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: ''For past Hardcore Heritage schedules, see: [[Talk:Hardcore Heritage]]''
'''Hardcore Heritage''' is a yearly event where they revisit some older zones and update them to provide a more challenging environment.  Each zone update lasts a few weeks and then they revert it back to the old zone.
'''Hardcore Heritage''' is a yearly event where they revisit some older zones and update them to provide a more challenging environment.  Each zone update lasts a few weeks and then they revert it back to the old zone.


== 2012 ==
For 2023, it began on June 7 on a staggered schedule. It ended on July 4 at 11:00 p.m. PT.
{{Cquote|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.||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id{{=}}186330 Game Update Notes: Wednesday, May 9, 2012]}}


The schedule for 2012 is as follows:
* [https://www.everquest.com/news/eq-hardcore-heritage-2023 everquest.com Hardcore Heritage 2023]


== 2023 ==
In 2023 it began on June 1 and ended on July 4.  All events begin at 00:00 Pacific Time and end at 23:00 Pacific Time on the dates listed.


'''May 11 – May 31?'''
{| class="fanratable" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2023 Hardcore Heritage Schedule
|-
! Date begins || Content || Difficulty<br />level || Date ends
|- 
| Wednesday, June 7 || Blackburrow - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=594 Reinforced Blackburrow]<br />Cazic Thule - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=683 Reinforced Temple of Cazic-Thule] || 80 || Tuesday, June 20
|-
| Wednesday, June 7 || Lower Guk - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=591 The Reinforced Ruins of Old Guk]<br />Unrest - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=684 The Reinforced Estate of Unrest] || 85 || Tuesday, June 20
|-
| Wednesday, June 21 || Crushbone a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zone.html?zstrat=796 Reinforced Crushbone]<br />Permafrost a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zone.html?zstrat=797 The Reinforced Permafrost Caverns] || 90 || Tuesday, July 4
|-
| Wednesday, June 21 || Castle Mistmoore a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zone.html?zstrat=937 The Reinforced Castle of Mistmoore] ([[Castle Mistmoore map|Map]])<br />Nagafen's Lair a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=936 Reinforced Nagafen's Lair] ([[Nagafen's Lair map|Map]]) || 100 || Tuesday, July 4
|-
| Wednesday, June 7 || Old Sebilis - a/k/a The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis ([http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=1182 Allakhazam], [https://special.eqresource.com/hhsebilis.php EQ Resource]) ([[The Ruins of Sebilis map|Map]]) || 105 || Tuesday, July 4
|}


* Blackburrow (Level 80) - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=594 Reinforced Blackburrow]
== Raids ==
* Cazic Thule (Level 80) - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=683 Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule]
=== Clan Crushbone ===
''[http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=5315 Demise of the Emperor]'' is an 18 person instanced raid. It is given by Elwin Faerlin at the zone line of Clan Crushbone. It has a lockout of 2 days, 6 hours.


It was dropping the same loot as the group Clan Crushbone mobs, however this was fixed on the night of July 5, 2011.


'''June 1 - June 21?'''
=== Permafrost Caverns ===
''[http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=5316 Lady Vox's Lair]'' is a 54 person raid in Permafrost Caverns.  It is designed as Tier 2 ''[[House of Thule]]'' difficulty, with Tier 3 ''House of Thule'' rewards.
: The raid has several checks in place to prevent people from zoning in unless they were present during kills or they arrive soon afterward.


* Lower Guk (Level 85) - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=591 Darkened Ruins of Old Guk]
{{Cquote|Players don't need to kill A Guardian of Vox to gain access to Vox's Lair, though anyone who wants to participate in the raid will need to click on the door to Vox's Lair soon after the Guardian has been killed (they should have enough time to make their way to the door before it stops working, though it won't work for too long)!
* Unrest (Level 85) - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=684 Greater Unrest]


You are correct in that once flagged for entry into Vox's Lair, you will always have it. Those who do not have the flag should still be able to receive it from killing the Guardian, and/or clicking on the door soon after the Guardian's death.||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id{{=}}177425 Ellyra, EQ Developer]}}


'''June 22 - ???'''
The respawn timer on the A Guardian of Vox in order to get flagged or trigger to spawn the guardian is 2 hours plus or minus 20 minutes.
 
* Crushbone (Level 90) a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zone.html?zstrat=796 Clan Crushbone] - There's a new challenge for two to three groups of players, can you defeat Emperor Crush and his stalwart allies? 
 
:[http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=176250 Note that the Hardcore Heritage revamped Crushbone will not cause any faction problems with the Indigo Brotherhood that the normal zone does.]
 
