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Introduction

The Darkened Sea is EverQuest's 21st expansion. It was announced on August 14, 2014, and is scheduled for launch on Tuesday, October 28, 2014 (for All Access members) and Tuesday, November 11, 2014 (for Free-To-Play members).

• For the original announcement, see this news story (August 14, 2014 - SOE Live).
• For a preview of the expansion, see this news story (August 20, 2014).

As discussed in this letter from the producer, there will be no traditional pre-orders for this expansion. Instead, All Access members will have the option to buy the expansion on October 28 (its "early release" date). Two weeks after this, everyone (Free-To-Play members included) will be able to buy it.

Content & Features

• Level cap increase to Level 105
• New spells
• New AAs
• Eight new zones
• Zone Preview: Tempest Temple
• Zone Preview: Caverns of Endless Song
• Zone Preview: Degmar, the Lost Castle
• Mount keyring
• You can now use separate mounts (one for stats; one for visual appearance) at the same time. The keyring can hold up to 10 mounts (with option to buy more slots), and you can select any mount on your keyring to lock in its stats to be used regardless of what mount you're visually using.

What's Going On

Lanys T`Vyl and Firiona Vie are at odds, and Katta Castrum's emperor is in trouble... The Buried Sea is the backdrop as its storylines and characters will be revisited.

Firiona Vie has been travelling the world on a mission from the goddess Tunare to bring the realm back into balance. Her latest efforts have brought her to the Buried Sea, seeking to heal the ruler of the Combine Empire, Tsaph Katta.

Now it’s time for you to travel to the domed city of Katta Castrum and find Firiona! After Firiona came here with her allies to heal Tsaph, the city was attacked by Lanys T`vyl and a corrupt splinter faction of the Combine. In the chaos, Tsaph was kidnapped. Now, he must be rescued and Lanys must be stopped.

Main Lore article: "The Darkened Sea" Lore

Zones

Eight zones are included with this expansion, all of which will have full mob populations in their static versions:

• Arx Mentis (a futuristic-looking flying fortress)
• Brother Island (a re-imagining of The Buried Sea)
• Caverns of Endless Song (here be sirens and their captive sailors)
• Combine Dredge (a series of islands connected by magical conduits)
• Degmar, the Lost Castle (a sunken Dwarven castle)
• Katta Castrum: Waters Rising (a re-imagining of Katta Castrum)
• Tempest Temple (an island paradise ravaged by chaos magic)
• Thuliasaur Island (plantlife and wild dinosaurs)

Getting There

This will be possible (more details on or around its release date).

Progression

Main progression article: Progression Through The Darkened Sea

Heroic Adventures

This expansion is not expected to be "heroic heavy". There may be some heroic adventurers here and there (nothing announced), but if there are, it won't be in the amount seen in Call of the Forsaken. All eight zones will have full populations in their static versions, so there won't be a repeat of the Dead Hills or Bixie Warfront (where the zones only served as launch points for static content).

Raids

Main raiding article: Raiding in The Darkened Sea

Named Mobs

There will be some of these (more details on or around its release date).

Armor

This expansion will probably have some armor (more details on or around its release date).

Main armor article: The Darkened Sea Armor Guide

AAs

New AAs will be coming.

Spells

New spells will be coming.

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