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Setup & Help

Downloaded a map or a UI skin? Here's exactly where the files go so EverQuest Legends picks them up. Paths below are the default Windows install location — if you installed elsewhere, use your own game folder's maps\ and uifiles\ subfolders.

🧭 New here? Your first 5 minutes

What this site is: a fan-made companion for EverQuest Legends — maps for your game, plus Norrath itself to explore in the browser.

  1. 🐉 Take a 3D flight — soar over Greater Faydark with sounds and music. No account, no install.
  2. 🎬 Watch a guided tour — community-recorded fly-throughs of dungeons and scenic routes.
  3. 📦 Grab the map pack — every zone's map, game-ready (install steps below).
  4. 🏆 Meet the makers — sign in with Discord (top right of the home page) to follow creators, like & comment, record tours, and forge your own realm.

🗺️ Installing a map

Maps are plain .txt files the game reads from a maps folder, one per zone.

⚠️ Use a custom folder — don't overwrite the game's default maps\ files. EQ's patcher checks the shipped map files on launch and will restore them, wiping your custom versions. A separate folder is left untouched between patches.
  1. On any map, click ⬇ Download to save its .txt, keeping the zone's short name as the filename (e.g. befallen.txt).
  2. Put it in your own maps folder — e.g. make one next to the game rather than using the default maps\: C:\Users\Public\Daybreak Game Company\Installed Games\EverQuest Legends\maps_custom\
  3. Point EQ at that folder: in the in-game Map window's options (or Options → Maps), set the map directory to your custom folder. Then open the map (Map button / /map) — it loads automatically; re-enter the zone if it was already open.
If your client doesn't expose a map-directory setting, the safest bet is to only add maps for zones the game doesn't already ship — those aren't managed by the patcher. The Enhanced maps keep the game's labels and add per-floor / water / lava coloring.

🎨 Installing a UI skin

Skins are folders of layout XML + textures the game loads from uifiles\.

  1. On the UI Skins page, click ⬇ Download to get the skin's .zip.
  2. Extract it into your game's uifiles\ folder so you end up with a uifiles\<skinname>\ folder containing EQUI.xml: C:\Users\Public\Daybreak Game Company\Installed Games\EverQuest Legends\uifiles\
  3. In-game, load it: /loadskin <skinname> — or Options → General → Load UI Skin, pick the folder, and confirm the reload.
Make sure the zip extracts to a named subfolder, not loose into uifiles\ itself. If EQUI.xml sits directly in uifiles\, move it into its own folder first.

💻 Platform support

Windows ✓

Fully supported. The paths above are the default Daybreak install location.

Mac / Linux ⚠

EQ Legends is a Windows client. It may run under Wine/Proton, where the game folder lives inside the Wine prefix (e.g. ~/.wine/drive_c/…/EverQuest Legends/). The same maps\ and uifiles\ subfolders apply, but this isn't tested — your mileage may vary.