March 12, 2025
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*** Highlights ***

– Fixed a bug that caused NPCs, including pets, to pause their melee attacks after casting a spell. This fixes the infamous “pet melee lag” issue.

*** Items ***

– Aureate Figurine and Empowered Aureate Figurine now share a recast timer.
– All Heritage crates are available for a limited time! (3/16 – 4/1)
– Consuming a Perfected Augmentation Distiller when swapping augments is now indicated in a different color.
– Many type 7/8 augments from Torment of Velious, Claws of Veeshan, Terror of Luclin, Night of Shadows, Laurion’s Song, and The Outer Brood have been moved off lore groups onto lore-equip groups.
– Updated prices of Wrist Armor Lining of Rebellion and Feet Armor Lining of Rebellion sold by Tamlin Wrathbone in Hodstock Hills.
– One of the two augments that were named Sharp-Edged Pearl Shard has had its name changed to Rough-Edged Pearl Shard.

*** Tradeskills ***

– Fixed a bug where buying Tradeskill Depot slots up to the maximum value would fail to actually increment the value.

*** Quests & Events ***

– Brood Architect (raid) – Breath of Hazuri is now a cone spell rather than an area of effect.
– Brood Architect (raid) – The Own the Hoard achievement can now be completed.
– Brood Architect (raid) – Fixed an issue that would cause the unripe to not be damaged when mesmerized if all of them were mesmerized.
– Silence the Cannons (raid) – Changed the decal for the cannons from the “rainbow” to the “frost” version.
– The Perfect Companion (quest) – Updated the Perfect Companion quest to complete appropriately if you have collected 15 of 16 hair samples.
– Added a meta achievement for completing all live events for the year. This achievement will be updated throughout the year as the events become available.
– Fixed collect steps on quests not updating when looting the item via Advanced Loot.
– Bristlebane Day – During the celebration head over to the Twilight Sea and check in with Kiroric Huk. He looks a little green.

*** Spells ***

– Paladin – Increased the amount of hate added by all ranks of the Valiant Deflection ability, as well as the additional hate added to the Valiant Healing component. Added Paladin levels to Valiant Healing II and higher. Lowered the casting time. Increased the mana cost so the line is now slightly less efficient than pure heals with similar cast times.
– Paladin – Increased the initial hate and duration hate added by the Righteous Audacity line of magic resistance debuffs. Extended the duration to a base of 5 minutes, made it harder to resist, and increased the mana cost.
– Shadowknight – Increased the initial hate and duration hate added by the Insidious Audacity line of magic resistance debuffs. Extended the duration to a base of 5 minutes, made it harder to resist, and increased the mana cost.
– Added spell descriptions for spells used by “named” NPCs in The Outer Brood.

*** AA ***

– Enchanter – Updated the Class AA, Calculated Insanity, with 1 new rank available at level 125, increasing the spell critical damage bonus to 24%.
– Enchanter – Updated the Class AA, Chromatic Haze, with 1 new rank available at level 125, increasing the spell damage bonus to 400%.
– Enchanter – Updated the Class AA, Illusions of Grandeur, with 1 new rank available at level 125, increasing the spell critical damage bonus to 186% and the spell critical damage over time bonus to 146%.
– Enchanter – Updated the Class AA, Mental Contortion, with 1 new rank available at level 125, increasing the damage per tick to 18000.
– Paladin – Updated the Class AA, Blessing of the Faithful, rank 1 – max rank, to have a trigger chance of 84% – 90% and to increase base melee damage by 35% – 280% and AC by 300 – 4500. Additionally, the triggered spell now also triggers Aegis of the Faithful, which grants nearby group members a rune that absorbs 60% of the damage from a melee hit that exceeds 3200 – 43000, up to 11200 – 154000 total damage for 30 – 42 seconds. Aegis of the Faithful also heals for 230 – 7850 health every 6 seconds.
– Shadow Knight – Updated the Class AA, Mortal Coil, rank 1 – max rank, to have a trigger chance of 80% – 86% and a duration of 30 – 42 seconds. The trigger chance now also has a cooldown of 36 – 48 seconds.
– AA ranks of Trophy Collector obtained on different personas before it became shareable should now be the correct rank on all personas.

