Patch Notes: October 29th, 2025

[nilbog]

The latest patch contains new required files. Download the new Patch Files from the top of the Home page, or the Getting Started Guide.


Container Adjustment
This patch contains changes to 'Tackle Box' containers that can affect your inventory items.


Container Updates: Tackle Boxes are now classified as NODROP, and their weight has been substantially increased. Consequently, these containers may no longer be used for tradeskill combines. In their place, we've introduced a classic version of the container. These containers will replace the older ones in various aspects, including merchant lists and tradeskill recipes.
Exchange Option: If you possess an existing Tackle Box, you have the option to exchange it for an era-appropriate counterpart. You may do this by trading it to a Priest of Discord in any city or a Shady Swashbuckler in East Commonlands.

Items Affected by these Changes:


Tackle Box: Reduced from 6 slots to 4.

Here's what you need to keep in mind when making the exchange:


Ensure that the container is empty of any items you want to keep.
Exchange containers one at a time to avoid any complications.
The CSR team will not reimburse any items lost due to failing to remove them from these containers.

These adjustments were necessary to prevent any unintentional item loss in the extra bag slots.

Changelog


solar/Nilbog: Food and drink durations adjusted for eras before and after [Apr2001].
Nilbog: Fishing: Adjusted skill-based success, junk, bait loss, and pole break rates for smoother progression.
Nilbog: Resolved issue with Velious golem/gargoyle models.
Nilbog: Implemented Retlon Brenclog's portion of 'Tergon's Spellbook' quest.
Nilbog: Implemented 'Fish Dinner' recharge quest.
Nilbog: Updated dialogue for Toxdil, a hermit, gnomish deserter, Maesyn Trueshot.
Nilbog: Fodin Frugrin changed to Eldritch Collective faction. Updated amiable+ dialogue text.
Nilbog: The recipe for Clump of Dough does not produce variable component yields until [Feb2001].
Nilbog: Inudul Dumirgun has a different vendor list prior to [Sep2000].
Nilbog: Hanamaf Darkfoam, Gamin Griststone, Felen Razdal, Parn Glywyn merchant lists updated.
Nilbog: Added missing ground spawns in Steamfont [Sep2000].
Nilbog: Improved spawn chance of Tantor, Stronghorn, and Icehackle.
Nilbog: There is a small chance the Dark Huntress may spawn in mistmoore [Sep2000].
Nilbog: The rank "magi" is replaced with "magus" for Magi Rokyl, reclusive ghoul magi, and the ghoul arch magi [Jul2000].
Nilbog: Blocks of Velium Ore no longer drop from npcs.
Nilbog: Rewrote 'The Lottery Ticket' quest to function properly.
Nilbog: Tayla Ironforge spawns prior to [Apr2000].
Nilbog: Flame Agate no longer drops.
Nilbog: Imp Blood no longer drops.
Nilbog: explorers no longer exist in lakeofillomen.
Nilbog: Sandalwood isn't sold on vendors until [Apr2001].
Nilbog: orc scoutsman no longer spawns.
Nilbog: Intact Pygmy Brute Choppers may now drop.
Nilbog: Corrected initial start locations of Iksars and Paineel Erudites.
Nilbog: cobalt trigger fish are now trackable.
Nilbog: an iksar tomb raider now spawns; 'The Tome Raider' quest now works.
Nilbog: 'Message Intercept/Paladin Message' quests function much better.
Nilbog: Tackle Box, Catch-A-Lot bait, Circle Hook, Dry Hook, and Treble Hook aren't sold until [Sep2000].
Nilbog: Dirge of the ForgeFire, Pommel Mold, Hilt Mold, Dual-Edged Blade Mold, Heavy Steel Blade Mold, Spiked Ball Mold aren't sold until [Oct1999].
Nilbog: Added missing fished items in certain zones: Bloodfin Trout, A King Cod Card. Removed: Salt Minnow.
Nilbog: Tolkar Parlone, Trilani Parlone, Linara Parlone and a priest of najena do not spawn until [Oct1999].
Nilbog: Morning Dew no longer drops from npcs. It may still be found by ground spawns and foraging.
Nilbog: Add pathing grid to Broon.
Nilbog: Obretl respawn time increased. Does not spawn until [Feb2000].
Nilbog: The Widowmistress doesn't spawn until [Feb2000].
Telin: Poachers in Toxullia now attack Kobolds.
Telin: Adjusted reward for handing in Poacher heads into Gillarian Naelev in Surefall Glade.
Telin: Removed singular goblin spawn off the SW coast of Butcherblock.

[cd288]

This is awesome news as I am hopeful these earlier in era changes mean we will be seeing a Green 2.0 and a Blue/Green merge hopefully sometime in the next several months!

The people are clamoring Nilbog!

