EverQuest 2 News

Spring has sprung in the world of EverQuest, and with it comes the return of the Tempest Festival event! According to lore, this means that the god Karana has blessed the land with gentle winds, fragrant flowers, and life-giving rain. “The winds begin to blow in earnest calling the followers of Karana to rejoice in his splendor. The Tempest Festival [...]

EverQuest 2 gets an injection of new group content as the Empire of Antiquity Update officially goes live in the 20-year-old fantasy MMORPG. The Update opens up the eponymous Buried Takish’Hiz: Empire of Antiquity dungeon and its associated quests, as well as two new raids: Buried Takish’Hiz: Emergence from Stone and Sultan’s Mahala: Daggers Drawn. “Empire of Antiquity introduces all [...]

EverQuest 2's latest update, Empire of Antiquity, went live today! Explore the rich history of the Elddar Empire, collect powerful artifacts, and master impressive arcanum while battling aggressive foes and protecting the realm. Key Features of the Empire of Antiquity Update: New Overseer Season 05 – Kunark, including 20 new Agents and updated Overseer vendor. Explore 33 new quests and [...]

Earlier this month, Darkpaw Games introduced a personal loot reward system for Renewal of Ro heroic zones that guaranteed individual loot rolls for each player who helped defeat the encounter. While the system itself is a welcome addition, the developers later decided to add keys that players could purchase from the cash shop to increase the number of treasure rolls [...]

Darkpaw Games is once again giving EverQuest 2 players a chance to start from scratch and play through all of the expansions starting next month. The team will be opening up a brand-new time-locked expansion server on April 15th. The new TLE server, called Zarrakon, will feature a PvP ruleset which will allow for faction-based combat and free trade, and [...]

Darkpaw Games offers the community a glimpse at all of the juicy things coming to EverQuest 2 this year in its 2023 development roadmap. Of significant note is the launch of the long-running MMORPG’s 20th expansion and its 19th anniversary celebration in November. Before that, players can look forward to the release of Game Update 122 in April which promises [...]

EverQuest 2's newest and 19th expansion "Renewal of Ro" is set to launch sometime in December with its first beta beginning on October 4th. This was revealed in September's Producer's Letter which also outlined the roadmap for the rest of 2022 for EverQuest 2. October: 2022's Expansion Beta + Preorder - Preorder of EverQuest II's 19th expansion begins! Join us [...]

While Darkpaw Games is still keeping the next EverQuest 2 expansion tightly under wraps, the studio is paving the way for its release with a prelude event called Secrets of the Sands. The Secrets of the Sands event comes with new adventure, tradeskill, and collection quests, and a new zone called The Fractured Cache. Players also have the chance to [...]

Dragons seem to be the prevailing theme in MMORPG’s this year as EverQueset 2 drops its Myths and Monoliths update on the live servers. The update brings new endgame content to the fantasy MMORPG, including the Fabled Veeshan’s Peak raid where players will get to face off against more challenging versions of the raid’s resident dragons and the mighty Trakanon [...]