Mischief and hijinks lie in wait around every corner of Norrath! Bristlebane Day is the highest of silly days, a holiday that honors the Grand Prankster Fizzlethorpe Bristlebane who puts having fun first (especially when it comes at the expense of anyone or everyone else) - and you're invited to join in on the fun!

From now until April 11, 2019 at 11:59 PM PT, you can visit Enchanted Lands take part in a dizzying display of tricks, pranks, and laughter!

This year, we've also included a slew of new features for you to enjoy!

New Quest:

• Pot of Luck - Help a troll named Zruk join in on the Bristlebane fun by helping her gather the lucky items that she has been looking for! She'll be more than happy to reward you for your help.

New Items and Craftables:

• The Bristlebane Mechant has 9 new items available for you to purchase, including the Gryphon of a Different Color mount and Squeaky Cockatrice!
• A new tradeskill recipe book "Perfectly Serious Items to Craft X" is now available from the Bristlebane Day merchant.

TLE Server Features:

• If you're playing on Fallen Gate, you'll be able to take part in all of the Bristlebane mischief!
• On Kaladim, Bristlebane Day will not be available.

If you're a part of the more cautious crew when it comes to Bristlebane Day and all of its tricks, then you can read more about the holiday on EQ2i.

And remember, be on the look out for some very special events that will occur only on April 1st! To find these, you may want to pay a visit to Enchanted Lands.

GENERAL

• Restored exploration experience to previous values until the Nagafen server unlocks the Desert of Flame expansion.

PVP

• Fixed a bug where the bounty tracker would only look for the top 2 leaders of each mission type.

ZONES / POPULATION
General

• Chaos Descending Tier 2 heroic dungeon bosses now drop twice as much treasure.
• Chaos Descending Tier 1 and Tier 2 raid boss encounters drop twice as much treasure.
• Reduced resolve and mitigation for Tier 2 heroic, and Tier 1 Raid encounters.
• Reduced resolve on all Chaos Descending heroic and raid encounters to adjust for resolve no longer being increased by weapon leveling.
• Celestial Voidwrought Runes will now drop 100% of the time from certain end zone raid bosses.

TLE Contested Raids

• Many contested Raid targets have returned and have had their respawn rates adjusted to be more reasonable.

Portal to the Past: Southern Desert of Ro [Public Quest]

• Dune spiders and desert asps should no longer be locked to players or groups who attacked them first.

Zraxth's Fabled Unseen Arcanum [Heroic]

• Rhee'Gor in Frenzied mode can once again be defeated.

The Anchorage

• A Mender, Banker, and Fuel merchant has been added to the unlocks for the rank unlocks within the Anchorage.

Vegarlson: Upheaval [Raid]

• Sergie should now have a longer leash range.

Eryslai: The Aether Vale [Raid]

• Xegony's Aegis of Winds spells should no longer apply a secondary reduction to additional types of damage types.

Castle Mischief [Raid]

• Rougad the Jokester should now show his Focused Surge spell when it is applied to himself and Watchful Eye when applied to his target. The functionality of it has not changed.

ABILITIES

• Corrected a bug that prevented Thorny Trap from casting at the level of the caster.
• Corrected a bug that prevented Sigil of Heroism from casting at the level of the caster.
• Corrected a bug that removed the heal component of Faith Strike on non-TLE servers.
• Corrected a bug that caused the PvP duration of Knockdown to increase too rapidly as the triggering spell tier increased.

