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Hotfix Notes - May 4, 2026
### Quests & Events Fixed an event scheduling bug that prevented the Tempest Festival NPCs from appearing. - The EverQuest Team
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Expansion era
### Quests & Events Fixed an event scheduling bug that prevented the Tempest Festival NPCs from appearing. - The EverQuest Team
Expansion era
*** Highlights *** - Type 3 augments have been created for Terror of Luclin spells. They can be found on vendors in the new Maiden's Eye. - Made several improvements to the logic used when entering a zone with multiple instances. See the Miscellaneous section for details. - Ported the servers and clients to 64 bit v…
*** Highlights *** - AAs assigned to Ring of Scale will now correctly auto grant when Terror of Luclin is unlocked. - Corrected an issue that caused Claws of Veeshan raid targets to have increased HP coinciding with the launch of Terror of Luclin, these targets have had their HP reduced to pre-ToL values. *** Items …
*** Items *** - Corrected an issue where the Teleportation Item Key Ring slots were not available for purchase. *** Quests & Events *** - Fixed an issue with Terro Kai not continuing the "Live as Brothers or Perish as Fools" quest. - Corrected an issue where quests that awarded the same item you turned in would resu…
*** Highlights *** - The shadows cast by the light of Luclin have been whispering of intrigues. The Akheva are on the move, striving to reassert their power and rebuild their moon-wide empire. Amidst the turmoil of their actions, rumors abound. Mayong Mistmoore has been seen on Luclin. The only known truth is that t…
Expansion era
*** Highlights *** - Grab your bags for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. All bags sold for Daybreak Cash are 15% off from 11/25/2021 to 12/01/2021! - Priests of Luclin no longer require soulstones to complete their tasks. Speak with them instead. *** Items *** - Fixed a bug where selling a stack of items via barter wo…
*** Miscellaneous *** - Corrected an issue where the Adventurer's Perk experience bonus didn't apply to AA. - Corrected an issue where the Merchant's Perk would sometimes display that you got a bonus tradeskill skillup, but the skillup chance had failed. *** Quests & Events *** - The Yxxta riddle should function in …
*** Items *** - Look to the Marketplace this month for the Feir'Dal Heritage Crate. Each crate contains a random item. Trade these Feir'Dal Heritage items to your friends or collect them all yourself! *** Tradeskills *** - Updated the Combine button to show your chance of successfully combining the selected recipe. …
*** Quests & Events *** - Vulak can now be spawned in the Agent of Change instances. *** Miscellaneous *** - Addressed an issue that can cause the Agents of Change to not properly determine if players are able to enter zones in certain cases. - The EverQuest Team
*** Highlights *** - Agents of Change are now available for All Access members on all servers. *** Quests & Events *** - Bloogy Shellcracker will no longer accept Water Dragon Meat. However, his brother, Roogy Shellcracker, will be able to help you with that. - NPCs that have an active loot lock will now only accept…
*** Quests & Events *** - The Seeds of Destruction Hunter achievements should now properly reward you. - Corrected an issue where certain players could not enter instances from an Agent of Change. *** NPCs *** - Added Agents of Change that were missing from the following zones: Lavastorm, Everfrost, Cauldron, Painee…
Expansion era
*** Items *** - Fixed the spell description of the Claws of Veeshan Expansion Ticket to say it will grant Claws of Veeshan. - Music Box: Kaladim will now play music even if you do not target yourself when you click. *** Quests & Events *** - Dragons, Dragons, Dragons will allow you to progress further, if you have t…
*** Items *** - Fixed a small spelling error in the description of Nimbus of the Lit Way. - Necromancer - Corrected an issue that caused the Deathwhisper Shard of the Ancients to provide more benefit than intended. It now results in the same total benefit as other class epic augments. - Look to the Marketplace this …
*** Highlights *** - Made many improvements to the Overseer system to make it simpler to find Agents you need when you need them. See the Overseer section below. *** Quests & Events *** - Shared tasks will now accurately display a max duration of 24 hours rather than listing unlimited time remaining. - Franklin Teek…
*** Highlights *** - Necromancer - The critical DoT focus effects on the Necromancer epic 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 will now begin to decay in effectiveness when casting spells above level 80. - Fixed an issue where the task window would sometimes display 'left over' task steps from a different task. *** Items *** - Unequip…
*** Highlights *** - Made various improvements to world performance and stability related to loading characters, real estate data, and instances. - Fixed several causes of zone and client crashes. - Made a number of speculative fixes to address issues with overseer data not loading as expected. - Added the ability f…
*** Highlights *** - Three new pride hares, along with the three introduced last year, will be freely claimable from the Marketplace from June 24th to July 31st. *** Items *** - Fixed a problem with the teleport on Painting: Tassel's Tavern. - Fixed the typo in the Fear-Infused Rachnid Heart. It is now a Fear-Infuse…
Expansion era
*** Highlights *** - Made significant changes to fade and leap abilities. See the AA section for details. - When using Search in the Barter Window, the results will only display the most expensive buy line from each buyer per unique item matched from the search. *** Items *** - Increased the proc rate of Whispering …
*** Items *** - Removed the stacking on 5 Dose Potion of the Bone Field and 10 Dose Potion of the Bone Field items. Changed Toy Eye Ball to one charge. - Fixed a typo in the lore of Overgrowth Shears. - Restored mana preservation to The Burning Lands evolving shoulders that include classes with mana. - Consolidated …
*** Quests & Events *** - Staff of the Serpent (Enchanter epic 1.0) - The spectral librarian in Kaesora can again be charmed. - Veeshan's Peak access - The NPCs that drop medallion pieces can no longer be charmed.
