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For capes in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Cape. For cape Easter eggs, see Easter eggs § Capes.
MINECON 2011 Cape

Steve wearing a MINECON 2011 cape

Capes are commemorative items that can be worn in addition to the player's skin. However, unlike skins, players cannot create custom capes or transfer any owned capes to a different account. When equipped, they also change the appearance of worn elytra. Capes are purely decorational, and do not alter the wearers' capabilities in any way.

There are various mods, such as Optifine, that allow players to obtain capes, some even allowing for any custom design to be used. These capes are however not official and only visible to the player using the mod (or, in some cases, other users of that mod). Only official capes, that can be seen by everyone, are listed in this article.

Obtaining

MinecraftCapes Profile

Minecraft.net cape selection menu

Java Edition

The only capes that can be obtained on one's own, so far, in Java Edition are the migrator cape, which comes from migrating a Mojang account to a Microsoft account, and the vanilla cape, which comes from owning both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition in the same Microsoft account prior to June 6, 2022. The rest cannot be obtained by players through any in-game means and are therefore considerably rarer.

MINECON capes before Minecon Earth 2017 were obtained by attending or buying a ticket to the year's MINECON. Minecraft events from 2017 and onward are done via a livestream available to everyone and no capes are given out anymore. On May 12, 2020, Mojang disabled all unused MINECON cape links used to obtain the capes of years 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016. Only a few thousand players around the world have a MINECON cape.

Other less common types of capes have manually been given out by Mojang to select few members of the community throughout the years. Some of the people who have those capes include Mojang staff themselves, volunteers in various programs as well as individuals whose impact was recognized by Mojang. Only a few hundred players around the world have such a cape, with some capes being owned by a single individual only.

Players of Java Edition can equip or unequip certain capes for their skin via the Minecraft Launcher or their Minecraft profile.

Bedrock Edition

Unlike Java Edition, in Bedrock Edition, capes are much more common items with skins from various skin packs having capes integrated to them. One skin pack made available to every player is the MINECON 2016 skin pack that contains all five MINECON cape designs from Java Edition up to 2016. A cape celebrating Minecon Live 2019 was available in Bedrock Edition to promote the character creator, though it was obtainable by everyone regardless of whether they watched the event or not. Another cape made available to every player is the pan cape. Players who owned both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition on the same Microsoft account prior to June 6, 2022, were also given the vanilla cape. Some employees also have special capes in Bedrock Edition, similarly to Java Edition.

Players of Bedrock Edition can equip or unequip certain capes for their skin via the character creator.

Java Edition capes

Mojang capes

Name Cape Elytra Texture Notes API Name
Mojang Cape

(Classic)

Mojang Classic Cape Mojang employees Elytra Mojang Classic Cape (texture) This cape was given to employees of Mojang Studios. This design was used from December 20, 2010 to October 7, 2015. The file name for the cape on assets.minecraft.net was Morre.png, which is tomorrow in Swedish.[1] Mojang-old
Mojang Cape Mojang Cape Mojang employees 2015 Elytra Mojang Cape (texture) This cape was given to employees of Mojang Studios. This design was used from October 7, 2015 to July 25, 2021. Mojang
Mojang Studios Cape Mojang Studios Cape Mojang Studios employees 2021 Elytra Mojang Studios Cape (Texture) This cape was given to employees of Mojang Studios. This design has been used since July 25, 2021. It was made by Johan Aronson and it resembles the "Mojangs" or "gizmos" that make up the Mojang Studios logo.[2] Mojang-new