ITEMS

• The Mischievous Castle should no longer teleport the entire group or raid to Cobalt Scar when used.
• Epic spell scrolls above apprentice tier are now Heirloom.
• Corrected a bug that prevented the Shattered Crown from being equipped by all classes.
• The House Rating Trophy is no longer a stackable item.
• Leveling items no longer increase resolve as they increase in level.
• Breastplate of Militia Service - Item is now usable by templar (since inquisitor was already possible).
• Slippers of Militia Service - Item is now usable by illusionist (since coercer was already possible).
• Leggings of Militia Service - Item is now usable by monk (since bruiser was already possible).
• Trousers of Militia Service - Item is now usable by illusionist (since coercer was already possible).
• cloth sash: Primary Attributes decreased by 7, Stamina decreased by 7, Removed Ability Mod, Casting Skills decreased by 3
• cloth scarf: Primary Attributes decreased by 7, Stamina decreased by 7, Removed Multi Attack Chance, Added 3 Offensive Skills
• steel forged chainmail coat: Primary Attributes increased by 1, Stamina increased by 1
• feysteel brigandine helm: Primary Attributes decreased by 7, Stamina decreased by 7, Removed Casting Time, Casting Skills decreased by 5, Added 1 Defensive Skills
• feysteel brigandine wristguards: Primary Attributes decreased by 7, Stamina decreased by 7, Casting Skills decreased by 3
• silvril vanguard barbute: Primary Attributes decreased by 7, Stamina decreased by 7, Casting Skills decreased by 3
• Enchanted Coif of Displacement: Primary Attributes increased by 1, Stamina increased by 1
• carbonite spear: Primary Attributes increased by 1, Stamina increased by 1

QUESTS

• Anchorage missions will now grant status when completed.
• A Missing Brother - Quest journal now specifies zone required is "The Willow Wood: Besieged Hamlet".

GENERAL

• Reduced the experience granted by exploration.

ZONES / POPULATION
The Anchorage

• Adventurers or Tradeskillers who have completed the Mischief Managed quest series will now have their alternate characters on their account able to speak to and receive requisitions from Bondrin, Eifae, Jurie, and Hibbie within the Anchorage.
• Dying (Somehow...) within the Anchorage should no longer leave the poor soul stuck within geometry upon reviving. This applies to the unfinished mine as well.
• Hibbie Felfoot and Eifae Goldthorn should no longer announce to the zone about how unhappy they are with you about upsetting them. Though they will continue to be upset with you, you dirty rascal, you.
• The Mischievous Castle should now allow 110 tradeskiller OR 110 adventurer to use the attached portal to Cobalt Scar instead of only 110 adventurer.
• Corrected an issue that would occasionally prevent the scarred masses of coal from being able to have line of sight in order to harvest them.
• The Mischievous Castle should now take players to the Anchorage entrance instead of the outrider camp in Cobalt Scar.

Castle Mischief [Raid]

• The Celestial Voidwrought Rune set should now give the bonus within Castle Mischief.
• Fizzlethrope Bristlebane has been asked to turn down his volume a bit... He is such a party animal.
• The puppetshow curtain should now raise if you return to Castle Mischief after having previously progressed past the curtain in a previously saved zone, regardless how much Bristlebane attempts to troll your raid force. However, he may or may not change which paths are valid...

Fabled Runnyeye: The Gathering [Heroic & Solo]

• More revive junctions have been added.

Time-Locked Servers

• Shadowy stags should no longer spawn until the appropriate expansion has been enabled.

ABILITIES

• Reduced the amount of potency granted by confront fear on Time-Locked servers.

TRADESKILLS

• Mischievous recipes now require mischievous patterns.
• Corrected a bug that reduced the stats granted by Pack Unicorn and Far Seas Pack Pegasus.

