MapleStory Classic Capes Guide: Every Cape, Stats and Scrolls

Checked against v1.0.0 on October 29, 2026.

Capes are a 5-slot accessory that every job can wear, and in MapleStory Classic World the good ones come from quests and Tailoring rather than shops. This MapleStory Classic capes guide lists every cape with its stats and source, the three free quest capes from level 23 to 50, the craftable Justice Capes, which cape fits each job, and every cape scroll with where to get it in the live Grand Launch game.

Quick summary

• Every cape gives weapon defense and accuracy. Most add magic defense and one main stat. No cape gives HP or MP (MapleClassic Wiki).
• Any job can wear any cape. Level is the only requirement, and every cape has 5 slots (wiki, maplestory.quest).
• Three quest capes cover levels 25 to 50: the Old Raggedy Cape (quest at 23), an Icarus Cape (46) and the Green Napoleon (quest at 47, wear at 50) (maplestory.quest).
• Start Icarus's Dream at level 31. It's the prerequisite for the Icarus Cape at 46, and players often miss it; our Icarus Cape quest guide walks the whole chain.
• Tailors can craft a Justice Cape at level 35. Each color adds a different main stat (maplestory.quest recipe data).

See every cape by level

Lv	Cape	W.DEF	M.DEF	Accuracy	Bonus	How to get it	Source
25	Old Raggedy Cape	12	5	1	—	Stranger's Identity (Jane Doe, Lv 23)	maplestory.quest
35	Blue Justice Cape	16	7	2	INT +1	Tailoring (Sapphire)	maplestory.quest
35	Red Justice Cape	16	7	2	STR +1	Tailoring (Garnet)	maplestory.quest
35	White Justice Cape	16	7	2	DEX +1	Tailoring (Diamond)	maplestory.quest
35	Black Justice Cape	16	7	2	LUK +1	Tailoring (Black Crystal)	maplestory.quest
46	Green Icarus Cape	21	9	3	DEX +2	Delivering the Flying Medicine, 1 in 3	maplestory.quest
46	Yellow Icarus Cape	21	9	3	Speed +2	Same quest, 1 in 3	maplestory.quest
46	Blue Icarus Cape	21	9	3	INT +2	Same quest, 1 in 3	maplestory.quest
50	Green Napoleon	22	—	4	DEX +3	Maya's Last Collection (Lv 47)	maplestory.quest
50	Blue Napoleon	22	—	4	INT +3	No source recorded	maplestory.quest
50	Red Napoleon	22	—	4	STR +3	No source recorded	maplestory.quest
50	White Napoleon	22	—	4	Speed +3	No source recorded	maplestory.quest
50	Black Napoleon	22	—	4	LUK +3	No source recorded	maplestory.quest
55	Blue / Red / White / Black Magic Cape	24	12	4	INT / STR / DEX / LUK +3	Older-table drops: Wild Kargo (Red), Dark Stone Golem (Black)	maplestory.quest
65	Blue / Red / White / Black Gaia Cape	28	13	5	INT / STR / DEX / LUK +4	Older-table drops: Red Drake (Red), Zombie Mushmom 4% (Black)	maplestory.quest

These are base stats. maplestory.quest shows a roll range for dropped copies. A Green Icarus Cape, for example, rolls 0–4 DEX around its +2 base. The quests that gave Magic and Gaia Capes in the closed test aren't in the Public Release, per maplestory.quest.

Get the free quest capes

Your level	Cape	Quest	What it takes	Source
23	Old Raggedy Cape	Stranger's Identity (Mystery of Niora Hospital)	Jane Doe's Kerning City chain	maplestory.quest, our quests guide
31	—	Icarus's Dream	Hang Glider and Balloon; required for the Icarus Cape	Our quests guide (wiki)
46	Green, Yellow or Blue Icarus Cape	Delivering the Flying Medicine (Wing the Fairy in Ellinia)	Finish Icarus's Dream first; the color is random	maplestory.quest; our Ellinia guide
47, wear at 50	Green Napoleon	Maya's Last Collection	50 Stone and 50 Dark Stone Golem Rubble, per our quests guide	maplestory.quest, our quests guide

The Old Raggedy Cape is plain, but it has 5 slots at level 25. That makes it the first cape worth scrolling. Our quests guide notes the Icarus Cape is tradeable, so a cape in the wrong color can go to the Free Market.

