Cape of Accomplishment

A Cape of Accomplishment (also known as Skillcape) is a cape that symbolises the highest level of accomplishment in a particular field. 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.

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. Capes also come with matching hoods, although the hoods do not confer 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.

Each cape comes with a special emote unique to that cape, which can only be performed while wearing it. The emotes are meant to "represent" the skill required to obtain the cape. In addition, wearing the cape or selecting the "operate" option on the equipment menu 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 Prayer and Hitpoints capes have a one minute "cool-down" period between uses of this effect.) Most players, however, consider the cape's ability to demonstrate that a player has a specific skill the main reason to obtain one.

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. 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. The exception here is again 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.

The capes have been criticised by some players as being useless, and an unfit reward for reaching an often difficult goal as well as provoking players for the sake of the cape rather than satisfaction or enjoyment from a skill. This mostly applies to faster and easier skills such as Fletching and Cooking. Players are also sometimes dissatisfied by the inability to choose between the regular and trimmed styles of the cape. On the other hand, some players believe that Capes of Accomplishment were one of the few updates specifically targeted at higher-levelled players.

Capes of Accomplishment are only available in pay-to-play worlds.

List of capes

 * {| class="wikitable"

! !! 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
 * Herblore cape||Taverley||Kaqemeex
 * Hitpoints cape||Duel Arena||Tafini
 * 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/Disciple of the Devourer
 * Smithing cape||Port Sarim||Thurgo
 * Strength cape||Warriors' Guild||Sloane/Yadech Strongarm
 * Summoning cape||Taverley||Pikkupstix
 * Thieving cape||Rogue's Den||Martin Thwait
 * Woodcutting cape||Lumbridge||Woodsman tutor
 * [[Image:Questicon.PNG]]||Quest point cape||Draynor Village||Wise Old Man
 * }
 * 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/Disciple of the Devourer
 * Smithing cape||Port Sarim||Thurgo
 * Strength cape||Warriors' Guild||Sloane/Yadech Strongarm
 * Summoning cape||Taverley||Pikkupstix
 * Thieving cape||Rogue's Den||Martin Thwait
 * Woodcutting cape||Lumbridge||Woodsman tutor
 * [[Image:Questicon.PNG]]||Quest point cape||Draynor Village||Wise Old Man
 * }
 * Smithing cape||Port Sarim||Thurgo
 * Strength cape||Warriors' Guild||Sloane/Yadech Strongarm
 * Summoning cape||Taverley||Pikkupstix
 * Thieving cape||Rogue's Den||Martin Thwait
 * Woodcutting cape||Lumbridge||Woodsman tutor
 * [[Image:Questicon.PNG]]||Quest point cape||Draynor Village||Wise Old Man
 * }
 * Woodcutting cape||Lumbridge||Woodsman tutor
 * [[Image:Questicon.PNG]]||Quest point cape||Draynor Village||Wise Old Man
 * }
 * [[Image:Questicon.PNG]]||Quest point cape||Draynor Village||Wise Old Man
 * }

Trivia

 * It is nearly impossible to obtain an untrimmed Slayer cape, as Slayer is trained at a slightly slower pace than Hitpoints. However, by using a multicannon, the controlled attack style, poison and rings of recoils, obtaining an untrimmed Slayer Cape is possible. A player named Slayerbelle (who is Lorica and Villandra, first person to get an Untrimmed Summoning cape) obtained the first Untrimmed Slayer cape.
 * It was also nearly impossible to obtain an untrimmed Summoning cape, as Summoning is half combat, but by using the same methods as an untrimmed Slayer cape, an untrimmed Summoning cape is possible. A player named Lorica (who is Slayerbelle and Villandra, first person to get an Untrimmed Slayer cape) obtained the first Untrimmed Summoning Cape.
 * The Hunter skillcape emote was leaked before any player had achieved 99 in the skill by a Jagex staff member.
 * The Wise Old Man is the only one of the cape sellers who does not wear his skillcape.
 * The Attack skillcape emote looks like Ryu from Street Fighter's special attack, Shoryuken.
 * The high cost of the Hunter skillcape is due to its material which is made of Raharni Wildcat fur, a species close to extinction. Other Capes of Accomplishment are said to be made of expensive materials as well, probably having to do with the skill associated with the cape.
 * 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"
 * On 29 October 2008, skillcapes were updated to include audio, making the skillcape emote the third emote with audio, in addition to the Trick and the Air Guitar emotes.
 * In the 35th issue of Postbag from the Hedge, it was revealed that the Grim Reaper's customary black robes act as the legendary Reaper skillcape. This is the first skillcape that is not limited to the cape slot. He appears to be the only known being with one, and there are no known ways of obtaining this cape.
 * The Armour salesman at the Ranging guild is the only skillcape salesman who wears the matching hood of the skillcape.
 * When Duradel and Sloane dies in the quest While Guthix Sleeps, they are replaced by Disciple of the Devourer and Yadech Strongarm, respectively.