Spirit Gloves

The Spirit Gloves are actually two different pairs of Gloves, one found in Golden Sun and the other in Golden Sun: The Lost Age. Despite the similarity in names, these two pieces of equipment are distinctly different and should not be confused. Since they are Gloves, both pairs of Spirit Gloves can be equipped by all Adepts.

Spirit Gloves in Golden Sun
The Spirit Gloves found in Golden Sun are found in a treasure chest in the Kalay Tunnel, although they do not become available until after saving Hammet from Lunpa. The Spirit Gloves increase the wearer's defense by 34 and the power rating for all elements by 5. They can be bought for 5200 coins and sold for 3900 coins.

The Spirit Gloves are valuable enough considering that there are relatively few pieces of equipment in Golden Sun that increase elemental power. However, they are also the only equipment in Golden Sun to increase the power of all four elements, making them fairly unique. Unfortunately, they may not see much practical use considering how little that power is increased. The Spirit Gloves are best given to an Adept whose class allows him or her to use a wide variety of elemental Psynergy, such as the Ranger and Pierrot classes, so that the varied power boosts are put to use.

Spirit Gloves in The Lost Age
The Spirit Gloves found in Golden Sun: The Lost Age are found in a treasure chest in Shaman Village, just to the left of Moapa's house. In order to reach it, players must leave out the back door of the inn and cast Growth on a sprout across the river. The Spirit Gloves increase the wearer's defense by 40 and maximum PP by 20. They can be bought for 7200 coins and sold for 5400 coins.

The Spirit Gloves are best given to an Adept who uses Psynergy often as he or she would logically need the PP boost the most. However, players may have already acquired a Crown of Glory or two in Lemuria, which restores PP during battle rather than simply increasing the amount of PP you can enter battle with. Also, 20 PP doesn't make a significant impact at this point of the game, so the Spirit Gloves have little practical use and may be replaced shortly afterwards. Even if they are not used at all, they should not be sold immediately as they can be used as "fodder equipment" in Trial Road so that players do not have to discard their more valuable equipment.