Membership


 * For the EverQuest Perks introduced on October 19, 2021, see Perks.

Membership
EQ has three levels of membership, of which only two are available for new players. Note that all levels of membership do not include the latest expansions (currently Claws of Veeshan and Terror of Luclin), which must be purchased separately. Purchasing the latest expansion will grant you all previous expansions.

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

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


 * SOE EQ free-to-play matrix and FAQ (Original Matrix, Link via the Wayback Machine from February 4, 2012)
 * SOE EQ free-to-play matrix and FAQ (Link via the Wayback Machine from March 13, 2014)
 * SOE Info on EQ Free. To. Play. on the Way! - March 13, 2012
 * Upcoming Changes for Free and Silver Members - March 07, 2013

In addition to the standard Free to Play, playing on the Test server is free without most of the F2P restrictions.

Beginning players default to the Free level of membership. They have access to most of the content in the world of Norrath. 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. Initially, these accounts were limited to a choice of four classes and four races, as well as limit on how much platinum they could store, but these restrictions were later dropped.

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

You could 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 went live on April 29, 2014, SOE stopped selling Silver memberships.

Grandfathered
If you had a Gold account before Gold was replaced by All Access (April 29th, 2014), then if your account lapses (goes free), the account becomes Silver. Accounts created after that date will become Free accounts if All Access lapses.

All Access (Gold)
All Access (formerly known as Gold) accounts have full access to EverQuest (some expansions require additional purchase). In addition, All Access grants full membership in EverQuest II, PlanetSide 2 (PC), DC Universe Online (PC).

The cost is US$14.99/month (note that there are various discounts and subscriptions available). Using one Krono will grant you 30 days of All Access.

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 and your account was Gold anytime before or about April 16, 2014, you will be converted to Silver membership when your Gold membership expires.

500 Daybreak Cash monthly
All Access members also receive 500 Daybreak 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) get this. Additionally, All Access members receive a 10% discount on Marketplace purchases. You must go in-game and claim your Daybreak Cash each month by opening up the Marketplace and clicking the Claim button.

Membership matrix
With the link to SOE's matrix only available via the Wayback Machine, this is an attempt to create one here based on what current information we can find. Some of this information may be incorrect or outdated. See also the Notes below the table.