*** NPCs ***

– Fixed a bug that caused NPCs, including pets, to pause their melee attacks after casting a spell. This fixes the infamous “pet melee lag” issue.
– The target ring for the dragons of the Outer Brood should now be more suitable for their size.
– The hit points restored to the NPC by Choking Grapple has been reduced.

*** Miscellaneous ***

– Fixed a bug where tribute wasn’t properly separately upgraded per persona.
– Tribute will now always be deactivated when swapping personas.
– Guild real estate neighborhoods can now evict non-guild plots that are owned by a player who’s not in the guild after 30 days. The auto eviction option is controlled by a checkbox (default: OFF) in the Guild Management Window’s Access tab. The auto eviction option checkbox is restricted to the guild leader.

*** UI ***

– Fixed an issue that obstructed the search for spell scrolls by level in the Bazaar.

– Changed –

EQUI_DragItems.xml
EQUI_GuildManagementWnd.xml
EQUI_RealEstateManageWnd.xml
EQUI_RealEstatePurchaseWnd.xml

*** Previously Updated ***

– Fixed an issue with luck data that could cause spells to do damage instead of heal.
– A few quest items that drop in The Broken Mirror expansion have had their No Free Trade flag removed.
– Corrected an issue that could cause a world crash.

– The EverQuest Team

February 12, 2025
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*** Items ***

– Fixed an issue that was preventing augments acquired from Tides of Time from socketing into items they otherwise should have.
– Fixed an unintentional error that stripped the spell from the item Spell: Teleport.
– Adjusted chest drops in The Outer Brood missions to include a wider variety of type 5 augments.
– The Outer Brood weapon damage augments should no longer have decreasing stats after converting to their Reactive or Harmonious versions.
– Argent Whirligig Flyer Control Device should now have a levitation effect.
– Acolyte’s Assaulting Fire, Casting Fire, and Defending Fire of the Harbinger augments have received spell damage increases.
– Updated most familiar-summoning items to also cast pet illusions.
– Arrows equipped in the ammo slot that are unusable by the character are no longer effective and the character is out of ammo.
– Merchants now include deity restrictions when you ask them to ‘show only items I can use’.
– Archetype – Sympathetic Amplification – Several spell-triggered magical effects from equipped weapons and augments were missed in the initial introduction of this AA. They’ve now been updated to both receive the benefits of this AA and no longer trigger from other proc effects or twincast.
– Adjusted the luck range of newly created group and raid tradeskill items from The Outer Brood.
– The Modified Aureate Spanner’s Perform “Maintenance” description now displays without error.

*** Tradeskills ***

– Improved the performance of the Tradeskill Depot.

*** Quests & Events ***

– Tides of Time: Players can no longer place a banner or campfire in the tower.
– Tides of Time: Miacallie Herlsas and the clockwork artificer now only spawn during the Anniversary event.
– Tides of Time: The repaired keys and clockwork artificer now only offer their tasks during the Anniversary event.
– Year of Darkpaw collections now run as part of the Anniversary event.
– Tides of Time: The tower key quests are now offered during the Anniversary event.
– Theater of Eternity quests The Bigger the Door and We Have to Go Back! have changed how their items are dropped and who can loot them. Now they will drop if anyone in the group (and in the zone) that gets the kill credit is on the task and has the item needed for the step (Attuned Crystal Vial or Empty Aureate Supply Pouch). Also, only a person with the required item can loot the items for the quest.
– Reduced the damage on the spells cast by most rare/named NPCs in The Outer Brood. Many were cut in half or more. A few had their durations reduced. Even fewer were altered so that their effects would work (mostly changed from instant to having a duration so effects like movement slow could have time to work). Over all, the spell damage output from these NPCs will be a lot lower.
– The Control Room mission reset is better now. The mystic will return on reset, along with the pillars.
– Purification and penance in the High Priest mission in The Outer Brood will no longer give experience for evolving items.
– Chasing What’s Not Real: Can now be run during the Anniversary event.
– Chasing Madness: Can now be run during the Anniversary event.
– Reflections of You: Can now be run during the Anniversary event.
– Inner Turmoil: Can now be run during the Anniversary event.

