Non-members was an informal term used to refer to 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 other items marked as "items for everyone" 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 in June 2015, Gold Puffles at the 10th Anniversary Party (In-App only) in October 2015, and finally could adopt their first and only available Puffle Creature, the Green Alien Puffles during Operation: Crustacean from November 2015 to February 2016.
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.