BRISTLEBANE DAY EVENTS
Where to find them and how to do them!
Sometimes, we get taken to school. Sometimes, we all just play the fool! - Bonzz
BRISTLEBANE DAY
The first Bristlebane Day Event was introduced circa 2011, with new ones added in 2013, 2022 & 2025.
Bristlebane Paper Bag Hat, Owlbear Paper Bag Hat and Metamorph: Swirled Stinker (199 DBC) were added as special Bristlebane Day Marketplace offerings in 2025.
These events resurface every year, in conjunction with April Fool's Day (April 1st), some of which remain active for about two (2) weeks.
Originally, on April 1st (and only on April 1st), there were expansion-wide pranks played on the Players by the Dev's. Normally this was in the form of changing your character... such as changing everyone's race; changing the name of your class (i.e. Paladin's became Boy Scouts); changing everyone's sex; changing the music you hear when you launch EQ; and... one time... changing everyone into a red stick figure (believe it or not, it reduce lag significantly)!
These days, the 'Dev Pranks' are limited to just the Guild Lobby, where these 'pranks' rotate all day long, on April 1st (and only on April 1st).
Download and unzip this file to the 'storyline' folder of your EverQuest directory to have access to a generic, simplified version of these quests, in game, via your Story Window (Alt N)! NOTE: This file can be updated in the event of typo corrections, errors and new events, so you may need a fresh download / install every so often.
A new type of Achievement was added during the 26th Anniversary... 2025 Live Events (complete certain 2025 Holiday, Season and Anniversary Achievements... except collect sets), one (1) of which is from 2025 Bristlebane events (Bristlebane: Cold Blooded).
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Bristlebane's Party Favor (2009) Let's Have Some Fun (Solo) (2011) This Ain't Right (Group) (2011)
Achievement: The Repercussions of Fun (2011) Achievement / Quest: Bristlebane Day - A Fool's Errand (2013)
Fun on the Run (Solo) (2022) Even More Fun (Solo) (2022) More Fun to Scare (Solo) (2022)
Achievement: Bristlebane Day - The Gift of Laughter Achievement: Practically Impractical Gifts (2022)
Achievement: Bristlebane Day: Fun on the Run (2022) Cold Blooded (2025) Home Sweet Foam (2025)
Hot Footed (2025) A Cure For Kiroric (2025 Group Mission) Salientia Skin Care (2025 Collect Set)
Swarming Pets (The Twilight Sea: Sea of Resurgence) (2025 Collect Set) Achievement: Bristlebane Day: Cold Blooded (2025)
Achievement: Bristlebane Day: A Cure for Kiroric (2025) Achievement: Bristlebane Day: A Cure for Kiroric Mission Challenges (2025)
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Achievement: Bristlebane Day - The Gift of Laughter
1) APRIL 1ST: This is, sort of, a secret quest / achievement.
This quest is not given by an NPC, it just happens... and it can ONLY happen on APRIL 1ST!
Yes, you read that correctly! You can only do this on April 1st (on the real life calendar, not the Norrath Calendar).
So, all you need to do is log in on April 1st, and then literally just start zoning around.
Head zone-to-zone-to-zone and at some point, you will randomly get a buff called the 'Gift of Laughter.' This buff should stay on you until midnight, Pacific time (real time). Otherwise, you should not be able to remove the buff.
You should see emotes such as...
You let out a hearty chuckle.
You light a firework. Weeeee!
Once you get the buff, you get this Achievement.
The reward is a suffix, 'the Lunatic,' and a Painting: Haunting Laughter.
The Painting: Haunting Laughter is placeable. If you right click it, you can select 'Stare Into Madness." If you do, you will either hear one (1) of three (3) types of laughter... or you will be Teleported to Shard's Landing. You will likely have to 'Stare Into Madness" many, many times before you actually get Teleported.
