The invention provides a starch-based capsule coat, which is prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by mass: 40-70wt% of anionic/cationic starch, 20-50wt% of a natural product, less than or equal to 10wt% of a plasticizer and the balance of water; the charge of the natural product is opposite to that of the anionic/cationic starch; the natural product comprises at least one of chitosan, carboxymethyl cellulose, sodium alginate, polylysine, dextran, dextran sodium sulfate and sulfonated cellulose. According to the invention, the anionic/cationic starch with charges and the natural product with opposite charges are compounded, the polyelectrolyte material can be formed under the electrostatic interaction, the acting force of the electrostatic interaction of the polyelectrolyte material is far stronger than that of hydrogen bonds and intermolecular interaction, and the polyelectrolyte material has an aggregation effect, so that the starch-based capsule coat has excellent mechanical properties.