Dragons of Norrath

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EverQuest: Dragons of Norrath

Developer(s)	Sony Online Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Sony Online Entertainment
Release date(s)	February 15, 2005
Genre(s)	MMORPG
Mode(s)	Online
Platform(s)	PC

Dragons of Norrarth (DoN) is the ninth expansion pack released for EverQuest — a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).

DoN is an expansion very similar in nature to the Lost Dungeons of Norrath expansion: it includes mostly missions given out by an NPC that are completed by a group of players, in instanced zones. It includes a revamp of the Lavastorm zone where the missions are acquired, and an uninstanced zone called The Broodlands where the instanced zones can be accessed. The content revolves around dragons and related monsters. When completing the missions, players receive crystals that can be exchanged at merchants for items.

This expansion also innovates on previous ones. For example, the instanced zones are also available in uninstanced versions, allowing people to explore them and gain experience by simply killing monsters without going into missions. It also has 4 major raid targets, and some smaller scale raids, the hardest being Vishimtar, a very powerful dragon. When DoN was released Vishimtar was considered to be the second hardest monster in EverQuest after Overlord Mata Muram. Subsequent Everquest expansions, such as Depths of Darkhollow, Prophecy of Ro, and The Serpent's Spine, added significantly more difficult encounters.

DoN is usually viewed as a very successful expansion by players, although there are concerns from raiders that it is very light on raid targets. All the content was completed within a month, but for many guilds the expansions took substantial time to beat.

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