*** Items *** - To alleviate confusion with the 'Purified Nest Water', we updated the item not needed for progression to have the name 'Potable Nest Water'. - Added equipment slots to Stone Eye of the Guardian from Stillmoon Temple. - Added drakkin to many classic game items. - Added vah shir to Hynid-Hide Bag and T…
*** Items *** - Fixed a bug that prevented the zonewide rare drops in Harbingers' Spire and The Bloodfields from dropping from non-rare NPCs. - Wooden Wand of Whispers is now usable by healers and casters. - Updated the spell description for Erollisi's Boundless Heart Hare, Erollisi's Trueheart Hare, and Erollisi's …
*** Items *** - Fixed an issue that prevented focus effects on items that increase incoming healing from functioning as expected. Ex: Whispering Midnight Soothing, Blazing Euphoria Soothing. - Stone of Tranquility will no longer drop from NPCs greater than level 114. - Changed the attack animation for Blueogre's Blu…
Expansion era
*** Items *** - Fixed an issue that prevented Unwritten Glyph from granting the expected AA abilities. *** Tradeskills *** - Fixed an issue where characters that have learned nearly every Research recipe could stop receiving the expected post-300 skill cap bonus. *** Quests And Events *** - The Master of Dreadspire …
*** Highlights *** - Made a number of improvements to the way spells are processed in an effort to improve zone responsiveness. - Changed the icon for several blue diamond items to help differentiate them from regular diamonds. - The commands /targetgroupbuff and /tgb have been removed and the behavior is now enable…
*** Quests & Events *** Planes of Power Progression - Fixed a bug with Grand Librarian Maelin's "lore" dialogue.
*** Highlights *** - Made many changes to the way that glyphs are acquired and activated. See the AA section below for details. *** Items *** - Looting more than one item in a stack will now display the quantity looted in chat. - Lore groups are now enforced in the item recovery tab when obtaining new items. Receivi…
- Corrected an issue where the Summer Appreciation event was not running on Progression Servers.
*** Highlights *** - Keep an eye out for a special gift for All-Access members coming soon! - Marcia Attamilgad has located a few new items for her stash. We're not asking questions. - The /melody command will no longer be interrupted when singing a song that fails due to targeting or other failures. See the Miscell…
Expansion era
*** Highlights *** - Updated the way all merchant windows function and added a search function. See the UI section below for details. - Delayed the votes for Gates of Discord on Lockjaw and Ragefire by two weeks. Ragefire voting will begin December 25th, and Lockjaw will begin December 27th. *** Items *** - Added th…
*** Highlights *** - Stored AA points greater than 3 times your level will now be removed after logging out. The earned-limit remains 2 times your level. See the AA section below for details. *** Items *** - Added kick skill damage to Darkened Cobalt Breastplate, Darkened Tolan's Darkwood Breastplate, and Darkened W…
*** Highlights *** - Added the Find Item Window which allows you to search your inventory. See UI section for details. - Pick Zone Improvement: The ability to /pick as a group has been added. See Miscellaneous section for details. - Illusion Benefit buffs now persist through death. *** Items *** - Stats granted by f…
*** Highlights *** - Look to the marketplace August 16th for the Ayr`Dal Heritage Crate. See details below. - Pick zones with grouping have been improved. See details below. *** Items *** - The Scimitar of the Mistwalker pet now attacks its target before disappearing. - Enraged Goblin Beads no longer have an augment…
*** Hotfix *** - Lady Vox (Raid) - Lady Vox cannot wield her drops, preventing her from equipping the dreaded Scimitar of the Mistwalker. - Berserker Epic: Kerasian Axe of Ire (Quest) - The Handful of Prism Grains is now restricted to Gates of Discord instead of Omens of War. - The Rathe Council (Raid) - Added logic…
*** 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…
Expansion era
*** Highlights *** - Modified NPC pathing logic when an NPC is in combat against a PC. See NPC section for details. *** Items *** - Increased the rank of Form of Endurance on Mask of Immortal End and Hardened Mask of Immortal End from 25 to 30. - Placing Jade Tiger in your real estate will no longer place Schrodinge…
*** Highlights *** - Look to the marketplace this October for the Big Cat in a Bag. Each one contains a random adoptable big cat familiar. Trade them to your friends or collect them all yourself, and keep an eye out for some rare and unique feline familiars! - The Mount Key Ring will now be accessible on progression…
*** Highlights *** - Corrected several issues with the pet window. Existing pet command hotkeys will need to be recreated. See UI section for additional information. - Many AA consolidations. See AA section for additional information. *** Items *** - Items that adjust their stats under particular conditions (typical…
*** Hotfix *** - Overlord Mata Muram will no longer have incredibly high combat regeneration in the final phase of the fight. - Fixed a problem that would prevent players from leaving the area of a Muramite Proving Grounds trial after the event was over. - Fixed a problem that caused Erollisi's Passion Robe to displ…
*** Highlights *** - The new Quarm Event Server is now available for all All-Access members! All members who create a character and log on to Quarm before July 27th at 11PM PDT get two Bottles of Shared Adventure III to claim! One can be claimed on Quarm and one can be claimed on any other server. *** Items *** - Co…
*** Highlights *** - Look to the marketplace this July for the Bird in a Cage. Each one contains a random adoptable bird familiar. Trade them to your friends or collect them all yourself, and keep an eye out for some rare and unique feathered familiars! - Lynea the pet collector in the Commonlands will purchase your…
Expansion era
*** Highlights *** - Passive AA abilities that can be toggled off can now be toggled back on by pressing the same hotkey. *** Items *** - Look for the new Legend of the Storm Break item in the Marketplace, featuring prized items from Storm Break, Travelers, Vengeful Gods, and Doom of the Ancient Ones! - Dead Hills a…
*** Highlights *** - Modified the way that a weapons damage bonus is calculated. This should result in increased weapon damage bonuses, especially for two-handed weapons. - Most clickable buff items will now grant you a passive AA ability with a permanent effect! See the Items section for details. - Look out for new…
*** Highlights *** - Fixed an issue with turbo processors causing players to run very fast/very slow. - All non-caster classes have gained a set of innate AAs that increase skill damage at all times. Some burn disciplines have had power reduced. See the Spell and AA sections for details. - Added an AA ability for al…
*** Hotfix *** - Lowered the AC values of many NPCs in the Arx Mentis raids by up to 45 percent. This should allow melee hits to land for higher damage against these targets.
