Explosives



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

Explosives

 * Cherrybomb
 * Cherrybombs, or Gunpowder plants, can be found growing on land in small clusters of branches. They are thrown at a medium force, and upon being thrown will release a series of loud popping noises. While these noises are harmless to all creatures, they will scare away medium predators (such as lizards) and will temporarily deafen or knock over slugcat.
 * Explosive Spears
 * Explosive spears are spears draped with a red cloth, presumably made using Gunpowder plants, and are frequently found carried or stashed by Scavengers. They handle the same as a regular spear, but upon being stuck in a creature or surface, they will let out a few harmless pops similar to a gunpowder plant, and then one large and dangerous explosion usually killing any creature in 1 hit, with a few exceptions, leaving those badly injured instead.
 * If a thrown explosive spear hits a surface it cannot stick into, it will instead explode immediately. The explosion of a single spear will not kill slugcat directly, but when the spear is stuck in an enemy the explosion will deal a great amount of damage in a small area, meaning the slugcat can die if is extremely close to the explosive spear. Explosive spears are the most powerful source of damage for taking down massive threats, but can also be easily misfired, making them deadly if used without caution.
 * Explosve spears have some creative uses for plataforming becasue of the knockback of the explosion and the unability of the explosive spear to kill yourself.
 * Grenades
 * Grenades, or bombs, much like explosive spears, 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 to anything caught in the blast, flinging it away with great force. If caught within a the blast radius around the grenade, slugcat will instantly be killed. They function similarly to explosive spears, though they do not have a delay and cannot pierce into creatures/walls.
 * Grenades are overall a less efficient explosive spear because of the high chance to kill yourself turning them into a "higher risk lower reward" version of the explosive spear, being more dangerous to the slugcat, dealing less damage and being useless in close combat. However they have some adventages such as being able to carry one in each hand and even the stomach and having a big blast area might be useful agains multiple creatures or using the massive knockback of the explosion to throw creatures in zones with deadly falls.
 * Grenades are very unstable and will detonate instantly if hit by a rock or a spear unlike cherrybombs and explosive spears, who can only explode becasue another explotion took place nearby.

Trivia

 * The length of the red cloth on the 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.