NOTE: Year round... not just on April 1st... if you have access to a Painting: Haunting Laughter that has been placed by another Player... and you do not yet have the Achievement: Bristlebane Day - The Gift of Laughter... you can "Stare Into Madness" until you get Teleported to Shard's Landing. When that happens, you will get the noted Achievement and your own Painting: Haunting Laughter! However, you can only get the suffix, 'the Lunatic,' from the zoning on April 1st (until you get the 'Gift of Laughter' buff, which you can still do / get the next time April 1st rolls around).
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Bristlebane's Party Favor (2009)
1) INFO: Some may believe that the Bristlebane's Party Favor quest is part of Bristlebane's Day Events, but it is not!
While it is usually active when Bristlebane Day rolls around, it is actually part of the 10th Anniversary Quest series, outlined here.
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Let's Have Some Fun (Solo) (2011)
1) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: Some may believe that this solo task part of the 12th Anniversary Quest series, but it is not!
You are here looking for Bobo Gleemaker, who is near the Plane of Tranquility stone.
Hail him and follow along, or just try saying, 'ready,' to get this task.
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2) FEEROTT, THE DREAM: There are variants for this task based on your Character Level (10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 6o0, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85 & 90-plus). The quest is the same, except for the zones you are sent to, the MOB's you need to kill, and the items you need to loot (which are noted in the task window).
This is the Level 90-plus version.
You are here to kill a yodeling gorilla (Level 90), until you have looted five (5) Music Book.
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3) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: Head back Bobo Gleemaker.
Give him the five (5) items you looted (Step 2) and hail him to finish.
You will get a Squirting Flower (a click item to squirt water at other players) and unlock the ability to request his group mission (see below).
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This Ain't Right (Group) (2011)
1) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: Some may believe that this solo task part of the 12th Anniversary Quest series, but it is not!
You are here looking for Bobo Gleemaker, who is near the Plane of Tranquility stone.
Once you have completed his solo task (see above), form a group of at least three (3) Players / Mercenaries. Then hail and follow along, or just try saying, "investigating," to get this group mission.
The say to him, 'Hubadee dubadee doo," to zone in to the instance.
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2) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: THIS AIN'T RIGHT: Once inside, you should see Bobo Gleemaker, nearby.
Hail him, and follow, along if need be, for an update. This will lock the task.
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3) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: THIS AIN'T RIGHT: Now you need to do the following, for several updates:
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4) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: THIS AIN'T RIGHT: Head back to Bobo Gleemaker.
Give him the three (3) items you looted in Step 3 (above) and then hail him.
He will then have a riddle for you to answer. The answer is 'Bee."
Bristlebane, King of Thieves will then spawn.
Hail Bristlebane, King of Thieves to spawn an ornate chest. Open it and inside you will find a Hobby Horse (see top, a mount that doesn't move... it is Bristlebane day!) for the group to roll on.
Now hail Bobo Gleemaker to finish up. Say to him, "Bubadee dubadee loo," to zone out.
You can chose between coin / experience or a Mini Jokester (placeable item), as your reward.
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Achievement: Bristlebane Day - The Repercussions of Fun (2011)
1) HOW TO: This Achievement is completed by way of doing the 2011 Solo Task & Group Mission:
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Achievement / Quest: Bristlebane - A Fool's Errand (2013)
1) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: Some may believe that this solo task part of the 14th Anniversary Quest series, but it is not!
This task can scale to your Level, so you can get sent to different zones for variant drops, based on your Level. This guide is for the Level 100+ version.
You are here looking for Emissary of Bristlebane.
He is near the main (aka 'big') bank. Hail him and follow along, or just try saying, "more," to get this Quest.
You should receive a Fool's Pie Recipe and ten (10) Prankster's Pie Mix.
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2) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: You now need to to acquire the ingredients you need, which are all sold by Chef Denrun. He is in the 'baking' building near the 'small' bank.
Buy from him:
While you technically only need ten (10) of each, buying twenty (20) can save you from having to go back and buy more later.
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3) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: Now you need to make ten (10) Fool's Pie.
Inside an oven, combine, one (1) each, of the ingredients from Step 2 (above) with one (1) Prankster's Pie Mix.
While this is a technically a no-fail Baking combine, this combine can fail when it explodes in the oven. It is Bristlebane Day after all!
