- Dragonwilds capes come from quests, hidden chests, boss fights, vendors, and rare drops.
- Skill capes unlock automatically when you reach level 99 in any skill, each with a unique perk.
- Zone capes are found in recipe chests across Bramblemead, Whispering Swamp, and beyond.
- The Fire Cape requires clearing the 30-wave Fight Caves in Umbral Sands — the game's top cape.
- The Obsidian Cape offers a strong passive defense boost via the Brink of Extinction quest.
Cape Overview: Types and How They Work
Capes in RuneScape: Dragonwilds are far more than cosmetics. Many offer practical perks — infinite plant cure, stamina savings, burning damage on attackers — while others serve as trophies for completing the game's toughest content. There are six broad categories of Dragonwilds capes, and knowing which category a cape belongs to tells you exactly how to chase it.
Video Highlights:
- Full walkthrough of every cape unlock in the game
- Skill capes, quest capes, and hidden chest recipes covered zone by zone
- Fire Cape Fight Caves strategy and Obsidian Cape quest steps explained
| Cape Category | Acquisition Method | Example | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skill capes | Reach level 99 in a skill | Farming Cape | ★★★★★ |
| Quest capes | Complete specific side quests | Gar'berhibborn's Cloak | ★★★ |
| Zone capes | Find recipe in hidden chest | Fractured Cape | ★★ |
| Vendor capes | Buy with soul/infernal fragments | Solid color capes | ★★ |
| Drop capes | Rare enemy drop (1%) | Shadowscale Cape | ★★★★ |
| Challenge capes | Fight Caves / gold agility trials | Fire Cape | ★★★★★ |
Zone capes like the Bramblemead, Whispering, and Fractured capes only require finding a chest. Knock these out early for a full cosmetic loadout before tackling quest and challenge capes.
Skill Capes: Rewards for Level 99
Skill capes work just like classic RuneScape: max any skill to level 99 and the cape is awarded automatically. Each comes with a small but meaningful bonus tied to its skill. The Farming Cape, for instance, acts as an infinite plant cure, while the Agility Cape gives a chance to avoid consuming stamina after a jump or dash.
| Skill Cape | Perk | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Farming Cape | Infinite plant cure | Herb/farming rotations |
| Agility Cape | Chance to not consume stamina on jump/dash | Exploration, agility trials |
| Other skill capes | Skill-specific small bonus | Matching your build |
Level 99 in any skill is a serious time investment. Pick a skill that matches your main activities — like Woodcutting if you build and craft constantly — so the grind pays double dividends.
Quest Capes: Step-by-Step Unlock Guides
Quest capes are the story-driven tier of Dragonwilds capes. Two of the most notable are Gar'berhibborn's Cloak and the Spectral Chinchompa Cape, both tied to Vanica in Fell Hollow.
Gar'berhibborn's Cloak
- Quest: Dog Days from Vanica
- Zone: Stormtouched Highlands
- Defeat the Guru King for his tainted token
- Purify token: 2 ram horns + 3 shock bulbs
- Reward: pink cloak, fan favorite
Spectral Chinchompa Cape
- Quest: Things That Go Boom in the Night
- Requires: Fell Hollow access + The Wild Hunt
- Kill 10 spectral chinchompas, collect skulls
- 10-day respawn timer on spawns
Zamorakian (Zamrock) Cape
- Quest: Biohazard from Xanic or corrupted raven
- Kill 10 corrupted ravens for essences
- Gather dragon blood, twilight lily, unholy water
- Interact with Putrilis the corrupted chicken
- Perk: after-images explode with burning damage
Here is the full Dog Days walkthrough for Gar'berhibborn's Cloak:
Accept the Quest
Find Vanica in the Stormtouched Highlands and accept Dog Days, then travel to the marked location to find and read the ritual book.
Defeat the Guru King
The Guru King waits in the castle at the top-left of the zone. Windstep up the side to bypass the Garu and wolves on the path. Dodge his abilities and break through his shield.
Gather Purification Materials
Collect 2 ram horns from rams nearby and 3 shock bulbs from wild plants in the zone.
Perform the Ritual
Bring the materials to the shrine, defeat the Garu druids surrounding it, and interact with the shrine to purify the tainted token.
Turn In
Return to Vanica to complete the quest and receive Gar'berhibborn's Cloak.
While in the early zones, also complete Goblin Diplomacy from Xanic in Bramblemead Valley: collect the amulet at Outlook Ruins, learn the second amulet's location from the caged goblin at the Adventurer's Guild, defeat the Guru Druid in his Whispering Swamp cave, and return both amulets for the Goblin War Banner.
