October 2, 2024 - October Producers Letter
The time has come to reflect on what has happened in the last few months as the last tendrils of summer change to the cooler, final months of the year. My first order of business is to remind everyone that fundraising is underway for Extra Life! We are already over $56K towards our $150K goal this year, and I have no doubt we will surpass that goal with ease. We have some wonderful group, individual, and fundraiser incentives. Be sure to check out the Extra Life Guide for how to join Team Darkpaw if you have not done so yet. Thank you to those of you who have already donated or started fundraising; you should have received your keys if you met any of the incentive amounts by August 31. If you haven't seen your keys, please reach out to Extra Life Support.
Next, let's recap what has happened since my July Producer's Letter. Some annual events returned, such as Scorched Sky bonuses, Death, Death, Death, and Living Legacy Raids. We also saw door 7 of the Anniversary Tower unlock, our monthly Year of Darkpaw giveaways and special marketplace items, as well as had another soundtrack with some of your favorite music added to streaming services. And I cannot forget that July also saw Thornblade merged into Mischief.
August was chock full of happenings too, with the Year of Darkpaw giveaway and marketplace item, as well as the unlocking of door number 8 in the Anniversary Tower and another soundtrack release. Gigantic packs were introduced with some never-before-seen pack sizes of much-needed potions. The annual Stone Cold Summer quests and Labor Day Experience events were run, and The Burning Lands expansion items were put into the Marketplace for a limited time.
September continued our monthly Year of Darkpaw updates, Anniversary Tower door unlocks, and soundtracks on streaming services. Marcia Attamilgad briefly brought back her Talk Like a Pirate Day goodies, Fall Fun events have begun, and Laurion's Song is discounted 25% until our new expansion comes out! Speaking of the Year of Darkpaw, you can still get the Fippy Fest digital packs until December 31st at midnight PST! Rounding out September are the shiny new forums. Be sure to head there and see what they're all about.
Completed
July:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
July quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Added June giveaway item for purchase
Soundtrack Volume 7
Server merge - Thornblade to Mischief
Scorched Sky bonuses
Death, Death, Death event returned
Living Legacy Raids event returned
Extra Life incentives announcement
August:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
August quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Added July giveaway item for purchase
Soundtrack Volume 8
Stone Cold Summer event returned
Gigantic Packs were introduced
The Burning Lands items marketplace sale
Labor Day event
September:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
September quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Added August giveaway item for purchase
Soundtrack Volume 9
New EverQuest Forums were introduced
Fall Fun events began
Laurion's Song 25% discount sale
Talk Like a Pirate Day event returns
The following is what is coming up between now and December.
Upcoming
October:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
October quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Adding September giveaway item for purchase
EverQuest's 31st expansion beta + Pre-Order opens
Nights of the Dead event returns
November:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
November quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Adding October giveaway item for purchase
Champion's Festival event returns
HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY EVERQUEST II!
Extra Life Game Day
Raid, Raid, Raid! event returns
Feast of Giving event returns
December:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
December quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Adding November giveaway item for purchase
EverQuest's 31st expansion launch
Frostfell event returns
New Year's event returns
Continuing throughout the rest of the year:
Server performance improvements
Ongoing conversion of Suite windows to the New UI Engine
Anti-cheat improvements
Now, what you've all read this far to find, the sneak peek into our upcoming expansion! As you already know from Fippy Fest back in June, the name of this expansion is The Outer Brood. Let me set the scene on what's to come, read on adventurers!
In the sky over the hills of the long-ignored Hodstock looms a massive behemoth. A creature so large that it appears to have an entire city on its back. Terrifying monsters fly down from that city. Beasts that have never been seen in Norrath before! Where have they come from, and what could they possibly want?
Norrath has faced assault before, but this time the foe is different. Some farseers have spotted what can only be dragons in the sky around the great leviathan as it floats at the top of the sky. These beings are so large that few elder Norrathian dragons would stand above its knees! All around the massive leviathan flows a force that defies the understanding of any magic users of Norrath, with power exceeding anything they have seen before. Norrathians of all types, mortal and Dragon alike, have banded together to face this unknown power and attempt to drive them back to wherever they came from. Can you lead the charge against such danger, one that seems to have caused even the fiercest elders of the dragon clans to hesitate?
Reunion time is here,
Jenn Chan
Head of Studio
September 24, 2024 - Contest: Paladin Desktop Light
Our Sponsor and friends over at Timber & Twine have been kind enough to gift us enough EverQuest inspired products to run contests every 2 weeks for the remainder of 2024!
