EverQuest 2 Wiki:Community Portal

This is a list of useful EQ2 web sites, discussion groups, chat channels, and other various forms of communication among people within the EQ2 community.

EQ2i Communication Channels

 * EQ2i In-Game: /join guk.eq2i
 * EQ2i IRC: irc.freenode.net:6667 #eq2i or see Project:IRC for a list of IRC clients and our connection info
 * EMail List: YahooGroups Email list for EQ2i contributors
 * Community Tool: EQ2 & General MMO community for avatars.

Other EQ2 Wikis (in English)

 * Legends of Norrath Wiki - Our latest phase of the EQ2i cabal's plan to take over the world.
 * EQ2-Daily Wiki The wiki from our buddies at the EQ2-Daily podcast.

EQ2i Sister Projects in Other Languages

 * French
 * Japanese
 * Simplified Chinese (Singapore)
 * Traditional Chinese

General Information Encyclopedia Sites (Maps, Zones, Bestiary)

 * EQ2 GamePressure - web site with decent offline maps. It has marked a lot of quests on its maps (some information is out of date).
 * EQ2 TenTonHammer - has guides written up for many zones, quests, classes, and so on. A good place if you want to read guides (some information is out of date).
 * Allakhazam (merged with Ogaming) - information database for quests, beastiary, equipment, zone info, and spells. Slightly out of date depending when players last submitted info.
 * The Brasse - some of the best maps offered in game that have style, coupled with solid quest writeups and funny cartoons
 * EQ2 Battle Mage - Spell listings, discussion forums, etc, for Mages only.
 * EQ2 Guides - Collection of user submitted guides, submit your own to help it grow.

Databases

 * EQ2 Questlist - website developed from the old EQ2 Ultimate Quest Checklist. No quest details but mostly up to date on which quests exist and how you get them.
 * LootDB - A database of in-game items with a client you can run to parse your logs and make automatic submissions in real-time. Information includes the in-game link, item screenshot with stats and the names of all mobs that have dropped the item.
 * eq2llinks - A database of in-game items with a client you can run to parse your logs and make automatic submissions in real-time. Information includes the in-game link and the names of all mobs that have dropped the item, but not a item screenshot with stats.

Raid-Specific Sites

 * RaidMobs - pre-Kunark raid mob strategies
 * RaidWiki - walkthroughs of raid content

Lore

 * The Athenaeum - A Library Dedicated to the Study of Norrathian Lore
 * EQ2Players History and Lore Forum - Official SOE/EQ2 forum for the discussion of the Lore and History of Norrath!
 * The Archive of Ik - a website dedicated to all things Iksar from all EverQuest versions.

Tradeskills, Recipes, and Housing

 * EQ2Traders - detailed web site for tradeskills. The best and most active tradeskill community.
 * EQ2Craft - Completely cross-linked database of items and recipes for tradeskills (Carpenter's recipes stops at tier 5)
 * Everseek - a terrific EQ2 Furniture and Housing Database with screenshots.

EQ2 Addons (legal ones, approved by SOE)

 * EQ2MAP - in-game maps with points of interest. A must-have!
 * EQ2Interface - custom user interfaces.
 * Milquetowst Info Center - generalized in-game info window (HQs, spells, access quests, collections, harvestables, social commands, etc.) - updated monthly

Players and Toons

 * Myrelle's EQ2 Arcanum - the best resource for racial traditions, traits and talents.

Podcasts of Note

 * SOE Official Podcasts
 * EQ2-Daily.com- Three regular players chatting about their EQ2 experiences and insights. Overviews of various game aspects as well as news about game updates and rumors included.
 * VirginWorlds MMORPG Podcast- All MMORPG news, including info about EQ2.