*** Spells ***

– You will now automatically dismount when changing personas.
– Improved the effectiveness of all Convergence spells from The Outer Brood.
– Magician: Corrected the Grant Ring of Perfected Levitation spell to summon an item with 6 charges of a 30 minute duration spell and renamed it to Improved Levitation. Sorry, nobody’s perfect.

*** AA ***

– Fixed a bug where AAs that should be shared between personas weren’t always sharing.
– Enchanter – Updated the Class AA, Eldritch Rune, with 3 new ranks available at levels 121-125, increasing max damage absorption to 490k at max rank.
– Enchanter – Updated the Class AA, Glyph Spray, with 3 new ranks available at levels 121-125, increasing max spell and DoT damage absorption to 175k and max DoT damage absorption per hit to 13.5k at max rank.
– Enchanter – Updated the Class AA, Reactive Rune, ranks 19-21 and added 3 new ranks available at levels 121-125, increasing max melee damage absorption to 108k with a 51k min hit and max spell damage absorption to 105k with a 49.5k min hit at max rank.
– Enchanter – Updated the Class AA, Rune of Banishment, ranks 5-8 and added 2 new ranks available at levels 122 and 125, increasing max melee damage absorption to 249k at max rank.
– Enchanter – Updated the Class AA, Veil of Mindshadow, ranks 29-32 and added 2 new ranks available at levels 122 and 125, increasing max melee damage absorption to 464k at max rank.

*** Overseer ***

– Changed the order of the Laurion’s Song Overseer collection reward items.
– Added Laurion’s Song tradeskill components to the Overseer rewards.

*** Progression Servers ***

– Evolving Server Ruleset Skill Bonus now works as intended.
– Vaniki now uses the originally intended new spell resist system.

*** Miscellaneous ***

– Changed the description of the Unpurged achievement in the Herald of the Outer Brood to match the reality needed to complete it. It now reads: Don’t remove any of the defenses from the scalewrought guardians.
– Removed outdated information from the Help document covering Evolving Items.
– Fixed an issue that reset guild access permissions to default values upon a world server restart.
– Mangler now accepts incoming server transfers from other Live servers.

*** UI ***

– Clicking on an Achievement component’s name while holding certain key combinations will now search in various windows similar to clicking on an item’s icon.
– – CTRL+ALT will search using the Find Item window.
– – SHIFT+CTRL will search using the Bazaar Search window.
– – SHIFT+ALT will search using the Barter Search window.
– Hotbuttons that link to an item that moved between a key ring and the inventory will find the item if it still exists.
– Updated cursor item links from Key Rings to be able to be auto equipped or used to start a trade.
– When a single targeted buff fails due to being blocked by a target player or player pet, a message will now display saying so.
– Fixed an issue that prevented chat tell windows’ operations after too many were opened.
– The Claim Window can now be sorted numerically by clicking on the Feature Count column.
– Hotbuttons should no longer disappear when moving items to or from a key ring.
– Fixed a bug where the scrollbar in windows using the new UI engine could be dragged outside its bounds.

– The EverQuest Team

The Queen of Love is once again calling upon her devotees to help spread amour across the lands! You can get started by heading to the Plane of Knowledge** and seeking out the Emissary of Erollisi and Grimble Grumblemaker, who is still trying his luck at being his own matchmaker.

Don’t forget to stop by Halas, those pen pals of love have started writing their letters of besottedness, while the hate-filled denizens of Neriak have started up their letter-writing campaign of grievances against the utterly infatuated.

A quick trip to Farnjer in Misty Thicket will have you helping his best pal Rolo from getting his heart broken due to getting into the Dust of Broken Hearts. Help to allay his fears and make sure Rolo keeps his heart intact!