MINECON capes

Name Cape Elytra Texture Notes API Name
MINECON 2011 Cape MINECON 2011 Cape MINECON 2011 Attendees Elytra MINECON 2011 Cape (texture) This cape was given to MINECON 2011 attendees via their registered username.[3] Minecon2011
MINECON 2012 Cape MINECON 2012 Cape MINECON 2012 Attendees Elytra MINECON 2012 Cape (texture) This cape was given to players who redeemed a link emailed to registered MINECON 2012 attendees.[3] Minecon2012
MINECON 2013 Cape MINECON 2013 Cape MINECON 2013 Attendees Elytra MINECON 2013 Cape (texture) This cape was given to players who redeemed a link emailed to registered MINECON 2013 attendees, similar to MINECON 2012's method.[3] Minecon2013
MINECON 2015 Cape MINECON 2015 Cape MINECON 2015 Attendees Elytra MINECON 2015 Cape (texture) This cape was given to players who redeemed a link emailed to registered MINECON 2015 attendees, provided that they had scanned their ticket at the venue's entrance on July 4, 2015.[3] Minecon2015
MINECON 2016 Cape MINECON 2016 Cape MINECON 2016 Attendees Elytra MINECON 2016 Cape (texture) This cape was given to players who redeemed a link emailed to registered MINECON 2016 attendees, provided that they had scanned their ticket at the venue's entrance on September 24, 2016, similar to MINECON 2015's method.[3] Minecon2016

This section is about Java Edition's capes. For Bedrock Edition's founder's cape, see § Character creator capes. For Bedrock Edition's MINECON skin pack capes, see § MINECON skin pack capes.

Minecraft Festival capes

See also: Minecraft Festival
Name Cape Texture Notes API Name
Minecraft Festival cape TBD TBD This Minecraft Festival cape will be given out to attendees of the convention held in Orlando.[4] The cape will be available for both Java and Bedrock editions to all attendees.[5] More info is to come. TBD

Personal capes

Name Cape Elytra Texture Notes API Name
Bacon cape Bacon Cape — Bacon Cape (texture) This cape was given to Miclee by Notch,[6] due to his idea of the Pigman.[7] However, the cape was later removed[8] after other users asked Notch for personal capes.

The cape texture was made by Miclee and uploaded to imgur.[9]

—
Millionth Customer cape Millionth Customer Cape Millionth Customer Elytra Millionth Customer Cape (texture) This cape was given to akronman1, the lucky buyer of the 1,000,000th copy of Minecraft.[10][11][12]

The cape was made by @Kinten.[13]

MillionthSale
dannyBstyle's cape DannyBstyles's Cape DannyBstyle's Elytra DannyBstyles's Cape (texture) This cape was given to dannyBstyle, a video game music composer, as Notch was a fan of his music.[14] dannyBstyle
JulianClark's cape JulianClark's Cape JulianClark's Elyrtra JulianClark's Cape (texture) This cape was given to JulianClark in return for bringing Notch the TV presenter and actor Ray Cokes.[15] JulianClark
cheapsh0t's cape Cheapsh0t's Cape Crowdin Translator Elytra Cheapsh0t's Cape (texture) This cape was given to cheapsh0t on October 2013 for helping the Mojang team in Tokyo.[16][17][18] The cape is identical to the Translator cape except for the Japanese flag on the under side of the cape.

This cape shares similar design style with Translator cape.

cheapsh0t
MrMessiah's cape MrMessiah's Cape MrMessiah's Elytra MrMessiah's Cape (texture) This cape was given to MrMessiah as a "thank you" for creating the BetterLight mod,[19] 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. The designer of the cape is uncertain but MrMessiah believes it was Jeb.[20] MrMessiah
Prismarine cape Prismarine Cape Prismarine Elytra Prismarine Cape (texture) This cape was given to Drullkus by Jeb for recreating the prismarine block for use in his Chisel mod rather than modifying Mojang's texture.[21][22][23]. Prismarine
Birthday cape Gr8 Escape's cape Gr8 Escape's elytra PartyCape This cape was given to Mojang employee Gr8Bizzo (formerly Gr8_Escape).[24] Birthday
Valentine cape Valentine Cape Valentine Elytra Valentine Cape texture This cape was given to LolFoxy2 by a Mojang employee after resolving LolFoxy2's problems with migration to a Microsoft account. However, the cape was later removed after the Mojang employee realizing its rarity.[25] Valentine

Other capes

Name Cape Elytra Texture Notes API Name
Translator cape Translatorcape Crowdin Translator Elytra CrowdinTranslatorCape This cape was given to some proofreaders[26] (experienced translators with moderation permissions for their language) on the Minecraft translation project in Crowdin.

