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{{armour
|name = Cloak
|cost = ?
|weight = 4
|AC = 1
|EV = +0
|SV = n/a
|maxenc = +2
|size = Any
|acquirement =
|weartime = 2
|GDR = 0%
}}
{{Flavour|A cloth cloak.

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"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 [[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]]

These are only found in [[Ice Cave]]s and [[Volcano]]es, 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 [[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.

==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: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]]
|-
| '''[[Ratskin cloak]]''' || [[File:Ratskin cloak.png]]
|-
| '''[[Fungal fisticloak]]''' || [[File:Urand fungal fisticloak.png]]
|}

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[[Category:Cloaks]]

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