Back up and restore all DarqUI settings for all of your characters
Back up and restore personal settings for a single character
Set your backup folder to a shared network location for multiple PCs
Copy settings between two or more of your own characters
Configure DarqUI for a friend and email a setup file to them
Walk the dog, wash a load of clothes and cook dinner
Okay, I'm still working on tha...
2025-04-27 13:58:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Darq Siders! Olgie and I have been working on a cool new feature for ORIGINS TRADESKILLERS and we need your help. If you have a level 20+ tradeskiller on the Anashti Sul server, you know that level-appropriate reaction arts must be used from a hotbar rather than from the built-in icons in the TS window -- awkward! The new DarqUI feature is an optional clickable hotbar-like overlay, custom made for the Tradeskills window on Anashti Sul.
2025-04-14 18:10:45 +0000 UTC
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DarqUI makes it extra convenient to get logged in, especially if you have a lot of characters or more than one account. Add all of your accounts and characters to one big login window. Camping to another character on any account from within the game is just as easy. Take a look!
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We've made a ton of amazing improvements to the premium Login and Camp windows since this video was made:
I bought the world's worst thesaurus yesterday. Not only is it terrible, it's terrible.
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April promises to be an interesting month here at Darq Side HQ, and we have some very cool things on the way for you. Almost everything you see here is either finished or in the last stage of testing. And we're experiencing our usual southeastern US spring weather craziness -- I'm finishing up this newsletter on generator power after a five-minute squall just knocked another few hundred pine...
2025-03-31 22:18:15 +0000 UTC View Post
As useful as the Quest Helper is, it tends to get in the way especially if you're not actively questing or working on Daily Objectives. Take a look at this video for a cool trick to keep it tucked away.
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Every DarqUI Quest Helper can use the right-hand side of the game window, but your premium version knows how to play both sides of the fence!
And one extra note: you can disabl...
Depending on the encounter, those icons below the target can convey information that's critical to success. No matter what resolution you're playing at, you can make Target and Implied Target Effect icons easier to read and keep track of. Take a look!
If you use ProfitUI CE, it has a similar custom setting. Check out ProfitUI CE Target Icon Size.
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And speaking of targeting, DarqUI has some ot...
2025-03-09 17:28:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Don't waste another minute arranging bags and boxes across all of your characters. Let DarqUI do the heavy lifting. Take a look!
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Darq Side members also have a sack full of bag-related improvements including
Custom Bag Colors (link)2025-03-03 14:16:01 +0000 UTC
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A man walks into the library and asks the librarian for books about paranoia. She whispers, "They're right behind you!"
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Drawing a Blank
Our favorite game has some obscure commands for inserting blanks in between spells in the Knowledge book, and also for swapping around entire pages. The commands will work in any tab in the Knowledge book although I've wasted lots of time on the Ascension tab in the past, laboriously flipping back and forth through the pa...
2025-03-01 00:49:35 +0000 UTC View Post
What's a great UI without a customizable Start Menu? No longer using the Deity window, Dungeon Maker, Infusions? No problem! Use DarqUI to clean up the Start Menu by removing choices that you don't need. You can also choose from a long list of DarqUI window toggles and other game features to keep handy on four custom Start Menu icon slots. Check it out in the above video!
Macro-icon-omics
And speaking of icons, did you know you can drag-and-drop Start Menu icons o...
2025-02-16 21:20:24 +0000 UTC View Post
We haven't yet figured out how to hide (or incinerate with prejudice) all those lovely excess Overseer quest rewards, but here is a quick efficiency trick I only recently discovered that simplifies the process of setting up missions. Take a look!
The premium Overseer window has also gotten several nice quality-of-life improvements: You can double-click missions in the list to complete them -- very h...
2025-02-13 14:46:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Not every Broker transaction is in the millions. Quickly moving all those extra shinies, harvests and other lower-tier items requires competitive pricing. Use the DarqUI Commission Calculator to input the price you want to see in the Broker window. Then let the calculator work backward to determine your selling price, taking into account factions and container-based commission reductions. It's easy. Check out the video, then give it a try!
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And speaking of the Broker, Darq Side ...
2025-02-02 14:23:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Confront Anashti Sul on Anashti Sul
What better antidote for chilly winter weather than a two-week trip to the sun scorched desert! Grab your turban and join the Desert of Flames expansion Beta that begins January 27 on the Origins server. Check out the official announcement (which includes a link to the O.G. trailer video!)
If you're interested in jumping into Be...
2025-01-27 03:11:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an assortment of winter-cool premium updates that I think you're going to like. Everything is available on the server right now.
Fast Travel Map
This behavior fix comes from a discussion in Discord between Darq Siders bluja000, Chiefmac and Rosyposy from quite a while back. Previously, whenever you used Fast Travel to switch to a zone where you have multiple destinations to choose from, the Map wi...
2025-01-17 23:27:43 +0000 UTC View Post
A husband and wife are sitting quietly in bed reading. The wife looks over at him and asks the question....
HER: What would you do if I died? Would you get married again?
HIM: Definitely not!
HER: Why not? Don't you like being married?
HIM: Of course I do.
HER: Then why wouldn't you remarry?
HIM: Okay, okay. I'd get married again.
HER: You would? (with a hurt look)
HIM: (makes audible groan)
HER: Would you live in our house?
