The Mystery of Minecraft's Valentine Cape

Over the last week, a brand new $10,000+ Minecraft cape shocked the community, but the story is more insane than you think. Let's take a look.
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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Discovery
2:18 - Backstory
4:32 - Going Public
6:10 - The End...?
7:07 - The Vanilla Cape
7:37 - Outro
bye love u

[@Yqe-]

The fact Marc still hasn't gotten it yet shows this is a major leak

[@exodus2b2t]

yuh

[@jacobyakus8620]

Hahaha

[@saffy8441]

man I really wish they’d add more permanent capes

[@CACgaming007]

I lost my gold creeper cape.😡😡😡😡😡 now I'm stuck with the PANCAPE!!!!!!

[@saffy8441]

@@CACgaming007 unfortunate

[@scoopet]

more capes is cool but value goes down a lottttt

[@Praecantetia]

@@scoopet it also removes the respect from cape owners

[@Terminated_Account]

@@scoopet i think it makes og capes even more desired since it would be like everyone having the Steve skin (for example the migrators cape) and people want to stand out lol

[@mcbyt]

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[@Enderking-pt4ux]

I’ll give it a go…

[@inopmusic]

ive been binging ur channel for the past few hours and holy shit u are really underrated, reminds me of sipover but with more minecraft history. thx for making such good quality content

[@mcbyt]

haha, tysm! i'm really glad to hear that, happy you enjoy

[@medi6892]

Just wanna say that im sorry your last video isnt performing well, it was one of my favorites and i could see you put a lot of effort into it

[@mcbyt]

Haha, thanks man, I really do appreciate it. I think that new style of video is definitely the way to go for the future, but videos on more general Minecraft topics always tend to do poorly, which is really unfortunate since that limits me quite a bit; the only videos that do well are account history, server history, hacking history, news videos, and classic/alpha/beta videos sometimes. A lot of my favorite videos like the village history or disc 11/13 videos did poorly (though the second did better now because of the disc 5 video blowing up). It's all good though, I think I just need to focus on what works

[@delete5846]

because of you i check it out and worth it 🔥

[@medi6892]

Your welcome lol

[@scoopet]

@@mcbyt Nah, dont focus on what works, make both and gradually transition to what you like most as those videos begin to perform better. Wondering whether the new cape reward for select players may be for really old accounts. I'm not sure but it's exciting

[@mcbyt]

@@scoopet I've been making both for like a year now, it hasn't really worked out too well sadly

[@h2oPit]

I made the most convincing / likely theory that the cape was designed by Ekka by also realizing he suggested the Valentine's Day 2015 April Fools prank update. Hence why the cape has the name in particular. Although it is very uncertain, it was revealed by Richard01_CZ through some unconfirmed DMs with Foxy himself. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (EDIT: The Aidan discord does not believe this, although spectulation remains as of now)

[@carriage]

Bru did u rlly have to say famous like u adding that made this a good comment to a terrible one like bro

[@LolFoxy2]

[@mcbyt]

[@NinjaKiwiOfficial]

[@Rmly]

[@Hawkolate]

[@notreallyNat]

[@19Ouroboros96]

Mojang said that there would be a special reward for players who owned both java and bedrock before they merged together. Could this vanilla cape be it?

[@scyobiempire4450]

Could be

[@mineralnoodles]

Probably is, the top part of the cape is a grass block and the bottom is a bedrock block so

[@TheCJBrine]

that would be cool, hopefully it’d come with the ability to use the same capes on both editions too, since we use the same account for both versions of the game now. I’d like to use my gold creeper cape on Java.

[@Bence3]

and 2 months later it is a reality, and we have our own ones :)

[@Enderking-pt4ux]

Both capes look cool and all, but I kind of want to see a cape for getting all the achievements on Minecraft bedrock edition. Would be cool to see that and will allow people to discover that version (Although I am a Java player, Bedrock is kind of cool).

[@rasoom]

slightly off-topic, but you could get all achievements in creative mode on mc bedrock with the command /execute @s ~ ~ ~ run gamemode creative, and it would still have achievements on. dont know if this has been patched yet

[@chriscanfly6386]

Theirs no capes like at all super lamee

[@Enderking-pt4ux]

@@rasoom tried it and it seem it has been patched.

