Taken directly from Roshen's Post on the official Daybreak Boards:

The Ruins of Kunark content will unlock on the Phinigel progression server on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 @ 12:01PM (noon) PST*

Special note: Some NPCs, boats, or other game features may require an hour or so to appear correctly in-game after this content unlocks.

Is this the first time you've heard about the Phinigel progression server? Learn more about this special server where content unlocks to players every 12 weeks!

*convert this to your local time

Kithicor entries are definitely lacking, as seem by the updates we've already been given in the past day (new NPC added, several drops linked to known NPC)... thanks all! If you search by zone and look at the NPC list you'll see that a bunch don't have screenshots submitted yet, like the majority of Grigga's clan.

The best news though, is all the new items... that means Item Collector is functioning! I say that is due to all of you that posted on site feedback. So here's the new ask: could some of you post a thank-you there?

New Items: Synthesis of Sul ;  Duality of Decay ;  Quintessence of Health ;  Quintessence of Decay ;  Duality of Life ;  Vermiculated Armplates ;  Umbral Platemail Vambraces ;  Thorny Vine Vambraces ;  Valorium Vambraces ;  Ethereal Mist Greaves ;  Ethereal Mist Vambraces ;  Shiverback-hide Armbands ;  Imbrued Platemail Vambraces ;  Woven Shadow Vambraces ;  Rune Etched Greaves ;  Blighted Sleeves ;  Apothic Sleeves ;  Insidious Sleeves ;  Anthemion Armbands ;  Shadow Rage Sleeves ;  Rune Etched Vambraces ;  Indicolite Vambraces ;  Apothic Kilt ;  Valorium Greaves ;  Umbral Platemail Breastplate ;  Shiverback-hide Jerkin ;  Imbrued Platemail Greaves ;  Imbrued Platemail Breastplate ;  Woven Shadow Greaves ;  Woven Shadow Chestplate ;  Anthemion Leggings ;  Blighted Trousers ;  Blighted Robe ;  Carmine Pants ;  Carmine Robe ;  Apothic Robe ;  Shiverback-hide Leggings ;  Vermiculated Tunic ;  Vermiculated Leggings ;  Rune Etched Chestplate ;  Thorny Vine Breastplate ;  Shadow Rage Tunic ;  Insidious Pantaloons ;  Ethereal Mist Chestplate ;  Valorium Chestplate ;  Thorny Vine Greaves ;  Shadow Rage Leggings ;  Umbral Platemail Greaves ;  Anthemion Jerkin ;  Insidious Robe ;  Indicolite Breastplate ;  Indicolite Greaves ;  Elegant Sulstone of the Wizened ;  Stalwart Sulstone of the Thoughtful ;  Stalwart Sulstone of the Focused ;  Stalwart Sulstone of the Compassionate ;  Stalwart Sulstone of the Wizened ;  Elegant Sulstone of the Compassionate ;  Elegant Sulstone of the Focused ;  Elegant Sulstone of the Thoughtful ;  Extravagant Sulstone of the Wizened ;  Extravagant Sulstone of the Compassionate ;  Extravagant Sulstone of the Thoughtful ;  Extravagant Sulstone of the Focused ;  Glorious Sulstone of the Compassionate ;  Glorious Sulstone of the Focused ;  Glorious Sulstone of the Thoughtful ;  Regal Sulstone of the Compassionate ;  Regal Sulstone of the Focused ;  Regal Sulstone of the Thoughtful ;  Glorious Sulstone of the Wizened ;  Regal Sulstone of the Wizened ;  August Sulstone of the Thoughtful ;  August Sulstone of the Focused ;  August Sulstone of the Compassionate ;  August Sulstone of the Wizened ;  Resplendent Sulstone of the Thoughtful ;  Resplendent Sulstone of the Focused ;  Resplendent Sulstone of the Wizened ;  Resplendent Sulstone of the Compassionate

Updated Items: Fulginate Ore ;  Grade A Gormar Venom ;  Water Flask ;  Bronze Two Handed Battle Axe ;  Raw Fine Runic Hide ;  Ruined Teir`Dal Great Staff ;  Fine Steel Rapier ;  Fine Steel Dagger ;  Fine Steel Great Staff ;  Fine Steel Short Sword ;  Skeletal Leg ;  Skeletal Torso ;  Velium Silvered Rune

Updated Quests: Jagged Pine Crook Staff ;  EverQuest Anniversary Events: An Overview ;  Undead Underground

Bestiary Updates: Bryan Mcgee ;  decaying healer ;  decaying warrior ;  decaying commander

Return the Day/Night Cycle to Kithicor!

