Year 2: 2000
- 12 new colours for Neopets
- 18 new species discovered
- 19 species revamped
- 3 events occurred
- 6 new lands discovered
January
- The New Features page is launched
- 11th - A new pet, the "Fleye", is introduced to the site (winning competition design)
- 13th - The new pets "Lupe" and "Elephante" are introduced to the site
- 13th - You can now clear the sales history in your shop
- 14th - The first Faeries are sighted in Neopia
- 17th - A Trading Card Game (TCG) is introduced, and TNT appeal to users for card ideas
- 17th - The Adopt-A-Pet page now has a search engine on it
- 25th - A new pet, the "Polypup", is introduced to the site. TNT says "It's like a puppy, but it's pointy!"
- 25th - The first edition of the Neopian Times is released
- 27th - Your Neopet will now send you a card on your birthday
Why thank you MrScorchio124348563
February
- 10th - Neodecks are released to hold your collectable cards
- 10th - The concept of Limited Edition pets is introduced
- 10th - A new pet, the "Peophin", is introduced to the site as the first Limited Edition Neopet with an initial release of 1000
- 15th - The Games Room is revamped and now appears as a "rather attractive toy cupboard"
- 18th - A profanity filter is added to the site, and you can now block users from neomailing you
- 20th - The Neopian Times archive is released
- 21st - A weekly crossword puzzle is introduced
- 21st - The first ever Neopian Beauty Expo (Beauty Contest) is launched
- 29th - Users now have a Safety Deposit Box to store all their valuables
- 29th - Treasure Maps are introduced
- 29th - The Neopian Calendar is added to the site
- 29th - You can now equip your Neopet with attack and defence items
- 29th - User shops can now hold up to 24 items instead of 16
- 29th - Your shop history now records all withdrawals
March
- 6th - The Beauty Contest now awards a trophy to winners
- 8th - The Soup Kitchen opens to end hunger across Neopia
- 8th - The Wishing Well opens and starts granting items to lucky users
- 10th - The Wishing Well now donates some of its earnings to the Money Tree
- 14th - Equipped items can now be unequipped
- 15th - You can now feed your pets at the Soup Kitchen if you don't have very many Neopoints
- 16th - The Tower of the Light Faerie is added to the site, if you can find it
- 16th - The Neolodge opens to care for pets when users go on holiday
- 21st - The Neopian Hospital opens up, but pets cannot get sick quite yet
- 21st - Guilds are introduced
- 22nd - The Neopian Pharmacy opens up to aid the Hospital
- 22nd - Users can now join Guilds
At least I'm not stuck on the second floor with Scrofungulus
April
- 2nd-13th - TNT moves its offices across the Atlantic
- 5th - The Pet Central page is revamped
- 13th - The maximum pets per account is raised to four
- 15th - The Easter Cybunny can now be seen handing out gifts in a Random Event
- 17th - Easter Neggs can now be found around the site
- 18th - A new pet, the "Frogstomp", is introduced to the site, although it isn't adoptable yet (winning competition design)
- 19th - The Frogstomp is now adoptable
- 20th - A new pet, the "Shoyru", is introduced to the site
- 20th - The first ever Pet Spotlight is launched
- 28th - A new pet, the "Tigren", is introduced to the site
- 29th - Peophins are no longer Limited Edition, meaning there are no LE pets on the site
May
- 1st - The first ever Caption Competition is launched
- 2nd - The Help page is launched
- 9th - Neo Comics are released
- 9th - The colour Purple is announced
- 10th - Paint Brushes can now be found lying around the site in a new Random Event
- 10th - There are now 500,000 owners in Neopia
- 15th - The colours Split and Invisible are announced with the release of the Split Paint Brush and the Invisible Paint Brush
- 20th - Bank loans are taken off the site because of abuse
- 25th - The new pets "Zafara" (inspired by Create-A-Pet contest winner Chanii1234) and "Blumaroo" are introduced to the site
- 25th - The Battle Faerie returns to Neopia
OM NOM NOM NOM
June
- 6th - The Bruce Forsyth is revamped
- 7th - A new pet, the "Techo", is introduced to the site
- 11th - The World Events page is launched with Balthazar's Faerie Giveaway Madness and the Health Frog's Vegetarian Giveaway
- 14th - The New Features page is revamped and is now divided into the different months
- 21st - A competition to design the next Faerie is announced
- 22nd - The Flotsam and the Jetsam are revamped
- 26th - The Lupe Pack now gives away Chocolate Chias in a new World Event
- 29th - The Neopian Pronunciation page ("Learn To Speak Neopian") is released, complete with voice recordings from Donna!
