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#World of Warcraft Forever#Beta#Druid+2 more

Making Our Way to Dalaran

Oct 26, 2026Episode 9

The last episode in the Zephyrus Island starting zone for my Druid. I hand in the backlog, talk two feuding factions into one assault, take the sanctuary, deal with the cult leader, finally buy the trainer skills I had been skipping, and sail to Dalaran. Next up is a defense Paladin trial before the beta launches.

World of Warcraft Forever Beta

Necro is fun but wiki required?

Oct 25, 2026Episode 2

Second try at Monsters and Memories, this time a deep gnome Necromancer on a different server. The class is fun and the pet makes it playable, but the first quest only completes if you type a slash command no screen mentions, mana comes back far too slowly, and an hour and twenty minutes got me to level 2.

#Monsters and Memories#Necromancer#Gnome+2 more

Monsters and Memories

I am terrible at this game

Oct 24, 2026Episode 1

First look at Monsters and Memories as an Ogre Shaman out of the Night Harbor subdocks. Character creation is the best part; after that it took me about an hour and 47 minutes to hand in a rookie note, lost in tunnels, with a Linux launcher that installs a Windows build and a control scheme that will not let me climb onto a dock already at two strikes.

#Monsters and Memories#Shaman#Ogre+2 more

Monsters and Memories

October 23, 2026 Patch Notes - Everquest Legends

Oct 24, 2026Episode 1

The October 22 update is a pet pass: command locks, a taunt toggle that moves threat by 75% or 50%, and backstabbing pets that can now kick and bash. Berserkers get Rampage rank 2 and a cleaner stance, and the October 23 hotfix cleans up the Necropolis. Then the spoilers: the datamine for reincarnation and the dark half-elf unlock.

#EverQuest#Legends#Patch Notes+4 more

#EverQuest#Shaman#Ogre+3 more

Ogre

Oct 23, 2026Episode 1

Spirit of Hamrok starts: a Shaman from level 1 to 130 in live EverQuest, mostly solo, with a hired mercenary counting as solo. I picked an Ogre for the stun immunity, ran the whole training area in about an hour, and ended it at level 11 with the first rules of the run laid out.

Spirit of Hamrok

October 2026 Everquest Patch Notes

Oct 22, 2026Episode 201

The October 21st live update. Parcels finally take multiple items at once with a Shift click, which is a gift if you have twenty character accounts to empty. Alongside it a poison slow tied to trade skills, Magician and Rogue focus fixes, Night of the Dead, and the Extra Life rewards.

#EverQuest#Patch Notes#News+2 more

#EverQuest#Necromancer#Lethar+2 more

Progress in the Reach

Oct 22, 2026Episode 6

A full day of Crescent Reach quest running at level 11 on Lethar: cougar fangs, mushrooms, lemonade, a torch and a ceremonial blade, then a long and vague hunt for the Spirits of Wisdom and Truth in Dragon Grove. The Necromancer is at 204 intelligence with one point of mana regeneration and a new pet on the way, and there is an announcement of a separate Shaman series on a live server.

Nomeregard's Journey

Fresh off the Boat - Cat With A GreatAxe - 1

Oct 21, 2026Episode 1

The first episode of a new Final Fantasy XIV series: a Marauder who becomes a Warrior, built around a very large axe. This one covers character creation, the opening boat ride and pirate attack, signing in at the Adventurers' Guild, and a long afternoon of small errands around Limsa Lominsa that ends with joining the Marauders' Guild and reaching level five. A slow start, and I say so.

#Final Fantasy XIV#Limsa Lominsa#Marauder+3 more

Cat With A GreatAxe

Master Yael - WAR / ENC / CLR - d4 solo

Oct 20, 2026

Master Yael at difficulty four with Warrior, Enchanter and Cleric, a fight I called easy before parsing it at 238 DPS. The level 43 pet does about 19,000 of it, the Beastlord AI slows and plagues me the whole way, and the build needed two Sacred Echoes and never touched Promised Renewal.

Lady Vox - WAR / ENC / CLR - d4 - solo

Oct 14, 2026

Lady Vox at difficulty four with Warrior, Enchanter and Cleric, a build I called boring right before parsing it at 217 DPS. A charmed priest does 18,000 of the 78,000, the build cannot realistically die, and I still think the Enchanter is a leveling class more than a boss class.

#EverQuest#Legends#Patch Notes+1 more

September 29, 2026 Natch Potes - Everquest Legends

Sep 30, 2026Episode 3

No patch this week, only a hotfix with two language fixes: half-elf characters now get a language when they are created, and the common language for Iksars, Ogres and Trolls is now 100, existing characters included. The rest is a note that the team is busy, Kunark is in the works, and a big patch every week is not a realistic expectation.

#EverQuest#Necromancer#Lethar

Lethar, We Come

Aug 28, 2026Episode 1

Starting a Necromancer from nothing on Lethar, a quiet live EverQuest server with no pick zones. The tutorial for baseline gear and platinum, a Legends UI skin ported across, and a mercenary the server will not let me hire.

Nomeregard's Journey

Let's Try That Again

Aug 28, 2026Episode 2

Back the next day with the tutorial actually playable, the Lethar fresh-start lockbox claimed, and the first Necromancer spells bought. Still no mercenary, and no Defiant gear on this server at all.

#EverQuest#Necromancer#Lethar

Nomeregard's Journey

Master Yael - WAR / BRD / SHM - d4 solo

Aug 27, 2026

Master Yael at difficulty four on Warrior, Bard and Shaman, run entirely in offensive and Empower. Envenomed Bolt alone is 36% of the damage, and the bard songs quietly hand over 6,000 more for no mana and no attention.

#EverQuest#Legends#Shaman+1 more

Wow This Bee...

