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# Gloves & Damage Types

## Glove damages

Your gloves determine your damage type. Basic gloves do physical damage while our more rare special gloves do elemental damage. But don't worry if you don't get elemental damage gloves as you NFT can roll a skill to reduce elemental damage. More on that in the [Passive Abilities ](/the-game/game-mechanics/passive-abilities.md)section.

### Physical vs Elemental Damages

Physical damage in general does more damage up front but less damage vs Elemental if you take into consideration the DoT (Damage over Time). Bloody and Honey gloves do regular physical damage however they add a small utility. 

Elemental damages do less damage initially but more if you calculate their DoT. 

<table><thead><tr><th width="186">Preview</th><th width="136">Name</th><th width="140">Damage Type</th><th>Effect</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><img src="/files/Sn9nSrhWLdTdZwU66GbV" alt=""></td><td>Rotten Stench Gloves</td><td>Elemental (Poison)</td><td>Deals poison damage over time</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/PR0QKF8DT4W9BCX0UUXh" alt=""></td><td>Magma Gloves</td><td>Elemental (Fire)</td><td>Deals burn damage over time</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/y5AhuNBOVCprVH9znNkw" alt=""></td><td>Frozen Heart Gloves</td><td>Elemental (Ice)</td><td>Has a chance to freeze enemies for a short period</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/dYFPfT1rXe5hdESm2B7W" alt=""></td><td>Shock Therapy Gloves</td><td>Elemental (Lightning)</td><td>Has a chance to stun enemies </td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/FW5QdWwpMvoja5iNqbB5" alt=""></td><td>Bloody Hell Gloves</td><td>Physical</td><td>Bleed damage over time</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/efE0i2k67mcby5qX4VXx" alt=""></td><td>Honey Badger Gloves</td><td>Physical</td><td>Slows enemy in honey</td></tr><tr><td><img src="/files/ZX9sqjwqcOZ9XiiGa2p4" alt=""></td><td>Regular Gloves</td><td>Physical</td><td>Burst damage, but less than overall DoT damages</td></tr></tbody></table>