Non-Member

Non-Members were penguins that did 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, and backgrounds from catalogs, and later were able to buy items from a page in the Penguin Style catalog (introduced in January 2013).
• Collect a free item given away at parties.
• Become an Elite Penguin Force Agent.
• Become a Ninja.
• Become a Tour Guide.
• Buy 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 Penguins and obtain their Autographed Backgrounds.
• Unlock items or puffles from the Treasure Book.
• Decorate their igloos with certain furniture items.
• Make their Puffles do tricks.
• Walk Puffles.

Trivia

• There were several catalogs with items that non-members could buy as well.
• 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 cannot have access to the members-only clothing, igloo and member-only 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.
• Between January 2013 and Club Penguin's discontinuation, non-members could buy clothing in Penguin Style.

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

• Obtain all event items whether they're a member or not
• Obtain all level up items
• Obtain wearable event shirts
• Obtain wearable shirts from the Daily Win Spin
• Customize certain items in the Clothing Customizer
• Play the first adventure of every quest giving character
• Use Party Supplies given to them by members or obtained from the Daily Win Spin
• Customize an igloo, of which anyone is able to visit (unless privacy locked), with any quantity from a selection of 21 non-member Igloos & Interiors items
• Change the lighting of their igloo
• Play non-member games
• 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.