EverQuest News
EverQuest news, patch notes, and commentary on what's happening in Norrath.
Episode guide
12 episodes in this series.
- Episode 1
EverQuest Legends
Mar 30, 2026EverQuest NewsDaybreak announced EverQuest Legends, a new official game built in collaboration with indie studio Game Jawn featuring classic-era zones, multiclassing, and solo-friendly content. Walking through the FAQ, the multiclass system, the launch timeline, and the monetization model that doesn't sit right.
- Episode 186
May 2026 Everquest Test Server Patch Notes
May 15, 2026EverQuest NewsHybrid and melee progressive abilities get rebuilt so rank one matches the old rank six, with priests and casters promised for June. Plus a Frostreaver starter pack and a pile of Shattering of Ro raid fixes.
- Episode 188
May 2026 Everquest Patch Notes and Other News
May 22, 2026EverQuest NewsThe May 20th live patch plus its hotfix. The standout is an NPC on Vaniki and Frostreaver that lowers your level on request, which retires the practice of building corpse piles to meet challenge requirements.
- Episode 189
Frostreaver Ruleset
May 28, 2026EverQuest NewsThe full Frostreaver ruleset on launch day: Velious at the start, daily randomised hot zones, an evolving bonus set that reaches 400% named spawns, encounter locking, and challenge achievements with a level-lowering NPC.
- Episode 190
June 2026 Everquest Test Server Patch Notes
Jun 13, 2026EverQuest NewsProgressive spell lines rebuilt for five classes, mercenaries meaningfully buffed, and Laurion's Song goes free to play. Plus Hardcore Heritage, which puts an Ancient Cloak of Flames back in reach.
- Episode 191
June 2026 Everquest Patch Notes and Other News
Jun 19, 2026EverQuest NewsThe June 17th live patch, shipping the test build intact. Plus the odd timing of selling Terror of Luclin bundles in the same breath as making Laurion's Song free.
- Episode 192
Lethar Rulesets FAQ
Jul 12, 2026EverQuest NewsThe Lethar TLP ruleset: starts on The Serpent's Spine, personal loot borrowed from EverQuest Legends, legacy character experience bonuses, no truebox and no item level requirements. Plus one sentence nobody could parse.
- Episode 193
July 2026 Everquest Test Server Patch Notes
Jul 13, 2026EverQuest NewsA patch that looks small and is not. Heroes' Journey quest drops now drop for the whole group instead of one at a time, which fixes the single biggest reason people box those quests.
- Episode 194
July 2026 Everquest Producer's Letter
Jul 14, 2026EverQuest NewsLethar gets a date: August 26th at noon Pacific, starting on The Serpent's Spine with personal loot. Plus an expansion teaser about fate and the demiplanes that sounds a lot like Bristlebane.
- Episode 195
July 2026 Everquest Patch Notes
Jul 16, 2026EverQuest NewsThe July 15th live patch, which is the test server build shipped intact: Heroes' Journey quests go group friendly. Plus an open question about whether their achievements will even exist when Lethar starts.
- Episode 196
Lethar Rulesets UPDATED FAQ
Jul 17, 2026EverQuest NewsThe clarifications that make Lethar a fundamentally different game: every item on the server becomes all/all, epics included, and personal loot pays up to three items per person per kill in a full group.
- Episode 197
August 2026 Everquest Test Server Patch Notes
Aug 13, 2026EverQuest NewsResource Hunter gets the longest section, but the change that matters most is the Cleric epic 1.0: Shmendrik Lavawalker's respawn comes down and the chain loot locks to whoever did the turn in, which closes the multi-quest that handed the epic to people who had done none of it.
