Updated Items: Stone Fragment ;  Deep Cavern Bourbon ;  Thought Horror Tentacle ;  Fungus-covered Hunk of Rock ;  Oscillating Belt ;  Seraph Feather ;  Bubonian Tail ;  Broadsword of the Stranger ;  Black Chaos Boots 

New Quests: Bridge Escort 

Updated Quests: Lost Lumpling ;  Force the Forceful ;  Lxavnom Labors 

Updated Recipes: Shimmering Gossamer Circle Fly ;  Jewelers Glass Lens ;  Scroll: Summer's Gale Rk. II 

Bestiary Updates: Deklean Korgad ;  Discordling Warfiend ;  Darwol's Bounty ;  a chest (Lxavnom Labors) ;  a corrupted lord ;  a bubonian mystic ;  a bubonian war rat ;  a bubonian death caster ;  a crazed bubonian berserker ;  a bubonian warlord ;  a bubonian great mystic ;  a bubonian war rat sentry ;  a death lord

Updated Items: Severed Head of Severity ;  Greater Essence of Life ;  Severed Spaulders ;  Glowing Essence of Life ;  Gold Plated Koshigatana ;  Gauntlets of Fiery Might ;  Treasure Hunter`s Satchel ;  Prayers of Life ;  Lungi of the Forbidden ;  Emblem of Earth ;  First Fragment of the Right Eye ;  Sixth Fragment of the Right Eye ;  Yoke of Suppurating Memories ;  Spinal Extractor ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Chestpiece ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Wristguard ;  Lesser Essence of Life ;  High Priestess' Purifier ;  Anointer's Persona ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Cap ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Gloves ; Minor Essence of Life ;  Frictional Focus ;  Festering Clarity ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Boots ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Leggings ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Sleeves ;  Median Essence of Life ;  Sash of Triumphant Return ;  Rationalist's Sigil ;  Seraphina's Intercession ;  Kiss of Life ;  Rancid Rebreather ; Festering Fusillader 

Updated Quests: Alternate Access: Qvic ;  Alternate Access: Solusek Ro's Chamber ;  SoF Tradeskill Quest #5: Counting Shadows ;  Anashti Sul, Lady of Life ;  Bane of Decay 

Updated Recipes: Siren Hair Robe 

Bestiary Updates: Konem Matse ;  Melalafen ;  Mitius, Herald of Change [Supplier] ;  Bokon Revel the Reborn ;  High Priestess Kal`vius ;  Citizen Pain ;  Grinder ;  Spine Eater ;  Totem of Decay ;  Grublus ;  Darwol's Bounty ;  Seraphina ;  Fountainhead ;  Rusank ;  Xhut Adan ;  a warm light

Updated Items: Raw Crypt-Hunter's Wristguard ;  Grim Momento ;  Greater Essence of Life ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Cap ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Chestpiece ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Gloves ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Leggings ;  Raw Crypt-Hunter's Sleeves ;  Median Essence of Life ;  Formula of Inversion ;  Blank Emblem ;  Arena Ticket 

New Quests: Vkjor's Arena Battle 

Updated Quests: Undead Underground 

Bestiary Updates: Ambassador K`Ryn ;  Xhut Adan ;  Feig Adan ;  Vkjor ;  Gnasher Furgutt ;  Akkapan Adan ;  Abroan Drian ;  Feig Adan ;  Jeweler Nonny [Jewelry Supplies] ;  Karth Punox ;  The Curator ;  Akkapan Adan ;  Brightfire 

Zone Updates: Ruins of Lxanvom [The Broken Mirror Version] ;  Crypt of Sul

Updated Items: Damsel of Decay Cloth Helm Ornament ;  Damsel of Decay Chain Arms Ornament ;  Right Eye of Sul ;  Left Eye of Sul ;  War Bear Saddle 

Updated Quests: Gravedigging ;  AA Task of Trust: Culling the Unreasonable ;  Task of Trust: Culling the Unworthy ;  Task of Trust: Culling the Unreasonable 

Bestiary Updates: Alchemist Bauer ;  a warm light ;  Lashun Novashine ;  Bokon Stuppa ;  a large iron chest ;  Anashti Sul, Enslaver of Souls 

New Zones: Crypt of Sul: Anashti Sul, Enslaver of Souls 

Zone Updates: Crypt of Sul: Anashti Sul, Enslaver of Souls

Updated Items: Spell: Protection of Diamond ;  Essence of Discord ;  Rat Whiskers ;  Rat Meat ;  Rat Ears ;  Goblin Blood ;  McVaxius` Horn of War ;  Selo`s Drums of the March ;  Dragons Blood Earring ;  Forsaken Pariah Mask ;  Complex Platinum Etched Rune ;  Balanced Sheer Blade ; Natural Spices 

Updated Quests: Gloves of Earthcrafting ;  Helm of the Tracker ;  Terraxs's Leather Armor (Part 2) ;  Gubjak #1: Summon the Spirits ;  Don't Get Boarded ;  Gravedigging ;  The Artisan's Prize 

Bestiary Updates: a sewer rat ;  Mils McMarrin ;  Tunarean Earthmelder ;  Discordling Shardmender ;  an elvish ghost ;  a blight speaker ;  a shadow priest ;  a dread corpse ;  Iksar pariah ;  a mangy rat ;  Lebounde ab Dolmen

We'll be doing extended maintenance on Bertoxxulous, Drinal, and Tunare servers. During this week we'll be doing one of these a day, and during this maintenance it's estimated that each server will be unavailable for up to 24 hours.