Originally, these capes were given out on May 16, 2012 using a fair dice roll to 29 contributors,[27][28] with plans to give more capes from time to time.[29] Jeb later said that he canceled those plans after seeing abusive behavior from some translators, such as using auto-translation and down-voting legitimate translations.[30]

The cape was again used a few years later to reward certain proofreaders for important contribution to the project.

Translator
Chinese Translator cape ChineseTranslatorCapeInGame ChineseTranslatorCape This cape was given to Powup333, Craft_Lawrence and sjjklh on June 4, 2015 for playing vital roles on the Minecraft translation project in Crowdin in Chinese.[31] The cape is identical to the Translator cape except for the Chinese flag on the under side of the cape. This cape shares similar design style with cheapsh0t's cape. Translator-Chinese
Scrolls Champion cape ScrollsCape Scrolls Elytra Scrolls Cape This cape was given to players who earned the Weekly First Place winner badge five times in Scrolls starting on November 7, 2014. During Minecon 2015, the Scrolls Minecon Open was also held for Scrolls' ingame items and other prizes including the cape in Minecraft.[32] As of September 30, 2015, it is no longer possible to earn this cape.[33]On December 11 - 12, 2014, all players were temporarily shown with this cape to celebrate the release of Scrolls.[34] However, it was not added to accounts. ScrollsChamp
Cobalt cape CobaltCapeJaneator Cobalt Elytra Cobalt Cape This cape was given to participants/winners of level-making competitions and the Cobalt League tournaments in 2016.[35]

The design of the cape's elytra texture is based on a wasp enemy from Cobalt.[36]

Cobalt
Mojira Moderator cape BugTracker Cape InGame Mojira Moderator Elytra BugTracker Cape This cape was given to moderators on the Bug tracker. Moderator
Realms MapMaker cape MapMakerCape Realms Mapmaker Elytra MapmakerCapeTexture This cape was given to mapmakers in the Java Realms Content Creator Program who met the criteria listed here. MapMaker
Turtle cape Turtle Cape Turtle Elytra Turtle Cape (texture) This cape was given to billyK_ for his suggestion to add turtles into the game.[37]

The cape was also given to Mojang employees Michael Andersson and el_hefe_ for cape endpoint testing. However, it was later removed from the two.[citation needed]

Turtle
Migrator cape MSCape MSCapeElyR MSCapeC This cape was given to players who have bought Minecraft before December 1, 2020[38] and migrated their Mojang or legacy account to a Microsoft account,[39][40] starting on July 9, 2021.[41]

The official cape design was released by Ined on Twitter on June 30, 2021.[42]

Before the cape's release, text was found in language files that read "And... a special Veteran Cape for each year you've played Java Edition!" Later on, images were found on the support page with similar text. It is unknown why this text existed, as Mojang have made no comment regarding it.[43][44]

Migrator

Temporary capes

Name Cape Texture Notes

Christmas 2010 cape

Christmas 2010 Cape Christmas 2010 Cape (texture) All players were temporarily shown with this cape during Christmas of 2010. However, it was not added to accounts.
New Year 2011 cape New Years 2011 Cape New Years 2011 Cape (texture) All players were temporarily shown with this cape during New Year's Eve of 2011. However, it was not added to accounts.

April Fools caeps

These caeps were released as a part of the 23w13a-or-b April Fools update on April 1st 2023 and can be obtained in a vote.

These capes are exclusive to the 23w13a-or-b update and are not assigned to any player's account.

The word "Cape" is intentionally misspelled to "Caep" in the game files and in the vote.

Name Cape Texture Notes

Awesom caep

Awesom cape Awesom Cape —
Blonk caep Blonk cape Blonk Cape This cape is an edited Mojang cape used in 2015 with the Mojang logo being painted over with red color.
No-Circle caep No-circle cape No circle Cape A cape that reminds players that no circles are allowed in Minecraft
Nyan caep Nyan cape Nyan Cape This cape is a reference to the Nyan Cat music video.
Squid caep Squid cape Squid Cape —
Veterinarian caep Veterinarian cape Veterinarian Cape —

Bedrock Edition capes

Character creator capes

See also: Character creator

Note: One Vanilla cape is listed under Cross-Platform capes

Name Icon Cape Elytra Texture Notes
Founder's Cape CharacterCreatorsFoundersCape MINECON 2019 Cape MINECON LIVE 2019 Founder's Elytra MINECON 2019 Cape (texture) This cape was given to players who claimed it in the Marketplace when it was distributed as a promotion for the Character Creator during MINECON Live 2019.