{{Cquote|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.||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?start{{=}}56&topic_id{{=}}177403 Elidroth Renato (Doug Cronkhite), Game Designer, Sony Online Entertainment, LLC]}}
 
* Permafrost (Level 90) a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zone.html?zstrat=797 Permafrost Caverns].
 
 
== 2011 ==
* [http://eqplayers.station.sony.com/news_article.vm?id=52258&month=052011 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 [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=594 Reinforced Blackburrow]
* Cazic Thule (Level 80) - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=683 Lost Temple of Cazic-Thule]


UPDATE:  With [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/update-notes-wednesday-july-6th-2011.187511/#post-2779492 the July 6, 2011 patch] the following is now true -


'''June 13 - July 3'''
{{Cquote|Anyone without a lockout should be able to access Vox's Lair if A Guardian of Vox is down, regardless of who killed him.||| [http://www.elitegamerslounge.com/home/soearchive/viewtopic.php?f{{=}}1414&t{{=}}177425&start{{=}}60 Ellyra, EQ Developer]}}


* Lower Guk (Level 85) - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=591 Darkened Ruins of Old Guk]
=== Nagafen's Lair ===
* Unrest (Level 85) - a/k/a [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/zones.html?zstrat=684 Greater Unrest]
''[http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=7173 Nagafen the Ancient]'' is a 54 person instanced raid in Nagafen's Lair.


To begin the raid, speak to the Stoic Imp which resides within Nagafen's chambers.


'''July 1 - July 21'''
{{Cquote|The Nagafen HH raid has been taken offline temporarily until we are able to address a zone crash bug. We're sorry for the inconvenience. It should be back up early next week, and we'll extend the duration of the event to make up for the downtime.||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/naggy-raid-gone.202734/#post-2985706 Prathun, EQ Developer]}}


{{Cquote|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?
{{Cquote|Here's the thing.. The event isn't crashing. In reality, the zone isn't crashing either. Something is causing the static zone AND the instance to freak out so badly that the world server disconnects the zone. It's still up, but not responding to anything because the CPU is running at 130% and is just going NUTS. It's hung, but never actually explodes.


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!}}
Worse.. because the zone never actually crashes, there is no crash log, so chasing what's going on is that much harder. We've found ZERO repeatability on this. In fact, neither myself, nor QA has EVER been able to make it do this. We literally can't make it happen. I've looked over every single element of this raid, regardless of how small or big it might be. I can find nothing wrong with my event. We're still trying though. Today was obviously a rough day though all around. I wish I had a better update.


* 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? 
As for the duration of the event, we're going to leave it up longer. We're going to make sure you guys get plenty of time to play with it. I've also reduced the lockout timer on the event to 2.5 days (something we're eventually going to do with ALL limited duration events).||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/naggy-certainly-not-fixed.202920/#post-2987361 Elidroth, EQ Developer]}}


:[http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=176250 Note that the Hardcore Heritage revamped Crushbone will not cause any faction problems with the Indigo Brotherhood that the normal zone does.]
=== The Reinforced Lair of Trakanon ===
[[File:621 (200px).gif|right]]
* [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=8609 Allakhazam: The Reinforced Lair of Trakanon]
* [https://items.eqresource.com/itemsearch.php?raidevent=Trakanon%20-%20Hardcore EQ Resource: Item list]
In 2017, an instanced raid fighting the dragon Trakanon was added.  This raid is for level 105 characters.


{{Cquote|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.||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?start{{=}}56&topic_id{{=}}177403 Elidroth Renato (Doug Cronkhite), Game Designer, Sony Online Entertainment, LLC]}}
The raid giver is [http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=52605 a contemplative froglok], who is at location -1754, -357, -175. (at the water/bridge area before Trakanon's area) in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis. The keyword to request the instance is "fame".  To enter say, "ready". 


* Permafrost (Level 90) a/k/a Permafrost Caverns.
A minimum of 6 toons (mercs count) and a maximum of 54 is required to get the raid.  No unusual prerequisites are required. The success lockout is 2.5 days.