These are scheduled for:
Bertoxxulous - Down Tuesday, August 23, 2016, starting at 10AM PDT*
Drinal - Down Wednesday, August 24, 2016, starting at 10AM PDT*
Tunare - Down Thursday, August 25, 2016, starting at 10AM PDT*

Keep an eye on the EverQuest forums and social media for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.

Finally Solved!

Over on the official boards, Tnexus tells the great story of solving an old PoP era quest. This is due to Tnexus dedication to solving this quest. One side effect was the recent patch updating 6000 items to be flagged as quest. Also evident is some developer appetite to see old quests solved/fixed.

Visit the thread and give Tnexus a grats!

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/unsolved-pop-era-quest-symbols-of-the-ducee-finally-solved.234561/

After the jump is Tnexus' post telling the tale.

Notes:

-user Fhrugby put significant effort into trying to solve this quest in the past, his/her name is all over the related items threads. If you know Fhrugby, pass along a pat on the back!

-the reward has never been run through our item collector as far as I can tell, nor the quest NPC entered into the database, nor the quest. I wonder how many more of these situations there is?

Updated Items: Peacock's Feather 

New Quests: Achievement: Partisan of Sul Vius: Demiplane of Life ;  Achievement: Hero of The Plane of Health ;  Achievement: Savior of the Plane of Health ;  Achievement: Ruins of Decay (Plane of Health) ;  Achievement: Shards of Life (Plane of Health ;  Achievement: Grails (Plane of Health) ;  Achievement: Relics of Health 

Updated Quests: Only The Blind Will See (Level 80+) ;  Into the Temple (A) (Quellious' Request) ;  A Feather in the Wind ;  Into the Temple (B) ;  Grummus ;  Achievement: Bright Baubles (Plane of Health) ;  Achievement: Mercenary of Sul Vius: Demiplane of Life 

Bestiary Updates: Bonn McMarrin ;  a scrawny gnoll guard ;  Bokon Karass

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/game-update-notes-august-17-2016.234531/

August 17, 2016

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*** Highlights ***

- Corrected several issues with the pet window. Existing pet command hotkeys will need to be recreated. See UI section for additional information.

- Many AA consolidations. See AA section for additional information.

*** Items ***

- Items that adjust their stats under particular conditions (typically charm item mechanics) will now display spell effects when inspected.

- The item conversion feature now requires the base item to be free of augments before attempting the conversion process.

- The auras Circle of Power, Circle of Life, Circle of Mana, and Guardian Circle found on a number of rare items can now be activated and maintained regardless of other auras that you may have active.

- Augmentations that only fit in 1H Piercing weapons now refer to 1H Piercing rather than "Piercing."

- The Beastlord ornamentation 'The Warder' has had its Lore flag removed.

- Corrected a problem that caused the Metamorph Totem: Murkglider to appear to be an ankylosaurus when previewed or placed in a house or yard.

- Beastlords - Corrected an issue with the focus effect Frozen Miasma Fury found on Anthemion Jerkin, Crypt-Hunter's Dragonbrood Tunic, and Deathseeker's Dragonbrood Tunic that caused it to focus a number of spells and abilities that it was not intended to.

- The foraged item Golanda Nut can now be traded.

- The focus effect Sympathetic Remote Healing Surge XV is now a focus effect and the proc Remote Healing Surge XV is now a proc on the item Demagogue's Crutch.

- The Quarm-Touched Feran Bridle now shows the correct version of the mount on preview.

- Changed all items marked as Bard instruments so that they can be equipped in either the primary or secondary hand. Note that it intended that you are still only able to equip one instrument at a time.

- Keliss Arden, the Hero's Forge Merchant in the Plane of Knowledge, now sells his Hero's Forge ornament offerings as full suits instead of individual pieces.

Click below for many more update notes in this patch!

All EverQuest Live Servers will be brought offline on Wednesday, Aug 17, 2016 at 6:30AM Pacific* for our August game update. Servers are scheduled to be unavailable for approximately three hours.

We'll be doing additional maintenance on some servers after this game update. The following servers are scheduled to be unavailable for up to six additional hours after this game update:

• Bertoxxulous
• Drinal
• Erollisi Marr
• Luclin
• Povar
• Tunare

Once available, notes for this update can be found here.

Keep an eye on the EverQuest forums and social media for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.