Cape

Capes are commemorative items that are worn on the back of the player. Compared to skins, capes cannot be custom-made and have to be earned. They are also locked into your respective account and cannot be transferred. Players can earn capes by playing, participating, or attending on certain events, and some are earned by contributing something to the game. Wearing a cape changes the appearance of a worn elytra, fitting the look of the respective cape. Capes are purely cosmetic and do not alter any gameplay.
Various mods offer third-party capes for players. However, these capes are only visible to players with those respective mods installed. Only official capes that are stored in Mojang Studios' database are featured below, alongside Marketplace capes and April Fools' capes.
Obtaining
Java Edition
Note: Read about Java Edition capes on Java Edition capes & Cross-Platform capes.
In Java Edition, capes can either be equipped on the Skin creation menu in the Minecraft Launcher, or in the Profile Page on the Minecraft website. Some capes have been given to all players who fulfilled certain criteria. Many of these capes are tied to events and can only be obtained within specific time frames.
Other capes were manually given out to players in the community throughout the years. Some players who have suggested certain features have been awarded with capes based on their suggestion, and these capes are typically owned by a single player only. Mojang employees are also given capes, with older employees owning older versions of the capes. Volunteers in various programs (such as bug tracker moderators, Crowdin proofreaders, and Java Realms mapmakers), winners of Mojang's other games' tournaments, and more were also given capes. Only a few hundred players around the world have such a cape, with some capes being owned by a single individual only.

Bedrock Edition
Note: Read about Bedrock Edition capes on Bedrock Edition capes & Cross-Platform capes.
In Bedrock Edition, capes can be equipped in the Capes section on the Character Creator. Since they are Character Creator items, they are assigned a rarity. As of now, all available capes are Legendary, with the exception of the original version of The Pan Cape!
Most of Bedrock Edition's capes released starting from 2022 are available for both Java and Bedrock editions, with exceptions such as the Progress Pride cape; and the Cherry Blosson cape, which was released seperately for Java and Bedrock editions. Mojang employees also receive a cape, using the current Mojang Studios cape design.Capes are also available as part of some skins included in certain skin packs. Most notably, the MINECON 2016 Skin Pack included Steve and Alex skins wearing all MINECON capes from 2011 to 2016. However, these capes were locked to the skin pack, so custom skins can not be equipped with them.

Java Edition capes
Mojang employee capes
These capes are given out to employees of Mojang Studios. Depending on the date you joined the company, you are given that date's current cape design and all future cape designs.
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Mojang Cape
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This cape was given to employees of Mojang Studios from December 20, 2010 to October 7, 2015. The file name for the cape on assets.minecraft.net was Morre.png .[1]
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Mojang Cape | ![]() |
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This cape was given to employees of Mojang Studios from October 7, 2015 to July 25, 2021. The cape was recolored to red and white to fit the company's color palette. The cape design changed the gold buttons to mini Mojang icons. | Mojang |
Mojang Studios Cape | ![]() |
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This cape is given to employees of Mojang Studios from July 25, 2021 and beyond following their logo rebrand. 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
MINECON capes from 2011 to 2016 were obtainable by attending to that year's MINECON. Around 27,000 players have these capes on various accounts.[3] Initial MINECON events originally allowed you to simply buy a ticket to get the respective cape. However, that would soon be patched on later events and everyone had to attend the event in order to obtain the cape. On May 12, 2020, all unused MINECON cape links were disabled, making these capes impossible to obtain nowadays.
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MINECON 2011 Cape | ![]() |
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This cape was given to MINECON 2011 attendees via their registered username.[4] This cape resembled the face of a creeper, with the elytra variant having its face turned sideways. | Minecon2011 |
MINECON 2012 Cape | ![]() |
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This cape was given to players who redeemed a link emailed to registered MINECON 2012 attendees.[4] This cape resembles a pickaxe. | Minecon2012 |
MINECON 2013 Cape | ![]() |
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This cape was given to players who redeemed a link emailed to registered MINECON 2013 attendees, similar to MINECON 2012's method.[4] The cape resembles an activated piston, with the elytra variant showing its top face. | Minecon2013 |
MINECON 2015 Cape | ![]() |
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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.[4] This cape resembles an iron golem's head. | Minecon2015 |
MINECON 2016 Cape | ![]() |
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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.[4] This cape resembles the eyes of an enderman, with the elytra variant resembling an enderman with its mouth open. | Minecon2016 |
Personal capes
These capes were manually given to people from the community for contributing something to the game or community.
