AION 2 Krao Cave speedrun: 20, 10 and 7 minutes

AION 2 Krao Cave speedrun: Krao Cave has two Exploration speedrun targets, at 20 and 10 minutes, and three Normal Conquest targets, at 20, 10 and 7. This route plan is Worked out by Hizzle, based on those published conditions and the ordinary cave route. It is not a verified timed run.

All five targets

The Elyos and Asmodian journal listings agree on these goals and rewards. They are factual metadata crosschecks from client data, not independent demonstrations of an unlock. Exploration's published progress conditions each name one qualifying clear. UNSURE: whether a fast result immediately awards lower tiers or whether tiers require separate activation or claims. The displayed tier numbers are not instructions to perform three seven-minute runs.

Worked out by Hizzle: make the route repeatable first

1. Learn AION 2 Krao Cave guide: Normal bosses and Berk and finish an ordinary run before targeting the clock. Agree on the mode and route before entering. Normal's reported entry gate is level 45/item level 700; it does not establish seven-minute readiness.
2. Finish skill, consumable and inventory decisions outside. Start your own stopwatch before entry if you want a conservative comparison record. That is Hizzle's recording choice, not the server's confirmed start event.
3. Keep the group on one route. For the first recorded attempt, clear Harcon and Gadioton, then the Seal Guardian. Including both side bosses avoids depending on an unconfirmed achievement skip. It is not proof both are mandatory.
4. Gather everyone inside Berk's encounter before pulling. A teammate locked outside cannot contribute to the attempt. Use the rock-cover and stagger cues from the boss guide; do not turn a fast run into a wipe by ignoring them.
5. At completion, inspect the selected speedrun entry before leaving. Record any displayed dungeon time, your stopwatch result and the exact tiers credited. A cube claim is a separate reward decision; its relationship to the achievement's finish event remains UNSURE.
6. Compare attempts at the same points: arrival at the Seal Guardian, start of Berk and final clear. These are editorial comparison points. Reduce avoidable travel, menus and recovery before changing the route itself.

Reasoning: removing preparation pauses and accidental pulls reduces wasted time without needing an invented shortcut or damage benchmark. A clean full route gives a reference result. Establish 20 minutes first, then see whether the same approach can meet 10 and Normal's 7. No measured clear time is promised.

Two clocks, two different questions

Normal Berk's reported five-minute fight timer does not measure the entire dungeon. Beating that timer does not establish a seven-minute achievement. Hard's four-minute timer belongs to another difficulty and does not replace these Normal targets.

UNSURE: official timer start/end, loading treatment, exact deadline rounding, death or boss-reset effects, reconnects, late joins, cube dependency and valid skips. Do not assume resetting a boss restarts the dungeon clock. Check AION 2 Odyle Energy: recharge, caps and cube costs before repeatedly spending unclaimed-clear allowance on attempts; this page promises no unlimited free retries.

Hizzle's editorial difficulty estimate is 3/10 Exploration and 6/10 for the Normal sequence, based on the shorter final deadline and encounter checks, not gameplay results. Elapsed time beyond the qualifying deadline depends on preparation and retries. Online play is required; this plan recommends a coordinated party. No paid-DLC requirement or story cutoff is listed; permanent missability is UNSURE. Report your mode, build, route, recorded time and actual journal result if you try it. No in-game testing by Hizzle.

Related: AION 2 Krao Cave guide: Normal bosses and Berk, AION 2 Krao Cave Perfect Clear: no-death plan, AION 2 Krao Cave solo: Exploration and Conquest, AION 2 Odyle Energy: recharge, caps and cube costs, AION 2 achievements: Steam and in-game goals. Back to the AION 2 guide.

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