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Moving cape and elytra in Minecraft Bedrock (add-on)

Make a moving cape from any GIF, download one .mcaddon, turn it on in a world — the cape and an elytra land in your inventory and both move. Works on Windows, Android and iOS; everyone in the world sees it.

4 min read · 6 steps · Beginner

Step 1: Make the moving cape

In the editor open Cape → Make a cape (or Edit cape) → Upload cape, elytra or picture and pick your GIF (up to 5 MB).

In Crop and adjust drag the box over the part you want, set Cape size to 512×256 and tick Keep it moving. Press Use both so the GIF goes on the cape and the elytra wings — Use this only fills the side you picked under Wear as.

Cape editor with a moving GIF cape ready for Bedrock

Tip: A cape that only moves on the cape part still gets a moving elytra: the add-on then puts the moving cape picture on the wings.

Step 2: Download the add-on

In the Cape editor press Bedrock cape add-on (beta) (or More → Bedrock cape (beta) in the Upload / Export window). You get one .mcaddon file with a behavior pack and a resource pack.

On a phone, download it on the phone. On a PC, you can also send the file to your phone (chat app, Drive, cable).

Bedrock cape add-on (beta) button under the Moving GIF downloads in the Cape editor

Step 3: Import it and turn it on in a world

Open the .mcaddon file — Minecraft starts and shows Import started… then Successfully imported (twice: one per pack).

Make a new world: Play → Create New → Create New World. On the left open Behavior Packs → My Packs, tap MC-ENGINE cape and press Activate. Say Yes when it asks to add the resource pack too. It must be in the ACTIVE list before you press Create.

Tip: Turning packs on doesn't work from the pause menu inside a world. Leave the world, then use the pencil next to it in the world list (or make a new world).

Step 4: Wear the cape and the elytra

The first time you join, the MC-ENGINE cape and an elytra are put in your inventory by themselves (once per player). Lost them? Creative inventory → search cape, or /give @s elytra.

Put the cape in the chest slot and switch to third person: it hangs on your back and moves. Swap it for the elytra: the wings show the same GIF and move — standing, sneaking and gliding.

  1. Cape and elytra both use the chest slot — wear one at a time, like in normal Minecraft.
  2. Bedrock plays the GIF at one steady speed (the average of its frames).

Step 5: Friends, Realms and servers

Everyone who joins your world downloads the pack and sees your cape and elytra — nobody installs anything. On a Realm or server, the owner adds the packs once.

  1. The add-on changes every elytra in that world — friends wearing an elytra show your design too.
  2. Each download is its own add-on with its own cape item, so several capes can be in one world; the elytra uses the top pack's design.
  3. Needs Bedrock 1.21 or newer on Windows, Android or iOS. Consoles can't import files, but they can join a Realm or server that has it.
  4. The free trial of Minecraft can't use add-ons.

Step 6: If something doesn't show

No cape item, but the elytra changed: the behavior pack isn't on in that world — only the resource pack is. Turn it on as in step 3.

"Duplicate pack" on import: an older copy of the same pack is still there. Remove it in Settings → Storage and import again.

Cape still, not moving: make the cape again with Keep it moving ticked, then download the add-on again.

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Updated 2026-11-11 · by the MC-ENGINE team

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