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

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Expansion era

The Scars of Velious

1 matching · 44 total
Live
December 19, 2000 3:00 am

*Patch Day* Today's patch primarily consists of tuning of Velious zones as well as content and other additions. In addition, the following changes have been implemented on the Live servers: - High-end items that have a activatable (right-click) healing effect have in several cases had their casting times increased. …

Expansion era

The Ruins of Kunark

16 matching · 29 total
Live
November 21, 2000 3:00 am

*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…

Live
November 16, 2000 8:00 am

*Follow-up Patch* Today's follow-up patch addresses the following issues from yesterday's patch: - The spell Torpor received an unintentional reduction in effectiveness - Illumination in game was not as bright as it should have been. - Pet using classes unintentionally gained the ability to summon multiple pets. - B…

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…

Live
September 28, 2000 7:00 am

***Patch Day*** The following changes have been implemented on the production servers as part of today's patch: *General Changes* - NPC corpses level 55 or over will now last 30 minutes before decaying. This should help those on large multi-group encounters who need some prep-time before looting items. - The item "W…

Live
September 19, 2000 7:00 am

*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 …

Live
August 23, 2000 7:00 am

- Corrected a bug that caused items that ran out of charges to "disappear" when the last charge was used. The item never really disappeared, and would reappear after re-logging. It no longer appears to disappear. *Updated EQCLIENT.INI Documentation* If the file does not exist it will be generated by eqgame.exe with …

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Expansion era

Original EverQuest

7 matching · 46 total
Live
April 17, 2000 4:00 pm

EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark (upgrade) should now be arriving on doorsteps around the world. Please note that attempting to create an Iksar character will not work until the expansion zones are officially opened within the next week. We ask that if you attempt to create an Iksar character out of curiosity that you…

Live
April 10, 2000

***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 …

Live
March 29, 2000

This morning's update consisted primarily of server-side changes to improve performance of the game engine in general. No items, spawns, spells (with the exceptions below), etc., were changed as a result of this patch. Area Effect "Fear" spells will no longer work in PvP. This affects a bard song, as well as the Cle…

Live
February 17, 2000 7:00 am

***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…

Live
February 3, 2000 8:00 am

The following changes have been implemented on the live servers: *Spells* - Lay On Hands: Enhanced to heal more hitpoints per level. - Enveloping Roots: Casting time reduced to match Immobilize - Skin Like Nature: Small Damage Shield added. This will stack with other shields. - Insidious Fever: Casting time reduced.…

Hotfix
January 28th, 7:00pm Emergency Patch

The servers are currently being brought down individually for an emergency update. This update is being done to correct a bug in the server code that led to the instability that the servers have experienced over the past week. We apologize for the inconvenience. Included with this patch are several changes that were…

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