All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 4:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 5 hours.



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!).


Achievement Changes: https://achievements.eqresource.com/achievementshistory.php?mdy=07172019
DBStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/dbstrhistory.php?mdy=07172019
EQStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/eqstrhistory.php?mdy=07172019
Spell Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/history.php?mdy=07172019


Update Notes:
July 17, 2019
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*** Items ***
- Fixed a bug that prevented the zonewide rare drops in Harbingers' Spire and The Bloodfields from dropping from non-rare NPCs in those zones.
- 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 Proudheart Hare.
- Changed the way procs on items work to reduce the number of spells used.
- Look to the Marketplace this month for the Trollish Heritage Crate. Each crate contains a random item. Trade these Trollish Heritage items to your friends or collect them all yourself!


*** Quests And Events ***
- Return artifacts to the Wraithguard quests - The skeletal spirits that can spawn upon the deaths of zombies in Frostcrypt are now unique and will despawn after 30 minutes.
- Mechamatic Whirlrender (Raid and Group) - Made the following changes:
- - Removed the tether from the boss to prevent situations where the boss could regenerate to full health when switching phases.
- - Added a message when an NPC tethers.
- Unfettered Emerald Excellence - Made the following changes:
- - Fixed the bug that caused raid achievements to always be rewarded.
- - Doubled the time in-between the zonewide auras' pulses and doubled the impact of their effects.
- - Waves of mephits will no longer spawn at the same moment that it's necessary to flee to the correctly colored wing to avoid being struck by Elemental Incompatibility.
- - Added a chat message when a wave of mephits spawns.


*** Spells ***
- Fixed the bug that would result in a caster's spells not being focused after taking a resurrection.
- Accepting a resurrection will now break charm.
- Call of the Hero will now break charm.
- Beneficial spells with a dispel component cast by players will no longer land on pets or mercenaries unless the target belongs to you or a member of your group.
- Berserker - Corrected an issue that prevented Temple Chop Rk. III from being cast in combat as intended.


*** NPCs ***
- Restored some missing rare spawns in The Bloodfields.
- Fang, a rare in Dranik's Scar, will now drop loot.


*** Collections ***
- Made the following changes to ground spawn collectibles in Trials of Smoke, Stratos, Aalishai, Empyr, Esianti, and Mearatas:
- - Reduced the respawn rate.
- - Increased the number of spawns that can be up simultaneously.


*** Progression Servers ***
- Gorenaire and Severilous will no longer depop themselves in the instances provided by the Agent of Change.
- Either Essence of Concealment or Philter of Concealment can be used to craft Nexona's Poison Vial.


*** Miscellaneous ***
- Corrected an issue where some NPCs spawned via item turn in were not loot locked as expected.
- Fixed an issue where a loot locked NPC would not make its items available to the group or raid of the player credited with spawning that NPC.
- Guild tags in chat will now properly write to your client's log file.
- Faction messages in chat will now be properly cleaned when writing to your client's log file.
- Fixed a bug that could cause your helmet to display incorrectly after removing an illusion.
- Turned the sky on for Everfrost, Eastern Wastes, Cobalt Scar, and Great Divide.
- Players should no longer be able to attack mercenaries of other players who are hovering.


*** UI ***
- When linking a list of items from the loot window into chat, messages that do not fit on a single line will now be output to the channel specified by the pending message.
- - Ex: If your default chat channel is 'say' and you have queued up the text '/ooc The following items have dropped: ...', the item links will be output to the out of character channel rather than the say channel if they do not all fit in one line.
- Corrected an issue where not having a hitpoints, mana, or endurance gauge in the Player Window caused a crash.
- Fixed an issue causing mana percentage for pure melee classes in custom UIs to show incorrectly.
- Mana in the player window will now display the correct percentage.
- Added a Loot Messages chat filter.
- Damage and healing will now properly report to the caster even if they are out of range.
- Added a message if you try to invite someone to a task or dynamic zone, but you aren't a member of one, or you aren't the leader.
- When creating a new chat tab or window, the font size of the currently selected tab/window will apply to the new one.
- When 'Use Tell Windows' is enabled, receiving a tell that creates a new chat tab will no longer interrupt your response when typing a reply in that tell window.
- Disabled the UI option to toggle Hardware Vertex Shaders / Software Vertex Shaders.
- - This will still be supported through the eqclient INI, with the VertexShaders option under the 'Defaults' section.
- Added coin split messaging to the Loot Messages filter.
- - Split messages for receiving 0 copper will no longer be displayed.


