Skip to content

Everquest Progression Server Leveling

Everquest Progression Server Leveling Guides

Menu
  • Home
  • Power Leveling
    • Power Leveling Explained
    • Classic 1-50
    • Kunark 1-60
    • Velious 1-60
    • Luclin 1-60
  • Leveling
    • Classic Leveling Guide
    • Kunark Leveling Guide
    • Velious Leveling Guide
    • Luclin Leveling Guide
  • Videos
    • TrueBox Server Multiboxing
    • Power Leveling on TLP
    • Best Level For AA
    • Solo vs Grouping
  • Multiboxing
    • Multiboxing Setup
    • Dual Boxing
    • 3 Boxing
    • 4 Boxing
    • 6 Boxing
  • Blog
Menu
banned or nerfed everquest items

The 16 Most Overpowered EverQuest Items That Got Nerfed or Removed

Posted on October 31, 2024

Manastone

  • Effect: Converts health to mana, allowing near-endless casting when paired with healing abilities.
  • Location: Dropped in Lower Guk, particularly in the Evil Eye camp.
  • How to Acquire: Looted from specific enemies in Lower Guk.
  • Nerf: Removed from loot tables post-Kunark expansion and limited to non-Kunark zones to prevent its powerful mana regeneration in high-level dungeons​

Guise of the Deceiver

  • Effect: Grants Dark Elf illusion, allowing unique vision and faction adjustments.
  • Location: Dropped by the Ghoul Assassin in Lower Guk.
  • How to Acquire: Looted as a rare drop from Ghoul Assassin.
  • Nerf: Changed to the Mask of Deception, restricted to rogues only, as the illusion advantages for non-Dark Elf characters were too impactful​

Circlet of Shadow (Pre-Nerf)

  • Effect: Instant-cast invisibility.
  • Location: Dropped by Chief Rokgus in Frontier Mountains.
  • How to Acquire: Rare drop from Chief Rokgus.
  • Nerf: Replaced with a casting time version as instant invisibility was too powerful for evading combat and positioning in high-level content​

Donal’s Chestplate of Mourning (Pre-Nerf)

  • Effect: Complete Heal with no mana cost, allowing clerics to heal indefinitely.
  • Location: Dropped by Trakanon in Sebilis.
  • How to Acquire: Rare drop from Trakanon.
  • Nerf: Added a cooldown to limit Complete Heal spam, as unlimited healing was imbalanced in raids

Scimitar of the Mistwalker

  • Effect: Summons a powerful wolf pet, providing a significant DPS boost.
  • Location: Dropped by Lady Vox.
  • How to Acquire: Looted from Lady Vox as a rare drop.
  • Nerf: Completely removed due to its high DPS for rangers, making them more powerful than intended in solo and group scenarios​

Mosscovered Twig

  • Effect: Extremely high attack speed, allowing rapid hits.
  • Location: Dropped by Allizewsaur in the Ocean of Tears.
  • How to Acquire: Rare drop from Allizewsaur.
  • Nerf: Removed as it provided melee classes with an overwhelmingly high DPS output​

Fungus Covered Great Staff (Pre-Nerf)

  • Effect: Provides significant health regeneration.
  • Location: Dropped by the Myconid Spore King in Old Sebilis.
  • How to Acquire: Rare drop from the Myconid Spore King.
  • Nerf: Restricted to specific classes as the regeneration trivialized solo play, making it overly effective for classes that didn’t rely on healing​

Rubicite Armor

  • Effect: High armor and stat bonuses, very valuable for low-level tanks.
  • Location: Dropped in Cazic-Thule by various mobs.
  • How to Acquire: Collected as drops from various mobs in Cazic-Thule.
  • Nerf: Removed due to its significant durability for lower-level characters, which imbalanced the progression and difficulty curve​

Bladestorm, Katana of Steel Sleet

  • Effect: High melee damage output.
  • Location: Dropped by Cazic-Thule in Plane of Fear.
  • How to Acquire: Looted from Cazic-Thule as a rare drop.
  • Nerf: Removed due to its high damage potential, which gave melee players a substantial early-game advantage​

Locket of Escape

  • Effect: Instant teleportation to bind point.
  • Location: Rare drop in Kunark, exact sources varied.
  • How to Acquire: Random drop in Kunark.
  • Nerf: Removed to prevent non-casters from gaining an unintended advantage in mobility​

Box of Abu-Kar

  • Effect: 100% weight reduction in a large container.
  • Location: Dropped globally by mobs level 35+.
  • How to Acquire: Rare, random drop from higher-level mobs.
  • Nerf: Removed as the weight reduction trivialized inventory management for certain classes​

Ton Po’s Staff of Understanding

  • Effect: High damage staff, very effective for monks.
  • Location: Dropped in the Plane of Sky.
  • How to Acquire: Rare drop from Plane of Sky bosses.
  • Nerf: Rebalanced as its DPS made monks too powerful relative to other melee classes​

Rod of Annihilation

  • Effect: High-damage two-handed weapon, typically useful for casters in melee.
  • Location: Dropped by Cazic-Thule in Plane of Fear.
  • How to Acquire: Rare drop from Cazic-Thule.
  • Nerf: Removed as it allowed caster classes to deal excessive melee damage​

Fabled Shrunken Goblin Skull Earring

  • Effect: Provides haste, ideal for increasing melee attack speed.
  • Location: Available during anniversary events from Fabled goblins.
  • How to Acquire: Dropped by Fabled mobs during anniversary events.
  • Nerf: Limited to annual events, as the haste effect became too desirable across classes​

Scarab Breastplate

  • Effect: High damage shield, returning damage to attackers.
  • Location: Dropped in Cazic-Thule.
  • How to Acquire: Random drop from Cazic-Thule mobs.
  • Nerf: Removed as it was too powerful for lower-level tanks due to its damage return capability​

Cobalt Greaves

  • Nerf: Modified to reduce the combined effects of high AC and speed, which made warriors nearly unkillable​
  • Effect: Provided a speed boost for warriors.
  • Location: Available through Kunark armor quests.
  • How to Acquire: Quest reward for warriors in Kunark.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • The 10 Most Iconic Everquest Characters
  • Which Classes Were Most Needed in EverQuest? A Full Ranking by Expansion
  • The 16 Most Overpowered EverQuest Items That Got Nerfed or Removed
  • The 10 Most Iconic Raids in Everquest History
  • The Best and Worst EverQuest Expansions Ranked: A Complete Guide to All 30 Releases
  • The Most Profitable Everquest Tradeskills by Expansion
  • Everquest Luclin Hunting/Grinding Guide
  • Teek vs Tormax vs Mischief vs Oakwynd Population Tracking
  • Teek vs Tormax Class Selections
  • 1-60 Persona Leveling Guide (Ruins of Kunark) Everquest
  • Oakwynd vs Mischief TLP Server Populations
  • Oakwynd Krono Price Tracking Post Trade Depot Hack
  • Best 6 Box Combo on Everquest TLP Server
  • Best 4 Box Combo on Everquest TLP Server
  • Best 3 Box Combo on Everquest TLP
©2025 Everquest Progression Server Leveling | Design: Newspaperly WordPress Theme