*** Highlights *** - Big bags are returning to Norrath for a limited time! Special larger bags will be available on the Marketplace starting at noon (PDT) on July 2nd. Act quickly, as they will disappear after July 6th! *** Items *** - Girdle of the Weaponmaster - The focus effect Boon of the Seeress has been adjust…
*** Highlights *** - Fixed an issue where a player could crash after logging back into a load-balanced zone (/pickzone) or gating to a point in a load-balanced zone when that particular instance had closed. - Corrected an issue causing players entering mission instances of some zones to be teleported to the non-inst…
Expansion era
*** Highlights *** - Implemented several requests from SOE Live! These items are marked with an asterisk in the notes below. - Players now have the ability to sell all of the items within a container in the merchant window. See details in the UI section. * - The forges of Rallos Zek have been issuing new helms to th…
This morning's game update addressed a few problems that surfaced with last week's patch: *** Emergency Update *** - Corrected an issue that could cause offline guild members to be incorrectly added to a raid. - Fixed a problem that was causing many AA ability timers to conflict with standard melee ability timers. -…
*** Highlights *** - New Hero's Forge armor can be found in Argin-Hiz! Seek out Embersmith Nicha for more information. - Numerous changes have been made to the way pets deal and receive damage. See the "Spells" section for more details. - All items with appearances from Call of the Forsaken can now be placed in real…
-We deeply regret the recent service interruption that is currently impacting all SOE games. As a thank you for your patience, we will add two days of membership time to all members’ accounts. Thank you for playing EverQuest! *** Call of the Forsaken: Argin-Hiz *** - Call of the Forsaken: Argin-Hiz has been released…
*** Hotfix *** The Brothers Zek (Plane of War) - Lowered the damage done by the Zek Brothers slightly, and lowered AE rampage damage. The Brothers Zek (Plane of War) - Lowered the HP and damage values of the adds in this event. The Brothers Zek (Plane of War) - Increased bonus spell damage to adds and increased how …
*** Highlights *** - New AAs and spells are now available for all classes! Visit the vendors in the guard camp of Ethernere-Tainted West Karana to find the new spells. - Warm winds begin to blow in Ethernere-Tainted West Karana and the South Desert of Ro. Winds like these must portend the arrival of something or som…
Expansion era
Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update: *** Highlights *** - The Hardcore Heritage events in Nagafen's Lair and Castle Mistmoore have been extended by one week. They now end on Monday, September 30th. - Giants, Giants, Giants and Dragons, Dragons, Dragons return! They will be available from Septembe…
Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - New Hero's Forge robes have arrived! You can change existing Hero's Forge robes between the new and old versions by right-clicking them. New robes will be available in the same places the old robes were found. The …
Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - Heart of Fear, the final chapter in Rain of Fear, is now available to everyone who has Rain of Fear! - - Explore three new zones inside the source of Cazic-Thule's power, the Heart of Fear: The Threshold, The Rebi…
Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update (finally some new hot zones!): *** Highlights *** - Hero's Forge armor has a new look! You can change your existing Hero's Forge ornaments between the new and old versions by right-clicking them. - Corrupted Shissar Fangs may now be found on many Shissar. Norx …
Here are the patch notes for Tuesday's game update, as posted by Amnerys on the EQ Forums: Highlights The four progressive Living Legacy raids -- Infinitely Regenerative Automaton (1 and 2), Eothar the Sand Golem, and the Avatar of Despair -- will be available from May 24th, 2013 to June 17th, 2013. Added melee skil…
Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Items *** - Shadow of Fear bows can now cast Prismatic Ward properly. - Berserker chest armor now has the proper focus effect name: Sundering Discipline Quickening. - Brell's Blessed Chromatic Strike and Brell's Sacred Chromatic S…
Expansion era
EverQuest: Rain of Fear, EQ's 19th expansion, is all set to launch! As of this posting, servers are expected to be down until around 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time (1:00 P.M. Eastern Time). (We all know that could be +/- a few hours, of course.) In the meantime, you may want to check out some tips for getting started in Ra…
Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update (as posted by Piestro on the EQ Forums): *** Highlights *** - Look to the sky! While the sky itself is not falling, parts of it may seem to be. Magus Burlshin, who has hidden himself in the lands around Erillion, has a curiosity about these things. If you share…
Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - Three new Hero's Forge armor sets are now available! Keep an eye out for Sylvan, Insidious, and Eternal Grove ornaments. - Cloth ornaments are now available for Ebon, Viridian, Violet, Beryl, and Auburn Hero's Forg…
Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Items *** - New color variations for Hero's Forge plate, chain, and leather armor are now available. Some can be found on any level 10+ NPCs, and some only in hotzones. Cloth armor variants will be available in the same manner in …
Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update (as posted by Dexella over on the EQ Forums): *** Highlights *** - The Hero's Forge is now live! Players who purchase the Hero's Forge armor feature will be able to equip new armor ornaments that are found throughout Norrath. - All augmentations can now be adde…
Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update (from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - Changed the "Return Home" time to 18 minutes since the last time you logged in. Previously you had to wait 6 hours to use this button. Now it's set to the same time as Origin without any use of the hastened AAs. *** Item…
