Darkpaw Games is once again reaching out to EverQuest and EverQuest II friends to help change kids' health, and we’ve kicked off our Extra Life fundraising efforts for 2026. This year, as in years past, we’re back to supporting our local Children's Miracle Network Hospital:  Rady Children's Hospital – San Diego, a nonprofit, 511-bed pediatric care facility and the region’s only pediatric trauma center. With 170 hospitals in the Children's Miracle Network, each location treats thousands of kids annually, regardless of their illness, injury, or family's ability to pay. The generous and caring players across Daybreak Games’ portfolio of titles helped raise over 1 million dollars in all the years of partnering with Extra Life! And we have to say it would never have been possible without you all! Every year, our fundraising challenge is not only met but easily surpassed by our outstanding players!  
   
We are as focused as ever on helping children in need this year. Our goal once again this year is $115,000 by Extra Life Game Day on November 7, 2026. And just like prior years, Daybreak Games will kick off our fundraising with a donation of $5,000! We have no doubts that with your help, we will once again cement our place as one of the greatest fundraising teams for children in need! Like previous years, we are introducing several in-game incentives for both EQ and EQII as we meet various collective donation milestones! More on that in a bit.  
   
We sincerely hope you'll consider spreading the word in-game, on social media, and to family and friends. If you're able to donate, please do; every little bit helps.  

If you have not participated in prior years, or need a refresher on how to go about donating, please read our Quick Guide on how to get where you need to on the Extra-Life site: https://www.everquest2.com/guides/eq2-el-guide 


 About Rady Children’s Hospital


Rady Children’s is a renowned, award-winning children's hospital based in San Diego, CA. They do remarkable work in helping children from all walks of life and, regardless of medical coverage, recover from serious, life-threatening diseases and conditions. Click here to read more about Rady’s efforts to help kids. 


How Can I Help?

On our Extra Life page, you’ll find share buttons that automatically generate a post to put on your Facebook, X, LinkedIn, or a page URL button to use elsewhere. It would be incredible and immensely appreciated if you sent a message to your family, friends, and followers. Please help us spread the word.  
   
If you're able to give a donation, know that it is tax deductible and will go towards helping improve the health of thousands of children who are destined to change the future. Simply click on the "Donate" button at the top of the page to chip in.  
   
You can also help by heading to our Extra Life page here and getting signed up to help us raise funds, or by logging into an existing account and joining our team.  


Incentives

Once again, we wanted to provide all players of EverQuest II with collective as well as individual incentives for hitting various donation-level milestones. Donations have already begun so help spread the word and jump in today. 

Extra Life’s Game Day is on November 7, 2026

November 9, 2026, at 10 a.m. PT, we’ll tally up where we're at for group reward donations. You can still donate to receive individual rewards through the rest of the year, though. 

November 10, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. PT is when we’ll turn on the group rewards based on the total donation amount on November 9. 

November 17, 2026, at 7:00 a.m. PT is when the group rewards will be turned off. 

December 31, 2026, at 11:45 p.m. PT is the last day to donate to receive individual incentives. 

 

Here’s what you can look forward to: 

Group Milestone funding tier rewards – Live and TLE Servers.  

  • $15,000 = 10% Bonus Experience and 1% Increased Rare Drop Chance. 
  • $17,500 = 15% Bonus Experience and 1% Increased Rare Drop Chance. 
  • $20,000 = 25% Bonus Experience and 3% Increased Rare Drop Chance. 
  • $22,500 = 35% Bonus Experience and 3% Increased Rare Drop Chance. 
  • $25,000 = 45% Bonus Experience and 6% Increased Rare Drop Chance. 
  • $30,000 = 75% Bonus Experience, 6% Increased Rare Drop Chance, and Double Currency Rewards. 
  • $35,000 = 100% Bonus Experience, 10% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions. 
  • $40,000 = 125% Bonus Experience, 15% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions. 
  • $45,000 = 150% Bonus Experience, 20% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions. 
  • $50,000 = 175% Bonus Experience, 25% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, Double loot drops in current expansions, and 25% Bonus Status Gains. 
  • $60,000 = 200% Bonus Experience, 30% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, Double loot drops in current expansions, and 35% Bonus Status Gains. 
  • $70,000 = 225% Bonus Experience, 35% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, Double loot drops in current expansions, and 45% Bonus Status Gains. 
  • $85,000 = 250% Bonus Experience, 40% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, Double loot drops in current expansions, and 65% Bonus Status Gains. 
  • $100,000 = 275% Bonus Experience, 45% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, Double loot drops in current expansions, and 75% Bonus Status Gains. 
  • $115,000 = 275% Bonus Experience, 50% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, Double loot drops in current expansions, and 85% Bonus Status Gains. 

