Changes: Grenade

Revision as of 20:34, 16 July 2021

Grenades are throwable explosive weapons that go in the inventory like items. There are currently three types of grenades: the Frag Grenade, the Thermite Grenade, and the Arc Star.

Grenades can be accessed by holding G or /. You can then use the fire button on PC, for Xbox or for the PS4 to aim and throw.

Frag Grenade

	Frag Grenade
	Type	Thrown
	Ignition Time	4 seconds
	Description	Explosive ordnance. Throw to start fuse.

Deals 10 impact damage and up to 100 explosion damage in a 10 m explosion radius.
Damages and destroys doors.

Frag Grenades also can bounce or roll on the environment before detonating. This can be used to hit enemies around a corner
Frag Grenades can be used to force enemies out of cover.
Looking up and throwing a Frag Grenade directly up in the sky will have it fall directly back where you're currently standing in the next 3 seconds and explode on impact. This is great if you're outside a door and someone is about to break it down on the opposite side or do this if you're being chased while running.
- This will not work with Fuse, as the grenade will explode in mid-air.

Thermite Grenade

	Thermite Grenade
	Type	Thrown
	Ignition Time	Instant
	Description	Creates a horizontal wall of flames.

The wall is 10 m long and is horizontal, perpendicular to the direction it was thrown from.
Deals 4 damage per tick when standing in the flames, and applies an over-time burn effect that lasts for 25 damage.
Bypasses the Knockdown Shield.
Damages and destroys doors.
The wall of flames lasts for 8 seconds after impact with the ground.

It can be useful to seal off an enclosed area such as a doorway to prevent enemies from pushing a position, as well as a mild way to break the line of sight of an enemy.
If an enemy is body blocking a door, you can throw a Thermite at the bottom of the door. It will destroy the door and burn the enemy.

Arc Star

	Arc Star
	Type	Thrown
	Ignition Time	2.8 seconds
	Description	Sticks, then explodes after a short delay. Causes damage and blurred vision.

Deals 30 impact damage and up to 70 explosion damage in a 10 m explosion radius; slows those affected by the explosion for 5 seconds.
Has disruptor functionality: deals triple damage against shields.
Can be thrown further than the frag or thermite grenades.
Damages and destroys doors. Also, it disables the Trident for a very short amount of time.

The explosion's "splash" damage decreases with distance from the Arc Star itself so plan accordingly.
If you come across extra high-tier armor such as epic or Legendary ones and you or your squad don't need it, equip an Arc Star, look at your feet and throw the Arc Star on the ground. You'll break your armor, but now you can swap to the new extra armor. Thus, leaving a broken armor on the ground for an enemy to potentially pick up or be forced to heal it.
Wraith can shake the stuck Arc Star off by activating her Into the Void.

History

Patch notes

May 04, 2021 Patch

Arc Stars no longer slow down players during the initial stick.

March 09, 2021 Patch

(Undocumented) Updated the model shown when an Arc Star is thrown near you to a more detailed version.

February 04, 2021 Patch

Fixed an exploit letting players block damage from grenades by dropping items on top of them.

February 02, 2021 Patch

Introduced the legend Fuse, who can hold 2 grenades per inventory slot.
Removed the ability to stick Arc Stars to friendly Surveillance Drones.
Fixed an issue with Thermite Grenades doing damage through certain walls on Olympus.

November 04, 2020 Patch

The Arc Star now shows an Arc Star model when one is thrown near the player, instead of a Frag Grenade.

March 03, 2020 Patch

Grenade stacks reduced from 2 to 1.

August 13, 2019 Patch

Arc Star
- Fixed a bug where sometimes Arc Stars would attach to players and some objects at a distance and appear to float off of them.
- Fixed bug where sometimes Arc Stars would not explode or do no damage when it detonates.

July 02, 2019 Patch

Arc Star
- Increased ignition delay from 2.5 to 2.8 seconds.
- Sticking a full health player with no armor will now down them.
- Players at the edge of the explosion no longer get their shields completely shredded.
- Arc Stars that are stuck to players should no longer fail to do damage when the part of the player it is stuck to is intersecting another object.
Thermite Grenade: Fixed an issue where players downed with thermite could be invincible to thermite after being revived.

June 04, 2019 Patch

Thermite Grenade: Thermite grenades now cause damage to doors.

March 19, 2019 Patch

Thermite Grenade: Turned down the draw/holster sound slightly for thermite grenades.

February 13, 2019 Patch

Arc Star: Arc Star now displays a grenade warning indicator.

Trivia

Grenades and regen items are both classified as "consumables" in the Death Box.
Fuse can hold two grenades, instead of one, and will take a stack of two grenades if he uses Loba's Black Market Boutique.

