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

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2012
Live

December 12, 2012

Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - New hats have arrived in celebration of Frostfell! Adventurers with the Hero's Forge feature can now wear a variety of hat ornamentations that have a chance to drop from all mobs in non-raid zones. - Player Studio …

1,059 words 52 changes 1 source
Live

November 30, 2012

It was a small game update today, but an important one if you use healer mercenaries! Here are the patch notes (from the patcher): *** Mercenaries *** - Healer mercenaries above level 95 will now cast heals of appropriate power. *** Items *** - Weapons which could not be equipped in the secondary slot have had the S…

138 words 7 changes 1 source
Live

November 27, 2012

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…

1,610 words 71 changes 1 source
Live

October 16, 2012

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…

704 words 26 changes 1 source
Live

September 19, 2012

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…

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Live

August 17, 2012

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 …

357 words 15 changes 1 source
Live

August 15, 2012

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…

856 words 34 changes 1 source
Live

July 18, 2012

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…

486 words 23 changes 1 source
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June 27, 2012

Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update (as posted by Piestro over on the EQ Forums): *** Highlights *** - Modified how we handle memory management to help reduce our memory footprint. This affects all of the models and animations for everything in the game. This will also help with current systems t…

874 words 41 changes 1 source
Live

May 9, 2012

Here are the patch notes (as posted by Piestro on the EQ Forums) for today's game update: *** Highlights *** - Hardcore Heritage zone revamps begin with Blackburrow and the Temple of Cazic Thule on May 11th, 2012! Lower Guk and Unrest will transform on June 1st, and Crushbone and Permafrost will transform on June 22…

995 words 43 changes 1 source
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April 11, 2012

Here are the patch notes for Wednesday's game update (as posted by Naylie over on the EQ Forums): *** Highlights *** - Destrea Kinmare in the Plane of Knowledge needs your help to stop the cruel experimentation that is underway within The Hatchery. Completing this mission provides a health and mana boost to the Drag…

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March 22, 2012

Here are the patch notes for today's game update (as posted by Zatozia over on the official EQ Forums): *** Highlights *** - Defiant augments are no longer prestige-flagged. - Power sources should no longer cause armor to be unusable by Silver or Bronze players. - Fixed several issues in 13th Anniversary content. Pl…

617 words 28 changes 1 source
Live

March 16, 2012

Here are the patch notes (taken from the patcher) for today's ("tomorrow's") game update as EverQuest launches its Free-to-Play program, celebrates its 13th anniversary, and embarks on a Hero's Journey: Note: As of this news posting, servers are still locked. They are not expected to open up until midnight Pacific T…

2,475 words 84 changes 1 source
Live

February 8, 2012

Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - Healer Mercenaries now have improved behavior and performance in their Reactive stance. - Many NPCs in House of Thule and Veil of Alaris zones no longer see through Shroud of Stealth. - In the Rubak Oseka raid "Ti…

559 words 30 changes 1 source
Live

January 11, 2012

Here are the patch notes for this morning's game update (from the patcher): *** Highlights *** - Mercenary Roster Quest - A new tradeskill quest is available to obtain a mercenary slot for your roster by adding Hero's Barracks as a reward, if it has not been maxed at 4. See Mercenary Captain Cecille in the Plane of …

757 words 36 changes 1 source

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