== Raids ==
== Items ==
=== Clan Crushbone ===
Here are some items that can only be found in the Hardcore Heritage zones and raids.
''[http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=5315 Demise of the Emperor]'' is an 18 person instanced raid. It is given by Elwin Faerlin at the zone line of Clan Crushbone. It has a lockout of 2 days, 6 hours.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112881 Ancient Cloak of Flames] - Drops off random trash mobs in Nagafen's Lair.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112934 Chestplate of the Dark Flame] - Drops off of [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=43994 Garton Viswin] in Castle Mistmoore.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112885 Crested Mistmoore Ring] - Drops off random trash mobs in Castle Mistmoore.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=128603 Darkened Box of Nil Space] - Drops off [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=52613 Harbinger Freglor] in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=128655 Darkened Cobalt Bracer] - Drops off [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=52578 myconid reaver] in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=128594 Darkened Cone of the Mystics] - Drops off blood of chottal in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=128539 Darkened Journeyman's Walking Stick]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=128574 Darkened Singing Steel Helm] - Drops off Froggy in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112954 Issis' Fang] - Drops off of [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=43967 Maid Issis] in Castle Mistmoore.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112929 Noble's Blood] - Drops off of [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=43974 A Fallen Noble] in Castle Mistmoore.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112852 Possessed Stone Fragment] - Drops off of [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=43975 The Stone Guardian] in Castle Mistmoore.


It was dropping the same loot as the group Clan Crushbone mobs, however this was fixed on the night of July 5, 2011.
The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis has zone-wide rare augmentation drops.  


=== Permafrost Caverns ===
Most HH zones named have a chance to drop Glowing visible gear.  These are turned in to [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/npc.html?id=33294 Thach Jerden (Armor Quests)] in the Plane of Knowledge for armor.
''[http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=5316 Lady Vox's Lair]'' is a 54 person raid in Permafrost Caverns.  It is designed as Tier 2 HoT difficulty, with Tier 3 HoT rewards.
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/quest.html?quest=4847 Thach Jerden's Glowing Armor]
: The raid has several checks in place to prevent people from zoning in unless they were present during kills or they arrive soon afterward.
** Glowing Athlai: Blackburrow / Lower Guk
 
** Glowing Othni: Cazic Thule / Unrest
{{Cquote|Players don't need to kill A Guardian of Vox to gain access to Vox's Lair, though anyone who wants to participate in the raid will need to click on the door to Vox's Lair soon after the Guardian has been killed (they should have enough time to make their way to the door before it stops working, though it won't work for too long)!
** Glowing Reis: Crushbone / Permafrost
 
** Glowing Sebilisian: Old Sebilis
You are correct in that once flagged for entry into Vox's Lair, you will always have it. Those who do not have the flag should still be able to receive it from killing the Guardian, and/or clicking on the door soon after the Guardian's death.||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id{{=}}177425 Ellyra, EQ Developer]}}
 
The respawn timer on the A Guardian of Vox in order to get flagged or trigger to spawn the guardian is 2 hours plus or minus 20 minutes.


=== Demise of the Emperor (raid) ===
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97539 Bloody Orc Signet] - Clicky effect [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=9008 Guardian Circle III]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=97540 Crushbone Fetish Choker] - Clicky effect [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=9012 Circle of Life III]


UPDATE: With the July 6, 2011 patch the following is now true -
=== Nagafen the Ancient (raid) ===
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112972 Bladestopper]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=113029 Blight, Hammer of the Scourge]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112969 Gauntlets of Fiery Might]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112998 Gold Plated Koshigatana]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112999 Hierophant`s Crook]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112970 Mighty Cloak of Flames]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=113030 Prayers of Life]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112975 Red Dragon Scales]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=112971 Selo`s Drums of the March]
* [https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item.html?item=113018 Treasure Hunter`s Satchel]


{{Cquote|Anyone without a lockout should be able to access Vox's Lair if A Guardian of Vox is down, regardless of who killed him.||| [http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?start{{=}}60&topic_id{{=}}177425 Ellyra, EQ Developer]}}


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[[Category:Annual events]]
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(June – July)
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(August – September)
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(September)
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(October – November)
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(November)
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(December – January)
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For past Hardcore Heritage schedules, see: Talk:Hardcore Heritage

Hardcore Heritage is a yearly event where they revisit some older zones and update them to provide a more challenging environment. Each zone update lasts a few weeks and then they revert it back to the old zone.

For 2023, it began on June 7 on a staggered schedule. It ended on July 4 at 11:00 p.m. PT.

2023[edit | edit source]

In 2023 it began on June 1 and ended on July 4. All events begin at 00:00 Pacific Time and end at 23:00 Pacific Time on the dates listed.

