Category:Ebon Gate Festival

This article is about the merchant event. For the metaphysical gateway of souls in the afterlife, see Ebon Gate (gate).

Ebon Gate (or EG) is a yearly paid merchant event that occurs at the end of October/beginning of November, and is focused on death and celebrating the Eve of the Reunion. There have been several different ghost towns for EG, each with their own backstory and mini-quests, but the basic mapping of the area for shopping remains the same. The first EG was in 1998, making it the longest running regularly scheduled merchant event.

This article is a work in progress!

Run Dates

Dates	Venue	Storyline Schedule	Merchant Week		Live Games Week		Services Schedule		Eve of the Reunion		Games Schedule	Shop Listings	Ebon Gate Treasure Trove	Announcements
Dates	Venue	Storyline Schedule	Prime	Plat	Prime	Plat	Prime	Plat	Prime	Plat	Games Schedule	Shop Listings	Ebon Gate Treasure Trove	Announcements
Oct 4 - Nov 3, 2024	Evermore Hollow	10/4 - 10/11 & 10/25 - 10/29	10/18 - 10/25	10/11- 10/18	10/11 - 10/18	10/4 - 10/11	Prime 2024	Plat 2024	2024 Live Games & GHOUL	Shop List, part 1 Shop List, part 2	2024 Trove Prizes	2024 Announcements

For a list of previous run dates, shop lists, Treasure Trove Lists, and saved posts, click here.
Dates	Venue	Storyline Schedule	Merchant Week		Live Games Week		Services Schedule		Eve of the Reunion		Games Schedule	Shop Listings	Ebon Gate Treasure Trove	Saved posts
Dates	Venue	Storyline Schedule	Prime	Plat	Prime	Plat	Prime	Plat	Prime	Plat	Games Schedule	Shop Listings	Ebon Gate Treasure Trove	Saved posts
Oct 4 - Nov 3, 2024	Evermore Hollow	10/4 - 10/11 & 10/25 - 10/29	10/18 - 10/25	10/11- 10/18	10/11 - 10/18	10/4 - 10/11	Prime 2024	Plat 2024	-		2024 Live Games & GHOUL	Shop List, part 1 Shop List, part 2	2024 Trove Prizes	2024 Announcements
Sept 29 - Oct 31, 2023	Evermore Hollow	9/29 - 10/6 & 10/22 - 10/27	10/13 - 10/20	10/6 - 10/13	10/6 - 10/13	9/29 - 10/6	Prime 2023	Plat 2023	-		2023 Live Games & GHOUL	2023 Shop Listing	2023 Trove Prizes	2023 Announcements
Sept 30 - Oct 30, 2022	Evermore Hollow		10/14 - 10/21	10/7 - 10/14	10/7 - 10/14	9/30 - 10/7	Prime 2022	Plat 2022	10/29	10/30	2022 Live Games & GHOUL	2022 Shop Listing	2022 Trove Prizes	2022 Announcements
October 1 - 31, 2021	Caligos Isle	Pre: 9/24 - 10/1 Finales: 10/25 - 10/31	10/15 - 10/22	10/8 - 10/15	10/9 - 10/16	10/2 - 10/7			10/30 - 11:00pm	10/31 - 10:00pm	2021 Live Games & GHOUL	2021 Shop Listing	2021 Prize List	Saved Posts
October 2 - 31, 2020	Caligos Isle		10/16 - 10/23	10/9 - 10/15	10/26 - 10/31	10/3 - 10/8	Prime 2020	Plat 2020	-		2020 Live Games & GHOUL	2020 Shop Listing	2020 Prize List
October 1 - 31, 2019	Caligos Isle	10/1 - 10/6	10/18 - 10/25	10/11 - 10/18	10/12 - 10/17	10/5 - 10/10	Prime 2019	Plat 2019	-		2019 Live Games & GHOUL	2019 Shop Listing	2019 Prize List
October 1 - 31, 2018	Caligos Isle	10/1 - 10/5	10/19 - 10/26	10/12 - 10/19	10/12 - 10/17	10/5 - 10/10	Prime 2018	Plat 2018	-		2018 Live Games & GHOUL	2018 Shop Listing	N/A	Saved Posts
October 1 - 31, 2017	Caligos Isle	10/1 - 10/6	10/20 - 10/27	10/13 - 10/20	10/14 - 10/19	10/7 - 10/12	Services/Raffles		-		2017 Live Games & GHOUL	2017 Shop Listing	-	Saved Posts