Expansion era
Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - All currently active accounts and some recently lapsed subscriptions will be granted a one-time gift of 250 Station Cash the next time they log in! *** Items *** - Berserker leg armor from House of Thule now has t…
Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Emergency Patch *** - Fixed several issues with the upcoming launch events that were reported by players on Test. Thanks for the help! - Fixed a crash bug related to languages. - Fixed an AA experience text bug where it would give…
Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - Something is about to happen in Steamfont. Gnomes are running all over the place, babbling about "the project". - The current method of fellowship experience sharing has changed. See the "Fellowships" section belo…
It's just a small patch message for today's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Emergency Patch *** - Corrected an error in the reward system that was granting lore items to players even if they already had one, which could cause item loss. - Extended the Only the Blind will See event until September 6th. - Th…
Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - Seek out Meeka Gharn in the Plane of Knowledge and learn of an ancient book thought to lead to many treasures. - Rare NPCs in "House of Thule" now drop tradable large bags. - The Dwarven Axe, Dwarven Two-Handed Ax…
Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - The Weapon Crate of the Mercenary, Traveler's Rucksack, Journeyman's Rucksack and Journeyman's Pocketed Rucksack now have a chance to drop from rare mobs in House of Thule zones. - Items with appearances from the …
Expansion era
From the patcher, here are the update notes from a hotfix pushed live today: ***Hotfix*** *** Highlights *** Fixed several issues with the Loyalists of Norrath program. *** Quests & Events *** Long Live the King and I Want to Conquer the World Corrected issues causing some ground spawns and NPCs involved in these la…
Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update as posted by Kiara on the EQ Forums: *** Highlights *** Norrathians are losing sleep. Fear is losing its hold over people. Keep your eyes open for events happening throughout Norrath. The Loyalists of EverQuest program is now live! All subscribers will get wee…
Several adjustments to Tier 7 Underfoot raids were pushed live in a hotfix yesterday (from the patcher): *** Hotfix *** Changed several Underfoot raids to make them easier. Many of these changes came from feedback we received from the community. The Death Beetle The type and number of hatchlings that spawn from the …
Here are the patch notes from a game update pushed live today (from the patcher): *** Highlights *** We were able to make several changes in response to feedback we received at Fan Faire. These changes are noted with an asterisk. Additional changes are scheduled for upcoming updates. Thanks to everyone who joined us…
Here are the patch notes from a game update pushed live this morning (from the patcher): *** Highlights *** All Underfoot zones have had a temporary 20% increase in experience granted when killing NPCs. *** Items *** Recent marketplace items and all marketplace mount saddles are now Heirloom. The Bridle of King Kala…
Here are the patch notes for tomorrow's game update as posted by Kiara over on the EQ Forums: *** Highlights *** Resurrection and Revival Sickness will no longer trigger OOC timers on their own. They will still have their normal detrimental effects on resurrected or revived players, however. There is a new 3D previe…
Expansion era
From the patcher: Here's a sneak peek at the Update notes for Thursday, November 19th *** Miscellaneous *** - The Mission Teleporter window should no longer cause message spam. - Fixed an issue with the Vitrik Wing Swipe ability not affecting the proper targets. - Fixed an issue that caused custom UI’s to not displa…
Here's a sneak peek at Wednesday's Game Update Notes (from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - AC and Attack values on food and drink will now be properly added to your character. - Corrected the description on The Frightening Writ. It now properly mentions that it grants access to a scarecrow mercenary rather than t…
From the patcher: Here's a sneak peek at the Game Update Notes for Wednesday. Remember that these notes may or may not be changed before the update goes live. *** Items *** - The Unscribed Glyph item will no longer charge AAs when granting glyphs. - Fixed the possessive apostrophe issue with the Atathus` Warfire lin…
From the patcher: Here's a sneak peek at the Game Update Notes. These notes may or may not change by the Game Update is live. *** Highlights *** - Many of Old Man McKenzie's items have faded from memory. If you have one of these faded items, give them to the Old Man in Plane of Knowledge and he will return your Brew…
From the patcher: *** Hotfix *** *** Events *** - We have removed the raid level loot drops from the Classic Missions and replaced them with Brew Point rewards. We have also removed the raid level loot items from the Brew Point vendor. This is temporary pending changes that might be made to these reward items in the…
Here is the sneak peek version of today's patch (from the patcher): Ancient Heroes Game Update *** Highlights *** - Ancient Heroes: Old Man McKenzie, a frequent patron of the taverns in the Plane of Knowledge, thinks you adventurers have it too easy these days! Back in his day they didn't have all this fancy armor a…
Expansion era
