The Broken Mirror

The Broken Mirror (TBM) is EverQuest's 22nd expansion. It will launch on November 18, 2015 with beta testing beginning October 21. Purchase of either the Standard, Collector's, or Premium edition will be required to access TBM.

Some entries on this page are placeholders which will be replaced as we gain more information.

Pre-order
Yes, this year's pre-order is a little different. If you pre-order The Broken Mirror you'll get the previous expansions content immediately. Note you'll also be charged immediately for the pre-order.

Those who pre-order will receive a bonus: Shroud of the Bokon. This is an illusion item. You only get one per account.

Editions
The Broken Mirror comes in three editions, Standard, Collector's, and Premium.
 * Daybreak announcement and purchase page

Most items are only one per account. Some items are not available on Time Locked Progression servers.

All Access members should receive a 10% discount on purchasing any of these expansions.

Standard Edition
The Standard Edition of The Broken Mirror is available for $34.99. It will include (in addition to access to The Broken Mirror):


 * Access to all previous expansion content (Standard Edition)
 * The Broken Mirror Beta Access
 * Illusion Key Ring (10 slots)

Collector’s Edition
The Collector’s Edition of The Broken Mirror will be available for $89.99. It includes all of the items from the Standard Edition, plus the following:


 * 10 additional Illusion Key Ring slots on one character
 * Shroud of Relife - This is an illusion which grants benefits in The Broken Mirror expansion.
 * Satchel of Shattered Eternities - 40 slot bag (not available on Time Locked Progression servers).
 * Touchstone of Health - Claimable on one character. Personal teleport to Plane of Health.
 * Cynosure of Health - Real estate item for house or guild hall for teleportation to Plane of Health.
 * Contract of the Chosen - Mercenary that grants benefits in ''The Broken Mirror" expansion.
 * Reflections of Life in Decay painting

[Shroud of Relife and Contract of the Chosen benefits are] Hard to describe. They will reduce some penalties that some of the zones deliver. You'll get less diseased in such places with the shroud, and the merc will help you deal with pesky things that regenerate a lot. It's sort of a leg up thing.

Premium Edition
The Premium Edition of The Broken Mirror will be available for $139.99. It includes all of the items from the Standard and Collector's Editions, plus the following:


 * Three 10-slot tokens for Illusion Key rings. You can give these tokens to any of your characters on the same account to give them extra slots.
 * Pridewing Lion Mount - Usable at level 1 with benefits which scale up to 1100 HP, +12 mana regen, +900 to maximum endurance and mana, and more than 100 AC at level 105.

Features

 * Level Scaling Raids – Instanced versions of Plane of Hate and Plane of Fear that scale for level 75-105 raids.
 * 7 Expansion Zones – 4 completely new zones and 3 revamped zones.
 * Illusion Key Ring – Access your illusions in one easy location!
 * New Quests, Heroic Adventures, Missions, and Additional Raids
 * New Spells and AAs

Lore
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Quellious has heard of a new goddess, one suddenly allied to her friend Rodcet Nife
 * - The presence of this new goddess and her relationship to Rodcet harms Quellious' calm

Characters will learn that Anashti Sul's realm has two faces, the Demiplane of Life and the Demiplane of Decay
 * - It is attached to anchors in both the Plane of Disease and the Plane of Health
 * - Anashti Sul has Alled herself with both Bertoxxulous and Rodcet Nife

Her worshipers in Sul Vius: Demiplane of Life believe that their unwavering faith in Anasthi Sul earns them a second venerated and immortal life

Her worshipers in Sul Vius: Demiplane of Decay believe that it is only after death that one can properly serve Anasthi Sul. All the dead serve her, and faith has nothing to do with it

Players will meet the mayors of Sul Vius and learn about their philosophies and concerns
 * - And of course they will learn that there is more to this new goddess than is apparent

Things they learn

Anasthi Sul was torn apart when Lendiniara broke the fabric between universes
 * - A version of the goddess found herself in our realm, changed
 * - She now has two aspects, Life and Decay

Her arrival caused an unusual demiplane to be formed called Sul Vius
 * - It exists in two forms, representing the dual nature of their goddess

Zones

 * Crypt of Decay (Ruins of Lxanvom)
 * Crypt of Sul
 * Plane of Health - This is the entry zone. Accessed from Plane of Tranquility.
 * Sul Vius: Demiplane of Decay - Both Sul Vius zones are mirror images of each other.
 * Sul Vius: Demiplane of Life - Both Sul Vius zones are mirror images of each other.

