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Name	Cloak
Size to wear	Any
Armour Class	1
Encumbrance rating	+0
Maximum Enchantment	+2
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

A cloth cloak.

"O Bell my wife, why dost thou flyte?
Now is now, and then was then:
Seek now all the world throughout,
Thou kens not clowns from gentlemen:
They are clad in black, green, yellow and blue,
So far above their own degree.
Once in my life I'll take a view;
For I'll have a new cloak about me."
-Anonymous, "The Old Cloak". 16th Century.

Cloaks are pieces of armour that fill the cloak slot. They take 5 turns to equip or remove, and can be enchanted up to +2. Scarves take the same slot and have useful properties, but provide less physical protection than a cloak; see their article for more details.

Egos

Cloaks can normally have the following egos:

Poison resistance: Grants poison resistance
Willpower: Grants +40 willpower
Stealth: Grants +50 stealth
Preservation: Grants corrosion resistance

These are only found in Ice Caves and Volcanoes, respectively:

Cold resistance: Grants cold resistance
Fire resistance: Grants fire resistance

Strategy

Looking for a cloak early on? If you come across (and can kill) Crazy Yiuf, he's guaranteed to come with a cloak. It might even have an ego! Other uniques, including Maurice and Nikola, are also guaranteed to wear cloaks.

If you still need a good cloak in the late game, the Realm of Zot can be a good place to search. Many draconians will generate with cloaks, increasing your chances of finding one with a decent ego and enchantment. Tiamat will always have the +4 dragonskin cloak, if you can take her down.

History

In 0.33, the unrand Fungal fisticloak was added to the game.
Prior to 0.25, cloaks could generate with invisibility, but not with stealth or preservation.
Scarves were added in 0.20.
Prior to 0.17, all cloaks provided some protection against acid.
Prior to 0.16, the invisibility ego was called the Darkness ego.
Prior to 0.15, the preservation ego could be found on cloaks. This ego was removed along with item destruction and permanent corrosion effects.
Prior to 0.14, racial variant cloaks existed. Also, wearing a cloak meant you had to take it off in order to change body armour; among other things, this meant that wearing a cursed cloak prevented you from taking off your body armour.

	Image
Mundane
Magical	or
Artifact
	Unrandart Cloaks
Cloak of the Thief
Cloak of Starlight
Dragonskin cloak
Ratskin cloak
Fungal fisticloak

Armour
Body Armour	Leather armour • Ring mail • Scale mail • Chain mail • Plate armour • Crystal plate armour Robe • Animal skin • Troll leather armour • Steam dragon scales • Acid dragon scales • Swamp dragon scales • Quicksilver dragon scales • Fire dragon scales • Ice dragon scales Pearl dragon scales • Shadow dragon scales • Storm dragon scales • Golden dragon scales
Miscellaneous	Hat • Helmet • Cloak • Scarf • Gloves • Boots • Barding
Shields	Buckler • Kite shield • Tower shield • Orb

