What is an aura?
An aura is an animated effect around your character: orbiting stars, dancing flames, butterflies, crackling lightning, falling feathers and more. Each aura also gives your character a softly glowing outline in its colour, and at night it lights up the ground around you.
Auras are purely cosmetic. They never change your stats, speed, experience or anything else in a fight. They are there to look amazing, and everyone near you sees the aura you wear.
You keep every aura you collect for good. You wear one at a time and can switch whenever you like.
The auras
| Nature's Blessing | Uncommon | Leaves on a breeze, little flowers opening at your feet, green motes, fireflies and now and then a butterfly | 25 Alduin Coins, or the Adventure Board reward at 2,000 Adventure Reputation |
| Frostborn | Uncommon | Snowflakes circling slowly, ice crystals that grow and shatter, a cold mist at your feet | 40 Alduin Coins, or a rare treasure for clearing the Forgotten Crypt |
| Enchanted Butterfly | Rare | Glowing butterflies in four colours fluttering around you, leaving trails of sparkling dust | 50 Alduin Coins |
| Celestial | Rare | Golden stars orbiting and twinkling, golden light drifting upwards, bright flashes now and then | 75 Alduin Coins |
| Infernal | Epic | Red and orange flames around you, embers rising from the ground, a circle of fire flaring beneath your feet | 100 Alduin Coins, or a rare treasure for clearing Emberfall Caverns |
| Shadowflame | Epic | Black and violet flames dancing over a pool of shadow, glowing purple embers | 125 Alduin Coins, or a rare drop from Hollowmaw in the Hollow Graveyard while Aeven is haunted |
| Thunderlord | Epic | Blue and white lightning crackling along your body, sparks leaping about, a lightning flash now and then | 150 Alduin Coins |
| Divine | Legendary | A golden halo above your head, rays of light shimmering behind you, soft feathers drifting down | 200 Alduin Coins |
| Void | Legendary | Ribbons of dark energy spiralling around you, shards of broken void in orbit, the ground rippling with every pulse | 250 Alduin Coins, or a very rare treasure for clearing the Abyssal Sanctuary on Hard |
| Royal Prestige | Legendary | Two bands of golden energy turning around you, little crowns rising and fading, a ring of gold at your feet | 500 Alduin Coins |
Earning auras in play
- Dungeon treasure: when your party clears a dungeon and you earned the full reward, you may find its aura. Every member gets their own chance.
- Monster drops: Hollowmaw can drop the Shadowflame aura while the Halloween event is on. Only the player who lands the final blow gets the chance.
- The Adventure Board: Nature's Blessing is one of the Adventure Reputation rewards. Claim it at the board once you reach 2,000 reputation.
You can never get the same aura twice. A chance only counts for auras you don't have yet.
Buying auras
Auras cost Alduin Coins, the same coins you use at the Alduin Market. You can buy them:
- in the Aura Collection window, from anywhere, or
- from the Alduin Merchant in Aeven's town square, on the Auras tab of Alduin Market.
The price is always the same in both places. The aura is unlocked the moment you buy it.
Wearing an aura
- Open the Aura Collection: press Auras in the side menu, or the ✦ Auras button in your character window.
- Every card shows the aura live on your own character. Pick one to see it big, with its rarity and how to get it.
- Press Wear. Everyone around you sees it straight away. Press Take off to wear none.
- Not sure yet? Try it on shows any aura on your character for 20 seconds. Only you can see a try-on.
Your aura stays on when you log out, warp, change maps or respawn.
Settings
Under Settings › Graphics › Auras:
- Aura effects: Full, Reduced or Auto (Auto uses Reduced on phones and small screens). Reduced draws fewer particles.
- Show other players' auras: switch it off to see only your own.
In a big crowd the game draws other players' auras a little lighter by itself, so everything stays smooth.