When was Rookgaard added to the game? (Exact date)

Question

I really wanna know when Rookgaard was added to the game. I found only this (it happen probably in "Pre-6,0" version):

There were many client versions prior to 6.0 but records were not maintained of this time so all changes from the very creation of Tibia up to 6.0 is considered "Pre-6.0".

source: https://tibia.fandom.com/wiki/Updates

My question is:

When Rookgaard was added to the game? (Exact date)

Answer 1

This is a very interesting question and I will tell you why ... Among all the things we know (or think we know) about Rookgaard, this is the only one that has been confirmed by Cipsoft!

Is the name Dark Gladir familiar to you? One of the oldest rookstayer, certainly the oldest still active, asked the Gods.



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Knightmare is on vacation, but i guess I can answer your question as well. Rookgaard has been added to the game on March 17, 2000 with the release of the Tibia Beta version 5.2. I hope this information was helpful.

Happy New Year!

Kind Regards.
Manina
Tibia Customer Support

Source:  https://rookie.com.pl/Thread-Chronology-of-Rookgaard-1997-2000-english-version

Comments

Good research!

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Thank you!

I would like to take the opportunity to recommend that you all visit Dark Gladir's profile. He's a great collector ... of memories.
He has a huge collection of old images of the game (1997-2003). Worth the visit.

https://www.tibia.com/community/?subtopic=characters&name=Dark+Gladir (All the links are there)

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Great job well done. Dark Gladir Level 177 on Rookgaard. Wow

Answer 2

The island was created in 1997, buildings were added a year later. Rookgaard was officially added in 2000, unfortunately the exact date is unknown.

Comments

To confirm the island addition in 2000 you can use this news from the archive that says "after the introduction of the newbie isle during last months" - https://www.tibia.com/news/?subtopic=newsarchive&id=1 (this is also the oldest available news on the official website)