List of Gloves

Hand armor in the Golden Sun series belong to multiple classes which distinguish themselves by which individual Adepts can equip them. The pieces of armor listed here belong to the Glove class of hand armor, which can be equipped by any party member to date.

All gloves that are counted as "common" are gloves that can be bought in unlimited quantities in an armor vendor's Buy menu and are sold without event. All gloves that are counted as Artifacts are special, stronger gloves that do not appear in the Buy menu. These are bought and sold individually and usually are unique, and if one appears in the Artifacts menu of a town's vendor that one glove can be bought by itself and then be sold by itself anytime afterwards to reappear in the Artifacts menu. The vendor shopkeeper will specifically remark about how rare a find your Artifact is whenever you specifically sell one.

The prices the games assign to each glove are quite reliable indicators of how good each glove is as they measure against each other in actual battle. A glove that is priced higher than another is generally superior to that other glove even if the other glove has a higher physical defense rating than the more expensive glove. Therefore, the following gloves are all arranged by price. Also, they are divided into groups based on what game they first appear in. Keep in mind that many of these pieces of armwear continue to be used in later games, even if they are not listed under that game's list of Gloves.

Golden Sun Gloves
These gloves were introduced in the original Golden Sun game:

Padded Gloves: A common glove that increases base Defense by 2. It is sold in armor vendors at Vale and Vault in Golden Sun and at Daila and Madra in The Lost Age. Its buy value is 10 coins and its sell value is 7 coins. It is Isaac, Garet, and Jenna's initial equipment in Golden Sun and Felix and Jenna's initial equipment in The Lost Age.

Leather Gloves: A common glove that increases base Defense by 10. It is sold in armor vendors at Bilibin, Imil, and Kolima in Golden Sun and at Alhafra and Garoh in The Lost Age. Its buy value is 220 coins and its sell value is 165 coins. It is Mia's initial equipment in Golden Sun.

Gauntlets: A common glove that increases base Defense by 23. It is sold in armor vendors at Altin, Kalay, and Tolbi in Golden Sun and at Kibombo in The Lost Age. Its buy value is 1600 coins and its sell value is 1200 coins.

Vambrace: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 27 and base Attack by 5. It is found in a treasure chest in Vault Cave in a room hidden by a bush that can be cleared away with Whirlwind. Its buy value is 1800 coins and its sell value is 1350 coins.

Battle Gloves: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 26 and base Attack by 8. It is obtained randomly as a prize in Tolbi Spring with your Lucky Medals. Its buy value is 2100 coins and its sell value is 1575 coins.

War Gloves: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 32 and base Attack by 10. It is sold as an artifact in armor vendors at Lunpa in Golden Sun and at Izumo in The Lost Age. Its buy value is 4000 coins and its sell value is 3000 coins.

Spirit Gloves: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 34 and increases the elemental power of all four Elements for an Adept by 5 each. It is found in a treasure chest in Kalay Tunnel in an area accessible only after completing the Lunpa subplot/sidequest. Its buy value is 5200 coins and its sell value is 3900 coins. Not to be confused with the Spirit Gloves in Golden Sun: The Lost Age.

Aura Gloves: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 36, and it can be used as an item while in the inventory of an Adept that is able to equip it (but it does not necessarily have to be actually equipped) to increase a target Adept's resistances by 40, though there is a chance its functionality as a Usable item will break and it will have to be repaired to reuse its Use effect. It is obtained as a rare drop from Magicore enemies in Suhalla Desert. Its buy value is 6500 coins and its sell value is 4875 coins, its sell value while broken is 3250, and its repair value is 1625.

Golden Sun: The Lost Age Gloves
These gloves are introduced in Golden Sun: The Lost Age:

Crafted Gloves: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 35 and base Attack by 5. It is obtained randomly as a prize in Lemuria Spring with your Lucky Medals. Its buy value is 4600 coins and its sell value is 3450 coins.

Aerial Gloves: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 37, base Agility by 30, and Jupiter power by 20. It is only bought randomly by bringing a Sylph Feather forgeable material to the blacksmith in Yallam so that he may create one of several possible, randomly determined items from it, including this one. Its buy value is 5400 coins and its sell value is 4050.

Spirit Gloves: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 40 and base PP by 20. It is found in a treasure chest visible in Shaman Village and accessible by going through the town's Inn and using the Growth Psynergy. Its buy value is 7200 coins and its sell value is 5400.

Titan Gloves: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 43 and base HP by 30. It is only bought randomly by bringing a Golem Core forgeable material to the blacksmith in Yallam so that he may create one of several possible, randomly determined items from it, including this one. Its buy value is 8100 coins and its sell value is 6075.

Big Bang Gloves: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 47 and Mars power by 40. It is only bought randomly by bringing an Orihalcon forgeable material to the blacksmith in Yallam so that he may create one of several possible, randomly determined items from it, including this one. Its buy value is 10200 coins and its sell value is 7650.

Riot Gloves: An Artifact that increases base Defense by 45, base Attack by 15, and adds 20% to the Unleash Rate of weapons. It is obtained as a rare drop from Minos Knight enemies in Yampi Desert Cave. Its buy value is 10400 coins and its sell value is 7800.

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn Gloves
These gloves are introduced in Golden Sun: Dark Dawn:


 * Slap Glove: Increases base Defense by 24 and grants the wearer the Slap Psynergy, doubling as a Psynergy-bestowing item. It is given to the player by Ryu Kou in Kolima Junction, who takes it back after navigating Talon Peak.

Umbra Gauntlets: Increases base Defense by 45 and both Mercury and Jupiter Resistances by 20. It is found in a secret room in Tonfon behind Emperor Unan's study. It is also one piece of the Umbra Gear, a set of beastman-only equipment that is needed to access Apollo Sanctum.