- Changed -
EQUI_AdvancedDisplayOptionsWnd.xml


*** Previously Updated ***
- Fixed a bug that would result in a caster's spells not being focused after taking a resurrection in the same zone.


- The EverQuest Team

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Summer Spectacular!

Summer is here, the days are long, and that means it's time to celebrate. Start your July off right with in-game bonuses, member gifts, and deals! Everything begins July 1, 2019:

Bonus Rewards!

    All XP, faction, and rare drop rewards will be increased by 76%.

Member Gifts!

    Log in to claim your two timely and celebratory familiars: the Metamorph Totem: Murikaglider and the Metamorph Totem: Cernerder'Eh Murkglider. Look for these in your reward window once you log in. Members only.

Heritage Crates Return!

    Make sure you check out the Marketplace, because the spectacular is a special opportunity to catch up on any of the Heritage Crates you might have missed. ALL Heritage Crates are back in the Marketplace throughout the event.


The Summer Spectacular begins at 12PM PT (noon) on July 1, 2019, and ends at 12PM PT (noon) on July 8, 2019.



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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All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 3:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 and a half hours.



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!).


Achievement Changes: https://achievements.eqresource.com/achievementshistory.php?mdy=06192019
DBStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/dbstrhistory.php?mdy=06192019
EQStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/eqstrhistory.php?mdy=06192019
Spell Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/history.php?mdy=06192019


Update Notes:
June 19, 2019
_____________________
*** Items ***
- Fixed an issue that prevented focus effects on items that increase incoming healing from functioning as expected. Ex: Whispering Midnight Soothing, Blazing Euphoria Soothing.
- Stone of Tranquility will no longer drop from NPCs greater than level 114.
- Changed the attack animation for Blueogre's Blue Bastard Of Heroism Ornament to 1 hand to better fit the fact that it works in any weapon.
- Added Ondine Hero's Forge ornaments to Brilliant Jade.
- Increased the drop rate of Exultant Inhabited Muhbis and the following augments: Fate's Accumulator, Weeping Heaven, Secret Dawn, Whispering Midnight, and Blazing Euphoria.
- Increased the drop rate of several pieces of gear that drop from rare monsters in the Plane of Disease.
- The Burning Lands version of Nature's Fury now generates less hate.


*** Tradeskills ***
- Specified the class on emblems to match the class of the armor it makes, for easier classification.
- Adjusted old-style research drop tables.
- - Increased the chance to receive recipe components.
- - Decreased the chance to receive cash drops.
- - For example: Words of Possession is more likely to drop and Exquisite Platinum Embossed Rune is less likely to drop.


*** Quests And Events ***
- Unfettered Emerald Excellence - Made the following changes to this raid event:
- - Fixed a bug that incorrectly allowed slow, root, and snare effects to land on the mephits and armors.
- - Reduced the melee damage output from the mephits.
- - Waves of mephits will no longer spawn during the window of time when it's necessary to flee to the correctly colored wing to avoid being struck by Elemental Incompatibility.
- Mechagnomic Whirlrender (Group and Raid) - Made the following changes:
- - The ballistae can no longer be reduced to negative health by the aerial combatbots.
- - Fixed a bug that shortened how long the boss was in its attackable state by 5 seconds.
- - NPCs will no longer refer to the boss as the Mechagnomatic Whirlrender.
- - Ratchet Bronzehead is now on beta neutral faction.
- - Ratchet Bronzehead can no longer be attacked.
- - Added a speculative fix to prevent the boss from tethering when it flies back into the sky.
- Gnome Memorial Mountain: Danger Zone (Raid) - Entering the zone should now place you near the current raid.
- The Darkness Howls and Ironing Out the Legion no longer share a lockout, so doing one will not prevent you from doing the other.
- Spear of Fate - Added a new path to Erud's Crossing that Ooglyn will follow to get out into the ocean so that she doesn't meander around the island for several minutes, heading in the wrong direction, before her long swim.
- Gram Dunnar no longer prevents adventurers from getting the benefits of telling him stories if the storyteller already has 30 or more AA points.