Name | Cape | Elytra | Texture | Notes | API Name |
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Bacon cape | ![]() |
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Given to Miclee by Notch for his idea of adding Pigman.[5][6] The cape was made by Miclee himself.[7]
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Millionth customer cape | ![]() |
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Given to akronman1, who bought the 1,000,000th copy of the game.[8][9][10] The cape was made by @Kinten.[11] | MillionthSale |
dB cape | ![]() |
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Given to dannyBstyle, a video game music composer, who Notch was a fan of.[12] | dannyBstyle |
Snowman cape | ![]() |
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Given to JulianClark on Reddit as a reward for getting the TV presenter and actor, Ray Cokes.[13] Ray apparently is his godfather. | JulianClark |
Translator cape (Japanese) | ![]() |
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Given to cheapsh0t for helping the Mojang Studios team in Tokyo, Japan on October 2013.[14][15][16] The cape is identical to the Translator cape except for the Japanese flag on the under side of the cape. | cheapsh0t |
Spade cape | ![]() |
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Given to MrMessiah as a gratitude for developing the BetterLight mod, which got integrated into the game and was responsible for Minecraft's lighting and grass features.[17] Though discussed back in 2011, the cape hadn't been granted until 2015. The artist of the cape is unknown, but MrMessiah thinks it was Jeb.[18] | MrMessiah |
Prismarine cape | ![]() |
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Given to Drullkus by Jeb as appreciation for creating his own prismarine block texture for the Chisel mod instead of modifying Mojang's textures.[19][20][21] | Prismarine |
Turtle cape | ![]() |
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Given to billyK_ for suggesting to add Turtles to the game.[22] The cape was also given to Mojang employees Michael Andersson and el_hefe_ for cape endpoint testing. | Turtle |
Birthday cape | ![]() |
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Given to Mojang Studios employee Gr8Bizzo, supposedly as a birthday present.[23] | Birthday |
Valentine cape | ![]() |
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Given to LolFoxy2 by a Mojang Studios employee after resolving migration problems with his Mojang account. The cape was removed after the employee realized their rarity.[24] | Valentine |
Other capes
Name | Cape | Elytra | Texture | Notes | API Name |
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Translator cape | ![]() |
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Given to some proofreaders[25] (experienced translators with moderation permissions for their language) on the Minecraft translation project in Crowdin. Supposedly, these capes were given out on May 16, 2012 using a fair dice roll to 29 contributors,[26][27] with plans to give more capes from time to time.[28] However, after seeing abusive behavior from some translators, such as using auto-translation and down-voting legitimate translations, Jeb canceled it.[29] The cape was again used a few years later to reward certain proofreaders for important contribution to the project. | Translator |
Chinese Translator cape | ![]() |
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Given to Powup333, Craft_Lawrence and sjjklh on June 4, 2015 for playing vital roles on the Minecraft translation project in Crowdin in Chinese.[30] The cape is identical to the Translator cape except for the Chinese flag on the under side of the cape. | Translator-Chinese | |
Scrolls Champion cape | ![]() |
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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' in-game items and other prizes, including the cape in Minecraft.[31] As of September 30, 2015, it is no longer possible to earn this cape.[32] On December 11-12, 2014, all players were temporarily shown with this cape to celebrate the release of Scrolls.[33] | ScrollsChamp |
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Given to participants/winners of level-making competitions and the Cobalt League tournaments in 2016.[34] The design of the cape's elytra texture is based on a wasp enemy from Cobalt.[35] | Cobalt |
Mojira Moderator cape | ![]() |
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Given to moderators on the Mojira bug tracker. | Moderator |
Realms MapMaker cape | ![]() |
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Given to mapmakers in the Java Realms Content Creator Program who met the criteria listed here. | MapMaker |
Migrator cape | ![]() |
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Given to players who had migrated their Mojang or legacy account to a Microsoft account starting on July 9, 2021.[36][37][38][39] The cape was first teased in the migration announcement video,[40] and the texture file was hinted by Ined on Twitter on June 30, 2021.[41] It was speculated that instead of the Migrator cape, players were to be given a "Veteran cape" for each year they've played the game, due to discovered text files that read, "And... a special Veteran Cape for each year you've played Java Edition!". Mojang has made no comments regarding it.[42][43] | Migrator |
Cherry Blossom cape | ![]() |
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This cape was given out to everyone who voted on the 2023 Mob Vote through minecraft.net, the Minecraft Launcher or the 2023 Mob Vote Event server on Bedrock Edition.
