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Mage cape

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Mage cape

Mage cape
Type Item
Videos 1 (first 2025-01-12, latest 2025-01-12)
Main source NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS)

Mage cape is an item topic that Gnomonkey covers in 1 video on 2025-01-12. This article is a stub: his statements are grouped by type, repeated ones merged.

Stats and numbers

  • The new Mage cape, an upgrade of the Mage Arena 2 cape, has 1% extra magic damage, +5 magic accuracy, lower defence bonuses than the Mage Arena 2 cape (he cites about 15 magic defence) and a -2 prayer bonus.1

Gnomonkey's opinion

  • Gnomonkey says the new Mage cape feels lame and weak because only Tumeken's shadow benefits much from its 1% magic damage, and even there his calcs show at best about a 5% DPS increase.1
  • Gnomonkey compares the new Mage cape to the Venator ring: it rarely changes a max hit and mostly just sits in your inventory, especially if you do not own a Tumeken's shadow.2
  • Gnomonkey does not think the new Mage cape should require the Mage Arena 2 cape, comparing the quiver (obtainable without Desert Treasure 2 or Dragon Slayer 2) and the Infernal cape, which you simply receive as a full cape; he would be fine with a harder or more expensive alternative route and thinks it should just drop as a full cape.3
  • A Reddit post with about 2,000 upvotes criticised the new Mage cape's -2 prayer bonus and its tradability, noting the quiver and Infernal cape are two BIS capes from effortful content; Gnomonkey agrees the cape feels weak and like a slap in the face.4
  • Gnomonkey thinks the new Mage cape should have no prayer penalty (+0 prayer) since 1% magic damage and +5 accuracy are enough to go for the cape, and would argue the bonus should be higher, such as 2% or 3%.5
  • Gnomonkey does not think there is prestige in the Mage Arena 2 cape, arguing it only requires killing three fairly basic Wilderness bosses once each, unlike the quiver or the Inferno cape.6
  • Gnomonkey would be okay with having to clear cave eight of the Doom of Mokhaiotl once to equip the new Mage cape as a compromise, but thinks players should still be allowed to buy it and that it should be a rare drop worth grinding endless for.7
  • Gnomonkey rejects the community request to give the new Mage cape a book of the dead slot, arguing that thralls are not tied to magic since you can use them with any combat style.8
  • Gnomonkey's closing wish is that Jagex makes the new Mage cape a little stronger while keeping it tradable.9

Revision history

Date Video Change
2025-01-12 NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS) Page created: 10 statements (opinion, stat)
## References

  1. NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS), 2025-01-12. ▶ 12:54 ↩↩

  2. NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS), 2025-01-12. ▶ 13:28 ↩

  3. NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS), 2025-01-12. ▶ 14:54 ↩

  4. NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS), 2025-01-12. ▶ 15:50 ↩

  5. NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS), 2025-01-12. ▶ 16:21 ↩

  6. NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS), 2025-01-12. ▶ 19:22 ↩

  7. NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS), 2025-01-12. ▶ 21:49 ↩

  8. NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS), 2025-01-12. ▶ 26:16 ↩

  9. NEW MAGE CAPE - Tradable vs Untradeable? (OSRS), 2025-01-12. ▶ 34:01 ↩

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