Editing Hardcore Heritage

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: ''For past Hardcore Heritage schedules, see: [[Talk:Hardcore Heritage]]''
'''Hardcore Heritage''' is a yearly event where they revisit some older zones and update them to provide a more challenging environment.  Each zone update lasts a few weeks and then they revert it back to the old zone.

For 2023, it began on June 7 on a staggered schedule.  It ended on July 4 at 11:00 p.m. PT.

* [https://www.everquest.com/news/eq-hardcore-heritage-2023 everquest.com Hardcore Heritage 2023]

== 2023 ==
In 2023 it began on June 1 and ended on July 4.  All events begin at 00:00 Pacific Time and end at 23:00 Pacific Time on the dates listed.

{| class="fanratable" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2023 Hardcore Heritage Schedule
|-
! Date begins || Content || Difficulty<br />level || Date ends
|-  
| Wednesday, June 7 || Blackburrow - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=594 Reinforced Blackburrow]<br />Cazic Thule - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=683 Reinforced Temple of Cazic-Thule] || 80 || Tuesday, June 20
|-
| Wednesday, June 7 || Lower Guk - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=591 The Reinforced Ruins of Old Guk]<br />Unrest - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=684 The Reinforced Estate of Unrest] || 85 || Tuesday, June 20
|-
| Wednesday, June 21 || Crushbone a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zone.html?zstrat=796 Reinforced Crushbone]<br />Permafrost a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zone.html?zstrat=797 The Reinforced Permafrost Caverns] || 90 || Tuesday, July 4
|-
| Wednesday, June 21 || Castle Mistmoore a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zone.html?zstrat=937 The Reinforced Castle of Mistmoore] ([[Castle Mistmoore map|Map]])<br />Nagafen's Lair a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=936 Reinforced Nagafen's Lair] ([[Nagafen's Lair map|Map]]) || 100 || Tuesday, July 4
|- 
| Wednesday, June 7 || Old Sebilis - a/k/a The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis ([http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=1182 Allakhazam], [https://special.eqresource.com/hhsebilis.php EQ Resource]) ([[The Ruins of Sebilis map|Map]]) || 105 || Tuesday, July 4
|}

== Raids ==
=== Clan Crushbone ===
''[http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=5315 Demise of the Emperor]'' is an 18 person instanced raid.  It is given by Elwin Faerlin at the zone line of Clan Crushbone.  It has a lockout of 2 days, 6 hours.

It was dropping the same loot as the group Clan Crushbone mobs, however this was fixed on the night of July 5, 2011.

=== Permafrost Caverns ===
''[http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=5316 Lady Vox's Lair]'' is a 54 person raid in Permafrost Caverns.  It is designed as Tier 2 HoT difficulty, with Tier 3 HoT rewards.
: The raid has several checks in place to prevent people from zoning in unless they were present during kills or they arrive soon afterward.

{{Cquote|Players don't need to kill A Guardian of Vox to gain access to Vox's Lair, though anyone who wants to participate in the raid will need to click on the door to Vox's Lair soon after the Guardian has been killed (they should have enough time to make their way to the door before it stops working, though it won't work for too long)!

You are correct in that once flagged for entry into Vox's Lair, you will always have it. Those who do not have the flag should still be able to receive it from killing the Guardian, and/or clicking on the door soon after the Guardian's death.||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id{{=}}177425 Ellyra, EQ Developer]}}

The respawn timer on the A Guardian of Vox in order to get flagged or trigger to spawn the guardian is 2 hours plus or minus 20 minutes.


UPDATE:  With [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/update-notes-wednesday-july-6th-2011.187511/#post-2779492 the July 6, 2011 patch] the following is now true - 

{{Cquote|Anyone without a lockout should be able to access Vox's Lair if A Guardian of Vox is down, regardless of who killed him.||| [http://www.elitegamerslounge.com/home/soearchive/viewtopic.php?f{{=}}1414&t{{=}}177425&start{{=}}60 Ellyra, EQ Developer]}}

=== Nagafen's Lair ===
''[http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=7173 Nagafen the Ancient]'' is a 54 person instanced raid in Nagafen's Lair.

To begin the raid, speak to the Stoic Imp which resides within Nagafen's chambers.