 
Group Milestone funding tier rewards – Origins Servers Only.  

  • $15,000 = 2% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $17,500 = 4% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $20,000 = 6% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $22,500 = 8% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $25,000 = 10% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $30,000 = 12% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $35,000 = 14% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $40,000 = 16% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $45,000 = 18% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $50,000 = 20% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $60,000 = 22% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $70,000 = 24% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $85,000 = 26% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $100,000 = 28% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 
  • $115,000 = 30% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience 


Individual Donor Rewards 

These are rewards given to those who donate under someone else’s name or donate to the co-captain Team Darkpaw. Fundraisers will only get these rewards if they donate funds themselves to the charity under their own name, to another user, or to the co-captain Team Darkpaw. 

  • $5 - Extra Life 2026 Benefaction Bounty I 
    • Prefix Title - The Charitable 
  • $10 - Extra Life 2026 Benefaction Bounty II 
    • Title - the Unsparing 
    • Allowed usage on the character one time: Minor Potion of Allied Advancement. 
      • Live and TLE Servers 
        • Increases Adventure, Tradeskill and AA XP Gain of caster's group by 10% for 2 hours.  
      • Origins Servers 
        • Increases Adventure, Tradeskill and AA XP Gain of caster's group by 3% for 2 hours. 
  • $25 - Extra Life 2026 Benefaction Bounty III 
    • Title - True Samaritan 
    • Allowed usage on the character one time: Greater Potion of Allied Advancement. 
      • Live and TLE Servers 
        • Increases Adventure, Tradeskill and AA XP Gain of caster's group by 25% for 2 hours.  
      • Origins Servers 
        • Increases Adventure, Tradeskill and AA XP Gain of caster's group by 5% for 2 hours. 
  • $50 - Extra Life 2026 Benefaction Bounty IV 
    • Title - the Selfless 
    • Mercenary: Elgra Frop <The Selfless> 
      • Fabled Mercenary 
        • On Time Locked servers and Origins, mercenary can be converted into an appearance pet. 
  • $100 - Extra Life 2026 Benefaction Bounty V 
    • Prefix Title - Paradigm 
    • 2026 Extra Life Familiar: Topsie  

NOTE: All higher-tiered individual incentives will include incentives from previous tiers. For each incentive milestone reached after donating $100, you will receive a second (third, fourth, etc.) key for each listed incentive. Example: You’ve donated $305 so you’ll receive three keys for each listed incentive, and plus one more $5 incentive for a total of four $5 incentives. These are single use keys to be used on an account of your choice.


Mercenary: Elgra Frop <The Selfless>


Mercenary Details


Familiar: Topsie

Fundraiser Rewards 

These are rewards given to those who fundraise under their own name. Fundraisers will only get these rewards if they donate funds themselves to the charity under their own name as a member of Team Darkpaw or have others donate under their name. 

  • $250 – 2026 Extra Life Familiar: Vakita the Fair 
  • $500 - One set of all the listed Individual Donation incentives. 
  • $1,000 – 2026 Extra Life: Wings of the Paradigm  

NOTE: All higher tiered fundraiser incentives will include incentives from previous tiers. These are single use keys to be used on an account of your choice.


Familiar: Vakita the Fair


Wings of the Paradigm

If you are a streamer and would like to inquire about participating, please contact Angeliana via private message on our official forums or Discord. Click here if you'd like to check out the incentives for EverQuest.  
  
Thank you for reading about our plans for Extra Life this year, for being part of our outstanding communities, and for helping children in need with your donations. Together, we will make a difference!  

-Team Darkpaw  

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