

The only capes that can be obtained on one's own, so far, in Java Edition are the migrator cape, which comes from migrating a Mojang account to a Microsoft account, and the vanilla cape, which comes from owning both Java Edition and Bedrock Edition in the same Microsoft account prior to June 6, 2022. Turtle Cape – Given to billyK for his suggestion to add turtles to the cape selection menu Java Edition.However, it was quickly removed when the employee realised its rarity, and LolFoxy2 was given the Migration cape instead. Valentines Cape – Given to LolFoxy2 by an employee after resolving their problems with account migration.Birthday Cape – Given to Gr8Bizzo, a Mojang employee who worked on the Minecraft website.This cape has already been made by Jeb, but it didn’t have an owner until he decided to give it to Drullkus. Prismarine Cape – Given to Drullkus for recreating the Prismarine texture in his Chisel mod, rather than using the original Minecraft one.MrMessiah – Given for creating the BetterLight mod which Mojang used to improve Minecraft’s lighting engine.Cheapsh0t – Given for helping the Mojang team while they were in Tokyo.JulianClark – Given in return for “bringing Notch Ray Cokes”, one of the title-screen jokes from Minecraft beta.DannyBstyle – A video game composer whose work Notch enjoyed.Bacon Cape – Given to Miclee as he came up with the idea of Minecraft’s Pigmen.Here’s a list of all of them and why they were given out: Some of these capes were eventually taken away because of too many people asking for personalised capes, but some are still around. The game’s original creator, Notch, was notorious for giving out capes to people just because he liked their work. Over the years, the team behind Minecraft have given out unique capes to some users who stand out in the community or help out the development team in some way.