ITEMS

• Corrected a bug on Arcanna'se Effigy of Rebirth and Altar of the Ancients that prevented their effects from reapplying.
• Corrected a bug that prevented armor from Fabled Runnyeye from transmuting into Chaos Descending materials.
• Reduced the primary attributes granted by Terror Yaulp.
• Corrected a bug that granted Ring o' da Pazt double stats.
• Restored the tradeskill stats on Shroud of Hidden Harvests, Ruthenium Clockwork Drape, Scholar's Cranial Capacitor.
• Bejeweled Ring of Scales: Added 0.6 Potency, Primary Attributes increased by 5, Stamina increased by 5, Added 0.3 Crit Chance, Added 2.6 DPS, resists increased by 3, Offensive Skills increased by 1, Defensive Skills increased by 1, Hategain increased by 1.6
• Prismatic Baton of the Scale: Potency increased by 0.6, Primary Attributes increased by 8, Stamina increased by 8, Added 0.5 Crit Chance, Added 0.8 Haste, Added 13 Ability Mod, Added 1.2 Max HP Percent, Added 0.5 Block Chance, Defensive Skills increased by 3
• Prismatic Greatsword of the Scale: Potency increased by 1.2, Primary Attributes increased by 16, Stamina increased by 16, Added 1 Crit Chance, Added 6.4 DPS, Added 26 Ability Mod, Added 2.4 Max HP Percent, Offensive Skills increased by 3, Defensive Skills increased by 3
• Prismatic Longsword of the Scale: Potency increased by 0.6, Primary Attributes increased by 8, Stamina increased by 8, Added 0.5 Crit Chance, Added 1.6 Multi Attack Chance, Added 13 Ability Mod, Added 1.2 Max HP Percent, Defensive Skills increased by 3, Hategain increased by 2.5
• Prismatic Rod of the Scale: Potency increased by 0.6, Primary Attributes increased by 8, Stamina increased by 8, Added 0.5 Crit Chance, Ability Mod increased by 6, Added 1.4 Reuse Speed, Casting Skills increased by 3
• Prismatic Scepter of the Scale: Potency increased by 0.6, Primary Attributes increased by 8, Stamina increased by 8, Added 0.5 Crit Chance, Added 3.2 DPS, Added 13 Ability Mod, Offensive Skills increased by 3
• Prismatic Swiftblade of the Scale: Potency increased by 0.6, Primary Attributes increased by 8, Stamina increased by 8, Added 0.5 Crit Chance, DPS increased by 2.4, Added 13 Ability Mod, Offensive Skills increased by 3

LIVE EVENTS
Portal to the Past: Southern Desert of Ro [Public Quest]

• The blazing heat of the Southern Desert of Ro has caused a slight reduction in hitpoints to those who inhabit it.

QUESTS

• Mischief Managed: Duty and the Beast: Live Capture Traps should now update more reliably within Cobalt Scar.
• Mischief Managed: Forming the Feyiron Skillets Guild will now properly update if you have completed the quest to convince Jurie to join the Anchorage prior to Hibbie.
• Mischief Managed: Forming the Ak'Anon's Finest Guild will now properly update if you have completed the quest to convince Hibbie to join the Anchorage prior to Jurie.
• Mischief Managed: Forming the All's Eye Guild should update more reliably for Eifae in Greater Faydark.

TWO NEW SERVERS
Kaladim

• Time Locked PvE Server
• More Info: https://www.everquest2.com/news/eq2-kaladim-tle-server-faq-2019

Nagafen

• Event PvP Server
• Each account will only be able to create a single character on Nagafen, so be diligent when deciding on a race and class! And of course, know that with only one character, you will become known for the choices you make and your victories in battle.
• More Info: https://www.everquest2.com/news/eq2-nagafen-pvp-server-faq-2019

Level Progression

• This is a PvP server, so the majority of your progression will come from PvP fights. When you defeat an opponent, you will be given an XP reward, with unique kills giving you much more experience than players you have taken down previously. The more you defeat the same player, the less they will be worth. Quest experience will be the next best experience available, with NPC encounter experience rewards being relatively low in comparison.
• You will not have the ability to disable PvP experience rewards.

Free-For-All PvP

• PvP combat will be free-for-all and factionless, which means that anyone outside of your group or raid will be considered a hostile target. Every player is a potential target, and every player is a potential group mate, so you'd better learn how to make friends fast.

Leaderboard

• Speaking to the Priest of Discord in Freeport and Qeynos will open a PvP leaderboard which will display a sortable list of all pvp leaders.

