Free to play

On March 16, 2012, EverQuest went free-to-play (F2P).

SOE calls it '''Free to Play. Your Way.™'''


 * SOE EQ free-to-play matrix and FAQ (link invalid)
 * SOE Info on EQ Free. To. Play. on the Way!

SOE info
EverQuest has released 18 expansions over the last 13 years. Players returning to the game or joining us for the first time will now have access to 17 of those expansions. All accounts will be flagged up to and including the House of Thule expansion. Our latest expansion, Veil of Alaris, is available for purchase in the marketplace.

Any account missing an expansion, has now been flagged up through House of Thule. Accounts that previously attained expansions still have their flags.

EverQuest offers a total of 16 unique races and 16 distinct classes. For Silver and Free memberships, the free options included are:

Available Races: Available Classes:
 * Human
 * Erudite
 * Barbarian
 * Gnome
 * Warrior
 * Cleric
 * Wizard
 * Rogue

Hi there, Norrathians!

You may not realize it, but we talk about you all the time. All day, every day, we dream up ways to make these games better for you, the loyal players and fans of Norrath. EverQuest and EverQuest II have both been running as free-to-play games for a good chunk of time now. We've learned a lot while that's been happening, and we can make things better for you.

So, we're going to take out a bunch of the free-to-play restrictions that you're used to as a Free or Silver player. Why? Because we want you to play more of the game without restriction. We think that letting you play more of the game lets you learn to love Norrath and gives you more chances to connect with the community and make friends.

As of mid-next week [March 13, 2013], we're going to be removing the following free-to-play restrictions in EverQuest and EverQuest II. Free and Silver players will now have access to all of the following options:


 * We are opening up ALL CLASSES.
 * We are opening up ALL RACES.
 * All bag slots are unlocked.
 * All players can now use the shared bank slots.
 * The quest journal restrictions are lifted entirely. Quest away!
 * Additionally, EverQuest is allowing all players to send delivery parcels!

The Veil of Alaris content, previously included with Rain of Fear will become part of the Free to Play offering [when Call of the Forsaken is released].

Membership
EQ will have three levels of membership. Note that all levels of membership do not include Veil of Alaris, which must be purchased separately.

Free
Play For Free.

Beginning players default to the Free level of membership. They have access to most of the content in the world of Norrath. They can create characters in any of four classes, from four different races. There are certain content, feature, and service limitations that are only unlocked through a la carte item purchases or by upgrading membership to another tier.

Silver
$5.00 USD.

To become a Silver member there is a one-time item purchase called the "Silver Membership Pack," which costs $5.00 USD or 500 Station Cash. That pack grants two additional character slots per server, better chat options, extra inventory capacity, raises your quest journal limit, gives you the ability to create guilds, and more. Once you purchase a Silver Membership Pack, you are permanently raised to that membership level. There is no recurring fee for this pack or membership.

Note that you can not use the Station Cash from one account to buy a Silver Membership Pack (or anything else) for another account.

Previous EverQuest subscribers who did not have an active subscription at the time of the free-to-play conversion will automatically be converted to the Silver membership.

End of Silver sales
When SOE All Access goes live (expected on or about April 16th, 2014), SOE will no longer sell Silver memberships. Existing Silver memberships will be grandfathered in under the new program, and can still upgrade to SOE All Access at any time. If you subsequently discontinue All Access, you will revert to the privileges granted by the Silver membership.

Gold
$14.99 USD/month (note that there are various discounts available).

Gold members get the same exact level of play that paying customers have always gotten. All paying customers automatically become Gold members.

If you cancel your Gold Membership you will be converted to Silver membership when your Gold membership expires.

500 Station Cash monthly
Gold members also receive 500 Station Cash per month for each paid recurring subscription they have. This excludes people who use other methods to pay for their accounts, only recurring subscriptions (credit / debit card and automatic account billing payments).

Membership matrix
With the link to SOE's matrix no longer working, this is an attempt to create one here based on what information we can find. Some of this information may be incorrect or outdated. See also the Notes below the table.