Cape of Accomplishment

A Cape of Accomplishment (a.k.a. Skillcape) is a cape that symbolises the highest level of accomplishment in a particular skill. This means that player has obtained level 99 in any of the skills, or completed all quests in the case of the Quest point cape. The Capes of Accomplishment were released on 18 October 2006.

Each cape can only be purchased by players who have accomplished one of these feats. Capes of Accomplishment cost 99,000 coins, and are obtained from a specific NPC master, who can be seen wearing the cape. The NPC is located in a place related to his/her skill. These capes can only be bought on a member's server. Capes also come with matching hoods, although the hoods do not offer any bonuses. As they cannot be traded, the only way to obtain one of these is by reaching the skill level or completing the quests required.

Previously, only one skillcape could be obtained, but players can now obtain multiple skillcapes.

Emote
Each cape comes with a special emote which can only be performed while wearing it. The emotes are meant to "represent" the skill required to obtain the cape.

Skill Boost
In addition, wearing the cape and selecting the "Boost" option on 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 Hitpoints, Prayer and Summoning capes have a one minute "cool-down" period between uses of this effect. The effect of every cape's boost of course cannot be reactivated until the skill has dropped back to 99.

Trimmed capes
Most 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 one has. Trimmed capes have an additional Prayer equipment bonus over the regular capes, but other than appearance this is the only change. Once trimmed, a skill cape will never be untrimmed again. Regular capes will automatically be changed into the trimmed style the instant the player obtains a second level 99 skill, regardless of whether a second cape is purchased. 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, and does not count towards the two level 99 skills needed for a trimmed cape.

List of Accomplishment capes

 * {|class="wikitable"

!Skill !Skillcape !Location !Seller
 * Agility cape
 * Agility arena
 * Capn' Izzy No-Beard
 * Attack cape
 * Warriors' Guild
 * Ajjat
 * Construction cape
 * Varrock, Falador, Seers' Village, Ardougne
 * Estate agent
 * Cooking cape
 * Cooking guild
 * Head Chef
 * Crafting cape
 * Crafting guild
 * Master Crafter
 * Defence cape
 * Lumbridge
 * Melee combat tutor
 * Farming cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Martin the Master Gardener
 * Firemaking cape
 * Seers' Village
 * Ignatius Vulcan
 * Fishing cape
 * Fishing Guild
 * Master fisher
 * Fletching cape
 * Catherby
 * Hickton
 * [[File:Herblore.gif]]
 * Herblore cape
 * Taverley
 * Kaqemeex
 * Hitpoints cape
 * Duel Arena
 * Surgeon General Tafani
 * Hunter cape
 * Feldip Hills
 * Hunting expert
 * Magic cape
 * Wizards' Guild
 * Robe Store Owner
 * Mining cape
 * Mining Guild
 * Dwarf (only those at guild entrance)
 * Prayer cape
 * Monastery
 * Brother Jered
 * Ranging cape
 * Ranging guild
 * Armour Salesman
 * Runecrafting cape
 * Varrock
 * Aubury
 * Slayer cape
 * Shilo Village
 * Duradel/Lapalok
 * 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
 * Falador
 * Wilfred
 * Quest point cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }
 * Prayer cape
 * Monastery
 * Brother Jered
 * Ranging cape
 * Ranging guild
 * Armour Salesman
 * Runecrafting cape
 * Varrock
 * Aubury
 * Slayer cape
 * Shilo Village
 * Duradel/Lapalok
 * 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
 * Falador
 * Wilfred
 * Quest point cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }
 * Taverley
 * Pikkupstix
 * Thieving cape
 * Rogue's Den
 * Martin Thwait
 * Woodcutting cape
 * Falador
 * Wilfred
 * Quest point cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }
 * Quest point cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }
 * Wise Old Man
 * }

Common 99s
Strength is currently the most common 99 skill in the game, followed by Cooking and Fletching. Below is a list of the order of the skills depending on the number of players having 99 in it. However, Cooking is said to be the easiest skill to achieve level 99 in, followed by Fletching and Firemaking


 * {|class="wikitable"