The cape was slowly rolled out to players starting from October 26, 2023. Most players who were eligible for the cape have received it.[citation needed] The API name was changed from "Cherry Blossom Cape" to "Cherry Blossom" on October 30, 2023.[44] |
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Temporary capes
API Testing capes
These capes are not in the game. They are/were used by the developers for testing purposes.
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Sniffer cape | ![]() |
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An unknown cape that has similar color pallette to the sniffer has been found on Mojang's staging texture server and on Mojang's production texture server.[citation needed] It was added to Mojang's staging texture server on October 10, 2023 and added to Mojang's production texture server 7 days later on October 17, 2023. The cape was first seen on 2 accounts on Mojang's staging server database. | — |
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This cape with a design resembling a snail and an elytra resembling vines was uploaded to a Mojang staging server on April 17, 2024 at around 9:00 EST by a Mojang employee working on the cape API at the time[45] Its design is most likely inspired by the employee's statue model of a snail.[46] | |
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This cape was made and added to the player profile made by the same Mojang employee working on and monitoring the cape API on April 17, 2024 and was changed from the Snail cape design to this ICU design on April 17, 2024 just before 17:00 EST as a response to the discoverers (people that found the Snail cape and ICU capes) sending API requests to the same player profile that had the Snail cape.[47] | |
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This design was made and added to the player profile made by the same Mojang employee working on and monitoring the cape API on April 17, 2024. It was changed to this design few minutes later the ICU cape #1 design was uploaded to the player profile made by the Mojang employee.[48] | |
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This design was most likely inspired by the developers posting frog images before announcing snapshots on Wednesays, or by the designer's statue models of frogs.[49][50] This cape was made by the same Mojang employee that made the Snail cape. This cape was first shown off as a cropped screenshot on X.[51] |
Bedrock Edition capes
Note: One Vanilla Cape, Follower's Cape, Purple Heart Cape, 15th Anniversary Cape and MCC Cape are listed under Cross-Platform capes
Mojang Studios capes
Name | Icon | Cape | Elytra | Texture | Notes | Rarity |
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The Pan Cape! | ![]() |
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This cape was initally the Mojang Studios cape. However, due to an exploit that allowed non-Mojang Studios employees to claim the cape; It's texture, name, and icon was changed to The Pan Cape!. It's rarity was also changed from Legendary to Common and the Marketplace price was set to 10 million Minecoins.[citation needed] Players who were able to claim this version of the cape can still equip it in the Character Creator. | Common |
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Given to Mojang Studios developers on December 10, 2021. | Legendary |
Other capes
Name | Icon | Cape | Elytra | Texture | Notes | Rarity |
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Founder's cape | ![]() |
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Given to players who claimed the Founder's Cape Skin Pack in the Marketplace when it was distributed as a promotion for the Character Creator during MINECON Live 2019. It looks visually similar to MINECON 2011's cape, with the exception of it being gold. The cape was temporarily available for all players due to a bug.[52] When it got fixed, players who didn't originally have the cape lost access to to it.[53] On December 29, 2021, the price of the skin pack was changed to 10 million Minecoins to prevent people from claiming it after the deadline through exploits. |
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The Pan Cape! | ![]() |
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Progress Pride Cape | ![]() |
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Given to all players who claimed it for free while it was available. The cape was part of a collection of Character Creator pieces that released on August 1, 2023 at 19:00 CET in the Marketplace during the Pride 2023 Sale, and was only available in certain regions of the world.
