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Hotfix Notes - June 24, 2026
### UI Fixed a crash in UI radio buttons most commonly seen with Advanced Loot window. - The EverQuest Team
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Expansion era
### UI Fixed a crash in UI radio buttons most commonly seen with Advanced Loot window. - The EverQuest Team
### Progression Servers Frostreaver Corrected some instances where merchants were available but were not selling all of the relevant tomes for Berserkers. Added the Beastlord Tome of Bestial Fury Discipline to Bakrav Uramis' inventory.
### Items Fixed an issue that was preventing charms from Tides of Time from working as intended. ### Progression Servers Fixed an issue that would not offer all available level decreases when speaking with the Priest of Discord. Worn equipment will no longer be placed in bags if the item is associated with an expans…
### Quests & Events Fixed an event scheduling bug that prevented the Tempest Festival NPCs from appearing. - The EverQuest Team
Zone restart processes for live persona swap zones has been started to fix an issue. It should take 10-20 minutes to finish. ### Items Fixed an issue with convertible augments and the Equipment Key Ring sometimes causing items to disappear. - The EverQuest Team
### Items Fixed an issue where equipment sets would not search your inventory when loading items. When loading an equipment set, currently equipped items will be searched first, followed by the Equipment Key Ring, followed by inventory bags. - 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 …
*** Overseer *** - Corrected an issue where incapacitated agents would errantly display as ready. - The EverQuest Team
*** 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 …
*** Spells *** - Corrected an issue where translocate spells resulted in a message about the destination zone not being ready. *** Progression Servers *** - Fixed an issue with the Vex Thal Key Shard drops. *** Miscellaneous *** - Corrected an issue where NPCs could strike through a riposte even under the effects of…
*** 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…
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
*** Spells *** - Corrected an issue where bards couldn't interrupt spells if those spells were not originally bard songs. - Beastlord - Fixed the description for Beramos' Maelstrom. - Beastlord - Corrected the description for Akalit's Feralgia. - Beastlord and Magician - Fixed a bug where Promised Alleviation was he…
*** 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 …
Expansion era
*** Miscellaneous *** - You can no longer attempt (and fail) to purchase more than 3 additional character slots in the Marketplace. - Fixed an issue where characters who camped in guild halls would be kicked to Sunrise Hills upon login. - The EverQuest Team
*** Items *** - If a player purchases item(s) from the marketplace, and all inventory and bank slots are filled, then items will now be placed in Item Overflow instead of causing the purchase to fail. - Added a new type of item, lore equipped items. Players can own many of these items, but may only wear one at a tim…
*** 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…
Expansion era
*** Miscellaneous *** - Fixed an issue with mailing parcels to offline characters and changing offline character's guild rank level. *** UI *** - Adventure Merchants now show the correct range of items.
*** 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…
*** Hotfix *** - Fixed an issue preventing players from being able to join more than one password protected chat channel at a time. - The Agent of Change in Feerrott now gives out the pre-revamp version of Plane of Fear if Velious has not yet launched.
*** 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…
Expansion era
*** Hotfix *** - Resolved some issues with Felwithe, Nagafen's Lair, and other zones that would cause the NPCs to be the wrong size, untargetable, and other random issues.
*** 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…
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…
*** Items *** - Adjusted the weapon damage bonus formula to scale more gracefully for low damage weapons. This should result in damage bonus values that are more in line with the old formula for older items. *** Spells *** - Fixed a bug that caused spells with a recourse component to cause triggered spells to hit th…
*** 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 *** - Proc effect stacking - Multiple procs can now trigger from the same triggering action. Each proc effect that is active will be processed independently. See the Spells section for details. - Damage shields now report the damage that they do in all cases and can be directed to chat filters. - Spel…
Expansion era
*** Update *** - Fixed a problem that prevented the Bundle of the Ancient Gods from being removed when it was activated. - Berserker - Corrected a problem that incorrectly allowed Savage Spirit to stack with disciplines such as Brutal Discipline. *** Previously Updated *** - Corrected a problem that was sending arch…
*** 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…
*** Hotfix *** - Fixed a problem that prevented people from using the ladder in Dead Hills to access the Tower of Rot. - Burning Curiosity - Ember Clerks in Argin-Hiz now respawn more quickly, and will always spawn their appropriate shopkeepers if they are killed by players on the proper step of this task.