On December 29, 2021, the price of the cape was changed to 10 million Minecoins (roughly equivalent to over $55,000.00 USD).

The Pan Cape! CharacterCreatorsPancape The Pancape PancapeElyR Pancape Cape This cape was given to all players in the Character Creator cape page.

It can be equipped via the cape select screen. When elytra are worn with the cape, a pancake with maple syrup and butter design is visible.

Mojang Studios Cape CharacterCreatorMojangStudiosCape MojangStudiosCape BE MojangStudiosElyR MojangStudios cape texture This cape was given to Mojang Studios developers.

This cape was added into the game on December 10, 2021.

On December 29, 2021 at around 2:00 CET, the cape's icon, name and texture were changed to look like the pan cape. It's rarity was changed to Common and price set to 10 million Minecoins to combat players using an exploit to add this cape to their accounts.[citation needed]

It was put back into the game as a new Character Creator cape on January 18, 2022. The old version of this cape (changed looks to pan cape) can still be equipped if the player has it.

Progress Pride Cape CharacterCreatorProgressPrideCape ProgressPrideCape render rv3 ProgressPrideCapeElyR ProgressPrideCape Texture rv3 This cape is free and part of Pride 2023 Sale and its collection released on August 1, 2023 at 19:00 CET in Minecraft Bedrock Marketplace.

There have been 3 revisions made to this cape texture. This cape is only available in certain regions of the world.

  • Initial texture created on March 13, 2023
  • 2nd revision on July 14, 2023
  • 3rd revision (latest) on August 1, 2023

Revision 3 texture was released at 18:30 CET on August 1, 2023.

Other capes

Name Cape Elytra Texture Notes
Microsoft Xbox cape MicrosoftXbox360 Cape — MicrosoftXbox360 CapeT This cape was given to Microsoft employees on Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition with the ability to toggle the cape's visibility[45]
Note: The cape texture is a recreation and is used in the preview image.

Skin pack capes

See also: Skin pack

Some capes are missing including all from LittleBigPlanet™ Mash-Up Pack, Marvel Avengers Skin Pack and other from Legacy Console Editions or other editions.