There have been 3 revisions made to this cape texture.
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This cape was given out to everyone who joined the 2023 Mob Vote Event server[54].
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Cross-platform capes
Capes listed here are available for both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition.
Name | Bedrock Edition Character Creator Icon | Cape | Elytra | Texture | Notes | Java Edition API Name | Rarity |
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Vanilla cape [Java Edition only]
One Vanilla [Bedrock Edition only] |
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Given out to all players who owned both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition for Windows before June 6, 2022 prior to both editions merging into one bundle.[55] This cape was given out to eligible players starting Wednesday, August 31, 2022,[56] with it added into Bedrock Edition on August 22, 2022. Account migrations that took place after June 6, 2022, were not eligible for the cape.[56] Players that had gotten a free code for Bedrock Edition from the now-defunct Mojang website were also able to get the cape as well. Most players who were eligible for the cape have received it.[citation needed]
The existence of the cape was leaked when users found hidden elements in the Minecraft news page on August 12, 2022 that said "A special Vanilla cape for Java and Bedrock players".[57] The article gave errors until it was published on August 15, 2022 and deleted an hour later. A message was later posted on the official Minecraft Discord server which confirmed the cape.[58] |
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Given to players who redeemed the code during the 15th Minecraft Anniversary event. Users can unlock a redeemable code for the cape by watching a Minecraft livestream on TikTok. Depending on the user's region, there were additional requirements, such as watching for an amount of minutes, or having to type "minecraft" in the live chat. The event started on May 17, 2024 and ended on June 18, 2024.[59] Players who unlocked the cape received it first on Bedrock Edition, with it slowly rolling out to Java Edition in July 2024.[59] All codes for the cape were deactivated on June 30, 2024. Players that lived in regions where TikTok is banned could not unlock the cape, unless another player gave them a code. On June 12, 2024, a Java Edition player, sandycheeksvore, was spotted with the cape, which was later revoked on June 15, 2024. On July 1, 2024, the cape was slowly rolled out to all eligible players.[60][61] |
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Purple Heart Cape | ![]() |
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Given to players who redeemed the code during the 15th Minecraft Anniversary event. Users could unlock a Twitch Drop code for the cape by watching any Minecraft streamer with Drops enabled for at least 15 minutes. The Drop was released on May 15, 2024 and ended on May 31, 2024. All codes for the cape were deactivated on June 30, 2024. Players who unlocked the cape recieved it first on Bedrock Edition, with it slowly rolling out to Java Edition in July 2024.[59] On May 20, 2024, a Java Edition player, _Kaptanbey0_, was spotted with the cape, which was later revoked on June 15, 2024. On July 1, 2024, the cape was slowly rolled out to all eligible players.[62] |
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15th Anniversary Cape | ![]() |
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Given to players who clicked a button on the 15 Year anniversary page on minecraft.net from May 17, 2024 to June 21, 2024. The API endpoint allowed players to redeem it after June 21 which was patched four days later.
It was also referred to as the "Creepy Cape" on the main page of minecraft.net.[63] |
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MCC 15th Year Cape | ![]() |
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Given to players who completed the 15 challenges in the MC Championship Mini-games Event server.[64] The event started on July 22, 2024. 10 of the challenges require the player to reach certain statistics in mini-games, and 4 were for completing each of the mini-games. The remaining challenge is the Mystery Cave which are 7 different tasks that are hinted at from cave drawings. Starting from July 22, 2024, a new task was revealed every day, making the cape obtainable from July 28, 2024 to August 5, 2024.
