Talk:Hardcore Heritage

2017
For 2017, it began on June 7. Each of the past years' updated zones lasted for two weeks on a staggered schedule. A new updated zone, The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis (Old Sebilis), was available for a month. It ended on July 5.

All events began at 12:01am Pacific Time and ended at 11:59pm Pacific Time on the dates listed.

2016
In 2016 it began May 11, with the Blackburrow and Cazic Thule zones. It rotated through eight zones and ended on July 20.


 * Hardcore Heritage 2016: Blackburrow and Cazic-Thule

2015
In 2015, it began on May 13, with the Blackburrow and Cazic Thule zones.


 * DGC announcement: Hardcore Heritage Zones Return!

Extension
Due to bugs with the zone instancing of the raids for Crushbone and Permafrost: Yes, this issue is being addressed in the patch on Wednesday 6/17 and we're extending the end date on these Hardcore Heritage zones by a week so that they'll end on 7/1 instead of 6/24 and be available for a full two weeks. Sorry for the inconvenience.

2014
For 2014, it began on June 25, with the Blackburrow and Cazic Thule zones. It rotated through eight zones and ended on September 10.

Hardcore Heritage events are back! Hardcore Heritage is the time of year where you can revisit popular zones from classic EverQuest, and overcome challenges found there that are relevant to high level characters in order to earn powerful loot! Each of these events will be available for two weeks after they go live.

2013
On June 28, Blackburrow and Cazic Thule will be the first zones you can visit. Then on July 19, Lower Guk and Unrest will be changed and Blackburrow and Cazic Thule will go back to normal on July 22. In early August, Crushbone and Permafrost will change and in late August, we will have two new zones we have not released before under the Hardcore Heritage banner.

June 28 – July 22


 * Blackburrow (Level 80) - a/k/a Reinforced Blackburrow
 * Cazic Thule (Level 80) - a/k/a Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule

July 19 – August 12


 * Lower Guk (Level 85) - a/k/a Darkened Ruins of Old Guk
 * Unrest (Level 85) - a/k/a Greater Unrest

August 9 – August 26


 * Crushbone (Level 90) a/k/a Clan Crushbone - There's a new challenge for two to three groups of players, can you defeat Emperor Crush and his stalwart allies?


 * Note that the Hardcore Heritage revamped Crushbone will not cause any faction problems with the Indigo Brotherhood that the normal zone does.


 * This revamp and raid is aimed at roughly T2 [HoT] difficulty and reward.


 * Permafrost (Level 90) a/k/a Permafrost Caverns.

August 23 – September 16


 * Castle Mistmoore (Level 100) a/k/a The Castle of Mistmoore (Map)
 * Nagafen's Lair (Level 100) (Map)

The Hardcore Heritage events in Nagafen's Lair and Castle Mistmoore have been extended by one week. They now end on Monday, September 30th.

2012
Hardcore Heritage zone revamps begin with Blackburrow and the Temple of Cazic Thule on May 11th, 2012! Lower Guk and Unrest will transform on June 1st, and Crushbone and Permafrost will transform on June 22nd.

The schedule for 2012 is as follows:

May 11 – May 31?


 * Blackburrow (Level 80) - a/k/a Reinforced Blackburrow
 * Cazic Thule (Level 80) - a/k/a Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule

June 1 - June 21?


 * Lower Guk (Level 85) - a/k/a Darkened Ruins of Old Guk
 * Unrest (Level 85) - a/k/a Greater Unrest

June 22 - ???


 * Crushbone (Level 90) a/k/a Clan Crushbone - There's a new challenge for two to three groups of players, can you defeat Emperor Crush and his stalwart allies?


 * Note that the Hardcore Heritage revamped Crushbone will not cause any faction problems with the Indigo Brotherhood that the normal zone does.

This revamp and raid is aimed at roughly T2 [HoT] difficulty and reward. This was stated as much in the Webcast I did a month ago [June 2011] or so.


 * Permafrost (Level 90) a/k/a Permafrost Caverns.

2011

 * EQ Players News: Are you ready for Hardcore Heritage? - dead link.

The schedule for 2011 is as follows:

May 23 – June 12


 * Blackburrow (Level 80) - a/k/a Reinforced Blackburrow
 * Cazic Thule (Level 80) - a/k/a Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule

June 13 - July 3


 * Lower Guk (Level 85) - a/k/a Darkened Ruins of Old Guk
 * Unrest (Level 85) - a/k/a Greater Unrest

July 1 - July 21

Lady Vox sits in the icy depths of Permafrost, her spidery companions lying in wait for those adventurers who are willing to challenge this queen amongst dragons. Emperor Crush resides upon his orcish throne, plotting with his Teir’Dal allies to destroy his enemies. Do you and your fellow adventurers have what it takes to defeat these enemies of Norrath?

The final phase of Hardcore Heritage is now live with the Crushbone and Permafrost revamps lasting from Friday July 1, 2011 until Thursday July 21, 2011! These classic zones have been upgraded to be a challenge for level 90 players, and both include raids to further reward those ready for new risks. Get to the upgraded Crushbone and Permafrost today. They won’t last long!


 * Crushbone (Level 90) a/k/a Clan Crushbone - There's a new challenge for two to three groups of players, can you defeat Emperor Crush and his stalwart allies?


 * Note that the Hardcore Heritage revamped Crushbone will not cause any faction problems with the Indigo Brotherhood that the normal zone does.

This revamp and raid is aimed at roughly T2 difficulty and reward. This was stated as much in the Webcast I did a month ago or so.


 * Permafrost (Level 90) a/k/a Permafrost Caverns.