Most of you are aware by now that Darkpaw Games is once again on a quest to play EverQuest and EverQuest II to help change kids' health, and we’ve kicked off our Extra Life fundraising efforts along with our global Daybreak Games Super Team page. However, you might not know that Daybreak Games has been named the Extra Life Partner of the Year! And we have to say it would never have been possible without the generosity and caring of our outstanding players! Every year, you all absolutely crush our fundraising challenge, and we know this year will be no different! 

This year, as in years past, we’re back to supporting our local Children's Miracle Network Hospital: Rady Children's Hospital – San Diego, a nonprofit, 511-bed pediatric care facility and the region’s only pediatric trauma center. With 170 hospitals in the Children's Miracle Network, each location treats thousands of kids annually, regardless of their illness, injury, or family's ability to pay.
  
We are as focused as ever on helping children in need this year, so we are setting our goal even higher than before. And just like in prior years, Darkpaw Games has kicked off our fundraising with a donation of $5,000! With this being the Year of Darkpaw: An EverQuest® Celebration honoring the 25th and 20th anniversaries of EverQuest® and EverQuest® II, we are confident we will again cement our place as one of the greatest fundraising teams for children in need! Like previous years, we are introducing several in-game incentives for both EQ and EQII as we meet various collective donation milestones! More on that in a bit.
  
We sincerely hope you'll consider spreading the word in-game, on social media, and to family and friends. If you're able to donate, please do; every little bit helps. 

Here is our Quick Guide on how to get where you need to on the Extra-Life site: https://www.everquest2.com/guides/eq2-el-guide. If you want to ensure smooth delivery of your keys, make sure you're donating or creating your fundraising account under the Darkpaw Games team.  

How Can I Help?

On our Extra Life page you’ll find share buttons that automatically generate a post to put on your Facebook, X, LinkedIn, or a page URL button to use elsewhere. Just sending out a message to your family, friends, and followers would be incredible and immensely appreciated. Please help us spread the word.
  
If you're able to give a donation, know that it is tax deductible and will go towards helping improve the health of thousands of children who are destined to change the future. Simply click on the "Donate" button at the top of the page to chip in.

You can also help by heading to our Extra Life page here and getting signed up to help us raise funds or by logging into an existing account and joining our team.

Incentives

Once again, we wanted to provide all EverQuest II players with collective as well as individual incentives for hitting various donation-level milestones. Donations have already begun so help spread the word and jump in today. We plan to send occasional reminders throughout October to help spread the word.

NOTE: We will update this post with screenshots as soon as we get them, we just wanted to get this information out as early as possible! 

Extra Life’s Game Day is on November 2, 2024

November 4, 2024, at 10 a.m. PST, we’ll tally up where we're at for group bonus donations. You can still donate to receive individual incentives through the rest of the year. 

November 5, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. PST is when we’ll turn on the group bonuses based on the total donation amount on November 4. 

November 12, 2024, at 7:00 a.m. PST is when the group bonuses will be turned off. 

December 31, 2024, at 11:45 p.m. PST is the last day to donate to receive individual incentives. 

Here’s what you can look forward to: 

Group Milestone tier incentives - Live, Varsoon, and Zarrakon Servers. 

  • $15,000 = 10% Bonus Experience and 1% Increased Rare Drop Chance.
  • $17,500 = 15% Bonus Experience and 1% Increased Rare Drop Chance.
  • $20,000 = 25% Bonus Experience and 3% Increased Rare Drop Chance.
  • $22,500 = 35% Bonus Experience and 3% Increased Rare Drop Chance.
  • $25,000 = 45% Bonus Experience and 6% Increased Rare Drop Chance.
  • $30,000 = 75% Bonus Experience, 6% Increased Rare Drop Chance, and Double Currency Rewards.
  • $35,000 = 100% Bonus Experience, 10% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions.
  • $40,000 = 125% Bonus Experience, 15% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions.
  • $45,000 = 150% Bonus Experience, 20% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions.
  • $50,000 = 175% Bonus Experience, 25% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions.
  • $60,000 = 200% Bonus Experience, 30% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions.
  • $70,000 = 225% Bonus Experience, 35% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions.
  • $85,000 = 250% Bonus Experience, 40% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions.
  • $100,000 = 275% Bonus Experience, 45% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions.
  • $125,000 = 275% Bonus Experience, 50% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, and Double loot drops in current expansions.
  • $150,000 = 300% Bonus Experience, 50% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, Double loot drops in current expansions, and 15% chance to drop an additional rare (on top of the normal drops).
  • $175,000 (hidden stretch goal) = 300% Bonus Experience, 50% Increased Rare Drop Chance, Double Currency Rewards, Double loot drops in current expansions, and 25% chance to drop an additional rare (on top of the normal drops). 

Group Milestone tier incentives – Origins Server Only. 

  • $15,000 = 1% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $17,500 = 2% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $20,000 = 3% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $22,500 = 4% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $25,000 = 5% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $30,000 = 6% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $35,000 = 7% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $40,000 = 8% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $45,000 = 9% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $50,000 = 10% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $60,000 = 11% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $70,000 = 12% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $85,000 = 13% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $100,000 = 14% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $125,000 = 15% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience
  • $150,000 = 15% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience, 2% Increased Rare Drop Chance
  • $175,000 = 15% Bonus Adventure and Tradeskill Experience, 2% Increased Rare Drop Chance 

Individual Donor Incentives 

  • $5 - Extra Life 2024 Benefaction Bounty I
    • title - Childhood Hero
  • $10 - Extra Life 2024 Benefaction Bounty II
    • title - Childhood Savior
    • Allowed usage on the character one time: Minor Potion of Allied Advancement.
    • On Origins equivalent potion
  • $25 - Extra Life 2024 Benefaction Bounty III
    • title - Childhood Mentor
    • Allowed usage on the character one time: Greater Potion of Allied Advancement.
    • On Origins equivalent potion
  • $50 - Extra Life 2024 Benefaction Bounty IV
    • title - Childhood Benefactor
    • Mercenary:  Mama Curie
    • On Time Locked servers and origins, merc can be converted into an appearance pet.
  • $100 - Extra Life 2024 Benefaction Bounty V
    • title - Role Model
    • 2024 Extra Life: Halo of the Benefactor


Mercenary:  Mama Curie


2024 Extra Life: Halo of the Benefactor

NOTE: All higher tiered individual incentives will include incentives from previous tiers.
$100+ = For each incentive milestone reached after donating $100, you will receive a second (third, fourth, etc.) key for each listed incentive. Example: You’ve donated $305 so you’ll receive three keys for each listed incentive, and plus one more $5 incentive for a total of four $5 incentives. 

Fundraiser Incentives 

  • $250 - Familiar Hush the Sonar Pup
  • $500 - One set of all the listed Individual Donation incentives.
  • $1,000 - 2024 Extra Life: Cloak of the Benefactor 


Familiar Hush the Sonar Pup


2024 Extra Life: Cloak of the Benefactor 

NOTE: All higher tiered fundraiser incentives will include incentives from previous tiers.

If you are a streamer and would like to inquire about participating, please contact Angeliana via private message on our official forums or in Discord. Click here if you'd like to check out the incentives for EverQuest.  

Thank you for reading about our plans for Extra Life this year, for being part of our outstanding communities, and for helping children in need with your donations. Together, we will make a difference!

-Team Darkpaw 

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