Herald cape

''Not to be confused with Heraldic armour received from Treasure Trails, or Heraldry used in the Construction skill. For more information, see Heraldry (disambiguation).''

Herald capes can show allegiance to Falador, Lumbridge or Varrock at their respective herald. Customization options increase as a player completes tasks or quests related to the capes' areas. By default the capes are all identical except the sigil in the middle, the sigil is an animal that's associated with the city/empire. Selecting a city for the herald cape is reversible. Capes can be switched freely anytime at heralds. Players should only be aware that all their design customizations will be lost upon switching.

Players can also add their chosen 'crest' to the top of their capes. In addition, the cape can be placed on a cape rack in a Player-owned house.

Lumbridge requirements
Lumbridge: The Herald can be found just in between the Lumbridge General store and Blacksmith. The Lumbridge cape requires the following tasks to be completed for unlocking all design options:


 * Finished The Blood Pact quest
 * Finished Myths of the White Lands quest
 * Finished Vampire Slayer quest
 * Completed 56 tasks in the Lumbridge/Draynor area
 * Finished Dragon Slayer quest (for unlocking Dragon crest)

Varrock requirements
Varrock: The Herald can be found next to the fountain north of Varrock's archery shop. The Varrock cape requires the following tasks to be completed for unlocking all design options:


 * Finished Gunnar's Ground quest
 * Finished Shield of Arrav quest
 * Finished Demon Slayer quest
 * Completed 17 tasks in the Varrock area
 * Finished Dragon Slayer quest (for unlocking Dragon crest)

Falador requirements
Falador: The Herald can be found near the fountain north of Artisan's Workshop (or further south of the Party Room). The Falador cape requires the following tasks to be completed for unlocking all design options:


 * Finished Goblin Diplomacy quest
 * Finished Knight's Sword quest
 * Finished Black Knight's Fortress quest
 * Completed 11 tasks in the Falador area
 * Finished Dragon Slayer quest (for unlocking Dragon crest)

Designing your herald cape
The design of Herald cape can be customized at the Herald by talking with him/her or using quick option "Customize" in NPC's menu. A dialogue box where adjustments can be made will appear.

When all requirements (see above) are met, player can choose from up to 5 different cape bottom half trims and up to 5 top half crests. They are also free in choosing colour combination - cape background, trim/crest colour and background of city sigil can be defined. Colour selection tool is designed to allow players select the colour tone freely (no pre-defined set of colours). If you change the background colour to the default white, parts of the background will turn to the heralds colour. If you've changed the colour, simply use the return colours to default option. The selected design can be modified any time by revisiting the herald. The heralds seem to remember the last design you made at them, even after you switched to another city cape and then returned back.

Trivia

 * The first four goals and rewards can be seen even before completion, whereas the fifth and final one remains a mystery until it is done.
 * It is possible to block out the area's animal (E.g. Falador's lion), by putting the background colour and the herald colour to black or a dark colour, many players use this to only display the dragon crest.
 * The capes' inventory icons remain constant regardless of how you customize your cape
 * If you talk to King Roald while wearing any other Herald Cape apart from the Varrock one, he will snap at you and say "Consider wearing a less shabby Herald Cape next time." If the Varrock cape is worn, he'll compliment you. Sir Amik Varze and Duke Horacio act in a similar manner.
 * According to Jagex the Herald Capes were added to remove clans that were created for the sole purpose of obtaining a customizable cape. After the release of Clan Citadels the ability to wear a Clan cloak was restricted only to players in a clan of at least five or more. Formerly one player could gather five people and create a clan, then kick the other players out and would still be able to wear and customize the Clan cloak.
 * There once was a glitch where the image in the cape rack would appear upside-down. This glitch was fixed on the 9 August 2011 update.
 * The sigil animals are not all to be found in RuneScape, but with some imagination it may be made to fit. The Bear is common, the Owl is not necessarily (think the Saradomin Owl), the Lion really isn't found in Runescape (but The Shaikahan seems closest).
 * The Lumbridge Herald has very few lines that seem to be related with Cheerleading.