else is still breathing. Don't lose hope, we've gotten through worse than this.
Skadin: Wow! Odyle Jelly! It's been so long!
Skadin: We've had nothing but maggoty bread for weeks. We knew better than to eat Tarzel...
Skadin: I was beginning to wonder if even a Daeva could starve to death.
Skadin: You're searching for someone in Dranactus Underkeep? Well good luck finding it, nobody taken there ever makes it out alive to point the way.
Lind: *sigh* Thank you so much. I thought I was going to die a slave of the Balaur, but you saved me.
Lind: Dranactus Underkeep? I hear only Daeva good for information or other uses are kept there.
Lind: I'm nothing special, so I was just stuck on hard labor.
Lind: There was one laborer who came back from the underkeep, actually, but the torture did a real number on him. He can hardly string two sentences together.
Lind: If there's someone you want to rescue... you should hurry.
Step 3 · 10 lines
Menrik: Ivar still hasn't woken up, but his skin has some color now, at least. And he's breathing more steadily.
Menrik: Have you learned anything about the underkeep?
Menrik: As expected, there wasn't much they could teach us. Ivar is our only hope.
Menrik: We need to get everyone out... But we can't evacuate them all to the shelter in this state.
Menrik: How can we rescue everyone safely...?
Ulgorn: How about transforming 'em? If they all look like Balaur, it'll be much easier for several to leave at once.
Menrik: That's not a bad idea. We shouldn't get caught as long as we space the groups out.
Ulgorn: I'll take lead on that. You're busy enough as is, Menrik.
Menrik: Thank you. Can you gather materials for the transformations, then? We'll need clothes and biological tissue from the Balaur outside.
Ulgorn: Oh, and one more thing. Grab a patrol log if you can to help us avoid detection.
Step 5 · 10 lines
Menrik: Ivar woke up just now. You should listen to what he has to say.
Menrik: Ivar. Please continue where you left off.
Ivar: So... I heard that mad laborer rambling about the underkeep again, and he mentioned something about a Destruction Archon.
Ivar: Kanir and a couple others went into the underkeep to confirm it. She insisted it was the only way to make sure…
Ivar: We agreed to meet back up at this location, but she never returned. So I went into the underkeep myself to look for her, but…
Ivar: Forgive me, Captain.
Menrik: Don't be like that. I'm just grateful you've survived. So, where can we find this underkeep?
Ivar: In the very center of the Balaur base, across the bridge. It's deep inside the cliff and there's only one entrance, with extremely strict security.
Ivar: Kanir and the others must still be alive. The Balaur probably hope to squeeze intel on our legion from them.
Menrik: They won't hold up long under Balaur torture. I'll get them out of there, trust me.
Talk · 6 lines
Phew...
Ugh...
Phew... We barely made it.
Aha, you're here!
They...
Is everyone okay?
Turning in · 7 lines
Ulgorn: You can leave Ivar and the rest to me.
Nemon: Be careful, Ulgorn. It'll be risky with everyone in such poor condition.
Ulgorn: Worry about yourself, Nemon. You're the one about to break into a Balaur prison.
Ulgorn: Don't be too reckless in there. You're far more important than some Destruction Archon.
Ulgorn: Prioritize your own life before anything else.
Nemon: You worry too much.
Nemon: Next time you see me, I'll have Reuben in tow. Count on that.
When it is done
"In the very center of the Balaur base, across the bridge." In the Hidden Cave, you found Ivar, an unconscious Fang Legionnaire, and a group of laborers who had been unable to escape. You decided to transform them into Draconutes and send them to Briskwind Shelter. In the meantime, Ivar awoke and informed you that Dranactus Underkeep was located in the innermost part of the Balaur base, across the bridge. Now you must rescue Reuben, the last Destruction Archon, and Kanir, a Fang legionnaire.
Quest chain (54 of 89)
- 49.
The Past Revealedlevel 30 - 50.Canyon's Secretlevel 30
- 51.
Bitter Realitylevel 32 - 52.Eye of the Red Towerlevel 32
- 53.The Survivorslevel 32
- 54.Rescue Operationlevel 32
- 55.Last of the Destruction Archonslevel 32
- 56.A Daeva Dreaming Anewlevel 32
- 57.Last Refugelevel 33
- 58.Scripture in the Ruinslevel 33
- 59.Blood Monumentlevel 33
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Rescue Operation FAQ
How do you start Rescue Operation in AION 2?
Talk to Menrik (Fang Legion) at Briskwind Shelter, Altgard; it unlocks at level 10.
Where do you turn in Rescue Operation?
To Ulgorn at Hidden Cave, Altgard.
How many steps does Rescue Operation have?
5: “Collect supplies to deliver to the Hidden Cave”, “Find out what is currently happening in the Hidden Cave”, “Explore the escape route” and “Collect materials for Drakan transformation” and more.
Which monsters does Rescue Operation ask you to defeat?
3 Draconute Patrol (level 32), 6 Drakan Guard (level 32–45) and 4 Drakan Superior Warmage (level 3–32).
What are the rewards for Rescue Operation?
2,856,707 EXP, Kina (Bound) ×22,000, Avenger Greaves.
Quest ID 2102330 · internal name HQ2102330 · Data: client 2.0.6.0 (Steam build 25767555, 2026-10-07)