If you need more Prankster's Pie Mix, just go back to Emissary of Bristlebane and say, 'More.'
Once done, go near random Players, target them and click a Fool's Pie on them.
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4) VARIOUS ZONES: Now you need acquire ten (10) 'gems.'
The gem color and the zone you are sent to, to find them, can vary by your Character's level (or perhaps the quest itself can vary).
These gems are ground spawns, and should not be too hard to spot.
Known gems / zones are:
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5) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: Once you have the ten (10) gems you need, head back to Emissary of Bristlebane.
Hail him and he will send you to get the gems cleaned.
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6) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: Now head over to Audri Deepfacet (in a building in the area of /waypoint 400, 760).
Hail her and / or give her the gems (from Step 6) and you will get a Bag of Polished Gems.
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7) PLANE OF KNOWLEDGE: Head back to Emissary of Bristlebane.
Give Emissary of Bristlebane the Bag of Polished Gems, to finish up.
You should get Achievement: Bristlebane - A Fool's Errand, and a Fool's Pie (a click item to throw pies at other Players, with 50 uses).
You may note that there are several a minion of Bristlebane around him, as well as a bag on the ground. If you go back every so often, you will see the bag get's bigger as he stuffs more Bag of Polished Gems inside it. Once the bag gets to a certain size, Emissary of Bristlebane will have the a minion of Bristlebane 'take the surplus gems to a safe place' and the bag will revert to it's normal size.
There doesn't seem to be an impending prank that will happen, other than he seems to have used you to collect gems for him to horde.
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1) CRESCENT REACH: You are looking for Tobo Gleemaker, who is on 'Find' in the 'Hollows' area, by the river (/waypoint 1090, -2115).
Hail him and follow along to get this task.
This task will scale based on your Level. This is the (96+) version walk through of the task.
At lower levels, you can, and will, get sent to different zones, but otherwise, the task steps are the same (get a location updates and throw some tarts).
You will be given thirty (30) Tasty Throwing Tart (a click item to 'Throw Pie').
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2) SEPULCHER OF ORDER: You are here to get location updates and throw pie.
You will not be able to throw pie at the same MOB more than once, however, despite the task step wording, you are not limited to throwing pie only at specific NPC's of that exact name. As long as the NPC is the same Model (race or monster type), it should work.
You are here to:
Once done, you should immediately be assigned the next task (see below).
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1) CRESCENT REACH: After you finish the first task (above), you should have been immediately assigned this task, automatically (see above).
If not you need to come back to this zone and head over to Tobo Gleemaker, who is on 'Find' in the 'Hollows' area, by the river (/waypoint 1090, -2115).
If, for some reason you did not get this task you can say 'Next Task' Tobo Gleemaker to get it. Follow along and you will be given Tobo's Empty Flask.
You now need to acquire some items.
If you all ready had any of them, you should have automatically received an update for them.
While you are here, you need the following items:
Before you head to the next zone, make sure you have bait and a fishing pole (any kind) (both sold by Merchant Kaphiri, on 'Find').
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2) CLAN CRUSHBONE: Head just inside this zone, to the river on the left, and get to fishing!
You need to fish up (one of each) the following:
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3) THE MINES OF NURGA: You are here to forage.
You need to forage up one (1) Sponge Mushroom.
Once you have it, go ahead and combine the Celandine Herb, Fishing Grubs, Ginger, Fish Scales, Boar Carp & the Boar Carp in Tobo's Empty Flask to make ten (10) Tobo's Oinomancy Obfuscating Tonic. (aka 'T.O.O.T.').
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4) CRESCENT REACH: You are here to give one (1) Tobo's Oinomancy Obfuscating Tonic to make some NPC's laugh, by giving them a Tobo's Oinomancy Obfuscating Tonic.
The NPC's are (they are on different levels, so three points are provided):
Once done, you will get five (5) Perfectly Serious Beverage To Drink (Stat Drink) as a reward.
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1) CRESCENT REACH: You are looking for Tobo Gleemaker, who is on 'Find' in the 'Hollows' area, by the river (/waypoint 1090, -2115).
