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Dear EQ Classic Development Team,

It is my honor and privilege to present to you a field guide to all the items that once existed inthe blessed realms of Norrath. The items contained herein have either been removed from the gameentirely or nerfed in some way as to spoil their original use. Before you begin to sift through thepages of this brief tome, I must issue several warnings.

First, I do not guarantee the accuracy of anything contained within this work. Of all thefacets of EverQuest, there is none that is filled with more speculation, misinformation, and myth asthat of the history of loot in this game. Even on reputable websites and blogs, there are mounds ofincorrect statements and statistics. Instead, what I can guarantee is that this compilation is the mostcomplete listing of all loot that once dropped off the mobs in Norrath. You will not find a moredetailed listing and explanation of these items anywhere including Allakhazam, Castersrealm, orMagelo. I have sifted through defunked websites, patch histories, and ancient screen shots of thegame-gone-by to provide you with the most accurate and detailed listing of lost items ever puttogether into one work.

Second, always double check your own database before entering anything you find here. Incompleting this book, I assumed that you were working with a database that was 2004 or older. Ifthat is correct, you may still have some of these items in your database. If your DB is newer thanthat, I may have to go back through and amend this work. There were several items that were takenout or changed after 2004, but finding which ones they were is a very difficult task. I’m up to it if theneed should arise, so please, let me know if your database is newer than ’04.

Finally, do not feel compelled to include every item that I have cataloged. While it would bemy personal preference that every item possible makes it into the game, some of these items weretaken out for good reasons. A few of them caused problems on the server side and could lead, onrare occasions, to a crash. Some of them might just be rumors handed down year after year. Eachitem should be looked at individually, and a decision made that is best for your project. If needed, Iam happy to provide any additional information you may require.

If I could make one suggestion when it comes to these items, it would be to somehow markthem as being different from the rest of the items that drop in the game. For instance, you might adda tag in the information like “Legendary” in a line under the item name when you inspect it. Or,perhaps, you could add “The Legendary” in front of the name. So the Box of Abu-Kar wouldbecome “The Legendary Box of Abu-Kar.” That might work best for distinguishing between nerfedand pre-nefered versions of the same item. Whatever you decide, I would just suggest that there besome way to obviously tell the difference between these items and the rest of the items that drop inNorrath. It will make getting one of them something very special for the players and ensure that aplayer who doesn’t spend hours and hours pouring over old webpages won’t get ripped off bysomeone who does.

Before I leave you to your reading, let me quickly explain the format I have chosen to presentthis information. Items are listed in alphabetical order. That means that “A Glowing Black Stone”ends up being first. I did this because more than likely, the items will appear that way in yourdatabase. Each item has its original inventory icon pictured next to its name. I wanted to have its

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on-screen graphic too, but that just became in impossibility. Some items are just too rare to find ascreen of. Lastly, I have arranged the vital statistics in the following bulleted format:

! Item Name: (the item’s name, of course)! Era: (the time period it was introduced: Classic, Kunark, Velious)! Stats: (the numerical values of the item)! Slot: (the inventory slot where the item could be equipped)! Race: (the races who could equip the item)! Class: (the classes who could equip the item)! Drop Info: (when possible, the mob that dropped the item and its drop rate)! Zone: (the zone or zones where the item was dropped)! Nerf/Removal Info: (the reasons this item was modified from its original state)! Personal Comment: (I added my own personal commentary on most items just to give

additional background and offer humble suggestions when I though they might be useful)

Thank you very much for reading, I hope you enjoy what you find between these pages. It’sbeen a pleasure.

Sincerely,

-Troy Costisick

Sources:

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/

http://www.everquest-online.com/

http://eq.stratics.com/content/gameplay/classes/warrior/classes_warrior_faq.shtml

http://web.archive.org/web/20010119183200/eq.castersrealm.com/misc/armour/

http://www.graffe.com/graffe1.0/home/archive_0200.htm

http://eqbeastiary.allakhazam.com/search.shtml?zone=273

http://eq.magelo.com/

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/history/patches.html

http://www.eqatlas.com/

http://www.thesafehouse.org/forums//archive/index.php/t-3882.html

http://web.archive.org/web/20010411080852/www.eqtraders.com/index.htm

http://www.onlinegamecommands.com/everquest/everquesthaste.htm

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! Item Name: A Glowing Black Stone! Era: Classic! Stats: LORE ITEM QUEST ITEM; INT: +9, SV MAGIC: +10, WT: 0.4Size: TINY

! Slot: Primary/Secondary/Range! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped off Pyzjin (a level 13-15 halfling mob w/level 10 skeleton

pet )! Zone: Qeynos Hills! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was once a range item as well, but in one of the

September 1999 patches (most likely the September 13, 1999 patch) it waschanged to primary/secondary only, probably because the Range slot was just atypo.

! Personal Comment: There have been and still are rampant rumors that theGlowing Black Stone was equippable in the Ammo slot. This was never true.The first few months of the game allowed it to be equipped in the range slot.However, extremely few of these ever dropped so the urban myth around it isunderstandable. The only thing I don’t know is if they were retroactivelychanged to be Primary/Secondary only. These items remained extremely scarcein the early days and the few GBS’s that were dropped and looted at this timeprobably stayed with the original owners. There is virtually no way to knowwhat ultimately happened to them.

! Item Name: A Gunthak Harpoon! Era: Kunark! Stats: Skill: Piercing; Atk Delay: 33, DMG: 15, Dmg Bonus: 18, WT:20.0; Size: GIANT

! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD ROG! Drop Info: Dropped of “Pirate Destroyer”, a rare spawn level 33-36 mob, drop

rate was 100%.! Zone: Firiona Vie! Nerf/Removal Info: Okay, let’s get the complicated items out of the way here

in the beginning. Originally, the Harpoon was No Rent/No Drop, then itbecame rentable (permanent) and droppable, now it is Lore and No Drop. Thisitem went through several incarnations during Classic, however, notice that inall incarnations, it was a non-magical weapon.

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! Personal Comment: It’s hard to guess what Verant intended with this item.Needless to say, it is a very solid weapon for classic era though not withouttangible drawbacks to it.

! Item Name: A Jagged Shard of Bone! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP, Skill: Piercing Atk Delay:32, DMG: 5 Dmg Bonus: 18, Effect: Fear (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) at

Level 15; WT: 2.0 Size: SMALL! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: ALL except ERU, HIE! Class: WAR RNG MNK BRD ROG! Drop Info: Dropped off “Undead Sprite”, level 5-7, drop rate was approx 2%.! Zone: Lesser Faydark! Nerf/Removal Info: With this weapon, fear-kiting for rangers and bards

became extremely easily. It was removed from the loot table of this mob, thenthe items that were left in the game were all changed to “Secondary slot only” tofurther prevent their abuse.

! Personal Comment: An example of a “hard nerf” by Verant. Not only was theitem removed from loot tables, the ones that had been looted were retroactivelychanged.

! Item Name: A Servant’s Blade! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; Skill: 1H Slashing AtkDelay: 30, DMG: 11 Dmg Bonus: 18, DEX: +5 STA: +5 HP: +5, WT: 5.0

Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG! Drop Info: Dropped of “A Servant of T’Vyl”, a level 20 mob that spawned at

the bottom of the stairs on the second level in Befallen.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: Mob and item were removed in August of 2001. Mobs

were added some time after launch to encourage adventuring in Befallen. Theywere later removed when people actually started adventuring there (go figure).

! Personal Comment: Befallen has little to offer in the way of loot and hasearned quite a reputation as being a corpse eater for the sub-25 level crowd.The Servant’s Blade (along with Gynok of course) was one of the few reasonsto go there.

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! Item Name: Adarra’s bow of the Unseen! Era: Velious! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP, Skill: Archery Atk Delay:50; DMG: 30 AC: 7, STR: +7 DEX: +7 STA: +7 HP: +15, SV MAGIC: +7

SV POISON: +15, WT: 0.5 Range: 150 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Range! Race: All! Class: ROG! Drop Info: This was a bonus award during the 9th ring quest from Peffin in the

Eastern Wastes.! Zone: Eastern Wastes! Nerf/Removal Info: Much to the chagrin of warriors and rangers, this was

indeed a rogue only weapon. Complaints about getting this as a reward(everyone got it, but only rogues could use it) during the ring quest got so loud,that Verant decided to spite them all and remove the thing from the game totally.

! Personal Comment: Never played a rogue, but I knew many who were upsetabout this. There were a lot of rogue players who held a grudge against rangerplayers for a long time after this item was removed.

! Item Name: Ashenbone Hammer! Era: Classic! Stats: LORE ITEM MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; SKILL: 2hb, Atk Dly: 43Dmg: 34, Dmg Bonus: 68, Wt: 7.0, Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: WAR! Drop Info: Formerly dropped off Innoruuk, the god of Hate.! Zone: Plane of Hate! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed in mid 2000.! Personal Comment: Some of Innoruuk’s items were moved to mini-bosses

early in Hate’s development, however, some items were just removed from hisloot table totally. This is one of them.

! Item Name: Axe of the Slayers! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 48,DMG: 23 Dmg Bonus: 75, Effect: Rampage (Combat, Casting Time: Instant)

at Level 30, WT: 15.0 Size: LARGE! Slot: Primary

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! Race: All! Class: WAR! Drop Info: Drops off Grazhak the Berzerker, a level 30 orc! Zone: Mountains of Rathe! Nerf/Removal Info: This item used to proc at level 1. It was a major twink

item until a patch changed the proc to level 30.! Personal Comment: No big loss, IMO, but it is somewhat bewildering

considering that the proc isn’t nearly as powerful as many others and waslimited to just Warriors.

! Item Name: Ball of Golem Clay! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; Charges: Unlimited,Effect: Illusion Earth Elemental (Any Slot, Casting Time: 6.0); WT: 0.5 Size:

SMALL! Slot: Ammo! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Used to drop off “a stone golem” a level 30-32 mob. This was a

rare drop.! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: When CT was revamped the mob and the item

disappeared. However, unlike most items that are removed, this one did make acomeback much later in the Plane of Earth. Special Note: using this illusionwould make you non-KoS in The Hole.

! Personal Comment: This is not to be confused with the potion by the samename.

! Item Name: Band of the Arisen Cultist! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; AC: 5, STR: +5 STA: +10 WIS: +10INT: +10 HP: +25 MANA: +25 ENDUR: +25, SV DISEASE: +15 SV

POISON: +15, WT: 1.0 Size: TINY! Slot: Finger! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: dropped off “Cultist Geralissan”, a level 60 mob, as his common

drop. He was on Venril Sathir faction, gave faction bonus to Inhabitants ofFiriona Vie.

! Zone: Trakkanon’s Teeth

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! Nerf/Removal Info: It is speculated that since the Band was not lore, it wasconsidered to be too powerful and was removed for that reason.

! Personal Comment: These were pretty common on servers where this mob wasfarmed for his gear. In fact, he may still be in your database. I’m not sure whenhe was removed. Make sure you double-check it before making this aLegendary item.

! Item Name: Barbed Scale Whip! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 11,DMG: 4 Dmg Bonus: 18, STR: +3, WT: 1.0 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: ALL except ERU HIE IKS! Class: WAR RNG BRD SHD! Drop Info: Dropped of “Draketamer”, a named level 36-37 sarnak.! Zone: Frontier Mountains! Nerf/Removal Info: Verant tried to fix this item by retroactively making it a

Secondary only item useable by just warriors and rangers. When it still provedtoo good, they removed the mob and the item from the game.

! Personal Comment: There were many low dmg/low dly weapons in theKunark expansion that were eventually banished by Verant. Other than, “theitem was just too good” we never got much of an explanation from the devs.

! Item Name: Basilisk Bracer! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 1, AGI: +5 WIS: +3, WT: 5.0Size: SMALL

! Slot: Wrist! Race: All except IKS! Class: All! Drop Info: This item used to drop off a “Deep Lava Basilisk”, a level 22-25

mob that spawned in the lava pit in Lavastorm Mountains.! Zone: Lavastorm Mountains! Nerf/Removal Info: This mob was removed from the game in October 1999.

The bracer had great stats for its level. Anyone with high enough fire resistcould pull it from the lava to a group safely on land which trivialized theencounter.

! Personal Comment: This mob presented a unique challenge since it spawnedin lava. The puller needed have high Fire resist and casters could only landmagic and ice based DD spells on it. Its fire resist was super high.

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! Item Name: Bassoon Haste Gauntlets! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; AC: 0 STR: +5 AGI: +5DEX: +5, Hit Points: +25, Effect: Haste (worn, 46%); Wt: 0.1

! Slot: Hands! Race: ALL! Class: MNK! Drop Info: Dropped of Maestro of Rancor, very rare drop! Zone: Plane of Hate! Nerf/Removal Info: The haste on these gauntlets were superior to the Cloak of

Flames. After a while, Verant decided that it was too much haste to have on anitem and removed it from the game.

! Personal Comment: For some reason, it always seemed that Plane of Fear raidswere always more popular than Plane of Hate raids. This item enticed monks toget out of bed and add some much needed DPS to PoH raids. It would be ashame, IMO, for this item not to be included in the Maestro’s loot table for botha historical and logistical standpoint.

! Item Name: Beckon! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE; Skill: 2H Slashing AtkDelay: 42, DMG: 30 Dmg Bonus: 66, INT: +10, WT: 9.5 Size: LARGE

! Slot: Primary! Race: SHD! Class: TRL OGR! Drop Info: This item once dropped off Innoruuk.! Zone: Plane of Hate! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from his loot table some time in

late 2000 or early 2001.! Personal Comment: This item, which resembled a huge scythe, may have been

removed since Iksars couldn’t use it and thus had no real reason to go to Planeof Hate- which was a real point of contention at times in the early days ofKunark. However, no true reason was ever given.

