The Item Collector is currently non-functional (broken by Friday morning's patch). We should have it back up and running within the next few days.

Enjoy your weekend!

New Bestiary: an enchanted golem ;  an imperial golem ;  a bone spiked golem ;  a brackwater elemental ;  a brackwater goo ;  a pit viper ;  a sacrificial slave ;  a shimmershell scarab ;  a Shissar arcanist ;  a Shissar boneslither ;  a temple skirmisher ;  a Shissar hydrologist ;  a Shissar sacrificer ;  a Shissar necrotheurgist ;  a Shissar reaver ;  a temple conscript ;  a Shissar revenant ;  a temple guard ;  a temple patroller ;  an enchanted golem ;  a Shissar scalemender ;  an elite Doomsayer ;  an imperial golem ;  an ornate chest

Updated Zones: Zhisza: Leave No Stone Unturned ;  Silyssar: The Source of Shissar Power ;  Silyssar: Immortal Coils

Updated Items: Amiculua Umbraculo ;  Picus Inaurem ;  Clauvi Anulium ;  Obexa Primia ;  Amiculua Fortitias ;  Facia Ingens ;  Scindio ;  Proculias ;  Tornacius ;  Arcus Eminus ;  Aragus Tactics ;  Carmenius Facultus ;  Nitora ;  Facia Fatuom ;  Faclutictus ;  Vitali Claw ;  Menscurvaura ;  Transfigerea ;  Locus Anulium ;  Darkwater Armguards ;  Highwater Bracer ;  Rituals of Essence and Blood ;  Bloodletting Kris ;  Shedded Snakeskin

Updated Quests: Demiplane Tier 3: The Master ;  Just Desserts ;  Leave No Stone Unturned ;  The Source of Shissar Power ;  Immortal Coils ;  Raid Expedition: Burn Out ;  Txevu Raid Event: The Gladiator Pit (Key #1)

Updated Recipe: Thaell Ew Leather Chest Ornament

Updated Bestiary: Argyn Shieldstan ;  Shissar Supervisor Sslarn ;  Shissar Supervisor Enpsa ;  Shissar Supervisor Mozull ;  a Zhisza Loyalist ;  a Blacksail brigand ;  a farmer ;  Deicoraxius ;  a chest (#1a - Captain Tita`s Ghost) ;  a chest (#2a - Praetor Vitio)

Another patch this morning:

- Fixed an issue where Emblems inserted in August cultural armor were being deleted rather than removed to your cursor.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Froglok August Bounder cultural armor from accepting seals.
- Fixed an issue that prevented cultural charms from working with Froglok cultural armor.
- Fixed the Cleave IX - 42 effect on Cultural Raid Elder Chest Seals.
- All Cultural Raid Elder Seals "of the Oracle" should now decay at level 105, instead of just some of them.
- Fixed an issue where the netstat window was not being correctly toggled via its mapped hotkey (Default: F11).

- The EverQuest Team

Here are today's updates:

New Items: 5 Dose Distillate of Skinspikes VIII ;  5 Dose Essence of Fairy

New Recipes: Tideworn Gauntlets of the Assassin ;  Highwater Gauntlets of the Assassin ;  Highwater Gauntlets of the Assassin ;  Tideworn Vambraces of the Revenant ;  Highwater Vambraces of the Revenant ;  Highwater Vambraces of the Revenant ;  Tideworn Wristguard of the Assassin ;  Highwater Wristguard of the Assassin ;  Highwater Wristguard of the Assassin

Updated Recipes: Ceramic Butterfly Statuette ;  Ceramic Raptor Statuette

Updated Bestiary: a gnoll pup ;  Djerr Darkpaw ;  Tovax Vmar ;  a gnoll pup ;  a Doomscale shaman ;  a lapis operarius

Updated Quests: Doomscale Captives ;  The Pirate and the Pea ;  Undermining the Mining ;  Research Wrecks ;  Cracking the Shell ;  Plucking the Eyes ;  Snuffing the Life ;  Armored Extremists ;  Quelling the Rage ;  Ending Their Work ;  Finishing the Cult ;  Scurvy Vengeance ;  Creepy Crab Masters

Here are the patch notes for tomorrow morning's game update (servers due up around 8:00 A.M. Pacific Time):

*** Highlights ***

- If you give an item to your pet that it can't equip, the item will now be returned to you.
- Further lowered resist modifiers for all melee abilities from The Darkened Sea. They should land more reliably now.
- Increased the HP on mercenaries of level 101 and above by 10 percent.
- Arx Mentis Hero's Forge Ornaments now drop from raid chests in Arx mentis. Prices on most pieces from Researcher Orbiana have been reduced.
- Focus effects on early The Darkened Sea group items now cap at 103 instead of 100.
- Made an adjustment to the way that NPC character models created prior to the Omens of War expansion are loaded and displayed. This change coincides with a number of graphical updates and fixes to these models.
- The bag opening sound effects have had their volume reduced significantly.
- Sound effects for treading water, entering water, leaving water, and being underwater have been improved.