Although it was initially planned to be exclusive to Bedrock Edition, it was stated to come to Java Edition with a short delay as well, following the community feedback.[65][66] It was made available for Java after the event's conclusion starting August 5, 2024, as had been previously announced. |
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MC Experience Cape | ![]() |
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Given to players who attended the Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue interactive event. After an attendee gets their ticket(s) validated at the event, they receive the corresponding number of cape codes via email, which can be redeemed on the minecraft.net redeem website.[67] The cape was available for Java by October 23, 2024 for those who redeemed it on Bedrock Edition.[68]
Internal name of this cape in Bedrock Edition is LBE which means Location Based Entertainment. Originally, the Java Edition Elytra texture used an unfinished monochrome dark purple design, which was initially uploaded to the Bedrock Edition staging server. On October 25, 2024, the Java Edition cape texture was updated to look the same as in Bedrock Edition, with a Zombie Villager face on the elytra wings. |
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This cape was leaked on November 25, 2024, on Minecraft's redeem website with the title "Buy a cape, get a cape".[69] The cape was removed from the page hours later. But players were able to piece together that, by purchasing a Creeper Cape in any size from The Official Shop of Minecraft starting on December 7, 2024, you were supposed to be given a code to unlock an exclusive in-game cape called the Eyeblossom cape.
On November 28, 2024, the store page for the Creeper Cape was updated to include the information that purchasing this cape would unlock an exclusive in-game cape.[70] However, this snippet was later removed from the page[71] and replaced with a promotion including a Bedrock Character Creator item shortly after.[72] On December 9, 2024, Mojang announced the Eerie Mojang Office Party event server which, as stated in the article, would give players the cape after finishing 5 daily challenges.[73] The cape name was also revealed to be the "Mojang Office cape." On December 7, 2024, the cape was confirmed as going to be cross-platform by a Mojang employee.[74] At 9:23 AM EST of the same day, it got added to the Java Edition back-end. After completing the fifth and final daily challenge on the event server, players could immediately access the cape in both versions of the game. |
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Unreleased capes
Name | Character Creator Icon | Cape | Elytra | Texture | Notes | Rarity |
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This cape was added to the Minecraft Bedrock Marketplace server. It may have been a placeholder for a different cape e.g. the Eyeblossom Cape. It uses a purple texture similar to the early Minecraft Experience Cape texture with the elytra being a plain purple too similar to the early texture.
This cape is internally named BOGO Cape. This cape use the Minecraft Experience Cape character creator icon. BOGO could mean "Buy One Get One." This cape has been removed from the Bedrock Marketplace. |
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Idaho Cape | ![]() |
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This cape is a placeholder for the final design and name for A Minecraft Movie cape.
The Idaho codename is used for marketplace items related to A Minecraft Movie. Ways of obtaining this cape are yet to be announced. |
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Incentive Cape | — | — | — | ![]() |
This cape's placeholder texture was found in the game files.[75] Looking into the text files reveal that the cape will be earned by logging into your Microsoft account on Bedrock Edition.[76] Players have speculated that you will be able to pick one of multiple capes, with text in the game files stating "...to choose a cape to keep forever."[77] | — |
Other capes
Skin pack capes
MINECON skin pack capes
Legacy Console capes
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This cape was given to Microsoft employees on Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition with the ability to toggle the cape's visibility[78] Note: The cape texture is a recreation and is used in the preview image. |
Temporary capes
Name | Cape | Texture | Notes |
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1st Birthday cape | ![]() |
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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.[79][80] A version of the cape does not exist in any other edition of Minecraft. This cape was not added to their accounts. |
April Fools capes
These capes were released as a part of the Java Edition 23w13a or b April Fools update on April 1, 2023 and can be obtained through voting. These capes are exclusive to this 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 |
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Awesom caep |
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This cape texture is based on the Blonk caep, an edited Mojang cape used in 2015 with the Mojang logo being painted over and recolored to green. |
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This cape is an edited Mojang cape used in 2015 with the Mojang logo being painted over with red color. |
No-Circle caep | ![]() |
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A cape that reminds players that there are no circles in Minecraft.