They've asked us to spread the word that at the end of 2024 they will be discontinuing their wooden sign line of products to focus on creating new EQ inspired items. Starting in 2025 they will no longer offer the Wooden LED Sign products - don't miss your opportunity to get one of these if you've been waiting! For the remainder of 2024 you can use promo code EQRESOURCE at checkout for 10% off your entire order!
The third contest of this series is officially underway! This contest will be for a Paladin Acrylic Desktop Light. You can find all the details for this contest on the contest forum thread here. Have fun!
September 16, 2024 - EQ Patch 9/18
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 6:00 AM* PT for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be 6 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=09182024
DBStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/dbstrhistory.php?mdy=09182024
EQStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/eqstrhistory.php?mdy=09182024
Faction Changes: https://factions.eqresource.com/factionhistory.php?mdy=09182024
Spell Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/history.php?mdy=09182024
Update Notes:
September 10, 2024
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*** Highlights ***
- Increased the maximum number of all Year of Darkpaw collection spawns to 20 (up from 10).
- Added a swag store category in the marketplace to give an easy link to the swag store marketplace.
*** Items ***
- Added the quest flag to the following Shadows of Luclin items: Taskmaster's Pouch, Zazuzh's Idol, Zherozsh's Ring, and Ssraeshzian Insignia.
- Quest flag added to Call of the Forsaken raid armor templates (Bracer/Gloves/Boots/Helm/Armguards/Leggings/Tunic of Suppressed Ether and Flowing Ether).
- Added a speculative fix for augments occasionally not saving to equipment sets.
- Fixed an issue where an equipment set swap would fail due to an inaccurate lore equipped group conflict.
*** Quests & Events ***
- Increased the maximum number of all Year of Darkpaw collection spawns to 20 (up from 10).
- An NPC will now return all items given in the trade window upon quest completion failure.
- The following achievement has been restored as the underlying quest has been fixed:
- - The Hero's Journey - Cabilis Quests - Blood Ink
- - The Hero's Journey - Cabilis Quests - Illweed Parchment
- - The Hero's Journey - Oggok Quests - Craknek Hero
- Final Fugue (Raid) - Yarith will now cast all of her spells as she should. Previously she was pretty much doing nothing. Also, Firethorn's signature defense will no longer trigger on spells that cost less than 10 mana, so it should no longer trigger on procs.
- Slightly increased the amount of platinum players receive for some event rewards for characters greater than level 100.
*** Spells ***
- Corrected an issue where asymmetrical cone spells would hit targets between the wrong angles (mirrored over the y axis).
*** Progression Servers ***
- Trinket of the Center can no longer be activated before Heart of Fear: The Epicenter unlocks.
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Added a swag store category in the marketplace to give an easy link to the swag store marketplace.
- Added more details to the message you get when a character transfer fails.
- Optimized zone performance.
- Updated /autoskill to allow an additional parameter to force a skill to be on or off instead of toggle it.
*** UI ***
- Updated the minimum level in the Task Window to display correctly for Level Locked Progression servers.
- The quantity column of the Alternate Currency tab in the Inventory window can now be resized.
- Fixed a bug where in-game windows could reopen when the desktop window loses focus.
- Fixed a bug where the /copylayout window would open when the client is launched in maximized windowed mode.
- Fixed a bug, with New UI Engine display option disabled, where certain in-game windows, including chat windows, would not save their positions for each desktop window mode: restored, maximized, and fullscreen.
- Fixed a bug that caused container and other UI windows to close when switching focus away from the game client while in fullscreen mode.
- Changed -
EQUI_Inventory.xml
InventoryWindowAltCurr.html
- The EverQuest Team
September 10, 2024 - Contest: Cleric Acrylic Desktop Light
Our Sponsor and friends over at Timber & Twine have been kind enough to gift us enough EverQuest inspired products to run contests every 2 weeks for the remainder of 2024!
They've asked us to spread the word that at the end of 2024 they will be discontinuing their wooden sign line of products to focus on creating new EQ inspired items. Starting in 2025 they will no longer offer the Wooden LED Sign products - don't miss your opportunity to get one of these if you've been waiting! For the remainder of 2024 you can use promo code EQRESOURCE at checkout for 10% off your entire order!
The second contest of this series is officially underway! This contest will be for a Cleric Acrylic Desktop Light. You can find all the details for this contest on the contest forum thread here. Have fun!
September 10, 2024 - Fall Bonuses Begin: Rares, Faction, Lockouts, EXP
It's time once again to get cozy and grab your snacks! You're not going to want to miss a minute of these bonuses! Much like years past, we're heating up bonus chances to rare spawns, faction gains and losses, lockout timers, and some bonus experience. Here's a breakdown of what you can expect from this year's event:
All times for when specific bonuses start is 12:00 a.m. (midnight) PDT, and they all end at 11:00 p.m. PDT.
