Naidem, the land between where those that have died but are not ready to move on, or the respective deities are not ready to claim them, reside, and is home to the village of Evermore Hollow. As of 2022, it is the new permanent home for the Ebon Gate Festival.

Run Dates & Schedule

Activities

• Automated Games - entries purchased with SimuCoins. Each offers the ability to earn soul shards.
  • Trick-or-Treat - Returning in 2022 to Evermore Hollow, Trick-or-Treat allows participants to obtain a variety of prizes. Cost for entry is 100 SimuCoins.

• • Herb Hunt - NEW in 2022, the Herb Hunt allows participants the chance to wander the Gardens of Bittermere woods in search of a toadshade, similar to the Fox Hunt at Rumor Woods. Lucky winners may even find a new Mandrake pet to take home. Cost for entry is 100 SimuCoins.

• • Arena of the Abyss - Returning in 2022 to Evermore Hollow. Entrants face five undead creatures, one a time, and when complete, prizes are awarded, including a chance at necrotic ring. Cost for entry is 10 SimuCoins.

• • Sonreeva - New in 2022 to Evermore Hollow, alternatively known as Newcropolis. More information coming soon. Cost for entry is 10 SimuCoins.
• Live Games - accessible with a merchant pass. To view the schedule, click here. Note: All times listed in EDT.
  • Cooking Contest - New in 2022, entries are submitted prior to the event so they may be QC'd and created in enough time to have a live taste testing.
• Spook Contest - New in 2022, join the contest by visiting the Spectral Waifling at the Spookorium to get started. Top five winners at the end of Ebon Gate will receive special titles.

• Fishing - Returning in 2022 to Evermore Hollow. As in previous years, participants can throw a line into the water and win various prizes, including new Death Announcement Customizations. Cost will be 50 soul shards per entry.

Live Games and GHOUL Schedules

• 2023 Live Games

• 2022 Live Games

Features

Currency

The featured currency for Evermore Hollow is soul shards which are used to purchase goods and services from the various shops. They can be earned through participation in the various available activities.

Shopping

Shopping is available on the grounds, with new items introduced for sale each year.

• Shopping lists by year:
  • 2023 shop listing - Current List
  • 2022 shop listing

Treasure Trove

Introduced in 2019 to the Ebon Gate festival, Evermore Hollow will feature its own Treasure Trove raffle area similar to the one found at Duskruin. - Updated in 2023.

• Treasure Trove lists by year:
  • 2023 raffle list - Current List
  • 2022 raffle list

Eve of the Reunion

Debuting in 2021, the Eve of the Reunion event offers those lucky enough to find an invitation Trick-or-Treating opportunity to purchase necrotic ring charging goo and get one of the remaining trove items not drawn during the raffles. - Discontinued after 2022.

Merchant Work and Raffles

Merchant week during the festival features many merchants and raffles available to those with a merchant pass.

• 2023 announced services and raffles - Current List

• 2022 announced services and raffles

Ebon Gate Festival/services 2023

Automated Services

Automated services are those that can be performed without merchant intervention and are done through NPC interactions.