Here are some midweek updates for you:

New Items: Harlan's Jackquette Ornament ;  Ornate Display Case ;  Aegis of the Solstice Ornament ;  Troubadour Frock Ornament ;  Treant Bark Ornament ;  Freebooter's Plated Girdle ;  Corsair's Golden Coin ;  Corsair's Shoulderpads ;  Brigand's Bronze Faceplate ;  Buccaneer's Linked Girdle ;  Buccaneer's Gladiator Faceguard ;  Privateer's Azure Sash ;  Tideworn Vambraces of the Revenant

Updated Item: Sparking Bauble

Updated Achievement: Achievement: Frostfell: Lost Toymakers

Updated Bestiary: Pria the Penitent ;  a chest (All Rivers Lead to the Sea)

Updated Quests: Raid Event: Avalanche ;  Yrelia #3: They're Everywhere! ;  TDS Progression #16: Fit for the New World ;  Castle Relic ;  A Drowning Suspicion ;  Defending the Tribe: Triceratopses ;  Defending the Tribe: Ankylosauruses ;  Defending the Tribe: Raptors ;  Defending the Tribe: Tyrannosauruses ;  A Meal of Meats ;  A Meal of Greens ;  Fortifying the Water Supply ;  Resupplying the Sundries ;  The Night is Dark ;  Tending to the Temple

Patch day tomorrow:

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 at 5:00AM Pacific* in preparation for the January game update. The servers are estimated to be unavailable for approximately three hours.

New Items: Scroll: Remote Sunflash Rk. III ;  Scroll: Frostweave Aura Rk. III ;  Tideworn Wristguard of the Assassin ;  Tideworn Gauntlets of the Assassin

New Bestiary: a kobold champion

New Recipes: Scroll: Feralisenia Rk. II ;  Scroll: Fatigue Rk. II ;  Scroll: Elsrop's Malady Rk. II ;  Scroll: Falhotep's Affliction Rk. II ;  Scroll: Kriegas' Faithful Rk. II ;  Scroll: Blezon's Recourse Rk. II

Updated Items: Aduroacer ;  Darkwater Helm ;  Faclutictus ;  Amiculua Umbraculo ;  Amiculua Serpentia ;  Umeria Noceis ;  Umeria Fortitas ;  Amiculua Vis ;  Eyes of Blackwater ;  Eyes of Kirathas ;  Leather Roll ;  Indium Ore ;  Spell: Legion of the Keeper Rk. II ;  Highwater Gloves

Updated Quests: Join Nightkeep ;  Cooper #2: Excavating an Answer ;  Jonas Dagmire's Skeletal Parrot ;  Plane of Air Event: Avatar of Wind ;  Plane of Air Event: Avatar of Smoke ;  Plane of Air Event: Avatar of Mist

Updated Bestiary: Thermin Wandereye ;  Taskmaster Torkazh ;  a shrieker ;  an enthralled outcast ;  a bogling ;  an elder thought horror ;  Taskmaster Keuzozh ;  Warden Mekuzh ;  a Shissar Taskmaster ;  A Shissar Spiritward ;  a horror guard ;  a thought horror ;  a Shissar acolyte ;  an underbulk ;  an undead peddler ;  a chest (#5 - Calix Quirinus)

Here are some updates for today:

New Items: Scroll: Mindsunder Rk. III ;  Scroll: Daggerthorn Rk. III ;  Scroll: Beast's Bidding Rk. III ;  Scroll: Polyrefractive Rune Rk. III ;  Scroll: Ward of the Enticer Rk. III ;  Scroll: Enticer's Unity Rk. III ;  Scroll: Perilous Bafflement Rk. III ;  Scroll: Enticer's Command Rk. III ;  Scroll: Anodyne Stare Rk. III ;  Scroll: Issuance of Mana Reciprocation Rk. III ;  Scroll: Mana Reciprocation Aura Rk. III ;  Scroll: Adrenaline Torrent Rk. III ;  Scroll: Talisman of the Faithful Rk. III ;  Tideworn Leggings of the Assassin ;  Tideworn Helm of Havok

New Recipes: Scroll: Voice of Premeditation Rk. II ;  Tideworn Helm of Havok ;  Tideworn Leggings of the Assassin

