Classes and Races

This page is for information about the character classes and races in EQ.

Classes

Bard	Beastlord	Berserker	Cleric	Druid	Enchanter	Magician	Monk

Necromancer	Paladin	Ranger	Rogue	Shadowknight	Shaman	Warrior	Wizard

Class Names

Level 1 to 50	Level 51 to 54	Level 55 to 59	Level 60 to 64	Level 65 to 69	Level 70 to 74	Level 75 to 115
Bard	Minstrel	Troubadour	Virtuoso	Maestro	Herald	Lyricist
Beastlord	Primalist	Animist	Savage Lord	Feral Lord	Wildblood	Arch Animist
Berserker	Brawler	Vehement	Rager	Fury	Ravager	Juggernaut
Cleric	Vicar	Templar	High Priest	Archon	Prelate	Exemplar
Druid	Wanderer	Preserver	Hierophant	Storm Warden	Natureguard	Stormcaller
Enchanter	Illusionist	Beguiler	Phantasmist	Coercer	Bedazzler	Entrancer
Magician	Elementalist	Conjurer	Arch Mage	Arch Convoker	Arch Magus	Grand Summoner
Monk	Disciple	Master	Grandmaster	Transcendent	Stone Fist	Ashenhand
Necromancer	Heretic	Defiler	Warlock	Arch Lich	Wraith	Deathcaller
Paladin	Cavalier	Knight	Crusader	Lord Protector	Lord	Holy Defender
Ranger	Pathfinder	Outrider	Warder	Forest Stalker	Plainswalker	Huntmaster
Rogue	Rake	Blackguard	Assassin	Deceiver	Nemesis	Shadowblade
Shadow Knight	Reaver	Revenant	Grave Lord	Dread Lord	Scourge Knight	Bloodreaver
Shaman	Mystic	Luminary	Oracle	Prophet	Soothsayer	Spiritwatcher
Warrior	Champion	Myrmidon	Warlord	Overlord	Vanquisher	Imperator
Wizard	Channeler	Evoker	Sorceror	Arcanist	Grand Arcanist	Arch Arcanist

Races

• Allakhazam's EQ:Races

Playable Races in EverQuest
Race	Alignment	Starting City Note: All races have the option to also choose Crescent Reach	Innate Racial Abilities	Available Classes	Race Size	Armor Size
Barbarian	Good	Halas	Slam, +10 Cold Resist	Beastlord, Berserker, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior	Large	Medium, Large
Dark Elf (Teir'Dal)	Evil	Neriak	Ultravision, Hide (50 cap)	Cleric, Enchanter, Magician, Necromancer, Rogue, Shadow Knight, Warrior, Wizard	Elf	Small, Medium
Drakkin	Neutral	Crescent Reach	Dragon Breath	Bard, Cleric, Druid, Enchanter, Magician, Monk, Necromancer, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Shadow Knight, Warrior, Wizard	Human	Medium
Dwarf	Good	Kaladim	Infravision, +5 Poison/Magic Resist	Berserker, Cleric, Paladin, Rogue, Warrior,	Small	Small
Erudite	Neutral	Erudin, Paineel	+5 Magic Resist, -5 Disease Resist	Cleric, Enchanter, Magician, Necromancer, Paladin, Shadow Knight, Wizard	Human	Medium
Froglok	Good or Evil	Gukta	Swimming (Skill starts at 125), Ultravision	Cleric, Monk, Necromancer, Paladin, Rogue, Shadow Knight, Shaman, Warrior, Wizard	Small (or possibly Elf)	Small, Medium
Gnome	Neutral	Ak'Anon	Tinkering	Cleric, Enchanter, Magician, Necromancer, Paladin, Rogue, Shadow Knight, Warrior, Wizard	Small	Small
Half Elf (Ayr'Dal)	Neutral	Qeynos, Freeport, Surefall Glade, Kelethin	Infravision	Bard, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Warrior	Human (or possibly Elf)	Medium
Halfling	Good	Rivervale	Infravision, Sneak (50 Cap), Hide (50 cap), +5 poison/disease resist	Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Warrior	Small	Small
High Elf (Koada'Dal)	Good	Felwithe	Infravision	Cleric, Enchanter, Magician, Paladin, Wizard	Elf	Medium
Human	Good	Qeynos, Freeport, Surefall Glade	None	Bard, Cleric, Druid, Enchanter, Magician, Monk, Necromancer, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Shadow Knight, Warrior, Wizard	Human	Medium
Iksar	Evil	Cabilis	Infravision, Swimming (Skill starts at 100), Forage (50 cap), Regeneration, AC Bonus	Beastlord, Monk, Necromancer, Shadow Knight, Shaman, Warrior	Human (or possibly Large)	Medium
Ogre	Evil	Oggok	Slam, Frontal Melee Stun Immunity, Faster Food/Drink Consumption	Beastlord, Berserker, Shadow Knight, Shaman, Warrior,	Large	Large
Troll	Evil	Grobb	Slam, Regeneration, Infravision, -20 Fire Resist	Beastlord, Berserker, Shadow Knight, Shaman, Warrior	Large	Large
Vah Shir	Neutral	Shar Vhal	Safe Fall, Infravision, Faster Food/Drink Consumption, Sneak (50 Cap)	Bard, Beastlord, Rogue, Shaman, Warrior	Large	Large
Wood Elf (Feir'Dal)	Good	Kelethin	Infravision, Sneak (50 Cap), Hide (50 cap), Forage (50 cap)	Bard, Beastlord, Druid, Ranger, Rogue, Warrior	Elf	Small, Medium
Race	Alignment	Starting City Note: All races have the option to also choose Crescent Reach	Innate Racial Abilities	Available Classes	Race Size	Armor Size

On the Race Sizes, it appears (based on the Calling Phantasm raid) that the sizes are (smallest to largest):

• Small, Elf, Human, Large

Changing race

It is possible to change your race if you pay real life money (Station Cash) to SOE. If you change your race the current quests in your journal will be cleared, as well as deity-specific spells, and your character's bind point will be set to Plane of Knowledge. Also, your new race must be one of the allowed races for your class.

Experience penalties

It appears that early in EverQuest there were penalties based on class and/or race. These have been removed as stated in this quote:

“	When class and race penalties were removed early in EverQuest's life, this was handled by increasing how much experience those classes and races received. For example, an iksar shadowknight receives 60% more XP than a barbarian rogue, because it takes the iksar shadowknight 60% more XP to level.	”
— Prathun, EQ Developer

Behind the scenes

The following is believed to be true, however it has not been confirmed by Daybreak.

“	EQ uses bitmasks when referring to specific fields. Following are unique identifiers for class: WAR=1 CLE=2 PAL=4 RNG=8 SHD=16 DRU=32 MNK=64 BRD=128 ROG=256 SHM=512 NEC=1024 WIZ=2048 MAG=4096 ENC=8192 BST=16384 BER=32768 As an example, in order to specify you wanted an item to be only used by SKs, you would have its 'usable-by' field set to 16. If you wanted that item to be usable by only SKs and Warriors then it would be 17. SHD/WAR/PAL would be 21. 0 would equal none, 65535 would equal ALL. Edit to add: An explanation for those not familiar: "Simply" put, you take the number given and compare it to where it fits within the given range, let's say 67. 67 isn't on there so we bounce down to 64 (Monk). That leaves 3 but there is no 3 so let's bounce down to the next option which is 2 (Cleric). Now we're left with a 1 which is (Warrior). That item would be tagged as usable by those classes.	”
— Khat Nip, November 17, 2021