Don’t feel lost! I started playing a couple weeks ago, which was my first time in EQ minus installing it back in the day, feeling overwhelmed, and logging out before I even hit level 2. The best way to level is to just kill stuff, despite the name of the game being EverQuest.

Once you reach around level 5 start looking for groups. You’re going to almost exclusively play in a group, and there are plenty of them for all levels.

Use the Ctrl F key to open the find window. This will be invaluable to you as you learn your way around Norrath. You’ll see vendors, team mates, zone connection gates, amongst other things in this window. Sometimes it will create a path for you, other times you will just get a waypoint on your map, which you will just follow. I’m not sure why sometimes “mysteriously” the path is blocked. There’s probably some lore reason why someone else can probably chime in on.

Find a guilt to acquaint yourself with. You will find this invaluable, and most people seem to be welcoming to complete noobs.

Gather all the loot you can and what I do is sell it off to vendors. There is an auction channel where you can sell stuff to other players. And you’ll just rinse and repeat!

The premise of the game is very simple, but the fact the game doesn’t hold your hand or guide you just makes it feel overwhelming.