If you've been playing EverQuest for longer than a year, no doubt you’ve seen a message prompting you to type /veteranreward to claim your Veteran Rewards. Congratulations!

Veteran Rewards are special items awarded to players based on the amount of time they have been subscribed to EverQuest. The longer you subscribe, the more you earn. The awarding of Veteran Rewards is based on the entitled time on your account: specifically, how many paid days your account has been subscribed.

You can see an ESTIMATE of how much time an account has by typing /play in game. This will give you the time in years, but it is rounded so there may be some discrepancies.

Veteran rewards are updated once a month, therefore if your account rolls over to another year of rewards in the middle of the month you will not see a change until the next month

If you bought a year's subscription your account will be credited for that year. Your entitled time will not increase until that entire year has passed and you sign up for another subscription (be that a 1 month, 3 month, or year plan).

No matter how much played time a particular character has, Veteran Rewards are based on the account. If you move your character to a different account, your character will reflect the appropriate number of Vet Rewards for THAT account...not the previous one.

For more information on Veteran Rewards, visit the Knowledge Base. Here are some Veteran Reward FAQ's addressed there:

• I claimed my Veteran Rewards on the wrong character, can a GM move or return the reward?
• How do I claim and use my Veteran Rewards?
• My Veteran Rewards are missing.
• Earning Veteran Rewards
• What are the current Veteran Rewards?

1st year - Lesson of the Devoted:
The player is surrounded by a beautiful blue/white glow as they gain double experience for half an hour every 20 hours.

2nd year - Infusion of the Faithful:
The player enjoys maximum resistances and statistics and a faster run speed for 15 minutes while he glows brightly with power. Usable once every 20 hours.

3rd year - Chaotic Jester:
Summons a Bristlebane puppet that persists for 15 minutes and will randomly cast various spells that provide benefits or minor penalties. Usable once every 20 hours.

4th year- Expedient Recovery:
All the player’s corpses are summoned to their feet and given 100% experience resurrection if they are still eligible. Usable once per week.

5th year - Steadfast Servant:
Summons a creature that casts healing spells upon the player and others nearby. Lasts for half an hour or until you zone. Usable once every 20 hours.

6th year - Staunch Recovery:
The player is healed with health, mana, and endurance fully restored. Usable once every 3 days.

7th year - Intensity of the Resolute:
Surrounds the player in a glow of energy and increases the power of the player’s melee abilities, spells and heals substantially for 1 minute. Usable once every 4 hours.

8th year - Throne of Heroes:
The player is teleported to the Throne of Heroes in the Guild Lobby. Usable every 72 minutes.

9th Year - Armor of Experience:
The player is granted several layers of protection from harm for 90 seconds or 10 strikes. This protection lessens as you take more damage. Usable once every 20 hours.

10th Year - Resupply Agent:
Summons a mechanical merchant to the player's side who sells supplies and buys loot. He will stay up for 10 minutes or until dismissed by the player. Usable once every 20 hours.

On 9/13/05 and 10/31/05 some people were affected in one of the following ways:

1. They were able to claim twice on the same character and therefore used one too many of their available /veteran claim
2. Their entitled time was wiped, and should now be restored to the correct amount through the database

Any time that was free or unpaid on the account will not be counted towards the Veteran rewards -- including the first 30 day free trial period and any lapses in billing subscriptions.

If you get an error in game (until recently it said please try to /veteran again in a few minutes) that means either:

A) You are not yet eligible for Veteran rewards, or
B) you do not have any claims left to use.

Caveat - if you used two claims on the same character through a bug, you may be entitled to be reimbursed one of those claims.