Minecraft adds flying capes in today’s snapshot, see them in action

Flying in the Minecraft world just got a whole lot better. Yesterday, Minecraft lead Jens Bergensten teased a "new dramatic feature" coming to Minecraft.

We can now confirm that the feature is new flying capes, and they are available for PC as of today's snapshot (15w41), presumably with plans to launch it on console a little later.

"This week’s snapshot brings you the ability to smash out of the window of a high tower building, fly past the bad guys who are all shooting you with surprisingly bad accuracy, swoop down and land flawlessly into a strategically placed boat and then paddle away at moderately high speeds with the stolen prize pig in the back."

Bergensten has actually taken to Twitter to post a few gifs of the flying cape in action. Check them out below.

Bergensten notes that the flying cape is not craftable, and can only be found. Check out what else is new in today's update.

• Fixed boats.
• Added reward to End Cities.
• Broke boats.
• Improved cheat detection in multiplayer.
• Fixed boats again.
• Swoosh.
• Splash.
• Oink.