Zeus Gloves

Game Name (Gloves) Zeus
Armor Type Gloves
Defense 10
Evasion −10%
Magic Defense 0
Magic Evasion 0
Bonus Strength +10, Vitality +10
Value 5 gil

Equipped By

You can find the Zeus Gloves fairly early in the game if you're lucky, and they are a fantastic piece of Armor. Their Defense is as high as any glove you're liable to find, and they offer very nice bonuses to Strength and Vitality. The problem is that they offer no magical defense whatsoever. If you want to track them down, you'll need to fight Ogres or Stalemen.
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Status Immunities
Poison Darkness Silence Pig Mini Toad Petrify KO Berserk Confuse Sleep Paralyze Curse Gradual Petrification
Normal Normal Normal Normal Immune Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal
Monsters: Which drop Zeus Gloves – 3 shown
Minibosses appear as treasure guardians or are otherwise especially powerful monsters; bosses are unique monsters that are defeated as part of the plot; lunar guardians are powerful monsters guarding forbidden weapons; the final boss must be defeated to complete the game; special monsters are not fought in standard battles
Name
Whether this item can be stolen with Edge's Steal command; the stolen item is always the monster's most common drop
Steal
The relative chance of getting this item after defeating the monster, if it drops any item
Drop Rate
The monster's starting and maximum hit point total
HP
The amount of gil earned for defeating this monster
Gil
The total amount of experience earned for defeating this monster (this is split evenly among surviving party members)
Exp
Attack determines the base per-hit damage of the monster's physical attack
Att
Magic determines how powerful the monster's spells and special abilities are
Magic
Defense reduces the amount of damage taken per physical hit
Def
Magic defense reduces the amount of damage taken by spells and special attacks
Mag. Def.
Some weapons are especially effective against certain monster families
Family
The monster takes extra damage from spells or attacks of any of the listed elements
Weakness
Monsters that resist an element take reduced damage from spells or attacks of that element, while monsters that absorb an element are healed by spells instead of taking damage (elemental weapon attacks are resisted instead of absorbed); individual monster pages indicate which elements are resisted and which are absorbed
Resists/Absorbs
The monster is vulnerable to status ailments listed in white, and immune to those listed in red; the status ailments are Poison, Darkness, Silence, Pig, Mini, Toad, Petrify, KO, Berserk, Confuse, Sleep, Paralyze, Curse, and Gradual Petrification
Status Vulnerability
Mad Ogre No Very Rare 2,000 270 gil 2,359 86 53 4 254 Giant, Mage - - PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Ogre No Very Rare 865 240 gil 800 60 - 2 12 Giant Holy - PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Staleman No Very Rare 1,950 445 gil 703 86 - 4 21 Giant Ice - PoDaSiPiMiToPeKOBeCoSlPaCuGP
Diamond Gloves Genji Gloves

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Power Gauntlet

Absorb 6
Type Gloves
Evade Penalty −3%
Value 5,000 G
Spell Cast SABR

Equipped By

Found In Sunken Shrine 2F
The ability to cast SABR on anyone in the party should make the Power Gauntlet amazing. However, SABR doesn't actually work, so this is just a fancy Silver Gauntlet. It does have a cool name, though.

Giant's Gloves

Description Gloves with Saber effect.
Type Gloves
Absorb 6
Evade Penalty −3%
Value 5,000 gil (5,000 gil on Easy)
Spell Cast Saber
Found In Sunken Shrine 2F

Equipped By

The Giant's Gloves are one of the best items in the game, not because they have great statistics (indeed, they are equivalent to Mythril Gloves), but because they cast Saber when used as an item. As a Black Wizard Spell, Saber is lacking because their offensive statistics are so pitiful to begin with, and you have few level 7 Spell slots, but when anyone can use the Spell, it is quite powerful. You can take apart just about any boss by repeatedly using the Giant's Gloves and getting a Haste Spell. Even if you choose not to stack multiple castings of Saber, it is quite an effective Spell. Frankly it is worth equipping these gloves (and thus following NES Armor slot rules) just to prevent them from making the game too easy.

Giant's Gloves

Defense 15
Evasion −17%
Type Arms
Magic Def. +5%
Magic Penalty 60%
Bonus Strength +10
Value 1,000 gil
Sold In Mysidia (2,000 G)
Equipped By Ricard
Found In Castle Fynn 2F
Dropped By Hill Gigas
Giant's Gloves are a nice item, but they're overshadowed by the Thief's Gloves. Both give the same 15 defense, but the Thief's Gloves have 14 less weight and give +10 agility, offering 24 more evasion. The Giant's Helm-Thief's Gloves combination is pretty effective, though when you get better helms later you might favor these gloves to get that strength bonus. Agility tends to be more important, though, as your mages can pick up the offensive slack at this stage of the game.

Giant's Glove

Ability Resist Debrave: +X%
Description Increases Debrave resistance by X%.
Synthesizes Debrave Duration
Rank 3
Upgraded To Warlord's Glove Lv.4 (Perovskite)
Chapter 11
Retail Network B&W Outfitters
Availability Chapter 11
Price 3,000 gil
Level ✩ Dismantled Into 10 Iron Shells, Gloomstalk (effective total item cost of 2,800 gil/total item value of 1,400 gil)