Explosives

Explosives are among the most powerful weapons in the game. They can stun or kill large groups of enemies.

Cherrybomb


Cherrybombs (FirecrackerPlant), also known as gunpowder plants, are plants decorated with several small red berries. They serve as a weak, non-lethal explosive. When thrown, these plants ignite and produce a series of small but loud explosions, after a brief delay. This explosion deals no damage, but will stun most creatures in the radius, including Slugcat. They can also launch creatures a short distance, and temporarily deafen the player.

Explosive Spears


Explosive spears are spears draped with a red cloth, frequently found carried or stashed by scavengers. They are used in the same way as a regular spear, but explode shortly after embedding in a creature or surface. On initial activation they fizz and emit small pops, similar to a cherrybomb, before emitting a large and powerful explosion. This explosion is capable of killing most creatures in a single hit if embedded, and otherwise causes damage and stun dependent on proxmitiy to the blast.

Explosive spears explode instantly when hitting a non-embeddable surface or creature part. Their explosions will detonate other explosive spears, grenades and cherrybombs in proximity. The explosion of a single spear is not usually lethal to Slugcat, but can be rarely if standing directly in the centre of the explosion.

Explosive spears are typically the most effective source of damage for taking down large threats, due to their precision, explosion timer and relative player safety. They also have some platforming utility due to their high launch speed and non-lethality.

Grenades


Grenades (ScavengerBomb), or bombs, are typically found in areas associated with scavengers. They are small black orbs with a red center. When thrown, grenades will instantly explode on impact, dealing sizable damage and launching anything caught in the blast at high speeds. If caught within the blast radius close to the grenade, Slugcat will instantly be killed.

Grenades are less effective in medium quarters due the high risk of self-stun or death. Their extreme lethality makes them useless or self-destructive when thrown at close range targets.

Grenades are useful when targeting large groups, especially scavengers due to the potential for chain-explosions from their carried explosives. Carrying grenades in Slugcat's stomach can be useful for avoiding accidental detonations. Creatures can also be launched into pits with the high knockback.

Grenades are very unstable and will detonate soon after being hit by a rock or a spear. Other explosives only detonate due to explosion proximity instead of direct hits.

Trivia

 * The length of the red cloth on explosive spears is randomized.
 * Creatures hit by an explosive spear will spawn a thin stream of smoke from their wound and creatures hit by a grenade will leave a big trail of smoke behind as they fly away.
 * Grenades can be hit by a projectile and detonated even while carried in the hands of the Slugcat, Scavengers or even Dropwigs.