Skin pack capes
Name Cape Texture Notes
Ender dragon wings cape Ender DragonCAPE EnderDragonCape This cape was made for the ender dragon skin included in the 1st Birthday Skin Pack and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Devil's cape DevilCapeP DevilCape This cape was made for the Devil skin included in the Halloween Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Dracula's cape DraculaCapeR DraculaCape This cape was made for the Dracula skin included in the Halloween Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Evil Wizard's cape EvilWizardP EvilWizardCape This cape was made for the Evil Wizard skin included in the Halloween Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Bride of Frankenstein's cape BrideCapeP BrideCape This cape was made for the Bride of Frankenstein skin included in the Halloween Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
The grim reaper's cape ReaperCapeR ReaperCape This cape was made for The Grim Reaper skin included in the Halloween Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Wicked witch's cape WickedWitchP WickedWitchCapeP This cape was made for the Wicked Witch skin included in the Halloween Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Maman Brigitte's cape MamanBrigitteR MamanBrigitteCape This cape was made for the Maman Brigitte skin included in the Halloween Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Male spartan's cape MaleSpartanR SpartanCape This cape was made for the Male Spartan skin included in Battles & Beasts Skin Pack and can only be shown with the skin equipped.
Female spartan's cape FemaleSpartanR SpartanV2Cape This cape was made for the Female Spartan skin included in Battles & Beasts Skin Pack and can only be shown with the skin equipped.
Padmé Amidala's cape PadmeCapeR PadmeCape This cape was made for the Senator Padmé Amidala skin included in Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack and can only be shown with the skin equipped.
Palpatine's cape PalpatineCapeR PalpatineCape This cape was made for the Senator Palpatine skin included in Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack and can only be shown with the skin equipped.
Count Dooku's cape DookuCapeR DookuCape This cape was made for the Count Dooku skin included in Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack and can only be shown with the skin equipped.
General Grievous's cape GrievousCapeR GrievousCape This cape was made for the General Grievous skin included in Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack and can only be shown with the skin equipped.
Boss Nass's cape NassCapeR NassCape This cape was made for the Boss Nass skin included in Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack and can only be shown with the skin equipped.
Mas Amedda's cape AmeddaCapeR AmeddaCape This cape was made for the Mas Amedda skin included in Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack and can only be shown with the skin equipped.
Poggle the Lesser's cape PogCapeR PogCape This cape was made for the Poggle the Lesser skin included in Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack and can only be shown with the skin equipped.
Lando Calrissian's cape CalrissianCape LandoCalrissianCape This cape was made for the Lando Calrissian skin included in Star Wars Classic Skin Pack and can only be shown with the skin equipped.
Skyrim Nazir's cape NazirCapeR NazirCape This cape was made for the Skyrim Nazir skin included in the Skyrim Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Skyrim Vampire Lord's cape VampireLCape VampireL Cape This cape was made for the Skyrim Vampire Lord skin included in the Skyrim Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Huntress Wizard's cape HuntressWizardR HuntressWizardCape This cape was made for the Huntress Wizard skin included in the Adventure Time Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Maori's cape MaoriCapeR MaoriCape This cape was made for the Maori skin included in the Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Arabian's cape ArabianCapeR Arabian This cape was made for the Arabian skin included in the Battle & Beasts 2 Skin Pack and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Halo Drone's cape HaloDroneR HaloDroneCape This cape was made for the Halo Drone skin included in the Halo Mash-Up and could only be shown with the skin equipped.
Jens's cape JensCapeR JensCape This cape was made for Jens included in the 3rd Birthday Skin Pack and could only be shown with the skin equipped.

MINECON skin pack capes

MINECON 2015 Skin Pack
Name Cape Texture Notes
Cape 2011 Cape2011 2015SPBedrock SkinPack2015 2011Cape These capes from previous years' MINECON events were included in the Minecon 2015 Skin Pack. The skin pack was made available to every Bedrock Edition player in 2015 regardless of whether they attended any of the events. These capes are not to be confused with the ones given to MINECON attendees in Java Edition in the previous years.
Cape 2012 Cape2012 2015SPBedrock Skinpack2015 2012
Cape 2013 Skinpack2015 2013R SkinPack2015 2013Cape
Cape 2015 Skinpack2015 2015R SkinPack2015 2015Cape
MINECON 2016 Skin Pack
Name Cape Texture Notes
Cape 2011 Cape2011 2015SPBedrock SkinPack2015 2011Cape These capes from previous years' MINECON events were included in the Minecon 2016 Skin Pack. The skin pack was made available to every Bedrock Edition player in 2016 regardless of whether they attended any of the events. These capes are not to be confused with the ones given to MINECON attendees in Java Edition in the previous years.
Cape 2012 Cape2012 2015SPBedrock Skinpack2015 2012
Cape 2013 Skinpack2015 2013R SkinPack2015 2013Cape
Cape 2015 Skinpack2015 2015R SkinPack2015 2015Cape
Cape 2016 SkinPack2016 2016R SkinPack2016 2016

Temporary capes

Name Cape Texture Notes
1st Birthday cape Xbox 1st Birthday Cape Xbox 1st Birthday Cape (texture) From May 9 to May 13, 2013, all players of the Xbox 360 Edition were shown with this cape (except for players who were using skins that have their own cape) to celebrate the 1st birthday of the Xbox 360 Edition of Minecraft.[46][47] A version of the cape does not exist in any other edition of Minecraft. This cape was not added to their accounts.

Cross-Platform capes

Capes listed here are available for both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition games.