[@rasoom]

@@Enderking-pt4ux ah ok

[@rdh540]

@@Enderking-pt4ux I did that a long time ago before it was patched and one of my worlds is still like that lol

[@Always_Muddy]

The NameMC account suggests LolFoxy2 to live in Israel. And he got a Valentines cape in august? In Israel, Valentines is celebrated in August 11th. (the holiday is called Tu B'Av).

[@p0d.]

Shows up as "(Unidentified) Minecraft Cape" in the namemc capes section, but it still shows up on LolFoxy2's profile.

[@mcbyt]

Yeah, it's cached on NameMC so we can still see it even though it's removed

[@Unpug]

Finally a video on it, I've been confused for a few days!

[@mcbyt]

Haha, happy to help

[@LuxxyOfficial]

if it was a full time usability cape opposed to a single day, it would be a nice way to show appreciation to someone by buying it for them via a giftcard or something for a limited time release on valentines day. it would also give mojang and microsoft financial incentive to do it.

[@Unpug]

That is such a sick story, and the possibility of another public cape? Dang, awesome video as always

[@mcbyt]

Thanks so much! And yeah, super interesting

[@elynox1730]

I know capes are like supposed to be a rare thing but it would be pretty dang cool if there were more public capes you could choose, would bring some diversity or whatever its called. Really hope mojang adds this cape permanently cause it looks really nice.

[@Notballs49]

Allright, this is going to be a Viral one!

[@mcbyt]

i hope so!

[@Kiyllin]

i hope they realease it for all on valetines so we can get it but only on that day

[@SwitchBeing]

YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO FUN TO WATCH!!

[@mcbyt]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

[@artfulcord]

Honestly? Really hope it’s a one-day cape. The Vanilla Cape is something I find much more interesting too, I really wonder what it’s going to be for.

[@olinolivia]

it's for people who bought both versions of minecraft separately iirc

[@enyrox]

Perfect final twist!!

[@Thensi72]

I discovered this cape a few days ago when trying to make a ussr cape(but I couldn't because resolution and idk how to make pixel art) lol also was when foxy had the cape I think too

[@Luke_Skvwalker]

I hope Minecraft let’s you port your Minecraft dungeon capes to Minecraft bedrock and Java, that would be sick. Also btw the ghost cloak is not actually a cape, but there are capes you can get from events and playing in the season, they are cosmetics, and are definitely way easier to get then Minecraft capes.

[@Wooldrum]

Love the content man :)

[@mcbyt]

glad you do

[@keagaming9837]

I remember last year in 2023 I heard about this cape and I was very excited for it to be released to the public, but it never made it to the public! D:

[@TheOnlyName]

Interesting story, great video!

[@micesss]

I’m on a road trip with family I’m gonna binge MCBYT vids the whole time

[@mcbyt]

LOL that's what I like to hear

[@taiyana5194]

Thats such a pretty cape, hope it does become public

[@realmyfleshburns]

great video! though, unfortunately, i am very skeptical of these capes. remember the last free cape we got? account migration? and what did that result in? nothing good. i hope im wrong lol

[@mcbyt]

thank you! i think the vanilla cape at least is for bedrock/Java purchasers, but could be wrong. that'd be good, wouldn't hurt anyone

[@deleted-something]

Bureaucracy within the system likely prevent whatever event they planned

[@valoclip982]

I think they will give it for Valentine's this year

[@kroggislonely]

pretty cute cape, wonder who designed it. (im also the nuttelabuiscut47 guy long time no see)

[@mcbyt]

it's such a pretty design

[@milkcookies8202]

7:16 I CALLED THIS ! NO ONE BELIEVED MEEEEW

[@milkcookies8202]

i literally went on some sketchy website to buy a minecraft account that had java and bedrock on the same email when i read about it a while ago

[@mcbyt]

@@milkcookies8202 legend, let's go

[@LimeDragonBoi]

5:40 Had? Last time I checked, my chests had a Christmas theme on Christmas…

[@itzcozy343]

yes it only comes in december

[@LimeDragonBoi]

@@itzcozy343 aka Christmas

[@jennifermorrey7378]

Whelp, you're wrong. The valentines cape didn't go public on Valentines Day 2023. (I mean I they added cherry wood, so you can't complain).

