Explosive Weapons are a type of weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. The purpose of these weapons is for a variety of different ranged combat. Most Explosive Weapons use 
Rockets with a few exceptions.
Functionality[]
Explosive Weapons fill the role of a variety of different weapon ranges, depending on which explosive weapon is being used and for what purpose. All explosive weapons deal Splash Damage, meaning that from where the projectile lands, there will be a small spherical radius surrounding which will also deal damage. Explosive Weapons excel in Structure Damage, and many of them have different statistics for player versus structure damages. Players are also able to hurt themselves with Explosive Weapons, which limits their close range capabilities.
Some Explosive Weapons also have the unique mechanic of 'Rocket Riding' which allows a player to stand atop an explosive projectile and follow along with it until it detonates in the air or on a surface.
Other Explosive Weapons such as Kit's Shockwave Launcher and the Paint Launchers deal no damage to structures or players, as their uses are either for mobility, or for fun.
List of Weaponry[]
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocket Launcher |  |
Common Uncommon Rare |
Rockets
|
Pre-Season | Explosive Weapon: Fires long-range rockets that damage enemies in an area. |
| Rocket Launcher |  |
Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Pre-Season | Explosive Weapon: Fires long-range rockets that damage enemies in an area. |
| Grenade Launcher |  |
Rare Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Pre-Season | Explosive Weapon: Lobs rockets that damage everything in an area. |
| Grenade |  |
Common | Explosive | Pre-Season | Hurls a grenade. Bang bang! |
| Pumpkin Launcher |  |
Common Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Season 1 | Explosive Weapon: Fires long-range rockets that damage enemies in an area. |
| Snowball Launcher |  |
Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Season 2 | Explosive Weapon: Lobs rockets that damage everything in an area. |
| Egg Launcher |  |
Uncommon Rare Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Season 3 | Explosive Weapon: Lobs rockets that damage everything in an area. |
| Guided Missile |  |
Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Season 3 | Rocket Launcher which has a guidable missile. |
| Clinger |  |
Uncommon | Explosive | Season 3 | Hurls a grenade that sticks to enemy players or the environment. |
| Remote Explosive |  |
Epic | Explosive | Season 3 | Primary Fire: Toss an explosive charge out at a short range. The charge will explode if it takes any damage.
Secondary Fire: Detonate all placed charges. |
| Dynamite |  |
Uncommon | Explosive | Season 6 | Hurls a dynamite which explodes after a few seconds, dealing high damage. |
| Quad Launcher |  |
Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Season 6 | A Rocket Launcher which fires rockets in bursts of 2. |
| Bottle Rockets |  |
Uncommon | Rockets | Season 7 | Item which is thrown on the ground to fire a barrage of rockets. |
| Proximity Grenade Launcher |  |
Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Season 9 | Explosive Weapon: Lobs rockets that damage everything in an area. |
| Exclusive to other modes. | |||||
| Chitauri Energy Launcher |  |
Mythic |  Energy Cells
|
Season 8 | Shoots charged explosive projectile. Exclusive to Endgame: LTM. |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proximity Mine |  |
Rare | Explosive | Chapter 2: Season 2 | Mine that explodes when an enemy comes close. |
| Kit's Shockwave Launcher |  |
Mythic | Rockets
|
Chapter 2: Season 3 | Grenade Launcher which fires Shockwave Grenades. |
| Firefly Jar |  |
Rare | Explosive | Chapter 2: Season 3 | Jar that can be thrown which will explode and burn nearby areas. |
| Burst Quad Launcher |  |
Exotic | Rockets
|
Chapter 2: Season 5 | A Rocket Launcher which fires rockets in bursts of 4. Exotic variant of the Quad Launcher. |
| The Big Chill | |
Exotic | Rockets
|
Chapter 2: Season 5 | A Grenade Launcher which launches snowballs that deal no damage, but freezes the Player's feet. Exotic variant of the Snowball Launcher. |
| Recycler |  |
Rare Epic Legendary |
 Junk Ammo
|
Chapter 2: Season 6 | Harvest objects for ammo, then spit out densely packed projectiles of junk. Watch out for shrapnel! |
| Spire Assassin's Recycler | |
Mythic | Junk Ammo
|
Chapter 2: Season 6 | Spire Assassin's personal recycler. |
| Cuddle Fish |      |
Rare | Explosive | Chapter 2: Season 6 | Can be thrown. Cuddles enemies and then bursts with joy. |
