Cape of Accomplishment

''"Skillcape" redirects here. For the emote, see Skillcape (emote).''

A Cape of Accomplishment is a cape that symbolises the highest level of accomplishment in a particular skill. This means that the 'pay-to-play' player 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. 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. 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 achieves a secondary level 99 skill, 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 skill on level 99. An exception to this is the quest cape. This cape cannot be trimmed, nor can it be used to trim other capes of accomplishment.

Equipment bonuses
All the different capes of accomplishment (also called skillcapes), 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 skill.

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 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. It also does not count towards the two level 99 skills needed for a trimmed cape.

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

List of Capes of Accomplishment

 * {|class="wikitable"

!Skill !Skillcape !Location !Seller Seers' Forest
 * 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 combat tutor
 * Farming cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Martin the Master Gardener
 * Firemaking cape
 * Crafting cape
 * Crafting guild
 * Master Crafter
 * Defence cape
 * Lumbridge
 * Melee combat tutor
 * Farming cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Martin the Master Gardener
 * Firemaking cape
 * Farming cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Martin the Master Gardener
 * Firemaking cape
 * Martin the Master Gardener
 * Firemaking cape
 * Firemaking cape
 * Firemaking cape
 * Ignatius Vulcan
 * Fishing cape
 * Fishing Guild
 * Master fisher
 * Fletching cape
 * Catherby
 * Hickton
 * Herblore cape
 * Taverley
 * Kaqemeex
 * 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
 * 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
 * Falador
 * Wilfred
 * Questicon.PNG
 * Quest point cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }
 * 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
 * Questicon.PNG
 * Quest point cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }
 * Woodcutting cape
 * Falador
 * Wilfred
 * Questicon.PNG
 * Quest point cape
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }
 * Draynor Village
 * Wise Old Man
 * }

Rarity of 99s
For the number of players with level 99 in skills, see level 99.

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. Most people consider Cooking and Fletching to be the easiest 99s to achieve. It should be noted however, that although they are considered the easiest by many people, they are by no means the fastest. Opinions on skills vary greatly, so it comes down to the individual to decide for themselves which they prefer and dislike. The skill's difficulty rating is based upon the overall combination of time, required attention, as well as monetary cost for a typical player to achieve 99 using the quickest methods.


 * {|class="wikitable"

