EverQuest Legends’ Rulers of Kunark Expansion Launches December 8, With Reincarnation Early for Some Preorders

Game Jawn has opened preorders for Rulers of Kunark, the first major expansion for EverQuest Legends. The expansion launches December 8, 2026, and preorders are available in Standard, Premium, and Deluxe editions.

The main early perk is Reincarnation. As of the November 10 patch, players who preorder the Premium or Deluxe edition can use the system now. Standard edition buyers, and everyone else, get access when Rulers of Kunark goes live on December 8.

Reincarnation is aimed at max-level characters. To use it, players need a three-class loadout at max level plus a Token of Reincarnation, which can be acquired from Voidlings outside of instances. Reincarnating resets the three classes and current race in that loadout to level 1, then grants reincarnation AA ranks tied to those classes and race. Those lines have three ranks, with passive bonuses at early ranks and an activated ability at the third class rank. Activated reincarnation abilities share a cooldown.

Rulers of Kunark also raises the level cap to 55 and reworks every class Epic quest, with Game Jawn saying the goal is to remove old bottlenecks. Kunark itself is being rebuilt for Legends, with a restored Cabilis, reshaped zones like The Overthere, and new endgame raid versions of Veeshan’s Peak and Karnor’s Castle.

Other expansion features include Artes, which build on the game’s multiclass setup. One example given is the Summoner Arte, letting players command up to three pets if their loadout includes eligible pet classes such as mage, necromancer, enchanter, or beastlord. Artes won’t unlock until the expansion launches.

The expansion will also add +11 item and spell merging through raid-only materials, with +11 gear gaining an exaltation slot. An Auction House is replacing the old Bazaar-style setup, allowing offline item sales through vendors, while Collections will track expansion item sets and reward titles, cosmetics, and convenience items.

The November 10 patch also included graphical performance improvements, discipline upgrades through motes, rare Fragment Mote drops, item stat tweaks, pathing fixes in Nektropos Castle, and several spell adjustments.

Further reading: Official EverQuest Legends: Producer’s Letter: Rulers of Kunark