Torment of Velious

Torment of Velious (ToV) is EverQuest's 26th expansion. It was announced on October 16, 2019. Pre-orders and Beta began on October 23, 2019. It was released on December 18, 2019.


 * Producer's Letter: Torment of Velious Beta!
 * Daybreak: Arm yourselves and Prepare for Torment of Velious!

Editions

 * EverQuest: Expansion Content

If you're an All Access member, you'll get 10% off the cost of the expansion.

Standard Edition

The price for the Standard Edition is $34.99. It contains all previous expansions.

Collector's Edition

The price for the Collector's Edition is $89.99. It contains all previous expansions.

Claimable once per character:
 * Froststone Crystal Resonator - Personal teleport device to Froststone [Crystal Caverns (Torment of Velious)].
 * Contract of the Restless Ry'Gorr - Mercenary

Claimable once per account:
 * Two Goblet of Adventure III - Four hour 50% experience potion
 * Ten Perfected Augmentation Distillers (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Velium Threaded Satchel - 40 slot 100% weight reduction bag (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Torment of Velious Painting - For house or guild hall
 * Level 85 Heroic Character boost - Increase any character to level 85
 * Velious Snow Kitten Metamorph Wand (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Restless Wolf Saddle - Mount

Premium Edition

The price for the Premium Edition is $139.99. It contains all previous expansions.

Claimable once per character:
 * Froststone Crystal Resonator - Personal teleport device to Froststone [Crystal Caverns (Torment of Velious)].
 * Contract of the Restless Ry'Gorr - Mercenary
 * Froststone Crystal Echo - House or Guild Hall teleport device to Froststone [Crystal Caverns (Torment of Velious)].

Claimable once per account:
 * Two Goblet of Adventure III - Four hour 50% experience potion
 * Twenty Perfected Augmentation Distillers (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Two Velium Threaded Satchels - 40 slot 100% weight reduction bag (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Torment of Velious Painting - For house or guild hall
 * Level 85 Heroic Character boost - Increase any character to level 85
 * Velious Snow Kitten Metamorph Wand (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Restless Wolf Saddle - Mount
 * Two Shared Goblet of Adventure III - Four hour 50% group experience potion
 * Tizmak Metamorph Wand (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Saddle of the Restless Griffon - Mount
 * Guise of the Restless Coldain - Illusion (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)

Family & Friends Edition

The price for the Family & Friends Edition is $249.99. It contains all previous expansions.

Claimable once per character:
 * Froststone Crystal Resonator - Personal teleport device to Froststone [Crystal Caverns (Torment of Velious)].
 * Contract of the Restless Ry'Gorr - Mercenary
 * Froststone Crystal Echo - House or Guild Hall teleport device to Froststone [Crystal Caverns (Torment of Velious)].

Claimable once per account:
 * Two Goblet of Adventure III - Four hour 50% experience potion
 * Twenty Perfected Augmentation Distillers (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Three Velium Threaded Satchels - 40 slot 100% weight reduction bag (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Torment of Velious Painting - For house or guild hall
 * Level 85 Heroic Character boost - Increase any character to level 85
 * Velious Snow Kitten Metamorph Wand (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Restless Wolf Saddle - Mount
 * Four Shared Goblet of Adventure III - Four hour 50% group experience potion
 * Tizmak Metamorph Wand (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Saddle of the Restless Griffon - Mount
 * Guise of the Restless Coldain - Illusion (Available to claim on Time-Locked Progression servers)
 * Tradable Torment of Velious Standard Expansion Ticket - Give one copy of the Standard Edition of Torment of Velious to someone.
 * Tradable Level 85 Heroic Character boost - Give an increase to any character to level 85 to someone.
 * Tradable Restless Wolf Saddle - Mount
 * Tradable Saddle of the Restless Griffon - Mount
 * Gnomish Legendary Bundle - Clockwork monnt, Gnomework illusion, Choice of Full suit of gnomish Hero's Forge, Gnomish heritage teleport, Gnomish heritage familiar