New Bestiary: a construct of surf ;  a construct of water ;  a convergence of tide ;  a convergence of waves ;  an elemental construct ;  an elemental watershaper ;  a sea dervish ;  a Hraquis grunt ;  a Hraquis seer ;  a Regrua aggressor ;  a Regrua naturewalker ;  a sea dredger ;  a Kedge defender ;  a Kedge oracle ;  a Kedge watermancer ;  a puddle of water ;  a sea mephit defender ;  a sea mephit evoker ;  an experimental Kedge arcanist ;  an experimental Kedge champion ;  an experimental Kedge overseer ;  a brutal turtle ;  a Regrua aggressor ;  a Regrua naturewalker ;  a sea dredger ;  a Hraquis grunt ;  a Hraquis seer ;  a construct of surf ;  a construct of water ;  a convergence of tide ;  a convergence of waves ;  an elemental construct ;  a Kedge oracle ;  an experimental Kedge arcanist ;  an experimental Kedge champion ;  an experimental Kedge overseer

Updated Zones: Thalassius: Coral Diving ;  Thalassius: Evidence of Unity ;  Thalassius: Sea Serpents ;  Thalassius: The Hydromancer ;  Thalassius: Locating the Statue

Updated Items: Runed Stone Worker Finger ;  Giant Bones ;  Giant Parts ;  Giant Blood ;  Earth Elemental Parts ;  Iron Oxide ;  Burnt Out Earth Elemental Animation Essence ;  Drop of Mercury ;  Earth Elemental Animation Essence ;  Burnt Out Golem Animation Essence ;  Golem Animation Essence ;  Fresh Meat ;  Worldslayer Blessed Crystal ;  Mindshear Tooth ;  Pallorax's Frozen Flame ;  Curator's Treasure ;  Brilliantly Pulsating Chronal Shear ;  Crystal Embedded Discord Stone ;  Ksathrax's Amber ;  Gem Embedded Discord Stone ;  Mindshear Slime ;  Sunshard Dust ;  Tears of the Rathe ;  Rough Defiant Chain Sleeves ;  Ornate Defiant Cloth Sandals ;  Ornate Defiant Leather Bracer ;  Fine Feathers ;  Rough Defiant Charm ;  Ornate Defiant Plate Gauntlets ;  Flawed Defiant Plate Boots ;  Flawed Defiant Plate Boots ;  Superb Silk ;  Fresh Larkspur ;  Platinum Silvered Rune ;  Crude Animal Pelt ;  Stone Tongue Fragment ;  Stone Tongue of Ateleka

Updated Quests: Shadowknight Epic: Innoruuk's Curse ;  Hardam's Goods ;  Aiding Askr (Bastion of Thunder Access) ;  Coral Diving ;  Flora #1: Evidence of Unity ;  Flora #2: Sea Serpents ;  Flora #3: The Hydromancer ;  COTF Rank III Spells: Captured Essence of Ethernere

Updated Achievement: Achievement: The Endless Song (Caverns of Endless Song)

Updated Recipe: Gnomish Spirits

Updated Bestiary: an earth elemental ;  a Tae Ew fanatic ;  a majestic grizzly ;  a restless soul ;  a disgruntled penkeeper ;  a squeaking rat ;  a swooping bat ;  Pixtt Flamedirge ;  Historian Finrazel ;  a sea mephit ;  Ryzok D`Tol`s Remains ;  Psychotic Prisoner

Here are some Friday night updates for you. Enjoy your weekend!

New Items: Privateer's Silver Coin ;  Scroll: Justice Rk. II ;  Scroll: Divine Indemnification Rk. II ;  Scroll: Mazub's Flashblaze Rk. II ;  Scroll: Dreadful Shriek Rk. II

Here are today's updates:

New Items: Highwater Sleeves of the Assassin ;  Highwater Gauntlets of the Assassin ;  Clandestine Robe Ornament ;  Pinewood Water Wheel ;  Gi Of The Howling Dragon Ornament ;  Ice Sword of Thule Ornament ;  Conceal's Shortsword of Destruction Ornament ;  Bertoxxulous Shield Ornament ;  Highwater Boots of the Warden ;  Highwater Gauntlets of the Warden

The new Hero's Forge armor ornaments went live today: Thaell Ew Ritual Ornaments (quested and crafted through Armorer Xochtli on Thuliasaur Island) and Arx Mentis Ornaments (raids required; bought from Researcher Orbiana in Katta Castrum: Deluge).

New Items: Croceus Studs ;  Thaell Ew Cloth Chest Ornament ;  Kapok Leaves ;  Scroll: Sermon of Justice Rk. III ;  Scroll: Promised Rehabilitation Rk. III

Updated Items: Giant Reptile Tooth ;  Highwater Boots ;  Nimbus of the Jester ;  Mactabli ;  Libre Vitalia

Updated Quest: Thaell Ew Ritual Hero's Forge Armor

Updated Bestiary: Daesorak Steelknuckle ;  Principal Quastori Numicia ;  a noctis viratum ;  a chest (#1a - Captain Tita`s Ghost) ;  a Bloodfeather avocet ;  a Bloodfeather egret ;  a Bloodfeather harrier ;  a Bloodfeather rook ;  a fierce tyrannosaurus ;  a tyrannosaurus hatchling ;  a tyrannosaurus matriarch