We’re excited to celebrate 22 years of EverQuest II, and we have no plans to slow down now! We love creating a game that players and developers alike enjoy. Thank you for logging in and exploring the content we’ve created over the years. Now, enough mushy sentiment, let’s see what’s in store for you this year! 

 

  • New features for '26 
    • Special Rules Servers
      • Wuoshi - The event is active, with the following exceptions (due to expansion availability): 
        • Mischeva's Clothworks, Thumore's quest line, and One Afterlife to Live. 
        • Heroes’ Festival Merchant prices have been adjusted specifically for TLE due to the lack of Mischeva's Clothworks event. 
        • In-Game mail to announce TLE event
      • Kael Drakkel - the event is active, with the following exceptions (due to expansion availability): 
        • a Dream Adventure 
        • One Afterlife to Live 
      • Varsoon – All of the event is active!
    • Live Servers 
      • Dragons have returned to attack the spires in Thundering Steppes, Everfrost, Loping Plains, and Nektulos Forest! Help defend the spires and build faction with the Quellithulian Portal Scholars found in Antonica and The Commonlands, while constructing impressive statues commemorating the years that have passed since the Age of Destiny was ushered in! 
      • 8 new house items available on the Heroes' Festival New Additions merchant in Freeport and Qeynos Capitol District for Token of Heroism. 
      • 10 new equipment items available on the Heroes' Festival New Additions merchant in Freeport and Qeynos Capitol District for Mischeva's Tribute.  
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New Rewards and Merchant Buyables

 

  • Returning features:
    • Players are sent an in-game mail to announce the event.
    • Holiday signs can be marked in select celebration locations throughout Norrath. 
    • Returning dragon themed items are available on Ziyuh Farijinyi in Antonica and the Commonlands.  
    • Returning holiday themed items and recipes are being sold by house item merchant and equipment merchant in Freeport and Qeynos Capitol District. 
    •  Achievements:
      • Badge of Heroics - complete all repeatable holiday quests
      • Mischeva's Champion - defeat all patchwork bosses
      • Darathar's Reprise - defeat Darathar
      • Djinn Master's Reprise - defeat Djinn Master
      • Trakanon's Reprise - defeat Trakanon
      • Roehn Theer's Reprise - defeat Roehn Theer
      • Baelon's Reprise - defeat Baelon
    • Collections:
      • Samples of Fate
      • Glyphs of Ethernere
      • Icons of Ultera
      • Kunark Runes
      • Desert of Ro Charms
      • Shattered Lands Marks
      • Samples of Destiny
    • Mischeva's Clothworks event - A strange woman and her band of play-actors have been seen travelling around Norrath. Where they set up camp, they bring to life the stories of Norrath's past.
    • Mischeva's Tribute currency, dropped by the clothwork bosses across Norrath.
    • Overseer Quests and Agents:
      • Offered: Laral Spenler in Antonica
        • Winged Troubles - The Alivan Connection
        • Winged Troubles - Tracking Droag
        • Winged Troubles - Scaleborn Sorcery
    •  Quests:
      • 'Scattered Charms" - Annually repeatable
      • "One Afterlife to Live" - Annually repeatable
      • "The Play's The Thing" - Not repeatable
      • "A Heroes' Feast in..." - tradeskill quests in Freeport and Qeynos - Annually repeatable
      • "Festive Flames in ..." quests in Freeport and Qeynos - Repeatable every 2 hours 
      • "Missing Decorations in ..." quests in Freeport and Qeynos - Repeatable every 2 hours 
      • "... Band Aid" quests in Freeport and Qeynos - Not repeatable
      • "Aggressive Advertising in ..." quests in Freeport and Qeynos. - Repeatable every 2 hours 
      • "Thumore's Absence" - Not repeatable
      • "Shattered Remains" - Annually repeatable
      • "A Dream Adventure" - Annually repeatable

 


Heroes' Festival Revelers

 

Heroes’ Festival started this morning and will end on November 18, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. PT.  

 

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