Aug 26, 2026Episode 21

Taking the Shaman into Plane of Sky at 46 instead of waiting for 50, clearing two islands for wind runes and a level, and turning in enough to walk out with a feign death clicky. Plus why difficulty four Cazic Thule still will not die.

Innoruuk - WAR / BRD / DRU - d4 - solo

Aug 25, 2026

Innoruuk at difficulty four with Warrior, Bard and Druid, and the parse afterwards says the quiet part: the charmed pet did 41,000 of the 113,000, and a two platinum alchemy potion did 8,900 of it.

August 25, 2026

Aug 25, 2026

EverQuest Legends patch notes for August 25, 2026: the State of Unrest revamp and what it dropped, raid boss health cut in multiplayer, bulk turn-ins that no longer tank your frame rate, and a faction change that makes the halfling unlock far easier.

#EverQuest#Legends#Shaman+1 more

Deep In the Hole Looking For A Rat

Aug 24, 2026Episode 20

One item in one trip: the Idol of the Underking out of The Hole for Improved Healing III, and it dropped first try. Plus why difficulty four Cazic Thule stopped dying, and the AA I cannot afford yet.

#EverQuest#Legends#Quest+2 more

White Dragonscale Cloak

Aug 23, 2026

Turning a White Dragon Hide from Lady Vox into the White Dragonscale Cloak: Karam Dragonforge in the Rathe Mountains wants the hide plus two pieces of high end jewelcrafting. The real prize is the focus, not the cloak.

Lady Vox - WAR / BRD / DRU - d4 - solo

Aug 22, 2026

Vox at difficulty four in 4:41, against 7:48 the week before, and she has always felt easier than Nagafen. Her room holds exactly one charmable mob and it is always there, though the run is clear that the build does not need it.

#EverQuest#Legends#Guk+2 more

Guk Is So Good - WAR / BRD / SHM

Aug 21, 2026Episode 19

Guk in the high twenties on the new Shaman, and the episode where the numbers get explained: why the Bard chants are the free damage, what each third class actually adds, and why Innoruuk needs his own melody. The Hole at 42 is next.

Lord Nagafen - WAR / BRD / DRU - d4 - solo

Aug 20, 2026

Nagafen at difficulty four in 5:11, against eight minutes on the first attempt, with the whole ladder from zero timed alongside it. Resist gear is skipped on purpose: 400 to 500 fire resist in beta changed nothing, and he still hit for 400 to 600.

#EverQuest#Legends#Najena+2 more

Quick Trip To Najena - WAR / BRD / SHM

Aug 19, 2026Episode 18

Najena from 15 to 19 on the new Shaman, and Journeyman's Boots off Drelzna on the first attempt. The zone is close to unreadable in the dark until you turn on the client's enhanced vision setting, which the illusion you need to get in does not fix.

Master Yael - WAR / BRD / DRU - d4 solo

Aug 18, 2026

Yael at top difficulty with Warrior, Bard and Druid, five minutes against seven last week. He is a Beastlord here and perma slows you, and the cure clicky now takes four clicks to strip twelve counters, so the honest answer is to ignore the slow.

#EverQuest#Legends#Patch Notes

August 18, 2026

Aug 18, 2026

Mistmoore Castle gets the full revamp treatment: guaranteed named spawns, a guaranteed drop on every one of them, and rare status for the mote rates. The charm nerfs in Plane of Sky are the ones to read if you run a charm build, and grouping finally pays an experience bonus.

#EverQuest#Legends#Crushbone+2 more

Crushing Some Bones - WAR / BRD / SHM

Aug 17, 2026Episode 17

A second loadout starts at level 10 wearing the level 50 gear, and Crushbone has exactly one thing worth the trip: the Spiky Splintmail and its permanent Bramble Coat click. The experience here is poor, and the zone's own Hunter achievement does not credit its named.

#EverQuest#Legends#Plane of Sky+2 more

Plane of Sky

Aug 15, 2026Episode 16

Part one of Plane of Sky at 49, with the swim from East Freeport that gets you there without a Wizard. Includes an alchemy crash course, the island boss knockback trick, and the Grandmaster shortcut that skips Plane of Fear for Warrior armour.

Innoruuk, Prince of Hate

Aug 14, 2026Episode 15

Innoruuk at difficulty zero, plus the Agnostic deity quest that asks for him and Cazic Thule. His resists are the exact inverse of Cazic's, which is the one thing worth knowing before you build a spell set.

Cazic Thule

Aug 13, 2026Episode 14

First trip into Plane of Fear, difficulty zero, and Cazic Thule at the end of it. Fire and cold both bounce off him, so half the chant melody does nothing. Plus a home built log parser to prove what is actually landing.

#EverQuest#Patch Notes#News+1 more

August 2026 Everquest Test Server Patch Notes

Aug 13, 2026Episode 197

Resource Hunter gets the longest section, but the change that matters most is the Cleric epic 1.0: Shmendrik Lavawalker's respawn comes down and the chain loot locks to whoever did the turn in, which closes the multi-quest that handed the epic to people who had done none of it.

#EverQuest#Legends#Plane of Hate+2 more

Hate is the Place to Be

Aug 12, 2026Episode 13

An hour of Plane of Hate on difficulty one at 46, farming Warrior armour and platinum. The chant build runs itself, a charmed pet does most of the killing, and Befallen gear still beats what drops here.

#EverQuest#Legends#Race Unlock+2 more

Wood Elf Race Unlock

Aug 11, 2026

Unlocking Wood Elf in EverQuest Legends without leaving West Freeport: 500 Muffins to Pandos Flintside, then 500 White Wine downstairs. Half Elf falls out of it as a bonus.

Lady Vox

Aug 11, 2026Episode 12

Lady Vox at 46 on difficulty zero, the day after Nagafen. Same build with one spell swapped for her immunity, one charmed priest, and the third raid token of the week. She dropped a 32% haste belt.