Activities

Evermore Hollow
- 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.
  - Undergrowth of Bittermere Woods - Premiering 2024 to Evermore Hollow. Entrants can complete 1 witch task, and when complete, prizes are awarded, including a chance at Lightweaver's Ocarina. 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.
- 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.
Caligos Isle - Click here to view information on activities at Caligos Isle.
- Automated Games - accessible with a games pass
  - Digging - Return of a favorite. Dig for gems, prizes, and seashells on the beach. Dig enough and get the temporary prename title of Beachcomber.
  - Mini Games - Choose from different games to win prizes from (most prizes moved to Jangling Junker in 2019).
- Fishing - One of Elanthia's favorite pastimes arrives, with the chance to win seashells, gems, or premade spell preps or customizations. Entry is 50 seashells and does not require a games pass.
- Live Games - accessible with a merchant pass
  - GHOUL - Similar to BINGO, participants can purchase cards each year to play with their friends and compete for prizes.
- Diving Competition - New in 2018 - For 50 seashells, you can jump off a cliff and dive into the waters surrounding Caligos Isle. Top five divers at the end of each festival will be forever memorialized with the unique post-name title, Caligos Diving Champion. Prizes are not awarded from the feeders, but it does offer some unique gems not available in other games.
- Arena of the Abyss: New in 2019 - Missing Duskruin Arena? For 100 seashells, you can access a similar fighting venue run by demons. Entrants face five undead creatures, one a time, and when complete, prizes are awarded, including a chance at necrotic ring.
- Trick-or-Treat: New in 2020 - A beloved activity at Ebon Gate, it was reintroduced on Caligos Isle as a SimuCoin activity. Prizes include seashells, candy, quest items, or Treasure Trove tokens. In 2021, invitations to attend the Eve of the Reunion Event was introduced.
- Treasure Pile: New in 2021 - Pay seashells to pull from various tiers of prizes, ranging from 10 seashells to 25,000 seashells.
- Deep Sea Diving: Dive into the waters alongside the Isle and explore the remains of the Wavedancer for prizes and quest items. - Discontinued after 2019

Features

Currency

Evermore Hollow

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.

Caligos Isle - Click here to view currency infomation.

Shopping

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

Evermore Hollow shopping lists by year:
- 2024 shop listing - part 1 & part 2 - Current List
- 2023 shop listing
- 2022 shop listing

Caligos Isle - Click here to view links to shop listings.

Treasure Trove

Introduced in 2019, Ebon Gate features a Treasure Trove raffle area similar to the one found at Duskruin.

Evermore HollowTreasure Trove lists by year:
- 2024 raffle list - Current List
- 2023 raffle list
- 2022 raffle list

Caligos Isle - Click here to view links to Treasure Trove raffle lists.

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.

Merchant Work and Raffles

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

Evermore Hollow announced services and raffles:
- 2024 announced services and raffles - Current List
- 2023 announced services and raffles
- 2022 announced services and raffles

Caligos Isle - Click here to view links to announced services and raffles.

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.

Storyline Information

Evermore Hollow
Caligos Isle - Click here to view information on the Caligos Isle storyline progression.
- List of Residents
- 2021: Unknown at this point.
- 2020: Adventurers side with various factions that want to control the Isle and its inhabitants.
- 2019: Adventurers help discover the whereabouts of missing citizens.
- 2018: Adventurers found the ravaged fishing village on the northern side of the island.
- 2017: Adventurers rebuilt Ghezresh's Temple

Quest Information

Different venues features different quests and rewards for those quests, some of which featured subquests.

Evermore Hollow

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Each year, participants had the opportunity to complete a quest that would gain them "favor" as part of the storyline. Gaining favor would unlock mechanical benefits associated with the original quest prize, a ghezyte chelioboros item. In 2020, the storyline advanced to feature several factions following other deities working against Ghezresh. In 2021, five separate quests focusing on different NPCs and the resolution to their stories were introduced.

Main article: Caligos Isle

Additional Information

Souvenir

Caligos Isle - To view a list of yearly souvenirs from Caligos Isle, click here.

