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

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Hotfix

May 27, 2021

*** Progression Servers *** - Removed a number of out of era items that were dropping from randomized loot targets. Examples include rare creatures from The Feerrott, Freeport Sewers, Lavastorm Mountains, Rathe Mountains, The Plane of Fear, The Plane of Hate, and Temple of Cazic-Thule. - Corrected an issue where cer…

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Game Update Notes: May 19, 2021

*** Highlights *** - For the first time, you can quickly identify the gains and losses of equipping an item to determine if an item is an upgrade and by how much. See the UI section below for more information. - New Hunter Achievements have been added for expansions Gates of Discord through Underfoot. See the NPCs s…

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April 26, 2021

*** Quests & Events *** - Extended the first phase of the anniversary events by two weeks. - Fixed an issue in the mission A Different Perspective that prevented the 6th step "Unlock the way to the seventh floor element" from completing successfully. - Fixed an issue that was preventing all NPCs in the Plane of Time…

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Game Update Notes: April 21, 2021

*** Items *** - Added Incense of Tranquility to the marketplace. This is available once Planes of Power opens on your server. - Increased the duration of the 22nd Anniversary food to match that of the drink. - Fixed a typo in Prismatic Lance Ornament's name. - Removed class restrictions on some items that drop from …

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Hotfix

March 18, 2021

*** NPCs *** - Guard Blevins will now spawn in pick zones for Qeynos Hills. *** Quests & Events *** - The Unity mission Commanders will now speak to you, no matter how much they hate you. - Items on the reward chest for Defenders of the Tomb will no longer be locked by the loot lock lockout. - Loot, including the lu…

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Game Update Notes: March 10, 2021

*** Highlights *** - March 16th marks EverQuest's 22nd anniversary! The Mechanical Fortune Teller in the Plane of Knowledge has information about new quests and a new mission. The Jubilant Merchant has new rewards to earn! We're grateful to all of you for an incredible 22 years of support, and we're excited for the …

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Game Update Notes: February 17, 2021

*** Highlights *** - Changed some of the modern Spell Casting Proc items so they won't trigger from other proc effects or twincast. This is a step, but not the entire solution, to reduce raid lag. Recursive proc casting is causing a huge amount of spells to be cast in a short time. - Many changes have been made to E…

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Game Update Notes: January 20, 2021

*** Items *** - Made changes to many items that have unlimited charges and instant-cast spells attached: - - Many items that previously had no cast or recast time now have a 1 second recast time. - - Many spells on these items, such as the Poison Fungus Skull Staff, Pale Dragon Bone Ring, and Aspect of the Brood, wi…

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December 10, 2020

*** Items *** - Addressed an issue where raid chests and other NPCs that had more than 10 items in them were not properly allowing for those items to be looted. *** Quests & Events *** - Aaryonar (mission) - Removed a couple of wandering drakes that could ambush people just as they zoned in. - The Call (mission) - C…

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Game Update Notes: December 8, 2020

*** Highlights *** - Claws of Veeshan is now available for anyone that has purchased it. - - Velious is overwhelmed with writhing ice. Frozen undead swarm everywhere. The few survivors throw aside old hatreds, for now at least, and band together to survive. The heroes of Norrath arrive to help them, but they have no…

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Game Update Notes: November 18, 2020

*** 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…

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Game Update Notes: October 21, 2020

*** 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 …

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Game Update Notes: September 16, 2020

*** 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…

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Game Update Notes: August 19, 2020

*** 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…

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Game Update Notes: July 15, 2020

*** 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…

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Game Update Notes: June 17, 2020

*** 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…

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May 26, 2020

*** Items *** - Fixed the jumbled up achievement objectives for Human Heritage Crate: Human Art Collector. *** Quests & Events *** - Fixed an error in the Call of the Forsaken reward script that caused it to fail to give currency or keys. - Beyond the Barrier - It should now be possible for a character to receive th…

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Game Update Notes: May 20, 2020

*** Highlights *** - Consolidated fire, poison, and disease-based Necromancer Damage Over Time spells. See the Spells section below for details. - Look to the Marketplace this month for the Human Heritage Crate. - Made multiple changes to mercenaries. See the Mercenaries section for details. *** Items *** - Correcte…

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Hotfix

April 22, 2020

*** Items *** - Restored the missing visuals of the troll heritage armor ornaments. *** Quests And Events *** - Seeking the Sorcerer (Mission) - Mercenaries are allowed in this mission. - Seeking the Sorcerer and Kael raid (ToV) - fixed issues with the basic population of the zone. They are now of the proper difficu…

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Game Update Notes: April 15, 2020

*** Highlights *** - Shadowknight - Your Damage over Time spells at or above level 71 have been adjusted so that they no longer stack with themselves, but now do more damage and cost more mana. - NPCs (except for mercenaries) now display all 97 of their buffs and debuffs in the target window *** Items *** - Hidden a…

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Hotfix

March 19, 2020

*** Overseer *** - Restricted Agent selection for Overseer Conversion Quests to be exactly the rarity specified. You will need to re-patch your game client. - Iconic Overseer Recruitment Quests now give correct rewards for critical success. - Uncommon Overseer Recovery Quests now correctly recover incapacitated Agen…

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Game Update Notes: March 18, 2020

*** Items *** - A mysterious presence will only sell McKenzie's Brew's when Veil of Alaris is unlocked. - You may now only gain one Collection Dispener items from the Overseer system. Also, there are some rewards that only offer a chance at gaining a collection item. The chance is in the name. The rewards that only …

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Hotfix

March 12, 2020

*** Items *** - Potions that change the user into a male Elddar will no longer turn the character into a Doug. *** Quests & Events *** - Travit Conwil gives reduced experience and will no longer drop global loot. *** Overseer *** - Fixed an issue with Overseer Conversion Quests accepting lower tier Agents than expec…

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