Lord Nagafen

Aug 10, 2026Episode 11

Lord Nagafen at 46 on difficulty zero, solo, in Befallen leftovers. The Bard chant build does the damage for free and health regen tanks the whole clear. The dragon was easy; the loot was not worth it.

#EverQuest#Legends#Race Unlock+2 more

Iksar Race Unlock

Aug 9, 2026

Unlocking Iksar in EverQuest Legends: metal bits and small high quality ore handed to Crusader Iktra in North Ro. Buy the ore in Qeynos or farm it, then turn in until you hit ally.

#EverQuest#Legends#Nagafen's Lair+2 more

Imps Are Easy In SolB

Aug 9, 2026Episode 10

Sol B from 42 to 46 in two or three hours of casual grinding, charming imps on a loop around the Efreeti Lord Djarn camp. No placeholders means Djarn is always back, which took the boots to plus four and the ring to plus three. Nagafen is next.

#EverQuest#Legends#Race Unlock+3 more

Dwarf Race Unlock

Aug 8, 2026

Unlocking Dwarf in EverQuest Legends: roughly 800 Tumpy Tonics brewed from Kiola Nuts and Water Flasks, handed to Trantor Everhot in North Kaladim. The brewing is the whole quest.

#EverQuest#Legends#Raid+1 more

Master Yael

Aug 8, 2026Episode 9

Master Yael at level 42 on difficulty zero, solo, in Befallen and Lower Guk gear. Charm the channeler, let the wizard burn his mana, and hold a heal over time. Earthshaker and Brell's Girdle drop, plus the Void-touched Potential from the quest.

#EverQuest#Legends#Race Unlock+1 more

Dark Elf Race Unlock

Aug 7, 2026

Unlocking Dark Elf in EverQuest Legends: 500 Red Wine from the Neriak Third Gate bartender, handed to Lokar To`Biath in the library, with sneak to get around apprehensive faction.

#EverQuest#Legends#Lower Guk+2 more

King Voxl Lord of Guk

Aug 7, 2026Episode 8

Level 40 in Lower Guk, where Bard charm turns the King into a two on one fight. The charm-and-send trick, the focus items worth farming on live side, and 1,500 platinum earned since 32.

#EverQuest#Legends#Solusek's Eye+1 more

The Eye of My Desire

Aug 6, 2026Episode 7

Solusek's Eye from 25 to 32, goblins first and then gnomes, which turn out to be the best money in the game at that level. Steadfast Will gets started, the Iksar unlock gets priced, and the plan gets cut short in favour of Lower Guk.

#EverQuest#Legends#Patch Notes

August 4, 2026

Aug 6, 2026

The first real EverQuest Legends patch after launch, plus the hotfixes through August 6. Upper Guk loses its named placeholders, Irridium refunds go out, and household disconnects get addressed.

#EverQuest#Legends#Befallen+1 more

Befallen Is The Best

Aug 5, 2026Episode 6

The Befallen basement from 20 to 25, with the named rotation mapped, 48 AA banked, and the Linux crashes finally gone after switching Crossover to the Vulkan backend. Next stop is Solusek's Eye.

#EverQuest#Warrior#Boxing+1 more

Arigatō

Aug 4, 2026Episode 33

The end of Hamrok Live, though not of Hamrok. The series dies with the boxing, but the character gets rebuilt as a solo DPS on Drinal with one goal: get raid ready and join the open raids.

Hamrok Live!

Gotta Get Our Shrink On

Aug 4, 2026Episode 5

Ring of Surefall Glade to Blackburrow at 15 for the shrink shoulders, which drop twelve minutes in. Then the rest of the zone gets cleared for the belt, the breastplate, the bandana, and the bow, because being an Ogre in doorways had gotten old.

#EverQuest#Legends#Blackburrow+1 more

#EverQuest#Legends#Befallen+2 more

Back On Track

Aug 3, 2026Episode 4

Instances are back, the loadout switched to Warrior / Druid / Bard at 10, and Befallen goes from a grind to a walk. The scythe drops on the very first kill of the named that carries it, Improved Bash comes online, and level 12 becomes 15.

#EverQuest#Shadowknight#Series

Henkaku No Toki

Aug 3, 2026Episode 60

Not a finale. This is the episode where Nomeregard's Journey becomes Trials of Voxl, the character is renamed, and the old name gets reserved for a fresh Necromancer run on Lethar.

#EverQuest#Legends#Leveling+1 more

Struggling with No Instances

Aug 2, 2026Episode 3

Personal instances go down on Freeport, which turns leveling into open world West Commonlands with four hill giants on screen and nothing blue left alive. Level 7 to 8 the hard way, and a debugger attached to chase the crash.

#EverQuest#Legends#Befallen+1 more

August 2026 Channel Update

Aug 1, 2026

The first channel update in eight months. 7,430 subscribers, 100,261 monthly views against a 50,000 goal, and a hard pivot: every boxing series retired, the channel refocused on EverQuest Legends, and Nomeregard renamed to Voxl.

#Channel Update#hammackj

Channel Updates

Some Befallen

Jul 31, 2026Episode 2

First trip into Befallen on a D0 solo instance at level 5, learning that an Enchanter pet is not a tank, and fighting a Linux client that crashes on loot four times in one session.

#EverQuest#Legends#Leveling+1 more

Executing the Plan

Jul 30, 2026Episode 1

Launch day on Freeport. Voxl the Ogre Warrior / Enchanter runs the tutorial for boots, crosses Antonica by dying on purpose, borrows Sneak from a Rogue loadout to buy tiny daggers, and reaches level 5 outside Befallen in an hour and a half.

