September 14, 2021 - Fall Fun Bonuses Return
Fall Fun returns to Norrath again. Cool bonuses are coming your way!
Starting today and lasting until Monday, September 27, 2021 at 11:00 p.m. PDT, you can enjoy 100% bonuses to rare spawn timers and faction gains.
Then on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. PDT and lasting until Monday, October 11, 2021 at 11:00 p.m. PDT, you can enjoy a 50% reduction in lockouts.
And finally, on Tuesday, October 12, 2021 at 12:00 a.m. PDT and lasting until Monday, October 25, 2021 at 11:00 p.m. PDT, you'll get to soak up 50% experience gains.
Safe travels, happy hunting, and we hope you enjoy the bonuses!
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!).
September 13, 2021 - EQ Patch 9/15
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 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=09152021
DBStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/dbstrhistory.php?mdy=09152021
EQStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/eqstrhistory.php?mdy=09152021
Faction Changes:
Spell Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/history.php?mdy=09152021
Update Notes:
September 15, 2021
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*** Highlights ***
- Agents of Change are now available for All Access members on all servers.
*** Quests & Events ***
- Bloogy Shellcracker will no longer accept Water Dragon Meat. However, his brother, Roogy Shellcracker, will be able to help you with that.
- NPCs that have an active loot lock will now only accept trades from players who belong to the credited party.
- Cikdew has found her voice and will be looking for assistance during Nights of the Dead.
- Arlien Browch has been seen hauling a large shipment of pumpkins. She should reach the Commonlands Tunnel just in time for Nights of the Dead.
- The mission Gorowyn: Balance of Power now correctly references Gorowyn as the target zone in the Quest Journal, rather than Chardok.
*** Spells ***
- Fixed an issue where Steadfast Servants would refuse to cast Servant's Haste on players who have unlocked any ranks of the Item: Hidden Power / Ancestral Memories AA ability line.
- Dark Rites charges are no longer consumed when memorizing spells.
- Updated the confirmation popup box for translocation spells to not disappear if you enter combat.
- - Updated the confirmation popup box for translocation spells to last for 2 minutes.
- - Updated translocation spells to (once again) be cast by casters if they are in combat and land on targets that may be in combat.
- Corrected an issue where the Gambit line of Wizard spells could cause the Wizard to damage themselves with an offensive proc.
*** AA ***
- Corrected an issue with the AA ability, Companion's Discipline, that granted the ability to use the /pet qswarm command at the wrong rank.
- Corrected an issue where pet command hotkeys would issue the wrong command. Hotkeys for target, swarm, qswarm, resume, and swleave will need to be re-made.
- Corrected an issue where the damage bonuses to Archery and Throwing from Weapon Mastery of the Scout and Weapon Mastery of the Juggernaut were giving only a small percentage of the intended bonus. They should now give roughly the same damage bonus seen for melee weapons.
*** NPCs ***
- Venril Sathir is no longer susceptible to mesmerization spells.
- The Seeds of Destruction Hunter achievements now have appropriate completion rewards:
- - The Voidslayer achievement now grants a 28 slot bag and the titles "Voidslayer" and "the Voidslayer"
- - The Expert Hunter achievement now grants a 26 slot bag
- - The Veteran Hunter achievement now grants a 24 slot bag
- - The Adept Hunter achievement now grants a 22 slot bag
- - The Novice Hunter achievement now grants a 20 slot bag
- Added missing hunter targets to their respective achievements:
- - Gates of Discord: Hunter of Riwwi: Pixxt Hihkx
- - Gates of Discord: Hunter of Riwwi: Pixxt Kihkx
- - Gates of Discord: Hunter of Kod'Taz: Enslaved Vrex Zealot
- - Omens of War: Nobles' Causeway: Stone Thrower
*** Overseer ***
- Made a speculative fix to missing Overseer quests.
*** Progression Servers ***
- Fixed an issue with the loot on some prominent Velious raid targets that prevented proper randomization on Mischief and Thornblade.
- Reduced the respawn time of Gloradin Coldheart by some amount.
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Corrected an issue where NPCs would drop you from their hatelist if you were too far away under the wrong conditions.
