Explosive Grenade

Explosive GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Grenade, Fire, Detonator
Tier: 1
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (10-68) Mana
Cooldown Time: 5.00 sec
Can Store 3 Use(s)
Attack Speed: 75% of base
Attack Damage: (215-878)% of baseRequires: CrossbowFire a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a devastating fiery blast when its fuse expires.Detonation Time is 3 seconds
Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage
Consumes 15 Heat if possible to
Gain 50% of damage as Fire damage
Explosion radius is (2-2.4) metres

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gem/SkillGemExplosiveGrenade

Explosive Grenade is a grenade skill that requires a crossbow. It fires a grenade projectile that explodes after the fuse duration, dealing damage in an area. This skill can consume Heat to gain extra fire damage.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Explosion radius
1	0	0	0	10	215%	2
2	3	0	0	11	237%	2
3	6	9	9	13	262%	2
4	10	13	13	15	287%	2.1
5	14	17	17	17	312%	2.1
6	18	20	20	19	338%	2.1
7	22	24	24	21	365%	2.1
8	26	28	28	23	391%	2.1
9	31	32	32	26	415%	2.2
10	36	37	37	29	441%	2.2
11	41	41	41	32	470%	2.2
12	46	46	46	35	501%	2.2
13	52	51	51	38	535%	2.3
14	58	57	57	41	572%	2.3
15	64	62	62	45	613%	2.3
16	66	64	64	49	657%	2.3
17	72	70	70	53	705%	2.3
18	78	75	75	58	757%	2.4
19	84	80	80	63	815%	2.4
20	90	86	86	68	878%	2.4

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Fire AttunementFire AttunementSupport, Attack, Fire Category: Fire Attunement Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, causing them to Gain Fire Damage but deal less Cold and Lightning Damage.Supported Attacks Gain 25% of Damage as extra Fire Damage Supported Attacks deal 50% less Cold and Lightning DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Magnified Area IMagnified Area ISupport, AoE Category: Increased Area of Effect Tier: 1 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.Supported Skills have 35% increased Area of EffectPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Multishot IMultishot ISupport, Projectile Category: Additional Projectiles Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.Supported Skills deal 35% less Damage Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles Supported Skills have 20% less Skill SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	Adhesive Grenades IAdhesive Grenades ISupport, Grenade Category: Adhesive Grenades Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Grenade Skills. Grenades from Supported Skills do not bounce, instead halting movement where they intially land, but doing lower damage when they detonate.Supported Grenade Skills stop where they initially land Supported Grenade Skills deal 10% less DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Multishot IIMultishot IISupport, Projectile Category: Additional Projectiles Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.Supported Skills deal 25% less Damage Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles Supported Skills have 20% less Skill SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Short Fuse IShort Fuse ISupport Category: Short Fuse Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which Detonate after some amount of time has elapsed, shortening the time before Detonation.Supported Skills have 40% less Detonation TimePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Adhesive Grenades IIAdhesive Grenades IISupport, Grenade Category: Adhesive Grenades Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Grenade Skills. Grenades from Supported Skills do not bounce, instead halting movement where they intially land.Supported Grenade Skills stop where they initially landPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Cooldown Recovery ICooldown Recovery ISupport Category: Cooldown Recovery Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover. Cannot modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 25% increased cooldown recovery ratePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	DeliberationDeliberationSupport Category: Deliberation Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills that can be used while moving, causing you to move slower while using them, but granting more damage in exchange.Supported Skills deal 20% more Damage 30% more Movement Speed penalty while using Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Long Fuse ILong Fuse ISupport Category: Long Fuse Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which have a Detonation Time, causing those Skills to have much higher Detonation Time and detonation damage.Supported Skills have 50% increased Detonation Time Grenades from Supported Skills cannot explode before the end of their Detonation Time Detonations from supported Skills deal 30% more DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	PayloadPayloadSupport, Grenade Category: Payload Tier: 4Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports Skills which fire Grenades, giving fired Grenades a chance to activate again, but lengthening their cooldowns.Supported Skills have 70% reduced Cooldown Recovery Rate Grenades fired by Supported Skills have 50% chance to activate a second timePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Short Fuse IIShort Fuse IISupport Category: Short Fuse Tier: 4 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 115%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which Detonate after some amount of time has elapsed, massively shortening the time before Detonation at the cost of Damage.Supported Skills have 80% less Detonation Time Supported Skills deal 30% less DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Fire Penetration IIFire Penetration IISupport, Fire Category: Fire Penetration Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, making those Hits ignore enemy Fire resistance.Hits from Supported Skills ignore enemy Fire ResistancePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Long Fuse IILong Fuse IISupport Category: Long Fuse Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Skills which have a Detonation Time, causing those Skills to have much higher Detonation Time and detonation damage.Supported Skills have 70% increased Detonation Time Grenades from Supported Skills cannot explode before the end of their Detonation Time Detonations from supported Skills deal 35% more DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Second Wind IIISecond Wind IIISupport Category: Second Wind Tier: 5 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 150%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with cooldowns, giving them extra uses of that cooldown and causing them to restore Life on use. Cannot support instant or triggered skills, or modify the skills of minions.Supported Skills have 40% less Cooldown Recovery Rate Restore 2% of maximum Life on use per one second cooldown of Supported Skills Supported Skills have twice as many Cooldown UsesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Item acquisition

Explosive Grenade has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Skill Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Explosive Grenade has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Explosive Grenade consumes 15 Heat to gain 50% of damage as fire damage. Removed "Duration" gem tag. [Undocumented]
0.2.0b	Explosive Grenade and Voltaic GrenadeVoltaic GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Grenade, Lightning, Duration Tier: 7 Level: (1-20) Cost: (10-73) Mana Cooldown Time: 5.00 sec Can Store 2 Use(s) Attack Speed: 75% of base Attack Damage: (80-327)% of baseRequires: CrossbowFire a bouncing Grenade that discharges an Electrocuting Lightning blast when its fuse expires, causing all Lightning Hits against enemies to contribute to Electrocution buildup for a duration.Detonation Time is 2.5 seconds Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage Explosion radius is (2-2.4) metres Lightning damage from Hits with this skill Contributes to Electrocution Buildup (150-340)% more Electrocution buildup from Hits with this skill Electrocution buildup Debuff duration is 6 seconds Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality: (1-20)% increased Cooldown Recovery RateSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel. Cooldowns have been lowered to 5 seconds.
0.2.0	Many Skills have had their base damage and/or damage growth per level rebalanced. Most of these changes are not specifically mentioned below as the changes are too widespread. The mana cost for all Attacks, Marks and Warcries has been reduced, most notably at higher Gem levels. Explosive Grenade cooldown is now 7 seconds (previously 3 seconds). Now has an Explosion Radius of 2-2.4 metres at Gem levels 1-20 (previously 1.8-2.4). Now has a Detonation Time of 3 seconds (previously 2.5 seconds).
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.