Swift gloves

Swift gloves are a set of degradable gloves that can be acquired in the Dominion Tower. They offer the best offensive bonuses for ranged gloves. There is a choice of four colours for the gloves, which can be chosen when they are bought from the Strange face. They require 80 Ranged to wield.

Jagex claims that there is a random chance, if you deal over two thirds of your maximum hit, that a special shot will fire two arrows. Should one strike the enemy for a maximum hit, the enemy will be stunned. The special can activate even when hitting 0 and you can still stun your foe while hitting 0. This may just indicate that your accuracy roll was not high enough to hit, but your damage roll was high enough to activate the special. This special shot does not work with all ranged weapons and does not affect enchanted bolt effects.

Currently, the known weapons that are affected by the Swift Gloves are the Dominion crossbow, Morrigan's javelins, Sagaie, Chaotic crossbow, Gravite shortbow, Throwing knives, Chinchompas, Thrownaxe, Darts, Zaryte bow, Karil's crossbow, Toktz-xil-ul, Crystal bow, Rune crossbow, Blisterwood stake, Dark bow, Holy water, Magic shortbow and Magic longbow (sighted and non-sighted). The Hand Cannon does not work with the gloves.

To unlock the gloves, players must have killed 500 bosses in the tower. In addition, the following bosses are required to be killed to receive the gloves:


 * Pest Queen from The Void Stares Back
 * Zenevivia from Love Story
 * Damis, Fareed, Kamil and Dessous from Desert Treasure
 * Karamel and Gelatinnoth Mother from Recipe for Disaster
 * Jungle demon
 * The Inadequacy

After the above prerequisites have been met, players will be able to claim a pair of gloves from the Strange face. Players may only own three pairs of gloves at a time, and the gloves last 4 hours of combat before they crumble to dust. Players must speak to the Strange Face in order to retrieve another pair. The Strange Face will keep extra pairs for players for every 5 bosses they kill in the Dominion Tower, up to 15 pairs or dreadnips.

As with all Dominion Gloves, they have 4 stages. In order they are: "The gloves are in perfect condition." "The gloves are slightly degraded. "The gloves are very degraded." And lastly, "The gloves are almost falling apart."

After your gloves have fallen apart, you'll get the following message: "Your gloves have fallen apart from use. You'll have to get some more from the Dominion Tower."

They are one of the few items to use particles.



Trivia

 * The stats of the Swift gloves used to be lower until an update on 6 March 2012.