HIM: Sure, it's a great house.
H...
New versions of the DarqUI Utility (v3.1.3.9) and Notifier (v1.2.1.1) are available at eq2interface.com. Below is a basic list of changes; more in-depth descriptions can be found in the December Waypoints newsletter.
Changes and new features for all players who use DarqUI include:<...
2024-12-11 21:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post
One notable difference between EverQuest II's Live servers and the new Origins server is the return of original spell and combat art names. Instead of shared names like Rapidity I, II and III, spells on Anashti Sul are more like Alacrity, Celerity, Legerity, and so on. Every spell at every level has its own unique name.
For veteran players who are accustomed to the convenience of self-leveling spell icons on the Group and Raid windows, an extra step is needed to configure each old-schoo...
2024-12-11 21:33:48 +0000 UTC View Post
As you've most likely heard, the Daybreak Census server has been on the fritz lately. The good news is that it's back up and running again. The not-so-great news is that characters who have used the new Petamorph Keyring aren't getting exported, so sites like EQ2U and Dragon's Armory that rely upon Census character data are not current for those specific characters.
EQ2U's Feldon has posted a remedy if y...
2024-12-04 01:52:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I broke up with my video game console, now it's my ex-box.
Nothing personal, it was just time for a Switch.
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November has been a busy month in Norrath with a new Live expansion to explore, new Varsoon unlocks, and EverQuest II's 20th 2024-11-30 23:55:43 +0000 UTC View Post
EverQuest II is enjoyed by players in countries all over the world, and we are also blessed to have a surprising number of international Darq Side members. A few years ago the country-specific game servers were converted to an English code base, but understandably many non-English players still prefer using their own language where possible while gaming.
Recently Darq Side member Marco was looking for a way to translate quest steps in the Journal to his native lang...
2024-11-17 21:16:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's all the basic info about this popular custom component
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The premium Harvesting Helper has a bunch of improvements like mini-mode, auto-calibrate speed setting, show helper on login, collect shinies on login, automatically stop or resume harvesting on combat/crafting/targeting, and more [1] [2] 2024-11-17 21:09:27 +0000 UTC
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Famous last words: "Are you still holding the ladder?"
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The Scars of Destruction Beta is still going strong, but there's always time for your suggestions and ideas. Here are some of the things we're working on in November.
Pros and Cons
The DarqUI Extended Player window was inspir...
2024-11-01 02:31:21 +0000 UTC View Post
The EverQuest II Broker window is a staple of everyday gameplay, especially when ordering consumables like food, ammo, temps and the like for all of your characters. Take control of the search bar by building a personalized shopping list for each character. The list is easy to create, edit and use as your characters level up to higher-tier consumables. Check it out in the above video!
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And speaking of the Broker, 2024-10-27 13:48:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Update Nov 8:
DarqUI Premium
Updated Sodden Archipelago, Sodden Islands and Western Wastes definitions in main Map window (DarqUI version only)
Update Oct 26:
DarqUI Premium
Added Western Wastes map definition to main Map window (DarqUI version only)
Update Oct 21:
DarqUI Pr...
2024-10-09 20:21:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Eight days after Helene, electricity (and water) at Darq Side HQ were finally restored last night! The first three days or so we had to drive into a nearby town to get cell service, and I was able to get status updates to Rosyposy on a friend's mini-laptop. I have to say it's nice to once again be able to type a whole sentence without backspacing over finger-fumbles every few letters.
Our area is a surreal mess, but we were blessed to escape major flooding and structural damage. We're s...
2024-10-06 17:07:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a neat modification-to-a-modification for the Bank window, brought to you by new Darq Side member Adorkable. He's been playing on the Anashti Sul server where platinum pieces are a bit harder to come by than on Live servers.
If you haven't played around with the Banking Sidebar, take a look at this daily tip. The Sidebar offers a much quicker, more convenien...
2024-09-27 00:33:36 +0000 UTC View Post
The game economy and the Bank window have evolved together over the past two decades, due to the inevitable coin-flation that accompanies statflation in EverQuest II and other online games as they mature. When this game was new I didn't even know what a platinum piece was for the first few weeks, and now look at us. Players routinely trade in the billions and hundreds of billions, with some players accumulating wealth north of the trillion-plat mark.
When the ...
2024-09-27 00:29:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Can you spot the fake hotbar in this picture?
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Any Port in a Storm
And speaking of hotbars, are you using up valuable hotkey slots on teleport spells, evac potions, tradeskill orbs? Try the custom DarqUI Transport Window instead. There are dozens of portal spells, items and evacs to choose from, and there's even a quick-access list for all your favorites. Ta...
2024-09-18 11:37:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Surprise, you thought we were done with the 2K/4K Project? Not so fast! I've been rummaging around this summer and discovered another batch of components worthy of scaling up. Some small and simple, some more complex. I also took the opportunity to make a few 2K/4K-adjacent tweaks. Everything you see here is on the premium update server now.
New L and XL sizes:
Lotto -- Every now and then I'll stop on the Antonica dock and line the goblin's p...
2024-09-13 23:46:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Activate your Mount Presets from a hotkey or from the Icon Bar, without using the Character window.
Did you know you can use the same trick with Familiar Presets? It's true. Take a look!
2024-09-09 00:06:35 +0000 UTC View Post