! Item Name: Bits of Golem Metal! Era: Classic! Stats: NO DROP! Slot: Inventory

! Race: N/A

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! Class: N/A! Drop Info: dropped of “a steel golem”, a level 35-37 mob in CT! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: When the CT revamped happened, this mob and his loot

disappeared.! Personal Comment: I was completely unable to find what this item was used

for. My best guess is that it was for a quest that was never completed/discovered.

! Item Name: Black Iron Girdle! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; AC: 6, STA: +5, WT: 2.0 Size: SMALL! Slot: Waist

! Race: All! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off “The Goblin King” a level 25 named mob as an

uncommon drop.! Zone: Runnyeye Citadel! Nerf/Removal Info: Runnyeye was revamped in early 2001, many of the mobs

and items that once resided there were removed.! Personal Comment: See entry on Blackened Iron Armor

! Item Name: Black Iron Medallion! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; WIS: +3 INT: +3, WT: 0.1 Size: TINY! Slot: Neck

! Race: ALL! Class: ALL! Drop Info: Dropped off “The Goblin King” a level 25 named mob as a rare

drop and off “a pickclaw fleshburner” as a rare drop.! Zone: Runnyeye Citadel! Nerf/Removal Info: Runnyeye was revamped in early 2001, many of the mobs

and items that once resided there were removed.! Personal Comment: See next entry

! Item Name: Blackened Iron Armor (Armplates, Boots, Bracers, Collar,Gloves, Legplates, Mail, Spaulder, Waistband)! Era: Classic! Stats: 1 less AC than Banded Armor of the same slot., MAGIC

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! Slot: Arms, Feet, Wrist, Neck, Hands, Legs, Chest, Shoulders, Waist)! Race: All! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off “The Goblin King” a level 25 named mob as a common

drop and off “a pickclaw foeslicer” as a rare drop.! Zone: Runnyeye Citadel! Nerf/Removal Info: Runnyeye was revamped in early 2001, many of the mobs

and items that once resided there were removed.! Personal Comment: Of all the nerf/pre-nerf issues you will examine, this one

might be one of the thorniest. For those who started playing when Velious wasreleased, Blackened Alloys is probably all they know. For those who came inwith the original game or Kunark, they have a fondness for Blackened Ironarmor. Both are classic, and both were essential to outfitting a character in thehalcyon days of EQ. If I could be so bold to make a suggestion, I’ll tell youwhat I would like to see. Blackened Alloy is generally 2AC higher thanBanded, obviously an upgrade. So, I believe that Blackened Iron should drop atits original rate off the mobs that dropped it, and the Alloy armor/items shoulddrop at a “Legendary” rate. This way, Runnyeye would provide nice upgradeswithout unbalancing the game and people would have a reason to explore thatdungeon for many, many levels.

! Item Name: Blackened Iron Bastard Sword! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 47,DMG: 20 Dmg Bonus: 74, WT: 9.0 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BER! Drop Info: Dropped off “The Goblin King” a level 25 named mob as an

uncommon drop and off “a pickclaw crusader” as a rare drop.! Zone: Runnyeye Citadel! Nerf/Removal Info: Runnyeye was revamped in early 2001, many of the mobs

and items that once resided there were removed.! Personal Comment: See above comment.

! Item Name: Blackened Iron Coif! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 5, STR: +5, SV FIRE: +5 SVDISEASE: +5 SV COLD: +5 SV MAGIC: +5 SV POISON: +5, WT: 6.0

Size: SMALL

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! Slot: Head! Race: All! Class: ALL except DRU NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off “The Goblin King” a level 25 named mob as an

uncommon drop and off “a pickclaw foeslicer” as a rare drop! Zone: Runnyeye Citadel! Nerf/Removal Info: Runnyeye was revamped in early 2001, many of the mobs

and items that once resided there were removed.! Personal Comment: See above comment.

! Item Name: Blackened Iron Eye Totem! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM, HP: +10 MANA: +5, WT: 0.8 Size: SMALL! Slot: Primary/Secondary

! Race: All! Class: CLR DRU BRD SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off “The Goblin King” a level 25 named mob as an

uncommon drop and off “Sludge Damnkmire” as a common drop! Zone: Runnyeye Citadel! Nerf/Removal Info: Runnyeye was revamped in early 2001, many of the mobs

and items that once resided there were removed.! Personal Comment: See above comment.

! Item Name: Blackened Wand! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; STA: +1, SV MAGIC: +5, WT: 0.5 Size: SMALL! Slot: Primary/Secondary

! Race: All! Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off “The Goblin King” a level 25 named mob as a common

drop and off “Priest Amiaz” as a common drop! Zone: Runnyeye Citadel, Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: Runnyeye was revamped in early 2001, many of the mobs

and items that once resided there were removed. At the same time, this itemwas removed from the loot table for Priest Amiaz in Befallen.

! Personal Comment: No idea why it was removed from Amiaz’s loot table.

! Item Name: Blade of the Black Dragon Eye! Era: Kunark

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! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 24, DMG:14 Dmg Bonus: 18, Effect: Envenomed Breath (Combat, Casting Time: Instant)at Level 50, WT: 0.5 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WAR SHD ROG! Drop Info: Dropped of a “froglock reet knight” a level 55 mob. Drop rate was

.17%! Zone: Old Sebilis! Nerf/Removal Info: Even with a drop rate of less than 1%, this item became

too common and too powerful for Verant’s taste. They removed the item fromthe mob’s loot table.

! Personal Comment: None, other than to say it really sucked when this thingwas removed.

! Item Name: Bladestorm, Katana of Steel Sleet! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; Skill: 2H Slashing AtkDelay: 45 DMG: 30, Dmg Bonus: 72, Effect: Rain of Swords (Combat,

Casting Time: Instant) at Level 40, WT: 2.0 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: WAR! Drop Info: Used to drop of Cazic Thule himself.! Zone: Plane of Fear! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from the game sometime in early

2000 prior to the release of Kunark.! Personal Comment: This was a favorite of warriors at the time. Guildmasters

used it as a lure to get their tanks to show up to a Plane of Fear raid. In the brieftime between this item being removed and the warrior epic going throughPoFear, it would sometimes be hard to get tanks to show up.

! Item Name: Blighted Mare Hide! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; WT: 5.0 Size: LARGE! Slot: Inventory

! Race: N/A! Class: N/A! Drop Info: Dropped off a Blighted Mare, a level 25-26 mob.! Zone: Lesser Faydark

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! Nerf/Removal Info: This was part of a quest called Child of Innorruuk that ledto a 10 slot, 30% weight reduction, GIANT capacity, 4.0 Wt. Backpack (seeentry on Ebon Backpack). Weight reduction bags were closely watched byVerant in the beginning and at least 2 of them didn’t make it (Box of Abu-Kar isthe other).

! Personal Comment: The name of the game is EverQuest. The quest being themost entertaining part of the game. It’s a shame when they take out a quest witha great reward like this.

! Item Name: Blighted Mare Hoof! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; WT: 0.5 Size: SMALL! Slot: Inventory

! Race: N/A! Class: N/A! Drop Info: Dropped off a Blighted Mare, a level 25-26 mob.! Zone: Lesser Faydark! Nerf/Removal Info: The “Blighted Mare” was removed from the game in early

2002. This item was used in a quest, but the quest is unknown. Either the questwas broken, unfinished, or undiscovered.

! Personal Comment: Items like this may provide components for you to use toadd custom content and quests to EQC if you were ever so inclined.

! Item Name: Box of Abu-Kar! Era: Classic! Stats: LORE ITEM; WT: 2.0 Weight Reduction: 100%, Capacity: 10 SizeCapacity: GIANT

! Slot: Inventory! Race: ALL! Class: ALL! Drop Info: This item was on the loot table for ALL mobs level 35 and higher.

It’s drop rate was .01% or less.! Zone: All! Nerf/Removal Info: This item lasted only about a year in game. It was

removed from all mob loot tables in mid 2000. The reason it was removed isunknown, but speculation suggest a general dislike on the part of the devs for100% weight reduction containers.

! Personal Comment: These items later became popular rewards for GM events,so many exist on servers of all ages.

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! Item Name: Breezeboot’s Frigid Gnasher! Era: Velious! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; Charges: Unlimited,Skill: Archery Atk Delay: 50, DMG: 20, Effect: Knockback 100 feet (Must

Equip, Casting Time: 10.0) at Level 45, WT: 25.0 Range: 150 Size: GIANT! Slot: Primary/Range! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD ROG! Drop Info: This item was a reward for a quest called “The Pirate Ship.”

Information on the quest is as follows:o You say, ‘hail Breezeboot Swordrattler’

o Breezeboot Swordrattler says ‘Arr! Well, blow me down and hoist memizzenmast! Swab the fo’c’sle and kick the bosun! Arrgh, to the fourwinds with this! I am cold, wet, hungry, shipwrecked, and bloody tired ofplaying at being a pirate. Breezeboot is not really my name, but it will dofor now. I do not know how you got here, but you give me hope ofescaping this frozen hell. We have been shipwrecked here for weeks now,though that is a long story.

o You say, ‘what long story’

o Breezeboot Swordrattler says ‘We were trying to make a good coastalmap of Velious, you understand, and to do that, we needed tocircumnavigate the continent. Figured we might find some treasure too. Itwas not an easy trip, but the boys I brought along are pretty good sailors,and they all know their business, unlike that group of pretend pirates backat the Iceclad landing. We were doing fine until a storm blew up, and ranus right into these rocks. Our port screw, or was that starboard, anyway,the one on the left, broke on the bottom, and we started shipping water,floodiing the boiler. There is no way we can repair the damage. So herewe are - stuck!

o You say, ‘I will help you’

o Breezeboot Swordrattler says ‘Well, we will need lumber - a good bit ofit. I saw some likely wrecks when we sailed up the Cobalt Scar, youmight want to look there. We also need rope, a lot of it, to lash the logstogether, at least one hundred feet. Finally, we need something we can useas a sail - I do not like the idea of trying to paddle all the way back. I am

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not sure what you can find for that, but it needs to be strong, light, andnot pass much air. Gather all that up, and come see me. I think I mighthave a bit of plunder and booty I can part with, in payment.

o He needs you to collect the following items:

o Sail — A Huge Drake Wing which is Dropped by Tranala, a lv 65 nameddrake in Western Wastes.

o Rope — Water Proofed Rope which drops off of a haunted sea chest, a lv51 mob which can be found in Cobalt Scar (In water).

o Lumber — Seaworthy Planking. This is a random ground pop in theIceclad Ocean. It usually pops near the gnomes. You should try to find iton some empty small isle.

o Bring him these three items for your reward.

o Related Zones: Cobalt Scar, Iceclad Ocean

o Related Creatures: Tranala, a haunted sea chest! Zone: Western Wastes! Nerf/Removal Info: The quest was removed from the game in 2002.! Personal Comment: The item’s inventory icon looks like a toolbox. It’s

graphic is said to resemble a leaf blower or the BFG from DOOM.

! Item Name: Circlet of Shadow! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, AC: 5, MANA:+10, SV DISEASE: +10 SV POISON: +10, Effect: Gather Shadows (Any

Slot/Can Equip, Casting Time: 0.1) at Level 20, WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL! Slot: Head! Race: ALL! Class: SHD NEC! Drop Info: Dropped off “a goblin bodyguard”, a level 36-37 mob. Had a drop

rate of about 44.44%! Zone: Temple of Droga! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed and replaced with a similar item

called Circlet of Shadows. The devs felt that the unlimited charges ofinvisibility (Gather Shadows) was just too powerful in-game.

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! Personal Comment: This item is so famous I hesitated to even include it, but inthe interests of thoroughness I must.

! Item Name: Cloak of Shadows! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: 5 or unlimited, AC: 12,DEX: +13, SV DISEASE: +10, Effect: Cloak of Shadows (invisibility), must

equip, WT: 0.0 Size: LARGE! Slot: Back! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Drops off a “guano harvester” (eew!), a level 17 mob.! Zone: Nagafen’s Lair! Nerf/Removal Info: Supposedly, this item either had unlimited charges or 5

charges of a spell by the same name. Magelo lists the spell’s information as:o Class: noneo Mana: 0o Casting time: 0 seco Skill: Specialo Target: Selfo Duration: 00:10:00o When cast on you: You gather shadows about you.o When cast on other: Someone steps into the shadows and disappears.o When it wears off: Your shadows fade.

! Personal Comment: I don’t remember this, but apparently the information isout there. I never owned a Cloak of Shadows until Velious era. If the itemexisted, it was nerfed fairly early in EQ’s history. As for how many charges ithad, it may have started with unlimited, been nerfed to 5, and then nerfed againto none. In any event, this item was retroactively nerfed and none of the pre-nerfed versions exist now. I don’t find it too hard to believe a pre-nerf versionexisted given that the next item (Cloak of Imperception) appears to have astrong resemblance to the Cloak of Shadows (perhaps a “fixed” version of it)and it too used to have unlimited invis charges.

! Item Name: Cloak of Imperception! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, AC: 10, SVCOLD: +12, Effect: Gather Shadows (Any Slot, Casting Time: 30.0), WT:

3.0 Size: SMALL! Slot: Back

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! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: dropped off “Grand Lorekeeper Kino Shai`din” a level 56 mob at a

rate of 48.15%! Zone: Chardok! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was later retroactively changed to have only 10

charges. The devs felt that classes that could invis (especially clerics) shouldn’thave access to unlimited clicky invis despite its long casting time.