Farnjer in Misty Thicket

And finally, head to the Overthere and check in with Darenne K`Reil about her new treats for the celebration. The unfinished treats have been stolen and could have some bad side effects. There are three fellows that have been eyeballing her wares and she is convinced that one of them took them. Find the ne’er-do-wells and return the treats to be finished, preferably before anyone falls ill.

And let’s not forget all the Erollisi Day items on the Marketplace as well as beautiful orchids here and there!

Erollisi Day begins today and will end on February 18, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. PST. Don’t miss out on all the fun!

** Your server must have unlocked at least Planes of Power to participate.

I haven’t been doing much with Qindaar lately. Real life events have been keeping me busy, and it’s been hard to find the time to dive back into EverQuest. However, I’ve still been able to stay active in the game by faithfully doing Overseer Quests with Winerian and Beremander. I’m focused on leveling them up, and seeing their progress has been rewarding.

I’m definitely looking forward to returning to the Hunters Quests that Qindaar was trying to complete last year. It feels like there’s unfinished business, and I’m eager to get back into the action and conquer those challenges.

Balancing real life and game life can be tough, but I’m optimistic about finding that equilibrium again soon. In the meantime, I’ll continue working on the Overseer Quests and preparing for the epic adventures that lie ahead.

If you have any tips or strategies for balancing real life and gaming, I’d love to hear them. Let’s share the journey!

*** Highlights ***

– During Erollisi Day, head to The Overthere, and check in with Darenne K’Reil about her new treats to help celebrate.

*** Items ***

– The duration bonus provided by the Roar Duration focus effects on Shaman BPs from The Outer Brood now apply to Reciprocal Roar.
– Paper Bag Hat Ornament now shares a lore group with Paper Bag Hat instead of Rainbow Fippy Hat.
– Dark Elf Rangers can now use cultural chain armor.
– Blessed Serilis Prayer Shawl and Sacred Serilis Prayer Shawl are now no trade on free trade servers.
– You will now get access to Dark Elf Rangers when consuming Tradable: The Outer Brood Expansion Ticket.
– Increased damage values of Longbows found in The Outer Brood.
– Decreased damage values of Short Bows found in The Outer Brood.
– There are now Vanity achievements for the Timewise armor sets available in Tides of Time.
– Starborne Lychee Melomel, Astral Star Fruit Wine, and Starfire Mint-Berry Breeze can now be placed in the Tradeskill Depot.
– A typo was fixed in the Argent Clockwork Wrulon Saddle’s name when placed in a housing plot.
– Lustrous Flying Carpet now has levitation.
– Fixed an issue preventing Enchant Honed Reflective Emberquartz scrolls from being scribed at the intended levels.
– Hotbuttons that link to an item in your bags will now work without needing to open the hotbar.
– Rallos Zek, Legacies Lost, Selenelion, and Harbinger augments no longer have an Ammo flag.

*** Tradeskills ***

– Fixed several recipe names that contained a typo of the word ‘Fillet.’

*** Quests & Events ***

– The Leviathan’s Heart mission achievement No Remains can now be completed as described.
– Removed an errant Aureate servitor from the Inner Turmoil event in Paineel.
– Mercenaries will no longer be targets of the Penance or Purification curses in the High Priest Yaran mission.
– In the Leviathan’s Heart mission the Heart Stutter will now coincide with the warning and decal locations.
– Removed the No Zone flag from several items used in the quest ‘We Have to Go Back!’
– Postmasters’ challenges can be completed by folks who have completed the quests before they take the challenge.
– Shared Tasks designed for 6-player groups will now be assigned to the group making the request while in a raid.
– Master Alchemist Penigan’s dialogue now properly offers the Leviathan’s Heart mission.
– Fixed an issue where the Cooling Chamber task ‘It’s Getting Hot in Here’ would get stuck if more than one person was working on the task at the same time.
– In the Artisan and the Druid raid the soldiers that assist Ogna will now tether to a spot inside the event area. This should prevent repeated summons and re-tethering.

