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Minecraft capes and elytra: browse, download, wear and upload
The Capes & Elytra library: official capes real players wear and capes the community made, all in 3D — download a cape PNG, wear it on your skin, or upload your own.
3 min read · 3 steps · Beginner
Step 1: Browse capes
Open More → Capes & Elytra. The Capes / Elytra switch picks the list and how every card is drawn — in Minecraft a cape also paints the elytra, so official capes are in both lists.
Tabs: For You (a mix in a new order each visit), Trending, Player capes (official Mojang capes worn by real Minecraft players, marked Official) and Community (capes and elytra people uploaded). Sort by Trending, Most Downloaded or Newest, and search by cape name or creator.
Point at a card and the cape turns in 3D. The little picture next to the name is the uploader's profile picture, or the face of a player who wears it; the number shows how many players wear it.
Tip: The Home page shows a few trending capes and elytra too — a new pick every visit.
Step 2: A cape's page
Click a card to open its page: the cape big and turning (switch Cape / Elytra under it), who made it or wears it, Downloads, how often it was Worn in editor, how many Players wear it, and the date it was first seen or uploaded.
Drag the 3D cape to turn it all the way round; Cape / Elytra under it switches how it is shown. Download PNG saves the cape file. Open in editor opens the skin editor wearing it (as a cape, or as elytra wings when Elytra is picked) with the cape editor already open. Share cape copies the link. Official capes list the players who wear them — click a name to see their skins.
Tip: Vanilla Minecraft only shows official capes. Custom capes work in launchers and mods that support them (OptiFine-style).
Step 3: Upload your own cape or elytra
Press Upload Cape (you need to be logged in). Drop a cape PNG — 64×32, 128×64, 256×128 or 512×256, up to 200 KB — and it turns in 3D right away.
Give it a Name, choose Cape or Elytra, add Tags if you like, tick that you made it (or may share it) and that it follows the Terms of Service, then press Publish cape. It shows up under Community; you can delete your own uploads from their page.
No cape file yet? Make one in the editor's Cape editor and use Download cape PNG (see Editor panels).
More guides
- How to put a custom skin in Minecraft Java & Bedrock
- Wear HD skins and moving capes in Minecraft (MC-ENGINE Skins mod)
- Moving GIF cape in Minecraft: from the website to your game
- How to turn a skin PNG into a .mcpack for Bedrock
- How to make a Bedrock skin pack with several skins
- How to make a Minecraft skin GIF or video (4 ways)
- Share skins with the community
- Publish skins and manage My skins
- Your profile: photo, links, badges and security
- Events: skin contests — enter, vote and win
- Favourites, collections, notifications, reports and the weekly leaderboard
By the MC-ENGINE team
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