Minecraft capes
Official Minecraft capes can't be bought: Mojang gives them for events and promotions. You can design your own cape below for mods like OptiFine, and try any cape on any skin in 3D.
Cape designer and 3D tester
Design a cape
Or test any cape and skin
Custom capes show only to players using the same mod (for example OptiFine or the MinecraftCapes mod), and those services have their own rules for uploading. Official Minecraft capes can't be designed or bought.
Kinds of official capes
- MINECON capes
- Given to people who attended MINECON, Mojang's convention, between 2011 and 2016. Each year had its own design.
- Migrator cape
- Given to Java players who moved an old Mojang account to a Microsoft account during the account migration.
- Vanilla cape
- Given to players who owned both Minecraft: Java Edition and Bedrock Edition (on Windows) before the two were sold together.
- Event and promotion capes
- Mojang sometimes gives capes for live events, anniversaries and partner promotions. They're announced on minecraft.net, usually for a limited time.
- Mojang staff capes
- Worn by people who work at Mojang. They can't be earned by players.
To see which cape a player wears, use the player lookup: the cape shows on their 3D model. We don't copy Mojang's cape pictures here.
Questions
How do you get a cape in Minecraft?
Official capes can't be bought. Mojang gives them out for events and promotions, such as attending MINECON, moving an old Mojang account to a Microsoft account, or special celebrations. Once you own one, you choose it in the Minecraft Launcher under Skins.
Can other players see a custom cape?
Only players who use the same mod. A cape from OptiFine or the MinecraftCapes mod shows to other players with that mod; everyone else sees no cape, or your official one.
What size is a cape file?
Most custom cape services use a 64×32 PNG. The cape's outside, the side people see behind you, is a 10×16 area near the top left of the file.