Founder's Cape

Founder's Cape

Cape

Elytra

API Name	Founder's
Availability	JE: Yes BE: Yes
Rarity‌[BE only]
Texture ID	99aba02ef05ec6aa4d42db8ee43796d6cd50e4b2954ab29f0caeb85f96bf52a1

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The Founder's Cape is a cape that was given out to players during MINECON Live 2019. It was downloaded through the Marketplace.

Appearance

The cape is a gold colorization of the MINECON 2011 Cape depicting a creeper face. A gradient from light at the bottom to darker at the top appears which is paired with a hood.

Distribution

Players were able to obtain the Founder's cape skin pack through the Marketplace for a limited time for free. With the skin pack, only Steve and Alex could use the cape. Players who previously claimed the skin pack received the cape as Character Creator item when the Character Creator was released. It is no longer available in the Marketplace.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
May 8, 2025							Players who already own the cape in Bedrock Edition have received the cape.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
September 28, 2019							Announced live during MINECON Live 2019 and added the Founder's Cape skin pack to the Marketplace.
October 28, 2019							The skin pack gets delisted.
1.13.0							With the launch of the Character Creator, all owners of the Founder's Cape skin pack receive the cape as a Character Creator item for free.
June 23, 2020							Due to a bug, the cape was made available to all users regardless of whether they actually owned it or not.
October 22, 2020							The Founder's Cape disappears from all players' dressing rooms.
1.16.200			beta 1.16.200.56				The Founder's Cape returns to its owners. Players who erroneously equipped it no longer have the cape.

Trivia

• In the game's files, this cape is called the Minecon 2019 Cape.
• It was the first cape to ever been released to the Character Creator.

Gallery

Textures

• 
  The Founder's Cape texture

Official artwork

• 
  The Character Creator icon for the cape

Promotional material

• 
  Key art for the Founder's Cape skin pack

See also

• Founder's Cape (skin pack), the skin pack used to obtain the cape.