! Personal Comment: Practically all items that cast some form of invisibilitywere eventually nerfed. It makes me wonder how so many made it out of beta.

! Item Name: Cros Treewind’s Staff! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 32,DMG: 12 Dmg Bonus: 57, WIS: +5 MANA: +30, WT: 3.5 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary! Race: HUM ELF HEF HFL DRK! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG DRU BRD! Drop Info: Dropped of “Cros Treewind”, a level 30 half elf that attacked PCs

who killed bears and wolves, and also it dropped off a “Defiled Grizzly” a level20+ mob that was added when Cros was removed from the game.

! Zone: Qeynos Hills! Nerf/Removal Info: Cros was removed from the game due to complaints from

players about being jumped by this guy while they were hunting in QH. Thereason the Defiled Grizzly was removed is unknown.

! Personal Comment: Cros shouldn’t have been removed in the first place IMO.He was part of the challenge the original EQ presented. Yeah, he was a pain,but you just had to watch out for him. Taking him out was just the first step inmaking this game easier and easier to play.

! Item Name: Crossbone Cape! Era: Kunark! Stats: LORE ITEM; AC: 4, AGI: +3 HP: +5, SV FIRE: +5 SV COLD:+5, WT: 0.2 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Shoulders/Back! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Used to drop of a mob in Timorous Deep named Captain Crag. He

was a level 30 skeleton that spawned on the same island where the barrel raft

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docked taking travelers to and from the Oasis of Marr on the opposite side ofthe island from the Ogre camp.

! Zone: Timorous Deep! Nerf/Removal Info: This mob lasted a couple weeks and then was removed.

The cape was a common drop, but it didn’t drop every time.! Personal Comment: I guess a 4 AC, 5 Hit Point cape is just too powerful for

Kunark era characters. (/sarcasm off) I can’t see any reason why this item wasremoved.

! Item Name: Deluxe Sewing Kit! Era: Classic! Stats: 10 Slot trade skill container! Slot: Inventory

! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item came about after a very strange patch. Originally, there

were two types of sewing kits: Small and Large. Large sewing kits had 10 slots.After the patch (mid 2000, I believe) Large Sewing Kits became 8 slots, andanyone who already had a large kit was given a Deluxe kit that had 10 slots.

! Zone: Numerous! Nerf/Removal Info: The devs decided that 10 slots was too many, and ordered

the change.! Personal Comment: It’s too bad they decided to do this. 10 slots kits offer

devs many more options for creating new recipes. If you want to include thisitem, I’d suggest making it a reward for a very difficult quest.

! Item Name: Denon’s Disruptive Discord (song)! Era: Classic! Stats: Song,o 1: Decrease Hitpoints by 8 (L18) to 24 (L80) per tick if target is not

movingo 2: Decrease AC by 5 (L18) to 24 (L80)

! Slot: NA! Race: All! Class: BRD! Drop Info: This item could be bought from vendors in various Bard Guilds.! Zone: Various! Nerf/Removal Info: This song was nerfed to only affect stationary mobs.! Personal Comment: At one time swarm-kiting was thought to be an efficient

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40 mobs by running in circles never seemed efficient to me. Charm-kitingbecame much more popular and effective.

! Item Name: Donal’s Chestplate of Mourning! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, AC: 40, DEX:+12 WIS: +12 AGI: +12 MANA: +80, Effect: Complete Heal (Must Equip,

Casting Time: 30.0) at Level 45, WT: 10.0 Size: LARGE! Slot: Chest! Race: All non-Iksar! Class: Cleric! Drop Info: Dropped off Trakanon at a drop rate of 7.84%.! Zone: Old Sebilis! Nerf/Removal Info: This item now has a buff icon that prevents it from being

used multiple instances on the same character within a certain period of time.It’s original function allowed it to be used over and over without a timer ordelay buff. The 30 second casting time was considered the balancing factor.

! Personal Comment: This nerf caused a major uproar, but it wasunderstandable. It’s right up there with the Manastone for raw power. It shoulddefinitely be in, IMO, but at a very rare drop rate.

! Item Name: Earring of Grachnist! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 5, STR: +2 HP: +10, WT: 0.1Size: TINY

! Slot: Ear! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped off Grachnist the Drestoyer at a rate of 1.68%, this was

later replaced by the Shrunken Goblin Skull Earring.! Zone: Warsliks Wood! Nerf/Removal Info: No reason was ever given for the removal of this item.! Personal Comment: It’s a pretty nice earring, but at such a rare drop rate, it is a

little strange it was removed. The item that replaced it is superior IMHO.

! Item Name: Earthshaker! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 70, ,DMG: 37 Dmg Bonus: 102, STR: +6 DEX: -5 STA: +6, Effect: Earthquake

(Combat, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 45, WT: 16.0 Size: GIANT

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! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD! Drop Info: Dropped of Master Yawl.! Zone: The Hole! Nerf/Removal Info: Quoting from Allakhazam’s website:

o “Some people might be alarmed by the change to fix shaker paging, so letme explain how shaker paging worked and how it will be affected by thispatch.

o Shaker Paging depends on a combination of an Area Effect melee attackcombine with an Area Effect spell effect.

o The spell comes from weapon with a Point Blank Area Effect proc, likeEarthshaker, which can hit every NPC within a small radius.

o The melee attack is an AE rampage ability which is available to warriors.o To do this right, you want to pull a huge train into a small space around

the person with the AE weapon. The AE melee attack will hit every oneof them. This can easily be several thousand melee swings in a very shortperiod of time.

o Prior to this patch, each of those melee swings would have a chance totrigger the weapon proc. So the Area Effect spell might be triggeredmany, many times. Since every AE affects every nearby creature, it wouldkill them all. So, with 10 NPC’s nearby, you might do a nice amountdamage from the proc. Pulling 100 mobs instead would do 1000 times asmuch damage.

o This patch won’t affect the number of melee swings. Warriors will still beable to do thousands of attacks in a short time. This is a relief to thosewho were worried that the rampage ability might get a cap on the numberof targets affected.

o When a warrior rampages, only a tiny fraction of those attacks actuallyaffect the NPC listed in the warrior’s target window. After today, thosewill be the only attacks which will trigger the weapon proc. So instead ofhundreds of procs, the warrior will see a normal number of procs. Eachproc will still be an AE spell which can hit many, many targets, so theywould probably kill a lot of grey-con mobs.

o There just won’t be the massive number of swings which can trigger amassive number of AEs. AE melee won’t combine with AE damage toproduce staggering waves of death.

o For every other purpose, the AE weapons and AE abilities will remainexactly as before. In fact, I hope they put Earthshaker back in the gameand add some other AE weapons.

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! Personal Comment: This item was intensely fun before it was nerfed, but itwas indeed overpowered in certain, limited situations. It was not, however, anygood in raid situations since it generated way too much agro and agroed tomany mobs for the raid to deal with.

! Item Name: Earthshaker’s Mantle! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; Slot: SHOULDERS,Charges: unlimited, AC: 9, STR: +8 DEX: +8 WIS: +8, SV FIRE: +10 SV

MAGIC: +10, Effect: Earthquake (Must Equip, Casting Time: 4.0) at Level 49,WT: 2.5 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Shoulders! Race: All! Class: Ranger! Drop Info: Result of the Ranger Test of Earth quest! Zone: Plane of Sky! Nerf/Removal Info: This item now has only 2 charges of Earthquake and a

casting time of instant. The devs stated that this item was too strong in itsoriginal form, so it was retroactively nerfed.

! Personal Comment: This is a really difficult quest, and there weren’t many ofthese that made it on the older servers in the first place. Plane of Sky is rarelyraided for loot, but as the previous item showed, AoE effects have always beenon a watch list for the EQ devs. I just have a personal, negative reactionwhenever a quest gets nerfed.

! Item Name: Ebon Backpack! Era: Classic! Stats: 10 slot, 30% weight reduction, Wt: 4.0, capacity: GIANT! Slot: Inventory

! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This was a result of the “Child of Innuoruuk” quest which was later

removed. Here is the quest information:o You say, ‘Hail Zyrria I`Vanres’o Zyrria I‘Vanres narrows her eyes as she briefly but carefully studies the

Wolf Elemental before her. A look of irritation crosses her features as sheexhales slowly in a faint growl. ‘Yes? State your business, Kaylorn . Onesuch as I has not the time for idle and pointless conversation. There aremuch more [meaningful tasks] to which of my esteemed position andpower of skills must attend.’

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o You say, ‘What about meaningful tasks’o Zyrria I‘Vanres raises her brow sharply, her beautiful features twisting in

disgust and surprise. ‘Are you to say that you do not recognize who andwhat I am? I am Zyrria I‘Vanres of the Ebon Mask, sent here by mymaster, Tani N‘Mar. Within Neriak, I am second to only him in rank andpower, although I chose not to dabble in the political affairs that haveabound in our city, thus why I am not widely recognized. My place lieselsewhere - in the shadows. I am a rogue, after all; a keeper of secrets anda bargainer with chance. Despite this location, tainted with the disgustingstench of the Fier‘Dal, Tani has made quite an intelligent decision insending me here to [observe]. It is most pleasing to have one recognizemy talents and put them to an important use.’

o You say, ‘What about observe’o Zyrria I‘Vanres says ‘The forest, not to dodge the most abase of answers.

Much of [great interest] to the Ebon Mask has occurred here in these pastdays. In fact, so interesting that I believe I might be so lucky as to gaincouncil with the [Child of Innoruuk] regarding my reports here.

o You say, ‘what about great interest’o Zyrria I‘Vanres says ‘Not too long ago, the powers of The Faceless

touched these lands. In his wake, he left behind some... things of interest.Alterations to the frail nature of this area, if you will. All of which seemsrather trivial for a divine power of his stature and following, but amusingnone the less. What has been done to the [precious maiden unicorn] is byfar the most pleasing news I have had in many years.

o You say, ‘what about precious maiden unicorn’o Zyrria I‘Vanres smiles wickedly as her eyes light with a sadistic

amusement. Equestrielle, a creature that was said to be closest to Tunarein its creation and existence. A being that represents purity, faith, honor,and life. No more does she show such things, as she is now a being ofCazic-Thule’s will. How marvelous, is it not? There are some I know whofind it most tragic. A forest filled with sobbing fair elves! Hahaha! And tothink, this greatest wonder came from the hand of Firiona Vie herself! Itis a pity that one cannot obtain the horn as the champion carries it withher, but I believe I could make do without. Bring me two hides of ablighted mare and two enchanted platinum bars. They may not beEquestrielle herself, but they are steeds of The Faceless’s creation.

o When you turn in the two blighted mare hides + 2 bars of enchanted platyou get a pack that has 30% weight reduction and holds medium items.Here is the text that follows...

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o Zyrria I‘Vanres says ‘Excellent... oh, wait, damn. I can’t use these. Theproperties I was searching for seemed to have vanished in the death of thecreature, although they are not entirely useless. I cannot let you gowithout reward, it would be a foolish loss of investment. Here, at leastthese hides should be of some use to someone. It is truly a pity that Icannot obtain Equestrielle’s horn. What glorious perversions we couldcreate in furthering its corruption and pushing Tunare farther away fromthese lands/ Unfortunately for us, this is Cazic-Thule’s territory, and so[his minions] have come to lay claim to such spectacular finds.

o Your faction standing with EbonMask got better.o Your faction standing with GuardsofQeynos got worse.o Your faction standing with WolvesoftheNorth got worse.o Your faction standing with GuardiansoftheVale gotworse.o Your faction standing with CarsonMcCabe got worse.o You gain experience!!

o You say, ‘what aboout his minions’o Zyrria I‘Vanres says ‘There is one called Ytharisth Nerishar, an Iksar and

supposed officer of the Cult of the Arisen. I have made attempts severaltimes to make peace with him and bargain for researching territory, but heseems adamant about keeping all of this for himself and his people.Perhaps... no, no I would be asking too much of one as yourself, andalthough you have proven yourself worthy of being my loyal dog, I donot think you are quite the type to perform any acts of diplomacy.

! Zone: Lesser Faydark! Nerf/Removal Info: No real reason was ever given for removing this quest

other than it provided a nice weight reduction bag.! Personal Comment: Again, it’s a shame to remove a quest from the game,

since that’s what the game is all about. I’d understand if this were a 10 slot100% weight reduction bag, but it isn’t.

! Item Name: Ebon Scythe! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 45,DMG: 17 Dmg Bonus: 72, STR: +5 CHA: -10 INT: +2 MANA: +5, SV

DISEASE: -5 SV POISON: -5, WT: 15.0 Size: LARGE! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: WAR SHD

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! Drop Info: Dropped off Asaka L’Rei in befallen, she spawned near the back ofthe front foyer in Befallen.

! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: No reason for this item’s removal was ever given.! Personal Comment: This weapon may have the most negative stat modifiers of

any weapon in Classic. It doesn’t seem as if it was game breaking in any way.

! Item Name: Emerald Armor Breastplate! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 20, STA: +5 AGI: +10 HITPOINTS: +40, WT: 10.0 Size: LARGE

! Slot: Chest! Race: ALL! Class: PAL! Drop Info: This item once dropped off the Cazic Cenobite, a level 35 lizardman

as a very rare drop.! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from this mob’s loot table at the

same time all the Rubicite armor was removed. The mob then droppedRavenscale armor until it was removed in the CT revamp.

