In 2003, RuneScape Classic, still simply known as RuneScape at the time, started to become a major competitor to other online role-playing games.
January[]
- 11 January - New Runescape Website launched.
- 21 January - New news section on website.
- Credit card fraud warning.
- 23 January - Jmod gets married.
- 24 January - Notice about an upcoming quest release.
- Newsletters will no longer be emailed out. Only available on the site now.
- 27 January - The Shilo Village quest was added.
- 28 January - The Wilderness Agility Course and the Gnome Ball minigame were added.
- Warning not to abuse the report abuse feature.
- 29 January - Two players get married.
- Another set of players get married.
- 30 January - Newsletters 9 released.
- Servers made faster.
- 31 January - Jagex Hq moves to a larger building.
February[]
- 3 February - Be careful do not give out personal information.
- Power outage made UK servers drop.
- 4 February - Request for players to write stories for the Library of Varrock.
- 6 February - RuneScape can be used to learn useful things.
- 7 February - RuneScape can help you learn English.
- 10 February - Be vary of password scammers.
- 12 February - Two new Jmods added to Customer Support team.
- 13 February - Talk of what would eventually become RuneScape 2.
- 17 February - Seriously stop giving out your passwords.
- Also, do not accept 'free' RuneScape membership. You will probably be banned.
- 21 February - Library of Varrock is released on the website.
- 24 February - Underground Pass quest hinted at.
- 26 February - Manual:Scam released as well as an overhaul of the Manuals layout.
- 27 February- RuneScape membership 1 year anniversary.
March[]
- 3 March - The Underground Pass quest was added.
- 4 March - RuneScape Map updated.
- 6 March - New secure message centre.
- 17 March - The Observatory Quest was added.
- 18 March - New payment options.
- Do not buy/sell accounts.
- 21 March - New membership info pages.
- 24 March - Servers are now faster.
April[]
- 14 April - Spears and Throwing knives were added.
- God letters:Issue 10 - Zamorak does one released.
- 15 April - Update may have made RuneScape unplayable for some.
- 20 April - 2003 Easter event – Bunny ears spawned on the ground all over Gielinor.
- 23 April - Bestiary updated.
- Photo of Jagex staff released.
- 24 April - New York server relocated.
May[]
- 7 May - The Watchtower quest was added, and the bank space for members was increased.
- 20 May - Secure server maintenance
- 22 May - Website reorganized.
- 26 May - More sneak peak images of what would become RS2.
- 27 May - The Dwarf Cannon quest was added. Also, sleeping bags were added, and Mining was changed.
- 29 May - Some bugs involving the newer quests were fixed.
- New Australia server.
June[]
- 9 June – The Murder Mystery quest was added.
- 16 June - RS2 Update news.
- 20 June - Guthix wins poll to write God letter God letters:Issue 12 - Guthix Manifests.
- 24 June - Warning about fake RS2 sites.
July[]
- 9 July – The Digsite quest was added.
- 28 July - The quest Gertrude's Cat was added, and cats were made available as pets. Also, the Fishing Trawler mini-game was added.
August[]
- 20 August - The Legends' Quest was added.
September[]
- 22 September - The Mage Arena was added.
October[]
- 31 October - For 2003 Hallowe'en event the Scythes were dropped all over the ground. It was the last new item to be added to RSC.
November[]
- 7 November - The infamous Partyhat duplication glitch was exploited.
December[]
- 1 December – The RS2 beta was released. Three new RS2 servers were added with the release later that day.
High Scores[]
This is the final year that the remaining first 99s were achieved in RSC. All the remaining skills were first mastered in RuneScape 2.
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