*** Highlights *** - Seeds of Destruction Zone Sneak Preview: All active EverQuest subscribers with accounts in good standing will be able to experience all new EverQuest Seeds of Destruction zones two week before commercial release! During this special event players can participate in quest lines and group encounte…
*** Highlights *** - Station Voice: Station Voice is a voice chat service powered by Vivox and included with certain SOE game subscriptions. Station Voice allows players to talk person-to-person in-game at no additional cost. Players can go far beyond basic real-time chat with the usual headset and microphone setup …
*** Highlights *** - New Hot Zones: Franklin Teek has arrived in the Plane of Knowledge and will be happy to point you to the current location of a Hot Zone appropriate for your level. Franklin also has a series of tasks that can be done in each of the current Hot Zones. Each task can only be completed one time each…
*** Highlights *** - Spells and procs will no longer reset swing timers for any class, PC or NPC. *** NPC *** - The NPCs that were made easier in our previous patch will now have their proper consider message. *** UI *** - Fix a problem that was causing some custom UIs to crash while drawing buff icons. *** Miscella…
*** Highlights *** - A series of quests have been created within and around the Secrets of Faydwer expansion. See Fenden Helter in the Ladies of the Light tower for more information. These tasks include various Secrets of Faydwer faction rewards as well as a new currency that can be used to purchase items from Fende…
Here is the patch message from today: *** Items *** - Scorpion sandwiches no longer have a weapon delay on them. They do, however, still have scorpions. - The Temporal Chrysalis will no longer disappear if it is used before its proper time. *** Quests and Events *** - The lockout for Goru Uldrock, the Reincarnate is…
Expansion era
*** Highlights *** - Steamfont Revamp: The sounds of gnomish cheers and clockwork gears echo across the continent of Faydwer as the Steamfont Mountains transforms its appearance. - Halloween Events: Citizens and denizens of Norrath and beyond will encounter new and old ghoulish tasks and fiends as the spirit of Hall…
*** Highlights *** - Legends of Norrath: Legends of Norrath: Oathbound is now live! Legends of Norrath is an online-only trading card game, based on the richly-detailed sword-and-sorcery world of Norrath from the massively multiplayer online role-playing games EverQuest and EverQuest II. EQ and EQII players have bee…
*** Highlights *** - Innothule Swamp Revamp: As the stench of evil pullulates throughout the region surrounding the home of the trolls, the denizens of the Innothule Swamp surface to see the rejuvenated swamplands. - SOE Fan Faire: The 2007 Vegas Fan Faire from August 2nd-5th is approaching. Online registration is n…
*** Highlights *** - AA Window Changes: The AA window has been revamped and many of the AA lines have been consolidated to make them easier to find. The biggest change you'll notice when you first open the AA window is that there are only 4 tabs now - General, Archetype, Class and Special. The first three tabs are f…
*** Highlights *** - Have you ever been to an SOE Fan Faire? Have you ever been to Las Vegas? Now's the time to think about doing both at the same time! August 2nd - 5th SOE is holding its 2007 Fan Faire at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas Nevada! Visit the official SOE Fan Faire website at http://eve…
*** Highlights *** - Jardel's Hook Mission: Long ago, a holy war brewed between the Redfeather aviaks and the Suncrest goblins. Using a blessed artifact of the ocean god, Prexus, the Suncrest goblins shaped the tide in the Buried Sea. The aviaks, fearful of the power the goblins possessed countered with their own ar…
Expansion era
*** Items *** - Corrected an issue that would cause some items that were casting player-usable spells to block the player from casting the same spell from their spell book until the item recast time was complete. - Removed weight from all augments. - Dyn`leth's Spy Glass will power up faster than before. - Blessed D…
*** Tasks *** - Looting a stack of items should now update your tasks and quests appropriately. *** Items *** - Keikolin`s Mindhaze Sleeves now have a chromatic damage focus effect instead of a magic damage focus effect. - Goru's Girdle of the Deceased now has Improved Parry IV instead of Improved Parry III. - Incre…
*** Headlines *** East and West Commons have been combined and graphically updated to form a newly revamped Commonlands zone! *** Hot Zones *** New Hot Zones! Some new zones and some familiar stomping grounds make up this set of Hot Zones. Included in these zones will be some new encounters and new items for you to …
*** Highlights *** - The way that AA experience is granted within each con range has been adjusted. NPCs that are higher level within the con range will now give more AA experience than NPCs that are lower level, but con the same. - In order for Sony Online Entertainment to provide you with the best possible custome…
- Corrected the missing stats on ashengate and frostcrypt augments. - Errant spells that were being sold by the crescent reach spell vendor are no longer player usable. - Fixed an issue with the Wanderlust quests requiring access to a raid instance to progress.
*** NPCS *** - Added level 10 to 25 spell and melee tome merchants to Crescent Reach near the Master's Hall. - Artisan Moswin decided that she disliked being confused for the bakers assistant Moswen. She has decided to go by her other name Irisi. *** Quests *** - Scout Zryan will no longer award the final item award…
Expansion era
- /raid commands should now work appropriately. - Added /decaycorpse command on The Combine and The Sleeper. You can now target and manually decay any of your own corpses that no longer have items on them. Please help us keep Norrath clean of unnecessary corpse litter. - Fixed a bug that would cause ground items to …
- Fixed a crash while trying to search the bazaar when not using the default UI. - Fixed the problem with AA experience being reset when you enter monster missions or use a shroud. - Fixed a bug with some tasks not being available to be given out to players. - The ‘;’ chat commands should now work again. - Setting a…
*** 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…
- Added the fix for the spell proc stacking issue. The Abundant Healing and Gift of Mana AAs should now both have a chance to proc if a player has both of those abilities. - Shalowen the Pure will now return The Chalice of Life if you have completed the single group missions in his arc in order and turning in the ch…