Zone Capes and Hidden Chest Locations
Zone capes are recipes hidden in chests throughout each biome. Most require nothing more than sharp eyes, windstep skill, and occasionally a pickaxe or shovel.
| Zone Cape | Location | How to Reach |
|---|---|---|
| Bramblemead Cape | Rune crafting guild, center tower | Windstep to the top; recipe in rubble chest |
| Whispering Cape | Waterfall in Whispering Swamp | Kill the Garu druid guard; chest behind waterfall |
| Fractured Cape | Northeast tip of Fractured Plains | Recipe in surface chest |
| Stormtouched Cape | Garu Castle, northwest | Windstep along walls to northeast corner tower |
| Bloodblight Cape | South Bloodbite Swamp ruins | Windstep the ledge, break crumbled wall with pickaxe |
| Fell Hollow Cape | Central lake in Fell Hollow | Mine or rock-explode stone boulders to chest |
| Daon Reach Cape | Near the Grand Hall | Dig the buried chest — bring a shovel |
Bring anti-poison potions before entering Bloodbite Swamp. Poison damage on top of mob pressure makes the Bloodblight Cape chest run far riskier than it looks.
Golden agility trial capes: Complete each zone's agility trial with a gold time to earn golden variants of that zone's cape, complete with gold trim and extra highlights.
The Fire Cape and Obsidian Cape: Endgame Challenges
The two most powerful Dragonwilds capes both live in Umbral Sands. The Fire Cape is the game's flagship reward: clear the Fight Caves twice — first Fazil's 10-wave trial for the quest, then the full 30-wave gauntlet ending in a Fazil rematch. It grants +4 to each stat, burning damage on attackers, and a stamina refresh when you kill burning enemies with melee.
The Obsidian Cape comes from the Brink of Extinction side quest:
Unlock the Quest
Progress the story in Umbral Sands and get Brink of Extinction from Kotar Hulk Z in the Burning Spire. Bring 3 raw beltfish and 1 cactus steak.
Touch Four Pedestals
Interact with the east, north, west, and south pedestals scattered around the Burning Spire area.
Solve the Bouncer Puzzle
At the Cave of Screams, talk to the Kotar bouncer, choose dialogue option three for the dummy scroll, interact with it, then answer with "two triangles separated by a line."
Defeat Reforgez
Inside the cave, defeat the hostile Kotar and Reforgez, pick up the Z core, and return it to the bouncer.
Claim Your Reward
Receive the plate of pure obsidian, which unlocks the Obsidian Cape recipe with its passive defense boost.
Nine colored desert capes are scattered in chests across Umbral Sands. Open every chest you pass while working on the Fire and Obsidian capes to collect them all in one trip.
Vendor and Drop Capes
Not every cape requires a quest or chest hunt. Two vendors sell capes for fragment currencies, and one cape is a rare monster drop.
| Cape | Source | Cost / Drop Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solid color capes (red, green, orange) | Death, at Fell Hollow entrance | 150 soul fragments each | Farm spectral mobs while corrupted, or mine soul stone nodes in the vaults |
| Diad & Hex capes | Post EP, Evil Emporium | 150 infernal fragments each | Best sources: blue dragons and zone chests |
| Shadowscale Cape | Skeletal & Rot Swarm Marauders | 1% drop | Rot-sworn near Fell Hollow lake; skeletons by the keep and under the library in Daon Reach |
| Saradominus Cloak | Statue exchange quest | 3 gemstones | Trade opal, jade, sapphire at three statues for emblems, return to Bramblemead statue |
Trade the opal at the Whispering Swamp statue, the sapphire at the northern Stormtouched Highlands statue, and the jade at the Fractured Plains statue. Bring all three emblems back to the original Bramblemead Valley statue for one of the game's few white cloaks.
Cape Collector's Checklist:
- Reach level 99 in one skill for your first skill cape
- Collect all 7 hidden zone cape recipes
- Complete Dog Days for Gar'berhibborn's Cloak
- Clear the Fight Caves twice for the Fire Cape
- Finish Brink of Extinction for the Obsidian Cape
- Earn a gold time on every agility trial
FAQ
Q: How many Dragonwilds capes are there in total?
Counting skill capes, quest capes, seven zone capes, vendor capes, nine desert capes, rare drops like the Shadowscale Cape, and golden agility trial variants, there are well over 20 capes to collect across Ashfall.
Q: What is the hardest cape to unlock?
The Fire Cape is widely considered the toughest, requiring you to clear 30 waves of Qar in the Umbral Sands Fight Caves before defeating the dragon Fazil a second time. The Shadowscale Cape is a different kind of hard due to its 1% drop rate.
Q: Which cape has the best perks?
The Fire Cape offers +4 to every stat plus burning retaliation damage, making it the strongest overall. The Obsidian Cape's passive defense boost makes it the best pure combat-survival option, while skill capes like the Farming Cape excel for specific activities.
Q: Can I buy capes instead of questing for them?
Yes. Death at the Fell Hollow entrance sells solid color capes for 150 soul fragments each, and Post EP in the Evil Emporium sells Diad and Hex cape variants for 150 infernal fragments. These are cosmetic-focused and separate from the perk capes.