Once upon a time, travelling through Kithicor was a dreaded thing. This was increased by the nighttime nastiness of the different spawns. For years the zone has been stuck in a perpetual state of undead everywhere (though they seem to have been adjusted to make running the zone edges much safer than it used to be... but maybe that's just me not being a blind human anymore?).

What would be nice (especially for progression servers) is the proper lower-level daytime version to exist. Not just for travel but for questing and hunting those lower level targets. Back in the day you got to learn the zone layout and had to pay attention to the in-game clock. Let's have that back! After all if Castlevania could pull it off on the NES, surely Daybreak can figure it out in 2016.

As a side note, since Kithicor as a zone basically gets ignored once any server is into Kunark, the item listings in the database for the NPC are very lacking. Also, they may have changed stuff with the perma-set version of NPC. Basically we could use some updates on what actually drops in Kithicor today.

Note: a few intrepid hunters have really helped clarify Veeshan's Peak old named and the fact that they seem to drop pretty much everything they are supposed plus some augmentations added around LDoN era. Thanks to all that keep contributing to this site!

Updated Items: Hurrieta's Tunic ;  Shimmering Bracer of Protection ;  Crimson Robe of Alendine ;  Bloodstone of Armored Protection ;  Enchanted Orb of Burning Spikes ;  Legatus Girdle ;  Vial of Tamed Mercury ;  Ruined Battleworn Morning Star ;  Drop of Grease ;  Rune of Coruscation ;  Glyph of Glowing Experience

New Quests: Anashti Sul, Enslaver of Souls

Updated Quests: Rogue Test of Stealth ;  Hurrieta's Tunic ;  Gearheart ;  Coalition Trader Next Task ;  Rainkeeper Final Favor ;  Monk Epic 1.5: Fistwraps of Celestial Discipline ;  Wanderlust Guild: Pie-Eyed Pipers (#7) ;  Lost Lumpling ;  Achievement: I'm a People Person! ;  Achievement: Death isn't Easily Undone ;  Achievement: Erollisi Day Haters ;  TDS Progression #2: Gathering Clouds

Bestiary Updates: Terror ;  Gearheart ;  Hurrieta Ironforge ;  Webclaw Murkwave ;  a ghoul scribe ;  Silverwing ;  rotting knight ;  an enraged stoneservant ;  a mosquito ;  Glorious Cistina ;  Anashti Sul ;  a hedge gardnerer

Updated Items: Enchanted Orb of Burning Spikes ;  Orb of Gathered Power ;  Voracity

Updated Quests: Paladin Hunting ;  Emyria #3: Repairing the Spiritlight Earring ;  Anashti Sul, Lady of Life

Bestiary Updates: Brother Chintle ;  Brother Estle ;  Phara Dar ;  Druushk ;  Altar of Serpents ;  Altar of Wisdom ;  an evangelizer ;  a servant ;  a ringed ophidian ;  a coral ophidian ;  a templar ;  Inferno Vortex ;  a waiting rotter ;  a rot eater

SERVER DOWNTIME

Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 at 6:30AM PST

All EverQuest Hamsters will be given a mini-vaction while all EQ Live Servers are brought offline.  Their vacation starts at 6:30AM Pacific Time on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, and they will be unavailable for approximately 3 hours. 

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

Patch Notes are posted below:

Hamster: Zippy The Bard (Pictured)

February 17, 2016
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*** Highlights ***

- A new Legends of Norrath prize pack will be available March 1st! Look for Legend of the Dragonbrood in March for your last chance to buy Legend of the Storm Break, which is only available through February 29th!
- Type 9 armor augmentations found in The Broken Mirror now fit into range and charm slot items as intended.
- Changed how AA Weapon Stances work, and created a new version of the ability for Shadowknights and Paladins.

Updated Items: Blackened Alloy Collar ;  Halo of the Enlightened ;  Raw Dark Matter

Updated Quests: Coin of Tash (Tashania spell) ;  Shadowbound Gloves ;  Breakdown in Communication #0: Pre-Flag ;  Breath of Osh`vir #12: Strengthening the Blood ;  Into the Temple (b)

Bestiary Updates: Battlelord Paluk ;  a ra`tuk bonebreaker ;  a mastruq warfiend ;  Bony Remnants ;  Elder Ekron ;  Milyex Vioren ;  Tihgren ;  Frantic Bat ;  Protector of Druushk ;  Skal`s Waking Nightmare ;  an indagatrix shade ; a bokon ;  a skeletal sentinel ;  an unliving hulk ;  an awakened watcher ;  a neglected citizien

Rare Items:

Worth the Pain?