*** Headlines *** - Thank you for participating in the 7th Anniversary events. We hope you enjoyed them! - Applications for the Itemization Designer position are now closed. Thank you to all who submitted an application! - A new Monster Mission has been added to the Prophecy of Ro expansion. - The reuse time on all …
EverQuest Live Update - 03/17/06 - A fix for a pathing problem where NPCs would pace back and forth erratically is included with this update. - Fixed an issue with the third Skylance mission reward that was causing players to receive only the spell OR the tarnished chime. Players should now receive BOTH the spell an…
Expansion era
*** Depths of Darkhollow*** Many of the single group attainable rewards from the Depths of Darkhollow expansion have received significant upgrades. This includes more than 1,000 items from all over the expansion. Also, to allow players who have deleted items a chance to get them again, the rewards you get for comple…
*** Halloween Events *** - Corrected an issue with character flagging in the Halloween events. Previously only the Trick-or-Treat event and the "Out with the Old" mission were giving credit for completion. - Due to the issues in the Halloween events the time they will be available has been increased. The events will…
*** 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…
*** Headlines *** A new edition of the city newspapers is hot off the presses. See your local Town Crier! Lesser Faydark and Mistmoore Castle have been returned to their previous states. *** Missions *** - The mission, Brownies of Doom, has been made easier. We will continue to monitor this mission to see if it rema…
*** Missions *** - Lockout timers for missions are now fixed. You will no longer get the 50+ day lockout timers. Those that have these long lockout timers need to log those characters into the game to have those timers reset automatically for them. There is no need to petition to get them reset, they will be reset a…
** Skills ** - Language skills can now be advanced pass skill level 32 again. ** Miscellaneous ** - Fixed a bug with monster mission shrouds and their abilities. - Fixed a problem that allowed the boar mount to go into dungeons. - Mounts will sink when in water as they should. - Fixed an issue with the /who command …
Expansion era
*** Headlines *** Eyes on Nektulos - From the saddle of her unholy steed, Lanys T`Vyl, the child of Innoruuk, surveyed the trolls' as they marched with all of their belongings and wares from Neriak, the dark elf city they called home for a time, to the city of Grobb in the Innothule Swamp. The frogloks had finally l…
EverQuest - Live Update - 08/11/05 *** Headlines *** Gukta is no more. The Trolls have retaken their ancestral home and torn down the remembrances of the Frogloks. The Guktans, suffering more than just defeat, have retreated into the Rathe Mountains. They have built a tent city to accommodate their needs, but there …
*** Headlines *** Trouble grows in Norrath! Dark Elves have been seen traveling the lands wreaking havoc as they pass. Cities are calling out to their citizens for help gathering supplies in preparation for possible war. Something big is happening in Norrath now as the Age of War continues. *** Events *** - Players …
A large patch was implemented today. Grab a coffee for this one. ================================== *** Headlines *** - Plane of Time Instancing! - Plane of Time has been fully instanced. Every raid that enters the zone will now get its own instance of the zone. - New Tutorial! - A new tutorial is now available, fea…
*** Spells *** - With the last patch, we made a change to the way that intoxication effects work so you are no longer completely immune to them if you have maximum alcohol tolerance. Instead, you now mitigate the effects based on your alcohol tolerance skill. Due to this change, intoxication effects have been reduce…
*** Headlines *** -Many quests in city zones that give XP as a reward now give significantly more. -Four new missions are available that take you back to Qeynos, Unrest, Befallen, and Hate's Fury. -Veteran's Rewards will be available on May 13th. You can find out more details about these rewards here. -The required …
Expansion era
Mistmoore and SplitPaw revamps live for all servers New and improved Lavastorm! Item Changes ________________________ - Many Epic 2.0 effects have been modified. Please see the EQforums at Eqforums.station.sony.com for details. - These items are now primary and secondary slot usable: Totem of Shattered Hope Wand of …
We apologize for the recent issues with our attempt to ease backflagging. Our coders and designers have worked tirelessly through the night to come up with tonight's update which should resolve the backflagging solution issues. We have also identified a few other issues and added corrections for them as well. - Back…
*** 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…
- Summoned pets no longer vanish when their owner turns invisible - Froglok animations are now fixed, seriously, no really we mean it this time. - Continue the Adventure! Read the first in the new series of EQ Novels. Warrior Epic ______________________ - Modified the way Decaying Lord Galuk Drek is spawned in Veksa…
Monk Epic - Speaking to certain monk epic mobs will no longer reset the monk's progression. - Monks that turned in their letters will now be able to continue the quest from where they currently are. - Monks should have an easier time locating the lost Disciple. Guild Tribute - Players with Gates, but not Omens, shou…
Headlines ___________________ Omens of War is live! New Teleportation Spells to Barindu. Just me and my shadooooow! Reflective Water? Register now for the New Orleans Fan Faire. Omens of War ___________________ Explore the war torn lands of Kuua and reap the benefits of new AAs, spells and items including the new, p…
Expansion era