[IzHaN80]

This is awesome news as I am hopeful these earlier in era changes mean we will be seeing a Green 2.0 and a Blue/Green merge hopefully sometime in the next several months!

The people are clamoring Nilbog!

Keep dreaming

[Beirut_Bright]

Updated the files, but servers are still not showing up for p99.

[potatosneed]

Incredible update to my Tackle Box simulator.

[Teddie1056]

Can't wait to do a bunch of these fixed quests!

[Jokrella]

Updated the files, but servers are still not showing up for p99.
Having the same issue

[Fingurs]

So where can I read about how foods should work now?

[Laulena3]

I was gone for a while and have completely forgotten how to patch p99. I can see that I have a folder "EQLite" installed on my C drive that seems to be where I am launching the game from. I see the file p99filesv62 in the Getting Started section. Should I be extracting this file right into the root of EQLite? Sorry if this is such a basic question. I'm an old gal who seems to have forgotten much of this.

[Fingurs]

I was gone for a while and have completely forgotten how to patch p99. I can see that I have a folder "EQLite" installed on my C drive that seems to be where I am launching the game from. I see the file p99filesv62 in the Getting Started section. Should I be extracting this file right into the root of EQLite? Sorry if this is such a basic question. I'm an old gal who seems to have forgotten much of this.

Yes.

Paste and replace.

Welcome back!

[Delfofthebla]

This is awesome news as I am hopeful these earlier in era changes mean we will be seeing a Green 2.0 and a Blue/Green merge hopefully sometime in the next several months!

The people are clamoring Nilbog!

It won't happen until they figure out how to remove the remaining half the UI and lock your client to 640x480 fullscreen.

[Puluin]

Bring back full screen spell book for meditation! yeah baby #classic. =P jk

[loramin]

solar/Nilbog: Food and drink durations adjusted for eras before and after [Apr2001].
Nilbog: Fishing: Adjusted skill-based success, junk, bait loss, and pole break rates for smoother progression.
Nilbog: Resolved issue with Velious golem/gargoyle models.
Nilbog: Implemented Retlon Brenclog's portion of 'Tergon's Spellbook' quest.
Nilbog: Implemented 'Fish Dinner' recharge quest.
Nilbog: Updated dialogue for Toxdil, a hermit, gnomish deserter, Maesyn Trueshot.
Nilbog: Fodin Frugrin changed to Eldritch Collective faction. Updated amiable+ dialogue text.
Nilbog: The recipe for Clump of Dough does not produce variable component yields until [Feb2001].
Nilbog: Inudul Dumirgun has a different vendor list prior to [Sep2000].
Nilbog: Hanamaf Darkfoam, Gamin Griststone, Felen Razdal, Parn Glywyn merchant lists updated.
Nilbog: Added missing ground spawns in Steamfont [Sep2000].
Nilbog: Improved spawn chance of Tantor, Stronghorn, and Icehackle.
Nilbog: There is a small chance the Dark Huntress may spawn in mistmoore [Sep2000].
Nilbog: The rank "magi" is replaced with "magus" for Magi Rokyl, reclusive ghoul magi, and the ghoul arch magi [Jul2000].
Nilbog: Blocks of Velium Ore no longer drop from npcs.
Nilbog: Rewrote 'The Lottery Ticket' quest to function properly.
Nilbog: Tayla Ironforge spawns prior to [Apr2000].
Nilbog: Flame Agate no longer drops.
Nilbog: Imp Blood no longer drops.
Nilbog: explorers no longer exist in lakeofillomen.
Nilbog: Sandalwood isn't sold on vendors until [Apr2001].
Nilbog: orc scoutsman no longer spawns.
Nilbog: Intact Pygmy Brute Choppers may now drop.
Nilbog: Corrected initial start locations of Iksars and Paineel Erudites.
Nilbog: cobalt trigger fish are now trackable.
Nilbog: an iksar tomb raider now spawns; 'The Tome Raider' quest now works.
Nilbog: 'Message Intercept/Paladin Message' quests function much better.
Nilbog: Tackle Box, Catch-A-Lot bait, Circle Hook, Dry Hook, and Treble Hook aren't sold until [Sep2000].
Nilbog: Dirge of the ForgeFire, Pommel Mold, Hilt Mold, Dual-Edged Blade Mold, Heavy Steel Blade Mold, Spiked Ball Mold aren't sold until [Oct1999].
Nilbog: Added missing fished items in certain zones: Bloodfin Trout, A King Cod Card. Removed: Salt Minnow.
Nilbog: Tolkar Parlone, Trilani Parlone, Linara Parlone and a priest of najena do not spawn until [Oct1999].
Nilbog: Morning Dew no longer drops from npcs. It may still be found by ground spawns and foraging.
Nilbog: Add pathing grid to Broon.
Nilbog: Obretl respawn time increased. Does not spawn until [Feb2000].
Nilbog: The Widowmistress doesn't spawn until [Feb2000].
Telin: Poachers in Toxullia now attack Kobolds.
Telin: Adjusted reward for handing in Poacher heads into Gillarian Naelev in Surefall Glade.
Telin: Removed singular goblin spawn off the SW coast of Butcherblock.