The Moon Kitties of Vaniki

Deireadh

Jul 30, 2026Episode 29

The end of The Moon Kitties of Vaniki. The server is empty, 106 people in general chat, and the experience is too slow to grind solo. The same achievements get another run on Frostreaver instead.

#EverQuest#Vaniki#Series

Endalok

Jul 29, 2026Episode 21

The end of Towani, A Thief's Tale. The account is cancelled and the rules of the run bent until it stopped being fun. Also the first video recorded and edited entirely on Linux.

#EverQuest#Rogue#Series

Towani, A Rogues Tale

Muchas Gracias

Jul 28, 2026Episode 201

The end of Hobz and Friendz. Boxing is over for good, the account is cancelled, and the 130 Shadowknight video that was owed will be a solo one instead. Plus what solo self found actually cost on Towani.

#EverQuest#Shadowknight#Boxing+1 more

Hobz and Friendz

July 28, 2026

Jul 28, 2026

The EverQuest Legends launch day patch notes. Kerrans go live, stun immunity cuts both ways, six classes get auto-granted AAs, and placeholders come out of The Hole, Lower Guk, Nagafen's Lair, Splitpaw, the Warrens, and Mistmoore.

#EverQuest#Legends#Patch Notes

My Revised Start Plan

Jul 27, 2026

The rewritten EverQuest Legends start plan after two test runs and a pile of feedback: Ogre Warrior with a pet class, the death-warp route to North Ro, and the gear, focus, and AA lists all the way to the first raid tokens.

#EverQuest#Legends#Gear

#EverQuest#Paladin#Series

Thank you

Jul 24, 2026Episode 184

The final episode of Holdredge's Crusade. The series ends because the boxing does: the hands gave out. A look back at levelling the same Paladin twice on two servers, and the solo 130 Paladin video still owed.

Holdredge's Crusade

The Iksar Start

Jul 23, 2026

The Iksar start in EverQuest Legends, run head to head against the Ogre. No cross-continent run, regen that tanks yellow mobs for you, and Skeleton Lrodd dead at level 5 in 1 hour 39.

#EverQuest#Legends#Leveling

#EverQuest#Legends#Leveling

The Ogre Start

Jul 22, 2026

Testing the Ogre start in EverQuest Legends after the comments said Ogre over Iksar. Frontal stun immunity, the run from Oggok to North Ro, why the Feerrott is a trap, and reaching Befallen at level 5.

My Plan for Everquest Legends

Jul 21, 2026

My personal EverQuest Legends gear and camp plan for Voxl, an Iksar WAR / DRU / BRD. Zone by zone from level 1 to the level 50 raid targets, with the named mobs, the drops worth camping, and the spell and AA priorities behind them.

#EverQuest#Legends#Gear

Kedge Keep SHM / SK / NEC - 42

Jul 20, 2026Episode 5

Testing whether Kedge Keep is worth levelling in at 42. It reportedly has no experience penalty, and it still is not worth the effort. Ends with three mermaids and a scramble for air.

#EverQuest#Legends#Guide+2 more

The "BEST" Start - Everquest Legends

Jul 17, 2026Episode 6

The case for starting Iksar: every guild master, every caster and hybrid spell vendor, the bank and the mote trader in one hub, opening onto North Ro with ports to Hate and Sky either side of you.

#EverQuest#TLP#Lethar+1 more

Lethar Rulesets UPDATED FAQ

Jul 17, 2026Episode 196

The clarifications that make Lethar a fundamentally different game: every item on the server becomes all/all, epics included, and personal loot pays up to three items per person per kill in a full group.

Crushbone SHM / SK / WIZ 14 to 15

Jul 16, 2026Episode 7

A full clear of the revamped Crushbone at level 14, instanced at difficulty 1 so nothing flees. Every route in, the named that the game never flags as named, the wood elf faction grind, and the clicky damage shield that is the only real reason to come.

July 2026 Everquest Patch Notes

Jul 16, 2026Episode 195

The July 15th live patch, which is the test server build shipped intact: Heroes' Journey quests go group friendly. Plus an open question about whether their achievements will even exist when Lethar starts.

Splitpawn Lair SHM / SK / NEC 41 to 42

Jul 15, 2026Episode 8

A full clear of Splitpaw Lair on revamp day at level 41. Every named mapped, the chain-stunning gnoll casters that killed me twice, the shields worth taking, and a sustained argument that the experience here does not keep pace with Guk.

July 14, 2026 Natch Potes

Jul 14, 2026Episode 9

The last beta patch before the week of downtime. Crushbone and Lair of the Splitpaw both rebuilt, motes made untradeable in a way that ends the server economy, and single player experience rates confirmed unchanged.

#EverQuest#News#TLP+1 more

July 2026 Everquest Producer's Letter

Jul 14, 2026Episode 194

Lethar gets a date: August 26th at noon Pacific, starting on The Serpent's Spine with personal loot. Plus an expansion teaser about fate and the demiplanes that sounds a lot like Bristlebane.

July 2026 Everquest Test Server Patch Notes

Jul 13, 2026Episode 193

A patch that looks small and is not. Heroes' Journey quest drops now drop for the whole group instead of one at a time, which fixes the single biggest reason people box those quests.

#EverQuest#TLP#Lethar+1 more

Lethar Rulesets FAQ

Jul 12, 2026Episode 192

The Lethar TLP ruleset: starts on The Serpent's Spine, personal loot borrowed from EverQuest Legends, legacy character experience bonuses, no truebox and no item level requirements. Plus one sentence nobody could parse.

July 7, 2026 Natch Potes

Jul 11, 2026Episode 10

Instance repairs after the infrastructure move, spell tiering phase two landing on pets, charmed pets finally able to wear gear, and a sustained argument that shaman buffs should lose their negative effects at rank 10 the way items already do.