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 Grenades are throwable explosive [[weapons]] that go in the inventory like items. There are currently three types of grenades: the Frag Grenade, the Thermite Grenade, and the Arc Star.
-Grenades can be accessed by holding {{Key|G}} or {{Key|Xbox|Right}}/{{Key|PS4|Right}}. You can then use the fire button on PC, {{Key|Xbox|RT}} for Xbox or {{Key|PS4|R2}} for the PS4 to aim and throw.
+Grenades can be accessed by holding {{Key|G}} or {{Xbox|Right}}/{{PS4|Right}}. You can then use the fire button on PC, {{Xbox|RT}} for Xbox or {{PS4|R2}} for the PS4 to aim and throw.
 == Frag Grenade ==
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 * Frag Grenades can be used to force enemies out of cover.
 * Looking up and throwing a Frag Grenade directly up in the sky will have it fall directly back where you're currently standing in the next 3 seconds and explode on impact. This is great if you're outside a door and someone is about to break it down on the opposite side or do this if you're being chased while running.
+** This will not work with [[Fuse]], as the grenade will explode in mid-air.
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 | description = Creates a horizontal wall of flames.
 | info =
-* The wall is 10 m long and is horizontal, perpendicular from the direction it was thrown from.
+* The wall is 10 m long and is horizontal, perpendicular to the direction it was thrown from.
 * Deals 4 damage per tick when standing in the flames, and applies an over-time burn effect that lasts for 25 damage.
 * Bypasses the {{ItemLink|Knockdown Shield}}.
 * Damages and destroys doors.
+* The wall of flames lasts for 8 seconds after impact with the ground.
 | tips =
 * It can be useful to seal off an enclosed area such as a doorway to prevent enemies from pushing a position, as well as a mild way to break the line of sight of an enemy.
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 * Has disruptor functionality: deals '''triple''' damage against [[shields]].
 * Can be thrown further than the frag or thermite grenades.
-* Damages and destroys doors. Also, it disables the [[Trident (vehicle)|Trident]] for a very short amount of time.
+* Damages and destroys doors. Also, it disables the [[Trident]] for a very short amount of time.
 | tips =
 * The explosion's "splash" damage decreases with distance from the Arc Star itself so plan accordingly.
 * If you come across extra high-tier armor such as {{Epic}} or {{Legendary}} ones and you or your squad don't need it, equip an Arc Star, look at your feet and throw the Arc Star on the ground. You'll break your armor, but now you can swap to the new extra armor. Thus, leaving a broken armor on the ground for an enemy to potentially pick up or be forced to heal it.
 * Wraith can shake the stuck Arc Star off by activating her {{AbilityLink|Into the Void}}.
-* If [[Crypto]] is part of your squad, you can perform what is known as "Arc Star Play". Stick an Arc Star to a {{AbilityLink|Surveillance Drone}} and then quickly pilot the drone into the enemies, it'll blow up damaging and possibly knocking or killing them.
 | bugs =
 }}
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 == History ==
 {{Patch notes|
+; [[May 04, 2021 Patch]]
+* {{ItemLink|Arc Star}}s no longer slow down players during the initial stick.
+; [[March 09, 2021 Patch]]
+* (Undocumented) Updated the model shown when an {{ItemLink|Arc Star}} is thrown near you to a more detailed version.
+; [[February 04, 2021 Patch]]
+* Fixed an exploit letting players block damage from grenades by dropping items on top of them.
+; [[February 02, 2021 Patch]]
+* Introduced the [[legend]] [[Fuse]], who can hold 2 grenades per inventory slot.
+* Removed the ability to stick {{ItemLink|Arc Star}}s to friendly {{AbilityLink|Surveillance Drone}}s.
+* Fixed an issue with {{ItemLink|Thermite Grenade}}s doing damage through certain walls on [[Olympus]].
 ; [[November 04, 2020 Patch]]
-* The Arc Star now shows an Arc Star model when one is thrown near the player, instead of a grenade.
+* The {{ItemLink|Arc Star}} now shows an Arc Star model when one is thrown near the player, instead of a {{ItemLink|Frag Grenade}}.
 ; [[March 03, 2020 Patch]]
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 ** Sticking a full health player with no armor will now down them.
 ** Players at the edge of the explosion no longer get their shields completely shredded.
-** Arc stars that are stuck to players should no longer fail to do damage when the part of the player it is stuck to is intersecting another object.
+** Arc Stars that are stuck to players should no longer fail to do damage when the part of the player it is stuck to is intersecting another object.
 * {{ItemLink|Thermite Grenade}}: Fixed an issue where players downed with thermite could be invincible to thermite after being revived.
-; [[June 03, 2019 Patch]]
+; [[June 04, 2019 Patch]]
 * {{ItemLink|Thermite Grenade}}: Thermite grenades now cause damage to doors.
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 == Trivia ==
 * Grenades and [[regen]] items are both classified as "consumables" in the [[Death Box]].
+* [[Fuse]] can hold two grenades, instead of one, and will take a stack of two grenades if he uses [[Loba]]'s {{AbilityLink|Black Market Boutique}}.
 ==See also==