Craft a Justice Cape at 35

The four Justice Capes come from Tailoring, one of the six crafts. Francois teaches it in Ellinia (our crafting guide and Tailoring guide). maplestory.quest's recipe data lists Tailoring level 7 and these materials:

Material	Amount	Notes
Processed Cloth	9	Made by Tailoring from Leaves or Animal Fur Bundles (our crafting guide, Henesys.gg)
Spool of Thread	21	Same
Moon Rock	1	Crafting material
Gem by color	3	Sapphire (Blue, INT), Garnet (Red, STR), Diamond (White, DEX), Black Crystal (Black, LUK)

A Justice Cape is a small step up from the Old Raggedy Cape: +4 weapon defense, +2 magic defense, +1 accuracy and +1 main stat. It's worth crafting if you're already leveling Tailoring. Otherwise, keep scrolling the Raggedy Cape until the Icarus Cape at 46.

Pick a cape by job

Job	Best line	Free option	Source
Warrior	STR: Red Justice, Red Napoleon	Any Icarus Cape for accuracy	maplestory.quest
Magician	INT: Blue Justice, Blue Icarus, Blue Napoleon	Blue Icarus (1 in 3)	maplestory.quest
Bowman	DEX: White Justice, Green Icarus, Green Napoleon	Green Napoleon at 50	maplestory.quest
Thief	LUK: Black Justice, Black Napoleon	Green Icarus or Napoleon for DEX and accuracy	maplestory.quest
Anyone who hates walking	Speed: Yellow Icarus, White Napoleon	Yellow Icarus (1 in 3)	maplestory.quest

Accuracy on every cape helps jobs that miss. See our accuracy guide. DEX also raises accuracy for every job except Magicians, and henesys.gg's client data gives Warriors the most accuracy per DEX (via our accuracy guide). That's why the Green Napoleon suits more than bowmen.

Scroll your cape

There are 28 cape scrolls: STR, DEX, INT, LUK, Accuracy, Magic Defense and Weapon Defense, each in four tiers (maplestory.quest). The defense scrolls add a second stat:

Scroll	Lesser (100%)	Intermediate (60%)	Greater (10%)	Chaos (10%, can destroy)
STR, DEX, INT, LUK, Accuracy	+1	+2	+3	+4
Magic Defense	M.DEF +2	M.DEF +4, W.DEF +2	M.DEF +6, W.DEF +4	M.DEF +8, W.DEF +6
Weapon Defense	W.DEF +2	W.DEF +4, M.DEF +2	W.DEF +6, M.DEF +4	W.DEF +8, M.DEF +6

The effects come from maplestory.quest. The odds match our scrolling guide, which cites the wiki. Chaos scrolls destroy the item on half of their failures.

Our expected-gain math for 5 slots of one main stat:

Tier	Average per scroll	5 slots
Lesser	+1.0	+5, guaranteed
Intermediate	+1.2	+6 on average
Greater	+0.3	+1.5 on average

Five Lesser scrolls turn a Green Icarus Cape into +7 DEX. That's more than its base stats.

Find cape scrolls

Source	Scroll	Source cited
Tulcus, The Swamp of Despair II	Accuracy, Weapon Def. and Magic Def. Lessers, 40,000 mesos each	NiaMeowDB
Arcforge, craft level 7	Weapon Def. and Magic Def. Lessers, 10,000-meso fee plus a gem	NiaMeowDB; our Arcforge guide
Low-level drops	STR Lesser (Slime, Orange Mushroom), LUK Lesser (Pig), INT Lesser (Bubbling), Weapon and Magic Def. Lessers (Red Snail)	NiaMeowDB
Pia's Present For a Friend (Lv 42)	Random Greater cape stat scroll (25% each for STR, DEX, INT, LUK)	NiaMeowDB
Taking Out the Alligators 2 (Lv 48)	Intermediate cape stat scroll of your choice	NiaMeowDB; our Kerning swamp guide
Excavation Site skeletons	Accuracy Intermediate (Skeledog), Accuracy Greater (Skeleton Soldier), DEX Intermediate (Officer Skeleton)	NiaMeowDB; our Excavation Site guide
Ligator, Stirge and Lupin	STR Greater (Ligator), Magic Def. Greater (Stirge, Lupin)	NiaMeowDB
Matters of the Heart (Lv 45), a Forgotten Hollow quest	Cape Accuracy scroll, once Forgotten Hollow opens in November	Our quests guide; Nexon

