2001
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2001 was the year in which RuneScape was released. The core of the game was established in this year, starting on 4 January 2001 with 6 quests and 19 listed skills (8 of which were either merged or were not implemented), and ending with 17 quests and 16 listed skills (of which only 2 were not implemented).
Key updates not present on release this year were:
- Banks
- The release of Asgarnia
- Magic and Prayer, coming from GoodMagic, EvilMagic, PrayGood, and PrayEvil.
- Fishing
- The release of the Wilderness and the removal of world-wide Player killing
- Dragon Slayer, along with Rune armour and weaponry
- The first Holiday drops
It was a critical year for Jagex, in which the company struggled to handle the massive success of RuneScape. Many of the initial Pay-to-play features were developed during the last few months of this year, though they wouldn't be released until 2002.
January[edit | edit source]
- 1 January
- Update:Reduced memory use by another 10 meg
- Update:Fixed bug sending more than 1 extra packet
- Update:Improved applet close behaviour in GameShell
- Update:Server now closes disconnected players sooner to reduce unfair death
- Update:Fixed men walking into sea bug
- Update:Optimised torch animation in dungeon
- 2 January
- Update:New location: Barbarian village
- Update:Can now fight unicorn and chicken
- Update:New skill: Mining
- Update:New skill: Smithing
- 3 January
- Update:Made Smithing and Mining more difficult
- 4 January
- 21 January
- 25 January
- 27 January
- 28 January
- 30 January
February[edit | edit source]
March[edit | edit source]
April[edit | edit source]
- 1 April
- Player owned houses opening today IF... (post on the RuneScape message boards by Paul Gower)
- 6 April
- 7 April
- 10 April
- 11 April
- 13 April
- 19 April
- 25 April
- 26 April
- 27 April
May[edit | edit source]
June[edit | edit source]
July[edit | edit source]
August[edit | edit source]
- 11 August
- 13 August
- 15 August
- 18 August
- 21 August
- 28 August
- Everdred is the first player to achieve level 99 in Woodcutting
September[edit | edit source]
October[edit | edit source]
- 5 October
- 22 October
- 31 October
- 2001 Halloween event (first holiday event, in which Pumpkins were dropped)
November[edit | edit source]
- 10 November
- 14 November
- 15 November
- 16 November
- 19 November
- 20 November
- 21 November
- 22 November
- 26 November
- 27 November
December[edit | edit source]
- 3 December
- 5 December
- 8 December
- 13 December
- 19 December
- 25 December
- 2001 Christmas event (first Christmas event, in which Christmas crackers, which contain Party Hats dropped)
| 1999-2003 (active development) | |
| 2004-2008 (discontinued development) | |
| 2009-2018 (reopening) | |
| 2019 onward (post-closure) | |