Bounty Missions

• Once you have obtained level 15 you will become eligible for PvP bounties, granted by the Priest of Discord in Freeport and Qeynos. These bounties will update when you defeat one of the top 15 PvP leaderboard members of the appropriate type. While on a bounty mission you will have access to the Bounty Tracker inventory item to assist you in tracking down your targets.

Zones and Player Vs. Player Level Range

• "Newbie" zones will have a 4 level PvP range. Zones that are included in the 4 level PvP range are: Antonica, Commonlands, Darklight Wood, Frostfang Sea, Oakmyst Forest, Outpost of the Overlord, Queen's Colony, The Caves, The Forest Ruins, The Graveyard, The Peat Bog, The Ruins, The Sprawl, The Sunken City, Big Bend, Stonestair Byway, Temple Street, Beggar's Court, Longshadow Alley, Scale Yard, Nettleville, Starcrest Commune, Graystone Yard, Castleview Hamlet, The Willow Wood, and The Baubbleshire. Normal zones will have an 8 level PvP range and zones intended for level 40+ will have an unlimited PvP range. The only non-PvP zones will be Freeport and Qeynos. All other zones are open for business.

PvP Death

• Characters that are killed in PvP will drop up to 70% of the coin they are carrying with them. Coin kept in the bank is not affected. There is also a chance that they will drop one of the tradeable items that they are carrying in their bags.

PvP Ability Balance

• PvP specific templates have been created for many spells that are too powerful in their base forms for PvP combat, such as control abilities (charm, fear, etc). These templates are intended to reduce their power to the desired balance of the ability, without removing their desirability entirely.

PvP General

• Auto-Follow, and Auto-Run will break when hit in PvP combat.

MISCHIEF AND MAYHEM
Runnyeye Fabled
As is the nature of Bolgin Serilis' disaster-inducing creation – the goblin – wherever they go, mayhem follows. And nowhere on Norrath, or on any other known (and quite possibly unknown) plane of existence, is this more evident than within their underground citadel of Runnyeye. However, it's not just the Runnyeye clan of goblins causing a raucous heard as far away as The Fool's Gold. Oh no, they've decided to throw a party! A great gathering of goblins, from every nook and cranny, have descended into the dungy depths of Runnyeye, and are just waiting for someone to crash their party. That someone might as well be you, brave adventurers!

The Anchorage [Public Tradeskill]
The dust has settled, the parlay has ended. The armies of Freeport and Qeynos have retreated back to their respective cities. What remains of the New Combine? Very few have stayed behind to finish the work that all once believed was possible – and they need help. Whilhelm Nam’terin was once a dockmaster for the New Combine but he has since shared his dream to create a research society with to cultivate new and unique curiosities. Whilhelm is calling for the aid of any capable tradeskiller to help make this dream a reality. Do your part to help form the Anchorage! Those wishing to lend a hand can find Whilhelm near the Salt Breeze camp in Cobalt Scar if they have completed “The Scrivener’s Tale” quest series in Chaos Descending.

Public Tradeskill Apprentices
Band together with your tradeskiller allies and help these new academics research all new recipes! Much like personal tradeskill apprentices, they can discover new unique recipes over time. Anyone can help speed things along by completing new missions for them, which will reduce the amount of time needed for the active research task. You'll also earn a special currency by helping the researchers along through their requisitions. Once the research is completed, the recipes can be bought from a nearby merchant with your earned currency. These researched recipes are server-wide unlocks instead of just individual rewards and can be repurchased at any time!

More Information After the Jump

GENERAL

• Fixed an issue where accepting a enter zone confirmation, while grouped with a pet or mercenary, could cause the zone to crash.

ZONES / POPULATION
Vegarlson: Upheaval [Raid]

• Sergie the Blade should no longer run away like a cowardly dog when she respawns.

The Fabled Clefts of Rujark

• A fancy steel key has the possibility of dropping from Captive Coin Trademasters, once again.

QUESTS

• Portal to the Past: Southern Desert of Ro: Encounters should no longer break and prevent the Ancient Cyclops from being killed or otherwise prevent it from dropping treasure.