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Great work Solar, Telin, and especially Nilbog! (And also Teddy for his great QA work!)

[Naethyn]

Unable to fish in ST still. https://www.project1999.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3767925&postcount=18

[Hideousclaw]

Mana regen seems a bit slow since patch. Have food/drink/etc, just moving slower

[Jimjam]

Thank you looking forward to wetting my pole again!

[Fingurs]

Hey @Nilbog --

Giants in Kael (unsure in other areas) have a psychotically high regen rate.

Giants that have 16 - 1900 HP, im doing 3700 - 4100 to kill.

Can you take a look?

[WarpathEQ]

Can't wait to do a bunch of these fixed quests!

99% of this patch was for/thanks to you! Man is single handedly debugging and classicizing EQ

[DesterWindall]

Nilbog is indeed amazing, as is the entire Dev crew =)

[IzHaN80]

It won't happen until they figure out how to remove the remaining half the UI and lock your client to 640x480 fullscreen.

Imagine they do this... Imagine all of sudden people realizing they didn't want that classic feeling at all and the server empty.. just imagine..

[eqproj1999]

RIP Morning Dew.
It seems like ground spawns are not really working well the past couple of months, as I have ran around trying to find morning dew in LFay for the past few weeks with no luck.

Was only able to do cultural elf smithing due to brownies and faeries dropping Morning Dew. I hope the foraging chance rate was greatly increased since the ground spawns seem non existant anywhere in the zone.

Same for acorn grown spawns in Misty Thicket. Haven't seen any, anywhere. Any chance the ground spawns are broken??

[Rygar]

Nilbog is indeed amazing, as is the entire Dev crew =)

Totally agree with you Darver, thanks so much for helping with the project!

[Rygar]

RIP Morning Dew.
It seems like ground spawns are not really working well the past couple of months, as I have ran around trying to find morning dew in LFay for the past few weeks with no luck.

Was only able to do cultural elf smithing due to brownies and faeries dropping Morning Dew. I hope the foraging chance rate was greatly increased since the ground spawns seem non existant anywhere in the zone.

Same for acorn grown spawns in Misty Thicket. Haven't seen any, anywhere. Any chance the ground spawns are broken??

This is entirely possible a classic change. According to at least 1 classic source the Morning Dew ground spawn is longer than 36 hour game day

https://web.archive.org/web/20010628083532/http://forums.castersrealm.com/cgi-bin/eq/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=165&t=000015
I've only been able to find Morning Dew at ONE place (only one unit of it there at a time) and I don't know how long it takes to spawn, but it's longer than 36 hours of game time because that's how long I waited for it to come back after I picked it up. Also, merchants won't buy this stuff at all.
It can be found on the ground in a few places but it can also be foraged in certain zones if you have a forage skill of 100 or higher.

Also, not sure of the timeline change, but apparently Blue Diamonds were originally needed in Cultural Smithing up until April 2001?
one of the ingredients of the elvin cultural armor is blue diamond. approx 300-1000pp each. that is just one componant. it not a vended item either.
as of the last April patch, blue diamonds are no longer needed for the recipes!
rejoice all!

Where is Passenger to research this tradeskill stuff??

[DesterWindall]

Totally agree with you Darver, thanks so much for helping with the project!

I can't tell if you're trolling me because of my discord name or not.... Believe me, this isn't the first time, lol.

[CrazyPro]

I can't tell if you're trolling me because of my discord name or not.... Believe me, this isn't the first time, lol.

ok Darver

[eqtime]

RIP Morning Dew.
It seems like ground spawns are not really working well the past couple of months, as I have ran around trying to find morning dew in LFay for the past few weeks with no luck.

Was only able to do cultural elf smithing due to brownies and faeries dropping Morning Dew. I hope the foraging chance rate was greatly increased since the ground spawns seem non existant anywhere in the zone.

Same for acorn grown spawns in Misty Thicket. Haven't seen any, anywhere. Any chance the ground spawns are broken??
Thank Tunare, my cleric made a set of HE cultural plate a few months ago. I too spent considerable time in Lfay foraging on my 53 druid (max forage) for Morning Dew iirc I got one for the effort. I eventually found a player that sold me a stack of morning dew that he got from soloing in Mistmoore. Without dropped Morning Dew I would not have been able to make that glorious armor. Amongst our dwindling player population there are few players that care but I don't see how effectively removing Morning Dew makes the game "better".

