Whispers from the Crypt – A Project 1999 Event

[Awweshux]

More: I still want to know what this means from the turn in of the two fragments in part 2: Warning of Thamiel: The Mourner seeks a vessel. If the Hand delivers one, grief will endure forever. If Stillness prevails, silence will deny him, and the world will heal. This was the note received from A Hollow Acolyte in Lake Rathe. Intriguing.

[Ynyienae]

Wanted to put in my 2 cents as well. Loved the event. Only got a small upgrade necklace for my ranger I have been leveling solo. Totally missed the 2nd half of the event but that was all my fault. I didn't mind the rareness of the drops since it lined up well with needing to go back to town for new spells and supplies. More events like this would be totally appreciated. Thanks for all the work everyone put into the event.

[WarpathEQ]

Originally Posted by Awweshux [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My 2cp:

I was interested an engaged for the most part. The first day was way fun coordinating with guildmates. The second day nerf was annoying. After that, and when it became clear that the body parts drop rate was so much less, I tried to puzzle out some hints in the text and that's what had me try Erud's Crossing - there was somethig about an Erudite at a place with fallen stones. Having farmed some thin bone wands in the past, I thought to go there. It panned out. It was very exciting to kill a named greenie there and get both fragments. It was entirely deflating to do the turn in and receive only a note and two body parts.
I spent the rest of the time farming in Erud's Crossing. Anyone need a thinbonewand lmk, heh. Got two more rounds of both fragments and both turn ins returned only body parts and lore note. Disappointing. I still wonder if fragments from higher level mobs would provide better rewards. Anyone know?
Finally, I feel like the event was fun but the text ultimately made no real sense (that i could figure out) and those folks who thought it sounded like AI blather, well, I guess I agree. Too bad. I'd love to see a debrief to let us know what we missed - I'm hoping there was loads more to know. It feels incomplete somehow, lore wise. <3 Eschew

Everything I've seen reported is that the turn ins from both phase 1 and phase 2 resulted in a note and 2 corrupted body parts. I have not seen anyone indicate anything to the contrary.

[DesterWindall]

Originally Posted by Awweshux [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My 2cp:

I was interested an engaged for the most part. The first day was way fun coordinating with guildmates. The second day nerf was annoying. After that, and when it became clear that the body parts drop rate was so much less, I tried to puzzle out some hints in the text and that's what had me try Erud's Crossing - there was somethig about an Erudite at a place with fallen stones. Having farmed some thin bone wands in the past, I thought to go there. It panned out. It was very exciting to kill a named greenie there and get both fragments. It was entirely deflating to do the turn in and receive only a note and two body parts.
I spent the rest of the time farming in Erud's Crossing. Anyone need a thinbonewand lmk, heh. Got two more rounds of both fragments and both turn ins returned only body parts and lore note. Disappointing. I still wonder if fragments from higher level mobs would provide better rewards. Anyone know?
Finally, I feel like the event was fun but the text ultimately made no real sense (that i could figure out) and those folks who thought it sounded like AI blather, well, I guess I agree. Too bad. I'd love to see a debrief to let us know what we missed - I'm hoping there was loads more to know. It feels incomplete somehow, lore wise. <3 Eschew

No nerf occurred, was the same drop percentage the entire event.

[Medris]

The raffle has been completed for our temporary titles for those who have completed at least 10 turn in's to a given faction! All 3 winners supported the Hand of Decay. Congratulations to our winners! These titles will remain on their character through on or around 3/1/26.

Blue: Slewmonk the Emissary of Decay

Green: Oort the Emissary of Decay

Red: Animal the Emissary of Decay

Thank you to everyone who participated and to those who provided feedback!

Happy Hunting!

[circlerogue]

I just wanted to say thank you to the staff for organizing such a great event! I was super bummed in the past when I missed the Halloween night-only events because young kids and EQ don't mix, especially on Halloween. Having two entire weeks to participate was amazing. It also got me out of my normal routines in the game and the actual quest dialogue was refreshing; it was like trying to figure out quests like back in 1999. You guys are great and I am looking forward to more events like this in the future.

[Ennewi]

Missed all of the event but still managed to enjoy it vicariously through other players trying to solve the quest and find the spawns. Watching that in discord, plus looking up potential drops on Dolalin's search engine underpinned the collective excitement. So kudos to the team. There were a few classic items I hadn't heard of before, the most impressive being that warrior backslot clicky.

Kind of funny though, how paladins got boned on drops even though it was an undead-themed event. Test of Tactics rewards weren't generous to the class. Monks were the clear winners overall, with a few noteworthy exceptions. Grats!

[Dollar]

Can we get a list of the drops from the event?

[Blancah]

Originally Posted by Dollar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Can we get a list of the drops from the event?

The Devs/GMs don't supply those from my experience. DesterWindall mentioned "there were over 75 items added into the randomness." There are 8 "items" and 23 pieces of gear added on the Wiki currently. Anything else would need to be crowdsourced.

You can check for some of what dropped on the wiki page.