*** Spells ***
- NPCs will now remember damage credit when blurred or charmed.
- When the owner of a charmed pet teleports, charm will break.
- Translocation spells can no longer be activated or accepted while in combat.
- Magician - Made the following changes to fire pets:
- - While Frenzied Burnout is active, the pet will cast their Elemental Bolt spell additional times instead of casting Frenzied Elemental Bolt spells.
- - Pets summoned with higher foci will do more damage with their Elemental Bolt spells.


*** NPCs ***
- NPCs spawned by old-style quests are now loot locked.
- - An NPC that is loot locked is indicated by an asterisk preceding their name and an added '(loot locked)' to their consider message.
- - The NPC is loot locked to the player who did the turn in for thirty minutes.
- - During this window if the NPC is killed by anyone, the player who spawned it will be given kill credit and have access to the loot.
- - These NPCs will not reward experience.
- - If the player who spawned the NPC is not in the zone but is in a group or raid, then the group or raid will receive kill credit and the original player will have access to the loot when zoning back in.
- - If the player is not in the zone and is not part of a group or raid, then kill credit is handled normally (as if the NPC is not loot locked). Normal loot rules apply after the NPC is killed.


*** Progression Servers ***
- Corrected an issue where you could not open the Extended Target Window after reaching level 20.


*** Miscellaneous ***
- Added a potential fix for corpses not saving properly when moved.
- The Advanced Loot Window now displays the correct luck values when multiple copies of the same item with different luck values are listed.
- Removed the no longer in use command /survey.
- Relaxed some overly strict naming rules in regards to multiple consonants in a row.
- The preview model displayed when placing an NPC in a real estate should now more closely match the appearance of the NPC when placed.
- Moved a collectible spawn in the Temple of Droga so that it is accessible.
- Fixed grammar and spelling in Arms of Power and Arms of Power II tribute descriptions.
- Removed the word (Temporary) from the seasonal Appreciation Bonus achievements.
- Made the following changes to Guild Banners and Fellowship Campfires in an effort to improve their usability and the desirability of the buffs they grant:
- - Consolidated all buffs and tiers into a single 'empowered' banner/campfire that grants the combined effects of all the previous options; with the ability to choose whether you want the empowered banner/campfire to also offer an illusion effect.
- - Increased the duration of the empowered banner/campfire from 1 hour to 6 hours to match the duration of the non-empowered version.
- - Increased the distance that the empowered banner/campfire will grant its buff from 100 to 1000 feet.
- - Simplified the various tiers and types of banner/campfire components down to 2 items: 'Guild Banner Materials' and 'Fellowship Campfire Materials'.
- - Items previously used as banner/campfire components have been flagged as deprecated and have been changed to allow you to sell them back to a merchant to recoup their initial value.


*** UI ***
- Fixed an issue that caused formatting data to be printed to log files when considering a rare creature.
- Fixed a bug with the advanced loot window that prevented 'Link All' from functioning.
- The Spell Damage filter should be working again.
- - Spell damage messages from NPCs casting on others now display resist type and the spell name, and the spell emote is displayed on a separate line, similar to player direct damage spells.
- - Scripted spell damage dealt to other players is now visible.
- The chat filter for Pet Spells now respects if you have Pet Spells set to hide in the options.
- Corrected an issue where kill shots were not being reported.
- The 'Highlight New Messages' chat tab option will now persist between logging in and out.
- Increased the displayed precision of self-only hit points, mana, endurance, and experience.

