Gardener's Gloves

Gardener's Gloves is a relic introduced in the game's beta and added to the demo in v0.6.18. It modifies how your own orbs interact with you by reducing the self‑damage that orbs inflict.

The relic's effect is a flat percentage reduction to self‑damage from orbs: it reduces orb self‑damage by {[REDUCE_ORB_SELF_DMG]}%. This applies to any instance where an orb would damage the player (for example, when orbs reflect or trigger effects that harm the caster), lowering the amount of health lost from those events rather than affecting orb damage dealt to enemies.

Gardener's Gloves appears alongside other relics that modify niche damage interactions. Historically, before v0.8.22, it was one of the two relics associated with plant‑related mechanics, paired in design space with the Salt Shaker, which influenced damage toward a specific enemy type (Plants).

Practical notes and interactions:

• Equip this relic when your build uses risky or self‑harming orb effects to increase survivability without changing offensive orb behavior against enemies.
• The effect is defensive only; it does not alter orb damage dealt to foes, status effects applied by orbs, or other sources of self‑damage that are not classified as orb self‑damage.
• Combine with health recovery or shielding relics to further mitigate orb recoil in high‑risk orb playstyles.
• Because the benefit is a percentage reduction, its value scales with the raw amount of self‑damage the orbs would normally cause, so it is most impactful with builds or enemies that produce large orb recoil.