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February 15, 2023
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*** Highlights ***

- Added a prompt to the Shar Vahl stone in the Plane of Knowledge to ask if the adventurer would like to go to the original Shar Vahl or Shar Vahl, Divided.
- Made several improvements to the Extended Target Window. See the Miscellaneous section for details.


*** Items ***

- Changed the Contract of the Ancient Shissar to Contract of the Painted Sporali. The associated mercenary changed as well.
- Shar Vahl, Divided coffee shop drinks are no longer marked as quest items.
- Evolving cloaks of the Selenelion now have the appropriate backstab stats.
- Night of Shadows items that grant Alternate Advancement abilities will now correctly grant the appropriate ability.
- Added a 10-level offset on Level Locked Progression servers for spells cast from items.
- Removed various references to the word "Dollar" as there are no dollars in Norrath.
- Fixed an issue with Mollen's Divining Rod using a fire spell instead of an ice spell.
- Keep an eye on the Shar Vahl, Divided Town Crier to have added Shar Vahl Tribune newsletters in the coming months.


*** Tradeskills ***

- Added a recipe for the spell: Song: Warsong of the Vah Shir.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Under Siege (Mission & Raid): Added a message when someone is summoned by the Akheva for trying to avoid the fight. Also, they will be less tolerant of enemies trying to flee down the tunnel.
- Mean Streets (Raid): Increased time available to defeat Jakasharev's illusions. Fixed an issue that could lock Jakasharev's hit points if all illusions were defeated in the final stages.
- Changed the minimum level on all Night of Shadow quests to 100.
- Increased the amount of Tower Keys dropped by Korafax and Tower of Discord raids in Seeds of Destruction by an additional 50%.
- Leaving an instance in a group will now prioritize keeping the group together over going over the zone population cap if the zone is a /pickzone.
- Beltron the Shade King (Raid): Beltron will no longer try to cast Touch of Shadows and Icy Clutch at the same time.
- Carrion My Wayward Sprout (Quest): Corrected an issue that prevented the Undead Essence Extractor from working as expected.
- When attempting to initiate a raid when at least one member already has a lockout from that raid, the raid leader can choose to enter anyways upon confirming to accept the lockout(s) being applied.
- Fixed several Agent of Change instances in Planes of Power where minibosses were giving erroneous replay timers. An example is Gryme the Crypt Guardian in the Plane of Disease.
- Removed the 'Taromani's Blessing' achievement as it was no longer obtainable.
- Myconid Mutiny (Raid): Augments will not longer appear on the corpses of the workers.


*** Spells ***

- Corrected an issue where item procs that scale by level were using the player's level instead of the item spell's level. In general this caused older items to do more damage than intended, and newer items to do less damage than intended.
- Protection of Primal Spirit's description should now be more accurate.


*** AA ***

- Magician - Fixed an issue that prevented Elemental Conversion from reporting its damage.
- Removed the max spell level limiter from the following Archetype AAs:
- - Abundant Healing
- Removed the max spell level limiter from the following Class AAs:
- - Bard - Fierce Eye
- - Bard - Quick Time
- - Cleric - Sanctified Blessing
- - Druid - Group Spirit of the Great Wolf
- - Druid - Spirit of the Great Wolf
- - Enchanter - Chromatic Haze
- - Enchanter - Gift of Hazy Thoughts
- - Enchanter - Phantasmic Reflex
- - Enchanter - Tashan's Lingering Cry
- - Magician - Elemental Form
- - Magician - Heart of Skyfire
- - Magician - Thaumaturge's Focus
- - Necromaner - Funeral Pyre
- - Necromancer - Hand of Death
- - Paladin - Thunder of Karana
- - Shadow Knight - Visage of Decay
- - Shaman - Dampen Resistance (Also increased the min resist modifiers on ranks 12-20)
- - Wizard - Arcane Fury
- - Wizard - Improved Familiar
- - Wizard - Spire of Arcanum
- - Wizard - Trifurcating Magic
- Removed the max spell level limiter from the following Focus AAs:
- - Enchanter - Hastened Mesmerization
- - Magician - Flames of Power (Also reduced the Flames of Weakness max damage reduction to -15% and increased the min damage reduction to -5%)


*** NPCs ***

- Fixed some inconsistencies with shades being able to see undead properly.
- Aten Ha Ra (Vex Thal) - Corrected a very old bug that caused Aten Ha Ra to use generic Akhevan sounds rather than her intended sound effects.


*** Collections ***

- Altered text in the lore on the Citadel Orchids collection items to Citadel Orchids instead of Cauldron Flowers.