! Personal Comment: This was an exceedingly rare drop, so my informationmay be somewhat off. This item was the best pally BP pre-Plane of Hate andconsequently saw little time in the EC tunnel on the auction block. Once it wasremoved, it was passed down from pally to pally as a twink item.

! Item Name: Emerald Cloak of the Faydark! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; Charges: 1, AC: 5, CHA:+10 HP: +25 MANA: +25, SV DISEASE: +10 SV POISON: +10, Effect:

Fay Gate (Must Equip, Casting Time: 10.0), WT: 0.0 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Back! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item was a reward for the Boodboil quest. Here is the quest

information:o Talisyn wants you to obtain a wing dropped by an undead sprite named

Bloodboil. Bloodboil spawns in the middle of the mushrooms. He doesnot drop the wing that often. If you bring back the wing, you will get yourreward.

o Related Creatures: Bloodboil (Lesser Faydark)

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o Related Item’s: A Broken Bloodboil’s Wing! Zone: Lesser Faydark! Nerf/Removal Info: The quest for this item was removed in June 2001. The

power of any class being able to gate to Greater Faydark (even if the item onlyhad 1 charge of it) was too strong, and Verant was moving towards a newstoryline anyway with Luclin approaching.

! Personal Comment: Quests are fun. This quest was especially fun andrewarding. Lfay used to be a much more interesting zone before Verant startedtaking out all the good quests involved with it.

! Item Name: Enchanted Fine Steel Bastard Sword! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 42, DMG: 20 DmgBonus: 66, STR: +7, WT: 8.5 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD! Drop Info: Dropped off of Knight V‘Tal as a rare drop. It had a drop rate of

around 1.8%.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from Knight V‘Tal’s loot table to

be used in the Battle of Bloody Kithicore for the Halloween 1999 GM event. Itwas never returned to his loot table.

! Personal Comment: It’s just as well it was removed. It has pretty decent statsfor that early in the game.

! Item Name: Enchanted Fine Steel Great Staff! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 42, DMG: 15 DmgBonus: 66, WIS: +4 INT: +4, WT: 7.5 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: All except BRD ROG! Drop Info: Dropped off of Kahaptra Z‘Taj as a rare drop. It had a drop rate of

around 4.8%.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from Kahaptra Z‘Taj’s loot table to

be used in the Battle of Bloody Kithicore for the Halloween 1999 GM event. Itwas never returned to her loot table. As far as I know, her table remained emptyuntil she was removed from the zone totally in 2002.

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! Personal Comment: There were a whole host of “enchanted fine steel” itemsthat once dropped in Befallen and were never returned.

! Item Name: Enchanted Fine Steel Long Sword! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 28, DMG: 7 DmgBonus: 18, STR: +5 AGI: +2, WT: 7.5 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG! Drop Info: Dropped off of Knight V‘Tal as a common drop. It had a drop rate

of around 98%.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from Knight V‘Tal’s loot table to

be used in the Battle of Bloody Kithicore for the Halloween 1999 GM event.Strangely, this item was returned to his loot table unlike many of the otherEnchanted Fine Steel items.

! Personal Comment: This item remained on his loot table until 2002.

! Item Name: Enchanted Fine Steel Morning Star! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 30, DMG: 7 DmgBonus: 18, STR: +2 WIS: +5, WT: 9.0 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off Asaka L’Rei in Befallen. This was her common drop.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: No reason for this item’s removal was ever given.! Personal Comment: Oddly enough, this item was not used in the Battle of

Bloody Kithicore and therefore wasn’t removed from the mob’s loot table.

! Item Name: Enchanted Fine Steel Rapier! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 19, DMG: 5 DmgBonus: 18, STR: +2 AGI: +5, WT: 4.5 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WAR RNG SHD BRD ROG! Drop Info: Dropped off of Korven Nisere as a rare drop.

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! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item used to drop off Korven Nisere as a very rare

drop. He was a half-elf who converted to T’Vyl and was helping the dark elvesplot against Rivervale in Befallen prior to the Battle of Bloody Kithicore. Thisitem was taken off his loot table to be used in the Battle of Bloody Kithicore in1999 GM event, but wasn’t returned. It was replaced with the ShimmeringRuby Stiletto. The mob was eventually deleted from the zone altogether in2002.

! Personal Comment: Another item taken out for a GM event, but IMO theDmg/Dly on this thing was way too good for a level 20 dungeon anyway. If youdecide to include this item, it will be a nice tie-in to the lore for the Battle ofBloody Kithicore. For those of us who were there when it went down, it left amajor mark on our EQ experience. It made the game super-cool to play. Itemslike this definitely hearken back to a more magical and exciting time in thehistory of MMORPGs.

! Item Name: Equestrielle’s Eye! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; WT: 0.1 Size: TINY! Slot: Inventory

! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped off Equestrielle the Corrupted, a level 40 horse mob.! Zone: Lesser Faydark! Nerf/Removal Info: Mob and item were removed some time in 2004.! Personal Comment: The quest that involved this item was either broken,

undiscovered, or unsolved. No known use for the eye exists.

! Item Name: Fanged Skull Stiletto! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 22, DMG: 12 DmgBonus: 18, Backstab DMG: 12, WT: 5.0 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: ALL except CLR PAL DRU MNK SHM! Drop Info: Obtained by handing the Head of Stanos to Hanns Krieghor in

North Qeynos.! Zone: Qeynos/Kithicore Forest! Nerf/Removal Info: This quest was removed from the game when the Head of

Stanos when this quest started to interfere with the Rogue epic.

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! Personal Comment: The fact that this item stayed in the game for as long as itdid is amazing to me. The Dmg/Dly is amazing. Stanos used to spawn on hisown, but now he only spawns as part of the rogue epic raid event in Kithicore.

! Item Name: Fishgill Necksash! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 4, STA: +4 HP: +10, Effect:Enduring Breath (Worn, Casting Time: Instant), WT: 0.2 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Neck/Waist! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item dropped off First Mate Morgan, a level 25-27 mob. He

was an undead skeleton that spawned next to Captain Crag (see Crossbone Capeentry).

! Zone: Timorous Deep! Nerf/Removal Info: This mob and item were removed at the same time Captain

Crag was. The two mobs were related in some storyline that was never givenenough time to be discovered.

! Personal Comment: This item dropped from First Mate Morgan every time.Even though he was somewhat of a rare spawn, these items became verycommon on any server that was live at the time they appeared during theKunark expansion. Since EB items were very rare at this point, Verant decidedto remove this one quickly. Only a few dozen necksashes exist on any oneserver. It’s quite understandable that this item was removed, though a reductionin its drop rate would have made much more sense. There really aren’t enoughEB items in the game, especially since several class’s epics go through KedgeKeep. I think one can surmise that the original intent of the Fishgill Necksashwas to help those classes procure their epics.

! Item Name: Flowing Red Silk Sash! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Haste: +6%, WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL! Slot: Waste

! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item was the rare drop off First Mate Morgan, a level 25-27

skeleton.! Zone: Timorous Deep! Nerf/Removal Info: See above entry (Fishgill Necksash).

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! Personal Comment: This item is pretty weak. It almost seems like they shouldhave switched the drop are of the FRSS and the Necksash. This item was easierto get than the Sporali Gloves and the FBSS and provided a nice, lowbie optionfor a Haste item. It’s a shame it had to go.

! Item Name: Fungus Covered Great Staff! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, Skill: 2H BluntAtk Delay: 35, DMG: 18 Dmg Bonus: 59, CHA: -10 WIS: +8 INT: +8, SV

FIRE: +5 SV DISEASE: +5,Effect: Fungal Regrowth (Any Slot, Casting Time:Instant), WT: 1.1 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: DRU SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off the Myconid Spore King as his rare drop (fungi tunic

was common at the time).! Zone: Old Sebilis! Nerf/Removal Info: This item used to be able to be clicked from the inventory

by any class and could be cast on any target. Eventually, it was changed to onlyable to be cast on groupmates then later self only.

! Personal Comment: The reason for the targeting changes was that on PvPservers, players would target other PCs with the staff and snare them. Thatproved too powerful for the Zek servers, and the items were changed on allservers as a result.

! Item Name: Gem Encrusted Ring! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 10, STR: +7, WT: 0.1 Size:TINY

! Slot: Finger! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Drops off Reet Shaman and Reet Wizards. Drop rate was

approximately 8.48%! Zone: Old Sebilis! Nerf/Removal Info: Originally, these dropped on the same table as the Forest

Loop. The devs decided it was too strong of an item like that, and changed it toReet Shaman and Reet Wizards in Old Seb. Then it was removed from theirloot tables some time later.

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! Personal Comment: This item was removed shortly after Verant put focuseffects on all sorts of random items. This item got Affliciton Efficiency IIIwhich increased the speed and duration of roots and dots on mobs. It was acommon enough drop that too many shaman and druids were getting a hold ofthem and soloing became much easier. Rather than removing the focus effect,they removed the item.

! Item Name: Gem Encrusted Circlet! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 1 INT: +6 WT: 0.5 Size:SMALL

! Slot: Head! Race: HUM ERU HIE DEF GNM IKS! Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: This item dropped off Overseer Miklek! Zone: Frontier Mountains! Nerf/Removal Info: Reports of this mob spawning and this item dropping end

in early 2002.! Personal Comment: This item may still be in the game, but there has been no

account of it in over six years. If it was removed, it was taken out right aroundthe time of Luclin- perhaps just before or just after. Your database may have theanswer.

! Item Name: Glimmer Ring! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM, LORE; AC: 1 INT: +2, Charges: 1, Effect: Gate(Worn, Casting Time: 10) at level 1.

! Slot: Finger! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item was a common drop off Mina Glimmerwing (a level 20-

21 farie mob)! Zone: Lesser Faydark! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed after the first 5 months of the game

being live.! Personal Comment: Unlike many other items, the Glimmer Ring was deleted

from players’ inventory slots. The next time players tried to move or click onthe item after they logged in following the patch that removed it, the ringvanished. The resulting tumult helped form the policy of leaving nerfed orremoved items on the characters that already had one.

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! Item Name: Glowing Blade! Era: Classic! Stats: LORE ITEM NO DROP; WT: 7.0 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: NA

! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item could be purchased from merchants in the Neriak zones.! Zone: Neriak! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was part of a quest that was either unfinished,

undiscovered, or broken.! Personal Comment: This item may be something you can use to add custom

content.

! Item Name: Green Platemail Gloves! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 14, STR: +7 DEX: +5, WT: 5.5Size: LARGE

! Slot: Hands! Race: ALL! Class: MNK ROG! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Cazic Cenobite”, a level 35 lizardman, as a rare

drop.! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed along with several others during

the Rubicite nerf and replaced with Ravenscale armor.! Personal Comment: At first the name of this item confused me. Obviously

monks and rogues can’t normally wear plate. But this item was confirmed toexist by both the old Allakhazam archives and Monkley business. When itcomes to monk info, there’s no site I trust more.

! Item Name: Goblin Eye Poker! Era: Kunark! Stats: Slot: PRIMARY SECONDARY; Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 18,DMG: 3 Dmg Bonus: 18, WT: 0.0 Size: TINY

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item could drop off any goblin in the Lake of Ill Omen zone.! Zone: Lake of Ill Omen

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! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed because it was an All/All weapon.It was never intended for Monks, Clerics, Paladins, or Shadow Knights toequip.

! Personal Comment: It seemed like it was just more of an annoyance to theDevs rather than an over powered item. It wasn’t magical and that is a seriousdrawback.

! Item Name: Goblin Two-Handed Sword! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 35,DMG: 8 Dmg Bonus: 18, STA: +5 AGI: +5, WT: 6.0 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG! Drop Info: The lore on this item is convoluted and isn’t helped by the fact that

much later, after it was removed from mob loot tables, it made a return as aquest in the Planes of Power expansion. This item could either drop off anygoblin on Kunark or any sarnak on Kunark. Or possibly, off any goblin orsarnak. In any event, its drop rate was probably close to the Sarnak Earring ofStation.

! Zone: Various Kunark Zones! Nerf/Removal Info: It was originally removed along with several other

weapons like the Jade Inlaid Crescent Axe and the Blade of the Black DragonEye.

! Personal Comment: There was a point in time when Verant removed many,many items from the game. It was quite disheartening for players who wereactive during those days. This item wasn’t all that common to begin with andreally wasn’t causing trouble during the Kunark era. Apparently some dev hada special place in his heart for the item and that is why it returned in the PoP era.

! Item Name: Golem Metal Wand! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Charges: 5, Effect: Pillage Enchantment (Any Slot,Casting Time: 4.0), WT: 0.1 Size: TINY

! Slot: Primary/Seconary/Range! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped off Kahaptra Z‘Taj (a level 22-24 dark elf wizard that

spawned on the third floor down in Befallen) and off the Stone Golem in theAccursed Temple of Cazic Thule.

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! Zone: Befallen/The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from both mobs’ loot tables since

it proved to be too powerful on PvP servers.! Personal Comment: This is another item that is almost worthless in a PvE

environment but is devastating on PvP. If the Zek servers didn’t exist, this itemprobably would have stayed in the game even when both those mobsdisappeared in the Befallen and CT revamps.

! Item Name: Guise of the Deceiver! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM, Charges: Unlimited, AC: 4, CHA: +13, SVMAGIC: +7, Effect: Illusion Dark Elf (Any Slot, Casting Time: 6.0), WT: 0.4

Size: SMALL! Slot: Face! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped off a Ghoul Assassin! Zone: Lower Guk! Nerf/Removal Info: This item became over camped by classes of all sorts who

wanted to look like a dark elf. It was removed from the Ghoul Assassin’s loottable and replaced with the Mask of Deception.