Headlines! _____________________ New PVP System goes live * Raid Leaders can set up and change groups from the Raid Window * Special Skies are back! New Hot Zones EQ will now be more friendly in Windowed mode All New PVP System for PVP Servers * _____________________ The Watch List: - Safe Zones: We’’re still lookin…
Headlines! Veeshan's Peak has been re-worked. Enjoy the new challenge. A new Adventure Zone appears on Stormhammer. You can now remove augments without losing them. Veeshan's Peak! With this revamp we have Updated the level and NPC list for the zone: Please note that this zone is now an elemental level zone! The ent…
Headlines Download EQ Trilogy and play for 30 days free! EverQuest: Platinum offers EQ and all 7 expansions in one box. The Guide Program is looking for volunteers. EQ Trilogy. Have friends interested in EQ? Have them try the new EQ Trilogy download. You can now download EQ Trilogy and try out an EQ account for 30 d…
Headlines! -Collision sees more improvements. -A portal to Gunthak has been added to the Plane of Knowledge. -/guidehelp is now available! -Gates of Discord sees more changes. Collision Updates Many remaining collision issues have been fixed. -Floating NPCs in the Plane of Disease should be more down to earth. -NPC …
Collision fixes collide with servers! Collision - When you are summoned by NPCs or players smaller than you, the collision system will now scan a limited area near the destination to find a place to put you so that you will not be stuck in the terrain. - A problem related to collision data being out of sync on the c…
Omens of War has a new expected live date of August 31, 2004. We appreciate your pre-order and if you wish to leave it in place, you do not need to do anything. We will not charge your credit card until the day the expansion actually goes live. If you wish to cancel your pre-order you may follow the steps below. You…
Expansion era
We have made a few changes to remove some exploits in our continuing effort to remove any loopholes in EverQuest. In this update we have removed the charm exploit in Plane of Tactics by changing the way that charm works. This change should not affect those who use charm in the manner for which it was intended. We ha…
Headlines! Melee Enhancements Part 1 New Spell Effects Live Casino Now Open In Shadowhaven HEAR YE! HEAR YE! Check with your Town Crier for new editions of your hometown paper! *** AA REFUND *** - Extended Notes 3 and Sionachie's Cresendo have been refunded (More details below). If you had these bard AAs and were cl…
** Quests, Adventures and Encounters ** - We have added one more new LDoN raid to Stormhammer. This raid was created with Elemental capable characters in mind. - Changed the minimum required number of group members to request an adventure from 4 to 3. - We have increased the consolation prize on level 65 hard advent…
* Zones and NPCs ** - Two new raid zones have been added to the Lost Dungeons on the Legends server. These are Guk-themed raids, one for Elemental Plane and one for Time Plane capable raiders. - The revamped Plane of Mischief is now available on all Live servers. - There were some situations where the warders in Vex…
*** Lost Dungeons of Norrath Launches! *** Make sure to check out this groundbreaking new expansion! EVERY new zone has something fun and rewarding just waiting for everyone levels 20-65, and there's always something available for you! For the first time in EverQuest you have the ability to interact with your enviro…
Expansion era
- Two Bastion of Thunder keys and one key in the Plane of Air that were supposed to open up a location for your entire group were only taking the key holder. We have fixed that problem. Also, the Enchanted Ring of Torden will now attach to your key ring the next time you use it. - The "base" population in the Tower …
** Zone Revamps ** - The Deep, Charasis (Howling Stones), Dragon Necropolis, Siren's Grotto, The Hole, The City of Mist, and The Accursed Temple of Cazic- Thule have been partially revamped. Gameplay in these zones has been improved, based on feedback from players and careful review of the content. The changes are n…
** Lost Dungeons of Norrath Adventures ** The Lost Dungeons of Norrath is our largest expansion to-date, featuring the most content ever delivered in an EverQuest expansion. The Lost Dungeons expansion features 48 new dungeons that span the old world of Norrath, focusing on several long lost locations, including the…
** Items ** - Ghaib's Flame-Forged Longsword will no longer give an out of charges message. - Shinai of the Ancients has had its delay lowered to 20. - Elemental and bane damage weapons are once again working correctly. ** Events ** - Caverns of Exile - An event NPC who was doing too much damage has been corrected.
Note: Some internal data restructuring created a delay in the introduction of the new platinum slot in the shared bank and the new text filters. We will bring those to the Live servers as soon as we can. ** New Adventure in Lavastorm! ** In the depths of the Lavastorm Mountains there is only one ruler. But even his …
** 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…
Expansion era
As the afternoon heat grows, a trickle of adventurous folk can be seen moving through the rocky vales of the mountains called Stonebrunt. These quiet lands, normally inhabited by panda bears and kobolds, are slowly becoming a throughway for heroes, mercenaries and adventures of all races. Are you one of them? And in…
** Interface ** - All settings for the Songs window should now be saved properly when the player logs out. - Fixed a bug that could cause the Bit Depth and Refresh Rate setting to not save properly upon exit. - Users of Windows XP should no longer be seeing their Windows mouse cursor or other windows 'bleed through'…
Note: Some folks have had trouble getting the elves' beard colors to work properly. In order to get them to show up, you may need to set DoProperTinting=TRUE in your Eqclient.ini file. You can do that by typing /dopropertinting in game. ALSO NOTE: We have changed a lot of UI Files. Here's the list: ** UI File Change…
- Corrected a bug with the Xegony encounter. Please be aware that this may change the event slightly.
