Grenade

Grenade

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Statistics

Type	WeaponCrafting material
Damage	60 (Ranged)   / (Throwing)
Knockback	8 (Very strong)
Critical chance	4%
Use time	45 (Very slow)
Velocity	5.5
Tooltip	A small explosion that will not destroy tiles
Rarity
Buy	75*75
Sell	15*15
Research	99 required

Projectile created

• Grenade
  

Sounds

Use
Explosion

• Internal Item ID: 168
• Internal Projectile ID: 30

A Grenade thrown at a Target Dummy.

“

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 be purchased from the Demolitionist for 75*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

Used in

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Bouncy Grenade (2)	Grenade (2) Pink Gel	By Hand
Sticky Grenade (5)	Grenade (5) Gel
Beenade (  )	Grenade Bee Wax	Iron Anvil or Lead Anvil

total: 3 row(s)

Notes

•   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. In 1.4.0.1, this was reverted to the previous behaviour.
• 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.

Tips

• 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.

Trivia

• The sprite is very similar to the American M67 grenade, a grenade produced since 1968.
• Despite the similarities in name, it cannot be used as ammo for the Grenade Launcher.

History

 Desktop version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Sprite updated.
  • Weapon type changed from Throwing to Ranged.
  • Use Time decreased from 30 to 20.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1:
  • Weapon type changed from Ranged to Throwing.
  • Can now be used to craft Beenade and Bouncy Grenade.

• Desktop 1.2.4: Can now be used to craft Sticky Grenades

• Desktop 1.2:
  • Buy cost reduced from 400*4 to 75*75.
  • Sell cost reduced from 80*80 to 15*15.

• Desktop 1.1:
  • Stack limit raised from 20 to 99.
  • Sell cost reduced from 100*1 to 80*80.

• Desktop-Release: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console-Release: Introduced.

 Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.

 Mobile version

• Mobile-Release: Introduced.

 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.