So how many Cape of Achievements are there? (it's 65,245)

Intro.

 

Do you ever wonder how many skill capes are out there? Or how have the skill capes release affect the number of skill capes available? Has the skill cape update been successful, providing incentive for more players to reach for the elusive level 99? The following data is collected to address such questions.

 

 

 

Background Information

 

After announcing the Capes of Achievement in the October Behind the Scene, the RuneScape community debated the possibilities of the new update with much enthusiasm. The update came and went, leaving some players happy and other disappointed with the cape's usefulness.

 

 

 

In the end though, the best way to gauge how successful the update is through how many players worked toward that goal. Thus I have been collecting data on number of lvl99 skills on biweekly bases, beginning on the announcement of the update at October 3rd, through the update release on October 18th, and will continue until some definite conclusion can be made.

 

 

 

Notes

 

1. Since there's no viable way to find out how many quest capes are out there, I was not able to collect information regarding the quest capes.

 

2. I understand that F2Pers cannot wear or get capes, but there's no viable way for me to weed out f2pers from the data.

 

3. Many players have multiple level 99 skills, so the data total does not reflect the number of players with capes.

 

 

 

Thus the data should be observed with a grain of salt. It only reflect the number of possible capes in the game, not the actual number of capes or cape-holders.

 

 

 

The Data

 

The following data counts how many skill capes can be possibility distributed at specific date. The data is gathered using runescape.com's highscore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following data shows the per day increase and per day percent increase of each skill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following data is a prediction of how many capes will be in the game on weekly bases.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following graphs shows the data trend /w predictions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conclusions

 

 

 

I will leave this until I have collected more data.

Great Job finding out all of those numbers. And you can see how hard 99 agility is to get, saying that it was one of the earlier member skills, yet still only 81 ppl have it, same with herblore.

0.0 nice find it will defintly be interesting to find out what skills raise the most- i say cooking and fletching :lol:

Wow nice job finding those numbers.

 

 

 

But be prepared to add one for WC! I'm gonna finally achieve my goal I set for myself like 2 years ago :XD: . Only gained one level in the past year (92-93)

I think it's time to stock up on yew logs and raw fish...they will definitely go up quite a bit :o

Ill be seeing cooking be the one to change most. Cooked sharks will drop in value, and raw will rise.

Stocking on sharks as we speak =D :thumbsup:

Herblore is waaaaaaaay harder than agility...

 

 

 

What would the bonuses be for runecrafting??

You forgot quest capes. #-o

You forgot quest capes. #-o

 

There isn't a way to check how much people have finished every single quest...

You forgot quest capes. #-o

 

There isn't a way to check how much people have finished every single quest...

 

 

 

true but I bet there are alot of people.

 

 

 

Well I am going to have 3 capes (cooking/fletching/quests) and that it for at least six months. (2.5mil hp exp will take me a while to get ;)

there are quests too.

Herblore is waaaaaaaay harder than agility...

 

 

 

What would the bonuses be for runecrafting??

 

Im really hoping for like 2.5 times nats or more, maybe hold some ess.

You forgot quest capes. #-o

 

There isn't a way to check how much people have finished every single quest...

 

 

 

But there is a way to narrow it down. The hardest skill to get is 55 Herblore for Fairy Tale II: Cure A Queen. So at the very most, there are 58,669 people with a quest cape.

im going to enjoy having the rarest combat cape

Shows how huge the game is now..and how much easier it is to get skills to 99 now, especially when you are rich. I miss the oldddd days, in this aspect.

You forgot quest capes. #-o

 

There isn't a way to check how much people have finished every single quest...

 

 

 

But there is a way to narrow it down. The hardest skill to get is 55 Herblore for Fairy Tale II: Cure A Queen. So at the very most, there are 58,669 people with a quest cape.

 

I thought requirement was 57? or can you use like a pot or something to raise it?

 

 

 

PS: I haven't done it yet because of that requirement. :XD

You forgot quest capes. #-o

 

There isn't a way to check how much people have finished every single quest...

 

 

 

But there is a way to narrow it down. The hardest skill to get is 55 Herblore for Fairy Tale II: Cure A Queen. So at the very most, there are 58,669 people with a quest cape.

 

I thought requirement was 57? or can you use like a pot or something to raise it?

 

 

 

PS: I haven't done it yet because of that requirement. :XD:

 

 

 

Actually, the absoulute lowest is 59 smithing, with a +6 boost from an evil dave stew, also, i belive they have a 60ish crafting for lunar diplomacy, but seeing as i did it the day it came out, i dont remember.

Very nice list, one of the better posts about the cape. :

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Lord_Gromit wrote:

 

You forgot quest capes. d'oh!

 

 

 

There isn't a way to check how much people have finished every single quest...

 

 

 

 

 

But there is a way to narrow it down. The hardest skill to get is 55 Herblore for Fairy Tale II: Cure A Queen. So at the very most, there are 58,669 people with a quest cape.

 

 

 

I thought requirement was 57? or can you use like a pot or something to raise it?

 

 

 

PS: I haven't done it yet because of that requirement. XD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can do it with 56 Herby....and (i think) greenmans ale, I know it's one of the one's from the bar in yanille

man, those capes are definitely going to give people a good reason to keep playing. heck, i know that i would extend my membership if i could just for the quest cape.

You forgot quest capes. #-o

 

There isn't a way to check how much people have finished every single quest...

 

 

 

But there is a way to narrow it down. The hardest skill to get is 55 Herblore for Fairy Tale II: Cure A Queen. So at the very most, there are 58,669 people with a quest cape.

i don't won't be one of em lol i have 72 herblore but i really think quests are a waste of my time... I only do em if I feel they are worth it.. 180qp.. ARGH! i prefer to train my skills and meet random odd people than do quests

loling at rcing capes :-w :-w

 

 

 

 

 

that will truly be the most respectable cape ever, hardest skill to train, besides agility, but agility takes no cash (almost)

 

 

 

several several mills for rcing to get up, and 8 exp per nat = alot of nats to get to 99

 

 

 

 

 

that will remain the most respectable skill.

Actually, the absoulute lowest is 59 smithing, with a +6 boost from an evil dave stew, also, i belive they have a 60ish crafting for lunar diplomacy, but seeing as i did it the day it came out, i dont remember.

 

 

 

 

 

so unrealistic... that is ultra rare thats like gettin a dragon half shield off chaos druids

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

loling at rcing capes :-w :-w

 

 

 

 

 

that will truly be the most respectable cape ever, hardest skill to train, besides agility, but agility takes no cash (almost)

 

 

 

several several mills for rcing to get up, and 8 exp per nat = alot of nats to get to 99

 

 

 

 

 

that will remain the most respectable skill.

 

 

 

 

 

yea i agree 99 slayer and runecrafting, some of the harder skills to lvl.

A long way from having 99 in a skill... :(