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
Created By: Niami Denmother
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.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
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.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
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.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
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!
Created By: Niami Denmother
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.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
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.
Created By: Niami Denmother
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.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
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.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
July 06, 2023 - Extended Server Downtime - Wednesday, July 19th @ 6:00 PDT
On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, Coirnav is being merged onto Vox, and any characters you have on Coirnav will be accessible from Vox. To complete this work, there will be up to 12 hours of downtime beginning at 6:00 a.m. PDT (1300 UTC) for all EverQuest servers. Please note that this is also the date of the Live Update which will be included in the scheduled downtime.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
Last Modified on: 2023-07-11 11:08:00
June 21, 2023 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, June 21st 6:00am PDT
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, June 21, 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.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
Last Modified on: 2023-06-30 02:22:45
May 17, 2023 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, May17th 6:00am PDT
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, May 17th, 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.
Interesting updates for tradeskillers:
*** Tradeskills ***
Faded Restless Velium Short Spear and Faded Bloodied Luclinite Short Spear are now blacksmithing combines to better align with the source items used.
Recommended levels on Martial Treatises have been adjusted to closer match the required levels on the combat ability tomes they are used to create.
Recipes for Tome of Calanin's Synergy Rk. II, Tome of Bleed Rk. II, Tome of Shield Topple Rk. II, Tome of Blood Hatchet Rk. II, Tome of Procure Sap Rk. II, and Tome of Bazu Bluster Rk. II have had the required treatises adjusted to better match the level of the combat ability tomes created.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
April 19, 2023 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, April 19th@6:00am PST
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, April 19th, 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.
Interesting updates for tradeskillers:
Drop rates for Luclinite Laced Nigriventer, Mamba, Gormar, Taipan, and Choresine venoms have been increased in Night of Shadow zones.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
April 04, 2023 - Extended Downtime, April 5, 2023
From Daybreak:
All EverQuest servers, Test server, and services, will be taken offline for scheduled extended maintenance on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. PST*. This affects login, commerce, and authentication services. Read-only access on forums and websites will be possible. Please watch our socials for updates! The estimated downtime is expected to be approximately 6 hours.
Created By: Niami Denmother
March 14, 2023 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, March 15th @6:00am PST
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, March 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.
Anticipated update:
*** Tradeskills ***
Correct an error in the paper used for Song: Warsong of the Vah Shir.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
February 15, 2023 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, February 15th @6:00am PST
All EverQuest servers, and all website pages and services, will be taken offline for scheduled extended maintenance and game updates on Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. PST*. The estimated downtime is expected to be approximately 5 hours for the website and services, and 10 hours for servers.
Expected changes for TS:
*** Tradeskills ***
Added a recipe for the spell: Song: Warsong of the Vah Shir.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
February 13, 2023 - Global Downtime Warning: Feb. 15
We will be having a global downtime on Feb. 15th starting at 6 a.m. PT and lasting around 4 hours. This affects login, commerce, and authentication services. Access to forums and websites will be possible without login. Please watch our socials for updates!
Created By: Niami Denmother
January 18, 2023 - Server Downtime - Wednesday, January 18th @ 6:00am PST
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 6:00 AM PT* for an update. Downtime is expected to last approximately 6 hours.
Expected items of interest to tradeskills:
Small Bottle of Soy Sauce, Jewelers Glass, and Etching Tools are no longer flagged no-trade.
Luclin Cream of Mushroom Soup and Cheese-Stuffed Flank Steak Rolls can now be added to the Tradeskill Depot.
Enabled the ability to withdraw items from your Personal Tradeskill Depot via the Find Item window when interacting with a banker.
Adjustments to Tradeskill Depot Window column widths should now persist after logging out.
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
Last Modified on: 2023-01-18 05:38:30
December 06, 2022 - Night of Shadows!
Created By: Niami Denmother
December 06, 2022 - Server Downtime - Tuesday, December 6th @ 6:00am PST
All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 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.
Night of the Shadows will be live after this downtime!
Night of the Shadows brings with it a new Tradeskill Item Storage Solution! Read more about the Tradeskill Component Depot.
Lastly, with this patch we are expecting that Olwen in Western Wastes has found a more generous supplier for Limes and Oranges. She should now carry them in unlimited quantities.
Enjoy!
Created By: EQTC Editor Aanuvane
Last Modified on: 2022-12-06 04:06:38