Open period
Open periods were the times when access to RuneScape Classic has been closed and temporarily re-opened to the public, allowing new accounts and players explore the world of RuneScape as it began. Each open period was planned to last two weeks and required a player to be a member to login to Classic. After "classic-enabling" their account, players were allowed an indefinite amount of logins to Classic, but were still required to be a member to play. During closed periods, accounts that had not been "enabled" were revoked access to the Classic servers. RuneScape Classic was closed entirely and taken offline indefinitely on 6 August 2018.
History
[edit | edit source]Since 11 November 2009 the re-opening and closing periods were planned to occur every half year, but the open period in June 2010 was the last one to follow this pattern, as the re-opening planned for the beginning of 2011 was skipped.
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 4 January 2001 | 3 February 2006[1] |
| 11 November 2009 | 25 November 2009 |
| 1 June 2010 | 24 June 2010[1] |
| 15 September 2011 | 30 September 2011[1] |
| 11 January 2016 | 6 August 2018 |
At RuneFest 2015, it was stated that RuneScape Classic would be re-opened to the public sometime in January 2016, in order to celebrate the 15th anniversary of RuneScape's creation.
The servers were supposed to close again on 11 March 2016,[2] and having missed that date, by the end of 2016.[3] However, closing the registrations never actually happened, and the servers remained open for new registration until their indefinite closing on 6 August 2018 when the game servers were taken offline.
World 1 "Veteran" access
[edit | edit source]Any RuneScape Classic accounts that logged in between the dates of 3 August 2005 and 3 February 2006 were enabled to play on the "Veteran" server (World 1).