Pranks and practical jokes abound, no joke! Bristlebane Day has begun, and you can pretty much guess what escapades are in store.


Be wary of friends, enemies, and everyone in-between during this time! You never know when you will come across one of Bristlebane's minions of mischief.


To get started, you'll need to head to Crescent Reach* to meet up with Tobo Gleemaker to begin your capers. Afterward, head to the Plane of Knowledge** to link up with Bobo Gleemaker.

Here's what you can look forward to enjoying for this year's event:
    New Quests
    New Missions
    New Achievement
        Cold Blooded
    New Collection
        Cold Blooded
    Hilarious faces added to the Paper Bag
    All previous Bristlebane Day quests, collections, and adventures.


The Bristlebane Day Celebration began today and ends on April 8, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. PDT. 


Notes:
    * Fun on the Run is restricted to The Serpent's Spine.
    ** Server must be in Planes of Power to participate.
    The Gift of Laughter reward is not useful until Rain of Fear, but you can gain the achievement and reward in Original EQ.


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All EverQuest servers will be brought offline tomorrow, March 18th, at 10:00 a.m. PT for an emergency update in order to patch the game. Downtime is expected to last approximately 4 hours.



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Update Notes:
March 18, 2025
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*** Quests & Events ***
- Fixed an Unknown DB String error relating to the 26th Anniversary event alert.


*** Miscellaneous ***
- Corrected an issue where Marketplace purchases would sometimes not grant the item.



- The EverQuest Team

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Last year was such a milestone year for us, and we are still going! Every player inspires us to keep going by developing new content and continuing with the gaming fun. We have loved being a part of your lives, and plan to continue for many years to come! We cannot thank you enough for being part of the EverQuest® family! Once again, we have updated our Anniversary Page with fun details and amazing key art just for you. With all this in mind, we offer some great gifts again this year.

The Anniversary Tower is back! The tower, which was a large part of the celebration last year, is back again! Every door, every key, every fight is back! Get on some comfortable shoes, as you have a lot of stairs to climb! That's not all, though; all the Year of Darkpaw content and previous monthly giveaways items will be back in the Marketplace for sale during the anniversary and remain until May 10, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. PDT. The Limited Time Marketplace items from Year of Darkpaw will be phased in and out of the marketplace throughout the anniversary event up to May 10, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. PDT!



All players will receive the following for free:
    50% bonus to experience gains for all players! (Bonus ends on April 1, 2025, at 1:00 a.m. PDT.)
    A Blade of Jade Ornament which can be converted to Staff of Jade Ornament or Shield of Jade Ornament for all your characters. (One per character; available until April 20, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. PDT.) *


All-Access Members will also receive the following:
    A Metamorph: Jade Prowler Cub for all your characters. (One per character; available until April 20, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. PDT.) *
    A Level 100 Heroic Character (One per account; available until April 20, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. PDT) **
    A Goblet of Adventure II (One per account; available until April 20, 2025, at 11:00 p.m. PDT.) **


What's new for this year:
Something calamitous looms on the horizon and Firiona Vie, Champion of Tunare, believes the long-lost mythical Jade Tiger statue may reveal the path to discovering what it is. The champion and her companions aren't the only ones looking for the relic as ne'er-do-wells lurk in the shadows waiting for a chance to strike. Join Firiona Vie in a race of discovery, intrigue, betrayal, and action in the hunt for the Jade Tiger.

An organizer for the Shadeweaver Jade Gallery graciously invites you inside to join in the festivities and gleam at the art pieces available inside. He mentions the sponsors that have funded the event, the Doke Collective. A new organization that has come from afar to show their wares. Come and seek joy and splendor, and maybe some mystery as well.


New Quests:
    Diary of the Jade - The Discovery
    Diary of the Jade - The Search
    Back to Square One
    On the Jade Thief's Trail
    Something Unexpected
    The Doke Trio

These will remain available until May 10, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. PDT.


