Gloves and Gear
Gloves set how quickly you can grip a plane and how heavy a plane you can hold; gear comes out of gear boxes as jetpacks, parachutes or Gravity Wings. Four game passes touch this system: GOLDEN GLOVES, INF STONES GLOVES, X2 GEAR LUCK and STARTER PACK.
Gloves are the upgrade that decides which planes are worth jumping at, and gear is what changes how you move once you are in the air. Between them they cover everything that is not strength training or a zone unlock.
What gloves actually change
The developer's description puts gloves in one line: upgrade gloves to grab faster & heavier planes. Two properties, both worth understanding separately.
| Property | What it means in play | What it does not do |
|---|---|---|
| Grab speed | You catch planes you would otherwise miss, including fast ones | Extend how long you can hang |
| Plane weight | You can take hold of heavier aircraft | Make a heavy plane easier to hold on to |
That second row is the one that punishes players. Heavier planes are worth more — that is why gloves unlock them — but weight also means more load on your grip. A glove upgrade without a strength upgrade is a faster way to lose planes you cannot hold.
The glove and gear passes
Four passes in the store touch this system. Prices below are the official Robux figures from Roblox's game-pass data.
| Pass | Robux | What it does for the glove and gear system |
|---|---|---|
| STARTER PACK | 9 | Cheapest entry point in the store |
| X2 GEAR LUCK | 79 | Doubles gear luck, which is what decides gear-box results |
| GOLDEN GLOVES | 179 | A glove upgrade in pass form |
| INF STONES GLOVES | 399 | The top glove pass in the list |
Read top to bottom and it is a curve: cheap bundle, compounding luck, then two glove upgrades at rising prices.
Gear boxes and the three gear types
Gear boxes are the only source the description names for gear. Opening them gives you one of three things:
- Jetpacks — thrust. The name is the function.
- Parachutes — a controlled descent instead of a drop.
- Gravity Wings — a wing-based air tool, the third movement option in the box pool.
All three are movement tools. None of them is described as a Power or Cash upgrade, so treat gear as a way to change your route through the sky rather than a way to earn faster.
| Gear | Type of change | Why it matters for a run |
|---|---|---|
| Jetpack | Adds thrust | Lets you reach planes that pass above your jump |
| Parachute | Slows the fall | Turns a failed hang into a repositioning move |
| Gravity Wings | Winged glide | A third option for crossing distance between catches |
Why X2 GEAR LUCK is cheaper than gloves
79 Robux for a doubling effect looks like better value than 179 for gloves, and on a long enough timeline it might be. The catch is time: gear luck only pays out when you open boxes, so its value is (boxes opened) × (luck multiplier).
A player who opens two boxes and quits got almost nothing. A player who opens thirty got a lot. Gloves, by contrast, pay out on the very next plane.
The practical rule:
- Playing this game weekly? X2 GEAR LUCK is one of the best long-run purchases in the store.
- Playing for a session or two? Gloves will do more for you per Robux.
Which glove pass first
If you are going to buy a glove pass, buy one, not both.
| Situation | Sensible buy |
|---|---|
| New, no Cash, playing free | No pass — earn the first glove upgrade in game |
| Enjoying it, want a clear step up | GOLDEN GLOVES at 179 |
| Already deep into heavy planes | INF STONES GLOVES at 399 |
| Opening a lot of boxes | X2 GEAR LUCK at 79, alongside whichever glove you own |
INF STONES GLOVES is the most expensive gear-side pass at 399 Robux, above every zone pass except the three worlds — a clear signal of what the top glove tier is worth.
The mistake that costs the most
Buying glove tier after glove tier while never training strength. You end up able to grab planes you cannot hold, which feels worse than being unable to grab them at all — the catch succeeds, the hang fails, and the run ends in the same place.
Strength is free. Train it between purchases.
How to tell whether a glove upgrade worked
There is a clean test, and it costs one run. Before upgrading, note which planes slip past your hands — usually the fast ones and the ones that look heavier. After upgrading, jump at the same plane class again.
- You catch planes you used to miss — the grab-speed half of the upgrade is working.
- You catch them but lose them quickly — glove tier is now ahead of your strength; train.
- Nothing changed — you are jumping at a plane class the upgrade does not cover, usually one far off your line.
That third case is why a pass sometimes seems to do nothing: the plane was never catchable, so the upgrade had nothing to improve.
Gear boxes: how to use them without wasting them
Gear boxes give you one of three tools, and the value of a tool depends on the run you are in.
| Tool | Best used for | Poor use |
|---|---|---|
| Jetpack | Reaching planes above your jump height | Riding straight up with no plane in sight |
| Parachute | Saving a failed hang into a repositioning glide | Slowing a fall you could have steered anyway |
| Gravity Wings | Crossing a gap between two planes | Hovering in place instead of travelling |
The pattern: all three are distance tools. If a gear tool is not getting you closer to the finish, you are using it as a toy rather than as a route.
When to stop upgrading gloves
Two signals say you have enough glove for now.
First: you are dropping planes you catch. That is a strength problem wearing a glove costume. More glove tier will not fix it.
Second: your runs are already reaching the finish. Gloves exist to make planes catchable, and if the planes on your route are catchable, the money moves to gear luck or multipliers.
The one exception is a player who deliberately chases the heaviest plane class, which is where INF STONES GLOVES at 399 Robux earns its price.
Gear luck, in one paragraph
X2 GEAR LUCK doubles gear luck, which decides what a gear box gives you. That makes it a pass whose value is entirely a function of how many boxes you open, so it suits a player who is going to keep playing and does very little for a player testing the game for an evening. It also stacks in spirit with gloves: better boxes mean more chances at the movement tools that make harder planes reachable.
What to read next
Strength and Hanging explains the grip timer those gloves feed into. Progression puts Power, Cash and trophies in order. Game Passes has all 17 passes with official prices if you want the whole store at once.