Minecraft Dungeons, see For capes in, see Minecraft Dungeons:Cape

Steve wearing a Minecon 2011 cape

Capes (previously known as cloaks) are extremely rare vanity items and are worn in addition to the player's skin. They are closely related to elytra which they visually modify.

Obtaining

There is currently no way to obtain a cape on one's own on Java Edition, although there are various mods that allow players to obtain one, only visible to that player (or in some cases, other users of that mod).

In Bedrock Edition of the game, some skins from various skin packs include capes.

Players on Java Edition who legitimately have one or more capes can choose which to wear (including no cape) by going to their Minecraft profile.

Players on Bedrock Edition can equip or unequip certain capes for their skin via the Character Creator.

Designs

Mojang capes

Name Cape Original Notes Old Design A few employees of Mojang Studios have this cape. This design was used from December 20, 2010 to October 7, 2015. Updated Design Some employees of Mojang Studios have this cape. This design has been used since October 7, 2015.

Name Image Original Notes Minecraft Festival Cape 2022 TBD TBD This Minecraft Festival Cape will be given out to attendees of the convention held in Orlando sometime in 2022[4]. Cape will be available for all attendees who own Minecraft Java edition and/or Bedrock edition.[5] More info is to come.

Temporary Capes

Name Image Original Notes Christmas 2010 Cape On December 24 - 25 2010, This cape was added to all accounts, but was later removed. New Year 2011 Cape On New Year's Eve 2010, all users were shown with this cape. This cape was not added to their accounts. 1st Birthday Cape From May 9 to May 13, 2013, all players of the Xbox 360 Edition were shown with this birthday cake cape (except for players using skins that have their own capes) to celebrate the 1st birthday of the Xbox edition of Minecraft.[6][7] A Java Edition version of the cape currently does not exist. This cape was not added to their accounts.

Personal Capes

Name Image Original Notes Bacon Cape Miclee was given this cape by Notch,[8] due to his idea of the Pigman.[9] However, later it was removed from him due to other users asking Notch for personal capes.[ citation needed ] The cape was made by Miclee.[10] Millionth Customer Cape This cape was made for akronman1, the lucky buyer of the 1,000,000th copy of Minecraft.[11][12][13] The cape was made by @kinten.[14] dannyBstyle's Cape This cape was given to dannyBstyle, a video game music composer, as Notch was a fan of his music.[15] JulianClark's Cape This cape was given to JulianClark in return for bringing Notch the TV presenter and actor Ray Cokes.[16] cheapsh0t's Cape In October 2013, the user cheapsh0t received this cape for helping the Mojang team in Tokyo.[17] The cape is identical to the Crowdin cape except for the Japanese flag on the reverse side of the cape.[18][19] MrMessiah's Cape This cape was given to MrMessiah as a "thank you" for creating the BetterLight mod,[20] which is responsible for some of Minecraft's lighting and grass features. The cape was discussed in 2011, however it wasn't granted until 2015 for unknown reasons. The designer of the cape is uncertain but MrMessiah believes it was Jeb.[21] Prismarine Cape This cape was given to 'Drullkus' for recreating the prismarine block for use in his Chisel mod rather than modifying Mojang's texture.[22][23][24] Turtle Cape This cape was given to 'billyK_' for his suggestion to add turtles into the game.[25]

Other Capes

Bedrock Edition Capes

Name Image Original Notes MINECON LIVE 2019 Founder's Cape Unlike previous events, this cape was distributed on the Minecraft Marketplace, as a promotion for the character creator. Pancape This cape is available for Bedrock players in the character creator cape page. It can be equipped via the cape select screen. When an elytra is worn with the cape, a pancake with maple syrup and butter design is visible. A stylized version of this cape can be seen as the icon for the capes tab in the character creator. Fun fact: When this cape was first accidentaly released by Mojang, there was no elytra texture so the Elytra wings were transparent because of that.

Skin Pack Capes

Minecon Skin Pack Capes

Xbox 360 Avatar Capes

Name Image Original Notes 1st Birthday Cape This cape can be purchased at the Xbox 360 Marketplace and equipped for your Xbox avatar. Minecon 2011 Cape A card was given to all MINECON 2011 attendees and contained a redemption code for Xbox Live. It uses the same design as the in-game cape from Java Edition. The cape was then put on Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition as avatar downloadable content. It can also be purchased on the Xbox 360 Marketplace. Minecon 2012 Cape A card was given to all MINECON 2012 attendees upon check-in that contained a redemption code for Xbox Live. It uses the same design as the in-game cape from Java Edition. It can also be purchased on the Xbox 360 Marketplace. Minecon 2013 Cape This cape can be purchased at the Xbox 360 Marketplace and equipped for your Xbox avatar. Minecon 2015 Cape This cape can be purchased at the Xbox 360 Marketplace and equipped for your Xbox avatar. Minecraft Cape This cape can be purchased at the Xbox 360 Marketplace and equipped for your Xbox avatar.

Unused Capes

Minecon 2011

These capes were featured in a poll where MINECON 2011 attendees could vote for their cape of choice. The red creeper cape won MINECON 2011, and the blue cape with the pickaxe was for MINECON 2012. These following capes are still unused though may appear in the future.[36]

Minecon 2011 Cloak Candidates





Bedrock Edition Skin Pack Capes

These capes are from Bedrock edition skin packs and are currently not used in any skin pack.

Elytra

When a player has a cape and equips an elytra, the elytra wings take the place of the cape and adopts its custom design. If the cape texture has no elytra design, game uses default elytra design.

History