- Changed -
EQUI_AAWindow.xml
EQUI_Inventory.xml
EQUI_PlayerWindow.xml


- The EverQuest Team

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Good day, Norrathians!

From 20th Anniversary in March to now, it’s been a blur!

Thanks to the communities on all servers for a great year so far, and a big welcome to the communities that have formed on Selo and Mangler. All aboard, me hearties, on this incredible journey!

We thought we’d take a minute to update you on a few things that are immediately on the horizon!



Hardcore Heritage has Begun. Do You have the Skeelz?

Now until June 18, 2019, take part in Phase 1 of Hardcore Heritage content that includes higher difficulty and better rewards in Blackburrow, Cazic Thule, Ruins of Old Guk, and Unrest. Plus, you can enjoy Sebilis Hardcore Heritage content through July 2, 2019.

Phase 2 kicks off on June 19, 2019. Test your mettle against more difficult content for greater rewards in: Crushbone, Permafrost, Castle Mistmoore, and Nagafen’s Lair.

Check in the in-game Event Calendar for more info!



Let’s Celebrate Pride!

This year, you can get our Pride-themed bunny familiars from the in-game store for free starting June 21 until July 31, 2019. As a studio, we support every gamer who contributes to our community. Show the love!





Death, Death, Death in July!

The Coldain in the Great Divide will need your help to defeat their enemies! Stand tall…ahem.

Seek out Tudasali July 3 through July 30, 2019, to lend your support during the Death, Death, Death event!



Expansion Morsels

While it’s REALLY early to be chatting about expansions, we thought we’d let you know that you may want to level up your characters to max. We will be adding 5 levels for characters this year!

There’s plenty to talk about, but we’re going to wait until the fall to get into the details. Still, can’t hurt to get ahead of the game, as it were.

We’ll let you know the expansion lore and location at a later date, but it will be unfamiliarly familiar. [editor's note: :eyeroll:]



Getting Together

We are still working on planning a fan event (now probably next year to give EverQuest and EverQuest II fans and guilds time to prepare and plan). We’ll have some questions to ask the community about who might be interested in joining us for a weekend fan event, focused on the them, with Q&As, roundtables, and activities for gamers and roleplayers. Fun stuff!

We’ll start rolling out some questions and surveys as we move forward!



20th Anniversary Bundles

The Anniversary packs won’t last forever. Just a heads up if you were on the fence about getting one. They’re a really good deal! Check them out here: https://www.everquest.com/packs


Come online and join us!

Sincerely,
Holly "Windstalker" Longdale

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Hail, Norrathians!

This upcoming Memorial Day in the United States is a time for us to remember that many of our players - from all across the globe - have loved ones and friends who have served their countries and given the ultimate sacrifice. We are a fantasy game thoroughly not set in this real world, but we are also a community of real friendships that extend well beyond Norrath. We wanted to take a moment to remember, pay tribute, and offer an opportunity for all of us to come together this weekend.

This weekend, we will be commemorating Memorial Day with in-game bonuses. Take advantage of these bonuses on all servers:

    +50% Experience
    +50% Faction
    +50% Rares

We will also enable a 20% off sale for all Members in the marketplace. We wish you all a safe and happy weekend!



The bonus weekend will begin at 12PM PT on Friday, May 24, 2019, and will end at 12PM PT on Tuesday, May 28, 2019.



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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All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019 at 9:00AM PT* for maintenance. Servers are scheduled to be unavailable for approximately 4 hours.



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!).


Achievement Changes:
DBStr Changes:
EQStr Changes:
Spell Changes:


Update Notes:

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All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 at 4:30AM PT* for maintenance. Servers are scheduled to be unavailable for approximately 5 hours.



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!).