Drop rates for these are community records, not Nexon figures, so treat them as where to look rather than how long it takes. NiaMeowDB's Cape Weapon Def. Scroll: Lesser page shows the Tulcus, Arcforge and drop sources together.

Crafting cape stat scrolls: the STR, DEX, INT and LUK cape Lessers are Arcforge recipes at craft level 10, past the craft level 8 cap, so you can't make them yet. Their crafting fee is 20,000 mesos, up from 10,000 in the closed tests (henesys.gg).

GM events: Nexon's Grand Launch notes list Intermediate and Greater cape scrolls among the random rewards from Mr. Pickall's Magic Box, which you get by trading a Scroll of Secrets from a GM event to Chun Ji. The list also names Cape HP and Cape MP scrolls, which the community databases don't record yet.

Plan capes by level

Level	Wear	Scroll plan
23–34	Old Raggedy Cape	Lesser main-stat or accuracy scrolls
35–45	Justice Cape if you tailor; otherwise keep the Raggedy Cape	Hold Greater scrolls for the Icarus Cape
46–49	Icarus Cape	Your main scrolling project; use the Pia and Alligators scrolls here
50+	Napoleon in your stat, or keep a well-scrolled Icarus Cape	Only switch if the Napoleon is clean and you have scrolls

A 5-slot Icarus Cape with five Lesser scrolls can beat a clean Napoleon for most jobs. Compare the totals before you switch.

Alts and returning players

• Do Icarus's Dream on every character at 31. It's per character, and skipping it locks you out of the Icarus Cape at 46.
• Pass capes down. Capes have no job requirement (wiki), and our quests guide notes the Icarus Cape trades.
• Returning players: no HP capes. The wiki confirms no cape carries Max HP or Max MP.

Our equipment guide covers the other slots, and our earrings guide covers the other 5-slot accessory. For stat planning, see the AP build guide.

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What changed for capes at Grand Launch

Grand Launch (v1.0.0, October 21, 2026) didn't change any cape's stats or quest. Three things matter for cape players, per Nexon's Grand Launch release notes:

• The Excavation Site opened off Perion, and its skeletons drop cape Accuracy and DEX scrolls (NiaMeowDB).
• Crafting still stops at craft level 8, so the cape stat scroll recipes stay locked.
• Forgotten Hollow is still closed until November, so Matters of the Heart's Accuracy scroll waits.

Orbis and El Nath are closed too, so level 55 Magic Capes and level 65 Gaia Capes have no confirmed source in the live game. The MapleStory Classic hub collects every guide for the game.

FAQ

What's the best cape in MapleStory Classic right now? For most players, a scrolled Icarus Cape at 46, or the Green Napoleon at 50. Magic and Gaia Capes are in the item data, but no live source is confirmed.

How do I get the Icarus Cape? Do Icarus's Dream at level 31, then the Flying Medicine quest at 46. The cape is a random Green (DEX), Yellow (Speed) or Blue (INT) one, and it can be traded (maplestory.quest, our quests guide).

Where do I get the Old Raggedy Cape? From Stranger's Identity, Jane Doe's level 23 quest in Kerning City (maplestory.quest).

Can I craft capes? Yes. Tailoring makes the four level 35 Justice Capes at Tailoring level 7 (maplestory.quest).

Do capes give HP? No. The wiki says no cape carries Max HP or Max MP.

Which cape scrolls should I use? Lesser main-stat scrolls for a guaranteed +1 each, and the free Intermediate and Greater scrolls from quests on the cape you'll keep longest.

Related guides

• MapleStory Classic Icarus Cape quest guide
• MapleStory Classic earrings guide
• MapleStory Classic scrolling guide
• MapleStory Classic Arcforge guide
• MapleStory Classic quests worth doing
• MapleStory Classic hub