2003

The following is a list of notable events that happened in RuneScape in 2003.

January

 * 11 January -
 * 14 January - Siw Midtrud's death is announced in Update:Siw Midtrud.
 * 24 January -
 * 27 January - The Shilo Village quest is added.
 * 28 January - The Wilderness Agility Course and the Gnome Ball minigame are added.
 * 31 January -

February

 * 12 February -
 * 13 February -
 * 24 February -
 * 27 February -

March

 * 3 March – The Underground Pass quest is added.
 * 17 March - The Observatory Quest is added.

April

 * Easter – Bunny ears spawned on the ground all over RuneScape.
 * 14 April - Spears and Throwing knives are added.
 * 23 April -

May

 * 7 May - The Watch Tower Quest is added, and the bank space for Members is increased.
 * 26 May -
 * 27 May - The quest Dwarf Cannon is added. Also, Sleeping bags are added, and mining is changed.
 * 29 May - Some bugs involving the newer quests were fixed.

June

 * 9 June – The Murder Mystery quest was added.
 * 16 June -

July

 * 9 July – The Digsite quest was added.
 * 22 July - New Engine Screenshots #2
 * 28 July - The quest Gertrude's Cat is added, and Cats are made available as pets. Also, the Fishing Trawler minigame is added.

August

 * 20 August - The Legends Quest is added.
 * 25 August - New Engine Screenshots #3

September

 * 22 September - The Mage Arena is added.

October

 * 1 October -
 * 31 October - For Hallowe'en, scythes are dropped all over the ground.

November

 * 2 November -
 * 7 November - The infamous Partyhat duplication glitch was exploited.
 * 24 November -

December

 * 1 December – The RuneScape 2 beta is released. Also, later, 3 new RuneScape 2 servers were added.
 * 2 December – Bugs involving the RuneScape 2 beta were fixed.
 * 3 December - More bugs involving the RuneScape 2 beta were fixed.
 * 5 December - More bugs involving the RuneScape 2 beta were fixed.
 * 8 December - Some RuneScape 2 servers were removed.
 * 9 December - More bugs involving the RuneScape 2 beta were fixed.
 * 14 December - More bugs involving the RuneScape 2 beta were fixed.
 * 15 December - The RuneScape 2 map was expanded to include Seers' Village, Camelot, Catherby and Brimhaven.
 * 18 December - New features were added to the RuneScape 2 beta, and some bugs were also fixed.
 * 22 December - Cancellation of Christmas item drops.