Producers Letter June 8, 2026

Jul 10, 2026Episode 11

The producer's letter that laid out the in-game shop, read line by line with prices attached. Which items are no-ops you can earn in game, why storage and loadout slots are the only things I will buy, and the one item I argue should not exist.

Gukin' Around - Everquest Legends Pre Order Beta

Jul 7, 2026Episode 12

A casual Guk grind at 28 that turns into the best build talk of the beta run. The experience nerf and the halved storage, exactly which AAs I buy and in what order, and a case that the game's itemisation is upside down.

#EverQuest#Legends#Quest+2 more

Fiery Avenger

Jul 6, 2026Episode 13

The Paladin sword line after SoulFire: two dragon books and a thousand platinum become the Book of Scale, which buys Miragul's Phylactery, which spawns a lich in Everfrost worth his head and robe. Then Plane of Sky, and the invisibility bug that silently eats your turn in.

#EverQuest#Legends#Quest+3 more

SoulFire (PAL PR Click)

Jul 5, 2026Episode 14

The full SoulFire quest run start to finish as an Iksar, about three hours once the faction is done. A detective story through both Freeports for a sword with a clickable Promised Renewal at level 40.

Deepwater Knights - Faction

Jul 4, 2026Episode 15

Grinding Deepwater Knights in Paineel for Fiery Avenger, at ten faction a kill against a four thousand point hole. Includes the one named worth a hundred and why the wiki's advice is wrong.

#EverQuest#Legends#Guide+1 more

The Tutorial

Jul 3, 2026Episode 16

The full new character tutorial, done properly for the first time. Four short errands for Boots of the Long Road, which carry a 40 velocity speed clicky at level one, and a lesson in item merging that pays off all game.

Plane of Sky

Jul 2, 2026Episode 17

A four hour solo clear of Plane of Sky on Warrior, Cleric and Bard. Every island and boss, the kill orders that matter, the nine minute snare and the perma-stun I want deleted, and a parser breakdown of where the damage actually came from.

#EverQuest#Legends#Beta+1 more

My Plans for the Pre Order Beta - Everquest Legends

Jul 1, 2026Episode 18

A full levelling route from level one to the raid bosses, plus the class-picking argument for anyone new to EverQuest. Why I primary Shaman, warrior against shadowknight, and the case that Drain Soul is the best spell in the game.

#EverQuest#Legends#Beta+1 more

Producers Letter June 30, 2026

Jul 1, 2026Episode 19

The letter that opened the pre-order beta. July 1st at noon Pacific, which servers to avoid if you want in quickly, the roadmap tease with Kunark in the winter, and my advice not to take the day off.

June 29, 2026 Natch Potes

Jun 30, 2026Episode 21

The last closed beta patch, demonstrated in game rather than read. The new stance window, the spell upgrade system, new druid and shaman heal lines, and Promise Renewal going to 5,000 healing for 802 mana.

Najena WAR / CLR / BST 10 to 18

Jun 30, 2026Episode 20

A full clear of the Najena revamp from 10 to 18 on Warrior, Cleric and Beastlord. Journeyman's Boots are back, the gear beats zones twice the level, and two setup choices I got wrong: entering at 10, and turning respawns on.

Innoruuk - WAR / BRD / CLR - d4 solo

Jun 29, 2026Episode 22

Innoruuk at difficulty four on Warrior, Cleric and Bard with no slow beyond the Bard song. The root spam that makes the fight long rather than hard, a full parser breakdown, and why mediocre damage is the deliberate trade.

Innoruuk - SK / NEC / SHM - d4 solo

Jun 28, 2026Episode 23

Innoruuk at difficulty four on Shadowknight, Shaman and Necromancer, with no cleric and no heal cast all fight. The opening order, the over channel and Arcane Mastery swap, and a parser breakdown showing why most build optimisation does not matter.

Knights of Truth - Faction

Jun 27, 2026Episode 25

Maxing Knights of Truth in one sitting by handing Tumpy Tonics to Gorth Bearsoul in East Freeport. He only spawns overnight, which is the part that costs people time.

Priests of Life - Faction

Jun 27, 2026Episode 24

Getting Priests of Life to warmly for SoulFire, including the Flesh to Bone trick that turned a fifty platinum stack of meat into a thousand Bone Chips before it was nerfed on live, and how to hand them in when the NPC scowls at your race.

Cazic Thule - WAR / CLR / NEC - d4 solo

Jun 26, 2026Episode 26

Cazic Thule at difficulty four on Warrior, Cleric and Necromancer, entered by accident when I set up for a two. Resists decide the fight, Envenomed Bolt carries it, and it ends on 1 percent health and 2 percent mana.

#EverQuest#Legends#Quest+2 more

Agnostic Deity Unlock

Jun 25, 2026Episode 27

Renouncing your faith takes about twenty minutes: hail the emissary on the Oasis docks, then kill Cazic Thule and Innoruuk at difficulty zero. The reward is a 200 point lift to your faction caps.

Master Yael - WAR / CLR / NEC - d0,d1,d2,d3,d4 solo

Jun 24, 2026Episode 28

A viewer build request tested cold on Master Yael at difficulty four: Warrior, Cleric and Necromancer, no practice run. It wins comfortably, and I fought most of it without noticing I had no main hand weapon equipped.

Cazic Thule - WAR / BRD / CLR - d4 solo

Jun 23, 2026Episode 30

Cazic Thule at difficulty four on Warrior, Bard and Cleric, the hardest kill on the channel so far. Defensive stance stops holding, endurance drains in a way I had not seen, and it comes down to whether my mana outlasts his health.

June 23, 2026 Natch Potes

Jun 23, 2026Episode 29

Solo Plane of Sky finally works, the weapon nerf is reverted, instance charges arrive, and the whole zone experience table is rebalanced to push people out of dungeons into an open world I do not think has anywhere worth levelling past 40.