-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…
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 (taken from the patcher): *** Miscellaneous *** - Made several changes to the way EverQuest is compiled. Please keep an eye out for any strange behavior. If you see any, please use /bug, or leave feedback in the update thread posted in the Developer Roundtable …
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 is the patch message for this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Spells *** - Enchanter - Removed the sound effect and particle effects from Twincast Aura. *** AA *** - Necromancer - Reluctant Benevolence has been changed to self-only for the buff while retaining the group target for the effect…
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 …
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…
It was just a small patch message for this morning's game update (taken from the patcher): *** Emergency Patch *** - Corrected issues encountered with mercenary contracts. Any existing contracts should now work correctly. - Recruit-a-Friend: The recruiter and the recruit now receive the expected experience bonuses w…
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…
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…
The Tides of Anachronism All across Norrath and beyond, the boundaries between past and present and between parallel realities seem to be fraying. Within the normally peaceful Plane of Knowledge, three heralds of Druzzil Ro entered the realm; bringing warnings of troubled and dangerous times ahead. "Danger has arriv…
*** 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…
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…
There were a few technical issues that we addressed today that require a server update and some downtime. We are sure for those affected they will welcome the fixes and for everyone else, thank you for your understanding. Legends of Norrath crash related to the 8000 series NVidia cards - This has been addressed and …
*** 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…
- Fixed an issue with some casters having more hitpoints than intended after the last patch. - NPCs should no longer be pushed through walls as easily. - Fixed an issue that was causing problems with some NPC pathing. - Players should now be receiving the same kind of push from NPC attacks as the did prior to our la…
*** 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…
Expansion era
- Corrected an issue that was causing some spell scrolls to scribe spells that weren't usable by players.
*** 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…
*** Warping Fixes *** - Fixed the Eye of Zomm warping bug. - Fixed a warping bug while being charmed/feared. *** Titles *** - Corrected an issue that prevented server-based suffixes for the Cazic Thule server from being displayed properly. - The EverQuest Team
*** 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 …
Spooky spirits and strange mishaps seem to be descending upon Norrath. In addition to familiar Halloween haunts, keep your eyes peeled for Haunted Jack and Spooky Sally with their fiendish holiday treats in your local hometown. There have also been rumors of a strange zombie uprising, an increased bout of lycanthrop…
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
*** Highlights *** - M.C. Tinkerton bids all in the Plane of Knowledge farewell as he packs up his Clockwork Party Machine and heads for home. - The issue where player pets were attacking other players when hit by an AE spell has been fixed. Thanks to all those that helped provide information about this issue. *** E…
This morning we had an error with the update that resulted in merchants, and subsequent items, in the Plane of Knowledge that should not have been appearing in the world. In order to address this we will be performing selective and aggressive rollbacks of certain characters throughout the day. There will be multiple…
*** Tradeskills *** - Fixed a tradeskill exploit. *** Miscellaneous *** - Pathing changes were made to Dreadspire and the Demi-Plane of Blood to mitigate NPC warping. - The EverQuest Team
*** 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…
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…
Headlines! Items for Anguish! New Storybook entry. Omens of War ________________ Due to a database error, itemization of the Anguish zone was lost. We have re-itemized the zone and wish you luck in uncovering its riches. Tradeskills ________________ - Fire Beetle Eyes now stack. - The Smithing Chisel is no longer fl…
- 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…
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…
- Issues for shaman and druids with the Healing Adept AA have been corrected. - Finishing Blow will correctly be capped by level. - Kick Mastery, Vicious Smash and Strengthened Strike no longer increase the damage on all melee attacks. They now only apply to their intended attacks. - You will again have to hide to u…
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…
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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…
Expansion era
LIVE CHAT with the EQ Development Team Tonight, February 3rd 6PM PST, the EQ Dev team will be holding an EverQuest: Gates of Discord live chat. Go to EQlive.station.sony.com for details. One week left to Pre-order EverQuest: Gates of Discord, the next exciting expansion for EverQuest. Make sure you check it out.