Achievement Changes:
DBStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/dbstrhistory.php?mdy=05152019
EQStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/eqstrhistory.php?mdy=05152019
Spell Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/history.php?mdy=05152019


Update Notes:
May 15, 2019
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*** Items ***
- Fixed an issue in displaying items, such as the Silkfang Pack, that would either force items to display gibberish or crash your client.
- Mounts now show their speed in the item display window.
- Fragment of the Citadel Key, Fragment of the Apitarx Key, and Calix Quirinus' Key now stack to 100.
- Set the luck on the tank-melee version of Djarn's Gold Amethyst Ring to 5 like the rest of that rank of ring.
- Changed the Consigned Silken Bridle horses to the correct "Silk" speed.
- Increased the drop rate of several pieces of gear that drop of Rare monsters in the Plane of Disease.
- Reduced the effect of Crippling Guard and Tendon Slicer.
- Added a chance for Weeping Heaven augments to drop from standard mobs in some Burning Lands zones.
- Removed Overdrive Boon from Dynamometric Timing Chain and Fractured Gear Set and added Overdrive Punch and Boon of the Seeress as separate spells.
- Increased the AC on the rings from Gnome Memorial mountain: Finger Band of Phases, Steel Banded Collar, Prime Healers Trinket, Whirling Torsion Spring, Fitted Rat-ling Control Board, and Etched Retention Bearing.
- Improved the click area for the Hovering Ball Familiar.


*** Quests And Events ***
- Unfettered Emerald Excellence - Fixed a bug that was causing raid challenge achievements to always be granted.
- Raid events from Veil of Alaris and later will now grant more progression keys after they have been open for 3, 6, and 9 months on live servers. Previously this would begin after 6 months. On Progression Servers these events will grant more progression keys as soon as the expansion unlocks, and add additional bonuses after each of the next two expansions unlock or at 3 month intervals, whichever is faster.
- Dragon in the Works - Slowed the rate that the dilapidated mechanics spawn. Reduced the amount that they heal the dragon. Also lowered the hit points of the mechanics a bit.
- Mechagnomic Whirlrender (Raid and Group) - Made a number of bug fixes, messaging improvements, and mechanic changes to this event.
- - Fixed a bug that prevented multiple ballistae bolts fired simultaneously from causing the boss to spend more time grounded.
- - Fixed a bug that caused the boss to spam a message while he was grounded.
- - Fixed bugs that caused some of the add NPC models to look wrong.
- - Fixed bugs that caused Whirlrender Mortar and Seeker Rocket to not work properly.
- - Fixed bug that caused the boss to cast Static Blast instead of Slashing Claws and vice versa.
- - Changed the Claw Attack mechanic. The boss will now warn periodically that he is using a left or right claw attack, 10 seconds before hitting everyone on his left or right, respectively. The player tanking the boss should be immune to this attack.
- - Changed the Static Blast mechanic. The ability will now land on a random character on the boss's hatelist, and will only choose the player tanking the boss if there are no other players on the boss's hate list. The player struck with the Static Blast spell will have a decal indicating the spread radius of Static Blast. Reduced the spread radius. Note that the duration of the decal is not associated with the duration of the debuff and the decal will not spread with the debuff.
- - Improved messaging for the event. All important event messages should use the Event Messages filter and color. Added many messages, such as indicating how many ballista bolts struck the boss. Changed the rocket attack message to indicate to the entire zone who is being targeted. Fixed some typos. Any message sent to a pop up should also be sent to chat.
- - Mechagnomic Whirlrender (Raid) - Increased NPC spell resistances, NPC melee damage output, and spell damage.
- Raid chests in House of Thule will now drop more key items.
- End of Empire (mission) - fixed a bug that could prevent the soulfeasters from becoming active properly.
- Greatest Gnome Hunters - It should no longer be possible to not get enough parts to drop.


*** Spells ***
- Corrected an issue where spell guard effects were being applied to direct damage spells twice.
- Fixed the spell description text for the Hovering Ball Familiar


*** AA ***
- Necromancer - Added a passive component to Scent of Terris that improves the resist modifier of all Corruption, Fire, and Magic spells.
- Wizard - Corrected an issue that prevented Acromancy Debuff from triggering when using Acromancy.
- Shaman - Corrected a bug where rank 32 of Malaise was attempting to trigger the best known version of Malosinata rather than Malosenete.


