Shiny

In EverQuest II, a "shiny" is a collectible ground spawn which contains a Collection Quest item. They are called shinies because their graphic is shiny and animated. They are also referred to as ? nodes because there is a ? over the node where a mob name might be.
Shinies may be found throughout Norrath while exploring. Some may only been seen while wearing certain equipment such as goggles or hats while others may only been seen while flying. Shinies may also be obtained by trading one bone, one flask of water and one bag of fertilizer to an NPC within the Guild Hall.
Shinies come in five colors:
* Yellow (or light brown) - "Normal" nodes.
* Blue - Hidden nodes which require having Expert Recognition Goggles (Gnomish Collection Goggles or Kunark Expert Adventurer Goggles) or Gigglegibber Courting Hat equipped in order to see the shiny. The contents will be Treasured and they usually have a coveted reward.
* Red - Hidden nodes which require having the Earring of the Solstice equipped in order to see the shiny. This means you must be a level 80 crafter with your Tradeskill Epic to get these shinies. The contents of these shinies are Lore.
* Purple - Purple shinies are seen for some TSO faction missions and are used for collections from Live Events.
* Dark Blue - these were introduced in the Destiny of Velious expansion. In their current iteration, they are mainly found in places that can only be accessed by flying, leaping or gliding mounts.
EQ2 Yellow Collections
EQ2 Red Collections
EQ2 Blue Collections
EQ2 Purple Collections
EQ2 Dark Blue Collections
Destiny of Velious Collections
Tokens of the Great Divide
In addition to the above "Shiny" Collections there are other collection sets such as "Pages", "Tombs" and "Specials":
Named Page Collections
Tome Collections
Special Collections