the gloves on them not only matches the gloves of the corresponding armor perfectly, at higher levels, it becomes extremely powerful Take for example rune gloves, which you can get after you saved 7 council members All melee attack bonus + 8, Strength +8, mage +4, range +8 Same defence bonus, all melee +8, mage +4 and range +8 Barrow gloves are 1.5 as powerful as that, so it knocks all weapons up 1 grade. Black can be gotten after you saved the 4th council member