Do you hunt for rare items?

I've done the Blued Two-handed hammer quest, my necro that moved to FV took my collection of rarities (like treant staff) with her. Of course on FV you can get super rares like the flowers of functionality in baz due to the no-drop rules (so it isn't quite the same --wish I had kept my collection on a normal server... oh well).

On Regular servers, what rare items were you pleased to have acquired?

Also, it looks like there may be some long-standing loot discrepancies in Veeshan's Peak due to revamps. Anyone that feels like hunting old dragons please report what still drops on an NPC like Xygoz vs. a newer NPC like Milyen Vioren (whom we don't even have a pic of yet).

Finally, it looks like Lucy the item collector is broken. PLEASE post in the "site feedback forum" how you feel about this. Especially you premium people... this update would have been 5x longer if the item collector was working.

Updated Items: Writhing Rubbery Shield ;  Damsel of Decay Cloth Feet Ornament ;  Greater Essence of Decay ;  Raw Deathseeker's Helmet ;  Glistening Oil ;  Staff of Null ;  Blueberries ;  Voracity ;  Water Lily ; Hypocricy

Updated Quests: Helm of Ro ;  Tunare Warden ;  Silk Ornate Tranquility Armor ;  Don't Get Boarded ; Seductive Subterfuge

Bestiary Updates: Milyex Vioren ;  a meeda hune soldier ;  a banished efreeti ;  elementalbone skeleton ;  Vizier Albert ;  Innoruuk, the Prince of Hate [Plane of Hate: Revis ;  Koth the Lobe-gorged [Plane of Fear: Revisited ver ;  a skeletal sentinel ;  The Maestro's Trove ;  a deathbone sage ;  a grimling bonecracker ;  Xalgoz ;  Maestro of Rancor [Plane of Hate: Revisited] ; a rotting follower ;  Venomfang ;  The Maestro's Trove

From the EQ Forums:

Happy Erollisi Day! Let’s celebrate!

“Good tidings and blessings of love to you! The days of Erollisi are upon us!” – Emissary of Erollisi

You can’t avoid it. Love is in the air, and Norrathians near and far are honoring and celebrating Erollisi Marr. Join in the festivities with favorite returning holiday-themed items, events, and achievements!

From Wednesday, February 3rd through 11:00PM PST on Wednesday, February 17th, seek out the Emissary of Erollisi and Grimble Grumblemaker in the Plane of Knowledge to embark on these special, time-limited adventures. If you haven’t completed the Erollisi Day Achievement, you can check under the “Special” tab in your in-game Achievement window to see what is needed!

Want more details on the Erollisi Day events? Read up on the holiday on Fanra’s EverQuest Wiki!

Looking to do some lovely holiday shopping? The Erollisi Day-themed Marketplace items will arrive on Friday, February 5th and will be available through Sunday, February 28th.

Go forth with heart, fair citizens of Norrath, and spend some time adventuring with those you love!

In a move to make up for the on again, off again double experience weekend at  the beginning of the year, DBGs announced this morning that they'll end the month with a Double Experience Weekend. 

From the Everquest Forums:

"Well, Norrathians, it has been quite a month, both in and out of game, and we honor your steadfast commitment to your adventures. To end the month strong, this weekend will be a Double Experience Weekend for all players!

From 12:00PM PST (Noon) on Friday, January 29, 2016 through 12:00PM PST (Noon) on Monday, February 1, 2016, all servers (yes, including Ragefire, Lockjaw, and Phinigel) will have double experience!

Take some time and end January stronger than ever! We’ll see you in Norrath."

Fishing Derby!

Don't be fooled by Razortooth's cute, guppy-like eyes or timid demeanor... this is a fish that deserves to be fried!

Do you have an EQ Fishing story? Share it in the comments below.

Updated Items: Minor Essence of Decay ;  Efreeti Zweihander ;  Dulcet Nectar ;  The Universal Cog ;  Black Bear Head ;  Sealed Letter

Updated Quests: Paladin Test of Compassion ;  Gharin's Note (evil) ;  Yellow Sash ;  Zeka #2: To Climb a Spire ;  Zeka #3: Intelligence Gathering ;  Grannus of the Cleansing Steam ; Shadowknight Test of Envenoming

Bestiary Updates: Deathfist Pawn ;  Nomaria Doseniar ;  Lord Shin Ree ;  a steamwork ductworker ;  The Maestro's Trove ;  Retlon Brenclog ;  Razortooth ; Trilexior Aeridia ;  a gor taku stoneguard ;  A Shak Dratha Nightcaller ;  a dervish cutthroat ;  Praecantor Tunderon