The Common Cape, introduced on May 6, 2025, is a stylish addition inspired by one of the game's most iconic blocks—which one exactly remains a mystery. To obtain it, players simply need to sign in to Minecraft: Bedrock Edition with a Microsoft account, and the cape will be automatically added to their inventory. The cape can be used in both the Java and Bedrock Editions and remains permanently bound to the account.
The first promotional cape for A Minecraft Movie is available to players who redeem a code before the film's release. To obtain a redeemable code, users must watch a Minecraft livestream on TikTok for at least three minutes. This event began on March 18, 2025, and will run until April 8, 2025.
The second promotional cape for A Minecraft Movie is available to players who redeem a code before the film's release. Users can earn a Twitch Drop code for the cape by watching any Minecraft streamer with Drops enabled for at least three minutes. This Drop was launched on March 18, 2025, and will be available until April 8, 2025.
The Copper Cape is an exclusive Character Creator Cape that was available as part of the Copper Age promotion. Players could earn this cape through the community event 'Copper Cape Quest', which ran from September 30, 2025 to October 20, 2025. It could also be obtained by watching eligible Minecraft livestreams on Twitch or TikTok, or by receiving a code at TwitchCon San Diego. The code could be redeemed until November 19, 2025.
The Founder's Cape is an orange variant of the MINECON 2011 Creeper Cape and was the first cape available through Minecraft's Character Creator. It was released during Minecon 2019 and distributed for free for a limited time via the Marketplace as part of a skin pack usable only by Steve and Alex. Players who claimed it before the Character Creator's release later received it as a Character Creator item.
This cape is a reward for personally validating your ticket at the Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue event, followed by redeeming the code sent to you via email through the minecraft.net redemption page. It began rolling out on October 23, 2024, five days after the event started. This is the second version of this cape. The first version was missing the elytra texture. All players who received the previous version were migrated to the new version on October 25, 2024.
These capes were given to a group of experienced translators with moderation rights for their language in the Minecraft translation project on Crowdin and distributed to 29 contributors on May 16, 2012. Plans were in place to distribute further capes regularly. However, after observing abusive behavior by some translators, such as the use of automatic translation tools and the downgrading of accurate translations, @jeb_ decided to discontinue the initiative. Years later, the cape was reused to recognize specific proofreaders for their significant contributions to the project.
Awarded only to participants/winners of level design competitions and the Cobalt League tournaments. The design of the elytra texur on this cloak is based on a cobalt wasp enemy.
On November 7, 2014, it was announced that a new Scrolls cape was available. Players who won the first-place weekly award five times gained access to this cape. Only ten users possessed this cape. On December 11 and 12, 2014, all users were shown wearing this Scrolls cape to celebrate the release of Scrolls. At Minecon 2015, the Scrolls Minecon Open took place, offering in-game items and other prizes, including the Scrolls cape. As of September 30, 2015, it is no longer possible to earn this cape. It was subsequently removed, and only those who won the competition possess it.
@etanaratsastaja created and equipped this cape for testing purposes. Although it resembles the Sniffer texture, he claimed to have painted it with random colors. Due to an error, the cape later appeared on the account @KemiAmu and was removed shortly afterward. The user announced on social media that the cape is called 'size-m'.
This cape was given to @LolFoxy2 by Mojang employee @Ekkelangelo after LolFoxy2's migration issues were resolved. It was removed from the profile shortly after its rarity was discovered. On January 24, 2023, it was also briefly spotted on the profile of @JoinGrave.
The cape displays the logo of Oxeye Game Studio, the studio behind the game Cobalt. The exact reason for its existence is unknown; however, it appeared due to an error in @iSxckk's profile and was removed shortly afterward. The texture has existed since at least September 24, 2022.
This cape was assigned to @Gr8Bizzo. The profile belongs to a Mojang employee who manages the work on minecraft.net. It was later spotted on the profile @ea74, but the reason is unknown.
This cape was given to @MrMessiah as a "thank you" for creating the BetterLight mod, which is responsible for some of the lighting and grass features in Minecraft. The cape was discussed in 2011, but it wasn't granted until 2015. The designer of the cape is uncertain, but MrMessiah believes it was Jeb.
This cape was awarded to @Drullkus for recreating the prismarine block for use in his Chisel mod, rather than altering Mojang's texture. Jeb had this cape made before contacting Drullkus, but it had no owner. Before this cape was given to Drullkus, @KrisJelbring had it on his profile, but it was later removed.
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.
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.
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.
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. A version of the cape does not exist in any other edition of Minecraft. This cape was not added to their accounts.
This cape was given to Microsoft employees on Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition with the ability to toggle the cape's visibility.
Note: The cape texture is a recreation and is used in the preview image.