*** Progression Servers ***
- Progression servers that have not launched Underfoot now allow players at level 20 and higher to use the Extended Target Window.
- Lord Yelinak should spawn properly in the open world and Agent of Change instances.
- Restricted the spawns of a few Kunark era dark elves in Kithicor to the unlock of Ruins of Kunark.
- The Emissaries that give out Sun Shard quests should be available and give out their quests as soon as Ayonae Ro has been defeated, and remain until Two Gods has been defeated.


*** Miscellaneous ***
- Many Veil of Alaris and Rain of Fear zones now have load balancing enabled.
- Track now indicates whether your target is above or below you.
- Corrected an issue where you would crash when attempting to convert an augment inside another item.

*** UI ***
- Adjusted the Tribute Master window to allow the description pane to be resized.
- Items with limited charges will now display the remaining number of charges when placed in a Keyring.
- - Hotbuttons made from Keyring items will now display recast time and remaining number of charges.
- Added a message in the chat window when players are invited to an instance.

- Changed -
EQUI_TributeMasterWnd.xml


*** Previously Updated ***
- Defending Knowledge - Fixed a problem that prevented the horn from appearing near Bjerg Sen the Tranquil.
- Addressed an issue that would cause some machines to not be able to login.
- Temporarily, all beings in Gnome Memorial Mountain that have a chance to drop coin will also drop a pod of water.
- Lord Yelinak will now spawn correctly in the Agent of Chance instance.
- Yael will once again appear in the instanced versions of The Ruins of Old Paineel.
- Prince Ralaifin Raid: Made another speculative fix for the 'Success on aggro' bug.


- The EverQuest Team

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All Daybreak games will be intermittently impacted by routine maintenance beginning at 7AM PT tomorrow, May 7, 2019. During this time, game logins, websites, and purchases may be unavailable. The maintenance is expected to last 3 hours.

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This weekend only, Norrathians on ALL servers can enjoy some very special bonuses!

From now through 12:00 PM PT on Monday, April 22, 2019, players can take advantage of the following:

    50% Increased Rare Spawn Chance
    50% Faction Gain / Loss Multiplier Bonus
    50% More Level and AA Experience



We hope you enjoy these bonuses set you up for an exciting weekend of adventures.



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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All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, April 17th, 2019 at 5:30AM PT* for maintenance. Servers are scheduled to be unavailable for approximately 4 hours.



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!).


Achievement Changes: https://achievements.eqresource.com/achievementshistory.php?mdy=04172019
DBStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/dbstrhistory.php?mdy=04172019
EQStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/eqstrhistory.php?mdy=04172019
Spell Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/history.php?mdy=04172019


Update Notes:
April 17, 2019
_____________________

*** Highlights ***
- There are no longer Progression Server specific spawns in open world zones for Classic, Kunark, Velious, or Luclin bosses. These bosses now spawn at an accelerated rate on all servers, roughly twice the rate that they previously spawned on Live servers. Fabled versions of these NPCs should now work correctly on Progression Servers.
- Added several statless mounts to the Marketplace for progression servers.
- - These new mounts are available for purchase starting with the unlock of Shadows of Luclin and will remain available until Omens of War unlocks, at which point standard Marketplace mounts become available for purchase.
- - These new mounts are equivalent in speed to silk bridles.
- Removed the race specific restrictions on evolving items obtained from The Burning Lands. These evolving items will now gain experience from any experience-giving NPCs slain in The Burning Lands zones and Gnome Memorial Mountain.
- Increased the range that direct-damage and damage-over-time spell messages are reported from 75 feet to 200 feet.


