Veteran cape (5 year)

Veteran cape (5 year)
Detailed
Release	3 May 2011 (Update)
Members	No
Members	No
Quest item	No
Quest item	No
Tradeable	No
Tradeable	No
Equipable	Yes
Equipable	Yes
Stackable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	No
Disassembly	No
Value	50,000 coins
Value	50,000 coins
High Alchemy	30,000 coins
High Alchemy	30,000 coins
Low Alchemy	20,000 coins
Low Alchemy	20,000 coins
Destroy	Are you sure you want to destroy this? You can purchase another from Hans in Lumbridge.
On death	Always lost
Exchange	Not sold
Weight	0.453 kg
Examine	A cape worn by those who've spent five or more years in Gielinor.

The veteran cape (5 year) is one of the Capes of Distinction, available to accounts that were created on or before 10 April 2019. Accounts which are at least 5 years old can purchase the five-year veteran cape and hood from Hans at Lumbridge Castle for 50,000 coins. Players who do not meet the requirement will be informed how many days are left until they may claim the cape.

The five-year veteran cape and hood can be stored on a cape rack in a player's player-owned house.

Combat Stats

Requirements
None
Class			Slot
All
Tier
20
Weapons		Main		Off
Damage		-		-
Accuracy		-		-
Style		-
Range		-
Attributes						Damage reduction
Armour				4		PvM: 0%			PvP: 0%
Life points				0		Style bonuses
Prayer				0		3		3		3
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Emote

A player performing the five-year veteran cape's emote.

Players wearing the five-year veteran cape are able to perform a unique emote by selecting the skillcape option under the emotes interface. To be performed, the 3×3 area surrounding the player must not be obstructed by any obstacles.

Players standing in areas without enough room to perform the emote will be informed that they must first move to a larger area in order to perform the emote.

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?

Development history

The design elements players were polled on during the five-year veteran cape's Guaranteed Content poll.

Development on the five-year veteran cape cape was first revealed on 17 March 2011 in a Developer blog by Mod Mark, Design Notes: Capes of Distinction. Jagex created a Guaranteed Content poll allowing both free-to-play and members alike the chance to vote on their preferred designs for the cape. Players had two weeks to participate in the content poll, with the voting divided into five categories: Hood design, collar shape, collar pattern, back symbol, and cape pattern. Voting closed on 1 April 2011; the winning design elements were: A2, B3, C4, D1, and E3.

One month after the poll closed, the five-year veteran cape was featured in the May 2011 edition of Behind the Scenes. The following day, the five-year cape was introduced into the game bearing the winning design as voted on by players.

Controversies upon release

Upon release, the five-year veteran cape, along with all other Capes of Distinction, were revealed to be available to members only; non-member players believed they would have had access to the veteran cape based on statements Mod Mark had said prior to its release.

“	[The] winning veteran cape design will soon be available to all players who have had a RuneScape account for at least five years.	”
	— Mod Mark Behind the Scenes – May

Jagex staff addressed the members-only requirement on 3 May 2011 via the RuneScape Forums, stating that whilst all accounts that were 5 years old could have the cape, a player also required membership.

During an interview with Eurogamer on the Capes of Distinction controversy, then RuneScape vice president Daniel Clough stated:

“	Members have to get benefits for their subscriptions – we can't make everything free for everyone. That said, we are hugely proud of our free-to-play game. RuneScape offers millions of players one of the largest free-to-play MMORPGs, without ever asking them to subscribe. We give free players thousands of hours of content and it is a testament to the game that we have loyal players who have played the game for five years without ever paying us a penny.	”
	— Daniel Clough

Many players who had accounts for longer than five years but not RuneScape membership considered this insulting, and addressed their complaints to Jagex via the RuneScape forums.

In a ninja fix on 17 February 2014, the veteran capes were made available to free-to-play accounts.

Trivia

Concept art of the five-year veteran cape

• If a player dies with the five-year veteran cape equipped or in their inventory, 50,000 coins appear within their gravestone in place of the cape.
• Eurogamer reported on the five-year veteran cape controversy, asking the then Vice President of RuneScape, Daniel Clough to respond. This was the first time that the Vice President of the RuneScape franchise had given a public response to the media.