Explosive Grenade

Explosive GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Grenade, Fire, Duration, Detonator
Tier: 1
Level: (1-40)
Cost: (10-870) Mana
Cooldown Time: 5.00 sec
Can Store 3 Use(s)
Attack Speed: 75% of base
Attack Damage: (135-1117)% of baseFires a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a devastating fiery blast when its fuse expires.Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Fire Damage
Explosion radius is (1.8–2.4) metres
Fuse duration is 2.5 seconds

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.

Gem level progression

Level				Mana Cost	Attack Damage	Explosion radius
1	1	1	1	10	135%	1.8
2	3	1	1	11	149%	1.8
3	6	10	10	13	163%	1.8
4	10	15	15	14	178%	1.9
5	14	20	20	16	192%	1.9
6	18	25	25	18	207%	1.9
7	22	30	30	20	221%	2
8	26	34	34	23	234%	2
9	31	40	40	25	246%	2
10	36	46	46	28	258%	2.1
11	41	52	52	32	271%	2.1
12	46	59	59	36	285%	2.1
13	52	66	66	40	299%	2.2
14	58	73	73	45	314%	2.2
15	64	80	80	51	330%	2.2
16	66	83	83	57	346%	2.3
17	72	90	90	63	364%	2.3
18	78	97	97	71	382%	2.3
19	84	104	104	80	401%	2.4
20	90	109	109	89	421%	2.4
21	—	—	—	100	442%	2.4
22	—	—	—	112	464%	2.5
23	—	—	—	126	487%	2.5
24	—	—	—	141	512%	2.5
25	—	—	—	158	537%	2.6
26	—	—	—	177	564%	2.6
27	—	—	—	199	592%	2.6
28	—	—	—	223	622%	2.7
29	—	—	—	249	653%	2.7
30	—	—	—	279	686%	2.7
31	—	—	—	313	720%	2.8
32	—	—	—	351	756%	2.8
33	—	—	—	393	794%	2.8
34	—	—	—	440	834%	2.9
35	—	—	—	493	875%	2.9
36	—	—	—	553	919%	2.9
37	—	—	—	619	965%	3
38	—	—	—	694	1013%	3
39	—	—	—	777	1064%	3
40	—	—	—	870	1117%	3.1

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	AdhereAdhereSupport, Grenade Tier: 1Support 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 20% less DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Concentrated EffectConcentrated EffectSupport, AoE Tier: 1Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.Supported Skills deal 30% more Area Damage Supported Skills have 50% less 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	ScattershotScattershotSupport, Projectile 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 Attack and Cast SpeedPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
II	Exploit WeaknessExploit WeaknessSupport, Payoff Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 130%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to deal more Damage against enemies with Broken Armour but preventing them from Breaking Armour themselves. Cannot support skills that Consume Broken Armour.Supported Skills cannot Break Armour Supported Skills Consume Enemy Fully Broken Armour to deal 40% more DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	IngenuityIngenuitySupport Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 110%Support Requirements: +5 DexSupports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns Recover.Supported Skills have 30% 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	Primal ArmamentPrimal ArmamentSupport, Attack Tier: 2 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks that use a weapon, causing them to deal more weapon Elemental damage.Supported Skills deal 25% more Weapon Elemental DamagePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.
III	Fire ExposureFire ExposureSupport, Fire, Duration Tier: 3 Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to inflict Fire Exposure when Igniting.Supported Skills inflict Fire Exposure for 8 seconds on Igniting a targetPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	ImmolateImmolateSupport, Fire, Payoff Tier: 3Support Requirements: +5 StrSupports Attacks, granting them extra Fire damage against Ignited enemies but making them unable to Ignite enemies themselves.Supported Skills cannot Ignite Supported Attacks Gain 30% of Damage as extra Fire Damage against Ignited enemiesPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.	PayloadPayloadSupport, Grenade Tier: 3Support 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 copies of the same Support Gem socketed at the same time.

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
0.2.0b	Explosive Grenade and Voltaic GrenadeVoltaic GrenadeAttack, AoE, Projectile, Grenade, Lightning Tier: 7 Level: 1 Attack Speed: 75% of baseFires a bouncing Grenade that discharges an Electrocuting Lightning blast when its fuse expires.Converts 80% of Physical Damage to Lightning Damage 50% more Electrocution buildup Lightning damage from this skill Contributes to Electrocution Buildup Explosion radius is 2 metres Fuse duration is 1.2 secondsPlace into a Skill Gem socket to gain this skill. These are found in the Skill Gems 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.