Cazic Thule - WAR / BRD / CLR - d3 solo

Jun 22, 2026Episode 31

Cazic Thule at difficulty three on Warrior, Cleric and Bard, the build I intend to go live with. No stance dancing, a parser showing the off hand is only 8 percent of my damage, and two AAs I should have bought sooner.

Cazic Thule - SK / SHM / NEC - d0,d1,d2 solo

Jun 21, 2026Episode 32

Cazic Thule on Shadowknight, Shaman and Necromancer, climbing difficulties until it stops working. Zero is easy, one is harder than two because he negates life, and three ends with me perma-stunned in the trash before ever reaching him.

Befallen WAR / MNK / CLR 10 to 19

Jun 20, 2026Episode 33

A full clear of the Befallen revamp from 10 to 19 on Warrior, Monk and Cleric. The keys and their three inconsistent rules, why you should bank your motes rather than spend them here, and what I learned about monks having never played one.

Master Yael - SK / SHM / NEC - d0,d1,d2,d3,d4 solo

Jun 19, 2026Episode 34

Shadowknight, Shaman and Necromancer against Yael at every difficulty, with Reaper of the Dead slotted in. Yael deals mostly magic damage, which is why he makes such a clean build test.

June 2026 Everquest Patch Notes and Other News

Jun 19, 2026Episode 191

The June 17th live patch, shipping the test build intact. Plus the odd timing of selling Terror of Luclin bundles in the same breath as making Laurion's Song free.

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Reaper of the Dead (SK PR Click)

Jun 18, 2026Episode 35

The Shadowknight route to a clickable Promised Renewal: a note from a Neriak toll booth, three mallet pieces out of Befallen, and a faction wall at the very end that no illusion will get you past.

June 16, 2026 Natch Potes

Jun 17, 2026Episode 36

Plane of Sky gets overhauled: island bosses now drop the keys to the next island directly, the Siren is gone, and trash stops dropping key parts entirely.

The Dead Faction

Jun 17, 2026Episode 37

Farming the Dead faction in Neriak for the Reaper of the Dead quest, by killing one enchanter on repeat across picks. Includes what it costs you elsewhere and how to get that back.

Blackburrow WAR / ENC / CLR 10 to 17

Jun 16, 2026Episode 38

Blackburrow as a tier two solo instance on a new Warrior, Cleric and Enchanter loadout. A long-form run made by request, ending on a plus five onyx earring.

Innoruuk - WAR / BRD / CLR - d2 solo

Jun 15, 2026Episode 39

Difficulty two in eleven minutes, after difficulty one went by unrecorded because it was too easy to think about. Shoulders he did not know existed turn out to be the upgrade.

June 2026 Everquest Test Server Patch Notes

Jun 13, 2026Episode 190

Progressive spell lines rebuilt for five classes, mercenaries meaningfully buffed, and Laurion's Song goes free to play. Plus Hardcore Heritage, which puts an Ancient Cloak of Flames back in reach.

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How I Play My Level 130 Wizard

Jun 12, 2026

How I play my level 130 EverQuest Wizard: a one-button multibox nuker built fire-heavy to keep the Mage synergy firing. Covers the full spell lineup, the single-key rotation, both burn phases, Mana Burn, AA priorities, and gear at 130.

#Wizard#EverQuest

How I Play My Wizard

How I Play My Level 125 Druid

Jun 5, 2026

How I play my level 125 EverQuest Druid, rebuilt as a pure damage caster after dropping the healer role. Covers the dot-heavy spell lineup, the group-heal synergy, the Cold Burst aura and Reciprocal Winds ADPS, the damage-focused burn, and gear at 125.

#Druid#EverQuest

How I Play My Druid

Frostreaver Ruleset

May 28, 2026Episode 189

The full Frostreaver ruleset on launch day: Velious at the start, daily randomised hot zones, an evolving bonus set that reaches 400% named spawns, encounter locking, and challenge achievements with a level-lowering NPC.

#EverQuest#Guide#Achievement+1 more

Leveling Expansion Clarifications

May 22, 2026

What completing an expansion actually means and why it is worth it: the stacking Hero's Resolution passives, the trophies that need eight expansions to fill your slots, and a 44 slot bag for killing named.

May 2026 Everquest Patch Notes and Other News

May 22, 2026Episode 188

The May 20th live patch plus its hotfix. The standout is an NPC on Vaniki and Frostreaver that lowers your level on request, which retires the practice of building corpse piles to meet challenge requirements.

#EverQuest#Boxing#Paladin+1 more

Dear Darkpaw, Let's Talk about TLP for 2026

May 19, 2026Episode 1

A proposal rather than a report: move Lethar to 2027, give Frostreaver personal loot now, and build next year's server around questing experience and per-persona achievements. Because Legends is going to eat the audience.

#EverQuest#TLP#Opinion

Everquest Let's Talk

So Long and Thanks for the Slays

May 19, 2026Episode 64

The final episode. Three accounts cancelled, six-boxing given up, and an honest accounting of why the run stops here rather than at 130.

Hamrok Slays Undead

May 2026 Everquest Test Server Patch Notes

May 15, 2026Episode 186

Hybrid and melee progressive abilities get rebuilt so rank one matches the old rank six, with priests and casters promised for June. Plus a Frostreaver starter pack and a pile of Shattering of Ro raid fixes.

#EverQuest#Guide#Leveling+1 more

Franklin Teek

May 8, 2026

The hot zone dailies explained properly: where Franklin and Clayton Teek stand, how the once-a-day lockout actually works, and why the level 105 transcendent belt is missing its haste.

#EverQuest#Leveling#Guide

Leveling 1 to 130

May 1, 2026

The full live-server leveling route from the tutorial to 130. Ride Franklin's hot zones from 1 to 75, then progress expansion by expansion to current cap. The written companion to the recorded walkthrough.

