Here are some Friday night updates for you. Have a great weekend!

New Items: Sarith Book Shelf ;  Sarith Bench ;  Scroll: Veil of Alaris Rk. III ;  Scroll: Drifting Veil Rk. III ;  Claws of Flowing Blood ;  Arctender's Glowing Hoop ;  Sarith Chair

New Bestiary: Kalture Ashan

New Recipes: Modest Archon Greaves ;  Elegant Archon Greaves ;  Elegant Archon Greaves ;  Glorious Runeseeker Armband ;  Glorious Runeseeker Boots ;  Glorious Runeseeker Cuirass ;  Glorious Runeseeker Gloves ;  Glorious Runeseeker Greaves ;  Glorious Runeseeker Helm ;  Glorious Runeseeker Sleeves Supple Treant Laminate ;  Supple Treant Bow Staff ;  Stately Exarch Vambraces ;  Elegant Exarch Vambraces ;  Glorious Daybreaker Armband ;  Glorious Daybreaker Boots ;  Glorious Daybreaker Cuirass ;  Glorious Daybreaker Gloves ;  Glorious Daybreaker Greaves ;  Glorious Daybreaker Helm ;  Glorious Daybreaker Sleeves

Updated Zone: Sunrise Hills

Updated Items: Tarnished Cog ;  Spore Buds ;  Airborne Spores ;  Silvery Band of the Moonflower ;  Collar of the Verdantward ;  Chunk of Argathian Steel ;  Gaoril's Tentacle-Ring ;  Scroll: Heartrip Rk. III ;  Song: Hykast's Spiteful Lyric Rk. II ;  Scroll: Shared Brutal Ferocity Rk. III ;  a Zek soldier ;  a Sol Ro fire lord ;  a Sol Ro soother ;  a Zek archer ;  a Zek bruiser ;  a Sol Ro dark smoker ;  Spell: Dragonscale Aquifer Rk. II ;  Embellished Stole of Kolos

Updated Quests: Focus the Crystal Geode ;  VOA Rank II Level 95 Spells: Glowing Alaran Cantrip ;  VOA Rank III Level 93 Spells: Median Alaran Periapt ;  VOA Rank III Level 95 Spells: Glowing Alaran Periapt

Updated Recipes: CLASS 1 Wood Point Arrow (large nock) ;  Oak Treant Laminate ;  Supple Treant Laminate ;  Supple Treant Bow Staff ;  Oak Treant Laminate ;  Stately Exarch Vambraces

Here are today's updates:

New Items: Modest Archon Greaves ;  Sea Horse Lamp ;  Floating Tower Of Sarith ;  Water-Prism Relic ;  Cerulean Flytrap Of The Domain ;  Floating Tower Of Argath ;  Sarith Table - Large ;  Sarith Desk ;  Sarith Dresser ;  Sarith Bed ;  Sunset Worm-Flower Of The Domain ;  Blazing Fire-Flower of the Domain ;  Potted Tree ;  Cave Chair ;  Brazier Of Refuse ;  Cauldron Of Refuse ;  Throne Of Refuse ;  Ophidian Relic ;  Cave Bed ;  Sitting Skeleton ;  Hanging Skeleton ;  Stocks ;  Resplendent Table - Hexagonal ;  Dusty Square Crate ;  Dusty Rectangular Crate ;  Tin Wash Basin ;  Mail Cubby ;  All That's Left Of The Wagon ;  Wall Torch ;  Weathered Scarecrow ;  Bronze Chess Table ;  Gold-Plated Hammer ;  Gold-Plated Sword ;  Gold-Plated Battle Axe ;  Gold-Plated Shield ;  Hanging Crane Rope ;  Long Handled Baking Board ;  Short Baking Board with Loaves ;  Meat Board ;  Fresh Loaf Of Bread ;  Sepulcher Shield Ornamentation ;  Spear of Harmony

New Recipes: Glorious Snowborn Armband ;  Glorious Snowborn Boots ;  Glorious Snowborn Cuirass ;  Glorious Snowborn Gloves ;  Glorious Snowborn Gloves ;  Glorious Snowborn Helm ;  Glorious Snowborn Sleeves

Updated Items: Erilon Soldier Bow ;  Glorious Weapon Tailoring ;  Embellished Footwraps of Kolos

Updated Quests: Raid Expedition: Tacvi, Seat of the Slaver ;  Raid Expedition: The Cacophony of Power

Updated Recipe: Combine Acrylia Temper

Here are the patch notes from this morning's game update (taken from the patcher):

*** Highlights ***

- Healer Mercenaries now have improved behavior and performance in their Reactive stance.
- Many NPCs in House of Thule and Veil of Alaris zones no longer see through Shroud of Stealth.
- In the Rubak Oseka raid "Time and Tides," High Priests and Templars will now wait a brief period before beginning to cast their snare spells.
- Kal'ture Ashan has arrived in Sunrise Hills to sell Alaran furniture.

