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Overview

The Beginning

  • The Dragons of Norrath expansion was announced on January 11, 2005, and went live on February 15, 2005. The initial expansion announcement may be found here. The initial patch message may be found here.

What's Going On:

  • A series of events has transpired across the world of Norrath and the familiar faces of Firiona Vie and her nemesis Lanys T`Vyl return to find themselves at the forefront of these events. Unbeknownst to them, a dark influence has seeped into the world of Norrath causing new tensions to arise and conflicts to intensify as the dawn of a new age emerges. The Age of War is upon the people of Norrath and heroes return in this ultimate, unending battle between good and evil.
  • A gnome mining expedition has managed to dig their way through the northern mountains in Lavastorm. They came upon the dragon nesting grounds, a previously unexplored part of northeastern Antonica which is full of Nest dragons, dragonkin and goblins; and thriving with wildlife.

What's New:

  • The Guild Hall is your guild's own instanced zone, including guild bank, a portal to many druid/wizard destinations, and buff stoppage.
  • The Guild Lobby (now available to everyone) is a place for guilds to recruit and for players to summon their corpses.
  • New Models: Dragons, Stone Sentinels, Kirins, Drakes, Spiders, Pumas, Dervishes.
  • New AAs retrieved through Dragons of Norrath progression.

Progression:

  • In order to progress through this expansion, you would be advised to pick a faction and stick with it. You have two to choose from: The good-aligned Norrath's Keepers or the evil-aligned Dark Reign. Neither faction has any effect on any other zones in EverQuest.
  • Both factions have camps set up in the network of caves in Lavastorm's north. In addition to these two camps, there is a group of Wayfarers to the south-southeast of the caves who also offer tasks.
  • Completing tasks (both groups and raids) yields X amount of Radiant Crystals or Ebon Crystals, which can be used to purchase items and augmentations from adventure merchants Tatsujiro the Serene (for the Norrath's Keepers) and Xeib Darkskies (for the Dark Reign).
  • Faction is gained by completing tasks and turning in the token you receive after each task. These tokens are LORE, so you need to make the turn-in after each task completed for maximum faction gains.

Zones:

  • A list of Dragons of Norrath zones may be found here.
  • A screenshot of the animated in-game map of the Dragons of Norrath territory may be found here.

Travel to the Dragons of Norrath:

  • The Broodlands are entered through the cave system in Lavastorm's north.

Zones

A Breakdown of Static Zones:

  • Guild Lobby (all levels; entered through the Plane of Knowledge)
  • Guild Hall (all levels; entered through the Guild Lobby; must be guilded)
  • The Broodlands (40th-60th level; entered through the northern caves of Lavastorm)
  • Lavaspinner's Lair (45th-60th level; entered through the Broodlands)
  • Tirranun's Delve (45th-65th level; entered through Lavaspinner's Lair)
  • Stillmoon Temple (55th-65th level; entered through the Broodlands)
  • The Ascent (60th-70th level; entered through Stillmoon Temple)
  • Thundercrest Isles (60th-70th level; entered through the Broodlands)
  • The Accursed Nest (70th level; entered through the dropdown in the rocks centered in the Broodlands lake)

A Breakdown of Instanced Zones:

  • Lavaspinner's Lair (instanced) (missions available for 60th-70th level; multiple entrances through the Broodlands)
  • Tirranun's Delve (instanced) (missions available for 60th-70th level; multiple entrances through the Broodlands)
  • Stillmoon Temple (instanced) (missions available for 60th-70th level; multiple entrances through the Broodlands)
  • The Ascent (instanced) (missions available for 60th-70th level; multiple entrances through the Broodlands)
  • Thundercrest Isles (instanced) (missions available for 60th-70th level; multiple entrances through the Broodlands)
  • The Accursed Nest (instanced) (missions available for 70th-75th level; multiple entrances through the Broodlands)

Progression

Norrath's Keepers Progression

Quest details can be found here. This is a brief rundown of Norrath's Keepers progression:

  • Progression pre-requisite: Reach indifferent faction with the Norrath's Keepers.
    • Do so by doing solo or group tasks offered by Wayfarers Mercenaries Elanye and Bitral, or NPCs in the Norrath's Keepers camp.

Dark Reign Progession

Quest details can be found here. This is a brief rundown of Dark Reign progression:

  • Progression pre-requisite: Reach indifferent faction with the Dark Reign
    • Do so by doing solo or group tasks offered by Wayfarers Mercenaries Jeryx and Varein, or NPCs in the Dark Reign camp.

Quests

Quests to do While Progressing Through the Dragons of Norrath

Cultural Armor Quests

Mask of the Hidden

  • Each class gets its own top-of-the-line loot from this quest, which involves gathering the eyes of both Yar'Lir the Matriarch and Vishimtar the Fallen.




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