For years we have been witness to mysterious portals across the Shattered Lands, which have allowed us to travel back in time to the Age of Turmoil. Norrathian's studies into these portals have furthered the knowledge of chronomancy, and led to many breakthroughs. The appearance of these portals is now recognized as being a part of the annual phase in which the barrier to the stream of the past is the thinnest. It is that time once again, and your help is needed!

Seek out the chronomancers in Myrist, the Coliseum of Valor, Antonica, The Commonlands, Enchanted Lands, Thundering Steppes, Steamfont Mountains, Lavastorm, Sinking Sands, Feerrott, or Moors of Ykesha. During this phase, they will be holding the portals to the Chronostream open. Step into the time between times, from where you’ll be able to venture to the Age of Turmoil and help investigate this wondrous magic. Your accomplishments will surely be rewarded.

The Chronoportals have already appeared in Norrath, but act quickly! They will only remain open through Sunday, March 31, 2019.

In returning to the past, history is bound to repeat itself... but this year, there's new content for you to discover, too!

New Fabled Zones:

• New Fabled level 110 versions of the Portal to the Past zones are now available, and will include new treasures!
• These new Fabled zones will also work for those who are looking to complete the returning Time Traveler Achievement, or the Hunt the Past Quest.

New Public Quest: 

• You can find "Camping the AC!" located in the Portal to the Past: Southern Desert of Ro. Completing this quest will reward you with new rewards!

New Portals:

• Entry portals to The Chronoweave appear to have opened up in The Commonlands, Myrist, and the Coliseum of Valor.

New Items:

• Erben Delki, the Chronoportal merchant in The Chronoweave, is now selling the following 6 new items:
  • Heat Upon You
  • To the Tavern
  • The City of Hate
  • Islands of Sky
  • A Dire Warning
  • Golden Firiona Vie Statue

• Plus, everyone who logs on during the event (between now and March 31, 2019) will receive the "Rise of Kunark" house painting!

TLE servers:

• On the Fallen Gate server, the entire event will be active!

If all this talk of time travel has spun your head in circles, you can review an in-depth guide to the Chronoportal Phenomenon and its returning features over at ZAM. 

Will you step through the Chronoportals before they shut on March 31st?

ZONES / POPULATION
Chaos Descending Zone Portals

• Raids should now be listed at the bottom of the list when a portal has more than one option on it.

Ragrax, the Sepulcher of the Twelve [Raid]

• Smooth pledge stones have had their charges increased from 3 to 10 per stone.

Awuidor: Reef of Coirnav [Raid]

• Coirnav should once again scale his damage upwards if the raid attempting him is severely under the minimum number of players.

QUESTS / MISSIONS

• Coirnav and raid bosses within Awuidor: The Adumbral Depths [Contested Raid] should now count toward all three raid weekly missions based on their tier.
• A Strange Gem - Respawn point for "a small hideout" is now just outside the entrance, in Antonica.

ZONES / POPULATION
Eryslai: The Empyrean Steppes [Mythic Raid]

• Pherlondien Clawpike should now properly update the mission "Transcripts from the Element Planes [Raid I]" instead of "Transcripts from the Element Planes [Raid II]".

Vegarlson: Upheaval [Raid]

• Sergie the Blade's "Earthen Power" buff has been reduced in regards to outgoing melee damage.

Vegarlson: Upheaval [Mythic Raid]

• Sergie the Blade has had her maximum health reduced.
• Warlord Gintolaken has had his buffs corrected.

Palace of Roehn Theer [Raid]

• Roehn Theer, Chaos has had his outgoing melee damage reduced to be more appropriate to players' health pools.

TRADESKILLS

• Raid Celestial Weapons Recipes will now return 45 of the elemental ores required for the recipe if the recipe is failed instead of 5. Beware not to fail reactions!

