Extra Life has named Daybreak Games as their 2023 partner of the year. For those of you unfamiliar with Extra Life, it is an American and Canadian charity that has gamers raising money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, allowing us to "play it forward" to help sick kids. It is a phenomenal charity, and in November I will once again be participating in a 24-hour Extra Life gaming marathon. Also again this year, EverQuest and EverQuest II have in-game incentives for those who donate as well as those who fundraise, stream, etc. Information on the EverQuest incentives can be found here. Information on the EverQuest II incentives can be found here. While it is not necessary that you sponsor me your 2024 donation must be made to someone listed on the Darkpaw Games Extra Life roster in order to qualify for the rewards. Anyone doing so at any time during 2024 will qualify, though the rewards will not be granted until late in the year.

July 17, 2024 - Server Downtime: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 6:00 AM

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).

June 19, 2024 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, June 19th 6:00am PDT

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be 6 hours.

May 24, 2024 - Memorial Day Bonuses

Teek and Tormax are live, and now there are also Memorial Day Bonuses that are live for the weekend. Enjoy!

May 15, 2024 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, May 15th 6:00am

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be 6 hours.

April 17, 2024 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, April 17th 6:00am US Pacific Time

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be 6 hours.

March 13, 2024 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, March 13th 6:00am PDT

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Estimated downtime is expected to be 6 hours.

Patch notes for this update will be found in the Game Update Notes section of the forums once they are available.

Nothing related to tradeskills has been advertised in the patch notes.

February 26, 2024 - The EverQuest Show - Dev Interviews and More!

If you have not heard of The EverQuest Show, I would recommend that you remedy that oversight soon! Fading is a longtime fan of the EverQuest franchise, and covers information regarding both EQ and EQ2. In the episode released today, there are some dev interviews scattered throughout, and a fabulous teaser at the end that gives you a sneak peek at what will be covered in upcoming episodes of the show. Keen-eyed fans will even see snippets of both Niami and Ngreth, and may wonder, like Mum still does, just what it is that Ngreth said that was bleeped out!

February 22, 2024 - Grr! Bark! Bark! What is that Clamoring?

Fippy Fest has been announced! This will be both a virtual event and a limited in-person event later this year. Read more here.

February 21, 2024 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, February 21st 6:00am PST

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Estimated downtime for most servers, except Antonious Bayle, is expected to be 6 hours.

Please see this post about Antonious Bayle server specifically regarding their downtime: https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/extended-server-downtime-antonious-bayle-2-20-24-8pm-pt-2-21-24-5am-cet.296276/

Patch notes for this update will be found in the Game Update Notes section of the forums once they are available.

***Tradeskills***

• A new recipe for Myrmidon's Sloth XIX using Laurion's Song items has been added

January 17, 2024 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, January 17th 6:00am

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.

Expected updates for Tradeskills:

*** Tradeskills ***

• Dried Vanilla Beans are no longer tagged as No Trade.

December 12, 2023 - Producer's Letter!

I hope everyone is happy and safe during this holiday season. As a bit of a gift to you, there is a final surprise to end of this busy year - a Producer's Letter that gives you the first tease about the huge event coming for 2024! The Year of Darkpaw is approaching, and while the letter only mentions the free metamorph wand and a few other things for January, more information will be coming as time goes on regarding the year-long celebration that is just around the corner. ~Mum

December 04, 2023 - Server Downtime: Tuesday, December 5th @ 6:00 AM

Expansion Release Day: Laurion's Song!

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours. Servers will unlock no earlier than 12 PM (noon).

Patch notes for this update will be found in the Game Update Notes section of the forums once they are available.

November 15, 2023 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, November 15th 6:00am PT

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.

Patch notes for this update will be found in the Game Update Notes section of the forums once they are available.

Expected Updates:

*** Tradeskills ***

• The recipe for Song: Pests of the Piper Rk. II should now make much more sense.

October 17, 2023 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, October 18th 6:00am PT

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, October 18, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.

October 04, 2023 - Expansion Name and More

The 30th expansion for EverQuest has been announced as "Laurien's Song". You can find initial information on it in the October Producer's Letter!

September 20, 2023 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, September 20th 6:00am

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.

Patch notes for this update will be found in the Game Update Notes section of the forums once they are available.

August 24, 2023 - Extra-Life 2023

Again this year, Darkpaw Games is continuing a many-year tradition of having volunteers raise money for charity while playing games. For the second year in a row they have announced in-game incentives to go hand-in-hand with the fundraising. Those who donate will receive in-game rewards later in the year, those who join the team and raise funds will receive in-game rewards later in the year, and everyone who plays will receive in-game rewards in November based upon the amount of money the entire team raises. The Extra-Life 2023 Incentives Announcement has many of the details.

To answer some of the more commonly-asked questions:

• Donate $5 or more to any member of the Darkpaw Games team and you are on the list to receive incentives. If things work like last year, the first round of incentives will be sent in mid-November-ish, using the donation numbers received November 6. Any donations added between then and the end of the year will receive their incentives in early January, (based on donations received between Nov. 7 and Dec. 31) when a second tally is done. Your email address from the donation will receive mail when the donations are tallied will receive all appropriate keys when the rewards are distributed.
• You do NOT have to join the team if all you want to do is donate. Pick someone on the Darkpaw team list and donate, and you are on the donor list for incentives. If you wish to raise money from friends, family and co-workers, you are more than welcome to join the team, of course!
• Extra-Life is the gamer-run charity arm of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, and all funds go to the designated Children's Miracle Network Hospital. Many of us from Darkpaw have the fabulous Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego as our target hospital. Others that live in other regions will likely be raising funds for a Children's Miracle Network Hospital that is closer to their home.
• Just to make it extra-clear, once you donate, there is nothing more that you need to do to earn your rewards. When the tallies are done after game day, email will be generated with the proper account keys, and sent to the email address that you used for your donation. You can then claim on your account of choice if you have more than one account, gift the key information to another if you don't want the rewards, etc.
• The "Group Milestone" awards listed in the linked post will be available for everyone in the game, not just for donors, and the level will totally depend on how much Darkpaw raises as a team by November 6.

August 16, 2023 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, August 16th 6:00am

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.

Expected updates of interest to Tradeskillers:

*** Tradeskills ***

• Fixed a client crash caused by running out of inventory space while tradeskilling with Make All.
• Tradeskill combines completed with Make All now place items directly into your bags instead of being automatically put away from your cursor. If you run out of room while using Make All, the items will be placed on your cursor. If you are holding item(s) when it's time for a new combine, they will be placed into your bags.
• If the zone and client go out of sync when doing tradeskill combines with Make All, there should no longer be a 12 second delay.

July 12, 2023 - Extended Server and Website Downtime Wednesday, July 12th@ 5:30 AM

All EverQuest servers, Test server, and services, will be taken offline for scheduled extended maintenance on Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 5:30 a.m. PT*. This affects login, commerce, and authentication services. Read-only access on forums and websites will be possible. Please watch our socials or forums for updates! The estimated downtime is expected to last until approximately 12:00pm PT.

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