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Gauntlets overview

What does the Gauntlets do, and where do you get it?Gauntlets is a melee weapon in Minecraft Dungeons II. It deals 12 damage per hit. It drops in Frozen Highlands, Rainy Plains and Lullaby Hills.

Powerful steel gauntlets for when the defenseless need a pair of helping hands.

12Hit damage

60Full combo

20Stagger

Hit damage

Stagger

Category
Melee weapon
Base DPS
39.5
Combo
3 swings, 6 hits
Reach
2.8 blocks
Knockback
850
Combo resets
after 1.15s
Archetype
Fighter

Power scaling

  1. Swing 1
  2. Swing 2
  3. Swing 3
  4. Jump attack

Hover or tap a swing to see what it does.

Base values from the game's item tables (launch build). Item power scales the damage you deal; the ratios between hits stay the same.

Where to find Gauntlets

Builds that use the Gauntlets

In the first game

This is what the first Minecraft Dungeons recorded for this item. Gauntlets is listed for Dungeons II, but that does not confirm its return: a returning name can be redesigned, so treat this as the first game's art rather than a picture of the sequel's version.Gauntlets call back to an ancient style of hand to hand combat.Melee WeaponCommon / Rare7 hits combo2.6Power6.6Speed1.8AreaRelentless comboUnique variants in the first game: Soul Fists, Maulers, Fighter's Bindings.

Is Gauntlets good?

Gauntlets has no published launch-tested verdict on DungeonsDB yet. A database entry or reported effect does not establish performance. Check the sourced stats below before treating Gauntlets as a best-in-slot choice.

Melee: B: 317 DPS with basic attacks and Lightning Surge, 269 unenchanted at 3.7 hits a second. Tradeoff: Single-target dummy DPS: area, reach and how hard the technique is to execute are not in the number.

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Best enchantments for Gauntlets

Lightning Surge: Every weapon's best measured DPS uses Lightning Surge III.

Enchantment effects · How enchanting works