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Encyclopedia > The Ruins of Kunark

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The Ruins of Kunark (RoK, Kunark, or simply the Kunark expansion) was the first expansion to EverQuest; a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). It introduced a new land area to the game, the continent of Kunark, which had been previously unexplored. Through a mix of in-game events and fiction published on the web by Verant Interactive, the storyline of the discovery of Kunark was established. An expansion pack is an addition to an existing game. ... EverQuest (EQ) is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on March 16, 1999. ... A massive(ly) multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG is a multiplayer computer role-playing game that enables thousands of players to play in an evolving virtual world at the same time over the Internet. ... This article is about a continent of EverQuest. ... Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is a computer game development division of Sony that mostly creates massively multiplayer online games. ...

EverQuest: Ruins of Kunark

Release April 24, 2000
Platforms PC
Developer Sony Online Entertainment
Publisher Sony Online Entertainment
Genre MMORPG
Predecessor EverQuest
Successor EverQuest: Scars of Velious
Gameplay Completing the 'epic quests'; defeating dragons and bosses.
Official site Ruins of Kunark @ EverQuestLive.com

Cover art of the EverQuest expansion box set The Ruins of Kunark (2000). ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The tower of a personal computer. ... Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is a computer game development division of Sony that mostly creates massively multiplayer online games. ... Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) is a computer game development division of Sony that mostly creates massively multiplayer online games. ... A massive(ly) multiplayer online role-playing game or MMORPG is a multiplayer computer role-playing game that enables thousands of players to play in an evolving virtual world at the same time over the Internet. ... EverQuest (EQ) is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on March 16, 1999. ... The Scars of Velious (SoV, Velious, or simply the Velious expansion) is the second expansion released for EverQuest — a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). ...

General information

In terms of the game, The Ruins of Kunark had a very different visual feel compared to the original zones in EverQuest: the color pallete was more vibrant and many of the models used for the monsters were more detailed. This detail was most evident in the Iksar, a new playable race of lizard people introduced with the expansion. The Iksar had a number of racial advantages, including the ability to swim for a near-unlimited amount of time and reasonably good regenerative powers. This was balanced by the fact that they were hated by all of the other races in the game and that there were very few places they could go without being attacked. EverQuest, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is set in a fantasy world which is divided into more than 200 zones. ... Iksars The Iksar are one of the playable races of Sony Online Entertainments successful MMORPG, EverQuest. ...


The Kunark expansion also increased the maximum level a character could attain from 50 to 60, and introduced a substantial number of new and powerful monsters for characters above level 50 to fight. The most notable of these was Veeshan's Peak, a zone populated by dragons that was, at its release, declared to be the hardest zone that would be put into EverQuest. In reality, the zone quickly was surpassed by other zones released in further expansions, and is in fact not used often by players. Experience points (often abbreviated as exp or xp) are a representation of a characters advancement and improvement in skills in role-playing games. ...


Another notable and deep dungeon is Sebilis, the lair of the undead dragon Trakanon. Initially not even the most heavily geared and skilled guilds could defeat it with their "Old World" armor at level 50, but eventually, with careful tactics, increasing their level and harvesting better gear from Kunark, this was possible.


The Ruins of Kunark was also the focus of 'epic quests', or quests for powerful weapons for each character class, which were introduced between the Kunark and Velious expansions as a source of further high-end content. A character class represents a characters archetype and career in many role-playing games. ...


Zones

For more details on this topic, see Zones of EverQuest.
  • Burning Woods
  • Cabilis East - Cabilis is the city of the Iksar
  • Cabilis West
  • Charasis (Howling Stones)
  • Chardok
  • City of Mist
  • Crypt of Dalnir
  • Dreadlands
  • Emerald Jungle
  • Field of Bone
  • Firiona Vie - Firona Vie is a High Elven outpost
  • Frontier Mountains
  • Kaesora
  • Karnor's Castle
  • Kurn's Tower
  • Lake of Ill Omen
  • Mines of Nurga
  • Old Sebilis
  • Skyfire Mountains
  • Swamp of No Hope
  • Temple of Droga
  • The Overthere
  • Timorous Deep
  • Trakanon's Teeth
  • Veeshan's Peak
  • Warsliks Woods

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