*** Items ***

- Elegant, Stately, and Ostentatious Warmonger Leggings now modify the Frenzy skill.
- Some Veil of Alaris warrior and knight weapons had their AC increased.
- Kal'ture Ashan has arrived in Sunrise Hills to sell Alaran furniture.
- The Secondary Anchor can now be placed on guild plots.
- An Ancient Artifact now fits in type 20 slots in addition to 4,7,and 8.
- Bags of currency sold on the loyalty merchant are now lore.

Here are some midweek updates for you:

New Items: a Sol Ro dark smoker ;  Cloak of Enhancement XII ;  Cloak of Enhancement XVI ;  Cloak of Enhancement XIV

New Recipe: Stellite Lifedefender Boots

Updated Items: Faded Mithril Greaves ;  Crystalline Spear ;  Faded Crystalline Spear ;  Cold Iron Shield ;  Faded Silvery Trinket ;  Faded Scimitar of the Mistwalker ;  Faded Eye of Vox ;  White Dragonscale Cloak ;  Warhammer of Divine Grace ;  Faded Warhammer of Divine Grace ;  Stellite Lifedefender Boots ;  Grandiose Footwraps of Alra ;  Brown Chitin Protector ;  Brown Chitin Protector ;  Icy Tunic ;  Icy Tunic ;  Frosted Buckler ;  Frosted Buckler ;  Staff of Ankexfen ;  Staff of Ankexfen ;  Green Silken Drape ;  Green Silken Drape ;  Golden Chitin Vambraces ;  Golden Chitin Vambraces ;  Runed Mithril Gauntlets ;  Runed Mithril Gauntlets ;  Icy Sleeves ;  Icy Sleeves ;  Frostrift Gloves ;  Frostrift Gloves ;  Frostwoven Pendant ;  Frostwoven Pendant ;  Grandiose Footwraps of Alra ;  Grandiose Headdress of Alra ;  Band of Silent Study ;  Slice of Veeshan's Scale ;  Formal Footwraps of Lunanyn

Updated Quest: The Truth

Sony Online Entertainment will be performing maintenance beginning at 7:00 AM Pacific on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. This will impact the following services:

• Account management will be unavailable starting at 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.
• Commerce transactions, including purchases on SOE websites and in-game marketplaces will be unavailable between 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.
• Forums will remain open during the downtime however you may lose permissions and experience occasional disconnects between 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.
• Logins for all SOE games MAY be affected from 7:00 AM to approximately 8:00 AM Pacific.

Here's our handy Time Zone Conversion tool to help you plan! 

Source:  Station forums

There will be some server downtime for a patch in the early morning hours tomorrow:

All EverQuest Live Servers will be coming down on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 3:00 am US Pacific* for a Game Update. The servers are estimated to be unavailable for approximately 5 hours. Keep an eye on the EQ Players website and the forums for status updates and for news if additional downtime is needed.

Here are today's updates:

New Items: Scroll: Shared Brutal Ferocity Rk. III ;  Benefit: Enhancement Haste 10

New Recipes: Enigmatic Coif of the Swift ;  Esoteric Coif of the Swift ;  Esoteric Coif of the Swift ;  Enigmatic Gloves of Affinity ;  Esoteric Gloves of Affinity ;  Esoteric Gloves of Affinity ;  Formal Breastplate of Havoc ;  Formal Breastplate of Havoc ;  Embellished Breastplate of Havoc ;  Embellished Breastplate of Havoc ;  Formal Greaves of Havoc ;  Formal Greaves of Havoc ;  Embellished Greaves of Havoc ;  Embellished Greaves of Havoc ;  Veiled Leather Leg Seal of the Cutpurse ;  Glorious Wirewood Armband ;  Glorious Wirewood Boots ;  Glorious Wirewood Cuirass ;  Glorious Wirewood Gloves ;  Glorious Wirewood Greaves ;  Glorious Wirewood Helm ;  Glorious Wirewood Sleeves ;  Glorious Frostwarded Armband ;  Glorious Frostwarded Boots ;  Glorious Frostwarded Cuirass ;  Glorious Frostwarded Gloves ;  Glorious Frostwarded Greaves ;  Glorious Frostwarded Helm ;  Glorious Frostwarded Sleeves ;  Glorious Wealdstone Armband ;  Glorious Wealdstone Boots ;  Glorious Wealdstone Cuirass ;  Glorious Wealdstone Gloves ;  Glorious Wealdstone Greaves ;  Glorious Wealdstone Helm ;  Glorious Wealdstone Sleeves ;  Glorious Wayguard Armband ;  Glorious Wayguard Boots ;  Glorious Wayguard Cuirass ;  Glorious Wayguard Gloves ;  Glorious Wayguard Greaves ;  Glorious Wayguard Helm ;  Glorious Wayguard Sleeves ;  Blessed Wrist Symbol of Devotion ;  Blessed Wrist Symbol of Devotion ;  Blessed Wrist Symbol of Devotion ;  Blessed Wrist Symbol of Devotion

