Boxing Gloves is a protective gear item in Project Zomboid. It gives 0 bite and 30 scratch defence where it covers you, with 0.25 insulation. Build 42.21 data, November 2026.
Protective Gear Clothing & armour
It gives 0 bite and 30 scratch defence where it covers you, with 0.25 insulation. It weighs 0.1.
Clothing only protects the body parts it covers. Bite and scratch defence stop wounds, insulation keeps you warm, and wind and water resistance matter in storms. Heavy or bulky pieces can slow your running.
Use the item ID in sandbox loot settings, admin tools and mods.
| Item ID | Game category |
|---|---|
Base.Gloves_BoxingBlue | Protective Gear |
Base.Gloves_BoxingRed | Protective Gear |
2 versions share the name Boxing Gloves, usually different colours, sizes or states.
Boxing Gloves is on 10 loot tables in the game files. Share is how much of a table's total weight this item takes, before your sandbox loot settings. Each container rolls its table several times, so a bigger share and more rolls both mean you see it more often.
| Loot table | Where that table is used | Share | Rolls |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boxing Storage Gloves | Boxing Ring (shelves) | 50% | 4 |
| Sport Store Boxing | Sporting Good Store (shelves) | 24% | 4 |
| Boxing Memorabilia | Boxing Ring (display case) | 9.3% | 4 |
| Boxing Lockers | Change room (locker); Locker (locker); Locker room (locker); and 1 more place | 6.5% | 4 |
| Closet Sports Equipment | Closet (shelves) | 0.98% | 2 |
| Crate Sports | Closet (box); Garage storage (box); Pawnshop (box, shelves); and 1 more place | 0.48% | 4 |
| Antiques | Survivor safehouse (early) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (late game) (box, crate); Survivor safehouse (mid game) (box, crate); and 6 more places | 0.23% | 4 |
| Backstage Counter | Back stage (cupboard) | under 0.1% | 4 |
It is on 2 more tables with smaller shares.
Town by town: loot locations.
Where to find it (loot tables with the highest weight first):
Counts as: any awkwardgloves.
It weighs 0.1 in Build 42.
Base.Gloves_BoxingBlue, Base.Gloves_BoxingRed (variants share the name).
Bite defence 0 and scratch defence 30.
Stats and item IDs from the Build 42 game data as listed on pzfans.com. Item art is from Project Zomboid.