If you earned an Aurora Cape code during the Minecraft Dungeons II launch promotion, you have until October 31, 2026 to redeem it at minecraft.net/redeem. You can no longer earn a new one: the watch-a-stream promotion ended on October 14 at 11:59 p.m. PT. A code that is redeemed in time unlocks the cape in both Java and Bedrock Edition on the Microsoft account you play with.
What the Aurora Cape is and why it can no longer be earned
The Aurora Cape is a cosmetic back item, not a functional cloak. Its pattern is a blue, orange and yellow gradient dotted with white specks, loosely based on the Sift sky seen in Dungeons II. Minecraft artist Marc Watson said on Bluesky that the original design was a spare Dungeons II concept that other artists later reworked. Wear an elytra and the wings pick up a matching pale outline; in the Bedrock Character Creator the cape is marked legendary rarity.
Codes came from watch time: 15 minutes of a rewards-enabled Minecraft Dungeons II stream on Twitch, or 3 minutes of one on TikTok. Both descriptions point at the same window: September 29, 12:00 a.m. PT to October 14, 11:59 p.m. PT, which is September 29, 07:00 UTC to October 15, 06:59 UTC. Launch day had a bug that awarded the drop for Minecraft-category streams instead of Dungeons II streams, fixed on September 30. Twitch then ran out of codes, and its support confirmed on October 2 that no more would come; TikTok codes were refreshed on October 7.
How to redeem an Aurora Cape code before October 31
Redeeming takes a couple of minutes if the code is genuinely yours. First find the code: Twitch viewers get it in the Drops inventory, TikTok viewers in their notifications. Then open minecraft.net/redeem and sign in with the exact Microsoft account you play Minecraft on, because capes attach to the account, not the device or console. Enter the 25-character (5x5) code exactly as given, hyphens included. Confirm, wait for the confirmation page, and restart the game.
If a code is refused, check the account first: signing into a different Microsoft account than the one you play on is the most common mistake. Try another browser or a private window and re-enter the code. It also helps to know that redemption failures were reported during the promotion itself: the Minecraft Wiki cites a Minecraft Feedback report titled "Cape code glitching" and a Microsoft Q&A question, so this was not one player's bad luck. Codes are single-use and get shared and resold in cape communities, so a code passed on by someone else may already be claimed, and there is no refund from Mojang.
There is also a hard limitation: in regions where the Twitch or TikTok rewards programmes did not operate, the quest could not be completed normally. The wiki notes that players there used proxies or VPNs, or received a code from someone else, but VPN use can break platform terms, so it is not advice worth copying. On timing, minecraft.net/redeem gives October 31 as the cut-off without an hour, and the wiki lists codes as expiring around that date, so do not leave redemption to the final evening.
What to do if you no longer have a code
If you never had a code, the answer is blunt: the cape cannot be earned any more, and no extension has been announced. Players who watched on Twitch after its code stock ran dry will not be retroactively given one. Buying from resellers is risky, since the same code can be sold more than once. If you want the next one, follow official Minecraft channels and minecraft.net, where capes are tied to game launches and events.
In short: check that your code is unused, redeem it at minecraft.net/redeem while signed in to your playing account, and do it well before October 31 so there is time to fix an error. Once the deadline passes, the code stops working, and the Aurora Cape stays only with the players who claimed it in time.
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