This cape texture is based on the Blonk caep, an edited Mojang cape used in 2015 with the Mojang logo being painted over and recolored to cyan color matching Steve's shirt color |
Nyan caep | ![]() |
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This cape is a reference to the Nyan Cat music video. |
Squid caep | ![]() |
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This cape texture is based on the Blonk caep, an edited Mojang cape used in 2015 with the Mojang logo being painted over and recolored to light blue. |
Veterinarian caep | ![]() |
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This cape texture is based on the Blonk caep, an edited Mojang cape used in 2015 with the Mojang logo being painted over and recolored to light purple. |
Xbox 360 Avatar capes
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These capes can no longer be purchased due to the closure of the Xbox 360 Marketplace.[81] They can, however, still be redownloaded and equipped on an avatar if purchased before the closure.
Name | Cape | Texture | Notes |
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Released around May 9, 2013 to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
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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.
An archive of the purchase page can be found here. |
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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.
An archive of the purchase page can be found here. |
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An archive of the purchase page can be found here. |
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An archive of the purchase page can be found here. |
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An archive of the purchase page can be found here. |
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The Xbox avatar version of the Minecon 2011 cape.
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The Xbox avatar version of the Minecon 2012 cape.
Unused capes
Java Edition


These capes were featured in a poll where readers could vote for the design of the MINECON 2011 cape.[82] The red creeper cape won with 42% of the votes[83] and was chosen as the cape design for MINECON 2011.[84] The blue cape with the pickaxe, which received 33% of the votes,[83] was later reused for MINECON 2012. The remaining cape designs, however, have never been used.
11 other capes were designed, but excluded from the vote.
Row 1 | 2011 Minecon Cape |
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Source | MINECON 2011, The World of Minecraft |
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.[85]
Bedrock Edition
These capes are from Bedrock Edition skin packs and are currently not used in any skin pack.
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Source | Star Wars Prequel Skin Pack |
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LittleBigPlanet Mash-Up |
Greek Mythology Mash-Up |
History
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1.0 | Exclusive cloaks were added on December 20, 2010. | ||||||
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1.0.0 | September 22, 2011 | Notch announced a cloak design contest, for cloaks to be given out to MINECON attendees. | |||||
October 28, 2011 | Notch 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." | ||||||
1.9 | 15w41a | A player's cape becomes invisible if that player is equipped with elytra. | |||||
Mojang cape texture modified. | |||||||
16w06a | The elytra texture now defaults to the cape texture if no custom texture is uploaded and the player owns a cape. | ||||||
May 12, 2020 | Mojang has disabled all unused MINECON cape codes. | ||||||
October 21, 2020 | Mojang Studios has announced the migration to Microsoft accounts. As a "thank you" for migrating, players who do so receive a cape. | ||||||
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
v0.15.9 | Cape 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.[86] | |||||||
v0.15.10 | Capes 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, 2016 | The 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. | ||||||
[hide]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. | ||||||
1.13.1 | The founder's cape can now be equipped onto custom skins. | ||||||
1.16 | beta 1.15.0.51 | The 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. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Mojang images
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The millionth customer cape.
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First image of a cape in Bedrock Edition.
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Microsoft employees had this Xbox 360 Cape on Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
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This is the first image showcasing the Turtle Cape given to BillyK_ by jeb_ on reddit
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Mojang cape designs shared by jeb_ on twitter
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Revised design of Minecon 2015 Cape elytra by jeb_ showed on reddit
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Minecraft 15th Anniversary Cape animation
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The MC Championship cape as seen in its announcement article.
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Minecraft Experience cape in a Promotional image
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Eyeblossom redeem page
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140807231527/http://assets.minecraft.net/Morre.png
- ↑ "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 (formerly Twitter), July 26, 2021
- ↑ https://namemc.com/capes shows a rought estimate of how many players have a certain cape.