| Plasma Cannon |  |
Legendary |  Plasma
|
Chapter 2: Season 7 | Launch a slow moving energy ball that zaps nearby objects and destroys any buildings in its path. |
| Shockwave Launcher | |
Rare Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Chapter 2: Season 8 | Grenade Launcher which fires Shockwave Grenades. |
| Paper Bomb Kunai |  |
Mythic | Explosive | Chapter 2: Season 8 | Paper Bomb Kunai. Explosive. Homes in on enemies and sticks in walls. |
| Exclusive to other modes. | |||||
| Paint Launcher |   |
Rare | Rockets
|
Chapter 2: Season 2 | Cover the Player and Enviroment in different paint colors. Exclusive to Party Royale and Fortnite: Creative. |
| Clinger | |
Rare Epic |
Explosive | Chapter 2: Season 2 | Hurls a grenade that sticks to enemy players or the environment. Exclusive to Spy Games: LTM. |
| Dynamite | |
Rare Epic |
Explosive | Chapter 2: Season 2 | Hurls a dynamite which explodes after a few seconds, dealing high damage. Exclusive to Spy Games: LTM. |
| Proximity Mine | |
Uncommon Epic |
Explosive | Chapter 2: Season 2 | Mine that explodes when an enemy comes close. Exclusive to Spy Games: LTM. |
| Alien Knockgun Launcher |  |
Legendary | Chapter 2: Season 7 | Does knockback. Exclusive to The Experiment. | |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anvil Rocket Launcher |  |
Rare Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Chapter 3: Season 2 | Explosive Weapon: Rocket homes to locked on vehicles or to the aimed at location. Aim down sight to lock on! |
| Explosive Goo Gun |  |
Rare | Chapter 3: Season 3 | Fires an adhesive fluid-like substance which explodes after a short amount of time. |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunder Spears |  |
Mythic | Explosive | Chapter 4: Season 2 | Arm-launched rockets designed to penetrate armored structures and deliver powerful explosives via wire activated fuse. |
| Cybertron Cannon |  |
Mythic | Explosive | Chapter 4: Season 3 | There’s going wild, then there’s having a blast. Take up a Cybertron Cannon on the Island to launch a powerful, quick, and explosive projectile. |
| Sticky Grenade Launcher |  |
Epic Legendary |
Rockets
|
Chapter 4: Season 4 | Tactical launcher that fires sticky grenades. |
| Shield Breaker EMP |  |
Rare | Explosive | Chapter 4: Season 4 | Creates a disrupted EMP burst on impact, damaging shields and temporarily disabling electronic devices in the area. Just make sure you don't drop it on your toes. |
| Name | Image | Rarities | Ammo Type | Season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unobtainable through legitimate methods. | |||||
| Nitro Queen TNT | |
Uncommon | Explosive | Chapter 5: Season 3 | Explosive weapon used by the Ringmaster Scarr AI. |
Unreleased
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- Main Article: Unreleased Items#Explosive Weapons
Strategy Guide[]
This section outlines a strategy.
Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.- Most Explosive Weapons are able to damage the player, so caution is advised when firing them near yourself.
- Firing an explosive weapon, especially one with a slow projectile, can be used to destroy a wall and instantly attack those behind it. This is done by shooting a slow moving rocket or grenade, readying your other weapon, and firing as soon as the projectile destroys the wall.
- Shooting most explosive weapons under a player will allow them to 'ride' the projectile. This can be used to move players from one area to another with great speed, such as out of the storm.
- Explosive weapons are very useful in small storm circles because there will be a small area so there will be no place to opponents to hide so the rocket or grenade will not fail the shot and will easily damage opponents.
Trivia[]
- High Explosives an LTM which uses many of the aforementioned explosive weapons. It is also a preset for the Loot Pool in Battle Lab.
- The explosive class is the only weapon subtype that has no suppressed weapons.
- Apart from the aforementioned weapons, the following will count towards explosives-related quests:
- The Boom Bow and TNTina's Ka-Boom Bow were Classified as a Explosive Weapon until Chapter 2: Season 6 Where it was changed to Bow.
- The Common Rocket Launcher is the shortest lived Explosive Weapon, being removed in a hotfix for the Chapter 2: Season 1 release update.
- Although the Grenade Launchers do not fire rockets, but grenades, they still use Rocket Ammo for balancing reasons.
- The Cluster Clinger, while being very similar to the Clinger is considered an Utility Item.