Noclip glitch

Note: This article was not written for attention or anything like that. This is just an explanation of a famous bug like the Falador Massacre that answers the same question many players ask: What happened to it.

Note: Noclipping is the ability to walk through barriers such as walls. This glitch was called the Noclip Glitch because it let you do almost everything actual noclipping did.

It's Discovery
Somewhere around July of 2008 a glitch was discovered that allowed players to go past almost any barrier in Runescape. This was done by abusing a bug in the Fishing Trawler that allowed a player to be teleported 150 spaces east/west outside of the trawler.

This glitch was 1st discovered by two players who go by the names Champ7020 and Roboreapper. They told a player who goes by the name Svew and the 3 of them abused it for several months and became relatively well known for it. It was used to do several major bugs such as buying a Cape of Legends from the Legends Guild without having have done the Legend's Quest or getting into areas that were normally inaccessible such as Tutorial Island, the unreleased city of Prifddinas, or even inside walls such as inside the Grand Exchange pillar.

The Patching
This bug was eventually found by a couple other players in around September of 2008. Roboreapper at one point told a friend of his how to do the bug, and several other bugs behind Svew and Champ7020's backs. Champ7020 also told a player how to do it, but not behind his friends' backs. Unfortunately, Champ's decision was a mistake and the player he told "leaked" it to the public after several weeks of knowing it where thousands of players read how to do it. Fortunately for the original 3 "noclippers", the bug was patched about 2 weeks prior to the bug being revealed to the public. They had reported the glitch to Jagex so it would be patched before anymore people could find out about it. The bug was patched on November 11th, 2008, the same day Stealing Creation was released. In the update, Jagex claimed they patched the Fishing Trawler to prevent players from unfairly getting fish and EXP from the game, when in truth it was the patch that got rid of Noclip.

Aftermath
Not much was lost due to this bug. Jagex did have to patched the Legends Guild so players who did not beat the quest could not buy a cape and also patch several items that helped do the glitch. In the end, only 7-8 individuals actually did the glitch. A few players were banned, most players who did it were not affected. Svew was banned for the glitch and later unbanned and given a last chance. Roboreapper and Champ7020's "main" accounts were already banned for previous violations of Rule 4. Videos were put up on youtube, they total to an almost whopping 100,000 views.