[@blockwearingman]

it seems wierd that the minecraft dungeons developer actually doesn't know anything about the value of capes in java

[@itsmqrko]

I would really want to have a official minecraft cape, ever since I started playing Minecraft i wanted a cape but i couldnt get on any minecon because i am from Croatia (small country in Europe) and even if I was from US my parents would probably disagree buying me a ticket.

[@itsmqrko]

Yeah i know, i played Minecraft for the first time on PS3, few years after i had to sell it and i havent played minecraft for like 4 years, i created my java account in the 2021 and i dont even have that stupid migrarion cape :(

[@aldo-tn]

hope you got the 15th anniversary cape

[@elitecereal]

A vanilla cape?! Bro I feel like Mojang is start to give out too many free capes.

[@ItzDelano]

^

[@jacobyakus8620]

I agree

[@y00d]

they said they wanted to devalue them to discourage account selling

[@NFGTroll]

this is good switch it up make it so not everyone is wearing a red cape ong

[@jacobyakus8620]

we should delete rare names to reduce account selling

[@firebassgames7744]

oh my god you are the first person to make a video on this!

[@avakan5218]

If they rly are guns do a Valentine’s Day cape, I would assume they are gunu do Christmas/New Years as well 🤞

[@bimko.]

that moment when you offline for a week and at the time there is brand new 1 of the kind cape discovered and mojang is planning to add more lol

[@Hunter_Kennedy1]

I honestly think the dev was just new and didn’t know any better till they were told what it was lmao 🤣

[@EpicGamerBruhHD]

Ooh that sky overlay though

[@BigLando]

This is what I sub for, smashed it.

[@mcbyt]

[@SimplySuperior]

New cape just got confirmed

[@25MBs]

The cape looks really nice

[@mcbyt]

it's so CLEAN

[@zanedawkins1847]

Fire Content per usual :) Kepp up the good work! (If it looks like I havent been here for a while its cause im on a new account, been here for about a year)

[@mcbyt]

haha, thanks so much! I'll do my best :)

[@NitroNovaMusic]

I wondered if anyone from Mojang ever pulled a stunt like this lol

[@GoldenRevenge]

That’s kind of obscure

[@Perc1000]

When he said he "met" a mojang staff member I thought that he meant that dated one of them because its a valentines day cape

[@y00d]

Vanilla cape will most likely be for people who bought both Java and Bedrock before they were made into one purchase

[@mcbyt]

I believe that too but atm that's just a theory, let's hope it's true

[@WscMetro]

If I get to keep it I'll be so happy

[@carriage]

Absolute banger

[@mcbyt]

thank you my friend, absolute legend

[@firebassgames7744]

what the hell! this amazing!

[@AevilJ]

Not related with video but what shaders do you use?

[@Nightcaat]

This is super interesting

[@mcbyt]

for real

[@ItsTempoYT]

Don't forget the upcoming Minecraft Festival which also adds a new cape.

[@mcbyt]

Yeah, true, but that also keeps getting postponed

[@xluay]

new video yay

[@SigmondonYoutube]

Mojang higher ups : How do we make the Community hate us. Those wierd higher ups: add a banning system that no one ******* wants. Mojang: Good

[@catchclover]

great shit mcb

[@mcbyt]

tyty my friend

[@catchclover]

@@mcbyt no problem bro. i was gone for a bit but im back now

[@lostdestroyer42]

it just came out of nowhere huh

[@ultimaxc]

Wow you are so dedicated

[@mcbyt]

haha, i try

[@pixels._.]

wait I came across foxy in server and chatted a bit lmao

[@PoliglotGeografi]

Mojang: the Vanilla cape will only be available for some bedrock players Everyone ever: posts a youtube video with the marketplace link Btw fun fact that's what happened with the Mojang cape in bedrock now the listing for the cape is 1m minecoins so let's see if they will make it free or 1m minecoins this time

[@unblockabl]

how does the video say it was uploaded on the 14 but my notification came through saying, uploaded one hour ago??

[@cheatlmao]

Wow ive never realised this even though i check namemc capes quite frequently?