!Rank !Skill !Reason
 * 1
 * Strength
 * Strength is popular among pures, who tend to have low defence and very high strength. Very cheap and easy to train.
 * 2
 * Cooking
 * Cooking is one of the fastest and easiest 99s to achieve. It requires very little attention and is fairly cheap.
 * 3
 * Fletching
 * Fletching is one of the fastest and easiest 99s to achieve. It requires very little attention and is fairly cheap.
 * 4
 * Attack
 * Attack is also popular among pures, though pures and lower levels tend to get strength first. Very cheap and easy to train.
 * 5
 * Hitpoints
 * 99 hitpoints comes passively with high combat. Most players will achieve 99 hitpoints before achieving 99s in all other combat skills.
 * 6
 * Defence
 * Defence is the least popular of the combat skills, though it is still common because it is very cheap and easy to train.
 * 7
 * Ranged
 * Ranged is a very useful skill, if chinchompas are used it is one of the fastest 99s, it is still popular in both PvP and PvM.
 * 8
 * Woodcutting
 * Woodcutting is a very easy 99 to achieve. It can be done quickly with no profit or slowly with quite a large amount of money. Little attention is required.
 * 9
 * Magic
 * Magic is debatably the 'hardest' combat skill to master. It is not particularly hard, but it requires a lot of attention and can be very expensive.
 * 10
 * Firemaking
 * Firemaking is one of the fastest and easiest 99s to achieve. It requires a lot of attention but is fairly cheap.
 * 11
 * Fishing
 * Fishing is a very easy 99 to achieve. Though it is not particularly fast, little attention is required, and it produces money.
 * 12
 * Prayer
 * Prayer is one of the fastest 99s to achieve. However, it is extremely expensive and is often achieved for the cape rather than its utility.
 * 13
 * Hunter
 * Hunter is a tedious 99 to achieve. Although it may seem slow at first, at higher levels it becomes quicker.  Constant attention is required; it is a popular skill for money.
 * 14
 * Thieving
 * Thieving is one of the fastest 99s to achieve depending on the method. However, it requires constant attention.
 * 15
 * Crafting
 * Crafting is one of the fastest and easiest 99s to achieve. It requires very little attention but is extremely expensive.
 * 16
 * Smithing
 * Smithing is one of the fastest and easiest 99s to achieve. It requires very little attention but is very expensive.
 * 17
 * Slayer
 * Slayer is leveled alongside with combat, however players will almost always achieve 99 in all other combat skills before 99 slayer is achieved. It is often achieved simply for the cape. It also produces money.
 * 18
 * Farming
 * Farming is a fairly easy 99 to achieve. It can be trained passively as plants can go unattended for long periods of time, however, depending upon how you train it, you will either gain or lose a lot of money.
 * 19
 * Agility
 * Agility goes at a slow-medium pace. Constant attention is required. The skill is often achieved simply for the skill cape, rather than for utility as it produces no money.
 * 20
 * Mining
 * Mining is a tedious 99 to achieve. Though it is not particularly fast, and constant attention is required, it produces money.
 * 21
 * Summoning
 * Summoning is one of the fastest 99s to achieve, once all the charms are gathered, which is extremely time consuming. It is also extremely expensive.
 * 22
 * Herblore
 * Herblore is one of the fastest 99s to achieve. It requires constant attention and is extremely expensive.
 * 23
 * Construction
 * Construction is debatably the fastest 99 to achieve. It requires constant attention and all effective ways of training are expensive.
 * 24
 * Runecrafting
 * Runecrafting is a tedious 99 to achieve. Though it is slow, and it requires constant attention, it is currently the best skill for money once a high level is achieved.
 * }
 * 19
 * Agility
 * Agility goes at a slow-medium pace. Constant attention is required. The skill is often achieved simply for the skill cape, rather than for utility as it produces no money.
 * 20
 * Mining
 * Mining is a tedious 99 to achieve. Though it is not particularly fast, and constant attention is required, it produces money.
 * 21
 * Summoning
 * Summoning is one of the fastest 99s to achieve, once all the charms are gathered, which is extremely time consuming. It is also extremely expensive.
 * 22
 * Herblore
 * Herblore is one of the fastest 99s to achieve. It requires constant attention and is extremely expensive.
 * 23
 * Construction
 * Construction is debatably the fastest 99 to achieve. It requires constant attention and all effective ways of training are expensive.
 * 24
 * Runecrafting
 * Runecrafting is a tedious 99 to achieve. Though it is slow, and it requires constant attention, it is currently the best skill for money once a high level is achieved.
 * }
 * 24
 * Runecrafting
 * Runecrafting is a tedious 99 to achieve. Though it is slow, and it requires constant attention, it is currently the best skill for money once a high level is achieved.
 * }
 * }

Trivia

 * 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 itself becomes a "member's object". Members that come to F2P worlds for various reasons usually come with the cape on. A lot of them can be found wearing them on PvP or bounty hunter worlds.
 * On 29 October 2008, skillcapes were updated to include audio, making the skillcape emote the fourth emote with audio, in addition to the Trick, Air Guitar, and Freeze emotes. The fifth emote with audio was Around the World in Eggty Days.
 * While wearing the untrimmed version of a Cape of Accomplishment, the inside of the cape (the part against the character's back) is the main colour of the cape, but while wearing the trimmed version the inside of the cape is the colour of the trim.
 * The Capes of Accomplishment still show the old style skill symbols, and have not changed since the symbols' graphical upgrade.
 * There are 31 NPCs in RuneScape wearing Capes of Accomplishment. 28 NPCs for skills, and numerous Construction NPCs.
 * The Wise Old Man is the only cape seller not to wear the respective cape.
 * The Quest Point Cape is the only untrimmable cape, and cannot be used to trim other capes.
 * The payment of 99,000 coins is an obvious reference to the skill's level of 99.
 * Trimmed capes tend to make a player's words higher when sitting in the rest position.
 * Mod MMG announced that a certain cape would be available to long-serving players. Some players speculate that it is the Capes of Accomplishment that he is referring to, or the RuneScape Classic cape, that has been suggested in the Classic forums.
 * The only NPC to wear a trimmed skillcape is Ignatius Vulcan, the master of Firemaking.
 * The 99 Slayer cape (untrimmed) is the rarest Capes of Accomplishment in the game as most players obtain level 99 combat-related skill (like hitpoints) prior to achieving 99 Slayer, resulting in the cape being trimmed when they reach 99 Slayer. (Now with the advance of the Soul Wars Minigame this is considerably easier).
 * The trim on the Firemaking cape seems to be smaller than the trims of other Capes of Accomplishment.
 * Many players believe there is going to be a cape that acknowledges the attainment of every Accomplishment Cape. However, this would be very difficult to achieve - as of 7 October 2009, there are only 347 players with 99 in all skills, and the amount with that and also the quest cape is unknown.
 * The Armour Salesman is the only NPC that wears the Hood of 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 bug was fixed on 21 August 2009.
 * Ignatius Vulcan is the only NPC who has his cape trimmed, suggesting he has 99 in more than one skill.