Effect: Creates a lingering moldy poison cloud on every hit. Clouds deal poison damage to enemies standing inside them. Duration scales with Duration Tome.
Unlock: Use a Microwave to duplicate Moldy Cheese 3 times in a row in a single run
Moldy Gloves is a Rare item that spawns a lingering poison cloud at the hit location every time you connect with an enemy. The cloud remains on the ground and deals poison damage to any enemy that walks through or stands inside it. With a high attack rate, each wave of enemies runs into a battlefield already covered in overlapping clouds - every hit deposits another one in front of or around the target.
The cloud's duration scales with your Duration stat, confirmed directly by the wiki's Duration Tome page which explicitly names Moldy Gloves as one of the items that benefits from it. More Duration means each cloud lingers longer, increasing the time any given enemy spends inside a cloud and raising total poison damage per placement. In confined chokepoints or on crowded maps where enemies funnel toward you, the clouds stack quickly into a persistent poison zone.
The wiki describes Moldy Gloves as an evolution of Moldy Cheese's poison concept into area form. Where Moldy Cheese applies poison directly to hit targets, Moldy Gloves places a persistent zone that poisons everything that enters it - including enemies that arrive after the original hit that created the cloud.
Use a Microwave interactable to duplicate Moldy Cheese 3 times consecutively in a single run. The duplications must all happen within one run - progress does not carry between runs. Moldy Cheese is a Default item (available from the start), so no prior unlock is needed for the cheese itself. The Microwave is a map interactable - find one, duplicate your Moldy Cheese, then find it again or find another one on the same map until you reach 3 total duplications. After meeting the condition, purchase Moldy Gloves from the Unlocks shop with Silver.
Pick up Moldy Cheese as early as possible in the run so it is in your inventory when you reach the first Microwave. Luck Tome increases item drop quality, which can help Moldy Cheese appear in chests or from the Shady Guy if you haven't found it yet. The Microwave is a fixed interactable on certain maps - check the full map view to plan your route to multiple Microwave locations. You only need one copy of Moldy Cheese to duplicate it; you do not need 3 separate Moldy Cheeses.
Amog - The wiki explicitly names Amog poison builds as a primary Moldy Gloves synergy, and multiple Amog build guides list Moldy Gloves as a core unlock for his kit. Amog's Plague passive causes poisoned enemies to explode and spread their poison stacks to nearby enemies on death. Moldy Gloves clouds poison whatever walks into them, and those newly poisoned enemies then explode when Amog kills them, spreading further. The clouds feed the chain, and the chain spreads poison faster than any other character can generate it - each Plague explosion delivers poison into groups that Moldy Gloves then reinforces with persistent ground coverage.
Robinette - Robinette's high kill rate and Stonks passive (damage scales with gold) pair with Moldy Gloves through sheer hit volume. Her builds typically run Cursed Tome for maximum enemy density, which fills maps with tight groups of enemies. Those groups funnel through the same chokepoints repeatedly, walking into the same clouds over and over. Moldy Gloves is strongest when enemies cluster in predictable lanes - exactly the pattern high-density Cursed Tome runs create. The wiki specifically calls out confined maps and swarm phases as ideal for Moldy Gloves, which describes every Cursed Tome run.
CL4NK - CL4NK's Revolver and multi-projectile builds hit many enemies per second, depositing clouds across a wide area with each attack cycle. Multiple community guides on on-hit builds name Wireless Dagger and Revolver as the best weapons for Moldy Gloves because high hit frequency means more cloud placement per second. CL4NK's Crit Happens passive (+1% Crit Chance per level) generates high overall damage output that turns each cloud into a meaningful damage contributor rather than marginal chip. Fast attacks also mean faster re-poisoning of enemies that walk through cloud areas multiple times.
Every time you hit an enemy, a lingering poison cloud is created at that location. The cloud damages and poisons enemies that walk through or stand inside it. Cloud duration scales with Duration Tome. It is a Rare item that pairs naturally with Moldy Cheese and Gas Mask in poison builds. The wiki names Amog poison builds, Poison Flask, Aura, and Firestaff as its primary synergies.
Use a Microwave interactable to duplicate Moldy Cheese 3 times consecutively in a single run. You need one copy of Moldy Cheese and access to Microwaves on the map. All 3 duplications must happen within the same run. After meeting the condition, purchase Moldy Gloves from the Unlocks shop with Silver.
Yes - the wiki's Duration Tome page explicitly lists Moldy Gloves as one of the items that benefits from Duration investment. Duration extends how long each poison cloud lingers on the ground, increasing the time window for enemies to walk into it and take damage.
Yes - the wiki specifically names Amog poison builds as a primary Moldy Gloves synergy. Amog's Plague passive causes poisoned enemies to explode on death and spread poison to nearby enemies. Moldy Gloves clouds poison incoming enemies, feeding the Plague chain reaction. Multiple Amog build guides list Moldy Gloves as a key item to unlock for his poison build.
