User Interface Guide
Interface
EverQuest's interface has evolved for more than two decades, and it can feel overwhelming when you first log in. The Legends team has introduced meaningful updates to modernize the UI, and this guide will help you learn the essentials and then show you how to manage and customize your interface to your preferences.
Part I: Interface Essentials
Let's start with the big picture!
Going by the numbers:
- Spell Bar - shows currently loaded spells.
- Hotbar - assign abilities, spells or macros to hotkeys.
- Inventory - press 'I' to open/close your inventory.
- Chat Window - Tab 1 shows chat, Tab 2 shows combat.
- Player Window - shows your player information and resources.
- Target Window - shows your target information and resources.
- Multi-Menu Window - quick access to multiple menus.
- Group Window - other players in your party.
- Extended Target Window - all your active combat targets.
These windows load onto your screen when you first log in.
Where these windows appear on your screen may vary a little depending on your resolution. All of these windows can be moved to your liking, you can resize some of them, you can open more hotbars, assign more hotkeys, open more chat windows, choose a light, dark or modern theme, and much more!
If you are a minimalist, you can set your UI up that way. If you prefer to fill your screen with several chat channels, hotbars and macros, you can do that too. We'll cover all of that stuff in the deep dive. For now, I am going to focus on the essentials so you can focus on playing, not wrestling with windows.
Oh, and I bet you started seeing tip windows start to pop up not long after you logged in? That's normal - they were designed to pop up when you log in on a character below level 20, when you zone, or when the game detects an action that matches one of its built-in "new player help" triggers. You can turn these off but I would recommend leaving them on for your first few levels.
... there's a few essential hotkeys you should know.
Hotkeys
First and foremost for hotkeys, is your 1 through = number keys, those are assigned to your primary hotbar. You can open more hotbars and assign more hotkeys and customize your layout, but we'll save those details for the deep dive further down in this guide.
Alt+O opens the options window. With the options window open, click on controls. On the Key Bindings tab you can select all or specific categories to view all the keybind options that are and are not set.
Note: when you assign a hotkey to a key binding, it normally toggles a window or executes a command, but not all of them currently function.
Under the Commands category, important keys to know are:
- Q = attack (you can also set it to ~ (tilda key) or your preference)
- B = inventory bags toggle
- C = consider
- Ctrl + S = sit/stand
Under the Target category:
- TAB = should be set to cycle through nearest NPCs.
Under the Chat category:
- H = hail
- R = reply
Under the Camera category:
- F9 = toggle camera view
There are many other hotkeys and some would deem them worthy of putting them here, but that is a quick overview of the most used default hotkeys.
Part II: Deep Dive
Three UI themes are available, "light," "dark" and "modern."
To load a UI theme, press Alt + O, left-click "Load UI Skin", select your choice of skin, then click Load Skin.