Alternate currency

EQ has a number of alternate currencies besides the normal Copper, Silver, Gold, and Platinum coins in the game.

Currency	Expansion	Obtained by	Tradeable	Housing upkeep	Merchants
Arx Energy Crystal	The Darkened Sea	TDS raids			Researcher Orbiana (Raid Merchant) in Katta Castrum: Deluge
Bayle Marks		Daybreak Cash		Yes	Can also be used to pay upkeep on your mercenary.
Bifurcated Coin	The Broken Mirror	TBM raids			Items are purchased from Nelirid Wittma (Raid Outfitter) next to Quellious in the Plane of Tranquility, and from Lyppsenfon Qeyton (Raid Outfitter), near the center of the Plane of Health.
Brellium Tokens	Underfoot		Yes		Dermott Saltagger - The Foundation: Location neg 240, pos 1360 Vendor-Bot Model CM - Kernagir, The Shining City: Location neg 90, pos 140 Some items purchasable with Brellium Tokens will not be offered for sale to you by the vendors until you complete "The First Corruption" mission in The Convorteum.
Bronze Fiats	Veil of Alaris	VoA Tier 4 raids			Sophisticated Unadorned Armor can be bought from the tier 4 raid vendor, Sholano in Erillion, City of Bronze, for 50 Bronze Fiats each.
Bronze Points	Rain of Fear	Earned at the Arcane Fair, a zone which can be entered once you complete An Epic Request quest.
Chronobines	Seeds of Destruction	Quests		Yes
Commemorative Coin		Completing certain Anniversary quests			a jubilant merchant (Special Celebratory Goods) in the Plane of Knowledge. See also Anniversary > Commemorative Coins.
Crystallized Fear	Rain of Fear	RoF Tier 2 raids			Ilana Sunmire in Shard's Landing sells Tier 2 raid gear for this currency. You must complete various Tier 2 raids in order to unlock different items.
Diamond Coins	Veil of Alaris	VoA Tier 3 raids			Detailed Unadorned Armor can be bought from the tier 3 raid vendor, Olgor the Finder in The Resplendent Temple, for 12 Diamond Coins.
Doubloons
Dreadstones	Rain of Fear	RoF Tier 4 raids			Crusader Tolsk in Shard's Landing sells Tier 4 raid gear for this currency. You must complete various Tier 4 raids in order to unlock different items.
Dream Motes	House of Thule				See main article: Dream Motes
Ebon Crystals	Dragons of Norrath	Dark Reign quests			Xeib Darkskies. See Dragons of Norrath progression for more information.
Expedient Delivery Vouchers	Rain of Fear	Daybreak Cash			These are used to have items purchased from a player trader delivered directly to your character.
Faycetum / Faycitum	Secrets of Faydwer	Quests
Fists of Bayle	Call of the Forsaken	CotF Tier 2 raids			Requisitioner Chash (Raid Merchant Tier 2) in Ethernere Tainted West Karana. You must complete various Tier 2 raids in order to unlock different items.
Gold Tokens	Underfoot		No		Gilbot the Golden - Brell's Rest: Location pos 140, pos 420
Loyalty Tokens (Crowns)		Subscribing to EverQuest	No		Plane of Knowledge - Alerynril the Loyal [Loyalists of Everquest] Sunrise Hills (Player housing zones) - Pagus Nonad [New Tanaan Tax Authority]
Mark of Valor	Call of the Forsaken	CotF Heroic Adventures			They can be used to purchase mercenary equipment, rank II spells, and group level player gear. Mercenary Morloro (Mercenary Equipment) Merchant Akele (Group Merchant level 85) Merchant Nyvan (Group Merchant level 90) Merchant Sertan (Group Merchant level 95) Requisitioner Rhies (Group Merchant) - Level 100
McKenzie's Special Brew		Ancient Heroes missions			Old Man McKenzie
Medals of Heroism	Call of the Forsaken	CotF Tier 1 raids			Requisitioner Sheon (Raid Merchant, Rank III Spells) in Ethernere Tainted West Karana. You must complete various Tier 1 raids in order to unlock different items.
Orux (Orum)
Phosphenes
Phosphites
Piece of Eight	The Darkened Sea	TDS Heroic Adventures			Tier 1 - Yllethil Starsun (Group Merchant) in Tempest Temple. Tier 2 - Cha`nya Athendi (Group Merchant) in Caverns of Endless Song. Tier 3 - Agrimensor Crescentia (Group Merchant) in Degmar, the Lost Castle. Mercenary equipment - a merchant in Arx Mentis.
Radiant Crystals	Dragons of Norrath	Norrath's Keepers quests			Tatsujiro the Serene. See Dragons of Norrath progression for more information.
Rebellion Chits	Veil of Alaris	VoA Tier 2 raids			Plain Unadorned Armor can be bought from the tier 2 raid vendor, Riallion Cassand in Sarith, City of Tides, for 6 Rebellion Chits.
Remnant of Tranquility	The Broken Mirror	TBM quests and Heroic Adventures			It is used to purchase group gear and augmentations. Items are purchased from merchants next to Quellious in the Plane of Tranquility and merchants near the center of the Plane of Health.
Shadowstones	Rain of Fear	RoF Tier 3 raids			Serroth Dantor in Shard's Landing sells Tier 3 raid gear for this currency. You must complete various Tier 3 raids in order to unlock different items.
Silver Tokens	Underfoot		Yes		Gilbot the Magnificent - Brell's Rest: Location pos 140, pos 420
Tokens of Reclamation		Daybreak Cash			These allow you to get back an item that you have recently destroyed.
Velium Shards	Rain of Fear	RoF Tier 1 raids			Armorer Jean Wenlaris in Shard's Landing sells Tier 1 raid gear for this currency. You must complete various Tier 1 raids in order to unlock different items.

