Cape of Accomplishment

A Cape of Accomplishment (more commonly known as a skillcape among players) is a cape that symbolizes achieving 99 in a particular skill. This means that the member has obtained level 99 in any of the skills available, or has completed all of the quests in the case of the Quest point cape. Members and ex-members can still do the emote on a free world, making it an "unofficial member object". The Capes of Accomplishment were formally released on 18 October 2006 after having been alluded to several times within the forums, after Jagex had received many complaints of dedicated high-levelled players not being able to have much to flaunt with. The Capes' restriction to paying members has often been a source of debate on Runescape. One of the principal arguments made by free players is that Level 99 skills are, as an 'accomplishment', far harder to achieve for free players as they do not have all the bonus items that 'pay-to-play' players can use to assist in gaining XP.

Capes of Accomplishment cost 99,000 coins each and are obtainable from specific NPC masters, who can be seen proudly displaying the cape. A temporary skill boost that raises a skill level to 99 will not allow the player to obtain the corresponding cape. The NPC is located in a place related to his/her skill. These capes can only be bought and equipped on a members' server, but once equipped they may be worn on non-members servers (minus the stat adjustments). Capes also come with matching hoods, although the hoods do not offer any bonuses.

When someone purchases a second skillcape, their earlier cape of achievement receives a graphical enhancement in the form of a "trim" in a different colour. This is irreversible. Those so called "trimmed skillcapes" can be used to show that someone has more than one skillcape. An exception to this is the quest cape. This cape cannot be trimmed, nor can it be used to trim other capes of accomplishment; the Quest Cape does not represent a "Skill" in this game.

The only way to trim a Dungeoneering cape is to reach the "True Skill Mastery" at level 120. This is unique for Dungeoneering. Now confirmed, it is known that you are required to have 104,275,448 XP to reach 120 Dungeoneering, which is eight times the experience needed for level 99.

Equipment bonuses
All the different Capes of Accomplishment provide the same stat bonuses. The only difference between the 'trimmed' and 'untrimmed' versions is the trimmed version has a +4 prayer bonus.

Emote
Each cape comes with a special emote that can only be performed while wearing it. The emotes are meant to represent the cape's respective skills.

Skill Boost
In addition, wearing the cape and selecting the "Boost" option in the equipment menu temporarily boosts the player's effective level in the cape's skill by one, up to 100. This does not apply to the Quest point cape. The Constitution, Prayer and Summoning capes have a one-minute cool-down period between uses of this effect. The effect of every cape's boost cannot be reactivated until the skill has dropped back to 99.

Trimmed capes
These capes have two styles, regular and trimmed. If a player only has one level 99 skill, the cape will be in the regular style, otherwise it will be trimmed; there is no way to manually choose the style, as it is entirely dependent on the number of level 99 skills the player has. Trimmed capes have an additional Prayer equipment bonus (of +4) over the regular capes, which have no prayer bonus at all, but other than appearance, this is the only change. Once trimmed, a skillcape will never be untrimmed again. Regular capes will automatically be changed into the trimmed style the instant the player obtains a second skillcape. It is also possible to trim your skill cape in a free-to-play world, provided that you have one 99, or you are wearing an untrimmed skill cape at the time. The exception here is the Quest point cape, which does not have a trimmed style, even if the player has two or more level 99 skills. It also does not count towards the two level 99 skills needed for a trimmed cape; another exception is the Dungeoneering cape, which gains a different coloured trim by reaching the "True Skill Mastery" at level 120, which is a unique feature for this skill.

Hoods
When you reach level 99 in any of the skills, or complete all the quests, you get a hood, which is bought with the cape for 99,000 gp. The colour of the Hood is the same as the untrimmed cape.