Everquest Leveling Guides

How I Solo My Level 75 Shadowknight

Apr 24, 2026

Walkthrough of How I Play My Level 75 Shadowknight Solo. Single button rotation, with extra DPS via non-rotational damage over time. With a nice field test in Gyrospire Beza at the end with parsing information.

How I Solo My Shadowknight

Introducing hammackj.com

Apr 19, 2026

A walk through hammackj.com on the day I released it: a written companion for every video on the channel, no ads and no tracking, how the guides actually get made, and the item and spell database meant to make the numbers in them verifiable.

Channel Updates

Tribute and You

Apr 17, 2026

Walkthrough of the EverQuest tribute system. Where to find tribute masters, how to load and activate the five personal tribute slots, guild tribute, house trophies, and how to keep favor topped up by donating outgrown raid gear.

#EverQuest#Guide#Tribute

Year of the Dark Paw Things

Apr 16, 2026Episode 59

A change of pace. I roll a brand new bard persona purely to hoover up the Year of Darkpaw collectibles I never finished, on the grounds that bards can cast the collectible finder while running. Level 1 to 29 across Blackburrow, Butcherblock, Unrest and Permafrost.

#EverQuest#Event#Bard

#EverQuest#News#EverQuest Legends

How I Play My Level 80 Mage

Apr 6, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 80 EverQuest Mage setup. Covers the spell rotation built around Shock of Many, swarm pet management, the burn sequence, gear recommendations from Seeds of Destruction Paragon armor through House of Thule, and key focus items for fire damage.

#Mage#EverQuest

How I Play My Mage

How I Play My Level 80 Wizard

Apr 2, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 80 EverQuest Wizard setup. Covers the nuke rotation, the burn sequence built around Mana Burn and Mind Crash, swarm pet support for Mage synergy, gear progression from Paragon to House of Thule, and how the Wizard becomes the highest single-target DPS in the box.

#Wizard#EverQuest

How I Play My Wizard

How I Play My Level 80 Druid

Apr 1, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 80 EverQuest Druid set up as a healing box. Covers the heal rotation, the panic-heal sub-rotation, the burn-heal stack with Spirit of the Wood and Convergence of Spirits, damage shields, group buffs, and gear progression.

#Druid#EverQuest

How I Play My Druid

How I Play My Level 80 Enchanter

Mar 31, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 80 EverQuest Enchanter set up as a boxed ADPS provider. Covers debuffs, the DoT-heavy nuke rotation, the rune buff stack, group runes, defensive cooldowns, and the choice to skip charming entirely in a multibox setup.

#Enchanter#EverQuest

How I Play My Enchanter

EverQuest Legends

Mar 30, 2026

Daybreak announced EverQuest Legends, a new official game built in collaboration with indie studio Game Jawn featuring classic-era zones, multiclassing, and solo-friendly content. Walking through the FAQ, the multiclass system, the launch timeline, and the monetization model that doesn't sit right.

How I Play My Level 80 Paladin

Mar 27, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 80 EverQuest Paladin tank setup. Covers the stun rotation, backup heals via target-of-target, defensive cooldowns like Armor of Decorum and Deflection, the Lay Hands HoT, the always-on Sustenance of Tunare buff, and gear progression.

#Paladin#EverQuest

How I Play My Paladin

How I Play My Level 120 Berserker

Mar 26, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 120 EverQuest Berserker setup while three-boxing with a Warrior and Shaman. Covers disciplines, frenzy rotations, burn sequences, AoE options, the Blood Fury health mechanic, and key AAs like Juggernaut Surge and Ecliptic Rage.

#Berserker#EverQuest

How I Play My Berserker

How I Play My Level 115 Berserker

Mar 24, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 115 Berserker setup. This is a heroic character being power-leveled with my 130 group. Covers the disc rotation, the Restless / Magnified frenzy timer trick, the Axe of Derakor reagent setup, and Shared Atavism for boosting Warrior DPS.

#Berserker#EverQuest

How I Play My Berserker

How I Play My Level 75 Paladin / Enchanter / Druid / Wizard / Mage with Parses

Mar 23, 2026

Hamrok runs the level 75 daily quest in Direwind Cliffs killing Dark Root Warriors with the full 6-box (Paladin tank, Enchanter, Druid, Wizard, two Mages). Parses overlay running the whole time to compare each character's DPS contribution.

#EverQuest#Boxing#Parses

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How I Play My Level 75 Mage

Mar 20, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 75 Mage setup. Progressive build from previous level guides. Covers the spam rotation built around Rampaging Servant and Bolt of Molten Slag, why earring focus matters for pet level, gear progression toward Paragon Silk, and pet item management.

#Mage#EverQuest

How I Play My Mage

How I Play My Level 70 Paladin

Feb 15, 2026

How I play my level 70 EverQuest Paladin, the tank of a six-box group: a rack of low-mana stuns run for aggro, the heal buttons, the new Ward of Tunar, and the buff-conflict rules for who takes druid skin, aegolism, and symbol.

#Paladin#EverQuest

How I Play My Paladin

Waxwork Abolishion - 130 - SOR - Mission

Jan 30, 2026

The Waxwork Abolishion mission in Candlemaker's Workshop, a level 130 Shattering of Ro group mission: the split-and-reform blob fight, why killing the adds too fast makes it take longer, and how the achievement actually works.

How I Play My Level 130 Warrior

Jan 26, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 130 Warrior, the one-button multibind, the full aggro stack, the defensive ladder anchored by Flash of Anger, the Warlords recovery kit, the three-stage burn, the always-on buffs, and the heroic-agility gear targets that make the warrior the best tank (and arguably the best tank-DPS) in EverQuest.