*** Spells ***

– Fixed a typo in the spell description of Oculus Blind.
– Fixed the spell descriptions for the following spells in TOB group missions: Body-Binding Aspect, Oculus Blind, Bio-Zap, and Firelord’s Incinerator.
– Shaman – Corrected the spelling of Hotariton Pandemic.
– Bard – Reduced the recast time of Reflexive Rebuke by 30 seconds. This spell line will no longer receive type 3 augments.
– Beastlord – Reduced the recast time of Reflexive Slashing by 30 seconds. This spell line will no longer receive type 3 augments.
– Paladin – Reduced the recast time of Reflexive Resolution by 30 seconds. This spell line will no longer receive type 3 augments.
– Ranger – Reduced the recast time of Reflexive Needlespikes by 30 seconds. This spell line will no longer receive type 3 augments.
– Shadowknight – Reduced the recast time of Reflexive Retribution by 30 seconds. This spell line will no longer receive type 3 augments.

*** AA ***

– Removed The Outer Brood expansion requirement from the Special AA, Aureate’s Bane. The AA can still only be used in The Outer Brood zones but no longer blocks the achievement rewards from being accepted.
– Added a new 0 cost Mercenary AA, Defy the Aureate, that makes mercenaries immune to all ranks of the Curse of Subjugation debuff.
– New ranks of the Special AAs, Hero’s Vitality, Hero’s Fortitude, and Hero’s Resolution, added for The Outer Brood are now persona shared.
– Ranks 51 and 52 of the Special AA, Hero’s Resolution, now correctly increase health, mana, and endurance regeneration by 102 and 104 points.
– Enchanter – Updated the Focus AA, Hastened Night’s Endless Terror, to provide up to 120 seconds of reuse reduction at max rank to all ranks of the Night’s Endless Terror and Night’s Perpetual Terror spells. Additionally, a new 0 cost The Outer Brood rank has been added that focuses all ranks of the Night’s Eternal Terror spells.
– Berserker – Updated the Class AA, Braxi’s Howl, ranks 9-11 to provide an 18% melee damage bonus (down from 20%) on up to 95/110/125 hits (up from 90/100/110). Additionally, ranks 2-11 can now trigger fear stun on targets 1 level lower than your current level.

*** Progression Servers ***

– The Shadows of Luclin era Shei Vinitras is back in the randomized loot tables.

*** Miscellaneous ***

– Added the planned, scheduled updates for 2025 to the calendar.
– The Activated Item Keyring’s maximum number of slots has been increased to 500.
– Added ranger spell vendors to Neriak Commons and The Overthere with some additional spells.
– Made further reductions to pet combat lag due to spell casting and weapon procs.
– Fixed game crashes that can happen when loading animation or texture resources.
– The hide skill no longer fails randomly, and consequently a rogue’s evade ability is also more reliable.
– Added the ‘prochold’ pet command which can be toggled to prevent your primary pet from triggering procs from their weapons, armor, or buffs.
– Fixed a crash while loading animation skeletons.
– The /alternateadv act command now supports AA names in addition to existing Ability Activation IDs, with a couple of caveats:
– – AAs that toggle cannot specify whether you want to disable or enable the AA. For example, /alternateadv act Bold Attacks: Enabled will still disable the AA if it is currently enabled.
– – Be cautious when using partial name matching, as you may not activate the AA you intend.
– Added a new slash command, /queuemelody. This command is similar to /melody except it plays songs in priority order depending on the song’s recast time, your current buffs, and your target’s current debuffs. The earlier a song is in the list, the higher priority it is.
– Evolving item experience can now be earned in raids. Raids with 7 or more players in the same zone will earn the total experience a group of 6 would have earned, divided equally amongst the raid. The amount earned for a full raid is intentionally very small. Raids with 6 or fewer players in the same zone earn the same evolving item experience they would have were they not in a raid.
– Real estate access is now promptly updated when a player’s name is changed.
– Guild real estate neighborhoods will now auto-evict non-guild plots that are owned by a player who’s not in the guild after 30 days.
– Fixed an issue that caused the Superior Standard to not spawn in certain old instances.