2023 Hardcore Heritage Schedule
Date begins Content Difficulty
level		 Date ends
Wednesday, June 7 Blackburrow - a/k/a Reinforced Blackburrow
Cazic Thule - a/k/a Reinforced Temple of Cazic-Thule		 80 Tuesday, June 20
Wednesday, June 7 Lower Guk - a/k/a The Reinforced Ruins of Old Guk
Unrest - a/k/a The Reinforced Estate of Unrest		 85 Tuesday, June 20
Wednesday, June 21 Crushbone a/k/a Reinforced Crushbone
Permafrost a/k/a The Reinforced Permafrost Caverns		 90 Tuesday, July 4
Wednesday, June 21 Castle Mistmoore a/k/a The Reinforced Castle of Mistmoore (Map)
Nagafen's Lair a/k/a Reinforced Nagafen's Lair (Map)		 100 Tuesday, July 4
Wednesday, June 7 Old Sebilis - a/k/a The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis (Allakhazam, EQ Resource) (Map) 105 Tuesday, July 4

Raids[edit | edit source]

Clan Crushbone[edit | edit source]

Demise of the Emperor is an 18 person instanced raid. It is given by Elwin Faerlin at the zone line of Clan Crushbone. It has a lockout of 2 days, 6 hours.

It was dropping the same loot as the group Clan Crushbone mobs, however this was fixed on the night of July 5, 2011.

Permafrost Caverns[edit | edit source]

Lady Vox's Lair is a 54 person raid in Permafrost Caverns. It is designed as Tier 2 House of Thule difficulty, with Tier 3 House of Thule rewards.

The raid has several checks in place to prevent people from zoning in unless they were present during kills or they arrive soon afterward.
“ Players don't need to kill A Guardian of Vox to gain access to Vox's Lair, though anyone who wants to participate in the raid will need to click on the door to Vox's Lair soon after the Guardian has been killed (they should have enough time to make their way to the door before it stops working, though it won't work for too long)!

You are correct in that once flagged for entry into Vox's Lair, you will always have it. Those who do not have the flag should still be able to receive it from killing the Guardian, and/or clicking on the door soon after the Guardian's death.

”

— Ellyra, EQ Developer

The respawn timer on the A Guardian of Vox in order to get flagged or trigger to spawn the guardian is 2 hours plus or minus 20 minutes.


UPDATE: With the July 6, 2011 patch the following is now true -

“ Anyone without a lockout should be able to access Vox's Lair if A Guardian of Vox is down, regardless of who killed him. ”

— Ellyra, EQ Developer

Nagafen's Lair[edit | edit source]

Nagafen the Ancient is a 54 person instanced raid in Nagafen's Lair.

To begin the raid, speak to the Stoic Imp which resides within Nagafen's chambers.

“ The Nagafen HH raid has been taken offline temporarily until we are able to address a zone crash bug. We're sorry for the inconvenience. It should be back up early next week, and we'll extend the duration of the event to make up for the downtime. ”

— Prathun, EQ Developer

“ Here's the thing.. The event isn't crashing. In reality, the zone isn't crashing either. Something is causing the static zone AND the instance to freak out so badly that the world server disconnects the zone. It's still up, but not responding to anything because the CPU is running at 130% and is just going NUTS. It's hung, but never actually explodes.

Worse.. because the zone never actually crashes, there is no crash log, so chasing what's going on is that much harder. We've found ZERO repeatability on this. In fact, neither myself, nor QA has EVER been able to make it do this. We literally can't make it happen. I've looked over every single element of this raid, regardless of how small or big it might be. I can find nothing wrong with my event. We're still trying though. Today was obviously a rough day though all around. I wish I had a better update.

As for the duration of the event, we're going to leave it up longer. We're going to make sure you guys get plenty of time to play with it. I've also reduced the lockout timer on the event to 2.5 days (something we're eventually going to do with ALL limited duration events).

”

— Elidroth, EQ Developer

The Reinforced Lair of Trakanon[edit | edit source]

In 2017, an instanced raid fighting the dragon Trakanon was added. This raid is for level 105 characters.

The raid giver is a contemplative froglok, who is at location -1754, -357, -175. (at the water/bridge area before Trakanon's area) in The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis. The keyword to request the instance is "fame". To enter say, "ready".

A minimum of 6 toons (mercs count) and a maximum of 54 is required to get the raid. No unusual prerequisites are required. The success lockout is 2.5 days.

Items[edit | edit source]

Here are some items that can only be found in the Hardcore Heritage zones and raids.

The Reinforced Ruins of Sebilis has zone-wide rare augmentation drops.

Most HH zones named have a chance to drop Glowing visible gear. These are turned in to Thach Jerden (Armor Quests) in the Plane of Knowledge for armor.

  • Thach Jerden's Glowing Armor
    • Glowing Athlai: Blackburrow / Lower Guk
    • Glowing Othni: Cazic Thule / Unrest
    • Glowing Reis: Crushbone / Permafrost
    • Glowing Sebilisian: Old Sebilis

Demise of the Emperor (raid)[edit | edit source]

Nagafen the Ancient (raid)[edit | edit source]

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