Aion Classic Kinah Farming Guide

Kinah is Aion Classic’s primary currency. You need it for everything: Stigma socketing fees, gear repairs, crafting materials, Abyss Store supplemental purchases, and consumables. At high levels, Kinah becomes a constant concern — the best gear upgrades, enchantment stones, and rare materials all require significant Kinah investment.

Understanding the Kinah Economy

Aion Classic’s economy is player-driven. Most high-tier gear and crafting materials are traded through the Broker (the auction house) between players. Prices fluctuate based on server population, patch stage, and demand from raid and PvP gear sets.

The best Kinah earners combine multiple income streams rather than relying on a single method.

Method 1: Regular Questing

Quest rewards include Kinah at every level. Don’t skip quests — the Kinah rewards accumulate significantly through the leveling process. Completing every side quest in a zone before moving on nets much more Kinah than rushing to max level through main quests only.

Approximate Kinah from quests: 100,000–500,000+ Kinah per zone depending on level.

Method 2: Grinding Mobs

Many mobs drop Kinah directly as a loot drop. High-traffic grinding spots are:

• Zones with Vendor Trash drops — Specific mobs drop valuables like accessories and armour pieces that sell well to vendors
• Abyss mobs (in groups) — The Abyss has valuable drops but requires a group and PvP awareness
• Instance bosses — Repeatable instances (NTC, Theobomos, Indratu Fortress) drop gear that sells on the Broker or to vendors

Focus on grinding mobs with high per-kill Kinah value rather than fast respawn rates alone.

Method 3: Crafting for Profit

Crafting at high tradeskill levels can generate significant Kinah through two methods:

Selling Crafted Consumables

• Potions (Alchemy) — Always in demand for PvP and raid content
• Food and Scrolls (Cooking) — Combat buffs are consumed constantly
• Manastone Socketing items (Handicrafting) — Required for gear enhancement

Selling Crafted Gear

At high crafting levels, you can craft gear that players need for progression. The Broker often has demand for mid-level crafted armour and weapons, especially on fresh servers when dungeon drops haven’t flooded the market yet.

Crafting profitability varies significantly depending on material cost vs. selling price. Always check Broker prices before mass-crafting.

Method 4: Gathering Materials

Gathering raw materials is one of the simplest Kinah earners. Resource nodes throughout every zone drop materials needed for crafting:

• Metals (for Armorer, Weaponsmith)
• Wood (for Woodworker, Tailor)
• Herbs and Plants (for Alchemy, Cooking)
• Gems and stones (for Handicrafting)

High-level gathering materials (from zones 40+) sell well on the Broker because few players farm them regularly. Spending an hour in high-level material zones can yield substantial Broker income.

Method 5: Solo Instances and Daily Quests

Daily quests in Aion Classic award Kinah and items. The key daily sources:

• Survey Board quests — Multiple Kinah-rewarding daily tasks
• Abyss daily quests — Reward AP and Kinah
• Campaign quests — Some can be repeated

Completing all available daily quests consistently is one of the most reliable steady Kinah streams.

Method 6: Selling Instance Drops

High-tier dungeon drops — armour pieces, weapons, and especially AP gear — sell well on the Broker. Items to list:

• Named boss gear from popular instances
• Manastone fragments and Stigma Enchantment Stones
• Craftable materials that only drop from specific instances

Check Broker prices before vendoring anything above white quality. Blue and purple items from instances often sell for 10–100x their vendor value.

Broker Tips

• List items at competitive prices — don’t just undercut by 1 Kinah; match the lowest current price
• Relist items regularly — Broker listings expire; re-listing keeps your items visible
• Watch market trends — Patch updates, new content, and events create temporary demand spikes
• Don’t list common items the market is oversupplied with — focus on scarce materials

Common Kinah Mistakes

1. Vendoring everything — Many items worth far more than vendor price sit in bags
2. Ignoring gathering — Passive material farming while questing adds up
3. Buying from vendors what you can craft or broker — Vendor consumables cost more than crafted equivalents
4. Spending Kinah on pre-endgame gear — Items from questing and drops serve well through leveling; save Kinah for endgame investments