In addition, there will be raids in:


 * Instanced version of Plane of Fear
 * Instanced version of Plane of Hate

Getting to TBM

 * Plane of Tranquility will take you to Plane of Health.
 * Plane of Tranquility will take you to Instanced Plane of Fear.
 * Plane of Tranquility will take you to Instanced Plane of Hate.
 * Druid teleport spells to not known at this time.
 * Wizard teleport spells to not known at this time.
 * Guild Portal not known at this time.
 * Purchasing the Collector's or Premium editions will get you Touchstone of Health, which is claimable on one character and is a personal teleport to Plane of Health.
 * Purchasing the Collector's or Premium editions will get you Cynosure of Health, a real estate item for house or guild hall for teleportation to Plane of Health.

Zone connections map

 * Instanced version of Plane of Fear - Accessed from Plane of Tranquility.
 * Instanced version of Plane of Hate - Accessed from Plane of Tranquility.
 * The Crypt of Decay is also known as Ruins of Lxanvom.

Possession of a "Mirror Fragment of Anashti Sul" will permit you to zone back and forth between Decay and Life demiplanes. This item will be gained during progression.

Raid progression
In addition to the regular raids (below in Raid progression in The Broken Mirror), there are level scaling raids in instanced versions of Plane of Fear and Plane of Hate. The instances are obtained from Amalissa Dawntender in the Plane of Health. The zone in to the instances is in the Plane of Tranquility.

Cazic, Dracoliche are full-blown 54-man raids. Fright, Dread, and Terror are simpler raids similar to what I did with the NToV dragons.

The Plane of Fear [and Plane of Hate] raid zone has been set up to work in a unique way. The zone's population is divided into groups. Each of those groups has its own lockout. If you kill any NPC in that group, the lockout for that group will be set. Basically, you will be able to kill each NPC once. The fights were amped up and should be a challenge to all but the toughest raid groups.

Spells
Among the other, more normal, spells, each class gets a progressive spell with six ranks that levels as you complete TBM progression. This spell is touted as a powerful spell customized for each class.

Rank I

Rank I are purchased from vendors in. They can be found using the Find window (Ctrl-F).

 Rank II

Rank II spell essences drop from any random mob, more often from named mobs. Right clicking on the essence will pop-up a reward window, no need to turn them in.


 * Minor - Level 101
 * Lesser - Level 102
 * Median - Level 103
 * Greater - Level 104
 * Glowing - Level 105

Rank III

Rank III spell essences are gotten from raid chests. Right clicking on the essence will pop-up a reward window, no need to turn them in.


 * Minor - Level 101
 * Lesser - Level 102
 * Median - Level 103
 * Greater - Level 104
 * Glowing - Level 105

Teleport spells
 * See: Getting to TBM

Armor

 * Allakhazam: The Broken Mirror Armor Guide
 * EQ Resource: Creating TBM Armor

There are x tiers of group gear and x tier of raid gear.

The armor system remains like that of the past few expansions. Group armor templates drop from named mobs. Raid armor templates come from raid chests.

Armor templates are combined inside a. The is not used up in the process. For tier 2 and tier 3 group armor, if you have the lower level armor piece, you place it in the Synthesis Chamber with the template and hit combine. If you do not have the lower level armor piece, you need to combine the template with a.

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Raid

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Alternate currency
TBM introduces two new alternate currency types.
 * - This currency is earned by completing TBM Heroic Adventures. Items purchased from:
 * Tier 1 -
 * Tier 2 -
 * Tier 3 -
 * Mercenary Gear Merchant -
 * Tier 3 -
 * Mercenary Gear Merchant -

Lore
A goddess wakes and gazes into a looking glass. The reflection of her true nature fractures and breaks. Even as the looking glass shatters and the world around her dissolves, Anashti Sul only looks deeper still into the fragments as they drift away. When her fractured mind glimpses her surroundings, she discovers that she is adrift in an unknown time and place where gods and goddesses maintain direct influence over Norrath. A hunger for power wells within her, having passed many an age with no power at all and an upstart sitting in her place. With a whole new realm before her, she resolves to rule again!

Anashti Sul's passage through a rift into this reality caused her to split into the two most dominant aspects of herself - life and decay. Fully aware of each aspect, she knows that both must command a plane of power lest she weaken entirely and crumble into the nothingness of The Void. And so she crafts a plot to infect the planes of Norrath with a war that threatens to collapse the balance of all life! Are you brave enough to face the might of a goddess who is ravenous to rule? Will you prevent the chaos she would unleash in all of Norrath?