Name Bedrock Edition Character Creator Icon Cape Elytra Texture Notes Java Edition API Name
Vanilla cape ‌[Java Edition only]

One Vanilla cape ‌[Bedrock Edition only]

CharacterCreatorOneVanillaCape Vanilla Cape‌[Java Edition only]
Vanilla Cape BE‌[Bedrock Edition only] 		Vanilla Cape Elytra JE‌[Java Edition only]
Vanilla cape elytra BE‌[Bedrock Edition only] 		Vanilla Cape Texture This cape is being given out to players who bought both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition for Windows before June 6, 2022 and can be equipped in both editions.[48] The existence of this cape was leaked in an image for an article on the minecraft.net news page on August 12th, 2022, at around 10:00 GMT.[49] The article page gave error code 404. The article was then published on August 15th, 2022, at around 15:00 GMT, and deleted at around 16:00 GMT the same day. A message was also posted on the official Minecraft Discord server, officially confirming the cape.[50]

There is an error made by the artist where side textures are flipped so they appear incorrectly in-game. This error may affect future/other capes aswell.

This cape was added into Bedrock Edition on August 22, 2022 at 17:26 GMT.

This cape was given out to eligible players since Wednesday, August 31, 2022.[51]

Account migrations that took place after June 6, 2022, were not eligible for the cape.[51]

Vanilla

Xbox 360 Avatar capes

These capes are available for Xbox 360 avatars as additional cosmetic item.

Name Cape Texture Notes
1st birthday cape XboxCapeRender Birthday XboxCapeTexture Birthday This cape can be purchased at the Xbox 360 Marketplace and equipped for player's Xbox avatar.
Minecon 2011 cape XboxCapeRender 2011 Creeper 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 XboxCapeRender 2012 Minecon2012XboxCape 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 XboxCapeRender 2013 XboxCapeTexture 2013 This cape can be purchased at the Xbox 360 Marketplace and equipped for player's Xbox avatar.
Minecon 2015 cape XboxCapeRender 2015 XboxCapeTexture 2015 This cape can be purchased at the Xbox 360 Marketplace and equipped for player's Xbox avatar.
Minecraft cape MC cape MC Cape Texture This cape can be purchased at the Xbox 360 Marketplace and equipped for player's Xbox avatar.
  • The Xbox avatar version of the Minecon 2011 cape.

    The Xbox avatar version of the Minecon 2011 cape.

  • The Xbox avatar version of the Minecon 2012 cape.

    The Xbox avatar version of the Minecon 2012 cape.

Unused capes

Java Edition

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.[52]

Cloakvote

Minecon 2011 Cloak Candidates.

Creepercloak

The winning Minecon 2011 Cloak Candidate.

Cape MineconCape2 MineconCape3 MineconCape4
Texture Unused_Cape_1 Unused_Cape_2 Unused_Cape_3
Source MINECON 2011

Mojang has confirmed that a number of unused capes have existed in the Customer Support tool, which have never been shown to the public. Some of them, such as the birthday cape, were first given an owner a long time after they had been made.[53]

Bedrock Edition

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

Cape UnusedBECape 1R UnusedBECape 2R UnusedCape 3
Texture UnusedBECape_1 UnusedBECape_2 Unusedcape_3T
Source Star Wars Prequel
Skin Pack 		Adventure Time
Mash-Up

