The old-school MMO where the journey still demands a party.
Owning EverQuest unlocks the games, editions, and mods below.
Community EverQuest era with curated progression.
Classic EverQuest recreation circa late 1990s / early Velious.
That One Thing
Sitting in the pitch-black Oasis of Marr at 2 AM, hearing someone scream 'TRAIN TO ZONE!' and frantically sprinting for the boundary line.
EverQuest is the game that taught a generation what an MMO could feel like: a hostile world, a social contract, and the sense that the dungeon down the road might actually kill you. PlayBound lists it as a franchise with three playable editions rather than a single installer, because “EverQuest” now means official Live, Project Quarm, and Project 1999, and those are not interchangeable clients.
EverQuest Live is Daybreak’s current game. You create a Daybreak account, run LaunchPad, and enter a world that has been patched for more than two decades. It is free to download and play, with optional All Access if you want fewer F2P limits. Live is the legal, supported way to play the franchise as it exists in 2026, with modern convenience and a very different pacing from 1999.
Project Quarm is a community era that uses the TAKP classic client. PlayBound can fetch the public base client, but you still need TAKP accounts and the latest Quarm Discord patch. Project 1999 recreates late-classic / early-Velious on community servers and requires a legal Titanium install that PlayBound will copy and overlay. It never redistributes Titanium.
None of the community editions are affiliated with Daybreak. Install only from the edition pages and the channels those communities publish. If you want official support, pick Live. If you want a specific classic feeling, read the Quarm and P99 guides before you download anything.
PlayBound is a catalog of things you can actually launch. EverQuest still has three living ways to do that; official Live plus two community eras with real populations. It's the original MMO that blew up the genre and still has the best grouping mechanics and sense of adventure.
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Minimum
Windows 10 · Dual-core CPU · 4 GB RAM · DX11 GPU · 15 GB storage
Recommended
Quad-core CPU · 8 GB RAM · Dedicated GPU · 20 GB storage
EverQuest Live is free to download and play with a Daybreak account. An optional All Access subscription removes more free-to-play limits. Community editions have their own rules and are not Daybreak products.
Live if you want the official game. Project Quarm if you want a curated classic-style community era and are willing to patch from Discord. Project 1999 if you already own legal Titanium and want that specific recreation.
No. Live downloads Daybreak’s LaunchPad. Quarm uses a public community zip plus patches from Quarm’s own Discord. P99 only copies a Titanium folder you already own and merges public P99Files.
Yes. It is still an MMO, so towns and dungeons are shared, but many classes can progress alone at their own pace. Group content remains the historic heart of the game.
No. They are community projects and are not affiliated with Daybreak. Use only the websites, forums, and Discord servers linked on each edition page.
Yes. EverQuest has multiplayer. Its multiplayer runs through the game's own online service or menus, so PlayBound Connect parties and PlayBound dedicated servers are not available for it. There is no subscription and no paid multiplayer tier.
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This game has no native or PlayBound-enhanced controller support yet.
Default bindings for every input method EverQuest supports. These are the game's own defaults — anything you have remapped will differ.
These are the classic EverQuest default keys as listed by the Project 1999 wiki. Newer clients can differ and every key can be rebound: open Options (Alt + O) and use the Keys tab.
Default keyboard and mouse bindings.
Keyboard and mouse. Move with the arrows or the number pad; mouse look is toggled on and then driven with the right mouse button.
| Action | Default input |
|---|---|
| Move forward / back | Up / Down Arrow or number pad 8 / 2 |
| Turn left / right | Left / Right Arrow or number pad 4 / 6 |
| Jump | Space |
| Autorun | Num Lock |
| Run / walk toggle | Ctrl + R |
| Duck | D |
| Action | Default input |
|---|---|
| Toggle mouse look | F12 |
| Look up / down | Page Up / Page Down |
| Center view | Home |
| Zoom in / out | Insert / Delete |
| Toggle camera view | F9 |
| Action | Default input |
|---|---|
| Auto attackThe wiki suggests rebinding this to avoid pulling by accident | Q |
| Consider | C |
| Use combat ability 1 to 9 | Ctrl + number |
| Cast spell gem 1 to 9 | Alt + number |
| Stop casting | Shift + S |
| Target yourself | F1 |
| Target party member | F2 to F6 |
| Target nearest player | F7 |
| Target nearest NPC | F8 |
| Toggle target and yourself |
| Action | Default input |
|---|---|
| Use what is in the center of the screen | U |
| Hail | H |
| Sit / stand | Ctrl + S |
| Camp (quit) | Ctrl + X |
| Action | Default input |
|---|---|
| Inventory | I |
| Spellbook | Ctrl + B |
| Spell gems window | Alt + S |
| Actions window | Alt + M |
| Player window | Alt + Y |
| Party window | Alt + P |
| Target window | Alt + T |
| Buff window | Alt + B |
| Options | Alt + O |
| Hide or show the interface | F10 |
| Action | Default input |
|---|---|
| Invite / follow | Ctrl + I |
| Disband group | Ctrl + D |
| Who | Ctrl + W |
| Send a tell | T |
| Reply | R |
| Say | ' |
| Action | Default input |
|---|---|
| Screenshot | Number pad - |
Source: Project 1999 Wiki: Key Bindings
| Tab |
| Latency meter |
|---|
| F11 |