*** Overseer ***

- Corrected the misspelling of Dragon Necropolis for the Overseer Collection Item Dispenser.
- Fixed the Overseer Collection Item Dispenser to not allow CoV collections to be claimed unless CoV is unlocked.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Added Zi-Thuuli of the Granite Claw back to randomized loot on random loot servers.
- Altered the release schedule for Coirnav in anticipation of the server merge in July.
- Chests in raid encounters that drop components for the Serpent Seeker's Charm of Lore will now contain these items.
- Mechanics that require players to cast spells of a certain level will now have a 10 level adjustment on Level Locked Progression servers.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- Added future planned patch dates to the in-game calendar. These dates may change.
- Added an option to /shownames to display only first and guild names.
- Added options to /xtarget to load and save a target set. Use /xtarget to see usage details.
- Increased the max amount of saved targets sets in the Extended Target Window from 10 to 30.
- Added a prompt to the Shar Vahl stone in the Plane of Knowledge to ask if the adventurer would like to go to the original Shar Vahl or Shar Vahl, Divided.
- Added the percentage gained to raid experience messages.
- Fixed an issue with an erroneous popup at level 61 telling the player about /autoskill when /autoskill had its level requirement removed.


*** UI ***

- Removed the Social Sharing button from the cascade menu.
- Corrected an issue where your UI would be locked out if you confirmed the sale of a bag's contents after closing the Merchant Window.
- The Upgrade Character button on the Inventory Window is now disabled while a heroic upgrade is in progress.
- Updated the Overseer Window so that the Agent area on the Quests tab is always visible.
- Added a message to the Tradeskill Depot Window when your items are being loaded.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when an invalid number of quests in ActiveList in your character's ini file are present.
- Withdrawing a single item from your Tradeskill Depot, Dragon's Hoard, or Item Overflow will now place that item on your cursor rather than directly in your inventory.
- Attempting to delete a Heroic Character that was created on a Heroic-flagged server such as Miragul will now give a warning that the Heroic Character feature will not be refunded.
- Removed the deprecated social sharing tab from the Options Window.
- When turning in a stack of items for a quest, you will now see fewer chat messages about it.
- Updated the Task Overlay Window's default lock status, transparency, and close button visibility.

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EQUI.xml
EQUI_DragItems.xml
EQUI_OptionsWindow.xml
EQUI_OverseerWnd.xml
EQUI_ShareWnd.xml
EQUI_TaskOverlayWnd.xml
EQUI_TradeskillDepotWnd.xml


*** Previously Updated ***

- Mean Streets (Mission) - The Glimmering Illusion spell can now be removed as intended from Jakarashev's illusions.


- The EverQuest Team

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Well here it is folks, Night of Shadows releases tomorrow. We've been busy gathering info and working back behind the scenes to get as much work done as we can. We're going to release the wiki tonight so folks can look over it for the release tomorrow.

https://everquest.allakhazam.com/wiki/eq:Night_of_Shadows_Overview

There's is plenty of work to be done still so we'll keep plugging away at it and filling in information. Have fun folks!

Here are the patch notes.

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November 16, 2022
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*** Items ***

- Fixed a client crash when inserting an augment you can't use into an item you are currently wearing on Free Trade servers.
- Shadowsilk Sash has had its spell description fixed.


*** Tradeskills ***

- Recipes should once again award the most significant product(s) before returned components such as tools.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Kill Kangur (Raid) - Altered this event so that the main loot is in a chest that is opened as the last step of the event.
- Primal Vampire (Raid) - Updated the fail chat text to reflect the correct name of the Achievements 'No Ascent' and 'Feastless'.
- Quoth the Raven... - Ravenous gorals will no longer give credit for this quest.
- The Hero's Journey - Neriak Quests - Death of Lyda Nasin (Achievement) - This achievement has been restored as the target of this quest, Lyda Nasin, can now be found in East Freeport.


*** Spells ***

- Warrior - Altered Determined Reprisal and Wade into Battle to fix a stacking conflict with Spire of the Warlord.
- Rogue - Added Thief's Eyes and Thief's Vision to a stacking group to ensure that lower ranks will not overwrite higher ranks.
- Enchanter - Arcane Disjunction has been adjusted to no longer conflict with the Wizard Class AA, Trifurcating Magic.
- Corrected an issue with the text of the description for Yeti Chill.


*** AA ***

- Magician - Theft of Essence - The proc rate for this ability has been updated to 100%.
- Magician - Elemental Conversion - This has been updated to ignore damage mitigation factors on the pet.
- Magician - Elemental Conversion - Several ranks have been adjusted to consume slightly more pet health while returning slightly more mana.
- Enchanter - Beguiler's Synergy - This will now buff chromatic spells in addition to fire, ice, and magic spells.


*** NPCs ***

- Drifter Minki will now leave the Nexus when he is not needed. Fear not as he will return during the Anniversary.


