General In-Game Beta Instructions:

Playing on the beta server will grant you a special reward for your live accounts and will help provide us with valuable feedback as we work to polish the expansion before launch.

Here is all the information you’ll need to help you get started with beta:

HOW DO I ACCESS THE BETA SERVER?

• Use the beta launcher to access the beta server.
• If you don’t already have the beta launcher, you can directly download it here. (There may be a lot of data for you to download, so please be patient and plan accordingly!)
• Be sure to run the beta server LaunchPad shortcut every time before you log in. Failing to do so may cause you to experience crashes or gameplay issues that could be fixed by patching.

I KEEP GETTING A 1017 ERROR. HOW DO I FIX THAT?

• What time is it? If between 5AM and 7AM PT, please wait until 7AM and update your client.. The automated update runs every morning that pushes out the latest to beta. If it’s not during our update time, make sure that you’ve updated your beta client and that in LaunchPad it’s still pointed to the “Beta” version.
• Otherwise, Re-Download the beta install -> https://launch.daybreakgames.com/installer/EQ_Beta_setup.exe
  Run it using the Repair option when you run it, and be sure you have the EQ Beta folder selected.
  Don’t worry about the DirectX install, let it run, it will validate that DirectX is current and stop without making any changes.

HOW DO I COPY MY CHARACTER ONTO THE BETA SERVER?

• Run /beta in your chat window on the character that you would like copied.
• We’ve scheduled scripts that will copy characters to the beta server to run alongside the morning patch.
• Please note that it can take several days for us to copy your character, depending on patches.

HOW DO I MAX LEVEL MY CHARACTER?

• Hail Lorekeeper Antonov and say “MAX”.

HOW DO I RECEIVE MAX AA’s??

• Hail Lorekeeper Antonov and say “ASK”. This will give you around 10k AA’s to spend on your character. After you log out, anything over the threshold will be removed.

HOW DO I RECEIVE MAX SPELLS?

• Hail Lorekeeper Antonov. Not sure if you need do to the /spells command prior, or at all, but you should just be able to say “Rank One”, “Rank Two”, or “Rank Three”, depending which tier you want to get all your NEW spells.

HOW DO I USE THE /betabuff COMMAND?

• We want people to be able to test the content with a variety of classes and levels. In order to give you that ability to test as much of the expansion as possible, we have created a /betabuff command.
• To beta buff, use this command on a level 1 character: /betabuff
• This command will only work if the character was created on the beta server and is level 1.
• You should target your character to be Level 115 when the beta starts.

HOW DO I GET TO BETA ZONES?

• When you get onto the beta server, create your character and head to the Plane of Knowledge and speak to Old Man Thorren.

HOW DO I GET FREE TEST GEAR AND OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS?

• Visit the Plane of Knowledge and click on Old Man Thorren, as he is a merchant as well. He has everything you need!
• Perfected Augment Distillers.
• Gate potions.
• Trophies for your house (purchase a house in the neightborhood).
• Beta Fish (Summons merchants for testing Augments and more).
• Race/Gender change.
• … and much more!

HOW LONG IS THE BETA?

• The beta test is scheduled to end sometime in December before the launch of the expansion. However, this may be subject to change.

HOW CAN I LEAVE BETA FEEDBACK?
There are three methods for passing information to us about what you experience during the beta:

• /bug command
• Beta Forum
• Beta Bug Reports Section in Forum

Starting a thread in the Beta Bug Reports section of the forums is the preferred way to submit bugs. You should search through pre-existing threads and like the top post on that thread if it is important to you. If you have additional information about the bug, please add a comment to the thread. If you cannot find your issue, please make a new thread. When creating a new thread, please make a new separate thread for each issue instead of including multiple things in one thread.
/bug is another way to report bugs. Bugs are gameplay features that do not work, spelling errors, or anything else that does not work as intended. Please give us as much detail about the bug as you can when reporting it.
You can also leave feedback, ask questions, or discuss topics on right here our Beta boards! For the most part, these boards should be used to discuss parts of the expansion that work properly, but that you would like to see changed. If you discover an item that you think should have less Wisdom (WIS) and more Intelligence (INT), post it here. If you think a certain encounter is too easy or too hard, post it here.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• DO NOT USE /claim or the loyalty merchant on beta. This is tied to your live account and will affect your claim items and loyalty crown balance on live.
• Beta installs into a separate folder that will take up about the same amount of space as the live game version.
• The beta server may not be accessible at all times, as patching will occur whenever it is necessary (and frequently between 5 AM and 7 AM PT, as mentioned above).
• The beta server will get wiped periodically, meaning beta characters may be deleted with or without notice.
• If you find yourself in dire need of assistance, you can use /petition to contact us for help. Please only petition if the situation is one that you can’t correct yourself. For example, if you used /betabuff to create a character and you have lost the corpse, there is no need to /petition. You can just log out, create a new character and use the /betabuff command again.
• There is no Non-Disclosure Agreement specifically for this beta session. However, we would still prefer that beta-related discussions are kept in the beta forums so that we can keep track of and find information more easily.