Cloaks

Cape (Cloak) concept art.^[1]

Ashes of Creation Apocalypse cape (cloak) preview.^[2]

Kiss of summer cosmetic character cloak concept art.^[3]

Cloaks (capes/coats/backs) are a type of back armor in Ashes of Creation.^[4]^[5]

There will be one shoulder capes, full body capes and cloaks. These attach to the player's back slot.^[6]
- Players may choose to show or hide items in their back slot.^[6]
There will be capes (cloaks) with hoods.^[7]
- All hoods, whether part of a complete costume or individual gear, will have the option to be shown or hidden on the character by the player.^[8]
Cloak cosmetic skins can not be applied over costumes.^[9]

Abilities

- None -

Items on back and belt

Players can set the appearance priority for the items they wish to show in their Back and Belt slots.^[10]^[11]^[12]

Only one item can show at a time, and that is determined by player choice.^[13]

Some ranged or melee abilities require a specific weapon to be equipped. Weapons that are equipped in the character's ranged or offhand slots will automatically swap in and out as required by the skill.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
- Players may toggle back and forth between using their ranged and melee slot for basic weapon attacks.^[14]

Weapons are able to be sheathed.^[13]^[18]

Idle animations will be selectible by players in the character creator.^[19]

Gear slots

Alpha-2 Fighter character sheet UI.^[20]

We wanted to create something that would handle a couple of different roles, with obviously your equipment slots for what we call a "paper doll", which is that display of your character. Eventually it won't just be a image of your character, we hope to have the 3D character and be able to rotate around, look at what you're wearing. And then we wanted to support a couple of different features here, with some base stats; the equipment, which will show what equipment you have available to quick swap, so you don't have to have your inventory and the screen open; detailed stats for those people who want to get into all of the details; and then of course gear sets. So this is going to be able to swap to your sets of gear quickly; and being able to save different loadouts.^[21] – Colby Marchi

There are multiple gear slots in Ashes of Creation.^[21]

3 Back slots.^[21]
- 1 Ranged slot.^[14]^[22]^[21]^[10]^[13]
- 1 Cloak/cape slot.^[22]^[10]^[13]
- 1 Backpack slot.^[22]^[13]

3 Belt slots.^[21]
- 1 Mainhand slot equips a player's primary weapon.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[23]^[17]^[13]
- 1 Offhand slot can equip shields, spell focuses, sigils, and dual weapons.^[14]^[24]^[13]
- 1 Potion/Pouch/Scroll slot.^[10]^[11]

8 Armor slots.^[21]^[25]
- 1 Helmet slot.^[21]^[26]
- 1 Shoulder slot.^[21]^[27]
- 1 Chest slot.^[21]^[28]
- 1 Wrist slot.^[21]^[5]
- 1 Glove slot.^[21]^[27]
- 1 Waist slot.^[21]^[27]^[29]
- 1 Leggings slot.^[21]^[27]
- 1 Boot slot.^[21]^[5]
5 Jewelry slots.^[21]
- 2 Accessory slots.^[21]
- 1 Necklace slot.^[21]^[30]
- 2 Ring slots.^[21]^[31]
3 Artisan gear slots.^[32]^[21]^[33]
1 Artisan tool slot is used to equip gathering tools.^[34]
There may be a specific slot for musical instruments, but this has not been finalized yet.^[35]

Previously it was stated there were 16 gear slots.^[25]

Gear is not subject to inventory weight limits.^[36]

Emblems

Banner 3D renders.^[37]

The user interface will allow emblems, logos and symbols to be designed in-game.^[38]^[39]^[40]

Guild emblems.^[39]
- Flags.^[41]^[38]
- Guild halls.^[42]
- Mount barding.^[42]
Ships
- Sails.^[43]^[38]
- Emblems may potentially appear on a ship's hull as a decal, along with the ship name.^[44]
Character
- Shields.^[38]
- Cloaks.^[38]
- Armor attachments.^[41]^[42]

Q: Do nodes provide their citizens some kind of clothes or ornaments, capes, tabards, or something that they can basically represent their node?

A: I mean technically the node does have a sigil or insignia and there will be certain armors that you can customize insignia and/or symbols on, so yes you could probably achieve that.^[41] – Steven Sharif

Emblem editor functionality is tentatively planned for Alpha-2.^[40]

Crowdfunding guild rewards

Guild themed character cloaks were cosmetic rewards for backing at the Leader of Men level or higher in the Kickstarter and Summer crowdfunding campaigns.^[45]

Guild cloaks can not be applied over costumes.^[9]

Guild cloaks will work the same way that accessory appearances from the cosmetic packs work, in that they are applied to the item and take over that appearance. They can not be applied over costumes. ^[9] – Cody Peterson

Kickstarter/Summer crowdfunding guild rewards^[46] are assigned to a guild by the owner of the reward.^[47]

Once assigned, the reward becomes an asset of that guild.^[47]
Guild members that leave the guild no longer have access to the unique items of that guild.^[47]