Goliath gloves

Goliath gloves are a set of degradable gloves that require 80 attack to wear and were released with the Dominion Tower on November 1 2011. These gloves are amongst the most powerful gloves in the game for melee, surpassing the barrows gloves obtained from Recipe for Disaster by two attack points in every attack style except ranged and magic, for a total of 14, as well as one more strength point for a total of 13. On top of this, they also beat the Dragon Gauntlets obtained from Fist of Guthix in defensive boost on all stats except Summoning and Ranged Defense.

Goliath Gloves are obtained from the Dominion Tower activity, which requires a minimum of 110 combat level and several quests to access. Within the Dominion Tower players will be required to accomplish several achievements in order to obtain the gloves. They are as follows
 * Defeat a total of 500 Boss Monsters (they do not have to be consecutive)
 * In addition, the following monsters must have been killed at least once in the tower:
 * Nomad, from Nomad's Requiem
 * Ayuni, Leeuni, and Eruni from Do No Evil
 * Two Dagannoth Sentinels from Blood Runs Deep
 * The Untouchable from Dream Mentor
 * Balance elemental from While Guthix Sleeps
 * Ice Demon from Temple at Senntisten

After the above prerequisites have been met, players will be able to claim a new pair of gloves from the Strange face every 5 boss kills. Players may only own one pair of gloves at a time, but the Strange Face will keep a stock for players when their current pair runs. When recieving the gloves players are given the option of four different colours: Red, Yellow, Black, and White.

These gloves are especially unique in that they provide several combat bonuses when players are NOT wielding a weapon; however, the gloves do permit the use of an offhand item, such as a Dragon Defender or Dragonfire Shield and still retaining the bonuses. While 'unarmed' the gloves provide a substantial boost to a players damage. The highest known hit is 720, with 99 strength, Extreme Strength Potion, the Full Slayer Helmet and the Ferocious ring inside of Kuradel's Dungeon. The gloves also increase the speed of a players attack to 6 tics, the same as an Abyssal Whip or Chaotic Rapier.

The gloves last 5 hours of combat before they crumble to dust, afterwords they 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.



Trivia

 * There was a glitch where the gloves were unobtainable due to Nomad not appearing in Endurance or Climber mode. This has since been fixed as of November 3, 2011. This hotfix also allowed the special Nomad fight "No More Nomad... No More!" to count as defeating Nomad, previously not counting. Players who completed the special fight before the fix had to re-do it for it to count. Now however, defeating the first Nomad in this special fight does NOT count as your nomad kill.