• Incanter - Returning once again to charge carousels, the incanter can be found wandering the grounds.
• Quinton Manse - New in 2022, Quinton Manse features NPCs capable of performing much sought after services. Custom flare certificates will be sold here, as well.
  • Fusion Shaman - Have a great enhancive on a not-so-great item? Tokens found in Arena of the Abyss grant access to his services, and from there, you can select which enhancive property to convert to a tier 2 fusion orb. He can be found in the Parlor.
  • Dabbler - New to Evermore Hollow, the dabbler can automatically remove properties from equipment, similar to Duskruin. He can be found in the Eastern Nook.
  • Study - Unlock certificates of items previously sold can be purchased here.
  • Sylinar - Returning in 2022, Sylinar is hiding out in the Garden and will be offering the same services he had before, with some improvements:
    • Pemanence: make a crumbly enhancive persist - 10,000 soul shards
    • Charge Pool Increase: increase the total charge pool of an enhancive by 10 charges or 10%, whichever is greater - 4,000 soul shards
    • Recharging: Recharge an enhancive item by 10 charges up to the item's maximum - 4,000 soul shards
    • Removal: Remove a single enhancive property from an item - 10,000 soul shards
    • Swapping - Swap enhancives between the listed categories - 10,000 soul shards/20,000 soul shards for Aura (to or from)
      • Strength, Wisdom, or Aura (any one to another)
      • Constitution, Dexterity, Agility, or Discipline (any one to another)
      • Logic, Intuition, or Influence (any one to another)
      • Any Weapons Skill plus Spell Aiming, excluding TWC, Multi-Opponent Combat, or Combat Maneuvers (any one to another)
      • Magic Item Use to Arcane Symbols (one to another)
      • Mana Controls - Elemental, Spiritual, or Mental (one to another)
      • Any Lores (any one to another)
      • Mana, Stamina, or Health regeneration (any one to another, health at 1/2 value)
        • Health at 1/2 value, eg. +10 health regen converts to +5 mana or stamina regen and vice versa
  • Auto-flarer - Debuting in 2018 at Caligos Isle, the auto-flarer grants flares, both scripted and not, to eligible items when presented with an appropriate token and payment. He can be found in the Western Nook. For a list of eligible flares, click here.

• Antiquarian Manor - New in 2022. Turn your hoards of stashed away alter fodder into items easily stored in the Antiquarian's Apparatus to cut down on storage woes.
  • Permifier - The permifier returns to permify applicable items for soul shards in the Garden.

Unique Gems

To see a list of unique gems exclusive to Evermore Hollow, click here.

Storyline Information

• Denizens of Naidem (2022 Introduction)
• The Last Bride of the Vixtix (2023)
• The Ivsenra's Fate (2024)

Quest Information

Opening in 2022, Evermore Hollow a quest for the Guidebook to the Unliving.

• The Newly Unliving Registry Quest. - Obtain the Guidebook to the Unliving.

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Quest Reward Information

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This Guidebook starts you on your adventures in Naidem by giving you small tasks to complete. Each task unlocks a new chapter in your Guidebook that is designed to ease your transition into this new realm. Note: Regardless of if you’ve completed the quest, each portal leading to a merchant’s workroom has been equipped with a Monster Bold display of what the merchant is working on, when they started, and how long they will be working.

Completing every quest fully unlocks the Guidebook and provides the following:

• Detailed chapters of about each area in Bittermere Woods, Ember Orchard, Evermore Hollow, Gleyminn Anni River, and Graveyard Temporalis.
• Your book now becomes a guide to working merchants during Service Week.
• Your book now tells you what each merchant is working on and when they started.
• Your book now becomes a guide to all currently running raffles.
• Your book now teleports you to the shop of a working merchant (PnC only).

Additional Information

Key Locations

Quest-Related

Games

Fishing

Nodes

Automated Services

Souvenir

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Pricing

^† The merchant event is scheduled to be 7 days in each instance (Prime and Plat) as noted in the schedule, but the pass is set up for the duration of the event to cover any mishaps or re-scheduling.
* The base item is the same, however "an enruned stone cube" is available in 1, 10, 50, 100, and 250 count entries.

Titles

Titles have been made available for contest winners.

Announcements and Teasers

• 2023 announcements

• 2022 announcements

TownCrier Articles

• Ebon Gate 2023 Quick Reference Shop Index

• TownCrier list of teasers - 2023

• Ebon Gate 2023 Buyer's Choice

• TownCrier list of teasers - 2022

• Ebon Gate 2022 Buyer's Choice

• Ebon Gate 2022 Quick Reference Shop Index

Player-Created Content

• An Illustrated Guide to Elanthian Flora - Naidem by Alisaire Frey

Artwork Archive

• Promotional Artwork
• Player-created Maps