- Agents of Change are now available for All Access members on all servers.
- Login timeout errors no longer display the wrong error message, such as "String not found."
- Added a chat message when receiving a translocate.
- - The dialog box from the kickplayers command will no longer invalidate other dialog boxes, like those from translocation spells.
- - Translocation spells can now be cast on yourself.
- Broadcasts of system-wide messages will now always have a single space before the message is displayed.
- Logging in with 500 or more items in your Item Overflow will now display a message, suggesting you collect your belongings.
*** UI ***
- Corrected a spelling error when a player is too low level to give PVP points.
- Corrected an issue where heal-over-time spells would display negative values on NPCs.
- Fixed an issue where the reuse time on activated items would sometimes fail to display correctly.
- Changed -
EQUI_Inventory.xml
EQUI_LootWnd.xml
- The EverQuest Team
September 13, 2021 - Nagafen Sign Contest Winner!
We read all of your replies, and while all of you had picked fantastic places to hang a Nagafen sign, we unfortunately only have one to give away! There were 33 entries, so we asked our Advanced Automated Random Number Generating Computer System (aka our Google Home) to pick a random number between 1 and 33. The result was 25, which makes Thunderkiks our big winner!
Thanks to everyone who entered, and thanks so much for all of your support over the past 10 years! We look forward to many more anniversaries, and many more give aways to come!
And a special thanks to our contest sponsor, Timber & Twine: Handcrafted Designs. If you're looking for some extremely cool backlit wall art, check them out on Etsy!
September 2, 2021 - Labor Day Weekend EXP Bonus
May we be candid? We appreciate you. We really do.
For all the hard work you've put in—and in celebration of the upcoming Labor Day Weekend—we're crankin' experience gains up to 11! From September 3, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. PDT to September 7, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. PDT, you can enjoy 100% experience. That's right, you can "labor" in game to your heart's content!
Adventure on!
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 20, 2021 - EQ Downtime 8/25
All EverQuest Live and Test Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, August 25, 2021 at 5:00 AM PT* for internal maintenance. Downtime is expected to last approximately 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!).
August 20, 2021 - EQResource turns 10!
We made it! The big 10! I think this means we get to retire now, right?
Nah, we could never do that! For real, though - THANK YOU everyone for supporting us enough to keep us running for 10 straight years! We never dreamed this website would become this popular, or last this long! I can't imagine what the next 10 years have in store for all of us.
To celebrate, we are giving away a special, one of a kind, hand crafted Nagafen backlit wall sign! Be sure to check out the official contest thread for all the details, and to submit your entry! This is the coolest prize we've ever given away, you definitely don't want to miss your chance at this one!
August 16, 2021 - EQ Patch 8/18
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 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=08182021
DBStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/dbstrhistory.php?mdy=08182021
EQStr Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/eqstrhistory.php?mdy=08182021
Faction Changes:
Spell Changes: https://spells.eqresource.com/history.php?mdy=08182021
Update Notes:
August 18, 2021
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*** Items ***
- Corrected an issue where many Scars of Velious quest items were not flagged as usable in quests.
- Corrected a typo in the names of Cleaver of Vengeance and Endpoint, Greatbow of Vengeance Ornament.
- Rat Ears have been removed from all merchants.
- Updated the Misty Acorn to look like an acorn rather than a leaf.
*** Tradeskills ***
- Tradeskill Auto-combine will no longer stop randomly from lag.
*** Quests & Events ***
- Vulak`Aerr Raid (Sleeper's Tomb: The Call) - Fixed an issue that could cause the first instance of the auras on the central platform to appear at the same time as the message warning that they are about to appear. To help clarify, the messages are like this: The crystal over the central platform glows and sends power into the yellow crystal.
- Dream Master (Sanctus Somnium Raid) - Fixed an issue where the puzzle grid was not visible.
- Trial of Fire (Plane of Justice) - Added a speculative fix for an issue where this trial can fail to reset.
*** Spells ***
- Added a chat message if you attempt to use a spell or AA ability which triggers another spell that you don't have scribed.
