Grenade

Type	Weapon
Damage	60 Throwing
Knockback	8 (Very Strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	44 Very Slow
Velocity	5.5
Tooltip	A small explosion that will not destroy tiles
Rarity
Buy / Sell	75 / 15

Would you rather have a bullet hole or a grenade hole? That's what I thought.
— The Demolitionist

Grenades are explosive consumable throwing weapons which can purchased from the Demolitionist for 75 each or found rarely in natural chests. Once Hardmode is activated, they can be found in Pots (replacing Shurikens).

A thrown Grenade will bounce slightly and roll until it either hits a valid target or 3 seconds have elapsed, after which it will explode.

Crafting[edit | edit source]

Grenades do ranged damage, and thus the base damage of 60 is increased by any ranged damage modifier. Ranged armor set bonuses apply as well, e.g. the Frost armor which causes Frostburn Grenades.
Since 1.3.0.1, as Grenades are throwing weapon and not ranged anymore, Ranged armor sets' bonuses will not apply. Throwing armor sets', however, will apply instead.
Like most explosives, Grenades still damage players while PvP is off, dealing 60 base damage.
They damage all enemies within a radius of approximately 5 tiles.

Grenades are extremely useful early-game, dealing massive damage for such an easy weapon to acquire.
Because Grenades automatically explode when they hit an enemy, using them as short-ranged weapons is risky as they can easily cause self-inflicted damage.
As Grenades do splash damage, they can be useful against a large number of different enemies:
- The Brain of Cthulhu's first phase
- Most worms: A single Grenade is usually enough to one-shot a Bone Serpent and sometimes a World Feeder
- Groups of enemies, e.g. during events like the Blood Moon or Goblin Army or in the Dungeon
Using Grenades against a Caster AI enemy is especially inadvisable. A Grenade can easily explode upon hitting one of the enemy's projectiles, often much closer to the player than anticipated.