Gauntlets

Gauntlets are a type of clothing in The Long Dark. Gauntlets provide the highest warmth bonus of any pair of naturally spawning gloves. Unfortunately, they also have the worst warmth-to-weight ratio (tied with Rabbitskin Mitts and Ski Gloves). Gauntlets have nearly identical stats to the Rabbitskin Mitts, but need cured leather for repair. Gauntlets tend to be rather rare, but may be found in:

Gauntlets is a Hands item in The Long Dark. It adds 2°C warmth and 2°C windproofing. Waterproofing is 40%. It weighs 1 kg.

Within the Hands slot its 2°C warmth ranks #1 of 13 entries here — the warmest for that layer.

At 2°C per kg its warmth-to-weight ratio ranks #44 of 100 clothing items with both values recorded — a middling ratio.

Its 6% protection is a small edge in a predator struggle, though mobility and warmth matter more in most runs.

Note the 3% mobility penalty — it slows you slightly, so a lighter inner layer can be the better trade when you are carrying a heavy load.

Crafting notes: it repairs with 1 × Cured leather 30 minutes; 65% condition and harvests into 1 × Cured leather 10 minutes.

Verdict: Overall Gauntlets is the warmest Hands option catalogued here, best reserved for cold-weather loadouts where the mobility hit is affordable.

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