*** Items ***
- Added the correct version of Soothing Breath to Transverse Yaw Stabilizer and Mana Battery Pendant.
- Fate's Accumulator and Blazing Utopia augments now drop in all The Burning Lands raid zones.
- - The chance for each of these to drop per kill has been reduced.
- Fixed the spelling of Exceptional-Quality Scrap Metal.
- Removed the extraneous quest flag from the book Revenge on the Fallen.
- Added a minimum level to trigger combat activated spells from a handful of weapons and augments that lacked an appropriate required level.
- Added Cleave and Ferocity to The Burning Lands Cleric armor, and Ferocity to Shaman armor.
- Added a chance for NPCs in some The Burning Lands zones to drop Whispering Midnight augments.
- Added the appropriate click spells to The Burning Lands evolving ring and shoulder items that offer rewards.
- Changed the cast proc of Ascending Sun Devotional Staff to Sympathetic Arms of Holy Wrath VI.
- Attached the correct recourse to the Hand/Arms of Holy Wrath VI spells.
- Fixed the roman numeral in the name of Arms of Holy Wrath VI Recourse.
- Minion of Darkness effects will now work on Beastlord warders summoned between levels 56 and 75, when they previously only worked on warders summoned between levels 66 and 75.
- Beastlords can now use the Gloves of Dark Summoning.
- Added Ring of Scale power sources to The Burning Lands rares, and some basepop.


*** Quests And Events ***
- Sixth Anniversary Scavenger Hunt - Fixed a bug that prevented the Collector's Drachnid Web Sac from dropping from Dreadlands drachnids.
- Bristlebane Events - These events will run for two more weeks in late April this year. The Mischief continues!
- This Ain't Right - Bristlebane will appear when needed again.
- Danger Zone - Player spells will no longer heal ballistae.
- Danger Zone (Group mission) - It's again possible to request this task.
- Danger Zone (Group mission) - This task now allows up to 6 characters and mercenaries to participate.
- Dragon in the Works - Changed some of the warnings to use user event colors, and made the dragon immune to knockback effects.
- Dragon in the Works - Added an enrage mechanic. After 30 minutes of fighting, the dragon will grow stronger.
- Mechagnomic Whirlrender - Added an enrage mechanic. After 30 minutes of fighting, new enemies will begin to spawn.
- Mechagnomic Whirlrender - Added logic to prevent the boss from being stuck in the sky.
- Ironing Out the Legion - Allowing the Legendary Clockwork to be activated no longer has a chance to prevent the task from updating. All debuffs on the busy mechanics in the furnace room will be removed when they go back to work.
- Ironing Out the Legion - Added loot to Consul of Cooperation.
- Night at the Museum - Added a delay between when you get the warning that the roboboar is chasing you and the boar slams into you. This should allow you to get away if you are standing next to the boar when you get the warning.
- Night at the Museum - Fixed an issue that could cause the rattling roboboar to kill a seemingly random character when it starts its chase.
- Night at the Museum - Fixed a problem that prevented two of the large gold statues in the museum from respawning after an event reset.
- Trial of Stoning - Fixed a problem that was preventing the pitiless avengers from shooting the accused prisoners during the trial.
- Defending Knowledge - Removed erroneous particles from the zone.
- Unfettered Emerald Excellence - Made the following balance changes to this raid event:
- - Lowered the boss's regeneration slightly.
- - Increased the damage done to mephits by bane abilities slightly.
- - Increased the amount of time between mephit waves in the final phase of the encounter.
- - Increased the amount of time between armor suit waves in the final phase of the encounter.
- - Decreased the number of mephit spawns per wave in the final phase of the encounter.
- The Mechanical Fortune Teller will now mention the cake-eating challenge if queried for details of 20th Anniversary events.
- Added rewards for the 20th-anniversary challenge and some Gnome Memorial Mountain achievements.


*** Spells ***
- Damage-over-time spells once again display a twincast message when the spell first lands, and no longer reassociate with their caster if they zone or die.
- PvP: Damage shield damage received from attacking players will now deal a maximum of 5% of the attacker's health per hit. Damage shield damage received from non-player targets is unchanged.
- Beastlord - Ogre Beastlord warders are now a little bit larger by default.
- Ranger - Corrected the name of the Irae Faycite Shard that adds damage to the Hornet Swarm spell.
- Enchanter - Adjusted the stacking of Night's Endless Terror to better coexist with a number of other abilities.
- Druid - Lowered the required level to cast Zephyr: Lavastorm to 47. Lowered the spell difficulty and price. Moved the scroll from Wanderer Frardok to Wanderer Qenda.
- Reduced the effectiveness of Crippling Snare.