** ANNOUNCEMENT ** The response to The Legacy of Ykesha(tm) extension has been overwhelming; we want to thank all of you who have pre-ordered. In order to better serve ALL of our customers, including those who do not have a credit card, we've decided to make a relatively small number of The Legacy of Ykesha CD-ROMs …
*** Announcing The Legacy of Ykesha *** The Legacy of Ykesha will be the first download-only extension for EverQuest. This product will not be available in stores. This extension will include some great new gameplay features, as well as new zones for characters ranging from level 35 up to level 60. Legacy of Ykesha …
Expansion era
- Added a toggle command for combat music called /combatmusic - Sounds that fade out will just fade back in if restarted (instead of fading out and starting over as before). This should make combat mode toggling much more pleasant - Added /mixahead command. You should only use this command if you are experiencing so…
SAN DIEGO, CA – October 21, 2002– Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online gaming, announced today that EverQuest®: The Planes of Power™ will be available in retail stores tomorrow. The Planes of Power introduces high-level EverQuest gamers to an arching storyline and …
Please note: there are a lot of changes going into the game with today's patch. Some of these changes (such as the changes to resistances and spell stacking) will change aspects of the game that may make gameplay different. Keep this in mind when you log in. With system-wide changes like these it is entirely possibl…
*** 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…
** NPC Spell Caster Changes ** - NPCs are now bound by spell casting distance rules, meaning that an NPC's spell will no longer connect from halfway across the zone - NPCs now have a chance to be interrupted by normal combat when casting newer spells - NPCs that are much lower level than their target have had their …
** Gameplay ** - In hopes of providing more things for more people to do, certain raid level encounters in the world now return to existence a small amount faster than they used to. This was actually included in lastnight's patch but was not mentioned. - To address the competition between epic-seeking bards and othe…
Expansion era
** Project M Implemented ** Tonight we have patched something to the PvP servers that many players have been waiting for. The ability to play that gnoll, orc, or the cute and fuzzy rat. On your character select screen you will notice another button in the upper right part of your screen called "Monster". Clicking th…
** Spell Changes ** - We have removed the changes to bard song stacking that were made with the recent emergency patch. We will be reviewing those changes for possible update in a future patch. ** Item Changes ** - The Shaman Epic effect has been returned to its previous effect (and it should conflict with fewer Dam…
Sony Online Entertainment, is asking for your help in locating someone involved in the recent terror: Sony Online Entertainment needs your help in locating Gregory Trost. Gregory is a nephew of an SOE employee and his last known location was the 86th floor of Tower Two in the World Trade Center. With the tragic even…
"The staff of Sony Online Entertainment wish to extend their condolences and prayers to the victims, and the families of the victims, lost in today’s horrific events. We share in your grief during these difficult times." The quote from our front page expresses how we all feel here in the office. I only want to exten…
** Spell Changes ** - Changed all enchanter mesmerization spells so that they overwrite Screaming Terror - Changed Shaman epic effect (Curse of the Spirits) so that it would not conflict with certain Damage over Time spells. - The Emissary of Thule Necromancer pet is now immune to fear - Beneficial buffs that don't …
** Crashing Bug Fixes ** - Fixed the problem that was causing zones to crash in some instances. - Corrected a bug that would cause some people to hang up while waiting for a sound event between the splash and character-select screens. ** Item Change ** - The Green Flower should be working again. ** Spell Change ** -…
Expansion era
*Patch Day* Today's patch includes updates to the client to address some problems reported by people in regards to the DX7 update, as well as other gameplay issues: - Corrected an older bug that would cause people to stop gaining or losing faction with associates when the primary faction was at its maximum or minimu…
*Patch Day* Today's patch addresses a few problems noted by customers since last week's big patch. The following changes were made: - Fixed some problems with sound volume being set above the maximum or below the minimum. - Fixed a problem that caused sound volume to be reset regardless of the slider setting upon zo…
***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…
*Important System Configuration Announcement*. As many of you know, over the past couple of months we've made numerous enhancements to the EverQuest client. In addition to things such as new /-commands and other changes of that nature, we've enhanced the UI itself to allow moveable and resizable windows, among other…
*Today's Patch* Today's patch consisted mostly of server-side changes, additions, and fixes regarding NPCs and quests. The only item of public note is that the Ragebringer can no longer be equipped in the ranged slot. A data entry error caused it to be initially allowed it to be equipped in that slot. - The EverQues…
*Level 1 Character Purge* The Level 1 character purge announced several weeks ago will take place on Wednesday, September 27, 2000, at 7:00am PST (GMT-7). Any level 1 characters that haven't been played within the previous 30 days will be deleted. If you wish to keep any level 1 characters that you may have, please …
Expansion era
***Patch Day*** The following is a list of changes that were implemented on the Live EverQuest servers today: *Spells* - You will now receive a message when attempting to mesmerize a creature that is immune to that type of spell. - You can now right-click-and-hold on bard songs to determine what instrument skill is …
***Announcements*** The City of Paineel, home to the infamous Heretics of Erudin, is now available via the Optional Patch. In addition, Erudites may now also be Shadowknights in addition to the other classes available to them. All Erudite Necromancers, Shadowknights, and Clerics who worship the God of Fear, Cazic-Th…
*Announcements* The Plane of Sky is now open!!! As a reminder to our customers, the alternate planes of reality do not necessarily follow the same physical or ethereal rules as Norrath proper. Enjoy! Today is patch day! The EverQuest servers have been patched with the following changes: *General Changes / Fixes* - S…
Listed below are the enhancements introduced in this patch. *Item Enhancements* The entire set of the Armor or Ro (Paladin class specific armor) and Darkforge (ShadowKnight class armor) has received an increase in AC. *Class Enhancements* Rogue Specific - The minimum backstab damage is now same as their level. - Rog…
[Kunark News Release] EVERQUEST POSITIONED TO AGAIN CONQUER ONLINE WORLD WITH EVERQUEST: THE RUINS OF KUNARK EXPANSION PACK - Expansion Pack Features All-New Continent, More Than 20 New Adventure Zones and an Enhanced 3D Engine - FOSTER CITY, Calif., November 1, 1999 - 989 Studios, a Sony Computer Entertainment Grou…
Optional Patch - A new zone, The Temple of Solusek Ro, is now available via the optional patch. General Enhancements - Experience and looting rights are now awarded for group aggregate damage. This is now true for ALL servers. We still consider this change in 'TEST' and will conduct a poll as to whether it positivel…
Expansion era
Fixed some major bugs related to sound and crashes. In addition, changes have been made to the decay system of corpses, which are described below; The next patch will be introduced immediately. It includes changes to the decay of corpses, and all corpses on the Test server are erased. This makes it much longer for c…
East Freeport is finally up -- the entire city of Freeport is online now. Also, several of the crash bugs we've had should be fixed now -- let us know if you encounter any more and please attempt to make note of the circumstances and events immediately prior to the crash. Lastly, an assist command has been added -- …
We've hopefully fixed a nasty bug that was causing a spell casting to crash -- let us know if you are still getting any crash bugs. Also, the newbie zones adjacent to the newer cities are being turned -- both more and a better range of NPCs should be appearing in them over the next week. Also, slowly but surely, mor…
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