On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, Thornblade is being merged onto Mischief, and any characters you have on Thornblade will be accessible from Mischief. To complete this work, there will be up to 12 hours of downtime beginning at 6:00 a.m. PDT (1300 UTC) for all EverQuest servers. Please note that this is also the date of the Live Update which will be included in the scheduled downtime. 

To have the merge go as smoothly as possible, below is a short list of changes you can expect as well as a brief list of answers to some of the questions you may have. If we receive more questions about the merging process, the FAQ section below will be updated accordingly. 

Naming Conflicts

If, because of the server merge, two or more characters have the same name, the conflict will be resolved as follows: 

  • The player who has logged into their character within 60 days before the merge will retain the original character name. If there is still a conflict, the character with the highest number of minutes played will retain the original character name. 
  • The renamed character will have additional letters added to the end of their name and be flagged for a free rename. Characters who have been renamed can open the rename window to pick a new name with /changename chat command. 

Guild Transfers 

  • Guilds and guild halls will remain intact after the merge. 

Real Estate 

  • Real estate will merge completely onto the new server. 
  • Neighborhood names may change in the event of duplicate names. 

Banks 

  • All items in your regular bank will be transferred completely. 
  • Shared bank items from Thornblade will appear in the item overflow window on Mischief.
  • Shared bank platinum from Thornblade will be combined into your shared platinum on Mischief. 

Overflow Items 

  • If your account has any overflow items on Thornblade or Mischief, they will be in the item overflow window on Mischief. 

Dragon’s Hoard 

  • Dragon’s Hoard items will go with your character to Mischief. 

Overseer 

  • Overseer agents, experience, stats, and active quests from both servers will be combined. 
  • Incapacitated agents will be recovered after the merge. 

Account-wide Achievements 

  • Any Account-wide achievements obtained on Thornblade but not on Mischief will be added to Mischief. 
  • If any Account-wide Achievements were obtained on both servers, the earliest date achieved of the two will be kept. 

Tradeskill Component Depot 

  • Tradeskill Component Depot items will go with your character to Mischief. 
  • If after the merge, the number of items in your Tradeskill Component Depot exceeds your maximum item count, you will only be able to withdraw items until dropping back below that cap. 

Universal Chat 

  • EverQuest’s Universal Chat system uses a separate database undergoing its own merge. After the server merge, Universal Chat may not be available immediately. As soon as its merge is complete, Universal Chat will be turned back on. 

Frequently Asked Questions: 

Q:  Will there be free character transfers off the servers before the merge?
A:  Free transfers off of Thornblade were allowed starting on June 19, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) PDT, and will continue to be active until the merge is complete. Transfers off Thornblade will be allowed to Mischief or Firiona Vie servers only. Use the /servertransfer command if you would like to go to a different server (or go to Mischief early). 

Q:  What will the server be named after the merge?
A:  Since Thornblade is merging with Mischief, Mischief will be its name. 

Q:  If I only have 8 character slots available on my account, but after the merge I now have 12 characters on the server, what happens? How is it determined which characters I can access? 
A:  If, after the merge, your account has more characters on Mischief than you have access to, the characters you cannot access will be grayed out in the character select screen. Characters are selected to fill the slots starting with the most recently logged in characters first. Characters created after the start of Free-To-Play are limited to the number of slots available due to membership level and purchased slots. Characters created before Free-To-Play are always available. 

  • You can regain access to disabled characters by subscribing if you are Free-To-Play, purchasing additional character slots, or deleting characters from the un-grayed portion of your list. 

Q:  What happens if there are guild name conflicts?
A:  This very rarely occurs, and we currently do not see any guild name conflicts between Thornblade and Mischief. If, however, there is a conflict, GM discretion takes over for a final decision. The guild with a forced name change will have “of Servername” appended to their name and the guild rename flag will be enabled. (In exceptional cases, an X will be added to the end of the guild’s name.)

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