Non-Members were penguins that did not have paid membership in Club Penguin or Club Penguin Island. They had limited access to the game and its features.
Club Penguin
What Non-Members were able to do
- Buy and wear colors, flags, backgrounds and a selection of clothing from Penguin Style and other catalogs.
- Collect free items hidden around, and given away at parties.
- Become an Elite Penguin Force Agent.
- Become a Ninja, Fire Ninja, Water Ninja and Snow Ninja.
- Become a Tour Guide.
- Adopt up to two puffles (two Blue Puffles, two Red Puffles, or one of each color).
- Buy Puffle Food.
- Waddle around anywhere on Club Penguin Island, excluding "member-only" rooms (certain party rooms, the Cloud Forest, and the Underwater room).
- Former members with the Moss Key Pin could visit the Underwater room even after their memberships had expired.
- Chat with other penguins.
- Play certain levels of mini-games.
- Earn non-member stamps.
- Meet Famous Characters and obtain their Autographed Backgrounds.
- Unlock items or puffles from the Treasure Book.
- Decorate their igloo with certain furniture items.
- Make their puffles do tricks.
- Walk puffles.
- Unlock usable items.
Trivia
The pop-up for when a non-member tried to wear their member clothing from their inventory
- Rockhopper's Rare Items always included a free item for everyone to receive.
- Non-members could obtain several different igloos, either by unlocking them or obtaining them for free at parties.
- Penguins could still keep their puffles, member-only stamps and pins when their membership had expired. However, they could not have access to the member-only clothing, igloos, furniture, their decorated stamp book cover, etc.
- When a membership expires and the penguin was wearing member clothing, it stayed on their penguin until they took it off.
- Prior to February 2010, flags could only be purchased by members.
- Non-members could adopt Rainbow Puffles at the Rainbow Puffle Party, and later Green Alien Puffles during Operation: Crustacean.
Club Penguin Island
As of the game's final update, 1.13.0, all players have membership that never expires.
What Non-Members were able to do
- Earn all event items (except for igloo items) whether they are a member or not
- Earn all level up items
- Earn wearable event shirts
- Earn wearable shirts from the Daily Win Spin
- Use a selection of blueprints, fabrics and decals in the Clothing Customizer for creating items to buy
- Play the first adventure of each quest-giving character
- Use Party Supplies given to them by members, welcome gifts, or obtained from the Daily Win Spin
- Buy a selection of items from Igloos & Interiors
- Customize their igloo, which anyone is able to visit (unless privacy locked), with any quantity from a selection of 21 non-member Igloos & Interiors items
- Play in live events
- Buy and play Party Games with other players
- Waddle around anywhere on the island
- Chat with other players
- Reach the maximum Penguin Level
- Take part in non-member Daily Challenges
Trivia
- Prior to the 1.2.0 update, ziplines could not be used without membership.
- Prior to the 1.4.0 update, most emojis could not be used without membership.
- Prior to the 1.6.0 update, two adventures, Ep. 1 - Bottled Maps and Ep. 1 - Drop In, could not be played without membership.
- Prior to the release of the All Hallows' Tee during Halloween 2017, there were no items that could be worn without membership.
- Prior to the 1.9.0 update, except for the Clear Sky lighting, all other lighting could only be used by members.
- Prior to the 1.10.0 update, Party Games could not be bought and initiated without a membership, and Tube Racing could not be played without membership.
- Prior to the 1.10.1 update, the Beta Hat, Alumni Jacket, and 1st Year Party Hat could not be worn without a membership.
- Prior to the 1.10.4 update, the Island Tube could not be used without membership outside of Tube Racing.