Features

 * All previous expansions
 * Level increase to 115
 * Six new zones
 * Nine raids
 * New Quests, and Missions
 * New Spells, Combat Abilities, AAs
 * New Collection items
 * Hero's Forge key ring

Zones



 * Crystal Caverns (Torment of Velious)
 * Kael Drakkel (Torment of Velious)
 * Ry'Gorr Mines
 * The Eastern Wastes (Torment of Velious)
 * The Great Divide (Torment of Velious)
 * The Tower of Frozen Shadow (Torment of Velious)
 * Velketor's Labyrinth (Torment of Velious)

Getting to ToV
The guild hall teleportation assistant sells Brilliant Frigid Gemstone for ~420pp, which changes the portal to The Eastern Wastes (Torment of Velious).

The following items will take you to Crystal Caverns (Torment of Velious):


 * Froststone Crystal Resonator - Personal teleport device. Obtained with purchase of the Collector's, Premium Edition, or Family & Friends Edition.
 * Froststone Crystal Echo - House or Guild Hall teleport device. Obtained with purchase of the Premium Edition or Family & Friends Edition.

In The Northern Desert of Ro zone, Belinda (Griffon Handler) offers you a griffon ride to The Eastern Wastes (Torment of Velious). An easy way to The Northern Desert of Ro is to say, "North Ro", to Magus Alaria (Magus) in the Guild Lobby.

Druids and Wizards have ports to The Great Divide (Torment of Velious). Self only at level 113, group and others at level 114. Druids and Wizards can buy the spells from Aurelia Portrowel (Teleport Scrolls) in The Great Divide (Torment of Velious) (near the The Eastern Wastes (Torment of Velious) zone line). Wizards can also buy the spells from Excellent Raiton Evasion (Wizard and Magician Spells) in The Eastern Wastes (Torment of Velious).

Zone connections map


Raid Progression
There are three tiers of raids, and each tier will open one month per tier after the expansions launches. So, tier 1 will become accessible one month after the expansion launches. Tier 2 two months and tier 3 three months after the expansion opens. No flags, progression, or collectables needed to raid any tier. January 17th @ 9am Pacific - Tier 1 raids - 30 days after launch. February 16th @ 9am Pacific - Tier 2 raids - 60 days after launch. March 17th @ 9am Pacific - Tier 3 raids - 90 days after launch. Due to a bug, the Tier 3 raids were not opened on March 17, but are expected to open on April 16 at 9 a.m. Pacific Time.

Spells
Rank I

Rank I spells can be purchased from NPC merchants in The Eastern Wastes (Torment of Velious).

Druid teleportation spells must be purchased in The Great Divide (Torment of Velious). See Getting to ToV above.

Rank II

Rank II spells are gotten by clicking "Engraved Velium Rune" drops from named mobs or randomly off of trash mobs.


 * Minor Engraved Velium Rune - Level 111
 * Lesser Engraved Velium Rune - Level 112
 * Median Engraved Velium Rune - Level 113
 * Greater Engraved Velium Rune - Level 114
 * Glowing Engraved Velium Rune - Level 115

Rank III

Rank III spells are gotten from clicking "placehoder" gotten from raid chests in ToV raids.


 * Minor Kromrif Etching - Level 111
 * Lesser Kromrif Etching - Level 112
 * Median Kromrif Etching - Level 113
 * Greater Kromrif Etching - Level 114
 * Glowing Kromrif Etching - Level 115

Items
For the Raid items

Visible armor

 * Allakhazam: Torment of Velious Armor Guide
 * EQ Resource: Creating Armor

Combine the proper Refined Velium along with your class specific emblem inside the Faded Armor container. The Refined Velium can be purchased from Sandrice Gemheart (Merchant) in Crystal Caverns (Torment of Velious). The emblems are purchased from vendors at the small bank in Plane of Knowledge (Plate/Chain classes at Blacksmith Gerta (Smithing Merchant), Silk/Leather classes at Tailor Kujen (Tailoring Merchant), among other places.