100% bonus chance for rare creatures to spawn and to faction gains and losses – September 10 to September 23, 2024
50% reduction in lockout timers – September 24 to October 7, 2024
50% bonus experience– October 8 to October 21, 2024
Fall Fun is all about fun, so get out there and have . . . well, fun!
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!).
August 30, 2024 - Labor Day EXP Bonus
The only labor you should do today is leveling your characters in EverQuest! So, have a seat in your favorite chair and join us in-game! From now until September 3, 2024, at 11:00 p.m. PDT, get extra experience gains with 100% extra XP in game.
Thank you for being part of the EverQuest family and for all you do throughout the year.
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!).
August 26, 2024 - Contests, so many contests!
Our Sponsor and friends over at Timber & Twine have been kind enough to gift us enough EverQuest inspired products to run contests every 2 weeks for the remainder of 2024!
They've asked us to spread the word that at the end of 2024 they will be discontinuing their wooden sign line of products to focus on creating new EQ inspired items. Starting in 2025 they will no longer offer the Wooden LED Sign products - don't miss your opportunity to get one of these if you've been waiting! For the remainder of 2024 you can use promo code EQRESOURCE at checkout for 10% off your entire order!
The first contest of this series is officially underway! This contest will be for an Enchanter Wooden LED sign. You can find all the details for this contest on the contest forum thread here. Have fun!
August 16, 2024 - EQ Patch 8/21
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 6:00 AM* PT for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be 6 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=08212024
DBStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/dbstrhistory.php?mdy=08212024
EQStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/eqstrhistory.php?mdy=08212024
Faction Changes:
Spell Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/history.php?mdy=08212024
Update Notes:
August 21, 2024
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*** Items ***
- Changed the icons of some gem items to match the color specified in the item's name.
- Inner Turmoil (Raid) - Fixed the 'Destroy the rubbish' effect on the Trash item. The cast and recast times were removed and the number of charges has been set to 1.
- Daily hotzone quest rewards for levels 100 and 105 now have stats and sockets.
*** Quests & Events ***
- Altered the way rares spawn in the Dranik Sewers, Catacombs, and Hollows instances. After killing a number of NPCs in the zone, the chance for the rare to spawn will be activated. They will not spawn 100% of the time, but their chance to spawn has been increased.
- Altered the way that Xenevorash spawns and activates so it will now be loot-locked.
- Missions from The Burning Lands that take place in Plane of Fire will no longer send corpses to the graveyard.
- Added a calendar event that highlights when the Extra Life bonus period will happen.
- Final Fugue (Raid) - The Tertiary Echo will now break Margator out of his spin and break his speed increase. This means that the 'Speed Limit' achievement can be achieved using this method.
- The following achievements have been restored as the underlying quests have been fixed:
- - The Hero's Journey - Surefall Glade Quests - Gnoll Paws
- - The Hero's Journey - Ak'Anon Quests - Tinmizer's Fabulous Compactor
*** Spells ***
- Shrink spells will no longer cause pets to grow if they are already smaller than the new spell would make them.
- Spells that triggercast the highest rank of another spell should no longer consume an extra Frenzied Devastation counter.
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Added the item quantity, item name, and sender's name to the chat message when receiving a parcel delivery.
- Auras will no longer cast shadows.
- Improved zone server performance to reduce lag spikes during raid wins.
- Reduced world server lag during raid events.
- Fixed an issue that caused the Expansion column on the Server Select screen to be blank for servers with Laurion's Song unlocked.
- Fixed an issue where attempting to enter a house or guild hall would send you to a different neighborhood.
*** UI ***
- Added a minimum height to the Task Selection window's list of offered tasks.
- Added commas to the DoN currency, coin, and Alternate Currency quantities in the Inventory window.
- Adjusted the default column widths of the Alternate Currency list in the Inventory window.
- Changed -
EQUI_BlockedBuffWnd.xml
EQUI_BlockedPetBuffWnd.xml
EQUI_Inventory.xml
EQUI_TaskSelectWnd.xml
InventoryWindowAltCurr.html
InventoryWindowInv.html
main.css
*** Previously Updated ***
- In-game window positions should be as expected when launching the game, for the first time, with a maximized desktop window.
- Fixed an issue that was causing display device reset failures with a fullscreen window.
- Made a speculative fix to correct the game window's rendering resolution.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the client from opening a fullscreen mode window.