! Personal Comment: One of the most sought after, prestigious, legendarynerfed items of all time.

! Item Name: Heartstone Amulet! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Charges: 5, AC: 4, CHA: +9, Effect: BeguileUndead (Any Slot, Casting Time: Instant), WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Neck! Race: All! Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off a Vampire Bodyguard (a level 50-51 shadowknight

undead mob) that spawned at the approximate /loc of –126.03, -108.08, -159.26.! Zone: Castle Mistmoore! Nerf/Removal Info: This mob was fearsome back in the day. He had a 500

point harm touch. His job was to guard the room next to Magrek (see WerewolfTail entry). He was a very rare spawn and was taken out in late 1999. His harmtouch proved too powerful for most groups to recover from. The item reaperedmany times as rewards in GM events. Apparently it was flagged as safe for theplay environment.

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! Personal Comment: The top floor of Castle Mistmoore was one scary placeback in the day. However, it was worth the risk to get items like this. The mobsup there were unique and each had their own storyline. If I remember right, asfar as the lore goes, his job was to guard Magrek (as if she needed it).

! Item Name: Holgresh Elder Beads! Era: Velious! Stats: LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, SV FIRE: +1 SV COLD: +1 SVMAGIC: +2, Effect: Eye of Zomm (Any Slot, Casting Time: 4.0), WT: 0.2

Size: SMALL! Slot: Neck! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped off “An Elder Holdgresh”, a level 39-44 magician mob

that also had a level 29 pet.! Zone: Wakening Lands! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed because necromancers and shadow

knights could life tap the eye an infinite number of times to heal themselves andrecharge their mana base.

! Personal Comment: This item would have been a fun little toy if Verant hadjust nerfed the life tap interaction instead. The Singing Steel Helmet nevercaused any problems.

! Item Name: Iksar Hide Mask! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, AC: 4, CHA:+13, SV MAGIC: +7, Effect: Illusion Iksar (Any Slot/Can Equip, Casting

Time: 6.0) at Level 38, WT: 0.4 Size: SMALL! Slot: Face! Race: All! Class: BRD ROG! Drop Info: Dropped off Harbinger Dronik (Levels: 49 - 50)! Zone: Trakkanon’s Teeth! Nerf/Removal Info: When this item was first introduced it granted the bard or

rogue the regeneration and AC bonus of the Iksar. It was later nerfed to just bea cosmetic illusion only.

! Personal Comment: The price on these initially crashed then rebounded sincethey were so hard to get. In the end, people weren’t too upset over it. Therejust weren’t a lot of bards and rogues in the game at that time to care.

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! Item Name: Illusionist’s Stone! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Charges: 5, Effect: Illusion Tree (Any Slot,Casting Time: Instant), WT: 0.8 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped off “Old Dimmerwing”, a level 15 butterfly farie mob.! Zone: Lesser Faydark! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed for unknown reasons and later

added to the King’s Casino on Luclin.! Personal Comment: To my knowledge, there were never any complaints about

this item or the difficulty of the mob.

! Item Name: Incarnadine Breastplate! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, AC: 35, STR:+15 DEX: +15 INT: +5 HP: +25, Effect: Gather Shadows (Any Slot, Casting

Time: 8.0) at Level 50, WT: 7.0 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Chest! Race: All! Class: WAR SHD! Drop Info: Dropped off Bethezid! Zone: Chardok! Nerf/Removal Info: This item used to be able to be clicked from the inventory

slot. It was later nerfed to be equipped only.! Personal Comment: A small change that made a big impact.

! Item Name: Issued Footman Armor (Cap, Cape, Choker, Cord, Gloves,Pants, Sandals, Shawl, Shirt, Sleeves, Veil, Wristband)! Era: Classic! Stats: Same as cloth in same slot except these were all NO DROP.

! Slot: All Armor Slots! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: From the extremely scant info on these items, they appear to be

quest rewards. My best guess is they were the reward for 4 ruined wolf pelts.You would turn them in to Sir Edwin Motte who spawned both in Qeynos Hillsand East Freeport.

! Zone: Qeynos Hills and East Freeport

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! Nerf/Removal Info: These items were taken out pre-Kunark. The reason whyis anyone’s guess.

! Personal Comment: I know these things existed; I’m just not sure my questinfo is correct. They may have been components in a larger quest that wasnever discovered or finished.

! Item Name: Jade Chokidai Prod! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 30, DMG:11 Dmg Bonus: 18, STA: +3 WIS: +6, WT: 4.2 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WAR RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off of the “Chancellor of Di’zok”! Zone: Lake of Ill Omen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was later nerfed to be SHM only.! Personal Comment: Many people think that this item used to be SHM ROG.

That’s incorrect. It was once equipable by many classes. The change seems alittle odd since the item is used in the quest for the Howling Stones key.Regardless of what class you are, you’re going to want at least one of these atsome point.

! Item Name: Journeyman’s Boots! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; Charges: Unlimited, AC: 1, Effect:Journeyman Boots (Any Slot, Casting Time: Instant), WT: 2.5 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Feet! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Used to drop off Drelzna.! Zone: Najena! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from Drelzna’s loot table and

turned into a quest or a merchant item in the Temple of Solusk Ro.! Personal Comment: This item was a big reason people went to Najena. Once

it was removed from Drelzna’s loot table, the place became a ghost town.That’s too bad, really. It’s a fun dungeon to adventure in and a great place fornewbies to cut their teeth in dungeoneering.

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! Item Name: Kelin’s Seven Stringed Lute! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO TRADE; Stringed Instrument 2.5,DEX: +9 CHA: +15 AGI: +9, WT: 0.6 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: BRD! Drop Info: This item formerly dropped off the Maestro of Rancor.! Zone: Plane of Hate! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from his loot table in mid-2000.! Personal Comment: There was a time in EQ history when the Maestro of

Rancor didn’t drop a single musical instrument. Weird, huh?

! Item Name: Lady Nidra’s Wings! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; WT: 0.1 Size: TINY! Slot: Inventory

! Race: NA! Class: NA! Drop Info: Dropped off Lady Nidra the Escaped, a level 17-19 farie.! Zone: Lesser Faydark! Nerf/Removal Info: This item and mob were removed some time in 2001.! Personal Comment: The lore goes that she escaped from Castle Mistmoore,

however, no use for her wings were ever found. Either the quest wasunfinished, undiscovered, or broken. This is another item you might be able touse in some custom content.

! Item Name: Legionnaire Torn Shoulderpads! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; AC: 1! Slot: Shoulders

! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped off Orc Legionnaires in Crushbone.! Zone: Crushbone! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was there in the early days, but was removed at

some point before Kunark’s Release (probably in early 2000).! Personal Comment: This item was most likely part of a quest that was never

finished, discovered, or that was broken. It may provide fodder for your owncustom content.

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! Item Name: Locket of Escape! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: 1, Effect: Bind Affinity(Must Equip, Casting Time: 2.0) at Level 10, WT: 0.1 Size: TINY

! Slot: Neck! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item dropped off Chief RukGus.! Zone: Temple of Droga! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed because it “unbalanced” the game.! Personal Comment: Oh come on. This item was very difficult to camp, was

lore, and had only one charge. This thing did not unbalance the game. As aside note, it would allow melees to bind anywhere. So, okay, it was pretty goodafter all.

! Item Name: Lustrous Russet Boots! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; AC: 20, WIS: +5 INT: +5 AGI: +5, SVDISEASE: +15 SV POISON: +15, WT: 4.9 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Feet! Race: All except IKS! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: This item dropped off any Amygdalan warrior.! Zone: Plane of Fear! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out in late 1999.! Personal Comment: This was one of the items that made PoFear both an

alluring and deadly place. There’d be those who’d try to camp these things andend up losing their corpses in there. Of course, the ninja looting that wasrampant over this line of armor was just as legendary!

! Item Name: Lustrous Russet Bracer! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; AC: 12, STR: +3 DEX: +3, SV FIRE:+7 SV COLD: +7 SV MAGIC: +7, WT: 3.0 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Wrist! Race: All except IKS! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: This item dropped off any Amygdalan warrior.! Zone: Plane of Fear

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! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out in late 1999.! Personal Comment: See entry on Lustrous Russet Boots.

! Item Name: Lustrous Russet Breastplate! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; AC: 35, STR: +15 DEX: +15 STA:+15, WT: 7.5 Size: LARGE

! Slot: Chest! Race: All except IKS! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: This item dropped off any Amygdalan knight and off of Fright,

Terror, and Dread.! Zone: Plane of Fear! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out in late 1999.! Personal Comment: There are only 2 reasons I can guess at as to why this was

removed: 1) best BP in the game during Classic, 2) caused way too manyarguments during a raid heh heh. Actually, the latter is probably more likely.

! Item Name: Lustrous Russet Gauntlets! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; AC: 16, DEX: +5 STA: +5 HP: +50,WT: 3.8 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Hands! Race: All except IKS! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: This item dropped off any Amygdalan warrior.! Zone: Plane of Fear! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out in late 1999.! Personal Comment: See entry on Lustrous Russet Boots.

! Item Name: Lustrous Russet Greaves! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; AC: 20, STR: +5 STA: +5 AGI: +5,WT: 5.6 Size: LARGE

! Slot: Legs! Race: All except IKS! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: This item dropped off any Amygdalan warrior.! Zone: Plane of Fear

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! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out in late 1999.! Personal Comment: See entry on Lustrous Russet Boots.

! Item Name: Lustrous Russet Helm! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; AC: 20, CHA: +5 INT: +5, WT: 4.5Size: SMALL

! Slot: Head! Race: All except IKS! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: This item dropped off any Amygdalan warrior.! Zone: Plane of Fear! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out in late 1999.! Personal Comment: See entry on Lustrous Russet Boots.

! Item Name: Lustrous Russet Vembraces! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; AC: 20, STR: +9 DEX: +5, WT: 4.9Size: SMALL

! Slot: Arms! Race: All except IKS! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: This item dropped off any Amygdalan warrior.! Zone: Plane of Fear! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out in late 1999.! Personal Comment: See entry on Lustrous Russet Boots.

! Item Name: Manastone! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, Effect: Mana Convert (AnySlot, Casting Time: Instant), WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: CLR DRU BRD SHM NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: This was the rare drop off the Evil Eye in Lower Guk.! Zone: Lower Guk.! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed when the have’s lorded it over the

have-not’s, and the have-not’s /petitioned enough to the point where Verantremoved the item then later retroactively nerfed it to only work in “old world”zones.

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! Personal Comment: When people think of nerfed or removed items, there isone singular loot that instantly comes to mind. It is the essence of myth andlegend not just in Everquest but in all of the MMORPG kingdoms. It is theManastone. This thing was removed because of whining, not because it wasnever intended to drop/work with any class. This item was part of Verant’svision for the game from beta all the way through late 1999. If it hadn’t beenfor a bunch of cry babies, this thing would have been relevant well past theVelious expansion in the game until the Flowing Thought mechanic made theManstone outdated. The main thing the dev team has to decide is this, isEverQuest Classic “The Way Verant Intended” going to have a Manastone thatworks in all zones or just in zones on the original 3 continents? It’s a hardchoice. There were lots of items in Beta that never made it to live. Verantintended for this item to be there, however, there is no denying its power.

! Item Name: Mempo of Likato! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; AC: 6, Effect: Ultravision(Worn) WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Face! Race: HUM IKS! Class: MNK! Drop Info: This item dropped off the Maestro of Rancor.! Zone: Plane of Hate! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from the Maestro’s Loot table. No

reason was given.! Personal Comment: I always associated the Maestro with bards, but as this

item guide shows, he was also quite partial to monks as well.

! Item Name: Mosscovered Branch! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 15,DMG: 5 Dmg Bonus: 19, WT: 3.0 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD MNK! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Mangy Brute” as a rare drop.! Zone: Frontier Mountains! Nerf/Removal Info: The low delay on this item made it too easy to get skill

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! Personal Comment: The beta testing for Kunark must not have been all thatgreat. There were tons of weapons that were nerfed or removed a few monthsafter its release. They all later became status symbols and the source of allkinds of mis-information and ubran legends.

! Item Name: Mosscovered Twig! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 10,DMG: 3 Dmg Bonus: 18, WT: 2.0 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WAR RNG MNK! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Mangy Brute” as an ucommon drop.! Zone: Frontier Mountains! Nerf/Removal Info: This item is arguably better than the Mosscovered Branch

but was more common! It was removed for the same reason in the September19, 2000 patch.

! Personal Comment: Once it was removed, it was almost never sold in EC or inthe Bazaar. It was handed down from character to character. It was just tooprecious to let go.

! Item Name: Orc Wrath Bracer! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 2, CHA: -2, WT: 4.0 Size:SMALL

! Slot: Wrist! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item dropped off “Lord Shin Ree”, a level 17-20 orc.! Zone: East Commonlands! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from his loot table without any

explanation or warning (not that anyone really cared).! Personal Comment: No explanation was ever given. It may have been part of

a quest. If it was, the quest was never discovered or perhaps it was broken/unfishined.

! Item Name: Ornate Runed Dagger! Era: Classic

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! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 16, DMG: 3Dmg Bonus: 18, Backstab DMG: 3, DEX: +2, SV MAGIC: +3, WT: 2.5 Size:SMALL

! Slot: Primary/Secondary/Range! Race: All! Class: ALL except CLR PAL DRU MNK SHM! Drop Info: This item dropped off Ambassador D’Vinn, a level 18-22 Rogue.! Zone: Crusbone! Nerf/Removal Info: Two months after the release of EverQuest, this item was

replaced by the Dragoon Dirk. It was removed from all players’ inventory slots(much like the Glimmer Ring mentioned previously).