*** Overseer ***

- Fixed a typo in the Overseer Quest 'Guard the Goods'.
- Several new event-specific Agents have been added to Overseer, available only during the Frostfell event in December.
- A new line of event-specific Overseer Quests, available at all Overseer levels, are also available for a limited time during Frostfell.
- New achievements, found in the Overseer >> Holiday category, have also been added for completing each of the new Frostfell event Overseer Quests.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- Corrected an issue where a beta copy would not work if the character's name was taken.
- Fixed a zone crash that would rarely happen when moving items in containers.
- Temple of Veeshan will now spawn a pickzone if it reaches 25 players.


*** UI ***

- The Bazaar Search window's platinum column is now right-justified.


*** Previously Updated ***

- Corrected an issue that was preventing raid currency from being properly awarded after victories in Terror of Luclin raids.
- Treants and Giants in Blightfire Moors should now drop Diseased Ichor during Nights of the Dead.
- Corrected an issue that caused several combat skills to be hidden in the combat skills window.
- Corrected an issue where some tasks did not have a reduced level requirement on level locked servers.


- The EverQuest Team

October 26, 2022

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*** Highlights ***

- New Overseer agents, quests, and achievements for Nights of the Dead have been added. See the Overseer section below for more details.

- Look to the Marketplace this month for the Erudite Heritage Crate. Each crate contains a random item. Trade these Erudite Heritage items to your friends or collect them all yourself!

- Continued reducing the amount of zone lag caused by spell casts and procs.

*** Tradeskills ***

- Crafting Planes of Power Timeless and Ornate armors no longer grants a small amount of experience.

- Failing to bake a Loaf of Bread no longer has a small chance to result in a Burnt Loaf of Bread. However, Burnt Loaf of Bread can now be crafted by placing a Loaf of Bread in an oven, no Bread Tin required.

- Recipes that consume a Flawless Conflagrant Diamond and whose failure had a small chance to result in a Crushed Conflagrant Diamond will now instead always return the Flawless Conflagrant Diamond.

*** Quests & Events ***

- Primal Vampire, Close the Gate, and Oubliette of Light (Raids) - Corrected an error that didn't award completion credit for beating these events.

*** Spells ***

- Bard - Removed the hidden requirement on the following 7 songs that prevented their use unless a matching instrument was equipped: Shauri's Sonorous Clouding, Cantata of Soothing, Melody of Ervaj, Occlusion of Sound, Composition of Ervaj, Harmony of Sound, and Harmony of Tone.

- Corrected a misspelled word in the description for Yeti Chill.

*** AA ***

- Attempting to trigger multiple AAs with cast times should no longer give a timer for the ones that don't cast.

- Necromancer - Reluctant Benevolence - Fixed an issue with the Disabled description.

- Monk - Technique of Master Wu - Ranks 36 and 37: Increased the percentage chance to hit for the first non-guaranteed strikes to be a 5% increase per rank.

*** Mercenaries ***

- Fixed a bug where, after server transfer or test copy, characters with open mercenary slots were unable to hire new ones.

*** Overseer ***

- Several new event agents specific to the Nights of the Dead event have been added to Overseer.

- A new line of event quests, available at all Overseer levels, are also available for a limited time during Nights of the Dead (and for an extra 2 weeks after Nights of the Dead ends!).

- New achievements, found in the Overseer >> Holiday category, have also been added for completing each of the new Nights of the Dead event quests.

*** Miscellaneous ***

- Bards can now begin improving all instrument skills starting at level 1.

- Logging into a pickzone from character select will now prioritize returning you to the same pick you camped out from.

- Made a speculative fix to a problem when reconnecting after going link dead:

- - Logging into the same world after disconnecting from a zone and landing at the server selection screen, rather than the character selection screen, will now automatically kick the link dead PC rather than prompting you to do so.

- NPCs can now respond to /emote messages in the same manner they do /say messages.

- Armor can now be dyed with red, green, and blue values below 25.

*** UI ***

- Fixed a client crash that could occur when upgrading a Heroic Character with a custom UI.

- Fixed a bug where experience gained percentages displayed were inaccurate while in a party with players of different levels.

- Fixed a client crash that could occur when using a custom Extended Target Window.

- Rewards that grant currency will now display the name and quantity being granted in a chat message.

- When merging two groups, the leader of the joining group's Advanced Loot Window will now flash if there is at least one item in the loot list. The confirmation popup will no longer appear if the list is empty.

- The EverQuest Team

We will be taking the site down for some scheduled maintenance on October 27th, 2022 at 6:30PM PDT.

We will be taking the site down for some scheduled maintenance on October 27th, 2022 at 6:30PM PDT.

Here are the site updates for the month of September.

