US EverQuest II Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, April 18th, 2017 at 7:00 AM PT (3 PM UTC) for an update. Estimated downtime is less than 2 hours.

All EU servers will come offline at 9:00 PM PT (4 AM UTC April 19th) for this update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 2 hours.

Update notes for this downtime can be found in the Game Update Notes forum once they're available.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Vaedenmoor: Realm of Despair [Raid]

• The number of adds in the Raenha, Sister of Remorse encounter should no longer grow for each successful threshold passed.
• The number of adds in the Raenha, Sister of Remorse encounter required to be killed if the script is failed should no longer grow.
• Deaths in the Raenha, Sister of Remorse encounter still affect add numbers.
• Respawn speed on adds in the Raenha, Sister of Remorse encounter are no longer affected by reuse debuffs (in players' favor).
• All adds in the Raenha encounter now count toward the add count mechanic.

Ruins of Kaesora: Ancient Xalgozian Temple [Raid]

• Xalgoz should now send a warning message for his event at 5%.

Ssraeshza Temple: Inner Sanctum [Heroic]

• Stonefang's ability, Shed Scales, no longer targets mercenaries.

ABILITIES

• Glacial Freeze will no longer reduce the level of a player in duels.

ITEMS

• Frozen Wall of Recollection's protection value has been brought in line with other TSO raid shields.

QUESTS

• Case of the Missing Headpiece - Chancellor Thanial Vylardin now updates the quest, even if you are working on the scout Epic 2.0.
• Zek, the Scourge Wastes - Scourge of the Scourge now updates only when slaying orcs specifically stated by the quest.

STORMHOLD

• Corrected an issue that reduced auto-attack damage on TLE servers.

US EverQuest II Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, February 14th, 2017 at 7:00AM PT (3 PM UTC) for an update. Estimated downtime could be up to 2 hours.

All EU servers will come offline at 9:00 PM PT (5 AM UTC February 15th) for this update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 2 hours.

Update notes for this downtime can be found in the Game Update Notes forum once they're available.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Arcanna'se Spire: Forgotten Sanctum [Heroic]

• Sabellah'Xen, Keeper of Fire's adds now despawn when he is defeated or when his encounter is reset.
• Caelan'Gael, Keeper of Growth's adds now despawn when he is defeated or when his encounter is reset.
• Lachina, Defender of Magics' adds now despawn when she is defeated or when his encounter is reset.

Kaesora: Xalgozian Stronghold [Heroic]

• General Janosz's adds now despawn when he is defeated or when his encounter is reset.

The Ruins of Cabilis [Heroic]

• Smith Xzatik's adds now despawn when he is defeated or when his encounter is reset.
• War Baron Eator's adds now despawn when he is defeated or when his encounter is reset.

ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT
General

• Corrected a bug that allowed pets and swarm pets to not be affected by stat caps.

Channeler

• Truespirit Rift should no longer interfere with wards.

Bruiser

• Removed the proc description from the Void Strike buff as it was causing too much confusion. You will now have to scribe and cast Void Strike, then examine Lightning Fists to view the increase in damage.

Warlock

• Increased Draw from the Void damage.
• Dark Aggravation may now spell or ability doublecast.

Ranger

• Increased the base damage of the Heartseeker Hawk's abilities.

Beastlord

• Prospective Fix for several Beastlord abilities healing enemy encounters.

QUESTS

• Missions from The Shadow Odyssey, Sentinel's Fate, Destiny of Velious, Scourge Keep and fabled dungeons can now be filtered in the "Mission Timer" tab of your Journal.

PUBLIC QUESTS

• Mudfin hydromancers are now a bit more difficult to damage.

All US and EU EverQuest II Servers will be brought offline on Friday, February 10th, 2016 at 7:00AM PDT (3 PM UTC) for an update. Estimated downtime is approximately two hours.


Update notes for this downtime can be found in the Game Update Notes forum once they're available.

All US and EU EverQuest II Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, February 7th, 2016 at 7:00AM PDT (3 PM UTC) for an update. Estimated downtime is approximately two hours.


Update notes for this downtime can be found in the Game Update Notes forum once they're available.

All US EverQuest II Servers will be brought offline on Tuesday, January 31st, 2017 at 7:00AM PT (3 PM UTC) for an update. Estimated downtime could be up to 2 hours.

All EU servers will come offline at 9:00 PM PT (5 AM UTC February 1st) for this update. Downtime is anticipated to be approximately 2 hours.

Update notes for this downtime can be found in the Game Update Notes forum once they're available.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Lost City of Torsis: Reaver's Remnants[Challenge Heroic]

• Neh'Ashiir has had her max health reduced.

Isle of Vul

• Reduced the control immunity on Fathad Zastim.

ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT

• Spell Weapon Damage Bonus and Weapon Damage Bonus have been consolidated into one stat, Weapon Damage Bonus.
• Corrected an issue with Glacial Freeze that would cause the targets to heal after returning to their natural level.
• Pass Judgement will now correctly grant a Fervor component to Heretic's Destruction instead of Fervor Overcap.
• Targets of Oration of Sacrifice may now trigger Fierce Combat for the entire duration of the effect at a maximum of once per 1.5 seconds.
• Unfetter will now correctly remove the stealth component to Hidden Assault.
• Corrected an issue with Shadow Trickery's fervor effect not applying correctly. Added the amount of fervor increased to the examine of Shadow Trickery.