History

Java Edition Beta
1.0Exclusive cloaks were added on December 20, 2010.
Java Edition
1.0.0September 22, 2011Notch announced a cloak design contest, for cloaks to be given out to MINECON attendees.
October 28, 2011Notch renamed the cloak to the cape, tweeting "We've reached a decision. The 'cloaks' will no longer be called 'cloaks' because they're not. They're capes. Sorry about that."
1.915w41aA player's cape becomes invisible if that player is equipped with elytra.
Mojang cape texture modified.
16w06aThe elytra texture now defaults to the cape texture if no custom texture is uploaded and the player owns a cape.
May 12, 2020Mojang has disabled all unused MINECON cape codes.
October 21, 2020Mojang Studios has announced the migration to Microsoft accounts. As a "thank you" for migrating, players who do so receive a cape.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.9Cape support added.
Added the MINECON 2016 skin pack, which contains skins with all Java Edition MINECON capes from 2011 to 2016, available to all players for a limited time.[54]
v0.15.10Capes no longer clip through armor.
When getting the MINECON 2016 skin pack capes, the player is now prompted to make a "free" purchase from their device's store. If the player is on Android and it prompts them for a payment, they can use the code MINECON2016 to get it for free.
October 7, 2016The MINECON 2016 skin pack is no longer available - it has been removed from all app stores and its redemption code is now expired. Players who obtained it while it was available are still able to use it.
Bedrock Edition
1.13.0?Worn capes now change the texture of elytra.
?The founder's cape can now be equipped onto Marketplace skins with the character creator, but custom skins are currently bugged.
1.13.1The founder's cape can now be equipped onto custom skins.
1.16beta 1.15.0.51The pan cape is now visible to all players within the capes page of the character creator.

Issues

Issues relating to "Cape" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

  • The millionth customer cape.

    The millionth customer cape.

  • First image of a cape in Bedrock Edition.

    First image of a cape in Bedrock Edition.