Returning events:
    All the previous anniversary quests and missions.
    Raid: Speak with Ghrald McMannus to force an end to the madness in the event Inner Turmoil.
    Looking for adventures over level 100? Some of the earlier top hits included Sailor Twift with her Riveting Tales. Don't have time to help spread Unity among the Gnolls? Head to the Plane of Knowledge and speak with Maitreya, the Maître D'. He needs some help making a Fancy Feast.
    Not quite up to level 100+ quests? Don't worry; there are a bunch of lower-level quests. If you are not ready to head out for summer, stop by Geia Korrel and head back to school with School Supplies. Or if helping a lovesick Iksar is more to your liking, speak with an Emissary of Erollisi in the Plane of Knowledge.
    No party is complete without eating some delicious Platinum Anniversary Cake in scenic locations. While you're out in the world adventuring, take the time to explore all the years of anniversary content. 

Lastly, we are once again un-vaulting the Past Heritage Crates. You can find these Heritage crates on the Marketplace from now until April 1, 2025, 1:00 a.m. PDT.

* You must log onto each character during this time to receive the item.  The items will appear on your cursor.
** You must log onto each account during this time to receive the reward.  You may access the potion in the claim window. 



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All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be 6 hours.



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Update Notes:
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

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All EverQuest servers will be brought offline tomorrow, February 19th, at 8:00 a.m. PT for an emergency update in order to patch the game. Downtime is expected to last approximately 2 hours.



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Achievement Changes:
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Update Notes:
Items
    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.

Miscellaneous
    Corrected an issue that could cause a world crash.


- The EverQuest Team

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We've received a directive straight from the Goddess of Love herself that more must be done to spread the joy of love, so we've discounted the entire Marketplace! Starting today and ending on February 18, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. PST, all Marketplace items are 15% off.

Get something nice for yourself and show some self-love or buy something nice for that player you're sweet on, such as the new or resurfaced XP Potions!

These new XP potions, which were added last month, are smaller versions of other XP potions currently available.

    Bottle of Accelerated Adventure I
    Bottle of Accelerated Adventure II
    Bottle of Accelerated Adventure III

The resurfaced XP Potions were vaulted some time back and also made a reappearance last month!

    Bottle of Hastened Adventure I
    Bottle of Hastened Adventure II
    Bottle of Hastened Adventure III



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All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be 6 hours.



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Update Notes:
February 12, 2025
_____________________
*** 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

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All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to be 6 hours.



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Update Notes:
January 15, 2025
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*** 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.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Superior Standard to not spawn in certain old instances.
- Brother Island, Thuliasaur Island, and Tempest Temple will no longer spawn pick zones.


*** 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.html

- Changed -
- EQUI_FindLocationWnd.xml       
- EQUI_PurchaseWnd.xml
- index.html


*** 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

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Another year begins, and with it comes a new roadmap to share with you all. Before we go too far, however, let's take a few moments to recap what happened at the tail end of last year. November saw theChampion's Festivalmake its return to help celebrate EverQuest II's anniversary! We also celebrated the return of the Feast of Giving and its bonuses in November. December saw the launch of EverQuest's 31st Expansion, The Outer Brood, as well as the return of Frostfell, and the New Year's event to finish out our year.


We had another banner year with Extra Life thanks to the amazing job you all did with fundraising and donating to help children in need! You all went above and beyond this year and, as such, raised a whopping $139,457.78. This year's Darkpaw Games page is already up and ready for sign-ups.

 
We would be remiss for not mentioning the Darkpaw Swag Store which made its debut in 2024! Check it out for hats, shirts, posters, and much more! Keep an eye on it throughout the year for more swagtastic merch to be added!

And now, without further ado, this year's Roadmap.