- NPCs that use Cazic Touch will no longer have numbers in their shout message when targeting mercenaries.
*** NPCs ***
- The weaker monsters in Heart of Fear will no longer drop valuable loot.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Findlewill in Meldrath's Majestic Mansion from respawning, though you still have to kill "a crew chief" to actually get him to respawn.
*** Overseer ***
- Overseer quests meant for the infamous Clockwork VIIX no longer insist that he really IS a Clockwork when in fact he is very much a Gnome.
*** Progression Servers ***
- Phinigel Autropos and Drusella Sathir are no longer susceptible to mesmerization.
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Added a new command to allow dismissing your swarm pets: /pet swarmleave.
- Corrected an issue where NPCs with low hatred for all their opponents would not always choose to attack a player that successfully used the taunt skill.
- Made a speculative fix to a crash caused by real estate in a character transfer.
- Corrected an issue that kept you in walk mode if your /follow target zoned.
- Entering offline trader mode will now disable the LFG and AFK flags.
- Moved all Gnome Memorial Mountain achievements to The Burning Lands category.
- Added a new optional hunter achievement:
- - The Serpent's Spine: Veteran Hunter of The Serpent's Spine: Hunter of Frostcrypt (Icefloe)
- Added missing achievements for zones with huntable NPCs:
- - The Buried Sea: Veteran Hunter of The Buried Sea: Hunter of Zhisza, the Shissar Sanctuary
- - Secrets of Faydwer: Adept Hunter of Secrets of Faydwer: Hunter of Gyrospire Beza
- - Secrets of Faydwer: Adept Hunter of Secrets of Faydwer: Hunter of Gyrospire Zeka
- Increased the point values of two existing hunter achievements:
- - The Buried Sea: Veteran Hunter of the Buried Sea (increased from 20 to 30)
- - Secrets of Faydwer: Adept Hunter of Secrets of Faydwer (increased from 40 to 50)
- Added missing hunter targets to their respective achievements:
- - Gates of Discord: Hunter of Kod'Taz: Coerced Tiv Chanter, Subservient Punisher, and Subjugated Vrex Caller
- - Omens of War: Hunter of Harbinger's Spire: Crafter Arvang
- - Omens of War: Hunter of Catacombs of Dranik: High Sorceress Vi'tara
- - Omens of War: Hunter of Sewers of Dranik: Craftsman Ferinio and Stonefoot
- - The Serpent's Spine: Hunter of Blackfeather Roost: A Harpy Explorer and a violent harpy
- - The Serpent's Spine: Hunter of Frostcrypt (Icefloe): Ice, Floe, Icefloe
- - The Buried Sea: Hunter of Zhisza, the Shissar Sanctuary: Chitters, Copperfang, Defiler Jaziriiz, Elder Kazzi, Holloweyes, and The Stonecarver
- - Secrets of Faydwer: Hunter of Gyrospire Beza: Chamberlain XI, Commander Gearmost, Commander Shockmore, Engineer Tristos, Fuelmaster XXI, Garden Keeper IXV, Lerosma, and Minotaur Warleader
- - Secrets of Faydwer: Hunter of Gyrospire Zeka: Chamberlain VI, Commander Gearwell, Engineer LXII, Fuelmaster XI, Repair Steamwork XIV, Shocktroop Commander XIX, Zeka Repairer III
- - Secrets of Faydwer: Hunter of Meldrath's Majestic Mansion: Findlewill
*** UI ***
- Corrected an issue where NPCs couldn't be rotated in real estates.
- Corrected an issue where combat abilities that shared a reuse timer would not display a cooldown correctly on hotbuttons if you used the ability with a longer reuse timer first.
- Corrected an issue with the bazaar window where the price and level-range fields would be reset each time the window was closed.
- Corrected an issue with the bazaar window where the "Max Results Per Trader" field was not properly reset when using the Reset button.
- The EverQuest Team
August 14, 2021 - Upcoming EQResource Anniversary!
August 20th marks our 10th anniversary at EQResource! To celebrate, we made this Nagafen backlit wall sign and will be giving it away to one lucky winner! Check back soon for details on the contest!
