EverQuest Tower

          This is my guide to the best EverQuest sites.  This site consists of: the main resource chart, a chart of other useful sites, and finally a chart class-oriented sitesIf a slot is blank in the first chart below, either the site at the top of the column does not offer that information or it is not so good, in my humble opinion.  If you have suggestions--or if you find broken links--shoot me an e-mail!  

       

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       There is Luclin information in the first chart below.  For Luclin maps, see EQ Atlas first, then see EQ Maps.  If you are looking for basic information on how to travel to and from Luclin--plus initial Luclin spell, vendor and faction-quest information--see Luclin Passage in the second chart.  (The Luclin computer requirements are available just below that and the Luclin armor quests just above it.)

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  Everlore Allakhazam EQlizer EQ Stratics Casters Realm Planet EQ
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class/race  boards blueball.gif(7394bytes) class links
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class guides blueball.gif(7394bytes) class links
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Faction**   by faction (Illia's) by MOB   by faction by faction
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by slot (full search requires  payment) slot, type (scroll down) select options blueball.gif(7394bytes) class, name
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Links*** links links   links   links
Luclin****   blueball.gif(7394bytes) Luclin zone info
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Luclin zone map  w/ bind pts.   blueball.gif(7394bytes) Luclin spells
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Luclin skills 
Maps+ some coords EQ Atlas-great! random by author not all zones maps
MOBs name or zone by zone (Illia's--great!) by rarity   name or level  
News headlines     news   news
Prices++ (item search) (item search)     Tradeskill items  
Quests by zone item, zone, faction (full search req's  payment) by name or zone by zone, race, class, item by class  
Spells by class     spell database spells by class by class, database
Trade
Skills
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superb areas (scroll down) skills information
Zone Info geography blueball.gif(7394bytes)atlas blueball.gif(7394bytes)zone lvl chart zone guides      

* EQ Atlas deserves special mention for its geography-related forums 
** See also Faction Improvement below.
*** EQ Maps also provides some good links, and some extensive links are provided by Hibix.  
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or basic information on how to travel to and from Luclin--plus initial Luclin spell and vendor information--see Luclin Passage below.
+ Questor of Norrath offers beautiful maps:  well-drawn, in color and with coordinates.  EQ Maps offers many maps for each zone.    
++  For prices, also see EQprices.com.   
+++  EQ Traders Corner has excellent information on Tradeskills, listed in the following chart.  


Other Useful Sites 

Attributes/Abilities:   For descriptions of the effects the attributes (strength, wisdom etc.) have, see attributes by EQ Stratics, EQ Insider's attributes page and abilities by EQlizer.  
Bind Locations: See Binding in Norrath by EQ Atlas for the locations where casters and non-casters may be bound, including the locations of soulbinders. 

Buying/Selling Items:

Allakhazam has classified ads and links for trade/auction sites.

Chat Abbreviations: Ever puzzled by what someone says?  Check Allakhazam's chat terms or the EQ Glossary by Talies the Wanderer.  
Con Messages: Allakhazam provides a list of con messages (threateningly, warmly etc.) by level.
Deities:   The official site's Deities page describes major and minor deities, and EQ Stratics has a Deity Reference Chart.  
Disciplines:   For info on these special abilities of melee and hybrid classes, see the Treatise on Disciplines by the Seekers of Lore. 

Emotes/Commands:

EQ Stratics has a printer-friendly list of emotes and commands (/bow, /time etc.), and Allakhazam has separate emote and command lists.  Also see Macros below for other lists of commands.  

Epic Quests: For information on the epic quests, see Epic Quest Adventures and Everlore's epic quest boards 
Equipment Effects:   Though not complete (where are the Elder Spiritist Vambraces, for example?), EQlizer offers a list of equipment spells/effects and which weapons and armor produce them.  

Experience Tables:

To tell how many MOBs to kill for that next level, see these experience tables.  

Faction Improvement: If you are evil and want to improve your faction, see Anezka's Faction Guide for specific strategies.  Also take a look at a post by Jijuna/Asuran on quick faction raising for those who can Snare.  (See also Faction in the chart above.)
Guilds:   Everlore has a guild database which lists all the EQ guilds, and Playervault has an EverQuest guild search.  
Guild Software Guild-Builder and Guild Boss offer software to manage a guild; there is a fee for use.  Player Vault is free, though it is much more basic.  
Hunting:   To see where to hunt for your level, try Allakhazam's zone level chart, the hunting guide by level from EQ Atlas, the EQ Insider hunting database and Everlore's zone level statistics.  

Jewelry:

Casters Realm has the jewelry chart and jewelry/metal vendors list.

Keyboard & Other Commands: See EQ Stratics' Basic Commands.  Also see Loral's Guide to Everquest Usability, which has many ideas on customizing your interface to make the game more enjoyable.  
KOS chart:   To see which races will kill you if you enter their cities (unless you have changed your faction), see this EQ Vault chart.  
Links :   Hibix offers extensive links, and EQ Maps provides some good links as well.  Also see the EverQuest Top 100 Sites and Links in the first chart.  
/loc Command:   For info on using the /loc command, see the EQ Atlas /loc Guide.  
Locations: EQ Maps offers a list of key locations (zone entrances, rings etc.) with coordinates; you may want to print this and keep it handy.
Luclin Armor EQ Druids has a list of Luclin armor quests by class.  
Luclin Requirements Sony has a listing of the minimum and recommended requirements for Luclin; scroll down to see them.  