#Warrior#EverQuest

How I Play My Warrior

How I Play My Level 130 Monk

Jan 25, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 130 Monk setup. Progressive build covering the Wheel of Fists XII synergy chain, the Uncia's Fang attack line, the multibind that fires every disc on a single button, the burn sequence, gear focus at 130, and how the monk pulls 1.4 to 5 million DPS depending on the mission.

#Monk#EverQuest

How I Play My Monk

How I Play My Level 130 Mage

Jan 24, 2026

A walkthrough of my level 130 Mage setup. Progressive build covering the Shock of Many synergy, the Twincast + Spear of Ro nuke chain, swarm pet stacking, the Molten Dacite Orb clicky, gear focus priorities, and the one-button rotation that pushes 1.5 million DPS solo on a target dummy.

#Mage#EverQuest

How I Play My Mage

VOTES ARE IN! - Everquest News

Jan 17, 2026Episode 172

The Frostreaver TLP votes are settled and every aggressive option won: a Scars of Velious launch, eight week unlocks after Planes of Power, Beastlords and Berserkers from day one, and no truebox at all.

How I Solo My Shadowknight

How I Solo My Level 70 Shadowknight

Jan 8, 2026

How I solo my level 70 Shadowknight: four dots and three life taps driven off one key, the memorise-cast-restore macros behind every self buff, Leechcurse and Soul Shield for when it goes wrong, and why Jann's Veil is what makes soloing raid mobs possible at all.

How I Play My Level 105 Berserker

Jan 2, 2026

How I play my level 105 EverQuest Berserker, a heroic melee added to my 130 box for its group ADPS. Covers the crit-damage synergy that boosts my Warrior and Monk, the one-button multibind, the below-90% Blood Fury trick, the axe components, all three burn keys, and gear at 105.

#Berserker#EverQuest

How I Play My Berserker

How I Play My Level 85 Warrior

Sep 23, 2025

How I play my level 85 EverQuest Warrior, the tank and main character of my Hobs and Friends box. Covers the one-button multibind, pulling and AoE aggro, the hatred-focused burns, the defensive disciplines, weapon stances, AA taunts, and gear at 85.

#Warrior#EverQuest

How I Play My Warrior

How I Play My Level 125 Shadowknight

Sep 5, 2025

How I play my level 125 EverQuest Shadowknight tank as a one-button box: the life-tap spell lineup, the Paradoxical Disruption AoE-taunt aggro package, three stacking defensive cooldowns, a long multibind, burns, and defensive-first AA. Parses around 538,000 DPS from melee.

#Velious#Raid#Achievement

Dozekar the Cursed

Aug 4, 2025Episode 36

Nomeregard heads into South Temple of Veeshan to take down Dozekar the Cursed for the 14th Gouda. The plan was three dragons in one episode, but two hours of trash clearing and a cranky summoning mechanic made it a one-boss video instead.

#Velious#Raid#Achievement

Dain Frostreaver IV

Jul 30, 2025Episode 33

Nomeregard solos Dain Frostreaver IV in Great Divide for the Conqueror of Velious credit. Dain banishes you into the well at the bottom of his throne room, so the trick is convincing him to follow you down there with pet aggro and DoT ticks.

Chardok Royals

Jul 28, 2025Episode 31

Nomeregard the Shadowknight knocks out three raid mobs in one run for the Conqueror of Chardok achievement. Towani holds the locked doors open while the SK clears the throne room and library.

#Kunark#Raid#Achievement

How I Play My Level 120 Shadowknight

Jul 23, 2025

How I play my level 120 EverQuest Shadowknight: Hobs, my group tank, built around a one-button life-tap rotation, Knight's Synergy for the group, and a deep stack of defensive discs. Covers the everyday spells, the multibind, the defensive disciplines, big cooldowns, AAs, and gear at 120.

#Planes of Power#Leveling#EverQuest

Dank Dark Crypts of Decay

Jul 23, 2025Episode 28

Nomeregard the Shadowknight grinds from 60 toward 65 in the Crypt of Decay, kitted out with new Gates of Discord raid armor pieces from Gouda. The DPS mercenary handles the trash while the SK churns through experience.

#Kunark#Leveling#EverQuest

Droga to 60 is a Safe Bet

Jul 11, 2025Episode 20

Nomeregard the Shadowknight grinds from level 57 to 60 in the Temple of Droga, picking up Drain Spirit, Leech Touch, and a stack of new AAs along the way. Jann's Veil and a healer mercenary handle most of the damage.

How I Play My Level 115 Bard

Feb 6, 2025

How I play my level 115 EverQuest Bard as a box: the memorized songbook, the /melody twist with the four elemental chants, the one-button multibind, the ADPS from Insult and Song of Suffering, AAs, and gear at 115.

#Bard#EverQuest

How I Play My Bard

How I Play My Level 115 Shadowknight

Feb 4, 2025

How I play my level 115 EverQuest Shadowknight: a one-button tank sustained almost entirely by life taps. Covers the rotational spells, self-buff skins, the multibind, Knight's Synergy, the defensive cooldown stack, the pet, AAs, and gear at 115.

How I Play My Level 110 Shadowknight

Dec 20, 2024

How I play my level 110 EverQuest Shadowknight: a one-button group tank whose survival runs on a stack of life taps and the Knight's synergy off Spurn. Covers the life-tap lineup, the multibind, aggro and AoE taunts, the defensive cooldowns, the burn and signature abilities, self buffs, and gear at 110.

How I Play My Level 105 Shadowknight

Dec 9, 2024

How I play my level 105 EverQuest Shadowknight: a one-button multibind tank that out-hates the group, chains life taps to stay alive, and feeds everyone the new Knight's Synergy shield. Covers the spell lineup, the multibind, the burn, the pet, and sword-and-shield gear at 105.