References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140807231527/http://assets.minecraft.net/Morre.png
  2. ↑ "Yep! Our talented art crew @JohanAronson & co designed the new Mojang Studios cape when we rebranded. We got around adding it together with the Migrator cape :)" – @Mojang_Ined on X, July 26, 2021
  3. ↑ a b c d e https://web.archive.org/web/20190924120713/https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/872983-minecon-capes
  4. ↑ "Announcing Minecraft Live!" – Minecraft.net, September 30, 2020
  5. ↑ https://www.minecraftfestival.com/Buy/Ticket-Details/
  6. ↑ "@Micleee There you go." – @notch (Markus Persson) on X, January 12, 2011
  7. ↑ "@Micleee thank you!" – @notch (Markus Persson) on X
  8. ↑ File:Miclee Cape Removal Confirmation.png
  9. ↑ "Bored, so I made a bacon cape. http://i.imgur.com/1YJIQ.png" (dead link) – @micleee
  10. ↑ "@notch I have an SQL query that will find the millionth customer... May I draw him/her a special cape?" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, January 12, 2011
  11. ↑ "Could this be you? https://web.archive.org/web/20230422190814/https://i.imgur.com/cuvPN.png #minecraft #onemillion #hype" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, January 12, 2011
  12. ↑ "I was the person who purchased the 1,000,000th copy of Minecraft yesterday." – u/akronman1 on Reddit
  13. ↑ "Oh, and that's courtesy of @kinten" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, January 12, 2011
  14. ↑ "@dannyBstyle also, you should have a cloak now" – @notch (Markus Persson) on X, April 21, 2011
  15. ↑ "Notch! I've brought you Ray Cokes as requested!" – u/jurrian on Reddit
  16. ↑ マインクラフト東京： オフ会Withデベロッパー - Mojang.com; September 6, 2013
  17. ↑ "Back at the office after a 3-week honeymoon! Hundreds of emails waiting for me, and I need to look into giving @yorksensei a MC cape =)" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, October 10, 2013
  18. ↑ "I received this cape for helping jeb_ and the Mojang team in Tokyo. Is it the only one of its kind? [custom Crowdin Translator cape]" – u/cheapshot on Reddit
  19. ↑ "MrMMods (BetterLight|Grass, SimpleMap) 1.8.1" – Minecraft Forum, October 13, 2010.
  20. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230422191031/https://i.imgur.com/PzzwwbW.png
  21. ↑ "@tterrag1098 Wow! Looks sweet! Thank you so much!" – @Drullkus on X, June 20, 2016
  22. ↑ "Hehe thanks ;) Are you Drullkus ingame as well?" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, June 20, 2016
  23. ↑ "No matter how many times I try, it never looks good! >:( (Slightly butchered original prismarine on right side)" – @Drullkus on X, June 18, 2016
  24. ↑ https://twitter.com/Mojang_Ined/status/1389251478355841025?s=20
  25. ↑ Screenshot about the story behind this cape https://web.archive.org/web/20220904011234/https://i.imgur.com/ZgROuy8.png
  26. ↑ "Basically you need to provide a stable, high-quality support for your language project. For a few years at least. Then you may become a proofreader. And then you may get a cape if you are a good proofreader."
  27. ↑ "29 translators have now received a Minecraft cape (based on a secret selection formula + they have added their MC name to crowdin)" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, May 16, 2012
  28. ↑ "@adiacente Decided by a fair dice roll!" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, May 16, 2012
  29. ↑ "Your profile was included in my selection, but you must've added your Minecraft name after I ran the parsing program. I will obviously update the translator list as time goes on, but it's surrounded with a lot of manual labor, so I'll probably not do it very often. However, adding a note to my calendar to fix yours specifically, on Friday." – u/jeb_ on Reddit
  30. ↑ "Seriously, this is why I stopped handing out translator capes =( The idea was to give something cool back to the ones who helped out, but the result was a bunch of "me too:s" that just auto-translated stuff and down-voted real translations." – u/jeb_ on Reddit
  31. ↑ http://www.mcbbs.net/thread-452211-1-1.html
  32. ↑ https://callersbane.com/2015/06/announcing-the-minecon-open
  33. ↑ https://scrolls.com/2015/09/greeting-fellow-citizens-of-the-internet
  34. ↑ "What's that on your back?! In Minecraft, you'll see a #Scrolls cape for the next two days to celebrate our launch! Woohoo!" – @ScrollsGame on X, December 11, 2014
  35. ↑ "As with Scrolls back in the day, the Cobalt tournament has Cobalt capes (for Minecraft) in its prize pool: http://cobaltleague.net/" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X, February 10, 2016
  36. ↑ "It's the wings of the wasp!" – u/jeb_ on Reddit, July 1, 2017
  37. ↑ Turtle shoutout to billyK_! As suspected, there's a cape waiting for you on your Minecraft profile =)
  38. ↑ "Purchasing for Minecraft Java Edition is restored. You will know need to create a Microsoft account for new purchases of this version - JP" – @MojangStatus on X, December 1, 2020 [sic]
  39. ↑ "Java Edition is moving house" – Minecraft.net, October 21, 2020
  40. ↑ https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/360050865492-JAVA-Account-Migration-FAQ
  41. ↑ "Everyone that has and will migrate will now get the Migrator cape. Happy summer everyone!" – @Mojang_Ined on X, July 9, 2021
  42. ↑ https://twitter.com/Mojang_Ined/status/1410255931431165953
  43. ↑ Migration language file (en_US.json) mentioning the words "Veteran Cape"
  44. ↑ An image found on the support site including the words "Veteran Cape"
  45. ↑ "#minecraftmemories Time to pull another photo of out the archives :) Once upon a time we used to have the ability to turn capes on & off on in #MinecraftXBLA #MinecraftX360 This is the cape that Microsoft folks had when they played online! @mojang had one too & our 1st birthday!" – @PopsRamjet on X, May 16, 2019
  46. ↑ "The in-game birthday cape will be on until the end of this weekend. Let everyone know so they see it over the weekend! #MinecraftXBLA" – @4JStudios (4JStudios) on X, May 9, 2013
  47. ↑ "We've turned the special in-game Birthday cape off now. Thanks for celebrating one year of #MinecraftXBLA with us!" – @4JStudios (4JStudios) on X, May 13, 2013
  48. ↑ "Introducing the Vanilla cape" – Minecraft.net, August 15, 2022
  49. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221215150744/https://i.imgur.com/gUDQu2c.png
  50. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230422191244/https://i.imgur.com/4kwoct2.png
  51. ↑ a b https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/8381250552333-Minecraft-Java-and-Bedrock-Edition-for-PC-Vanilla-Cape-FAQ-
  52. ↑ Minecon Swag - Cloaks - Mojang.com; September 22, 2011
  53. ↑ https://twitter.com/Marc_IRL/status/1482004621384204290
  54. ↑ MINECON 2016 skins incoming! Get 'em while they're hot! - Mojang.com; September 22, 2016
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