! Personal Comment: This item was called the “Bible Dagger” on my serversince its dmg/dly was 3:16.

! Item Name: Ornate Velium Pendant! Era: Velious! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, CHA: +6 WIS:+6, Effect: Alliance (Must Equip, Casting Time: 0.1) at Level 45, WT: 0.1

Size: SMALL! Slot: Neck! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: These used to drop off Councilors Amberfeld (Level: 45),

Coldember (Level: 43), Darakor (Level: 44), Darkfrost (Level: 44), Deynekn(Level: 43), Dirkins (Level: 46), Glacierbane (Level: 44), Icelok (Level: 44),Icepike (Level: 47), Juliah Lockheart (Level: 60), Thubins (Level: 47), andWintershade (Level: 44)

! Zone: Icewell Keep! Nerf/Removal Info: This item used to have unlimited charges. It was later

nerfed to only have 4.! Personal Comment: These items were obviously to be used to aid in complete

the armor mould quests on Velious. When this item started doing that, it gotnerfed. Sometimes Verant created a lot of its own problems, and sometimes theproblems weren’t problems to begin with.

! Item Name: Pearly Sarnak Bangle! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; AC: 2, STA: +10 HP: +35, SV DISEASE: +5 SVPOISON: +5, WT: 0.1 Size: TINY

! Slot: Ear

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! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Arch Inspector Nibi‘zi (Level: 57)! Zone: Chardok! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was last reported as dropping in October 2001.! Personal Comment: Of all the nerfed/removed items Kunark to last, this one

remained the longest. The funny thing is, for its slot, it’s one of the best ever.

! Item Name: Polyphenomenal Axe! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 2H Slashing Atk Delay: 48,DMG: 37 Dmg Bonus: 75, SV FIRE: -10 SV DISEASE: -10 SV COLD: -10

SV MAGIC: -10 SV POISON: -10, WT: 10.0 Size: LARGE! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: PAL SHD! Drop Info: This item was nestled in our old friend the Drovlarg Captain’s loot

table. It was between the Jade Mace (uncommon drop at the time) and theLupine Dagger (very rare drop at the time). It was rare, but not so rare thatmany palys and sk’s got used to having them before they were removed in latefall 2000.

! Zone: Karnor’s Castle! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from the game. The Jade Mace

became a rare drop and the Lupine Dagger remained very rare.! Personal Comment: The DC camp in KC is one of the most classic camps in

Kunark. It was a sad day when this was removed. However, despite thepenalties to all the saves, this item still had tremendous value. It’s dmg/dly ratiowas one of the best in the game at the time.

! Item Name: Priest of Innoruuk’s Heart! Era: Classic! Stats: LORE ITEM NO DROP; WT: 0.8 Size: SMALL! Slot: Inventory

! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This dropped off a Teir’dal Sruveyor, a level 25-26 cleric mob.! Zone: Nektulos Forest! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from the game with no

explanation. No use for this item was ever found. The quest for it must havegone undiscovered, unfinished, or broken.

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! Personal Comment: This item may be useful to you for creating some customcontent for EQC.

! Item Name: Pristine Studded Boots! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; AC: 6, AGI: +5, SVCOLD: +3, WT: 3.0 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Feet! Race: All! Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Guardian of T`Vyl”, a level 24-28 dark elf warrior

mob down on the third floor of Befallen.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item along with the mob were removed in 2002 for

lore reasons.! Personal Comment: The pristine leather armor dropped by this mob provided a

nice starting point for level 20-30 characters. However, the task of getting themwas very difficult. Befallen is a nasty dungeon where it can be very difficult toretrieve a corpse from deep in its bowels. Once these items (along with many ofthe others that I have previously mentioned) were taken out, Befallen wasabandoned for the most part.

! Item Name: Pristine Studded Bracer! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; AC: 6, INT: +2 HP: +5, SV FIRE: +3,WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Wrist! Race: All! Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Guardian of T`Vyl”, a level 24-28 dark elf warrior

mob down on the third floor of Befallen.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item along with the mob were removed in 2002 for

lore reasons.! Personal Comment: See entry on Pristine Studded Boots

! Item Name: Pristine Studded Gloves! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; AC: 5, DEX: +2 WIS: +2MANA: +5, WT: 0.2 Size: TINY

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! Slot: Hands! Race: All! Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Guardian of T`Vyl”, a level 24-28 dark elf warrior

mob down on the third floor of Befallen.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item along with the mob were removed in 2002 for

lore reasons.! Personal Comment: See entry on Pristine Studded Boots

! Item Name: Pristine Studded Leggings! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; AC: 12, DEX: +2 STA:+5, WT: 5.0 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Legs! Race: All! Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Guardian of T`Vyl”, a level 24-28 dark elf warrior

mob down on the third floor of Befallen.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item along with the mob were removed in 2002 for

lore reasons.! Personal Comment: See entry on Pristine Studded Boots

! Item Name: Pristine Studded Sleeves! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; AC: 8, STR: +3 STA: +2HP: +5, WT: 2.0 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Arms! Race: All! Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Guardian of T`Vyl”, a level 24-28 dark elf warrior

mob down on the third floor of Befallen.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item along with the mob were removed in 2002 for

lore reasons.! Personal Comment: See entry on Pristine Studded Boots

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! Item Name: Pristine Studded Tunic! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; AC: 14, STR: +2 DEX:+2 AGI: +2, SV MAGIC: +5 SV POISON: +5, WT: 5.0 Size: LARGE

! Slot: Chest! Race: All! Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Guardian of T`Vyl”, a level 24-28 dark elf warrior

mob down on the third floor of Befallen.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item along with the mob were removed in 2002 for

lore reasons.! Personal Comment: See entry on Pristine Studded Boots

! Item Name: Pulsing Goo! Era: Velious! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; Charges: 1, Effect:Resuscitate (Must Equip, Casting Time: 0.2) at Level 50, WT: 0.0 Size:

TINY! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item dropped off “an amorphous mass”, a level 49-51 mob.! Zone: Dragon Necropolis! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed and replaced by Pliable Goo.! Personal Comment: This item was often given to monks or shadow knights.

They could Fein Death if a raid was about to wipe, then later resurrect a clericto being back the rest of the party. It was very handy item to have around. Theeffect was Resuscitate- the 60% exp rez.

! Item Name: Red Dragon Tooth! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; EXPENDABLE Charges: 1, Effect: Invoke Death(Any Slot, Casting Time: Instant) as Level 50, WT: 0.4 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Inventory! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item dropped off Lord Nagafen! Zone: Nagafen’s Lair

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! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out of the game because the skeletonpet could be summoned at any level.

! Personal Comment: The tooth would summon a level 41 skeleton pet that hada 20 pt life tap. Since this could be used by any class at any level, it was nerfed.The devs felt that pets should only belong to certain classes.

! Item Name: Red Wurm Gut! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; WT: 0.1 Size: TINY! Slot: Inventory

! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: These used to drop off both Phurzikon and Nezekezena. Now they

just drop off Nezekezena.! Zone: Burning Woods! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from Phurzikon’s loot table. No

reason was given.! Personal Comment: The red wurm guts aren’t the real bottle-neck for the bard

epic. Kedge Keep and Old Seb hold the true stop-gaps for the Singing ShortSword.

! Item Name: Rhino Hide Armor (Arm Guards, Boots, Cape, Chest Guard,Collar, Gloves, Leggings, Shoulderpads, Skullcap, Snout Guard, Waistband,Wrist Guard)! Era: Kunark

! Stats: Same as Leather in all slots.! Slot: All armor slots.! Race: ALL! Class: ALL except NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: These items used to drop off any mob in Kurn’s Tower.! Zone: Kurn’s Tower! Nerf/Removal Info: These items were removed from the mobs’ loot tables and

turned into merchant items in East Cabilis.! Personal Comment: It was much more fun to get this armor when it dropped

than when you bought it. It made Kurn’s a great lowbie dungeon for theburgeoning Iksar race.

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! Item Name: Robe of Living Fungus! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 10, STA: +12 WIS: +4, SVFIRE: +10, Efect: Fungal Regrowth (worn) at level 1. WT: 0.2 Size:

MEDIUM! Slot: Chest! Race: HUM ERU HIE DEF IKS! Class: CLR DRU MNK! Drop Info: Formerly dropped off the Myconid Spore King as a rare drop.! Zone: Old Sebilis! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed essentially because it was usable

by monks. There was an effort to nerf monk regen items when they proved toogood at making them soloers.

! Personal Comment: This move really pissed off the clerics and druids whocould wear this item. They felt the regen let them concentrate more on healingothers in their group. This item was retroactively nerfed so that none of therobes that dropped previously had the Fungal Regrowth effect.

! Item Name: Rod of Annihilation! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 40,DMG: 60 Dmg Bonus: 18, INT: -50, SV MAGIC: +10, WT: 5.0 Size:

MEDIUM! Slot: Primary/Range! Race: All! Class: NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off the Crypt Caretaker, a level 55 mob as a rare drop.! Zone: Old Sebilis! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed because it made a terrific twink

item.! Personal Comment: This thing sure made you dumb, but boy, does it hit hard!

! Item Name: Rod of Mourning! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 36,DMG: 29 Dmg Bonus: 60, STR: +5 WIS: +5 INT: +5 AGI: -5 HP: +25

MANA: +25 ENDUR: +25, Effect: Force (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) atLevel 50, WT: 8.5 Size: LARGE

! Slot: Primary! Race: All

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! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD MNK! Drop Info: Dropped off Emperor Chottal.! Zone: Old Sebilis! Nerf/Removal Info: I’ve read that this item no longer drops.! Personal Comment: I’m not sure if this item has been removed or not. You’d

have to check your database to be sure. It fits all the criteria for a typicalweapon removal from the Kunark expansion, but I can’t be certain on this one.

! Item Name: Rubicite Armor (Boots, Bracer, Gauntlets, Greaves, Helm,Vembraces)! Era: Classic! Stats: Exactly the same as Fine Plate at the same slot except these are

MAGIC ITEMS, could be worn by chain classes, and has a really sweet redcolor.

! Slot: Various! Race: All except Iksar! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Thul Tae Ew Cenobite” as a common drop.! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: These items were removed because of a bunch of

WHINERS!! Personal Comment: Okay, I’m calmed down now. All rubicite armor was

removed because very early in EQ’s history twinking was seen as a cardinal sinin the game. It was “unfair” that chain users could get plate armor. It was“unfair” that a level 1 warrior got a regen BP. Oh how ignorant we were backthen. Little did we know that some day we’d see twinks running around with aSwift Blade of Zek and an Iksar Ceremonial BP. Oh well. Anyway, this entryjust has the generic Rubicite items. None of these have any “stats” other thantheir AC and MAGIC ITEM tag. It is important to note that while there’snothing too special here, the Boots did allow users to kick magic weapon-onlymobs like Will-o-wisps, so they were prized for that. Later, some RubiciteItems were given out in various GM events on certain servers where they wouldthen go for tens of thousands of plat. This is how some Rubicite items ended upon servers that went live after these items were removed from the game.

! Item Name: Rubicite Breastplate! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 19, Regeneration: +3, WT: 6.0Size: LARGE

! Slot: Chest

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! Race: All except Iksar! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: This used to drop off the Avatar of Fear- he looked like a mini Cazic

Thule.! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed because of a bunch of WHINERS!! Personal Comment: This is the item that caused ALL the trouble. This

breastplate regenerated characters at a measly 3 hit points per tick. Yeah, at thetime, that was great, but by Kunark it was far out done by the Fungus ScaleTunic and the Ceremonial Iksar Chestplate.

! Item Name: Rubicite Cloak! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; AC: 10, AGI: +5, WT: 3.0 Size: LARGE! Slot: Back

! Race: All except Iksar! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Thul Tae Ew Cenobite” as an uncommon drop.! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed because of a bunch of WHINERS!! Personal Comment: See entry on Rubicite Armor.

! Item Name: Rubicite Collar! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; AC: 8, DEX: +5! Slot: Neck

! Race: All except Iksar! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Thul Tae Ew Cenobite” as an uncommon drop! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed because of a bunch of WHINERS!! Personal Comment: See entry on Rubicite Armor.

! Item Name: Rubicite Mask! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; AC: 7, CHA: +5, WT: 0.8 Size: SMALL! Slot: Fave

! Race: All except Iksar! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Thul Tae Ew Cenobite” as an uncommon drop.

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! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed because of a bunch of WHINERS!! Personal Comment: See entry on Rubicite Armor.

! Item Name: Rubicite Pauldron! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; AC: 10, STR: +5, WT: 2.5 Size: SMALL! Slot: Shoulder

! Race: All except Iksar! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Thul Tae Ew Cenobite” as an uncommon drop.! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed because of a bunch of WHINERS!! Personal Comment: See entry on Rubicite Armor.

! Item Name: Rubicite Waisteband! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; AC: 9, STA: +5, WT: 2.4 Size: SMALL! Slot: Waiste

! Race: All except Iksar! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Thul Tae Ew Cenobite” as an uncommon drop.! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed because of a bunch of WHINERS!! Personal Comment: See entry on Rubicite Armor.