 
January

    The Outer Brood Tier 1 Raids unlocked
    Erollisi Day - New Content
    Yelinak unlocks Underfoot
    Oakwynd unlocks The Serpent's Spine

February

    The Outer Brood Tier 2 Raids unlocked
    Yelinak unlocks House of Thule
    Mischief unlocks The Broken Mirror
    Aradune and Rizlona unlock The Burning Lands
    Teek and Tormax unlock Lost Dungeons of Norrath

March

    The Outer Brood Tier 3 Raids unlocked
    26th Anniversary
    Brew Day
    Bristlebane's Day - New Content
    Stomples' Day
    Swag Store update
    Oakwynd unlocks The Buried Sea
    Teek and Tormax unlock Gates of Discord

April

    Rathe Day
    Tempest Festival - New Content
    Aradune and Rizlona unlock Torment of Velious
    Mischief unlocks Empires of Kunark

May

    Progression Server Launch
    Yelinak unlocks Veil of Alaris
    Oakwynd unlocks Secrets of Faydwer
    Teek and Tormax unlock Omens of War and Dragons of Norrath

June

    Pride month
    Hardcore Heritage
    Scorched Sky
    Mischief unlocks Ring of Scale

July

    Potential Server Merge
    Death, Death, Death!
    Living Legacy Raids
    Aradune and Rizlona unlock claws of Veeshan

August

    Stone Cold Summer- New Content
    Yelinak unlocks Rain of Fear
    Oakwynd unlocks Seeds of Destruction
    Teek and Tormax unlock Depths of Darkhollow

September

    Fall Fun 1 and 2
    Talk Like a Pirate Day
    Aradune and Rizlona unlock Terror of Luclin
    Mischief unlocks The Burning Lands

October

    EverQuest's 32nd Expansion Beta and Pre-Order
    Fall Fun 3
    Nights of the Dead
    Teek and Tormax unlock Prophecy of Ro

November

    Champion's Festival - New Content
    Feast of Giving
    Raid, Raid, Raid!
    Extra Life Game Day
    Extra Life Bonus Week
    Mischief unlocks Torment of Velious
    Yelinak unlocks Call of The Forsaken
    Oakwynd unlocks Underfoot

December

    EverQuest's 32nd Expansion Launch
    Frostfell - New Content
    New Year's
    Aradune and Rizlona unlock Night of Shadows
    Teek and Tormax unlock The Serpent's Spine

Throughout the Year

    Server performance improvements
    Ongoing conversion of Suite windows to the New UI Engine
    Anti-cheat improvements

This concludes our 2025 Roadmap. Please remember that dates and events are subject to change as necessary.
 
Prepare for a war unlike any before,

Jenn Chan
Head of Studio

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Let's get back to the Plane of Knowledge to meet up with M.C. Tinkerton and Pizmip Noddletod to help stamp out the turmoil which seems to be building there. They'd certainly appreciate your help.

Fauma Reista has been spending the holiday reminiscing about her travels over the last year. Currently, she can be found visiting the Froglok Outpost in the Rathe Mountains. She is happy to share details of her travels with all who want to reminisce with her. While visiting some of her favorite places, keep your eyes out for colorful lights to light the way.

As you know, the event starts today and will end on January 21, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. PST.

In-Game Bonuses

To make this year's event even sweeter, enjoy 50% bonus rare respawn chances and 20% off discounts in the Marketplace! These bonuses start at midnight tomorrow, December 27, 2024, and will end on January 3, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. PST.

Last chance reminder that all the Year of Darkpaw Marketplace items will be removed on December 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. PST! Don't miss out on these great items.

Another reminder is that Fippy Fest Digital Packs are still available until December 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. PST! Be sure to grab whatever packs you need before they are gone!

One last quick reminder that our Extra Life Incentives are also still available until December 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. PST! There is still time to donate to an amazing cause and get some nifty in-game rewards for doing so!

♫ For auld lang syne, my dear, 
For auld lang syne, 
We'll take a cup of kindness yet, 
For auld lang syne. ♬ 

Happy New Year, friends!



Check this out and more in our EQ Calendar (Be sure to set it to your time zone [in settings on the Calendar] for your times!).

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