2002
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The following is a list of notable events that happened in RuneScape in 2002.
January
- 4 January - Servers 5 and 6 online.
- 29 January - Latest RuneScape News.
- It takes a minute to let a dropped item spawn for other players again
- Andrew decided to make Rune battle axes and 2h Rune swords F2P again and to not make them members-only content (even though the member game wasn't released yet).
February
- 27 February - RuneScape members is released along with the new skill Herblore (called Herblaw on RuneScape Classic) and 5 new quests: Druidic Ritual, Lost City, Witch's House, Heroes' Quest and Merlin's Crystal.
March
- 18 March - Latest RuneScape News.
- Blood Rune released with high level spells.
- Teleport to Camelot.
- Wilderness area in Edgeville Dungeon.
- Glass Making ability for Crafting.
- New Monster - Black unicorn.
- 2 New mods - Steve and Ian.
- 21 March - 2 New RuneScape Servers online. 8 Worlds, 10,000 capacity.
- 25 March - Fletching skill is released.
- 26 March - Stringing bows xp increased. Woodcutting trees xp increased.
April
- 9 April - Family Crest quest released.
- 30 April - Thieving skill released.
- Tribal Totem quest released.
- City of Ardougne released.
May
- 10 May - Latest RuneScape News.
- Fire Giant released.
- Make-over Mage released.
- Level - 56 wilderness open.
- Curry Released.
- 29 May - 2000 RuneScape accounts were stat-wiped for Macroing/Autoing or using RuneScape clients.
June
- 17 June - Fishing guild released.
July
- 10 July - Some bugs fixed
- 12 July - More ways to get membership!
- 19 July - RuneScape database on a faster server.
- 20 July - Customer Support database online
- 23 July - 3 new members quests, Holy Grail, Tree Gnome Village, and Fight Arena, are added.<ref>Jagex. "Members' quests". 23 July 2002. RuneScape News. *</ref>
- 26 July - The Highscore tables now show the top 100,000
August
- 15 August - 2 new members quests, Hazeel Cult and Sheep Herder, are added.<ref>Jagex. "Sheep and cults". 15 August 2002. RuneScape News. *</ref>
- 26 August - In the pipeline...
- 27 August - The Plague City quest is added, along with the Ardougne teleport spell.<ref>Jagex. "Multi-part quest". 27 August 2002. RuneScape News. *</ref>
September
- 9 September - The quest Sea slug is added.<ref>Jagex. "Sea Slug Quest". 9 September 2002. RuneScape News. *</ref>
- 19 September - Graphics Previews
- 24 September - Tutorial Island, the Waterfall Quest, and the King Black Dragon are added.<ref>Jagex. "Tutorial island". 24 September 2002. RuneScape News. *</ref>
- 25 September - The Worldmap has been updated
October
- 9 October - 3-D Update
- 18 October - A preview is sneaked
- 23 October - Several new updates, including:
- 2 members quests, Biohazard and Jungle Potion
- The town of Yanille
- The members spells Enfeeble, Stun, and Vulnerability, along with the Soul rune.
- Dragon bones
- The combat system was changed so that Monsters that were far weaker than the player would no longer auto attack.<ref>Jaegx. "Updates galore!". 23 October 2002. RuneScape News. *</ref>
- 25 October - Gowerian Agility
- The Halloween masks were dropped on 30 October.
November
- 1 November - The mod-noob
- 13 November - Fatigue system released.
- Wilderness monsters made aggressive regardless of level.
- 15 November - A well-deserved rest
- 25 November - The mining and fishing system is changed.<ref>Jagex. "Fatigue reduced". 25 November 2002. RuneScape News. *</ref>
December
- 2 December - The word on the street
- 12 December - The Agility skill is added, along with the quest Grand tree.<ref>Jagex. "Agility skill online". 12 December 2002. RuneScape News. *</ref>
- 25 December - the "Merry Christmas" update begins the 2002 Christmas event
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