Hail him and follow along to get this last task.
He should give you Tobo's Attercop Potion (a 5-use Recluse Spider Illusion Potion, see top of page).
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2) CRESCENT REACH: Go ahead and use the Tobo's Attercop Potion, to turn yourself into a Recluse Spider.
You now need to go 'scare' some NPC's, by running up to them, targeting them and then /say Boo to them.
NPC's will then either make a comment, or you will scare them. It may take doing this to more than one NPC to get the update in each section, so if it doesn't work the first time, target another NPC in the same area and /say Boo to them, until you get an update.
You need to scare the following NPC's (if the noted NPC's don't work, simply try another NPC in the same area):
Once done, you will get five (5) Perfectly Serious Food To Eat (Stat Drink) as a reward.
You should also get Achievement: Bristlebane Day: Fun on the Run, for having done the three (3) 2022 Bristlebane Day tasks.
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Achievement: Bristlebane Day: Fun on the Run (2022)
1) INFO: To complete this achievement, do the three (3) 2022 Bristlebane Day solos tasks:
As a note, you can do these quest again, by simply talking to Tobo Gleemaker again.
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Achievement: Practically Impractical Gifts (2022)
1) CRESCENT REACH: This is a collection set that can completed wile Bristlebane Day Events are active.
It can be completed year round, if you can acquire the items from other Players, that may have extras.
These items are ground spawns in Crescent Reach (all areas, all floors).
You can complete this Achievement by acquiring and collecting one (1) of each of the follow items:
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1) TWILIGHT SEA: You are looking for Kiroric Huk, who is on an island (/waypoint -1720, 65).
Hail Kiroric Huk and follow along, or just try saying 'Roak roak,' to get this task.
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2) TWILIGHT SEA: You are now chasing after Kotunm.
Head west (along the edge of the water) and you will get a series of location updates (you will glimpse Kotunm as as you approach him before he disappears again), as follows:
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3) TWILIGHT SEA: Kotunm is standing by a tree at the edge of the water just ahead (area of /waypoint 105, 1640).
Hail Kotunm and follow along to finish this task. The conversation will also lead into the next task (below).
REWARD INCLUDES: Six (6) Fizzlethorpe's Fantastic Fizz (stat drink).
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1) TWILIGHT SEA: You are looking for Kotunm. If you continue the conversation with him from the previous task, you would have gotten this task.
If you didn't and he has despawned, you can go find him at his static spawn location... on a hill at the underwater tunnel (/waypoint 1045, -760).
Either way, you can get this task (Keyword: Help).
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2) FUNGUS GROVE: You are here to do several things, as noted below (not listed in the same order as the task shows).
NOTE: Be sure to get the location update BEFORE you pick up the ground spawns. Also, the ground spawns look like a blue-color collects, not to be confused with the actual collects in the zone, which are purple-ish in color (see here). Speaking of Collects, you may as well look for the ones that spawn in this zone (see below).
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3) TWILIGHT SEA: Head back to Kotunm, at his static spawn location... on a hill at the underwater tunnel (/waypoint 1045, -760).
Give Kotunm the Abandoned Frog Nest, Deserted Frog Nest, Forsaken Frog Nest, and the Rejected Frog Nest.
Once done hail him to finish up.
REWARD INCLUDES: Six (6) Fizzlethorpe's Fantastic Fizz (stat drink).
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Achievement: Bristlebane Day: Cold Blooded
1) TWILIGHT SEA You are looking for Kotunm, at his static spawn location... on a hill at the underwater tunnel (/waypoint 1045, -760).
If you followed along with Kotunm at the end of the previous task, you will all ready have this task. Otherwise, you can get it now (Keyword: Into Them).
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2) THE SCARLET DESERT: You are here to get some location updates and obtain three (3) items.
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3) TWILIGHT SEA Head back to Kotunm.
Give Kotunm the Bespelled Heron Feather, Charmed Log Bark & Imbued Snake Tail. The hail Kotunm and follow along to finish up.
This will also finish up Achievement: Bristlebane Day: Cold Blooded.