Group
 * EQ Resource: Group Armor

ToV has three tiers of group armor.
 * Tier 1: Snowbound [class name] [slot name] - Created with Snowbound Refined Velium. Cost 21,000 platinum.
 * Tier 2: Icebound [class name] [slot name] - Created with Icebound Refined Velium. Cost 26,250 platinum.
 * Tier 3 (Tradeskilled): Velium Infused [class name] [slot name]

Raid
 * EQ Resource: Raid Armor

ToV has two tiers of raid armor.


 * Tier 1: Ice Woven [slot name]
 * Tier 1 armor is made from a drop from raid chests Faded Ice Woven [slot name] Armor. The drop is a two slot container.  You place an emblem for your class along with Ice Woven Refined Velium to create the piece.  Ice Woven Refined Velium is purchased from Sandrice Gemheart (Merchant) in Crystal Caverns (Torment of Velious), cost 36,750 platinum. The emblems are purchased from vendors at the small bank in Plane of Knowledge (see above).


 * Tier 2 (Tradeskilled): Velium Empowered [slot name]

Tradeskilled
We wanted to share a quick update regarding Torment of Velious with you. After the stellar assistance we’ve received with beta testing we’ve come to the conclusion that the TS Questline isn’t quite ready and it will not be in time for launch, delivering a satisfying experience is important to us which means we are going to put some more time into it.

We anticipate the questline to release around mid-January [2020] and will leave the current portions in beta so players can continue to run through it and keep sharing that valuable feedback!

Luminous Restless Ice
The Broken Mirror introduced a special item, the Eyes of Life and Decay. The Eyes of Life and Decay boost your damaging and healing abilities. This is obtained by completing raid achievements. They start out only doing so by 1% but gain power as you complete more raid achievements.

However, the Eyes of Life and Decay only work on abilities up to level 110.

Torment of Velious introduces a new item, Luminous Restless Ice. Luminous Restless Ice has the Focus Effect: Restless Focus which improves damaging and healing abilities up to level 120. It is a type 3 augmentation. In addition, the Eyes of Life and Decay could only be obtained and improved by difficult to complete raid achievements. However, Luminous Restless Ice is obtained by completing solo/group quest achievements. It is still necessary to compete raids and raid achievements to maximize its power.


 * Completing Hero of Eastern Wastes grants you Luminous Restless Ice with Focus Effect: Restless Focus I (1% bonus to damaging and healing abilities, level 111+ required)
 * Completing Hero of The Great Divide unlocks Luminous Restless Ice with Restless Focus II (3% bonus to damaging and healing abilities, level 112+ required)
 * Completing Hero of Velketor's Labyrinth unlocks Luminous Restless Ice with Restless Focus III (5% bonus to damaging and healing abilities, level 113+ required)
 * Completing Hero of Kael Drakkel unlocks Luminous Restless Ice with Restless Focus IV (7% bonus to damaging and healing abilities, level 114+ required)
 * Completing Conqueror of Torment of Velious (defeat all of the raids) unlocks Luminous Restless Ice with Restless Focus V (9% bonus to damaging and healing abilities, level 115+ required)
 * Completing Vanquisher of Torment of Velious (get all of the raid achievements) unlocks Luminous Restless Ice with Restless Focus VI (10% bonus to damaging and healing abilities, level 115+ required)

Alternate currency
Torment of Velious introduces two new alternate currency types:
 * Froststone Ducat - Earned by doing Torment of Veliouis missions. Used to purchase group gear.
 * Warlord's Symbol - Earned by completing Torment of Velious raids. Used to purchase raid gear.

Lore
A new threat faces all and many creatures that have been familiar to Norrathians have been strangely transformed by living ice.

The lands and denizens of the continent of Velious are suffering. The icy landscape has seemingly come to life and is flowing oddly upward toward the sky. This restless ice is infecting and animating the inhabitants it touches, turning them into zombie-like beings with a strange icy infection that appears alive in its own way – moving and shifting over their bodies. What has caused this strange turn? And what could it mean? All adventurers are called upon to unravel the chilling mysteries that are the Torment of Velious.

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