Live Event

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A Live Event occurs after a Patch has gone live and usually occurs at different times on different servers. Some events are developer controlled and some are triggered by in game events. It is common for there to be content that can only be experienced during the live event. For example, unique items, titles, creatures, and locations. In these cases the content is afterwards considered Retired.

Frequently Turbine will post a schedule by server ahead of time, but other times you simply have to be online at the time. Commonly a Global Chat message will be sent out alerting players online that a live event is about to begin.

The quality and depth of live events has fluctuated greatly, depending greatly on the resources available to the team at the time.

Date/Live Event Name	Patch Name
1999 - Beta Live Events	Asheron's Call Beta
12/16/99 - The Great Work	Sudden Season
02/17/00 - The Gauntlet	Shadows of the Past
03/10/00 - Shadow Abductions	Darkness Ascendant
04/07/00 - Shadow Invasion	Thorns of the Hopeslayer
2000/11 - Shard of the Herald	Should the Stars Fall
2000/12 - Bael'Zharon's Rampage	The Child of Daralet
03/31/01 - Virindi Invade Ayan Baqur	Spring's Sorrows
08/15/01 - Virindi/Tumerok Invasion	Crests of a Turbulent Sea
2002/04 - Bronze Statues attack	Betrayal
08/17/02 - The Elemental Cisterns	Atonement
9/19/03 - Olthoi Invasion	Groundswell
2006/04 - Commander Jared Kurth Raids	Shining Runes and Shadowed Hands
12/01/05 - The Death of Antius Blackmoor	Ashes and Dust
06/16/06 - Grael's Forces Attack	From the Darkest Depths
08/19/06 - Grael Attacks	From the Darkest Depths
2007/03 - Frankenchicken	Ancient Enemies
12/06/07 - Leafcull - Prodigal Human Investigation	Children of the Prodigal Lord
3/28/08 - Leafcull - Bunnies attack Holtburg	Foolish Ambition
8/12/08 - Frostfell - Blighted Moarsmen attack Beach Fort 8/12/08 - Leafcull - Blighted Moarsmen attack Beach Fort	Shattered Lines
8/21/08 - All Servers - Nivinizk T'thuunixis	Shattered Lines
12/11/08 - All Servers - Blight Summoner	Sins of the Fathers
12/12/08 - All Servers - Summoning Ritual of T'thuun	Sins of the Fathers
12/19/08 - All Servers - Dereth's Elite	Sins of the Fathers
2/18/09 - All Servers - Hero Token Drop in the Marketplace	Unfinished Business
3/16/09 - Leafcull - Not a Dungeon Filled With Monsters	Who Watches the Virindi?
4/1/09 - Knath Invasion 4/1/09 - Mad Cow Invasion	Who Watches the Virindi?
6/17/09 - Frostfell - Creatures Invade Tufa	Secrets of the Apostates
7/4/09 - Thug Attack	Old Ghosts
7/11/09 - Thug Camp	Old Ghosts
7/17/09 - Thug Hideout	Old Ghosts
9/10/09 - Thunder Chicken	Reclamation
10/27/09 Live Event	Gears of Change
11/02/09 Live Events	Gears of Change
05/25/10 - Wedding of Borelean and Hoshino	Gears of Change