*** UI ***

– Fixed a crash caused by the Trade Window.
– When removing an augment that will consume a Perfected Augmentation Distiller the popup window will now highlight the distiller’s name.
– The login and server select windows are no longer offset when launching in maximized windowed mode without LaunchPad.
– Updated cursor item links from Key Rings to be able to be auto inventoried or dropped directly into an augment slot (if applicable).
– Hotbuttons now work as expected for items that are moved to or from a Keyring.
– Converted the Find Location window to the new UI engine.
– Made a speculative fix for game client crashes related to font memory corruption.
– Fixed an incorrect zone connection on the atlas for the new expansion.
– Corrected an issue with text overlapping in the Purchase window.

– Added –
– FindLocationWnd.css
– FindLocationWnd.html

– Changed –
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– EQUI_PurchaseWnd.xml
– EQUI_RealEstateManageWnd.xml
– EQUI_RealEstatePurchaseWnd.xml
– index.css
– index.html
– main.css

*** Previously Updated ***

– Zorinna T`Vexa in the tunnels in The Commonlands will grant the Dark Elf Ranger feature if you received The Outer Brood as a gift and that gift did not grant you the Dark Elf Ranger option.
– Leviathan’s Heart Mission changes:
– – Energists now only summon when damaged. They also have names to indicate which type of energy they use.
– – Added a decal for the Heart Stutter mechanic.
– – The Custodian will now start with only one eye beam and will increase the number as the event progresses.
– – Improperly Formed Lenses no longer stack.
– – There will be fewer energists and remnants. The hit points of the remnants have also been lowered.
– The Everyone in the Pool achievement in the Brood Architect Hazuri mission can now be completed.
– Added messaging for successfully standing in a pool for the Brood Architect Hazuri mission and for failing that achievement.

– The EverQuest Team

*** The Outer Brood ***
Welcome to EverQuest: The Outer Brood, the 31st expansion for EverQuest!
High in the sky over the hills of the long-ignored Hodstock Hills looms a massive behemoth. A creature so large that it appears to have an entire castle fortress on its back. Terrifying monsters fly down from that fortress. Huge reptiles with massive, deadly claws, fangs, and too many limbs. These beasts wield magic never seen on Norrath nor by any Norrathian. These creatures, dubbed the Outer Brood by the elders of the Circle of the Crystalwing, speak a form of Elder Dragon that even the oldest of dragons barely understand. Can you lead the charge against such danger, one that has caused even the fiercest elders of the dragon clans to hesitate?
– Learn new spells, combat abilities, and alternate abilities.
– Find new items and learn new tradeskill recipes.
– Explore six new zones.
– Participate in new raids and quests.
– Complete new achievements.
– Gain a new Activated Item Key Ring.
– – Activated Items are items that can be activated but are not consumables, mounts, teleportation items, illusions, familiars, nor scrolls.
– Join the fight as a Dark Elf Ranger and become one of the Premier Hunters for the Tier`Dal Race.
– To start, enter Hodstock Hills through the East Freeport docks area, or through the river tunnel in Nektulos Forest.

*** Items ***

– In honor of the new Dark Elf Ranger race and class combination, Dark Elf heritage crates are available on the marketplace for a limited time.
– Added an Activated option to the Type section when searching for items via the Bazaar and Find Item windows.
– Added a new key ring tab for activated items.
– Expired real estate plots will now send a second eviction notice 3 days before eviction, via in-game mail and chat message, to both owner and co-owners.

*** Miscellaneous ***

– Updated /cast to work with the current max amount of spell slots.
– Added Dark Elf Ranger as a race/class combination. Spread hate and honor Innoruuk in your hunts.
– Added an option to find a corpse from the Advanced Loot window when right clicking on the corpse’s name in the list.
– Corrected an issue with area of effect archery abilities not including the effects from Increase Range Damage for all affected targets.
– Corrected an issue with raid and group marked NPCs displaying the incorrect version of their name.
– Corrected an issue with the list of raid and group marked NPCs displaying multiple times after zoning.
– Corrected multiple issues with the current group or raid marked NPCs being lost after zoning or death.

