Nightshade

The Nightshade is a melee weapon available to all factions. It was unlocked upon completion of the Master EverQuest's 20th Anniversary directive, by activating Fatestealer, which is now inaccessible to all players.

The Nightshade is an 'anti-vehicle' knife. While it deals 50 less damage on-hit than standard knives, it uses the heavy machine gun damage type, similar to the M20 Basilisk, rather than the normal melee type, allowing it to deal damage to all vehicle types as well as increasing the damage the knife deals per-swing versus MAXes.

Note that, because of this change in resistance type, damage reduction effects such as Nanoweave Armor level 2 will begin to reduce damage dealt by this weapon (aside from damage dealt to the head).

To quick melee with this weapon, press the Melee Attack hotkey ( by default) while holding any other weapon. To equip this weapon for wielded melee, press the Equip Melee hotkey ( by default).

Ribbons and Medals
It is possible to earn both Ribbons and Medals while using the. Each ribbon is a standard reward for achieving a set amount of kills with the weapon. Medals are awarded upon reaching kill milestones with the weapon.

History

 * March 21, 2019 Hotfix
 * Nightshade resist type from 40 (Anti-Materiel Rifle) to 4 (Heavy Machine Gun.)
 * Nightshade and Fatestealer now count toward generic melee kill directives.
 * April 25, 2019 Update
 * Nightshade's firemodes now correctly state Quick Melee/Melee in the loadout screen UI.