# ElytraBackSlot<\/p>\n
**Stop choosing between a chestplate and your wings.** This mod lets you wear the vanilla Elytra in the **cape slot** of Accessories or Trinkets, so you can fly _and_ keep a real chestplate equipped at the same time.<\/p>\n
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## \u2728 Features<\/p>\n
* **Elytra in the cape slot** \u2014 equip your wings as an accessory, leaving the chestplate slot free for armor.
\n* **Both slots work in parallel** \u2014 wear a Netherite Chestplate AND a cape-slot Elytra at the same time. The chestplate gives you defense, the Elytra gives you flight.
\n* **Full vanilla flight behavior** \u2014 flight works exactly like with a chestplate-Elytra: double-tap space to glide, fireworks for boost, durability ticks down normally as you fly.
\n* **Vanilla wing rendering** \u2014 the actual Elytra wing model and animation render on your back when flying, not a flat cape texture.
\n* **Automatic framework detection** \u2014 runtime auto-detection of whichever accessory framework is installed; just drop the mod in and it works.
\n* **No config required** \u2014 zero setup, zero commands.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83c\udfae How it works<\/p>\n
1. Install the mod alongside **Accessories** OR **Trinkets** (or both).
\n2. Open the accessory UI:
\n * **Accessories**: press `H` to open the dedicated accessories screen.
\n * **Trinkets**: open your inventory \u2014 the cape slot appears in the sidebar.
\n3. Drag your Elytra into the **cape slot**.
\n4. Jump and press space mid-air \u2014 the wings unfold, you glide, durability decreases as expected.
\n5. Equip any chestplate you like in the regular armor slot \u2014 full armor stats stay active.<\/p>\n
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## \ud83d\udd27 Compatibility<\/p>\n
* \u2705 **Accessories** (Wisp Forest) \u2014 uses the built-in `cape` slot, suppresses the default cape rendering so only the vanilla wings show during flight.
\n* \u2705 **Trinkets** (emilyploszaj) \u2014 adds the `chest\/cape` slot to the player and registers the Elytra as a valid item.
\n* \u26a0\ufe0f **Curios (Fabric)** \u2014 not natively supported; the Fabric port of Curios is largely unmaintained. If you need it, use accessories-compat-layer which routes Curios calls through Accessories (your mileage may vary depending on version compatibility).<\/p>\n
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## \u2753 FAQ<\/p>\n
**Q: Do I lose flight if I take damage and lose all my Elytra durability?** A: Same as vanilla \u2014 when the Elytra hits zero usable durability, you stop gliding. The broken Elytra stays in the cape slot until you replace it.<\/p>\n
**Q: Can I wear an Elytra in BOTH the chestplate slot and the cape slot?** A: Yes, but the vanilla chestplate-Elytra takes priority. The cape-slot one is the fallback when the chest slot has no Elytra (or has a regular chestplate instead).<\/p>\n
**Q: Does this work on multiplayer servers?** A: Yes, but the mod must be installed on **both server and client**. Server validates the flight, client renders the wings.<\/p>\n
**Q: Will it crash if I have neither Accessories nor Trinkets installed?** A: No, it just does nothing in that case \u2014 no crash, no errors.<\/p>\n
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