*** UI ***

– Items in the Key Rings window will now show their remaining recast time on their tooltip.
– Increased the default width of the Name column in the Key Rings window.
– Converted the Respawn window to the new UI engine.
– Corrected an issue with quantities in the Alternate Currency list not having consistent alignment.
– Fixed an issue where the EQ fullscreen window failed to react to a change in display monitor settings. This could happen if the game’s fullscreen window was a different resolution or refresh rate than the desktop window.
– Corrected an issue with the Expedition Information window’s list of timers repeatedly scrolling to the top of the list.

– Added –
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– Changed –
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– The EverQuest Team

The launch of The Outer Brood is just around the corner! It’s almost time to see who, or what, is coming to answer the call as this expansion launches to Live a mere two weeks from today! You still have time to pre-order and get the exclusive Azure Scalewrought Weapon Ornament!

Azure Scalewrought Weapon Ornaments

The next expansion for EverQuest, The Outer Brood, is set to launch on December 3, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. PST. To pre-order your copy today, click here. All Access members enjoy loads of benefits such as 10% off when purchasing an expansion, so if you’d like to take advantage of this and the benefits, click here.

But that’s not all! We will be having a livestream event with a few members of the game team on our YouTube channel. Join us on November 21, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. PST to listen in as they discuss the creation of The Outer Brood!

Be sure to follow us on social media: X, Facebook, Instagram, and Discord.

*** Highlights ***

– Made performance improvements that should improve zoning times and end-of-raid lag.

*** Items ***

– Violet Hero’s Forge Cloth Robe Ornament now counts toward the Violet Hero’s Forge Cloth achievement.
– When switching equipment sets, unused augments will now go to your item overflow after one is placed on your cursor.
– Reduced world server lag caused by real estate item loading.

*** Quests & Events ***

– Oasis of Fear: Corrected an issue where some NPCs could be attacked out of order.
– Oasis of Fire: Corrected an issue with the bosses idle not resetting.
– Oasis of Swamp: Lowered the NPC awareness range to allow players a safer location to zone in.
– Oasis of the Jungle: Added a way for the player to reset the barrels with the boss.
– Fixed an issue that caused the November Year of Darkpaw Illusions to malfunction.

*** Spells ***

– Call of the Zero and Fabled Call of the Zero spells will no longer summon the player into the dragon’s body.
– NPC combatants no longer warp back to their target after being flung by spells such as Lure of the Siren’s Song, Hate’s Attraction, and Moving Mountains.

*** NPCs ***

– NPC should prefer walking, rather than warping, to their destination.

*** Progression Servers ***

– Updated Mangler to be a standard live server.

*** Miscellaneous ***

– Equipment sets should once again save empty augment slots.
– Updated several messages that include a replay or request timer to show the amount of seconds remaining.
– Improved zone server performance to reduce lag spikes caused by rewards given at the end of raids and in general.

*** UI ***

– Fixed a bug where your target was invalid after respawning until reselecting it.
– Added a chat message when trying to tribute an item that has at least one augment in it.
– Converted the Trade window to the new UI engine.
– Converted the Give window to the new UI engine.
– Fixed an issue where the Real Estate Items window failed to update correctly after placing an item.

– Added –
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TradeWnd.html

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EQUI_TradeWnd.xml
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main.css
NameReservationWnd.html
style.css

*** Previously Updated ***

– Oasis of Sand: Corrected an issue where some NPCs could not be attacked.
– Oasis of the Jungle: Corrected an issue where approaching the frenzied gorilla would not progress the task.
– Added Blood of Ssraeshza to the loot lock exception list in the progression instance.

– The EverQuest Team

Qindaar and Derevaun have been having a blast on the weekends!  The other characters are making the most of their time with Overseer Quests. Leveling up can be quite the grind, but it they’re making good progress.

And I am totally relived about the level cap not being raised. It can be a bit overwhelming when there’s always a new level to chase. This way, I can focus on perfecting my strategies and enjoying the game without the pressure of constantly leveling up.

