The Year of Darkpaw: An EverQuest® Celebration is on a roll with so much already going on and so much more to come! You can read about what's happened so far in the
2023 Final Producer's Letter and the
2024 New Year Post. Before we go too far, let's take a few moments to recap what happened at the tail end of last year.
In November, our first annual
Champion's Festival was run to help celebrate EverQuest II's anniversary! Speaking of EQII, we will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! Next up was the
Feast of Giving, complete with some new content. Our 30th Expansion, Laurion's Song, launched in December to round out the year.
I would be remiss if we failed to mention Extra Life and 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, earned a whopping $174,572. This year's
Darkpaw Games page is already up and ready for sign-ups. I have a feeling that 2024 will be another banner year!
Did we mention we have Year of Darkpaw swag for sale now? Head on over to the and grab some great stuff today, like this
T-Shirt,
Mouse Pad, and
Poster!
And now, without further ado, this year's Roadmap.
January: The Year of Darkpaw Year of Darkpaw Swag for sale
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower January quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Soundtrack Volume 1 released on streaming services
Ask Me Anything forum thread Laurion's Song Tier 1 Raids unlocked DirectX 11 API Port launches
February: The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
February quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Soundtrack Volume 2 released on streaming services
Adding January giveaway item for purchase
Laurion's Song Tier 2 Raids unlocked
Erollisi Day event returns
March: HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY EVERQUEST!
New anniversary content
The Year of Darkpaw
Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
Anniversary Tower
March quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
Adding February giveaway item for purchase
Ask Me Anything responses posted
Laurion's Song Tier 3 Raids unlocked
EQ Swag Store Launch
Brew Day event returns
Bristlebane Day event returns
Stomples Day event returns
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
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
New Progression Servers (rulesets to be announced)
June: 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
Pride Month Familiars
Hardcore Heritage event returns
Scorched Sky event returns
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
Potential server merge - Thornblade to Mischief
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
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
Throughout the Year: Server performance improvements
Ongoing conversion of Suite windows to the New UI Engine
Anti-cheat improvements
This concludes our 2024 Roadmap. Please remember that dates and events are subject to change as necessary.
Stay tuned as we map out this stellar year,
Jenn Chan
Head of Studio