! Item Name: Runed Fighters Staff! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 20,DMG: 19 Dmg Bonus: 19, WT: 6.0 Size: LARGE

! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: WAR MNK! Drop Info: Dropped off a “frenzied pox scarab” (Levels: 55 - 56)! Zone: Old Sebilis! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was changed in 2000 from WAR MNK to monk

only.! Personal Comment: They said it was too powerful in the hands of a

warrior…as if monks aren’t known for their dps or something.

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! Item Name: Sarnak Ceremonial Bracer! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; AC: 6 STA: +2 INT: +4CHA: +6, MANA: +10 SV MAGIC: +12

! Slot: Wrist! Race: All! Class: SHD BRD NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Could drop off any Sarnak in Kunark. Had about the same drop rate

as Sarnak Ceremonial Sword.! Zone: Various Kunark Zones! Nerf/Removal Info: This was taken out soon after Kunark’s launch. It may

have been deleted from player inventories as well.! Personal Comment: I’ve only read passing mentions of this item. However,

the vitriol surrounding its removal seems real enough. Even so, I regard thisitem as potentially suspect.

! Item Name: Sarnak Liberator! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 39, DMG: 6 DmgBonus: 18, Effect: Spirit Strike (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 20,

WT: 4.5 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped of “a sarnak flunkie”, a level 14-16 mob.! Zone: The Overthere! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out because it was an ALL/ALL 1hs.! Personal Comment: The devs didn’t like seeing clerics wielding a sword.

! Item Name: Sarnak Wristguard! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; AC: 8 STR: +2 STA: +2CHA: +4, MANA: +10 SV MAGIC: +3 SV POISON: +4

! Slot: Wrist! Race: ALL except ERU, HIE! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: Could drop off any sarnak. Had about the same drop rate as Sarnak

Emblazoned Tabbard.! Zone: Numerous Kunark Zones

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! Nerf/Removal Info: Supposedly, it was removed in the first patch after theKunark expansion went live (most likely May 16, 2000) and was retroactivelyremoved from all player inventories.

! Personal Comment: No reason was ever given, though I honestly don’tremember anyone talking about this when it happened. It’s possible this itemnever existed or perhaps it was only in the beta test. If it weren’t for the factthat several dozen items were removed from the game shortly after Kunark’srelease, I might be inclined to dismiss it altogether. But since so many itemswere nerfed/removed, I wanted to include it for you just incase you want tomake sure it gets added to the EQC database.

! Item Name: Sash of Infinite Blows! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; 5AC, Effect: Haste 41% (Worn), Wt0.1

! Slot: Waist! Race: All! Class: MNK! Drop Info: Dropped off the Dracoliche in Plane Of Fear! Zone: Plane of Fear! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed in the February 23, 2000 patch

because it was a ridiculous twink item. This was one of the “in preparation forthe upcoming Kunark expanion” changes the patch message talked about.

! Personal Comment: This was the PoF version of the Basson Gauntlets. Theonly difference was this thing was droppable for some reason. It was removedfrom the game in early 2000 because its effect worked at level 1. It was badenough when humans were the only monks, Iksars would have made the thingeven more abusive.

! Item Name: Scimitar of the Mistwalker! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 25,DMG: 10 Dmg Bonus: 18, Effect: Mistwalker (Combat, Casting Time:

Instant) at Level 50, WT: 2.5 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: RNG DRU! Drop Info: This dropped off Lady Vox (Level: 55).! Zone: Permafrost

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! Nerf/Removal Info: This item used to summon a wolf pet equal to the level 45shaman spell “Frenzied Spirit” when it proced. The wolf would last until it waskilled. This item was later nerfed to where the wolf would only last until themob it proced on was dead.

! Personal Comment: I was unable to find the proc rate for this weapon.

! Item Name: Scourgetail Whip! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 5, DMG: 30 DmgBonus: 18, Effect: Weak Poison (Combat, Casting Time: Instant), WT: 5.0

Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG! Drop Info: Dropped off “A Scourgetail Scorpion” (Levels: 9 - 14)! Zone: Field of Bone! Nerf/Removal Info: This was fixed really fast in the May 16, 2000 patch. It

was changed to have a dmg/dly of 5/30 instead of 30/5.! Personal Comment: Verant offered an apology in their patch notes about

changing this item, but I think few would argue that a 30/5 weapon that procedat level 1 was appropriate for the game. Given the massive numbers of items,especially those from Kunark, that were nerfed or removed and received noapology at all, it befuddles the reader as to why they bothered for somethingthat was so obviously abusive. This item was the result of a typo, and thereforeprobably not something that is really a worthy candidate for your considerationas a Legendary item.

! Item Name: Scoutting Dagger! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 25, DMG:4 Dmg Bonus: 18, Backstab DMG: 4, AGI: +2 DEX: +2 CHA: +2 WT: 2.5

Size: SMALL! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: RNG BRD ROG! Drop Info: This was the original reward for the Bloody Shank quest in High

Keep.! Zone: High Keep! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was changed in the October 13, 1999 patch

along with many other items and zones. It was retroactively replaced with the

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item bearing the quest’s name: A Bloody Shank (of course, back then it wascalled the Scout’s Dagger quest).

! Personal Comment: This change affected me personally and made me quit thegame for a few months. The quest is hard at that level and causes you to ruinyour Rivervale faction if the other halfling guards got in the way of killing thetraitor. The item the replaced it with was useable by many more classes andthus made the quest more accessible to the player base.

! Item Name: Sense Magic Spell! Era: Classic! Stats: Spell Type: Beneficial Skill: Divination, Mana: 450 Target Type:Self, Casting Time: 3 Duration: Instant, Recast Time: 30 Resist: Unresistable

(0), Fizzle Time: 2.25 Range to target: 0, AE Radius: 240 Interruptable: Yes,Location: Any Time of Day: Any, Reflectable: Yes

! Slot: NA! Race: All! Class: All except Bard, Rogue, Warrior, Monk! Drop Info: This item was sold by vendors.! Zone: Various! Nerf/Removal Info: This spell was something every class got. Its levels were:

CLR/1 PAL/3 SHD/ 3 RNG/3 SHM/1 NEC/2 WIZ/1 MAG/1 ENC/1. It wasretroactively replaced for most classes at the same level by True North; for otherclasses it was just eliminated altogether.

! Personal Comment: This spell’s effect was the same as the higher level “Sensethe Dead” spell, but came at a much much higher mana cost. It really had littleeffect in the game. If you wanted, you might make it a rare drop in some of thelowbie dungeons like Crushbone, Befallen, Najena, Blackburrow, Kurn’s Tower,and The Warrens.

! Item Name: Shield of the Arisen Cultist! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; AC: 15, HP: +15, SV FIRE: +5 SVMAGIC: +5, WT: 7.5 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Back/Secondary! Race: ALL except DWF TRL OGR HFL GNM! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG SHM! Drop Info: This item dropped off Cultist Geralissan (a level 60 Iksar Shadow

Knight).! Zone: Trakanon’s Teeth

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! Nerf/Removal Info: This item is said to have disappeared after the first timethe Sleeper was released.

! Personal Comment: I don’t know if this item’s disappearance was directlyrelated to the Sleeper or not, and honestly, I can’t for sure verify that it nolonger drops. But in case it has ceased to exist in the game, I wanted to includeit here. Double check your database to make sure.

! Item Name: Shield of the Immaculate! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Slot: BACK SECONDARY,Charges: Unlimited or Charges 4, AC: 25, STR: +10, SV DISEASE: +25,

Effect: Cure Disease (Any Slot, Casting Time: 1.0) or Effect: Rune IV (AnySlot, Casting Time: 1.0), WT: 7.3 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Back/Secondary! Race: All! Class: PAL! Drop Info: Dropped off “an eerie chest” (level 55)! Zone: Plane of Hate! Nerf/Removal Info: This item had several changes made to it. First it had 4

charges of Rune IV at instant speed from your inventory. Then it was changedto Unlimited Cure Disease. Then it became All/All. Later, some time afterLdoN (which doesn’t affect you guys at all) it switched from an augment slot 3to an augment slot 7.

! Personal Comment: I don’t know what to tell ya here. This item changed somuch, that it’s hard to tell what the original intention was. All its incarnationswere interesting.

! Item Name: Shimmering Ruby Stiletto! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM NO DROP; Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 30, DMG:10 Dmg Bonus: 18, DEX: +2, SV POISON: +10, Effect: Ignite (Combat,

Casting Time: Instant), WT: 0.8 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG! Drop Info: Dropped off of Korven Nisere as an uncommon drop.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item replaced the Enchanted Fine Steel Rapier on

Korven Nisere. This mob was later removed from the game in 2002.

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! Personal Comment: There were several mobs removed from Befallen in 2002for lore reasons. Korven was one of them.

! Item Name: Shralok Pack! Era: Classic! Stats: WT: 0.4 Weight Reduction: 25%, Capacity: 8 Size Capacity:GIANT

! Slot: Inventory! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped off Recfek Shralok.! Zone: Highpass Hold! Nerf/Removal Info: I’ve read that this item was changed to LORE. It was

most certainly not LORE during the classic era.! Personal Comment: I’ve had several of these on the same character at the same

time. Perhaps those accounts are just mistaken.

! Item Name: Silk Lined Steel Helm! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; AC: 4, WT: 0.2 Size: SMALL! Slot: Head

! Race: GNM! Class: All! Drop Info: This item could be bought off the vendor Rylin Coil for 15pp 7gp

4sp 9cp.! Zone: Ak’Anon! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was changed to WAR CLR PAL ROG only.! Personal Comment: The nerf, of course, defeated the entire purpse of the helm

being lined with silk!!! This nerf made no sense from a game balancestandpoint and a lore standpoint. There may have been an entire suit of thisarmor available at one time, but since I never played a gnome, I have no idea ifthat is true or not. This is the only piece I can confirm right now.

! Item Name: Silver Plated War Sword! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; Slot: PRIMARY, Skill:2H Slashing Atk Delay: 38, DMG: 15 Dmg Bonus: 62, STR: +5 CHA: -5

HP: +15, WT: 4.0 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Primary! Race: All

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! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD! Drop Info: This item dropped off Baron Telyx V‘Zher (Level: 30).! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed along with many other mobs in

early 2002.! Personal Comment: This mob was related to several others I have mentioned

previously. Also note that this item had a very unique icon. No one knows whyit was given a jawbone for the inventory slot.

! Item Name: Singing Steel Boots! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, AC: 21, Effect:Summon Food (Any Slot, Casting Time: 3.5) at Level 45, WT: 6.5 Size:

MEDIUM! Slot: Feet! Race: All! Class: BRD! Drop Info: Used to drop off a drolvarg bodyguard (Levels: 48 - 52), a drolvarg

guardian (Levels: 43 - 46), a drolvarg sentry (Levels: 40 - 44).! Zone: Karnor’s Castle! Nerf/Removal Info: The effect on this item was retroactively changed in the

March 27, 2001 patch to Effect: Agilmente’s Aria of Eagles (Must Equip,Casting Time: 3.5) at Level 45.

! Personal Comment: Players complained that the effect was not commiseratewith the other clicky armors of Kunark. So it went from an inventory clickyitem to an equip clicky item and gained the group lev song. Later, in Velious,some kind of wished they had one of the old ones because it could be hard tobuy food on that continent if you were on a long term mission.

! Item Name: Singing Steel Greaves! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, AC: 26, STR:+8 DEX: +8 CHA: +8 AGI: +8, Effect: Summon Water (Must Equip, Casting

Time: 4.0) at Level 45, WT: 7.5 Size: LARGE! Slot: Legs! Race: All! Class: BRD! Drop Info: Dropped off Venril Sathir (Level: 55).! Zone: Karnor’s Castle

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! Nerf/Removal Info: The effect on this item was retroactively changed in theMarch 27, 2001 patch to Effect: Angstlich’s Appalling Screech (Must Equip,Casting Time: 4.0) at Level 45

! Personal Comment: See previous entry.

! Item Name: Skeletal Rod! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 27;DMG: 4 Dmg Bonus: 18, WT: 5.0 Size: MEDIUM

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item dropped off Skeleton Lrodd who is also part of the Thex

Mallet quest.! Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed pretty early on in EQ’s history.

Best guess would be September 1999.! Personal Comment: This is nothing more than a magic club. Nothing special,

other than the name of the item rhymed with the name of the mob that droppedit. The devs had a sense of humor after all! The graphics for this item werelater used for the Cracked Femur from Kurn’s Tower.

! Item Name: Skull Mask of Innervation! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, MANA: +20,Effect: Intensify Death (Must Equip, Casting Time: Instant) at Level 23, WT:

5.0 Size: SMALL! Slot: Head! Race: DEF! Class: NEC! Drop Info: Used to drop off a Priest of Innoruuk.! Zone: Plane of Hate! Nerf/Removal Info: This item is now listed as a GM reward, but originally it

was a rare drop from a Priest of Innoruuk in the Plane of Hate. You can justhear the necromancers screaming, “NBG! NBG!”

! Personal Comment: I find it interesting that so many items that used to dropbut were removed later became rewards in GM events. Well…were they brokenor not? That’s what I’d like to ask a dev some time.

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! Item Name: Small Brass Trumpet! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Brass Instrument 2.5, WT: 0.1 Size:SMALL

! Slot: Secondary! Race: HEF ELF! Class: BRD! Drop Info: Once dropped off “a deathly usher”! Zone: Castle Mistmoore! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out because it proved too powerful

with several of the Bard DoT’s.! Personal Comment: There are very few magical bard instruments in the game.

This one shows why. Improving dots like that make them very powerful.