- The EverQuest Team
July 12, 2024 - EQ Patch 7/17 (Server Merge)
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be 12 hours (downtime is extended for the Thornblade to Mischief server merge).
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=07172024
DBStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/dbstrhistory.php?mdy=07172024
EQStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/eqstrhistory.php?mdy=07172024
Faction Changes:
Spell Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/history.php?mdy=07172024
Update Notes:
July 17, 2024
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*** Highlights ***
- The Thornblade server has been merged into Mischief.
*** Items ***
- Sodden Staff of the Kedge's teleport to Dagnor's Cauldron no longer places players underwater. The new location is still potentially dangerous for players lower than level 15, but should now be less drown-y.
- Eye of Fear and all tiers of Rain of Fear armor template items (Dread Touched, Dread, Dread Washed, and Dread Infused Armguards, Boots, Bracer, Gloves, Helm, Leggings, and Tunic) have been flagged as Quest Items.
- The type 7/8 augments available from Miacallie Herlsas in Tides of Time will now be in Lore-Equip groups based on the predominant stat they give.
- Fixed an issue where "The Golden Pick" has been doing more damage than intended.
- Updated Beryl Hero's Forge Ornaments to drop in all of the hotzones. Additionally, there are new updated hotzones that can be picked up to level 105.
*** Quests & Events ***
- Fixed an issue where Sienn Kastane doesn't respond correctly if the player did the the epic 1.5 pre quest.
- Fixed an issue with "The Rise of Marnek" quests not correctly registering the death of Skeleton L`rodd.
- Fixed an issue with the "Predators of the Sea" quest not registering the location of the goblin camp after the zone was changed.
- Fixed an issue with "Into the Leviathan's Lair" that wouldn't allow you to accept the quest with the correct amount of people in your group.
- Reduced the melee and spell damage done by NPCs from level 30 to 75 in heroic adventures, including the Tides of Time, that use the "Normal" heroic adventures table.
- Tides of Time (Heroic Adventures): Reduced the damage of spells cast within the Tides of Time. The level 60 range will see the most significant change.
- Fixed an error in the spell damage scalar for NPCs above level 120. This will result in increased spell damage in heroic adventures when an NPC is above level 120.
- Added a minimum level to Franklin Teek hotzone quests.
*** Mercenaries ***
- Buffs that are too powerful for a mercenary will now be removed when it is unsuspended.
*** Progression Servers ***
- Removed the additional rules acceptance dialog box from Aradune and Rizlona.
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Task replay and request timer chat messages will now show seconds remaining.
- Corrected an issue with the Tribute Gain Modifier not affecting guild tribute donations.
- Improved world performance when a large number of players are online.
- Weapons will no longer give a damage bonus if they are equipped but unusable.
- Optimized spell processing which should result in increased zone performance.
- Made performance improvements to the Tradeskill Depot.
- Added the option to use /who on a player by clicking their name in a chat window.
*** UI ***
- Minimizing the game's desktop window no longer causes the client to become unresponsive.
- The game client's desktop window correctly saves its state when camping out by clicking the close window button.
- The game client once again saves the size and position of its desktop window immediately after manually moving/resizing the window.
- Updated the server select screen to fit a resolution of 1024x768.
- With the New UI Engine display option disabled, most in-game windows will now save their positions distinctly for each desktop window mode: restored, maximized, and fullscreen. Notable exceptions that are not yet fixed include: Main Chat Window.
- Fixed an issue where some game windows would reopen automatically after the player closes them.
- Fixed a visual artifact where the cursor would incorrectly display the previously held item.
- Reduced game hitching when using ALT+TAB while in full screen mode.
- Fixed a bug that unmaximized the game's desktop window if it was minimized.
- Fixed a bug that caused the game's desktop window to unminimize when it was deactivated.
*** Previously Updated ***
- The game's desktop window once again correctly toggles between maximized and minimized state.
- The game client no longer crashes when spamming the WINDOWS+D key.
- The EverQuest Team
July 2, 2024 - July 2024 Producers Letter
Hail, Norrathians! We are smack dab in the middle of summertime, and so much has happened since I last touched base. The Year of Darkpaw has passed the halfway mark and is still going strong! Door number six has unlocked with door seven close to unlocking in The Anniversary Tower and there's still time to catch up if you've missed a door or two! I can't forget to mention all the EverQuest music being released to streaming services as well as all the monthly item giveaways, and there is more to come.
Our Extra Lifefundraising page, along with the globalDaybreak Games Super Team page, is up and ready for you to join and begin your yearly fundraising for The Children's Miracle Network. Extra Life fundraising and donation incentives will be posted next month at the latest. If you want to ensure smooth delivery of your keys, make sure you're donating or creating your fundraising account under the Darkpaw Games team.