Updated Items: Dingy Loop of the Slothlord ;  Frostrift Chestplate ;  Frostrift Chestplate ;  Mithril Breastplate ;  Mithril Breastplate ;  Red Dragonscale Armor ;  Red Dragonscale Armor ;  Icy Greaves ;  Icy Greaves ;  Black Chitin Leggings ;  Black Chitin Leggings ;  Mammoth Hide Leggings ;  Mammoth Hide Leggings ;  Frostrift Vambraces ;  Frostrift Vambraces ;  Mithril Vambraces ;  Mithril Vambraces ;  Frostrift Boots ;  Frostrift Boots ;  Runed Mithril Boots ;  Runed Mithril Boots ;  Frosted Gauntlets ;  Frosted Gauntlets ;  Golden Efreeti Boots ;  Golden Efreeti Boots ;  Cloak of Flames ;  Cloak of Flames ;  Golden Chitin Bracer ;  Golden Chitin Bracer ;  Runed Mithril Bracer ;  Runed Mithril Bracer ;  Polished Mithril Bracer ;  Polished Mithril Bracer

Updated Recipes: Grilled Minotaur Meat Steaks ;  Rustic Pants of Compulsion ;  Embellished Pants of Compulsion

Here are some updates for today:

New Items: Song: Hykast's Spiteful Lyric Rk. II ;  Veiled Leather Leg Seal of the Cutpurse ;  Scroll: Heartrip Rk. III ;  Formal Breastplate of Havoc ;  Formal Greaves of Havoc ;  Icefall Leopard Cub ;  Snapped Grovewood Greatspear ;  Orb of Chaos ;  Hunting Spear of the Tranquilsong ;  Enigmatic Gloves of Affinity ;  Enigmatic Coif of the Swift

Updated Items: Enraged Silk Drape ;  Envenomed Geode ;  Mechanical Skystrider Saddle ;  Petrified Toes ;  Fire Scorched Stick ;  Small Rough Marble Figurine ;  Mark of Bravery ;  Gem of Blue Skies ;  Fire Blossom ;  Mark of Blessings ;  Mark of Glory ;  Glowing Alaran Cantrip ;  Greater Alaran Cantrip ;  Silvern Aegis-Shaped Earring ;  Grandiose Headdress of Alra ;  Scuffed Journeyman's Pocketed Rucksack ;  Scuffed Weapon Crate of the Mercenary ;  Scuffed Journeyman's Rucksack ;  Scuffed Traveler's Rucksack ;  Trophy of Hardened Steel ;  Empowered Trophy of Hardened Steel ;  Dreadiron Shield ;  Enigmatic Remnant of Desire ;  Enigmatic Remnant of Knowledge ;  Enigmatic Remnant of Devotion ;  Enigmatic Remnant of Fear ;  Wolf Fur Slippers ;  Wolf Fur Slippers ;  Mammoth Hide Cloak ;  Mammoth Hide Cloak ;  Dented Brass Mask ;  Dented Brass Mask ;  White Wolf-hide Cloak ;  White Wolf-hide Cloak ;  Dragon Bone Bracelet ;  Dragon Bone Bracelet ;  Icy Pauldrons ;  Icy Pauldrons ;  Etched Ivory Charm ;  Etched Ivory Charm ;  Frost-Runed Band ;  McVaxius` Horn of War ;  Frost-Runed Band ;  McVaxius` Horn of War ;  Goblin Frost Totem ;  Faded Goblin Frost Totem ;  Frozen Circlet ;  Frozen Circlet ;  Frosted Signet Ring ;  Frosted Signet Ring ;  Iceband Trinket ;  Iceband Trinket ;  Bangle of the Eternal Flame ;  Bangle of the Eternal Flame ;  Tobrin's Mystical Eyepatch ;  Tobrin's Mystical Eyepatch ;  Crown of King Tranix ;  Crown of King Tranix ;  Runed Circlet ;  Runed Circlet ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 2 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 6 ;  The Grobb Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 10 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 9 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 8 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 7 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 5 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 4 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 3 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 9 No. 1 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 8 No. 1 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 8 No. 6 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 8 No. 5 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 8 No. 4 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 8 No. 3 ;  The Foreign Quarterly Vol. 8 No. 2 ;  Fabled Rations ;  Scuffed Traveler's Rucksack ;  Scuffed Weapon Crate of the Mercenary ;  Scuffed Journeyman's Rucksack ;  Scuffed Journeyman's Pocketed Rucksack ;  Oashim Meat ;  Bonecracker Belt ;  Silken Satchel of the Ambassador

Updated Quests: Geozite Tool ;  Raid Expedition: Illdaera's Vengeance ;  The Order of Three ;  The Power of Alsa Thel ;  Raid Expedition: The Herald of Oratory ;  Serving the Triumvirate

Updated Recipes: Intricate Hammer ;  Intricate Hammer Head Shaped Mold