Editing Ragnarok Online Timeline

This page is used as a reference when researching Ragnarok Online preservation topics, as there is a great deal of conflicting information between private server sources and official sources. 

=== 1994 ===

* Gravity Team is formed in Korea.

=== 1999 ===

* Arcturus, Ragnarok Online's predecessor in many ways, is produced in cooperation with Sonnori Corporation.

=== 2000 ===

* 1st April 2000  - Gravity Corp is formed with $420,000 ($775,938 in 2023 USD) in capital, later recorded as $670,000 ($1.23 million in 2023 USD)
* June 2000 -  Gravity Corp begins outline of design concept for Ragnarok Online with a team of 20, a budget of $420,000 and an estimated completion date of June 2001 (1 year), and formal paid service scheduled for September 2001.
* 9 August 2000 - Gravity Corp wins Grand Prize and Graphic Award from LG-Donga DIFECA 2000 for Arcturus.
* September 2000 - Design concept is completed for Ragnarok Online

=== 2001 ===

* January 2001 - Character and background design begins for Ragnarok Online
* May 2001 - Gravity launches Beta 1 test for Ragnarok Online.
* July 2001 - Gravity launches Beta 2 test for Ragnarok Online.
* 15 July 2001 - Gravity Corp provides an investor presentation detailing the Ragnarok Online game.
* 1 November 2001 - Korean Ragnarok Online Beta begins

=== 2002 ===

* 28 January 2002 - Korean Ragnarok Online Service surpasses 1 million members, with around 30,000 concurrent users on the game.<ref>Kang, J. (2002) ''‘라그나로크’, 회원 100만명 기록 (‘Ragnarok’ reaches 1 million members)'', ''DONGA''. Available at: <nowiki>https://archive.is/p4DGn</nowiki> (<nowiki>https://game.donga.com/12594</nowiki>) (Accessed: 16 November 2023).</ref>
* 27 July 2002 - Korean IPs are prevented from using iRO, and non-Korean IPs are prevented from using kRO. 
* 29 July 2002 - Korean Ragnarok Online Service is commercialised, Gravity begins charging for Ragnarok Online. <ref>Kang, J. (2002) 그라비티, 라그나로크의 상용화 서비스 7월 29일부터 실시 ''(Commercialization of Gravity and Ragnarok begins on July 29th)'', ''DONGA''. Available at: <nowiki>https://archive.is/p4DGn</nowiki> (<nowiki>https://game.donga.com/12594</nowiki>) (Accessed: 16 November 2023).</ref>

=== 2003 ===

* March 20, 2003 - Ragnarok Online Japan (ragnarokonline.jp) is hacked and announcements are made in-game, with hackers referencing group Apez.

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