Tonight we have a small update to fix some general bugs. We are again changing charm (in exactly the way we thought we had last week) No this is not deja vu. You should also look for changes in that evolving zone of Nedaria's Landing. I wonder what is going on there? - An update to the zone, Nedaria's Landing. Make …
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…
** Stability Issues ** The team here at the EQ Lab has isolated a memory leak which was causing server instability after 10 to 12 hours of uptime (which we are sure you have noticed) We hope to have this issue resolved during tonight's update. We would like to thank you all for your patience and understanding during…
** Shadowhaven Casino goes on vacation ** We're sorry to have to say this, but the new casino has become too popular. The huge number of players gambling at the casino is causing issues with the servers, and has been responsible for a few zone crashes. Unfortunately, this means that we have had to remove the casino …
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…
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 Downloads ** If you ever plan on ordering or buying Lost Dungeons, we recommend starting the downloads now. You can start downloading files *before* you make any decision to pre- order the expansion! We have been introducing the LDoN files in small bits for several days now. This is the m…
** 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 …
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…
** Patch Information ** - Fixed a number of bugs associated with the new sound system. If you were having troubles yesterday and disabled sound and music, please feel free to give it another try today. - NPC sounds should no longer clip out too fast. - The Sound Realism slider in the Options window is once again wor…
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 …
- Some NPCs were unable to cast Area Effect spells and other innate abilities. This would have caused many of the recently retuned NPCs to be considerably easier than intended. - Updated the range on the Magician spell Rod of Mystical Transvergence. - Rods of Transvergence and Modulation Rods can no longer be used b…
** Odd New Objects in the Land ** Folks across Norrath and on Luclin have reported seeing odd new objects in various locations. They appear to be some sort of magical portal, though local spell casters have yet to discover how they arrived or exactly what their purpose is. They have determined, however, that these o…
This patch fixes a number of issues that first arose in yesterday's patch. We apologise for the additional Scheduled Downtime Page. - Zones should be considerably more stable. - Item links no longer cause display lockups. - NPCs once again choose their targets properly. - Gravity Flux-type spells again function prop…
Expansion era
*EQClient INI Setting* There's some confusion about the information that's been released on the Test server over the past couple of days, and that confusion is resulting in some people having trouble playing EverQuest. To clear it up: The GraphicsDLL setting in your EQClient.ini file should read "GraphicsDLL=EQGfx_D…
** Server Outage for Shadows of Luclin Launch ** In order to update our server for the launch of EverQuest: Shadows of Luclin, all servers will be taken down starting at noon on Monday, December 3rd. They will be brought back up again on Tuesday, December 4th at 8 am (Pacific Time - which is -8:00 GMT). We regret th…
** Follow-up Patch ** We had a couple of bugs pop up in yesterday's patch. Rather than having everyone wait to see them fixed we've elected to roll them in now: Bards lost the ability to use item effects while moving. This has been fixed. Monks can now train mend again. Fixed a collision problem that caused people t…
** 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…
The scheduled patch is now complete. All servers are now up and operational. - The EverQuest Operations Team
*** Item Changes *** - Increased the duration on Song of the Deep Seas (the proc on a bardic weapon) dramatically. - Modified the effect of Feast of Blood (weapon proc) it is now a DoT lifetap - Added a texture to Flayed Barbarian Skin Leggings. - Added Illusion: Barbarian to the Flayed Barbarian Hide Mask. *** Misc…
Expansion era
*SBLive Soundcards and Hardware Acceleration* Due to some past problems with SBLive cards, users of those cards who called into tech support were asked to turn "Hardware Acceleration" down one notch in DXDIAG. The last patch corrected those problems and most users should again increase hardware acceleration to maxim…
*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…
*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…
***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…
Expansion era
Greetings everyone! This morning's update is one of the final updates necessary for the EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark launch scheduled to take place on Monday. As part of this update, a new EverQuest Patch Program was sent to your system. For those who have installed the Ruins of Kunark, this update has added a but…
As part of the emergency update completed last night, a change was implemented that increases the amount of damage done by someone wielding a 2 handed weapon. This change was made due to a statistical imbalance in the way that damage is calculated at the mid-to-upper levels. A person wielding a one-handed weapon of …
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…
***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 …
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…
Today's patch was primarily comprised of server-side changes in preparation for the release of EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark. Only one gameplay-affecting issue was updated as a result of this patch: - Being killed by another player in a duel will now cause you to re- spawn with zero mana. This change was implemente…
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…
Patch server message: Ladies and gentlemen of Norrath, it's coming to an end! EverQust Phase 4 beta testing ends Friday, Friday 12th at midnight. Last night's patch lag and line disconnection are likely to have been mitigated in this patch. Here are some fixes: 1. Players can now change the direction of the empty wh…
Patch server message: The following fixes are in the latest patch: 1. Fixed an issue where a Dwarf man would look unusually large when holding a weapon in his left hand. 2. Gamma settings have been fixed and tested, and the in-game options menu can now be set again. 3. Fixed an issue where keys (Combat, Social, etc.…
Patch server message: Several Test server bugs have been fixed in this update: * The bow pulls a line on the interface and sometimes crashes occur. * The line goes down when using the "/corpse" command. * Mesmerize's effect on Beard and Enchanter has been fixed and works as planned. * When you go out of the characte…
Patch server message: With March 16 approaching, the EQ team is fixing various bugs and improving the game with fire cars throughout the night. A new "/corpse" command has been introduced to recover your items from corpses. You can use this command with a radius of 50' for your corpse to attract the corpse. However,…
Bards should now be able to sing their songs and fight at the same time (Bards are the only ones though).
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