[@NoGoodNameHelpPLZ]

I have a theory If LolFoxy2 is correct about the cape going public Then I think that we might get christmas and Halloween capes Maybe even more holidays

[@Yboude]

I personaly talk with foxy and I found out that he was really annoyed of having so much dms

[@Luboszz]

There is also a theory, that this cape will be given to people who BOUGHT both java and bedrock

[@GabrielRTXti]

A new account has this cape, idk more info

[@NFGTroll]

if any mojang dev reading this.. this is how you make us love you lol give us free capes

[@w7nt]

neat

[@idontcheckmynotifications]

Feel bad for that dev 💀

[@mcbyt]

we love ekkelangelo, no blame

[@just_timmy_yt]

If this guy keeps that cape, i'll be jealous and mad af

[@carriage]

The cape got removed 2 hours after he got it

[@just_timmy_yt]

@@carriage he still got it on namemc though, i dont get how that works

[@carriage]

@@just_timmy_yt No it’s just cached on NameMC, every time NameMC sees a cape they add it to there database. So they can’t tell if mojang removes the cape from the account after it gets added to their database.

[@just_timmy_yt]

@@carriage ok, thx mate

[@sanstime]

Nice 😁👍

[@ItsTempoYT]

You got first!

[@SoCloseToToastGanio]

It’s not a cape coming to the game, a mojang staff member add a cape for someone and gave it to them. The. Removed when he realized what he did. It was a one off mistake

[@inforced]

What shader pack are you using

[@mcbyt]

Sildur's Enhanced Default

[@slinkknight]

wheres the link for the vannila cap, cant find the post anywhere

[@mcbyt]

web.archive.org/web/20220813002806/minecraft.net/en-us Top of the news section

[@ItsStorm_]

hes got the cape as of rn

[@sebbog]

what about dirt block cape???

[@Inventiveness_]

There’s a new “vanilla” cape

[@GeneralLDS]

i cant find ANY info on the vanilla cape. if it’s for a special selection of players then my luck is that i won’t qualify

[@mcbyt]

Yeah, I don't know, I think my Discord is the only place that really looked into it in detail, not sure if it's covered anywhere else on the internet yet

[@Yillager]

Ive been doing research on both capes when they were barely born, I was gonna contact a member of mojang's staff for the vanilla cape, but in discord they have to be friended, the good news is that before this video i had confirmation on lolfoxy since I was making a video on it some hours when it got released and they were extremely active in a certain video

[@ActUp]

Mojang lost its cape aesthetic

[@tangoooooooo1853]

Imagine Mojang makes it so you can only get the cape applied to account if you login on valentines day 2023 lol.

[@Tzurez4k]

We'll see

[@NoGoodNameHelpPLZ]

Didn't happen

[@Tzurez4k]

@@NoGoodNameHelpPLZ unfortunately

[@Thrasilias]

what shader is this

[@jadethenidoran]

What the heck is the Vanilla cape for? If it's for players that have never played with mods, that's... really frustrating and is gonna make a lot of people upset, given how popular modded Minecraft is. Even if many players just use Optifine or InventoryTweaks or other small client-side quality-of-life mods, that's still a mod. Many KZbinrs, such as members of Hermitcraft, use Optifine to zoom, help the game run smoother, or for shaders, and many also use various other client-side mods to make inventory management easier.

[@mcbyt]

I think it's for people that bought Bedrock and Java on the same Microsoft account before the buy one get one free deal, but that's just a theory

[@jadethenidoran]

@@mcbyt Why would it be called the vanilla cape then?

[@gotmy3dprintedreddiamondpl586]

Wow

[@neonnex9557]

I want a cape so bad xd

[@thebrownfrog]

have a good day (:

[@mcbyt]

thank you

[@iluvslime6124]

Don't do that don't give me hope

[@qtcquestionbloc4440]

Ohh ok

[@vhsor]

i think this would be cool to show you played in 2023

[@negativepremium4100]

Imagine getting simped by a dev

[@the_washi]

the cape is named minecon 2022 cape dont ask

[@firebassgames7744]

i think that there might be a way to get this cape, if there is im trying my fucking hardest to get it, THIS IS SO COLL :DDDDDDD

[@hthug0656]

:)

[@gunnagetya]

Bro what the sussy

[@danielgadziemski9184]

omg studio cape got among us in it😔

[@ToxicMothBoi]

Its not gonna go public. He is bluffing definetly. If anything, we would have gotten others til now. That cape was Redeemed and so isnt just a free gift. It might have just been that one guy accedentaly doing it

[@Stucks]

meow

[@herberto__]

ok