[loramin]

I don't see how effectively removing Morning Dew makes the game "better".

It's not about better or worse for the players, it's about being a better re-creation of the game from 1999-2001.

Back in '99-'01 you could only get Morning Dew by foraging it or grabbing a ground spawn. Elf tradeskillers complained (a lot: you can still find their complaints on old forums), so having Morning Dews be hard to acquire is classic EQ.

Later on SOE relented and added it to the loot in Mistmoore ... but that happened after 2001.

[Tysidious]

It's not about better or worse for the players, it's about being a better re-creation of the game from 1999-2001.

Back in '99-'01 you could only get Morning Dew by foraging it or grabbing a ground spawn. Elf tradeskillers complained (a lot: you can still find their complaints on old forums), so having Morning Dews be hard to acquire is classic EQ.

Later on SOE relented and added it to the loot in Mistmoore ... but that happened after 2001.

Not that I need it anymore but morning dew was already insanely rare and hard to get even when dropped off mobs. This change effectively kills off elven cultural blacksmithing. When's the last time you tried collecting ground spawn morning dew? It's almost like they don't even exist. Foraging morning dew can take days upon days of sitting there hitting a button, totally not worth it before and definitely not worth it now.

RIP Elven Cultural Blacksmithing

[loramin]

Not that I need it anymore but morning dew was already insanely rare and hard to get even when dropped off mobs. This change effectively kills off elven cultural blacksmithing. When's the last time you tried collecting ground spawn morning dew? It's almost like they don't even exist. Foraging morning dew can take days upon days of sitting there hitting a button, totally not worth it before and definitely not worth it now.

RIP Elven Cultural Blacksmithing

Or you just offer to buy some off the newbies who forage it in GFay ... like people did back on live during classic EQ.

[Numba1arm]

Please Help . I have tried patching a dozen times, restart my computer i double checked all files are todays date and have apparently been replaced / updated properly in my titanium folder . Still getting Spells_us and GlobalLoad.txt error , cant log in, i specifically double checked those 2 files are in there and up to date???

Thanks

[loramin]

Please Help . I have tried patching a dozen times, restart my computer i double checked all files are todays date and have apparently been replaced / updated properly in my titanium folder . Still getting Spells_us and GlobalLoad.txt error , cant log in, i specifically double checked those 2 files are in there and up to date???

Thanks

If you are on Linux it might be a file-casing issue; see https://wiki.project1999.com/Tech_Support#Problem:_spells_us.txt_Issues.

If you're not on Linux, you can see the same link, but it's just going to suggest that you patch again (which you've clearly already tried).

[WarpathEQ]

TLDR sounds like I should feel back about all the stacks of foraged morning dew I've deleted over the years...

[cd288]

Keep dreaming

1. Yes they're totally making early in classic era changes that don't impact the existing servers for no reason. Yeah bet they're doing that work just because.

2. Interesting approach to troll someone on a staff member's patch notes post. This isn't RNF.

[Drueric]

(anynamed npc) Doesnt spawn until XXXdate <- what do these patch notes even mean? Does it mean they were in the game but are now removed because they werent supposed to be there? Does it mean they were just added to the game? What does it mean.

[WarpathEQ]

(anynamed npc) Doesnt spawn until XXXdate <- what do these patch notes even mean? Does it mean they were in the game but are now removed because they werent supposed to be there? Does it mean they were just added to the game? What does it mean.

The dates are referring to the progression timeline. None of the P99 servers are actively in progression, they have all reached the end of timeline so most of what you are seeing has no impact on the game right now when you log it, but would impact future servers or a potential server reset to day 1.

Original EQ was released in March of 1999 and Shadows of Luclin was released 12/4/01 which I believe is considered the "end of timeline" date. So in theory if a new server launched or a server was reset to day 1 the timeline would begin in March of '99 and progress forward just like the normal calendar progresses forward in real-time. So for example is something is adjusted to say it didn't occur until March of 2001 then that thing wouldn't occur on P99 until 2 years into the server's start/reset date.

[Aprisle]

missed opportunity to make Shield of the Clawed Guardian magic ;( :(

[wuanahto]

anyone have a list of food/drink combos that consume at the same timers what the fuck is this 15+ years of having nice and even stacks just gone overnight now im eating more food than drinking drinks someone please send help

[Potus]

Lol at the clump of dough nerf. Poor bakers are going to get carpal.

[gabbydee]

Blocks of Velium Ore no longer drop from npcs. But But How does this hinder the shawl quest???

[wuanahto]

Anyone else remember Pods of Water/Slush Water being a whistle wetter tier drink?

[patrick210]

Make loading times class, i want to be able to bio while i zone.

Make cell phone calls and such DC us from game, classic.

[871]

I don't remember consuming twice as many muffins than milk back in 1999.

Perhaps I just became accustomed to p99.