- ↑ Jump up to: a b c d e https://web.archive.org/web/20190924120713/https://help.mojang.com/customer/portal/articles/872983-minecon-capes
- ↑ "@Micleee There you go." – @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), January 12, 2011
- ↑ "@Micleee thank you!" – @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter)
- ↑ "Bored, so I made a bacon cape. http://i.imgur.com/1YJIQ.png" (dead link) – @micleee
- ↑ "@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 (formerly Twitter), January 12, 2011
- ↑ "Could this be you? https://web.archive.org/web/20230422190814/https://i.imgur.com/cuvPN.png #minecraft #onemillion #hype" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), January 12, 2011
- ↑ "I was the person who purchased the 1,000,000th copy of Minecraft yesterday." – u/akronman1 on Reddit
- ↑ "Oh, and that's courtesy of @kinten" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), January 12, 2011
- ↑ "@dannyBstyle also, you should have a cloak now" – @notch (Markus Persson) on X (formerly Twitter), April 21, 2011
- ↑ "Notch! I've brought you Ray Cokes as requested!" – u/jurrian on Reddit
- ↑ マインクラフト東京: オフ会Withデベロッパー - Mojang.com; September 6, 2013
- ↑ "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 (formerly Twitter), October 10, 2013
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "MrMMods (BetterLight|Grass, SimpleMap) 1.8.1" – Minecraft Forum, October 13, 2010.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230422191031/https://i.imgur.com/PzzwwbW.png
- ↑ "@tterrag1098 Wow! Looks sweet! Thank you so much!" – @Drullkus on X (formerly Twitter), June 20, 2016
- ↑ "Hehe thanks ;) Are you Drullkus ingame as well?" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), June 20, 2016
- ↑ "No matter how many times I try, it never looks good! >:( (Slightly butchered original prismarine on right side)" – @Drullkus on X (formerly Twitter), June 18, 2016
- ↑ Turtle shoutout to billyK_! As suspected, there's a cape waiting for you on your Minecraft profile =)
- ↑ "I've been getting questions about Gr8_Escape and his cape. The account is owned by a Mojang employee leading the work on http://minecraft.net/. Maybe he is really into birthday parties, I can't blame him :)" – @Mojang_Ined on X (formerly Twitter), May 3, 2021
- ↑ Screenshot about the story behind this cape: https://web.archive.org/web/20220904011234/https://i.imgur.com/ZgROuy8.png
- ↑ "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."
- ↑ "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 (formerly Twitter), May 16, 2012
- ↑ "@adiacente Decided by a fair dice roll!" – @jeb_ (Jens Bergensten) on X (formerly Twitter), May 16, 2012
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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
- ↑ http://www.mcbbs.net/thread-452211-1-1.html
- ↑ https://callersbane.com/2015/06/announcing-the-minecon-open
- ↑ https://scrolls.com/2015/09/greeting-fellow-citizens-of-the-internet
- ↑ "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 (formerly Twitter), December 11, 2014
- ↑ "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 (formerly Twitter), February 10, 2016
- ↑ "It's the wings of the wasp!" – u/jeb_ on Reddit, July 1, 2017
- ↑ "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 (formerly Twitter), December 1, 2020 [sic]
- ↑ "Everyone that has and will migrate will now get the Migrator cape. Happy summer everyone!" – @Mojang_Ined on X (formerly Twitter), July 9, 2021
- ↑ "Java Edition is moving house" – Minecraft.net, October 21, 2020.
- ↑ https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/360050865492-JAVA-Account-Migration-FAQ
- ↑ "Java Account Migration: A Fun Announcement by Dinnerbone" – Minecraft on YouTube, October 21, 2020
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Mojang_Ined/status/1410255931431165953
- ↑ Migration language file (en_US.json) mentioning the words "Veteran Cape"
- ↑ An image found on the support site including the words "Veteran Cape"
- ↑ MC-266170 — Inconsistent naming of capes, Cherry Blossom Cape includes redundant 'Cape' term — resolved as "Cannot Reproduce".