{{Cquote|The Nagafen HH raid has been taken offline temporarily until we are able to address a zone crash bug. We're sorry for the inconvenience. It should be back up early next week, and we'll extend the duration of the event to make up for the downtime.||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/naggy-raid-gone.202734/#post-2985706 Prathun, EQ Developer]}}

{{Cquote|Here's the thing.. The event isn't crashing. In reality, the zone isn't crashing either. Something is causing the static zone AND the instance to freak out so badly that the world server disconnects the zone. It's still up, but not responding to anything because the CPU is running at 130% and is just going NUTS. It's hung, but never actually explodes.

Worse.. because the zone never actually crashes, there is no crash log, so chasing what's going on is that much harder. We've found ZERO repeatability on this. In fact, neither myself, nor QA has EVER been able to make it do this. We literally can't make it happen. I've looked over every single element of this raid, regardless of how small or big it might be. I can find nothing wrong with my event. We're still trying though. Today was obviously a rough day though all around. I wish I had a better update.

As for the duration of the event, we're going to leave it up longer. We're going to make sure you guys get plenty of time to play with it. I've also reduced the lockout timer on the event to 2.5 days (something we're eventually going to do with ALL limited duration events).||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/naggy-certainly-not-fixed.202920/#post-2987361 Elidroth, EQ Developer]}}

=== The Reinforced Lair of Trakanon ===
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* [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=8609 Allakhazam: The Reinforced Lair of Trakanon]
* [https://items.eqresource.com/itemsearch.php?raidevent=Trakanon%20-%20Hardcore EQ Resource: Item list]
In 2017, an instanced raid fighting the dragon Trakanon was added.  This raid is for level 105 characters.

The raid giver is [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=52605 a contemplative froglok], who is at location -1754, -357, -175. (at the water/bridge area before Trakanon's area) in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis. The keyword to request the instance is "fame".  To enter say, "ready".  

A minimum of 6 toons (mercs count) and a maximum of 54 is required to get the raid.  No unusual prerequisites are required. The success lockout is 2.5 days.

== Items ==
Here are some items that can only be found in the Hardcore Heritage zones and raids.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112881 Ancient Cloak of Flames] - Drops off random trash mobs in Nagafen's Lair.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112934 Chestplate of the Dark Flame] - Drops off of [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=43994 Garton Viswin] in Castle Mistmoore.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112885 Crested Mistmoore Ring] - Drops off random trash mobs in Castle Mistmoore.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=128603 Darkened Box of Nil Space] - Drops off [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=52613 Harbinger Freglor] in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=128655 Darkened Cobalt Bracer] - Drops off [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=52578 myconid reaver] in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=128594 Darkened Cone of the Mystics] - Drops off blood of chottal in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=128539 Darkened Journeyman's Walking Stick]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=128574 Darkened Singing Steel Helm] - Drops off Froggy in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112954 Issis' Fang] - Drops off of [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=43967 Maid Issis] in Castle Mistmoore.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112929 Noble's Blood] - Drops off of [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=43974 A Fallen Noble] in Castle Mistmoore.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112852 Possessed Stone Fragment] - Drops off of [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=43975 The Stone Guardian] in Castle Mistmoore.

The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis has zone-wide rare augmentation drops.   

Most HH zones named have a chance to drop Glowing visible gear.  These are turned in to [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=33294 Thach Jerden (Armor Quests)] in the Plane of Knowledge for armor.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=4847 Thach Jerden's Glowing Armor]
** Glowing Athlai: Blackburrow / Lower Guk
** Glowing Othni: Cazic Thule / Unrest
** Glowing Reis: Crushbone / Permafrost
** Glowing Sebilisian: Old Sebilis

=== Demise of the Emperor (raid) ===
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97539 Bloody Orc Signet] - Clicky effect [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=9008 Guardian Circle III]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97540 Crushbone Fetish Choker] - Clicky effect [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=9012 Circle of Life III]

=== Nagafen the Ancient (raid) ===
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112972 Bladestopper]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=113029 Blight, Hammer of the Scourge]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112969 Gauntlets of Fiery Might]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112998 Gold Plated Koshigatana]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112999 Hierophant`s Crook]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112970 Mighty Cloak of Flames]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=113030 Prayers of Life]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112975 Red Dragon Scales]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112971 Selo`s Drums of the March]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=113018 Treasure Hunter`s Satchel]


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