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   |cost        = ?
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- |skill       = Dodging
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   |AC          = 1
   |EV          = +0
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+ |GDR = 0%
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+{{Flavour|A cloth cloak.
-{{Flavour|A cloth cloak.<br><br>"O Bell my wife, why dost thou flyte?<br>
+----
+"O Bell my wife, why dost thou flyte?<br>
 Now is now, and then was then:<br>
 Seek now all the world throughout,<br>
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-'''Cloaks''' are pieces of armor that fill the cloak slot. They take 2 turns to equip or remove, and can be [[scroll of enchant armour|enchanted]] up to +2. Cloaks also provide excellent protection against acids. Normally when you're splashed with acid, the damage you take increases for every empty equipment slot. A cloak, however, reduces the chance of that happening per slot to 50%.
+'''Cloaks''' are pieces of armour that fill the cloak slot. They take 5 turns to equip or remove, and can be [[scroll of enchant armour|enchanted]] up to +2. [[Scarves]] take the same slot and have useful properties, but provide less physical protection than a cloak; see their article for more details.
+==Egos==
+Cloaks can normally have the following [[ego]]s:
+*'''[[Poison resistance]]:''' Grants poison resistance
+*'''[[Willpower]]:''' Grants +40 willpower
+*'''[[Stealth]]:''' Grants +50 stealth
+*'''[[Preservation]]:''' Grants [[Acid#Corrosion|corrosion resistance]]
-Cloaks can have the following [[ego]]s:
+These are only found in [[Ice Cave]]s and [[Volcano]]es, respectively:
-*[[Poison resistance]]: Grants poison resistance
+*'''[[Cold resistance]]:''' Grants cold resistance
-*[[Magic resistance]]: Grants +30 magic resistance
+*'''[[Fire resistance]]:''' Grants fire resistance
-*[[Cold resistance]]: Grants cold resistance
-*[[Cloak of preservation|Preservation]]: Provides [[conservation]] and [[resist corrosion]]
-*[[Cloak of darkness|Darkness]]: Evoke to become [[invisible]] (increases metabolism)
-Elven and dwarven cloaks exist. Elven cloaks grant any character a bonus to [[stealth]].
+==Strategy==
+Looking for a cloak early on? If you come across (and can kill) [[Crazy Yiuf]], he's guaranteed to come with a cloak. It might even have an ego! Other uniques, including [[Maurice]] and [[Nikola]], are also guaranteed to wear cloaks.
-If you are wearing a cloak, it takes an extra four turns to put on or take off [[body armour]]: two to remove the cloak, then take off or put on the armour, then two more to put the cloak back on. This is done automatically by the game when changing armours. If your cloak is cursed, you cannot change body armours: you must uncurse it first.
+If you still need a good cloak in the late game, [[the Realm of Zot]] can be a good place to search. Many [[list of draconians|draconians]] will generate with cloaks, increasing your chances of finding one with a decent ego and enchantment. [[Tiamat]] will always have the +4 [[dragonskin cloak]], if you can take her down.
-If you still need a decent cloak in the late game, [[Zot]] can be a good place to search, as all Draconians have cloaks with a decent chance of enchantments and egos. At least one cloak of preservation is likely to drop.
+==History==
+*In [[0.33]], the unrand [[Fungal fisticloak]] was added to the game.
+*Prior to [[0.25]], cloaks could generate with [[invisibility (ego)|invisibility]], but not with [[stealth]] or [[preservation]].
+*[[Scarves]] were added in [[0.20]].
+*Prior to [[0.17]], all cloaks provided some protection against [[acid]].
+*Prior to [[0.16]], the invisibility ego was called the Darkness ego.
+*Prior to [[0.15]], the [[preservation]] ego could be found on cloaks. This ego was removed along with [[item destruction]] and permanent [[corrosion]] effects.
+*Prior to [[0.14]], [[racial equipment|racial variant]] cloaks existed. Also, wearing a cloak meant you had to take it off in order to change [[body armour]]; among other things, this meant that wearing a [[curse]]d cloak prevented you from taking off your body armour.
 {| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:auto; padding:0; text-align: center"
 ! || Image
 |-
-| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Cloak 1.png]]
+| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Cloak1_leather.png]]
+|-
+| '''Magical''' || [[File:Cloak2.png]] or [[File:Cloak3.png]]
+|-
+| '''Artifact''' || [[File:Cloak4.png]]
+|-
+! || [[Unrandart]] Cloaks
+|-
+| '''[[Cloak of the Thief]]''' || [[File:Cloak of the thief.png]]
+|-
+| '''[[Cloak of Starlight]]''' || [[File:Cloak of starlight.png]]
+|-
+| '''[[Dragonskin cloak]]''' || [[File:Dragonskin cloak.png]]
 |-
-| '''Magical''' || [[File:Cloak 2.png]] or [[File:Cloak 3.png]]
+| '''[[Ratskin cloak]]''' || [[File:Ratskin cloak.png]]
 |-
-| '''Artifact''' || [[File:Cloak 4.png]]
+| '''[[Fungal fisticloak]]''' || [[File:Urand fungal fisticloak.png]]
 |}
+{{armours}}
 [[Category:Cloaks]]