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September 21, 2022
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*** Highlights ***

- Added the ability to output a filtered (Complete, Open, and/or Locked) list of your achievements using either a new button in the achievements window or the slash command: /outputfile achievements.
- Level 100 Heroic Characters are now available on servers that have unlocked Torment of Velious.


*** Quests & Events ***

- Mata Muram (Raid) - Added a speculative fix to ensure Mata Muram does not target people in 'hover mode' with his gaze.
- Free the Goranga (Raid) - Targets of the shadow chains effect will no longer be hit by the moonfall effects, so they can run as far away as they would like. Messaging has been added to let the target know when the chains protect them from the moonfall.
- Theater of Blood Access - The Twisted Harmonic Chime will now attune to you. Click it to attune, then click it again to teleport. You will only need to complete the attune step once.
- Kreljnok's Sword of Eternal Power - The map in East Wastes will no longer lie to you about Larnik's location. Additionally, Larnik can now be found after 4 to 6 hours following his last defeat.
- Demiplane of Blood Progression - Congealed Blood of Redfang, Rune-Etched Stone, Shrunken Head, and Sister's Handkerchief are five times more likely to drop from the creatures that drop them.
- Added an additional Eye of Yar`Lir and Eye of Vishimtar to the chest that drops in their raid.
- Essedera should be available again in Eastern Wastes (Torment of Velious).
- Altered the method used to give rewards for Terror of Luclin raids. The new method should be more tolerant of characters who are zoning at the time the rewards are granted. This includes flags and point currency but not the chest.


*** Spells ***

- Corrected an issue where hate could overflow to a lower value in a very long fight.


*** AA ***

- Activated abilities will be less likely to apply their reuse timer if they are interrupted by the caster zoning.


*** NPCs ***

- Marcia Attamilgad has decided to change the price she'll pay for a few items that aren't as rare as they once were.
- Phinigel Autropos, Dracoliche, Dread, and Terror are now immune to crowd control effects.


*** Progression Servers ***

- Mount blessings for knight classes should now apply during the intended active expansions on progression servers.
- Evolving items on Level Locked servers can now evolve when the owner is up to 10 levels lower than the item's required level.
- Teleport items rewarded on Vaniki have had their recast timers reduced, can be placed in housing, and no longer share recast timers with other teleport items.
- Elder Animist Dumul in Shar Vahl will accept the Copper Medal of War at level 50 on most servers or 40 on level capped servers.


*** Miscellaneous ***

- Made improvements to how achievements are processed to further reduce zone lag.
- Experience gain messages will now also display the percentage gained. This change currently only applies to regular experience (not AA).
- Return Home should refresh in some cases where the zone you are trying to enter is unavailable.
- Fixed a crash that could occur when removing an overflow item.
- Creating a Heroic Character on the Test server will now decrement your count of Heroic Character Consumables Pack.
- The safe point in Chardok has been moved to the zone-in point when entering from the Burning Woods.
- Some typos have been resolved in Shar Vahl flavor text. This does not affect any quest lines.


*** UI ***

- Your current target should now be highlighted with an outline of their consider color in the Extended Target Window.
- Updated the default location for hotbars 1-4 and updated bars 3-4 to show by default.
- Fixed an issue that would add a duplicate item when using Link All from the Advanced Loot Window.
- Updated the Bazaar and Merchant windows to include commas in the price of items.
- Clicking on the Extended Target Window but not on a target should keep your current target and no longer target yourself.
- Updated the Combat Skills Window to save the sorted column.
- Right-clicking a combat ability hotkey will now open up the Combat Skills window and select that combat ability.
- Alphabetized the list of commands when using /help.
- Updated the Claim window to better indicate if a feature is unavailable to claim.
- Fixed a problem with the Chat Options button on the Login Server's chat window being inaccessible.
- Added tooltip information explaining what the aggro numbers in Group and the Extended Target windows mean.
- Added the ability to output a filtered (Complete, Open, and/or Locked) list of your achievements using either a new button in the achievements window or the slash command: /outputfile achievements.

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EQUI_AchievementsWnd.xml
EQUI_AdvancedLootWnd.xml
EQUI_CharacterCreate.xml
EQUI_CharacterListWnd.xml
EQUI_ClaimWnd.xml
EQUI_Inventory.xml
EQUI_PlayerWindow.xml
EQUI_TargetWindow.xml


*** Previously Updated ***

- Fixed a bug that could result in unexpected results when making a tradeskill combine.
- The progression AA Gift of the Dark Reign, Tenacity of the Dark Reign, Embrace of the Dark Reign, Power of the Dark Reign, and Fervor of the Dark Reign now require level 60.


- The EverQuest Team

The August game update hit today, looks like some nice stuff was patched in.

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