McKenzie's Special Brew

McKenzie's Special Brew is a currency with you can use to buy items from Old Man McKenzie. Group missions earn you 1 Brew and raid missions 2 Brew.

The items in the chests can also be turned in to Old Man McKenzie for 1 McKenzie's Special Brew for group items, 3 Brew for raid items, if you do not wish to keep them.

• A listing of the gear Old Man McKenzie will sell you. This is also the loot that the chests may contain.

Loyalty Tokens (Crowns)

• EQ Knowledge Base - Loyalists of EverQuest

Loyalty Tokens (a/k/a Crowns) were added to the game on September 8, 2010. They are not tradeable.

From the September 8, 2010 patch message:

“

Loyalists of EverQuest is a program for our loyal EverQuest customers. For simply continuing to subscribe to our game you will gain a special currency (crowns) every week that can be spent on items to improve your game play. There is no additional charge for the items you find on this vendor. You will not need to spend station cash, nor buy Legends of Norrath packs to gain these items. Simply continue to play our game. Seek out Alerynril the Loyal in Plane of Knowledge for the current loyalty items. The amount of crowns you gain each week will increase for every month that you have a continued subscription to EverQuest. This increase in points per week caps out after 12 months. This is the "Velocity" you see on the welcome screen. The specific method of subscription is not important, as long as you continue to stay subscribed each month. Additionally, long term subscribers will gain an initial bonus of crowns, depending upon the duration of their subscription. For each month your subscription lapses, you will lose three months of velocity. NOTE: Loyalty points are shared across all your characters on all servers. Choose which character gets the rewards carefully!

”

More info from this thread by Ngreth, EQ Developer on the SOE forums:

“

[Crown earning rate is] 10 per week per month subscribed, capped at 12 months. so if you have been subscribed at least 1 year, you get 120 per week. We do expect there to be a cap on the amount that can be accumulated as well because we want people to log in and play, not just hold an account for a year. We figure it is healthier overall for the game if people come in and play.

”

Maximum amount cap

There are limitations to how many Crowns you can save up at once through the Loyalists system. Once your account's cap is reached, your account will not be able to earn more crowns through the loyalty system until you've spent some.

• Accounts with Gold membership: Velocity caps at 120 and Crowns cap at 5760.
• Accounts with Silver membership: Velocity caps at 60 and Crowns cap at 2880. Please note that for Silver accounts which have downgraded from Gold Membership, Velocity will be reduced to meet the Silver-level cap. Any Crowns which exceed the Silver-level cap will not be lost, although you may not gain more Crowns until you have dropped below the Crown cap for Silver membership.
• Accounts with Free membership: Velocity caps at 30 and Crowns cap at 1440.

Even when an account's Crowns are capped as far as the Loyalists system is concerned, however, you may still be able to gain additional crowns via in-game means. Some polls and special quests or events may offer loyalty points as a reward. There may also be opportunities on the Test server to gain crowns through participation in testing new content.

Spending crowns

There are two vendors who sell items for Loyalty Tokens:

• Plane of Knowledge - Alerynril the Loyal [Loyalists of Everquest]
• Sunrise Hills (Player housing zones) - Pagus Nonad [New Tanaan Tax Authority]

Nobles

Nobles are an alternate currency type added in the game on September 17, 2014. The purpose of Nobles is to enable large money transactions, where the Platinum piece is not enough. They're intended primarily as a way for players to transfer larger amounts of money than the system can currently allow otherwise.

They cost 110,245 platinum to buy and sell back to a merchant for 100,000 platinum. Nobles stack up to 20. They are sold by at least one guard near every starting city's banker, in the Plane of Knowledge, in the Bazaar and Barter sections of the Bazaar zone, and in gypsy and adventurer camps. All NPCs should be Findable (Ctrl-F) and will have the title "Noble Exchange".

See the Daybreak EQ forum thread Nobles: A New Alternate Currency Type for more information.