*** Highlights ***

– A new heritage crate, the Drakkin Heritage Crate, is available in the marketplace.
– The PVP flag can now be disabled on non-PVP servers. See below for more details.
– Increased the experience characters gain for killing NPCs between levels 109 and 125. See below for more details.

*** Items ***

– Added a cast time and recast time to Midnight Mallet and Ivandyr’s Hoop.
– Fixed an issue where equipment sets would not load augments correctly if augments were loaded before a piece of armor. This bug will occur one more time after the next server restart.
– The Argent Clockwork Boar Saddle is no longer Free Storage. This mount can now also be sold back to Miacallie Herlsas in Tides of Time.
– Added backstab damage to Bestowed Dagger.
– The heroic intelligence stat on the Terracotta Torc has been adjusted to bring it in line with original intentions.
– Fixed an issue that allowed more than one augment of the same lore-equipped group to be equipped.
– Aspect of the Brood is now flagged as Heirloom.
– Metamorph: Menacing Samhain and Metamorph: Putrid Rotdog are now flagged as Heirloom. Additionally, the appearance of the Putrid Rotdog should work much more reliably.

*** Quests & Events ***

– Priest of Discord will now allow players to enable and disable PVP on non-PVP (Zek) servers through dialogue and quest turn-in. Players who wish to enable PVP will need to turn in a Tome of Discord, while players who wish to disable PVP will need to turn in a Note of Order.
– The Earring of Rallos Zek quest line will now give all appropriate recipes, regardless of class, at each step.
– Oasis of the Jungle: Barrels will no longer defend themselves.
– Oasis of the Jungle: Altered the boss activation so that the task should always be completable even if steps are completed out of order.
– Broken Key of Swamps: Eggs killed by pets should now count towards progress.
– Oasis of Forests: This task should now execute properly if two skeleton pairs are the random choice for pre-boss NPCs.
– Oasis of Forests: Altered the damage and duration of Howl of the Undying.

*** Spells ***

– The Veil of Alaris teleports can be purchased from Grelulden if that character has completed the task The First Pilgrimage.

*** AA ***

– Required levels for enchanting Honed Reflective Emberquartz and Honed Reflective Luclinite have been adjusted.

*** Progression Servers ***

– Corrected an issue where level locked progression servers were not using the adjusted minimum level of a shared task when checking if a persona swap should be allowed.
– Corrected an issue where trophies did not have their level requirement reduced by 10 on level locked progression servers.
– Corrected a bad check that was causing AA scrolls to be consumed when not granting the AA on level locked progression servers.
– Vaniki: Added challenge achievements for Night of Shadows, Laurion’s Song, and The Outer Brood.

*** Miscellaneous ***

– The level-based experience modifier will no longer apply to experience earned from rewards and some types of quests.
– Increased the experience characters gain for killing NPCs between levels 109 and 125, inclusive. This change is based on the player’s level, not the NPC’s or the expansion. This change does not affect experience gained through other types of experience such as quests or rewards.
– You can no longer swap personas while holding items on your cursor. Additionally, items that overflow to your cursor are not destroyed during a persona swap.
– The /assist main/group/raid commands should now prioritize those roles over characters with names beginning with those words.
– Made speculative changes and improvements to pathing to try to prevent NPCs from pathing slightly under the world.
– Added several new loading screen tips.
– Updated the various chat messages when using /beta to be more accurate and to use the System Messages chat filter.
– Players may now persona swap in the Tides of Time base zone.

*** UI ***

– Added a Max Active Quests label to the Quests tab of the Overseer window.
– Switching between a fullscreen EQ window and other app windows, using the ALT+TAB shortcut, should work as expected on the primary display monitor.
– Fixed an issue that prevented the Mercenary Merchant window from refreshing its contents when the desktop window mode changes.
– The Combat Abilities window will now correctly update hot buttons that share the same reuse timer.
– The Video Modes window now updates its list of resolutions correctly.

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– The EverQuest Team