Macros:

For basic info on macros, see Everlore's Hotkey/Social Bar Guide.  See The Library of Talies the Wanderer for commands for macros; these are also available from EQguild.net.  (These lists are perhaps more macro-oriented than the lists in "Emotes/Commands" above, though only the latter list the all-important /cast command!  Bah!)

Mana Calculators: Casters Realm offers mana calculators that calculate mana based on intelligence and on wisdom.  
Manual:   You can download the official manual for EverQuest here.  
Melee Attack Odds: EQlizer offers a Melee Attack Odds chart!
Newbie Help: Have a friend just starting EverQuest?  Make sure they do the CD-ROM tutorial and change the auto-attack key from "a" to something else.  (To reset this go into the options menu and look for keyboard options; then look for the auto-attack key set up.)  Then point them to Allakhazam's newbie guide, the EQ Atlas newbie guide, and the EQ Stratics beginners guide (and possibly to "Chat Abbreviations", "Etiquette", "Keyboard Commands", "/loc Command" and "Tips & Hints" in this chart). 

NPC's:

EQ Maps offers an NPC database searchable by type, race, class.

Official (Sony): Oh, all right:  here's the official Sony EQ site, including Sony EQ news and the oft-visited customer service and support, aka troubleshooting. 
Patch History: For the latest patch message, see Sony's patch message page; CastersRealm provides a patch news history listing all the patches by date (click on each date for the details).
Pet Commands:  Planet EverQuest has a list of pet commands.
Raids (Planes): Sign up for Plane raids at Rordan's EverQuest Event Planner.  
Research:   Check the Mythiran Tower at Allakhazam for information on research; Casters Realm has research information as well.
Resurrection Deadline The resurrection deadline is three hours of account time.  See the description (scroll down) on the Resuscitate spell in CastersRealm, for example.  
Roleplaying:   Scrolleth down to "A Guide to Conversational Britannian" to learnst how to speak in the older tongue and roleplay!  (Yes, I know this was done for UO but it works well for EQ too.)
Search Engine: Jibantik offers a search-engine devoted to EverQuest.  See also "Site Search" below.  
   

Server Status:

Everlore offers the ever-popular server-status site, and Sony lists the network status and the scheduled downtimes.  

Site Search: Everlore also offers a full site search, as does EQ Atlas on the left side of its home page.  (You'd think they'd all have this!)  See also "Search Engine" above.  
Skills:   Everlore's skills list describes all skills (combat, magic, other), and it offers a chart of when each class acquires a skill; there are also listings of skill caps by class at Casters Realm where you can also click a specific skill and see its cap formula.  Finally, Casters Realm offer an explanation of the complicated Luclin skills .  
Specialization: See the Casters Realm specialization page for recommended specialization areas, and Everlore's article on specialization for procedure (be sure to read the comments below this article). 
Starting Cities EQ Atlas has a rundown on starting cities.

Text Colors:

EQ Stratics offers instructions on how to modify your text colors. Casters Realm offers a color wizard which is more automated.  

Tradeskills:   At EQ Traders you can learn a skill, see the "recipes" for each of the trade skills, and track down elusive supplies with the trade supplies finder.  EQ Trade Skills is another good trade skills site.  (Also see "Trade Skills" in the first chart above, and "Trivial Tables" below.)

Trivial Tables:

Trivial tables for trade skills can be found at the Casters Realm Trivial Charts.  

Troubleshooting: See Sony's customer service and support page...and pray a lot.

Utilities:

Everlore has a list of links for EverQuest utility programs, File Planet has links to utilities. (Also see "Ping/Trace" above.)  

Velious Armor:

EQ Druids has a list of Velious armor quests/gems; locations where the Velious armor gems drop are at Retrofied.  Also see Allakhazam's page on Velious Armor information.  

Voice Commands: Yes, believe or not, EQ can be operated with voice commands, listed by Casters Realm. 


OK, I wasn't going to list Class-Oriented Sites because they come in and out of existence so quickly--but here they are.   
For additional class-specific information, see CastersRealm's FAQs for each class and class strategies.  
For additional class boards, see Everlore's class boards, EQ Stratics's class boards and  Casters Realm's class forums.  
If you know of other class-oriented sites and boards, shoot me an e-mail!

  Web Sites Boards/Forums
Bard The Concert HallEQ DivaEQ Bard Song Analysis The Concert Hall Message BoardsEQ Bards Message BoardEQ Diva Discussions
Cleric Clerics of EverQuestEQ Cleric Cleric's of EverQuest ForumEQ Cleric ForumsCleric's Domain,   
Druid EQ DruidsThe Druid Pages EQ Druids ForumsThe Druids Grove
Enchanter Xornn's Guide to Enchanting Enchanter's Realm, Enchanters
Magician Mage Compendium The Magician's Tower
Monk Monkly Business EQ Monks, EverQuest MonkThe New Dojo
Necromancer How to Play a NecromancerThe Necromancer's RealmNecro The Necromancer's Realm Forum
Paladin Paladins of NorrathEQ Paladins Paladins of Norrath Board
Ranger The Ranger's Glade Everlore's Ranger BoardCasters Realm Ranger Forum
Rogue The Safehouse The Safehouse ForumThe Emerald Dagger Board
Shadow Knight The Knight Watch Shadow Knight Altar Forum
Shaman EQ Shaman, The Shaman's Crucible The Spirit PouchThe Shaman's Crucible Forum
Warrior The Steel Warrior, Swordstrike, Warrior's Arena The Steel Warrior's "Talkin"Warrior's Arena Message Board
Wizard Graffe's Wizard Compilation Graffe's Forums