! Item Name: Solist’s Icy Wand! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Charges: Unlimited, Effect: Shock ofIce (Must Equip, Casting Time: 5.0) at Level 12, WT: 1.0 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WIZ! Drop Info: Dropped off a “Burynai Excavator” (Levels: 12 - 16) and a “lesser

icebone skeleton” (Levels: 16 - 18)! Zone: Kurn’s Tower! Nerf/Removal Info: These were made into No Drop items in late 2001 to

prevent twinking.! Personal Comment: Yeah…to prevent twinking…cause they drop in a low

level dungeon. Okay. Sure, Verant. Whatever.

! Item Name: Sorrowsong Boots! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Slot: FEET, Charges: Unlimited, AC: 25, AGI: +6HP: +30 MANA: +35, SV FIRE: +8, Effect: Cinder Bolt (Any Slot/Can

Equip, Casting Time: 7.0) at Level 51, WT: 3.0 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Feet! Race: All! Class: BRD! Drop Info: Used to drop off the original “Gyrating Mass” (level 30-32) as a

very rare drop.

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! Zone: The Accursed Temple of Cazic Thule! Nerf/Removal Info: It was removed from the game when CT was revamped.

The ones that remained in inventories were later nerfed to only be clickable atlevel 51 or higher to prevent twinking.

! Personal Comment: This was a rare drop off a rare spawn. Very few bards gottheir hands on a pair.

! Item Name: Staff of Forbidden Rites! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Charges: 10, Skill: 2H Blunt Atk Delay: 50, DMG:25 Dmg Bonus: 78, WIS: +9 HP: +50 MANA: +50 ENDUR: +50, Effect:

Resurrection (Any Slot, Casting Time: Instant), WT: 6.5 Size: LARGE! Slot: Primary! Race: All! Class: CLR PAL DRU SHM! Drop Info: Dropped off Lady Vox (Level: 55)! Zone: Permafrost! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed from the game because you could

sell it to a merchant, then buy it back with all the charges restored.! Personal Comment: Ah, the funny old exploits of years gone by.

! Item Name: Staff of the Arisen Cultist! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Slot: PRIMARY, Skill: 2H Blunt AtkDelay: 35, DMG: 20 Dmg Bonus: 59, DEX: +10 CHA: +5 INT: +5, WT: 7.0

Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Primary! Race: HUM ERU HIE DEF GNM IKS! Class: WAR SHD NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Dropped off Cultist Ral’Arloshanis (Level: 60)! Zone: Trakanon’s Teeth! Nerf/Removal Info: At some point this mob and his loot table were removed

from the game. I’m not sure if that during the classic era or not.! Personal Comment: You’ll need to double check your database to see if he is

still in there.

! Item Name: Staff of Temperate Flux! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP; Charges: Unlimited,Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 30, DMG: 6 Dmg Bonus: 18, SV FIRE: +5 SV

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COLD: +5, Effect: Malaise (Any Slot/Can Equip, Casting Time: Instant) atLevel 20, WT: 4.0 Size: LARGE

! Slot: Primary! Race: HUM ERU HIE DEF GNM! Class: WIZ! Drop Info: This was a result of the Staff of Elemental Flux quest started in

Lesser Faydark.! Zone: Lesser Faydark! Nerf/Removal Info: The clicky effect used to have the Malaise effect as a level

18 SHM/21 MAG.! Personal Comment: The effect was later retroactively changed to Lower

Element I.

! Item Name: Stone of Morid! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; STA: -5, SV FIRE: +30 SV COLD:+30, WT: 7.0 Size: TINY

! Slot: Range! Race: IKS! Class: All! Drop Info: Dropped of a Goblin Fanatic.! Zone: Temple of Droga! Nerf/Removal Info: This is one of the few items that received a “de-nerf.” It

was originally Ikar only, then in the Octobew 31, 2001 patch it became useableby BAR TRL OGR as well.

! Personal Comment: Most people are going to remember this item as beingIksar only. If you choose to make a Legendary version, I would suggest makingit the one that is useable by BAR TRL OGR IKS.

! Item Name: Targishin’s Bone Mask! Era: Kunark! Stats: LORE ITEM; AC: 12! Slot: Face

! Race: All! Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG MNK SHM! Drop Info: This was a rare drop off Targishin, a level 34-36 skeleton that used

to guard the entrance to Kaesora and kill newbies who wandered too close.! Zone: Field of Bone! Nerf/Removal Info: This mob was removed when too many Iksar newbies

complained about being killed by this guy. There was a rumor this guy could

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drop the Knuckleduster, but this was completely false. He never dropped anysuch item.

! Personal Comment: Never saw one of these masks. They were probably justsold to merchants since there’s no real stats attached to them. It looks like just areally high AC item that fits with the rest of Kunark’s theme. As for Targishinhimself, I felt it was wrong to remove him. Much like Cros Treewind, he madethe game a challenge for new players. Taking him out nerfed the whole gameand brought it much closer to the mutated thing we see it as today. Regardlessof what you do with the item, the mob should be replaced to his original formand spawn point.

! Item Name: Thaumaturgist’s Sash! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM, LORE ITEM, NO DROP; AC: 4, INT: +3,! Slot: Waist

! Race: All! Class: SHD BRD NEC ENC MAG WIZ! Drop Info: This item dropped off an “Arisen Thaumaturgist” as a rare drop.

Zone: Befallen! Nerf/Removal Info: You may recognize this mob from the monk quests in

Freeport. In the October 31 2001 Patch there was a problem with this mob onseveral servers. On some it was a dark elf, on others it was a Erudite. This waspart of the lore change in the lead up to Luclin, but there was a problem. On theEudite mob, this item would drop as a rare drop (the Antiqued Silver Band wasstill the common drop) On November 8, this item was removed from the mob’sloot table and models were fixed to all be dark elves again. It was a strange andvery brief event.

! Personal Comment: There were so many problems leading up to Luclin.Zones were crashing, mobs were spawning at a higher level than they shouldhave. All sorts of things were going wrong and they only got worse whenLuclin was released. I’m not sure what happened to this item after theNovember 8 patch. It may have been removed from players’ inventories, itmight not have. Probably only a very few ever dropped during the brief periodit was live.

! Item Name: Thex Dagger! Era: Classic! Stats: LORE ITEM; Skill: Piercing Atk Delay: 24, DMG: 4 Dmg Bonus:18, Backstab DMG: 4, SV DISEASE: +50, WT: 2.5 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Primary/Secondary/Range

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! Race: All! Class: ALL except CLR PAL DRU MNK SHM! Drop Info: This was a result of the Thex Dagger quest that started with

Princess Lenya. This reward for the quest was replaced by the Silent WatchShield. Here is the quest info that I could find:

o This quest starts in Felwithe. It is very long and involved, and results in arelatively weak item for all the effort you need to put into it. The parts areactually better than the quest as a whole.

o Hail Tynkale, a Paladin guildmaster, and say “I am ready to serve theClerics of Tunare.” He will ask if you are new to this or experienced(something to that degree). If you say you are inexperienced, you get theTandan Nybright quest. If you say you have been with them for awhile (orwhatever [xxxx] line equates to that) he will give you a quest involvingthe slaying of Jojongua, a Kobold found in Innothule swamp. He is foundin the aptly named “Jojongua’s Tower.” Loot the Very Large Hide andtake it back to Tynkale for experience, faction and an item.

o He will then ask you to meet up with a man named Tolon Nurbyte inHighkeep. He is found at a local inn, and will spawn if you ask theinnkeeper “Who is Tolon Nurbyte.” Tell him “The glory of mother shinesbright.” You’ll then need to find Tearon Bleanix in Highkeep and tell him“All is not bright above the clouds.”

o To get to Tearon you need a lottery ticket. Get this by doing “The LotteryTicket” quest in East Freeport.

o The key is named “Highkeep Royal Suite” and will open a locked dooron the third floor. Behind the door you’ll find “Tearon Bleanix” whoresponds to questions about “Princess Lenya”.

o Say the key phrase to Tearon and he will give you a bracer and tell you totake to the Highpass Hussy (AKA Mistress Anna) on the fourth floor.She’ll tell you to seek out Tyrana Slil and Marlin Shirtov (she tells you tokill him; but you dont have to). You do need to kill Tyrana Slil. She dropsa fishfood container. Mix in it three fairy dusts and one Sands of Ro tomake fish food. Find Marlin in the Rooster Inn in Highpass. He will askfor a silk evening gown found in Qeynos. Bring him the gown and youwill get a key. Now, go to Lake Rathetear and find the “royal fish.” Feedthe royal fish the final fish food product, and it turns out that it was in

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fact Princess Lenya Thex. Give the princess the bracer and the marlin keyand receive an amulet in return. Now go back to Tearon Bleanix, give himthe amulet and the highpass key #3. For this effort you get the ThexDagger.

! Zone: Felwithe! Nerf/Removal Info: This quest was removed in the spring of 2000.! Personal Comment: Fun and very involved quest. Too bad it was taken out.

! Item Name: Totem of the Wizened Spirits! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; WIS: +6 MANA: +10, WT: 2.0 Size: TINY! Slot: Range

! Race: All! Class: CLR DRU SHM NEC WIZ MAG ENC! Drop Info: Could drop off any goblin in Lake of Ill Omen or Warslicks Wood.! Zone: Lake Of Ill Omen/Warslicks Wood! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out a couple months after Kunark

went live.! Personal Comment: Several of the other “spirit totems” survived to today, so I

have no idea what this one didn’t.

! Item Name: Unicorn Horn! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Charges: 5, Wind Instrument, Effect: Purge (AnySlot, Casting Time: Instant), WT: 0.1 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Secondary! Race: All! Class: BRD! Drop Info: Dropped of Eqiestrielle the Corrupted (a level 40 unicorn mob).! Zone: Lesser Faydark! Nerf/Removal Info: This item and loot table were removed from the game.! Personal Comment: Your database may still have Equestrielle in it. It’s hard to

say when she was removed from the game.

! Item Name: Venomous Axe of the Velium Brood! Era: Velious! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 1H Slashing Atk Delay: 24,DMG: 11 Dmg Bonus: 18 AC: 10, Effect: Poisonous Chill (Combat, Casting

Time: Instant) at Level 1, WT: 4.0 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Primary/Secondary

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! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD BRD ROG! Drop Info: This item drops off a Frenzied Velium Stalker (Level: 47)! Zone: Velketor’s Labyrinth! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was changed to not proc until level 35.! Personal Comment: This action was taken to prevent twinking, however, it

was done some time after the release of Luclin. In classic, this weapon alwaysproced at level 1. I’m not sure what database you might be working with, so Iwanted to make sure I included this item so you can double check how it worksin your testing.

! Item Name: Warding Star! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM; Skill: 1H Blunt Atk Delay: 24,DMG: 14 Dmg Bonus: 18, Effect: Guard (Combat, Casting Time: Instant) at

Level 50, WT: 2.2 Size: MEDIUM! Slot: Primary/Secondary! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL BRD! Drop Info: Dropped off the Skeleton Sepulcher (a level 40 skeleton)! Zone: Howling Stones! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was later replaced by the Guardian’s Mace.! Personal Comment: The only difference between the two items is that the

Guardian’s Mace can’t be used by warriors. I guess Verant felt a 14/24 weaponwas too strong for the warrior class.

! Item Name: Werewolf Tail! Era: Classic! Stats: 8AC MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP Effect: Haste 41%(Worn) at level 1 Wt1.0, All/All

! Slot: Waste/Wrist! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This dropped off Magrek, a level 50 female dark elf caster mob who

spawns on the top floor of Castle Mistmoore at approximately loc –81.29, -103.19, -159.19.

! Zone: Castle Mistmoore

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! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was removed in the spring of 2000 because itthreatened the uniqueness of the planar drops. The mob disappeared as wellsoon after.

! Personal Comment: This was one of the items that made Mistmoore aslegendary as it was. And contrary to urban myth, this was never part of MayongMistmoore’s loot table. The original MM was never killed, not even in beta, sono one knows what his loot table looked like.

! Item Name: White Dragon Tooth! Era: Classic! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; EXPENDABLE Charges: 1, Effect: Invoke Death(Any Slot, Casting Time: Instant) as Level 50, WT: 0.4 Size: SMALL

! Slot: Inventory! Race: All! Class: All! Drop Info: This item dropped off Lady Vox! Zone: Permafrost! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was taken out of the game because the skeleton

pet could be summoned at any level.! Personal Comment: The tooth would summon a level 41 skeleton pet that had

a 20 pt life tap. Since this could be used by any class at any level, it was nerfed.The devs felt that pets should only belong to certain classes.

! Item Name: Wurmslayer! Era: Kunark! Stats: MAGIC ITEM; Skill: Piercing/ Throwing, Atk Delay: 40, DMG:25 Dmg Bonus: 18, Range: 40, AC: 5, STR: +5, SV MAGIC: +5, WT: 15.0

Size: LARGE! Slot: Primary/Range.! Race: All! Class: WAR PAL RNG SHD! Drop Info: This is the result of the Dragon Scales quest.! Zone: Firiona Vie! Nerf/Removal Info: This item was later changed to Primary only, 1 handed

slash on August 9, 2000.! Personal Comment: This item changed from a spear-like weapon to more of a

hack-n’-slash type weapon. It looks sorta like a spear, but swings like a sword.

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Complaints about the weapon being lost when it was accidentally thrown got itchanged. The biggest change, obviously, was that it was no longer usable in therange slot. One suggestion for an item like this is to have a separate quest for it;that way, the quest item everyone is used to getting is still available. It mightsuck to do the Wurmslayer quest and end up with the Legendary versioninstead. Then again, it might not. Who knows, eh? :)

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