Year	Item	Show	Addition Information, if any
2021	a medium-sized bolt of elesine cloth	N/A	to be used as alter fodder for medium-sized items, or as trim only for larger items, including cloak-worn items, gowns, and large capacity containers).
2021	some grey elesine sandals with twisted indigo suede ties	While the crisscrossing main straps, heel risers, and heel leashes of the sandals are made of lustrous light grey elesine, the soles and footbed are a dull-finished pewter leather. Woven along the strips of elesine of the upper straps and heel leash are thin cords of indigo suede that extend beyond the base structure of the sandal to serve as ties. The dye work on the suede is inconsistent, ranging from light blue to dark and back again, like the moonlight-dappled waves of a nighttime sea.	N/A
2020	an indigo elesine sack embroidered with coils of shadowy eels	The construction of this sack is double-walled with an indigo exterior, while the interior is a soft, misty grey. Cording in a twisted braid of both colors is fed through the gathered mouth of the container and into a pewter chelioboros clasp to ensure the safety of the items within. Amongst the indigo folds of elesine is subtle eel embroidery a shade or two off from that of the background, and clever tailoring along with the natural sheen of the fabric gives the creatures the illusion of movement.	N/A
2019	a grey-trimmed indigo elesine tunic	Cut to hit the wearer at mid-thigh, the tunic is tailored of fine elesine dyed an uncompromising shade of indigo. Elaborately embroidered swirls in silvered grey threading trim the edges of the lower hem and the keyhole neckline, coiling like errant wisps of fog, while a set of laces slither through electrum eyelets lined from mid-chest to throat. The cuffs of the sleeves bear similar lacing, as do the splits on either side, though both are merely decorative.	N/A
2018	a pair of grey elesine pants	The elesine from which the pants have been tailored is immaculate, and the subtle metallic sheen lent to the sea silk by the interwoven threads of electrum give the garment a flowy drape. Indigo embroidery chases the outer seam of each leg as the bodies of eels woven together end to end all the way to the cuff. From one of the front belt loops, a thin length of chain is fixed, and it dangles a simple ghezyte chelioboros medallion.	N/A
2017	a deeply hooded grey elesine robe	Deep grey in hue, the robe is meticulously tailored and in pristine condition. The elesine from which it is woven has a triaxial pattern accented by the subtle metallic sheen of the sea silk base and thread-thin strands of electrum. Along the edges of the deep hood and belled sleeves are tendrils of indigo satin, the embroidery sinuous and curved like the lithe body of an eel. At the throat, a ghezyte chelioboros clasp closes the robe.

Pricing

Evermore Hollow

Activity	Item(s)	Cost	Length	Applicability
Merchant Pass	Ebon Gate service pass	3000 SimuCoins	Event Duration^†	Character 10 Characters for Platinum
Arena of the Abyss Sonreeva	an enruned stone cube*	10 SimuCoins	5 rounds or death/surrender	Per Entry
Undergrowth of Bittermere Woods	an enruned stone cube*	10 SimuCoins	1 task	Per Entry
Trick-or-Treat Herb Hunt	a gilded copper barrel key (1 entry)	100 SimuCoins	10 "treats"	Per Entry
	a gilded ivory barrel key (10 entries)	1000 SimuCoins
	a gilded silver barrel key (25 entries)	2500 SimuCoins
	a gilded laje barrel key (50 entries)	5000 SimuCoins
	a gilded alum barrel key (100 entries)	10000 SimuCoins
	a gilded vaalin barrel key (250 entries)	25000 SimuCoins
Fishing	-	50 soul shards	Fish is caught or person leaves area	Per Entry

^† 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.

Caligos Isle - Click here to view information on pricing for the Caligos Isle venue.

Portal or Travel Info

Use QUEST TRANSPORT EBON to transfer to festival ground from any town, or use the portals listed below.

Town	Room
Icemule Trace	South Barbican, Gate
River's Rest	River's Rest, Underbridge
Solhaven	Liabo Plaza
Ta'Illistim	Ta'Illistim, City Gate
Ta'Vaalor	Entrance to Ravelin
Teras Isle	Copper Avenue, West Docks
Wehnimer's Landing	Town Square, Southeast
Zul Logoth	Hall of Arches
Four Winds Isle	Oleander and Daisy

Saved Posts, Teasers, and Announcements

Evermore Hollow
- 2024 announcements - Current List
- 2023 announcements
- 2022 announcements
Caligos Isle - Click here to view the list of saved posts from Caligos Isle.

2018 teasers

2017 teasers

TownCrier Articles

Evermore Hollow
Caligos Isle - Click here to view the list of TownCrier articles regarding Caligos Isle.

Artwork Archive

Promotional Artwork

Resources

Subcategories

This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.

C

Caligos Isle‎ (3 C, 13 P)
Caligos Isle artwork‎ (6 F)

E

Ebon Gate Auction 2006‎ (11 P)
Ebon Gate Auction 2009‎ (31 P)
Ebon Gate Festival teasers‎ (4 P)
Ebon Gate quest items‎ (9 P)
Ebon Gate shop listings - Full by Year‎ (15 P)
Ebon Gate shops‎ (3 C)
Evermore Hollow‎ (8 C, 26 P)
Evermore Hollow artwork‎ (5 F)

F

Feywrot Mire‎ (3 C, 1 P)

H

Harvest Luminary Festival‎ (2 P)

T

V

Village of Velathae‎ (1 C, 2 P)

Pages in category "Ebon Gate Festival"

The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total.

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L

Luminary Festival 2024

M

Magic item combiner

N

Naidem Flora

P

PERM-ifier

R

Raffle token

S

T

Trick-or-Treat

U

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Common	Uncommon	Rare	Scripted/Rare
Cold	Acid	Crush	Banshee
Heat	Air	Puncture	Blink
Impact	Disintegrate	Slash	Magma
Lightning	Disruption	-	Rotflares
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