Rewards Include: Six (6) Fizzlethorpe's Fantastic Fizz (stat drink) & Metamorph: Slippery Stone Frog (see top of page).
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A Cure For Kiroric (2025 Group Mission)
Achievement: Bristlebane Day: A Cure for Kiroric Achievement: Bristlebane Day: A Cure for Kiroric Mission Challenges
1) TWILIGHT SEA: You are looking for Kotunm, who is on a hill at the underwater tunnel (/waypoint 1045, -760).
Hail Kotunm and follow along, or just try saying 'Finish this,' and he will give you a Mission (A Cure for Kiroric). While, this is a group mission, you can get it solo.
Say 'Ready' to zone into the instance.
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2) TWILIGHT SEA: SEA OF RESURGENCE: You are looking for Arnbeb, who is on a rock in the river, nearby (area of /waypoint 2690, -100).
When you approach Arnbeb, you will get a location update and Arnbeb will hop away.
MISSION CHALLENGE ALERT: One of the Challenges for this mission is to get to an cure Kiroric Huk within 30-Minutes. So waste no time and 'hop' to it!
MISSION CHALLENGE ALERT: One of the Challenges for this mission is to find and kill three (3) Kingsnake. They at the islands in the other section of the zone. Go find and kill them (a tracker can help) BEFORE you beat the mission (it appears if you cure Kiroric Huk before you do this, it will not count). As a note, everything seems to see invisible and the Frogloks are especially annoying (aggro). I found the three (3) Kingsnake around the areas of: /waypoint 35, 340; /waypoint 395, -165; & /waypoint -565, -170. The mission has a 24-Hour timer, so you can do this before you get started, or before you open the chest.
COLLECT SET: There is a collect set (see here) that can only be found in this mission. The collects in this Mission are not limited and spawn just like in regular static zones. You can complete the entire set in one run. As a note, everything seems to see invisible and the Frogloks are especially annoying (aggro). The Mission has a 24-hour timer, so you can do this before you get started; before you open the chest; or just go in for the sole purpose of hunting collects.
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3) TWILIGHT SEA: SEA OF RESURGENCE: Keep following Arnbeb (he will pause at some locations, so he is not hard to keep up with) for updates and ambushes and an item.
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4) TWILIGHT SEA: SEA OF RESURGENCE: Nearby you should see Kiroric Huk (/waypoint 3720, -15).
Attack Kiroric Huk and fight him down to 30%, then click the Arnbeb's Lucky Cure on him. This will cure him, he will de-aggro and he will turn into his natural troll self.
Unless you plan to work on the Mission Challenges, open an ornate chest to finish up.
This will complete Achievement: Bristlebane Day: A Cure for Kiroric.
If you did the Mission Challenges, it will also complete Achievement: Bristlebane Day: A Cure for Kiroric Mission Challenges.
REWARDS INCLUDE: Wrapped Flea-Bitten Bundle (a click that will award a back item, such as in the image below) & a Metamorph: Rolling Boulder (see top of page).
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Salientia Skin Care (2025 Collect Set)
1) FUNGUS GROVE / TWILIGHT SEA / SCARLET DESERT: This collect set, oddly, is split up among the three (3) noted zones.
Each collect may... or may not... spawn in each zone.
The Spirit of the Lost can come in handy!
You need to find and click (collect) the following eight (8) items (Zones listed are where I actually found said items... however, it is possible they can all be found in every zone):
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Swarming Pets (Twilight Sea: Sea of Resurgence) (2025 Collect Set)
1) TWILIGHT SEA: SEA OF RESURGENCE: This collect set is only found in the 'Cure for Kiroric Mission' (see above).
The collects in this Mission are not limited and spawn just like in regular static zones. You can complete the entire set in one run. As a note, everything (trash MoB's) seems to see invisible... and the Frogloks are especially annoying (aggro). The Mission has a 24-hour timer, so you can do this before you get started on the Mission; before you open the chest after beating the mission; or just go in for the sole purpose of hunting collects!
The Spirit of the Lost can come in handy!
You need to find and click (collect) the following eight (8) items:
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