We celebrated Rathe Day for the first time in EverQuest this year, and we debuted our new Name Reservation System, which allowed people to reserve their character name in preparation for the new TLPs. But that's not all, Teek and Tormax servers went live, and Terror of Luclin went free to play. We also had a fun Free TLP Weekend, and a nice Memorial Day Bonus event in May. Level 50 Heroic Characters were also made available on TLP servers too! I'd be remiss in failing to mention the great new Server Selection window that came out last month too! Let's check out what else has happened since my last Producer's Letter.
The social media puzzle event ended, and the winners were announced at Fippy Fest by our host Robb Ellis. A huge congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who participated. ICYMI, the big reveal was that the uncovered maps were drawn by Rick Schmitz, the artist who drew the original maps! Those maps are available in the Darkpaw Games Storefront in cloth form, if you haven't gotten yours yet, don't delay. Go grab them now!
Speaking of Fippy Fest, I am thrilled to announce it was a huge success. I had such a great time hanging out with our Ambassadors, Robb Ellis of the EverQuest Show, and both game teams. A huge thank you to the San Diego Comic-Con Museum for allowing us to use their amazing facilities, both indoors and outside, for our two-day event! We had wonderful music provided by Courtly Noyse, who learned to play the EverQuest Theme. There was great food, amazing conversations, and tons of fun during the two-day event. A special thank you to The Prado at Balboa Park, for allowing us to have our "Fippy Feast" there to close out night one. The food was exquisite, the staff was exemplary, and the historic building was breathtaking. We can't forget to give a shoutout to Battlemage Brewing Company for the creation of the Corpse Run Beer (with our help) and for allowing us to hang out there as we closed out our second day. You can find the entire Livestream of day two on our YouTube channel and here is a shorter two-day recap video for you to watch.
If you missed out on the in-person event, you will still be able to purchase the Fippy Fest digital packs through the end of the year! Each pack consists of the items for both games! There are some fantastic mounts, hats, paintings, and tons more!
Here's a quick look back at theroadmapfrom April through June.
April:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
April quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Adding March giveaway item for purchase
Soundtrack Volume 4
Tempest Festival event returns
May:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
May quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Adding April giveaway item for purchase
Soundtrack Volume 5
New Progression Servers Launch
Level 50 Heroic Characters
Free TLP Weekend
June:
Fippy Fest in-person event and Livestream
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
June quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Adding May giveaway item for purchase
Soundtrack Volume 6
Social Media Puzzle Event ends
Pride Month Familiars
Server Select Screen Revamp
Hardcore Heritage event returns
Scorched Sky event returns
Terror of Luclin goes free to play
And now it's time to tell you all about the great things coming up next! First, Thornblade players will be moving to a new home as the server ismerged to Mischiefthis month. Never fear, however, if you do not wish to move to Mischief, you are welcome to use a free transfer to move to Firiona Vie prior to merge day.
From now through September, we will have a number of your favorite events making a return, as well as more updates to the Anniversary Tower, more music released on streaming services, more giveaway items, monthly collections, limited-edition items, and much more.
Speaking about more, we will have a panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 26, 2024, from 12:45 p.m. through 1:45 p.m.! Join a host of Daybreak Games developers as we each take the stage on the topic of Revolutionizing Legends: The Evolution of Iconic Online Games by sharing specific perspectives on the development of renowned long-running titles such as The Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons & Dragons Online, DC Universe Online, Magic: The Gathering Online, and EverQuest. Come find out what keeps these games ticking year after year, and what the plans for their futures are! We will be in room 6BCF at the San Diego Convention Center!
The following is what is coming up between now and September.
July:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
July quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Adding June giveaway item for purchase
Server merge - Thornblade to Mischief
Scorched Sky bonuses
Death, Death, Death event returns
Living Legacy Raids event returns
August:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
August quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Adding July giveaway item for purchase
Extra Life incentives announcement
Stone Cold Summer event returns
September:
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
September quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Adding August giveaway item for purchase
Talk Like a Pirate Day event returns
The Outer Brood ™ is the name of this year's expansion, and we teased a big surprise in the form of a very large dragon at Fippy Fest. But what else can I tell you about the expansion? I can tell you that the beasts you will encounter speak a long-dead language which very few can understand. They will appear in droves in a seemingly unending assault on Norrath, but why? What could their grievance possibly be? It will be up to you to seek the answers to these questions and more. Will you answer the call?
Tracking down this golden signal,
Jenn Chan
Head of Studio