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Norrath Chronicle 1998-07-07 — 2026-06-24

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Game Update Notes: April 17, 2019

*** Highlights *** - There are no longer Progression Server specific spawns in open world zones for Classic, Kunark, Velious, or Luclin bosses. These bosses now spawn at an accelerated rate on all servers, roughly twice the rate that they previously spawned on Live servers. Fabled versions of these NPCs should now w…

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Live

Game Update Notes: May 16, 2018

*** Highlights *** - The Hero's Journey help text is now directly accessible via a UI button. See the UI section below for details. - Fixed a bug with the last update where the timestamp format in log files was inadvertently changed. - Added a volume slider to the audio triggers window which acts independently of th…

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Game Update Notes: April 18, 2018

*** Highlights *** - EverQuest will no longer run on Windows Vista or older operating systems. Please refer to the minimum system requirements on our website. - Made a number of improvements to hotbars. See the UI section below for details. *** Items *** - Upgraded the model on Jeweled Sarnak Focus of the Elemental,…

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Game Update Notes: July 19, 2017

*** Highlights *** - Increased the maximum stack size of most tradeskill components up to 1000. - The default behavior for the advanced loot window pop-up setting will be to only show if new actions are needed. *** Items *** - Spell casting bar and chat now displays the name of the spell being cast from an item. - A…

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Game Update Notes: March 16, 2016

*** Highlights *** - The Mechanical Fortune Teller in the Plane of Knowledge has information for you regarding the 17th Anniversary events! - New rewards are available on a jubilant merchant for Commemorative Coins! Look for her in the Special Celebratory Goods section of your find window in the Plane of Knowledge! …

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April 13, 2011

Here are the patch notes for Wednesday's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - Corrected an issue that could cause corpses to lock incorrectly. - Added /kickplayers, a new command that allows expedition leaders to kick everybody from the dynamic zone and shared task leaders to kick everybody out…

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February 9, 2011

Here are the patch notes for today's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - Server Transfers You can now transfer your character to Firiona Vie and Zek for free! This is a one-way server transfer and your character will not remain on the original server. - Housing Layouts Housing layouts allow fo…

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January 20, 2009

Here is the patch message from today: *** Items *** - Created new stat and weapon augments for tier 4 and 5 as well as purity augments for all tiers of SoD. - Effects have been added to appropriate breastplates and robes from the SoD expansion. - There are now global rare drop augments in the earth and discord theme…

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June 13, 2006

*** Headlines *** *** We've now upgraded to DirectX 9.0c! *** - Continuing our efforts to keep pace with current technology, EverQuest will be upgrading to DirectX9.0c to allow us to take advantage of many of the new features and fixes since our last upgrade in the middle of 2003. You will need to be sure that you a…

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October 27, 2005

*** Headliners *** *** New Default UI Skin *** - We have updated the default UI skin with new art and icons! This is the same artwork that has been on display on our Escape to Norrath server (www.escapetonorrath.com) and our test server. For those of you that prefer to use the old default UI Skin, you can type /load…

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March 3, 2005

*** Bazaar & Barter Zone *** --------------------------------- We have made the Bazaar zone free for everyone. In addition to this, we have consolidated the Barter zone and the Bazaar zone into one hybrid zone, which uses the existing Bazaar zone. You will now be able to activate both the /buyer commands and the /tr…

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December 15, 2004

*** Update Headlines *** ___________________________ * Backflagging * Gates AA point refunding * New Hot Spots * Mistmoore Backflagging * ___________________________ As you know, when a guild gains or loses members, they often find themselves dedicating a large amount of time re-playing content that they have long s…

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July 10, 2003

** Information Gathering ** You will soon notice a new dialogue box appear when you log in (it appears after logging in three times to prevent spam for new players). We are asking you to let us gather a bit of information about your computer that will help us build the future of EverQuest. The important thing here i…

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Live

April 23, 2003

** Tip of the Day ** When you first log in you will be presented with a Tip of the Day window. We've added this window to provide helpful insight to new players, and perhaps a few tips for experienced players as well. ** Gameplay ** - Any character 10th level and under that attempts to attack a 'red' /con NPC will r…

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April 8, 2003 3:00 am

** So You Want to Design Games? ** The EverQuest team is expanding and we currently have openings for experienced game designers. If you have professional game design experience, at least one level 60+ character and regularly play EverQuest, then we'd love to see your resume. Please go to http://soe.sony.com/corp/em…

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September 26, 2002 3:00 am

** Planes of Power Pre-Order Bonus ** If you pre-order the PoP expansion you will be able to purchase the Planes of Power original soundtrack CD for just an additional $4.95. *** Important Notice about Alternate Advancement *** - When a character has 30 or more AA points, they will receive a red message stating: War…

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Live

July 24, 2002

*** New Interface Available *** The new EverQuest user interface is now available for use on Live servers. Many of you will find that it runs faster than the old interface. It is extremely customizable, and offers all sorts of features including resizable windows, fading windows, a pet control window, and flexibilit…

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March 19, 2002

We wanted to start by letting everyone know how grateful we are for all of the suggestions for improvements that we've received both in EMail and on the various class and server boards. We appreciate all the help you've provided us. ** Changes for Low Level Characters ** - Characters no longer lose experience for de…

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Live

December 4, 2001 6:00 am

*** Welcome to Luclin *** "As you know, youngster, we of the League of Antonican Bards have made it our primary goal to travel to places before others. It is our duty to see what hasn't yet been seen and to make song of it when we return. We carry news, song and spirit to all of Norrath. We have also taken it upon o…

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Live

May 8, 2001 3:00 am

** PvP changes ** We have made the first of our upcoming changes to the PvP aspects of EverQuest: - Consider: /Consider will only have three results when used to consider a Player Character. The character will show as 'green' if he is below the range that allows you to attack him. The character will show as 'white/b…

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Live

November 15, 2000 3:00 am

***Patch Day*** Today's patch includes the announced code-updates to use technology included with DirectX 7. You MUST have DirectX 7 or higher installed in order to play EverQuest. Please refer to http://everquest.station.sony.com/f_requirements.shtml prior to contacting technical support for procedures prior to con…

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Live

July 27, 1999

The EverQuest servers will be coming down at 7:00 AM Pacific, tomorrow morning for an update. The estimated downtime is approximately 2 hours. This update will require a minor client-side download. The following enhancements and new features will be activated once the update is complete. *General Announcements* We a…

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April 12th, 7:00pm

We will be updating the servers at 3:00am Pacific Standard Time on Tuesday, April 13th. A patch is required. The following changes were made: 1) The proper model will appear while selecting a previously created character in the Character Selection screen. 2) Players will be properly notified when entering a PK(Playe…

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