The Year of Darkpaw: An EverQuest® Celebration is on a roll with so much already going on and so much more to come! You can read about what’s happened so far in the 2023 Final Producer’s Letter and the 2024 New Year Post. Before we go too far, let’s take a few moments to recap what happened at the tail end of last year.  

In November, our first annual Champion’s Festival was run to help celebrate EverQuest II’s anniversary! Speaking of EQII, we will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year! Next up was the Feast of Giving, complete with some new content. Our 30th Expansion, Laurion’s Song, launched in December to round out the year. 

I would be remiss if we failed to mention Extra Life and the amazing job you all did with fundraising and donating to help children in need! You all went above and beyond this year, and, as such, earned a whopping $174,572. This year’s Darkpaw Games page is already up and ready for sign-ups. I have a feeling that 2024 will be another banner year! 

Did we mention we have Year of Darkpaw swag for sale now? Head on over to the and grab some great stuff today, like this T-Shirt, Mouse Pad, and Poster!

And now, without further ado, this year’s Roadmap.

January: 

February: 

  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • February quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Soundtrack Volume 2 released on streaming services
    • Adding January giveaway item for purchase
  • Laurion’s Song Tier 2 Raids unlocked
  • Erollisi Day event returns 

March: 

  • HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY EVERQUEST!
    • New anniversary content
  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • March quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Adding February giveaway item for purchase
    • Ask Me Anything responses posted
  • Laurion’s Song Tier 3 Raids unlocked
  • EQ Swag Store Launch
  • Brew Day event returns
  • Bristlebane Day event returns
  • Stomples Day event returns 

April: 

  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • April quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Adding March giveaway item for purchase
  • Tempest Festival event returns 

May: 

  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • May quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Adding April giveaway item for purchase
  • New Progression Servers (rulesets to be announced) 

June: 

  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • June quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Adding May giveaway item for purchase
  • Pride Month Familiars
  • Hardcore Heritage event returns
  • Scorched Sky event returns 

July: 

  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • July quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Adding June giveaway item for purchase
  • Potential server merge - Thornblade to Mischief
  • Death, Death, Death event returns
  • Living Legacy Raids event returns 

August: 

  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • August quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Adding July giveaway item for purchase
  • Extra Life incentives announcement
  • Stone Cold Summer event returns 

September: 

  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • September quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Adding August giveaway item for purchase
  • Talk Like a Pirate Day event returns 

October: 

  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • October quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Adding September giveaway item for purchase
  • EverQuest's 31st expansion beta + Pre-Order opens
  • Nights of the Dead event returns 

November: 

  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • November quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Adding October giveaway item for purchase
  • Champion’s Festival event returns
    • HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY EVERQUEST II!
  • Extra Life Game Day
  • Raid, Raid, Raid! event returns
  • Feast of Giving event returns 

December: 

  • The Year of Darkpaw
    • Monthly collection, giveaway, limited edition items
    • Anniversary Tower
      • December quest, Heroic Adventure, and merchant items added
    • Adding November giveaway item for purchase
  • EverQuest's 31st expansion launch
  • Frostfell event returns
  • New Year’s event returns 

Throughout the Year: 

  • Server performance improvements 
  • Ongoing conversion of Suite windows to the New UI Engine 
  • Anti-cheat improvements 

This concludes our 2024 Roadmap. Please remember that dates and events are subject to change as necessary. 

Stay tuned as we map out this stellar year, 

Jenn Chan 
Head of Studio

 

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