Test Update announced for the 9th - they didn't "true-up" test in may, so no idea if they're no longer doing that
Test build is a "as available" with no eta
June 9, 2026
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*** Highlights ***
- Updated progressive spell lines for Cleric, Druid, Shaman, Necromancer, and Wizard. See the spells section below for details.
- The Laurion's Song expansion is now free-to-play on Test and Live servers.
*** Items ***
- The shields Elderbark Bulwark, Barkhide Barrier, and Verdant Cupule should now have a type 8 augment slot rather than a type 7.
- When placed in housing, the Frostreaver Sabre-Tooth Cat Mount should now respect movement options.
*** Quests & Events ***
- Trials of Smoke (Mission) - Fixed players being teleported repeatedly when first zoning in if their group is full.
- Year of Darkpaw - Oasis of Fear (Heroic Adventure) - Fixed an issue where progress could break when Kill and Investigate steps trigger simultaneously.
- Oasis of the Jungle (Heroic Adventure) - Players who die to the first barrel and miss the update, can now hail the frenzied gorilla, and reset the errand.
*** Spells ***
- Berserker - Updated the Dichotomic Rage line of abilities to spread the damage over more individual strikes in order to avoid cases where the damage cap could be exceeded. Also increased the hate override values that were not updated previously.
- While mounted, casting a spell that requires you to be standing will fail and no longer put the item or spell on cooldown.
- Wizard - Adjusted existing Progressive abilities to fix the three ways they had been falling behind both content and other abilities. Rank 1 of a new ability is now equal to Rank 6 of the previous ability and all other ranks are upgrades. Changed the hate modifier values to scale with damage dealt.
- Necromancer - Increased the damage dealt by the Dichotomic Paroxysm line of Progressive spells. Set the tap percentage to a consistent 75% and set the caps on that tap percentage to increase every rank. Like other Progressive spells, rank 1 of a new level is now equal to rank 6 of the old level.
- Priest classes - Adjusted existing Progressive abilities to fix the three ways they had been falling behind both content and other abilities. Rank 1 of a new ability is now equal to Rank 6 of the previous ability and all other ranks are upgrades.
*** Mercenaries ***
- Increased spell focus damage of caster DPS mercenaries and removed the restriction that prevented it from applying to area of effect spells.
- Melee DPS mercenaries now have access to higher level versions of Thief's Eyes (Thief's Vision & Thief's Sight) at levels 96 and 117.
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Using '/usetarget' command while holding an item will now prioritize trading with merchants and guild masters instead of interacting with them.
- The Laurion's Song expansion is now free-to-play on Test and Live servers.
- Enabled free transfers off of Mangler to other Live servers.
*** UI ***
- Made a speculative fix for non-US keyboard layouts inputting an extra character when zoning.
- Updated the Advanced Loot window in preparation of Personal Loot changes.
- Changed -
EQUI_AdvancedLootWnd.xml
EQUI_Animations.xml
EQUI_LootSettingsWnd.xml
EQUI_Templates.xml
*** Previously Updated ***
- Fixed an issue that was preventing charms from Tides of Time from working as intended.
- Fixed an issue that would not offer all available level decreases when speaking with the Priest of Discord.
- Worn equipment will no longer be placed in bags if the item is associated with an expansion that has not yet launched on the server.
- Echo of Hate (Raid) - Reduced the radius of the Wax oozes. The original radius was 30; a change in May made it 50. This change reduces the radius to 40.
- Fixed the issue on Vaniki that caused the challenges to not evaluate levels properly.
- Avoidance abilities like Shield Flash and Deflection should be functioning properly again.
- Reverted previous changes to the camera when mounted.
- Frostreaver: Corrected some instances where merchants were available but were not selling all of the relevant tomes for Berserkers.
- Frostreaver: Added the Beastlord Tome of Bestial Fury Discipline to Bakrav Uramis' inventory.
- The EverQuest Team
Test build is a "as available" with no eta
June 9, 2026
_____________________
*** Highlights ***
- Updated progressive spell lines for Cleric, Druid, Shaman, Necromancer, and Wizard. See the spells section below for details.
- The Laurion's Song expansion is now free-to-play on Test and Live servers.
*** Items ***
- The shields Elderbark Bulwark, Barkhide Barrier, and Verdant Cupule should now have a type 8 augment slot rather than a type 7.
- When placed in housing, the Frostreaver Sabre-Tooth Cat Mount should now respect movement options.
*** Quests & Events ***
- Trials of Smoke (Mission) - Fixed players being teleported repeatedly when first zoning in if their group is full.
- Year of Darkpaw - Oasis of Fear (Heroic Adventure) - Fixed an issue where progress could break when Kill and Investigate steps trigger simultaneously.
- Oasis of the Jungle (Heroic Adventure) - Players who die to the first barrel and miss the update, can now hail the frenzied gorilla, and reset the errand.
*** Spells ***
- Berserker - Updated the Dichotomic Rage line of abilities to spread the damage over more individual strikes in order to avoid cases where the damage cap could be exceeded. Also increased the hate override values that were not updated previously.
- While mounted, casting a spell that requires you to be standing will fail and no longer put the item or spell on cooldown.
- Wizard - Adjusted existing Progressive abilities to fix the three ways they had been falling behind both content and other abilities. Rank 1 of a new ability is now equal to Rank 6 of the previous ability and all other ranks are upgrades. Changed the hate modifier values to scale with damage dealt.
- Necromancer - Increased the damage dealt by the Dichotomic Paroxysm line of Progressive spells. Set the tap percentage to a consistent 75% and set the caps on that tap percentage to increase every rank. Like other Progressive spells, rank 1 of a new level is now equal to rank 6 of the old level.
- Priest classes - Adjusted existing Progressive abilities to fix the three ways they had been falling behind both content and other abilities. Rank 1 of a new ability is now equal to Rank 6 of the previous ability and all other ranks are upgrades.
*** Mercenaries ***
- Increased spell focus damage of caster DPS mercenaries and removed the restriction that prevented it from applying to area of effect spells.
- Melee DPS mercenaries now have access to higher level versions of Thief's Eyes (Thief's Vision & Thief's Sight) at levels 96 and 117.
*** Miscellaneous ***
- Using '/usetarget' command while holding an item will now prioritize trading with merchants and guild masters instead of interacting with them.
- The Laurion's Song expansion is now free-to-play on Test and Live servers.
- Enabled free transfers off of Mangler to other Live servers.
*** UI ***
- Made a speculative fix for non-US keyboard layouts inputting an extra character when zoning.
- Updated the Advanced Loot window in preparation of Personal Loot changes.
- Changed -
EQUI_AdvancedLootWnd.xml
EQUI_Animations.xml
EQUI_LootSettingsWnd.xml
EQUI_Templates.xml
*** Previously Updated ***
- Fixed an issue that was preventing charms from Tides of Time from working as intended.
- Fixed an issue that would not offer all available level decreases when speaking with the Priest of Discord.
- Worn equipment will no longer be placed in bags if the item is associated with an expansion that has not yet launched on the server.
- Echo of Hate (Raid) - Reduced the radius of the Wax oozes. The original radius was 30; a change in May made it 50. This change reduces the radius to 40.
- Fixed the issue on Vaniki that caused the challenges to not evaluate levels properly.
- Avoidance abilities like Shield Flash and Deflection should be functioning properly again.
- Reverted previous changes to the camera when mounted.
- Frostreaver: Corrected some instances where merchants were available but were not selling all of the relevant tomes for Berserkers.
- Frostreaver: Added the Beastlord Tome of Bestial Fury Discipline to Bakrav Uramis' inventory.
- The EverQuest Team