*** NPCs ***
- All racnors are now racnars.
- Added coin to Gnome Memorial Mountain NPCs.
- Tinzenwen Geargoggler has now been given the title 'Overseer of Repairs'.


*** Mercenaries ***
- Increased some of the statistics of The Burning Lands mercenary items.


*** Progression Servers ***
- Agent of Change instance in Great Divide - The 10th Ring War is now started by handing in the Declaration of War and the Coldain Hero's Insignia Ring to Sentry Badain in the instance.
- The Blade of the Black Dragon Eye will be available for a brief period starting a few weeks after Ruins of Kunark launches.
- Fabled NPCs are now eligible to spawn in Agent of Change instances.
- Added the appropriate teleportation item to Collectors of Transference in the Nexus and Overthere on Selo.
- Added vendors in Overthere and Firiona Vie that sell melee tomes for disciplines that were previously available in Kunark as commands.
- Updated the dates for Legend of Ykesha unlock to run on the same day as the Planes of Power unlock on Mangler.
- Changed a number of quest items to not drop until the proper expansion has unlocked:
- - Ruined Blackburrow Gnoll Pelt drops have been restricted to the unlock of Planes of Power.
- - Scalded Rat Skin drops have been restricted to the unlock of Gates of Discord. They will now only drop from rats in Dagnor's Cauldron.
- - Essence of Shadow, Moonlight, Sunlight, and Winter drops have been restricted to the unlock of Shadows of Luclin.
- - Quest drops for Escape to Norrath tasks no longer drop until Dragons of Norrath has unlocked on the server.
- - Many quest items for Planes of Power era newbie quests no longer drop until Planes of Power has unlocked on the server.
- - Removed many Planes of Power era quest items from low level zones.


*** Miscellaneous ***
- Corrected an issue where /nod would cause you to disagree wholeheartedly (/no).
- Players who log in on their character's birthday will have a rainbow colored name for the day. Updated the /played command to include your age in Norrath.
- Fixed spelling and grammar errors in the 20th Anniversary achievement challenge.
- Fixed an issue with the Rallos Zek Puppet's name changing back after using a Potion of Familiar's Amnesia to change its name.


*** UI ***
- Attempting to open the Faction Window while shrouded will no longer cause a client crash.
- If a task rewards a faction change, the Task Window will now correctly link to that faction in your Faction Window.
- Disabled the context menu to move the main chat tab into another chat window.
- Fixed an issue that prevented audio triggers from matching text that contains formatting data such as spell or item links.
- Riposte messages are now reported before their resulting hit damage.
- Added the ability to customize the color that chat windows are highlighted with when displaying a new message.
- Dealing direct-damage with spells now reports the caster as 'You' rather than your name.
- Fixed a messaging issue where non-song spells activated by bards would report as the bard 'singing' the spell.
- Moved spell reflect messages to the spell failures chat filter.
- Changed a number of places where the name of a spell is displayed in chat to have that name function as a link to the spell description:
- - Spell interrupts, fizzles, and reflect messages now contain the name of the spell that failed.
- - Messages indicating the start of a spell cast now include a link to the spell description.
- - Messages indicating that a spell has worn off now include a link to the spell description.
- - The spell name in damage reporting messages will now function as a link to the spell description.


*** Previously Updated ***
- Fixed an issue that caused the Tsaph Katta Leather Ornaments set to glow neon blue.
- Fixed an issue where characters would fail to create but the name would still appear in use.
- Gnome Memorial Mountain - Removed chance that some items could spawn where characters could not go at the lowest level of the zone.
- Gnome Mountain Raids - Fixed some errors that were preventing travel between the raids.
- Gnome Mountain Raids - NPCs will no longer drop loot that they were not intended to drop. They will also not remain to hold loot between events that they should not.
- Increased the AA experience rate on Selo.


- The EverQuest Team

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