ITEMS

• Corrected a bug that prevented the Empowerment of Aniquilacion, Pingyuan Diqu, Zou Kunnen itemsets from casting their Chaos Descending spell effects.
• Skull of the Damned - Collectible item is now spelled correctly.
• Frostfell Merry Kitten - Familiar now has a proper description.
• Patchcraft Growler - Familiar's description has been corrected.

MISSIONS

• Raid missions now reward a miscbag that allows the player choose between 2 of either Celestial Obsidian Ore, Celestial Earthen Ore, or Celestial Zephyren Crystal.

Hello fellow Norrathians!

I am here to talk about the return of Nagafen as a Seasonal PvP Server... and the beta that will start on February 5th!

We have been working to bring PvP back to EverQuest II with renewed excitement! In approaching Nagefen, we wanted to improve on and make changes based on what we learned from the Deathtoll PvP server. We're looking for feedback and testers in a beta before we make any moves towards a full launch, so here's a look at what we to expect right out of the gate. 

NAGAFEN

To get started, Nagefen is a seasonal PvP server that will require membership. Seasons are planned to last three months: the first month featuring vanilla EverQuest II, the second unlocking Deserts of Flame, and the third unlocking Kingdom of Sky, followed by a short break. Future seasons may unlock different expansions.

During a season, everyone will be able to earn unique titles and a special set of Nagafen appearance armor if they complete certain season-specific objectives. For season one, that means racking up enough kills to earn The Dreadnaught appearance armor. Plus, the character with the most unique kills will earn a unique title - the only one on the entire server. When a season ends, these rewards will carry over to future seasons so you can display your PvP prowess. 

Perhaps most importantly, Nagafen will be a free-for-all PvP server. That’s right, factionless PvP. If you are a Qeynosian and you want to take out other Norrathians from your city, feel free! Grouped characters will be able to avoid the friendly fire of PvP combat. 

Just remember, your actions will be remembered. Your reputation will follow you on Nagafen. That's because you can only create one character, and you will be known for both your victories and your crimes! Your choices in this world will matter. 

Also, Nagafen is all about the PvP. Keeping that in mind, experience will best be gained through direct PvP combat. Want to level up fast? Get out there and fight! But also, be careful. Nagefen will also be a Free-Trade server. This means items can be looted from fallen foes, so make sure you attune your items so you don't drop them when someone ganks you!

About your items, we are rebalancing early game itemization and implementing custom rulesets that will allow for tailored itemization on unique servers. This means we can tune the content to more closely resemble original PvE and PvP combat. We are bringing the stats closer to how they were at launch so that items complement PvP and do not “make or break” anyone's experience.

Plus, Marketplace items will be very limited. We expect bags, ground mounts, and expendables to be available, but not much more. 

Finally, in the spirit of competition, we also have built all new in-game Scoreboards! There will be scoreboards for total kills, unique kills, and more. Keep track of who's after who on the server... and who needs to have a bounty issued for their head!

BETA

We are looking forward to getting this beta started, and we’ll be asking for lots of feedback from those who participate to help us make it even better. Our goal is to relive as much of the glory days of EverQuest II PvP as possible, and bring back the rakish spirit of the Nagafen community. It’s something we have really wanted to do for a while, and hope everyone will be on board.

So just to recap:

• Nagafen is a seasonal, free-for-all PvP server.
• Nagafen is a Free-Trade server, where most items are tradeable. 
• Beta access is free, but live will require membership.
• In-game scoreboards will keep track of the top killers.
• Only one character is allowed per account. 
• Stats will be customized and updated for PvP and balance. 

Answers to some of your questions before you ask:

• Channelers and Beastlords will not be available for this season of PvP.
• Spell research will not be available on Nagafen.
• Familiars will not be available on Nagafen.
• Experience potions will not be available on Nagafen.

We can't wait for you to join us for the Seasonal Nagafen PvP server beta on Feburary 5th! We're really looking forward to your contributions and feedback.

Kyle “Kander” Vallée
Lead Designer, EverQuest II