- ↑ https://i.imgur.com/OjM99uK.png
- ↑ https://twitter.com/etanaratsastaja/status/1786373235992404128
- ↑ https://i.imgur.com/b5CSnP2.png
- ↑ https://i.imgur.com/rF40Z6I.png
- ↑ https://twitter.com/etanaratsastaja/status/1788925996114104670
- ↑ https://twitter.com/etanaratsastaja/status/1780224446659182794
- ↑ https://twitter.com/etanaratsastaja/status/1790734880839540952
- ↑ Founder's cape appears on the beta character creator even if you didn't have it in the release. — Fixed
- ↑ Founder's cape has disappeared from Character Creator — Invalid
- ↑ Minecraft Launcher Mob Vote 2023 Information
- ↑ "Introducing the Vanilla cape" – Minecraft.net, August 15, 2022.
- ↑ Jump up to: a b https://help.minecraft.net/hc/en-us/articles/8381250552333-Minecraft-Java-and-Bedrock-Edition-for-PC-Vanilla-Cape-FAQ-
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221215150744/https://i.imgur.com/gUDQu2c.png
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230422191244/https://i.imgur.com/4kwoct2.png
- ↑ Jump up to: a b c https://minecraft.net/article/minecraft-turning-15
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/shorts/z8fpL56rOJI
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240613215654/https://namemc.com/capes
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W999dJ1cdzY
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240517194737/https://www.minecraft.net/en-us
- ↑ "MCC x Minecraft: The Ender Cup is almost here" – Minecraft.net, July 16, 2024.
- ↑ "Just wanted to whisper this out here to start getting the word out- Minecraft saw the feedback, and made a change! If you earn the cape, you'll get it immediately in Bedrock, and in the weeks following the event's close they'll also grant you the cape on your linked Java account" in MC Championship – @avondale1718 on Discord, July 20, 2024.
- ↑ "Don't forget to earn your official MC Championship cape! Java availability will begin on August 5th so don't miss out 🏆💚" – @Minecraft (Minecraft) on X (formerly Twitter), July 24, 2024
- ↑ "FAQ - Minecraft Experience" .
- ↑ "NameMC Page" .
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20241125192214/https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/redeem
- ↑ https://x.com/NotPixel86/status/1861898459864813648
- ↑ https://x.com/GGuiaugs/status/1863652122069213417
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20241211195312/https://shop.minecraft.net/products/minecraft-creeper-adult-cape
- ↑ "Join our in-game event" (Archive) by Linn Viberg – minecraft.net, December 9, 2024. "London (UK) GMT: 18:00 December 9 - 23:00 December 20"
- ↑ https://x.com/CornerHardMC/status/1865191493725819353
- ↑ https://x.com/SmokeyStack_/status/1877042618485399878
- ↑ https://x.com/xKingDarkYT/status/1877126938705149993
- ↑ https://x.com/xKingDarkYT/status/1877169796531241065
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220326205242/https://twitter.com/PopsRamjet/status/1128979747382452224 on X (formerly Twitter), May 16, 2019
- ↑ "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 (formerly Twitter), May 9, 2013
- ↑ "We've turned the special in-game Birthday cape off now. Thanks for celebrating one year of #MinecraftXBLA with us!" – @4JStudios (4JStudios) on X (formerly Twitter), May 13, 2013
- ↑ Xbox 360 Store and Xbox 360 Marketplace FAQ | Xbox Support
- ↑ "Minecon Swag - Cloaks" (Archive) by Lydia Winters – mojang.com, September 22, 2011. "We have made a few suggestions for cloak designs and we need your help deciding on the official cloak. Voting ends Monday, September 26th."
- ↑ Jump up to: a b "Which should be the official MineCon 2011 Cloak?" (Archive) – Polldaddy.com.
- ↑ "MineCon speakers: The Yogscast" (Archive) by Lydia Winters – mojang.com, September 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Just found this linked from the wiki 😜 I think this is one of the capes available in the CS tool forever ago, and I wanted to note the restraint it took to not add it to my account, because as soon as I did the world would know. Guess we never used it for anything specific then?" – @Marc_IRL (Marc Watson) on X (formerly Twitter), January 14, 2022
- ↑ MINECON 2016 skins incoming! Get 'em while they're hot! - Mojang.com; September 22, 2016
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