ITEMS

• Reduced block chance on several non-shield TSO items that were incorrectly set too high.
• Corrected the 4-piece set bonus on TSO Inquisitor raid armor to stack with the class focus.
• Added resists to all mercenary accolades.
• Epic weapon damage procs now do the appropriate damage type.
• Greater Relics are no longer flagged as Prestige.

QUESTS

• The Warriors Call: Volume III - Pages for Potions, Transcendence of Life and Death Volume II should now have more spawns and spawn in Wizard's Den additionally.
• Corrected an issue with The Warrior's Call: Volume IV where a player could get stuck if they left the Keep after completing the puzzle but without speaking to Slaviss.
• Into the Maw: Corrected an issue that prevented players who killed Zastim out of order from bypassing the barrier.
• Convenient Conversion - Deletion of the quest now removes "Convert of the Silver Reaper Robe" from player inventory.
• Fighter Epic Quests - Srilk should now be seen by your entire group.

Accounts and Purchases will be unavailable beginning at 4 AM PT (Noon UTC) for approximately 2 hours.

All EverQuest II Servers will be brought offline on Thursday, January 12th, 2017 at 7:00AM PDT (3 PM UTC) for an update. Estimated downtime is approximately two hours.

Update notes for this downtime can be found in the Game Update Notes forum once they're available.

GENERAL
Fixed an issue where client updates for Beastlords would be sent way too frequently.

POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
General

• Shady Swashbuckler XVIII - Now offers The Shield of the Magi, for those who have completed "Koada'dal Magi's Craft".
• Several Heroic bosses have had issues with spawning more adds than was intended. These should now properly spawn the correct number of adds more reliably.

Ruins of Kaesora: Ancient Xalgozian Temple [Raid]

• Bleeding Bite will now increase the amount of damage taken from all sources.

Kunark Ascending: Raids

• Achievements for killing Shanaira the Prestigious are no longer hidden.

Crypt of Dalnir: Ritual Chamber [Heroic]

• The Kly's reflections will now unroot when they receive damage.
• An achievement has been added for defeating The Kly [Challenge].

Arcanna'se Spire: Repository of Secrets [Heroic]

• Adds properly despawn for the Tabor'Zaai and Xerxes'Kade encounters.

ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT

• Ethereal Mastery, and Ethereal Expertise now use the new Ability Doublecast stat instead of a scripted effect.
• Double Up now uses the new Ability Doublecast stat instead of a scripted effect.
• Fixed an issue with certain abilities when using pass-through targeting.
• Focused Offensive now displays the correct chance to recast any offensive Combat Art on Time-Locked Servers.
• Reduced the spell tier multiplier on Ethershadow Assassin.
• Corrected the display on combat mitigation debuffs. They will now show their full reduction after all multipliers in the ability examine and tooltip.
• Cheap Shot no longer casts a separate 2 second Cheap Shot on termination that only applies to non-heroic targets. Instead, its duration has been increased to 4 seconds and can affect heroic targets that are not immune to stuns.

ITEMS
Gear from The Shadow Odyssey expansion has been upgraded to provide progression for the Time-Locked Expansion Server.

QUESTS

• Quest targets for "Mending a Broken Land" and "Never Ending Mending of a Broken Land" have been made to respawn faster.
• You no longer have to wait 18 hours after completing "Mending a Broken Land" to pick up "Never Ending Mending of a Broken Land".
• Flying wyverns should now count toward "Mending a Broken Land" and "Never Ending Mending of a Broken Land" kills.
• Spirits in the Streets - Nelik Ulnya will now accept your report from Acolyte Ksylia, even if you have completed "Collective Memory" or "Grobb, Not Forgotten".
• Collective Memory - Nelik Ulnya will now only offer this quest after "Spirits in the Streets" is completed.
• Ritual of Bone should now progress normally after speaking with Osh.
• A Message to Osh - Osh will now respond to those who have used the spiritgate, even if the player is on "Curse of the Magic Thief" or "Awakening Bonds: Forks in the Road."
• Awakening Bonds: Whispers of the Past - The mortar and pestle will now require the necessary component.
• How the Mighty Fall - Skalmos is now susceptible to being damaged by the most mighty.
• The Warriors Call: Volume II – People who used the incorrect forge and now have the Indestructible Hammer and no update should use the Worker’s Sledgemallet to travel to the Forge of Time and Space and click on the correct forge. This will update your quest.

PUBLIC QUESTS

• Jaled Dar's Shade and The Iksar Hero's hitpoints have been further reduced.
• Shade of the First Brood - First Brood sentries should no longer spawn under the world.

The monthly live event Moonlight Enchantments starts tonight! The grottos will open on the 20th at 12:01am PT and close on the 21st at 11:59pm PT. The time applies directly with no conversion to all servers.

Check out our Moonlight Enchantments guide and peek at the rewards!