List of Capes of Accomplishment

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!Skill !Skillcape !Location !Seller ]]
 * Agility cape
 * Agility arena
 * Cap'n Izzy No-Beard
 * Attack cape
 * Warriors' Guild
 * Ajjat
 * Constitution cape
 * Duel Arena
 * Surgeon General Tafani
 * Construction cape
 * Varrock, Falador, Seers' Village, Ardougne
 * Any Estate agent
 * Cooking cape
 * Cooking guild
 * Head chef
 * Crafting cape
 * Crafting Guild
 * Master Crafter
 * Defence cape
 * Lumbridge
 * Melee instructor
 * Dungeoneering cape
 * South of Daemonheim
 * Thok, Master of Dungeoneering
 * Farming cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Martin the Master Gardener
 * Firemaking cape
 * Forest south of Seers' Village
 * Ignatius Vulcan
 * Fishing cape
 * Fishing Guild
 * Master fisher
 * Fletching cape
 * Catherby
 * Hickton
 * Herblore cape
 * [[Taverley
 * South of Daemonheim
 * Thok, Master of Dungeoneering
 * Farming cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Martin the Master Gardener
 * Firemaking cape
 * Forest south of Seers' Village
 * Ignatius Vulcan
 * Fishing cape
 * Fishing Guild
 * Master fisher
 * Fletching cape
 * Catherby
 * Hickton
 * Herblore cape
 * [[Taverley
 * Master fisher
 * Fletching cape
 * Catherby
 * Hickton
 * Herblore cape
 * [[Taverley
 * Herblore cape
 * [[Taverley
 * Herblore cape
 * [[Taverley
 * Kaqemeex
 * Hunter cape
 * Feldip Hills
 * Hunting expert
 * Magic cape
 * Wizards' Guild
 * Robe Store Owner
 * Mining cape
 * Mining Guild (Falador entrance)
 * Dwarf (at guild entrance)
 * Prayer cape
 * Monastery
 * Brother Jered
 * Ranging cape
 * Ranging guild
 * Armour salesman
 * Runecraft cape
 * Rune shop in Varrock
 * Aubury
 * Slayer cape
 * Outside Kuradal's Dungeon
 * Kuradal
 * Smithing cape
 * Mudskipper Point
 * Thurgo
 * Strength cape
 * Warriors' Guild
 * Sloane/Yadech Strongarm
 * Summoning cape
 * Taverley
 * Pikkupstix
 * Thieving cape
 * Rogue's Den
 * Martin Thwait
 * Woodcutting cape
 * Forest north of Falador
 * Wilfred
 * Questicon.PNG
 * Quest point cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }
 * Strength cape
 * Warriors' Guild
 * Sloane/Yadech Strongarm
 * Summoning cape
 * Taverley
 * Pikkupstix
 * Thieving cape
 * Rogue's Den
 * Martin Thwait
 * Woodcutting cape
 * Forest north of Falador
 * Wilfred
 * Questicon.PNG
 * Quest point cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }
 * Forest north of Falador
 * Wilfred
 * Questicon.PNG
 * Quest point cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }
 * }

Trivia



 * In the Warriors' Guild section of the game guide, there is a screenshot of a player wearing a Fishing skillcape which had coding errors, making the trimmed section of the cape purple, similar to the 2008 glitch. This was merely an error done by Jagex while experimenting with in-game screen shots.
 * While the capes themselves are members-only, if they are already equipped upon entering a free world, the emotes can still be performed even though the cape becomes a "member's object".
 * On 29 October 2008, skillcapes were updated to include audio, and there are seven emotes that have audio. Other emotes with audio include Trick, Air Guitar, Idea, Freeze, Around the World in Eggty Days, and Dramatic Point.
 * The Capes of Accomplishment still show the old style skill symbols, and have not changed since the symbols' graphical upgrade.
 * There are 28 NPCs in RuneScape wearing Capes of Accomplishment. One for each skill and one for each Estate agent ( there are 4 Estate agents, 1 in Varrock, Falador, Camelot and Ardounge.)
 * The Wise Old Man and Thok are the only cape sellers not to wear their respective capes.
 * Trimmed capes tend to make a player's words higher when sitting in the rest position.
 * The Grim Reaper's cloak is actually the legendary Reaping Cape of Accomplishment, according to a Postbag from the Hedge.
 * The trim on the Firemaking cape seems to be smaller than the trims of other Capes of Accomplishment, that's because firemaking cape trim's outerline is orange.
 * The Armour Salesman is the only NPC that wears the hood, that accompanies the cape, with the cape.
 * A bug allowed players to drop the skillcapes for their first 99 and when they achieved their second 99, the dropped skillcape was unaffected by "trimming" and could be picked up and worn still as an untrimmed skillcape, this has since been fixed.
 * Ignatius Vulcan and Thok, the masters of Firemaking and Dungeoneering respectively, are the only NPCs who have their capes trimmed.
 * There was a glitch associated with most Capes of Accomplishment in which the player could perform the emote while sitting down.
 * If a player does the skillcape emote over a trap door in a POH and someone pulls the lever, then the person will not fall, and continue to perform the emote. It also works for being teleported out of the house.
 * With the release of the Dragon Platebody concept, there seems to be concept drawings for new types of skillcapes.Skillcapes.png
 * The trim of all the skillcapes are the same colour as the sides of the skillcape. For example the trim of a Woodcutting cape is green and if you look at the sides, it is also green.
 * Martin Thwait, the master of Thieving, and Hickton, the master of Fletching, both appear to have the hood attached to their capes hanging down, similar to the Ardougne Cloak
 * As of 25 May 2010, Jagex updated the skillcape emotes to look much smoother by "tweening" them and adding particle effects to them. They also made Skillcapes look shorter on males than on females. This is known as a glitch and confirmed by Mod Emilee on this RS forum page - 164-165-412-61054107.
 * There was a hidden update where the Cape of Accomplishment was given a slight curve on male avatars.
 * There is a glitch where a player can float when sitting with a skillcape.