Tumblerbane Gloves

The Tumblerbane Gloves are a pair of unique light gauntlets tied to the Dark Brotherhood. They carry a single, very practical enchantment: lockpicking is 20% easier. According to UESP they are a special version of the Shrouded Armor gloves, so they fit right in with the assassin wardrobe.

How to get it

You will not find these gloves on a corpse or in a dungeon chest. They are placed in the Dawnstar Sanctuary, the Brotherhood’s new home after the old sanctuary goes up in flames.

1. Progress the Dark Brotherhood questline until the family has moved into the Dawnstar Sanctuary (see Sanctuary).
2. Once the sanctuary is yours, you can spend gold on refurbishing it.
3. Buy the master bedroom upgrade. The gloves appear at the foot of the newly purchased bed.

In other words: interior design is the quest. Your fellow assassins, such as Nazir, get a nicer home out of it too.

Is it worth wearing?

With an armor rating of 7 and a weight of 2, the gloves are firmly in the light armor club. The real value is the enchantment. A 20% easier lockpick is a nice quality-of-life bonus for low-level characters, or for anyone who simply hates snapping picks on Master locks. Once your Lockpicking skill is high and you own the right perks, the bonus matters a lot less, and you will probably swap them for gloves that boost a combat skill.

If you are running a sneaky character that pairs Brotherhood work with a bit of burglary on the side, the Tumblerbane Gloves are a natural fit early on. Compare them with the gloves from the Thieves Guild Armor and the Nightingale Armor, which cover the same thief niche.

Good to know

• They only exist after you pay for the master bedroom upgrade; skipping the renovation means no gloves.
• There is just one pair in the game.

Stats

Stats from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm and the official add-ons): base values before Smithing and perks. Where several versions exist (leveled copies), all are listed.