EQEMU Quest API

This will document the Quest API for Perl since that is what is used on EQ Archives. Also see the official EQEMU Quest API docs and Spire Quest API Explorer for latest definitions and Quest examples.

The EQEMU Quest API is largely event-based. Variables in the Perl API are available either as Perl Consts that are available for all events, or as variables that are exported specifically for a given event.

Events

Quest Event subroutines are defined in the EQEMU Server source code at https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/blob/7873ad37710cfe65f75f63c92cb226787df23b70/zone/embparser.cpp#L59

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Event Name	Trigger	Notes
EVENT_AGGRO
EVENT_AGGRO_SAY
EVENT_ITEM	When an item or money is turned into the mob.	This is actually aliased to EVENT_TRADE, and is exclusive to the Perl API (Lua uses EVENT_TRADE).
EVENT_AGGRO

Perl Consts

The following variables are exported and are always available for use in NPC scripts.

Mob

Constant	Description
$bot_id
$bot_owner_char_id
$class	The player's class Name (i.e. Rogue, Cleric, etc.). See also https://docs.eqemu.io/server/player/class-list/
$faction	Provides the faction level the player has with the NPC's primary faction. This will be an integer between 1 (Ally) and 9 (Scowls). See also https://docs.eqemu.io/server/factions/faction-values/
$h	Current heading of mob (i.e. the direction they are facing out of 360 degrees).
$hpratio
$mlevel	Mob's (NPC) level
$mname	Mob's (NPC) name
$mobid	NPC ID - should line up with the ID in the npc_types table. See also https://docs.eqemu.io/schema/npcs/npc_types/
$name	the player's first name
$race	The player's race (i.e. Human, Erudite, etc.).
$status	-2 = Banned, -1 = Suspended, 0 = Normal players, and > 1 are privileged users (Guides, GM); see https://docs.eqemu.io/server/player/status-levels/
$targetid
$targetname
$ulevel	player (user) level
$uguild_id	player (user) unique guild identifier in the database (an integer)
$uguildrank	0 = Member, 1 = Officer, 2 = Leader; see https://docs.eqemu.io/server/player/guild-ranks/
$userid	player's unique identifier in the database (an integer)
$x	Current x coordinates of mob.
$y	Current y coordinates of mob.
$z	Current z coordinates of mob.

Zone

Constant	Description
$instanceid
$instanceversion
$zonehour
$zoneid
$zoneln
$zonemin
$zonesn
$zonetime
$zoneweather

Source Code

The best source of truth for quest api is in the EQEMU source code. The relevant files are as follows:

• Any source file that starts with perl_ at https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/tree/master/zone
• https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/blob/7873ad37710cfe65f75f63c92cb226787df23b70/zone/embparser.h
• https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/blob/7873ad37710cfe65f75f63c92cb226787df23b70/zone/embparser.cpp
• https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/blob/7873ad37710cfe65f75f63c92cb226787df23b70/zone/embparser_api.cpp
• https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/blob/7873ad37710cfe65f75f63c92cb226787df23b70/zone/embperl.h
• https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/blob/7873ad37710cfe65f75f63c92cb226787df23b70/zone/embperl.cpp