The US EverQuest 2 Servers will come down on Tuesday, May 7, at 7:00 am Pacific Time* for an update. The expected downtime is one hour. The EU EQ2 Servers will come down on Tuesday, May 7, at 9:00 pm Pacific Time*, and the expected downtime is two hours.

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POPULATION / ZONE PROGRESSION
Siren's Grotto: Alluring Embrace (both versions)
Shyneera will no longer become unkillable.

Oakmyst Forest
Using escape in Oakmyst now places the player at the Oakmyst Forest dock.

Steamfont
Mort Gimblesquee, an ammunition merchant, has set up shop in Gnomeland Security in the Steamfont Mountains.

Eidolon Jungle
The following mobs should now drop their treasure loot again once they are defeated:
• Theethox
• Aklon the Ethersplicer
• The Abominable Shimmeroot

Plains of Obol
The following mobs should drop their treasure loot again:
• Tirunos the Soulmonger
• Glomer the Surveyor
• Leukos the Despoiler


MERCENARIES
Mercenaries should no longer be as dominant in PVP.


ABILITIES / ALTERNATE ADVANCEMENT
General
Click-to-cure should now work for trauma, noxious, and elemental for Mage spell Cure Magic.
Fixed a bug where low level pet buffs such as Antagonize would apply at the level of the pet instead of the level of the spell.
Pet Auto-Assist in Pet Options should now work properly

Brigand
Exacting Venom's damage should properly stack when applied from multiple players.
Blinding Dust's base damage in PVP combat has been reduced by 33%.

Druid
Rebirth no longer costs power. You should now be cast it if you die with very low power.

Sorcerer
Manashield now decreases the lethality of the caster by 125 to 4375 based on the caster's level.


ITEMS
Items that cannot be experimented on will show NOT-EXPERIMENTABLE when you examine them. NOTE: This will not show on the tooltip, just on the examine.
Fitzpitzle's Ethereal Hover Platform can now be turned into a house item and back into a mount.


QUESTS
Salton the Undying will now properly become attackable when approached.
Breaking Bones – The Barrier of Bones should fall much easier now.
When on A Salty Farewell, Osh (by the shore) will now speak to you if you are on the first part of Merrik's Mission.
Find Pythus the Rogue - Elma Lowe at the Jade Tiger Den now advances the quest.