“ | Hurls a grenade. Bang bang!
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- — In-Game Description
Grenades are an Explosive Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. They were added in the Pre-Season.
Functionality[]
Grenades are thrown by the player using the arc provided. Once thrown, the grenade starts a three second timer. After the three seconds is up, the grenade will explode, dealing damage in a small radius around where it stopped moving / detonated.
Grenade explosions will not set off other grenades in the area prematurely, and grenades cannot be 'cooked' by holding on to them before throwing.
If a grenade is thrown into water, it will remain stationary until it explodes.
Stats[]
Grenades deal 40 damage.
Grenade |
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Common |
Damage: 40 |
Structure Damage: 75 |
Max Stack: 6 |
Obtained[]
Rarity | Chest | Rare
Chest |
Floor
Loot |
Supply
Drop |
Fishing
(Plain) |
Fishing
(Hole) |
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Common | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ✖ |
Grenades drop in stacks of 3.
Strategy Guide[]
- if you place on marker on the enemy go to the top of the marker and then go down you can almost always get a hit
- Grenades are very good for attacking a player who is repeatedly building, as lobbing several grenades at their structure will not only weaken it / destroy it, but it has the potential to eliminate the player afterwards.
- Understanding how far a grenade will go after it has been thrown before detonating allows a player to effectively control exactly where a grenade will explode, rather than dealing with the potential bounces and rolling of a thrown grenade.
Item ID[]
The Grenade is referred to as Athena Grenade in the files.
- Common: Athena_Grenade
The Grenade is referred to as Rufus Grenade in the files.
- Common: RufusGrenade
History[]
Pre-Season[]
- Update v1.6: Added Grenades in Common rarity alongside Battle Royale. They stack up to 10.
- Update v1.7.1: Grenades now deal 375 Structure Damage, instead of 450.
Season 2[]
- Update v1.11: Added a new icon for the Grenade to reflect its in game model.
Season 3[]
- Update v3.00: Grenades can no longer critical hit/headshot.
Season 5[]
- Update v5.00: Lowered knockback on the Grenade against Vehicles.
- Update v5.10: Supply Drops no longer drop Grenades.
- Update v5.20: Grenades have new audio.
Season 7[]
- Update v7.40: Vaulted Grenades.
Season 9[]
- Update v9.00: Unvaulted Grenades.
Chapter 2: Season 1[]
- Update v11.00: Updated the Icon and model of the Grenade.
- Update v11.11: Grenades now only stack to 6, instead of 10.
Chapter 4: Season 2[]
- TBD: Explosive damage decreases from 100 to 40. Structure damage also decreased from 375 to 75.
Chapter 4: Season 4[]
- Update v26.00: Vaulted the Grenade.
Chapter 4: Season OG[]
- Update v27.00: Created new a version of the Grenade.
- Which deals 100 player damage and 375 structure damage.
Chapter 5: Season 1[]
- Update v28.00: Vaulted and removed the OG variant of the Grenade.
Chapter 2 Remix[]
- Update v32.00: Unvaulted the Grenade. Unlike in Season OG, it did not receive a version with damage buffs.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Grenades are a different item to the projectile shot from a Grenade Launcher. They also cannot be used as Ammunition for said weapon.
- The thrown model for the Grenade not only has the pin still in, but also the lever, which means the Grenade wouldn't detonate at all in reality.