Both the Hero Cape and the Locked-In Visor come from one paid add-on — the $19.99 “NBA 2K27 MyCAREER Bonus Offer: Season 1” DLC — which is the only confirmed way to get them, and it must be redeemed before October 16, 2026.
If you spotted the caped, visored MyPLAYER look and went hunting for a challenge or a rep grind to earn it, you can stop looking. As of Season 1 (which started August 26, 2026), the two cosmetics aren’t a gameplay reward at all — they’re bundled into a single paid purchase alongside some currency and an XP boost. Here’s exactly what the bundle is, how to redeem it, and why one persistent community claim about a free route doesn’t hold up yet.
Where the Hero Cape and Locked-In Visor actually come from
Both items are MyPLAYER cosmetics meant for use in MyCAREER, and they share a single source: the NBA 2K27 MyCAREER Bonus Offer: Season 1 DLC. There is no split route here — you don’t chase the cape one way and the visor another. Buying the bundle once grants both items together in the same purchase, so a single transaction covers the whole look.
How to buy and redeem the two cosmetics in NBA 2K27
Own the base game
The DLC “requires the base game NBA 2K27 in order to play,” so you need NBA 2K27 installed on your platform before the bundle does anything.
Buy the MyCAREER Bonus Offer: Season 1 DLC
Find it in your platform’s storefront under the game’s add-ons and purchase it for $19.99; the listing shows the Locked-In Visor and Hero Cape right in its contents.
Sign in with your linked NBA 2K Account
The offer requires an NBA 2K Account and is limited to one redemption per account, so use the same platform profile and linked account you play on.
Launch MyCAREER
Boot NBA 2K27 and enter MyCAREER, where the visor and cape are delivered to your MyPLAYER.
Equip them on your MyPLAYER
Open your MyPLAYER’s appearance/clothing menu and put on the cape and visor — the exact tab they land in isn’t spelled out in the store listing and may differ slightly by platform, so check your headwear and back/accessory slots if they aren’t obvious.
What the Season 1 MyCAREER bundle includes
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Contents | Locked-In Visor, Hero Cape, 120-Minute 2XP Coin (MC), 75,000 VC |
| Price | $19.99 USD |
| Deadline | October 16, 2026, 7:59 AM PT |
| Redemptions | One per NBA 2K Account |
| Requires | Base NBA 2K27 |
Key The cape and visor aren’t the only things you’re paying for — the bundle is a value pack that folds two cosmetics in with currency and an XP boost. That matters because $19.99 is really buying you a chunk of VC and a doubling coin on top of the look, not two skins alone. It’s also time-limited, and the store copy is blunt about the cutoff.
You can see the full contents on the Steam add-on listing, which is where that October 16 end time is stated.
Is there a free way to earn them instead?
A widely shared player report on Reddit claims the cape drops from Season 2 rewards and the visor (described as a helmet) comes from Lifetime Challenge rewards, found under the quest log in the City. Treat that as an unverified rumor rather than a plan. No official listing backs a free path, and it directly contradicts the only confirmed source, which places both items squarely inside the paid MyCAREER Bonus Offer bundle.
If a future Season does add a free route, that would be new information layered on top of what’s true now. But today, the paid bundle is the only method you can actually count on — so if you want the look before the offer closes, that’s the route.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Will the Hero Cape and Locked-In Visor come back after October 16, 2026?
Nothing promises it. The store guarantees the bundle only through October 16, 2026, 7:59 AM PT, and there’s no listing that brings the cape or visor back in a later Season or a different cosmetic pack after that. Availability past the deadline is simply unknown, so the safe assumption is that this window is your one shot at them for now.
Are the 75,000 VC and 2XP coin shared across all my MyPLAYER builds?
VC is account-level currency, so the 75,000 VC lands in your shared account balance and can be spent on any MyPLAYER build you create, not just the one you were on when you redeemed. The 120-Minute 2XP Coin (MC) is a single account redemption too — you get the bundle once per NBA 2K Account, so plan to activate the coin during a stretch where you’re actually grinding MyCAREER to get the most out of it.
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