Aniimo · Held Item
Explosive Gloves
Base effect
+10% Damage Amp
Builds
3 recommended builds
Base effect · every attack
Damage Amp +10%
Core effect · what sets it apart
Increases Damage Amp by 5% for every 10 EP currently available.
How held items work →What the Explosive Gloves is for
The Core effect reads the EP you are currently holding: 5% more Damage Amp for every 10 EP available. The bonus is at its largest with EP banked and shrinks as you spend it, so the Gloves reward holding a bar rather than dumping it the moment it fills.
The Explosive Gloves in numbers
The Core effect reads the EP you are holding rather than anything about the fight, so it converts straight into Damage Amp per point of EP, and there is an exact amount of EP at which it overtakes the item's own Base effect.
0.5%
Damage Amp per point of EP held
5% per 10 EP, and 0.75% once the 10 energy line raises it to 7.5% per 10 EP.
20 EP
EP you must be holding for the Core effect to match the Base effect's +10%
10 ÷ 0.50, falling to 13.3 EP at 10 energy: 10 ÷ 0.750.
×1.11
Skill casts per bar of EP at 15 energy
10% of casts cost nothing: 1 ÷ (1 − 0.1). Spending less also means holding more, which the Core effect pays for.
The Explosive Gloves at each rarity
| Rarity | CP | Base effect | 10 energy | 15 energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rare | 50 | Damage Amp +3% | – | – |
| Epic | 100 | Damage Amp +5% | Increases Damage Amp per 10 EP to 7.5%. | – |
| Legendary | 200 | Damage Amp +10% | Increases Damage Amp per 10 EP to 7.5%. | Grants a 10% chance to consume no EP when casting a skill. |
What is unusual about the Explosive Gloves
The Minespine drop table
Minespine is the only Alpha Aniimo listed as dropping the Explosive Gloves, and it drops 2 other held items.
Shared with
The Hidden Cache Held Item Pack
3 of the 24 held items are listed in this pack, so a roll from it lands on one of 3 at a random rarity.
Shared with
How to get the Explosive Gloves (4)
The game lists 4 sources for the Legendary Explosive Gloves: defeating Alphas, an Other chest, Hidden Cache Held Item Pack and the Pawprint Shop.
Defeat Alphas
The Legendary Explosive Gloves is listed as a possible reward at these player ranks:
III Wayfarer
I Trailblazer- II Trailblazer
- III Trailblazer
Also listed (2)
- Other chest
- Hidden Cache Held Item Pack
Named by the game, placed nowhere on the map.
Aniimo the game hands the Explosive Gloves (3)
3 of the 95 in-game recommended builds mirrored on this site name it in the equipment row. Each link opens that Aniimo’s Build tab.
DPS
Closest rivals for the Damage Amp slot
All 11 →| Item | Core effect | Builds |
|---|---|---|
 Ferocious Fang | Equipped Aniimo gain 0.7 additional ATK per level. | 34 |
 Fission Needles | Each basic attack has a 50% chance to deal double damage. | 2 |
 Ambusher’s Cloak | Damage Amp +25% for attacks in stealth or from behind. | 0 |
All 11 grant +10% Damage Amp at Legendary, so only the Core effect separates them. These are the 3 the in-game builds pick most often; the other 7 are on the hub.
Effects, rarities, CP and sources: the game’s own data files. Every figure in the numbers section is computed here from those strings and shows its working. Compiled by Lorenzo Bruno (Yieng): full provenance, about.