!Rank !Skill !Difficulty !Frequency !Reason Prayer is one of the fastest 99s to achieve. However, it is extremely expensive but very useful for boss hunting and many other combat related things. Runecrafting is a tedious 99 to achieve. Though it is slow, and it requires constant attention, it is currently one of the best skills for money once a high level is achieved.
 * 1
 * Strength
 * 130,007
 * Strength is popular among pures, who tend to have low Defence and very high Strength. Quick and easy to train, though tends to take longer than Attack due to the Abyssal Whip's inability to train Strength, unless the player can afford much more costly weaponry.
 * 2
 * Cooking
 * 108,820
 * Cooking is one of the fastest and easiest 99s to achieve. It requires little attention and is somewhat inexpensive.
 * 3
 * Fletching
 * 93,005
 * Fletching is one of the fastest and easiest 99s to achieve. It doesn't require much attention and is inexpensive. It can produce money at higher levels depending on the method used.
 * 4
 * Attack
 * 92,842
 * Attack is also popular among pures, though pures and lower levels tend to level Strength first. Very cheap and easy to train.
 * 5
 * Constitution
 * 83,800
 * 99 Constitution comes passively with other high combat skills. Many players will achieve 99 in some other combat skill before they achieve 99 Constitution, making the untrimmed version fairly rare.
 * 6
 * Defence
 * 68,852
 * Even though Defence is ignored by pures, it is quite common among tankers. This skillcape is least common skillcape among the melee skills.
 * 7
 * Woodcutting
 * 67,771
 * Woodcutting is a fairly easy 99 to achieve. It can be done quickly with no profit or slowly, earning quite a large amount of money. Not much attention is required. With the update of ivy, Woodcutting became much easier. This skill is popular for skillers.
 * 8
 * Ranged
 * 57,949
 * Ranged is a very useful skill. It is one of the fastest 99s if chinchompas are used, otherwise, is relatively slow compared to other combat skills.
 * 9
 * Magic
 * 51,880
 * Magic is possibly the most difficult combat skill to master. It is not particularly hard, but it requires a lot of time and attention and can be very expensive if trained using quick methods.
 * 10
 * Firemaking
 * 39,934
 * Firemaking is one of the fastest 99s to achieve. It requires constant attention, which is tiresome to most, but is fairly cheap.
 * 11
 * Fishing
 * 28,260
 * Though Fishing is not particularly fast, little attention is required, and it can be quite profitable.
 * 12
 * Prayer
 * 15,411
 * Ranged is a very useful skill. It is one of the fastest 99s if chinchompas are used, otherwise, is relatively slow compared to other combat skills.
 * 9
 * Magic
 * 51,880
 * Magic is possibly the most difficult combat skill to master. It is not particularly hard, but it requires a lot of time and attention and can be very expensive if trained using quick methods.
 * 10
 * Firemaking
 * 39,934
 * Firemaking is one of the fastest 99s to achieve. It requires constant attention, which is tiresome to most, but is fairly cheap.
 * 11
 * Fishing
 * 28,260
 * Though Fishing is not particularly fast, little attention is required, and it can be quite profitable.
 * 12
 * Prayer
 * 15,411
 * 28,260
 * Though Fishing is not particularly fast, little attention is required, and it can be quite profitable.
 * 12
 * Prayer
 * 15,411
 * Prayer
 * 15,411
 * 15,411
 * 13
 * Hunter
 * 15,389
 * 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
 * 13,125
 * Thieving is one of the fastest 99s to achieve with its quickest methods often oblivious to many players. It does however require constant attention. Often trained due to its lucrative potential at 95+.
 * 15
 * Crafting
 * 9,394
 * Crafting is a fairly fast 99 to achieve. It requires very little attention, but can be expensive. Often trained by wealthy players.
 * 16
 * Slayer
 * 8,642
 * Slayer is levelled alongside combat. However, players will almost always achieve 99 in all other combat skills before reaching 99 Slayer. It is often achieved simply for the cape, but it produces money.
 * 17
 * Summoning
 * 7,154
 * Summoning is one of the fastest 99s to achieve once all the charms are gathered. The gathering of said charms is an impressive task that either takes a vast amount of time, or a vast amount of money to gather quickly. Furthermore, using the charms is very expensive, regardless of the method.
 * 18
 * Smithing
 * 7,060
 * Smithing can be a fast 99 to achieve. It requires some attention and is generally expensive, depending on the method used.
 * 19
 * Farming
 * 6,981
 * Farming is a slow 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.
 * 20
 * Mining
 * 6,186
 * Mining is a tedious 99 to achieve. Though it is not particularly fast and constant attention is required, it is profitable if the ores are banked, which is not required to level up quickly. The introduction of the Living Rock Caverns allowed players to obtain this much faster than before.
 * 21
 * Agility
 * 5,682
 * Agility goes at a slow-medium pace. Constant attention is required. The skill is often achieved simply for the skillcape, rather than for utility as it produces no money.
 * 22
 * Herblore
 * 5,065
 * Herblore is a fairly fast 99 to achieve. It doesn't require much attention, but may be extremely expensive.
 * 23
 * Construction
 * 4,709
 * Construction is currently the fastest skill to train as it is possible to get 99 in less than a week. However, it is also one of the most expensive skills, and most players would find acquiring this sort of money much more of a challenge than training the skill itself.
 * 24
 * Runecrafting
 * 3,514
 * Mining is a tedious 99 to achieve. Though it is not particularly fast and constant attention is required, it is profitable if the ores are banked, which is not required to level up quickly. The introduction of the Living Rock Caverns allowed players to obtain this much faster than before.
 * 21
 * Agility
 * 5,682
 * Agility goes at a slow-medium pace. Constant attention is required. The skill is often achieved simply for the skillcape, rather than for utility as it produces no money.
 * 22
 * Herblore
 * 5,065
 * Herblore is a fairly fast 99 to achieve. It doesn't require much attention, but may be extremely expensive.
 * 23
 * Construction
 * 4,709
 * Construction is currently the fastest skill to train as it is possible to get 99 in less than a week. However, it is also one of the most expensive skills, and most players would find acquiring this sort of money much more of a challenge than training the skill itself.
 * 24
 * Runecrafting
 * 3,514
 * 4,709
 * Construction is currently the fastest skill to train as it is possible to get 99 in less than a week. However, it is also one of the most expensive skills, and most players would find acquiring this sort of money much more of a challenge than training the skill itself.
 * 24
 * Runecrafting
 * 3,514
 * Runecrafting
 * 3,514
 * 3,514
 * }


 * Updated 30 March 2010

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 itself 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 27 NPCs in RuneScape wearing Capes of Accomplishment. One for each skill and one for each Estate agent.
 * The Wise Old Man is the only cape seller not to wear their respective cape.
 * Trimmed capes tend to make a player's words higher when sitting in the rest position.
 * The Grim Reaper's cloaks are 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.
 * The Armour Salesman is the only NPC that wears the hood 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.
 * Ignatius Vulcan, the master of Firemaking, is the only NPC who has his cape trimmed.
 * There was a glitch associated with most Capes of Accomplishment in which the player could perform the emote while sitting down.
 * A glitch concerning the Dagon'hai robe bottom and Capes of Accomplishment appears when walking. Part of the robe bottom is visible through the cape.
 * 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. It is yet to be fixed.
 * With the release of the Dragon Platebody concept, there seems to be concept drawings for a new types of skillcape.