- 29th - A new pet, the "Mynci", is introduced to the site
- 29th - Neopets now has 1 million members
- 29th - You can now add a description for your Neopets to their petlookup
- 30th - The Shop of Offers is launched
- 30th - The Neopian Pound is revamped
- 30th - A new page is released that shows all of the Neopets that never made it
July
- 5th - The Alien Aisha Vending Machine is released
- 5th - A new pet, the "Moehog" is introduced to the site as a Limited Edition Neopet
- 10th - A new pet, the "Cybunny", is introduced to the site
- 10th - You can now find Nerkmids in a Random Event
- 12th - The Neocam goes live
- 13th - The Cerpull evolves into a new pet - the "Tatsu" and the Scorchio is revamped
- 14th - A new pet, the "Poogle" is introduced to the site
- 18th - The Lupe and the Badeek are revamped
- 19th - The Tigren evolves into a new pet - the "Acara" and the Polypup evolves into a new pet - the "Gelert"
- 20th - Your Neopet can now become sick
- 24th - The Fleye evolves into a new pet - the "Buzz"
- 25th - The Frogstomp evolves into a new pet - the "Quiggle"
- 26th - The Macy Gray evolves into a new pet - the "Kau"
- 26th - The Pant Devil and other characters can no longer steal items that are being auctioned
I knew TNT didn't really exist
August
- 2nd - The Neopian Stock Market enters open testing
- 3rd - Mystery Island ("Mystery Isle") is discovered
- 4th - The first ever Site Spotlight is released
- 10th - A new pet, the "Kougra" (aka "Tigercub") is introduced to the site
- 11th - Neopets Theme Parks is opened
- 11th - Totems (which are needed to visit Mystery Island) can now be found around the site in Random Events
- 16th - The first Codestones are released
- 16th - Dr. Sloth kidnaps the Space Faerie and the Island Mystic has appeared on Umbuku Island claiming he can decode the mysterious message - the Virtupets Plot has begun!
- 17th - VirtuPets, an evil adoption agency run by Dr. Sloth, is discovered
- 18th - Dr. Sloth attempts to invade Neopia
- 18th - The Sacrificers Staff Plot begins
- 21st - The Launch Pad opens up in Neopia
- 22nd - The Explore Page is launched
- 23rd - The Jibjib is renamed to the "Jubjub"
- 24th - A new pet, the "Grundo", is introduced to the site via the Space Adoption Agency
- 24th - The Neopian Stock Market is officially launched
- 25th - Dr. Sloth's invasion is thwarted by Neopians
- 29th - Bank accounts with more than 15,000 NPs now earn interest
- 29th - Moehogs are no longer Limited Edition
- 29th - If you input too high a value when haggling in a shop, the shopkeeper will no longer take your Neopoints
- 30th - An automatic email form is introduced so users can submit bugs to the programmers
- 31st - The Usul is revamped
- 31st - Jhuidah's Cooking Pot is discovered, along with Jhuidah herself
September
Today's Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of Meepits
No, that can't be right...
October
November
...and a Noil, and a Wind-Up Nuranna, and a Warf Plushie...
December
- 4th - The Ice Caves are discovered and are accessible by means of totems
- 5th - You can now talk to your Petpets via the Quick Ref page
- 5th - The first Morphing Potion (Red Aisha) is released
- 5th - The Neopian Stock Market plummets, causing chaos amongst investors
- 6th - The Neggery opens in the Ice Caves
- 7th - Neopian Standard Time (NST) is introduced
- 8th - All Faerie Abilities now have levels - the higher level the ability is, the more effective it will be in the Battledome
- 14th - The number of items your pet can have equipped at one time is raised to 7
- 16th - You can now remove items from your shop
- 18th - The colour Robot is announced
- 19th - Neopets hits the 5 million account mark
- 23rd - The Quick Stock feature is launched
- 31st - 2000 Neopians win half a million NP each in the Billion Neopoint Giveaway
- 31st - Neopedia is launched
This page was written by noileh and last updated on March 3, 2021.
