Battle Gloves  

These will last until the level 56 AF gloves for puppetmaster... very useful piece.

would someone who is experienced please tell me and everyone else how exactly to get these gloves like, what mob to kill for key?

Fellow thieves, get cozy with these gloves, as you won't find anything better until (questionably) level 55.

And even then, jaridah bazubands have -HP and less evasion. So for about 200k, they aren't even the far-and-away victor.

Trust me, you'll get to the point where you just completely ignore going through the Hands section on the AH when it's time to upgrade armor.

150K on Asura? Are you kidding me?

I got mine for 12K on Ragnarok!

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Love these for my monk. I switch them out with my Hume M Gloves (well I will one day, without em it's whiff mania)

I got four of these in a row by myself, along with a Traveller's Mantle and 3 stacks of bat wings.

One went to my MNK (DRK can't wear them ;.;), the other three make me 90k on Leviathan AH. Needless to say, it was a very good day for me.

A THF friend of mine (the one who got both the Traveller's mantles drops and was nice enough to give one to me) also got me Martial Slacks later on. I love Ranp's at the moment.

Pretty high success rate if you farm the key yourself. I've got 4/5 on the chests I've opened, so far. Good luck, they're well worth it if you buy them or get them yourself! Just try and have a lvl 30+ job handy so you don't get aggro and/or can farm the keys.

The chests pop in various places every 15 minutes or so; most often you can find them in the open yard near the end (not talking about the high lvl area) with all the gobs.

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Edited, Wed Dec 21 07:42:57 2005

I'm currently DRG16 and got them @ 14...GOD I LOVE THEM! I havent had 1 "miss fest" since 13.
Also on midgard I've seen lv 70 DRG wearing them...so I take it I wont be parting with 'em till end game lol

I was gonna ask if there's anything that can really replace these babies for me in the near future (Lv. 24 MNK), but according to these posts, I have my answer.

Best 10k I ever spent. :)

These are the best. I love them. Although I will get my AF gloves soon (52 to wear) these have been with me since the day I could put them on. +3 Accuracy and Evasion...I feel bad for those poor melee classes that can't wear them. A toast to you, my dear friend, who hasn't left my side in all of my adventuring days.

Moral of the story: GET THEM! You won't want to take them off.

Why do I always see people saying "att/acc" for battle gloves?

I've had these gloves in my inventory since I was a lvl 15 RDM, and I used them for the longest time for farming. The stats are great, and I've kept them around to lvl melee jobs (THF and MNK currently). They won't be sold any time soon. ^^

On Odin, they were about 10-13K in Windurst and 9K in San d'Oria. Not sure about Bastok. By no means a terribly steep price for such a nice piece of gear, but why not just hunt for it? It's not coming from and overcamped, impossible-to-claim NM so the only thing keeping you back would be unforgivable laziness (or a lowlevel main job).

I went there with my main - level 51 PLD - and hunted for about two hours today, so as to get them for my alt. Getting the key was cake, but waiting for the chests takes a long time. I think there were at least two other people hunting them when I was there, but I'm not sure.

Anyway, the keys drop from Ambushers, Tinkerers, Butchers, Tomb Bats, Plague Bats, Rock Eaters (not Stone Eaters) and the skeletons. Most of these mobs are found deeper inside and underground, but there's a good amount of them. So, if you have a mid-level job, you might have trouble with links, so bring friends if you're not sure.

There's a really concentrated series of chest spawns in the rectangular room located on the far right of the map - you'll have to wind around underground first, then come up to the surface and curl around to the east. Of the three chests I opened, they were all in this area.

First two times were 500 gil and 800 gil. Third time was the charm. Err, gloves.

I also found Crypt Ghost down in the caverns, but he didn't drop anything. I was still excited. It's the first "NM" enemy (if he's still considered that) I've been able to claim in my time playing.

Fun times. Definitely a lot more exciting and adventurous than camping NMs.

Edited, Wed Jun 29 18:11:46 2005

All the people asking about these or Legionaire's Mittens or Royal Footman's Gloves: These are better. I've been using them for quite a while, and will be up to my AF. Still got a ways to go.

Fortunetly, I'm a complusive other-job leveler, so I won't have to say goodbye to these even when I get those. :D

Well I need money for armor so im gonna just camp these. Was just wondering, how deep are the chest where you get these in the tomb? I was thinking of going in with 20 thf.

hey guys, first post here, i was just wondering, after a fair amount of looking, where do treasure chests pop in this dungeon? im on fairy server (incase it varies by server)

definitely some nice equipment

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OK im a RDM18/MNK9. These or Legionnare's Mittens? BTW i specialize in swords if it makes a difference.

Edited, Mon Nov 22 21:47:44 2004

im a monk and i have tropical punches. whats better? legionnaire mittens (+3 att) or battle gloves?? remember, i have tropical punches...

i get these a lot in king ranperres's tomb, and on phoenix, the price is steady at like 3-5k, rarely going over. its usually like 4k.

Are they expensive?

I don't know when to get rid of these...I get tired of looking at them after having them for 17 levels, but nothing else measures up...So here's to Battle Gloves, the best, cheapest low-level gloves there ever were! *clinks glass*

These gloves are gained from the Treasure Chests.

These gloves are simply awesome for a BST, not even sure when I'll get rid of these babies. Not for while (shh, don't tell the person that is "lending" them to me ;)

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Sit right there and I'll tell you a tale, a tale of a fateful ship...

Well, not quite. I spent three hours getting these gloves yesterday and hope that my experience can help anyone else trying to get these gloves.

1: I got my key within the first fifteen minutes. I was on at about 11:15 p.m. EST. Basically, I slaughtered everything that I could possibly get the key from. However, I spent the next two hours looking for that #%&@ chest. Yes, I went to Mysterytour and looked at the spawn spots, but there was no chest to be found. There were at least two other people camping the chest. Lo and behold, the chest finally appeared. It was in next to the northern wall of the stair area in J-5. I was so excited! When I opened the chest, all I got was 570 gil :( Note, however, that I had 30 items when I opened the chest (yes, 30 including the Ranperre key).

2: This time, it was personal. I had spent way too much time to not get these things, even if they only sell for 5k on my server in San d'Oria. I started to kill again, but then quickly became discouraged and decided that 2 AM EST was late enough. Then, the game played a cruel trick on me: It spawned a chest in the same place!!! I didn't see anyone in Ranperre's at that time, so I again proceeded to slaughter everything that could give me the key in a desperate race to get a key before someone else took the chest (berserk and meat kabobs were a plus for this part). It took me twenty-five mintues to get the key again; I was on edge the whole time though. Well, I ran back to the chest, making sure that I had only 29 items in my inventory including the Ranperre key, opened the chest, and............... yes! The gloves!

Morals of story:

1: Have at least one open space in your inventory when you open a chest. I am not sure if that makes a difference in whether the game gives you gil or an item, but no reason to risk it.

2: Be patient. Good things come to those who wait (even if it is three hours)

3: It could be worse: You could be hunting Leaping Lizzy!

4: I got both my keys from gobs (but not leechers, gamblers, or muggers).

5: I'm sorry, but I was not able to uncover any specific information about the chest spawn rate.

Hope this helps everyone!

these gloves totally rock for mnks,u can wear them until level 30