How to Activate Gear 2 in AUT? | Ascension Rank 2 First

Gear 2 unlocks only after you equip Gomu Gomu No Mi (Spec), reach Ascension Rank 2, and finish Luffy’s full quest chain in Orange Town.

Luffy in Orange Town ignores most players, and the missing piece is rarely the NPC. Gear 2 sits behind three gates: the Gomu Gomu No Mi (Spec) ability, Ascension Rank 2 on that ability, and a quest chain that starts with a piece of meat you must bank before he will talk. Clear all three and the reward message confirms Gear 2 — player writeups report the same quest also grants Gear 3. The run is short once the gates are open; nearly all the time goes into ranking the ability first.

What Do You Need Before Luffy Gives The Quest?

Three things must be in place, or Luffy becomes scenery:

• Gomu Gomu No Mi (Spec), equipped. The NPC checks the ability you have on, not your inventory. Leave a different spec equipped and the dialogue stays dead. The Gomu Gomu No Mi (Spec) ability details page covers the spec itself.
• Ascension Rank 2. Those figures come from 2024-era notes, and no official source confirms they are unchanged, so read the ascension screen before you farm.
• Meat on a Bone, banked. It drops from loot chests. Bank it before speaking to Luffy; carrying it loose is the most common reason the first objective refuses to complete. Chest loot is random, so grab it whenever it appears and store it.

Activating Gear 2 In AUT: The Quest Order That Works

The chain runs in a fixed order: bank the meat, talk to Luffy, then clear four combat objectives with Gomu Gomu No Mi equipped and actively used. Owning the ability does nothing — the game counts kills made with it. Bartholomew Kuma teleports players to Orange Town, where Luffy stands close to him, just to the left on most layouts.

The pirate count is the one inconsistency in the sources: one guide says 25, another says 20 or more. Clear to 25 unless your quest tracker shows a different number. Each objective ticks off as the kill registers; if the tracker does not move after a fight, the damage did not come from Gomu — confirm the spec is equipped before the next attempt.

Twenty-five pirates plus three boss fights makes for a long sitting, so it’s worth trading some screen time for movement — our tested work out gear roundup covers the equipment worth owning.

When The Quest Stalls, Check These Four Things

• Luffy says nothing. The ability is still below Ascension Rank 2; ascension is the gate, not the quest.
• The first objective stalls. The meat sits in your bag instead of your item bank. Bank it, then reopen the dialogue.
• Kills don’t count. The spec was equipped but never used. Every pirate, Buggy, Law, and Luffy kill must land with Gomu attacks.
• Law is missing in Punk Hazard. He has not respawned yet. Watch for the notification instead of server-hopping.

Law’s fight happens in Punk Hazard rather than Orange Town, so expect one trip out and back before the final Luffy duel. Older sources also disagree on whether the ascension cost and level requirement shifted after those 2024 writeups — nothing official confirms a change, and nothing official confirms the old numbers either, so the ascension menu and the quest tracker are the two places that tell the truth for your version.

In practice: ascend Gomu Gomu No Mi (Spec) to Rank 2, bank one Meat on a Bone, ask Luffy in Orange Town, then clear every objective with Gomu attacks until the tracker empties. Claim the reward from Luffy and Gear 2 is done.