Grenade Launcher

Model of the grenade launcher

The **Grenade Launcher** is a primary weapon in Gun Raiders. It's difficult to use, hard to get kills with, and requires a good knowledge of the grenades trajectory to use effectively.

## Functionality

The Grenade Launcher is a one-handed (or two-handed) weapon. It can be selected through the weapon wheel. The grenades shot are impact grenades that blow up upon contact with players, but they also bounce off of surfaces. They kill non-overshielded players in one shot no matter where you hit, and they deal explosive damage. If the grenades do not come into contact with a player, they will detonate a few seconds later, damaging anyone in range.

The Grenade launcher can be charged by holding down the trigger, increasing the range and speed of the projectile. The charge up time can be reduced by holding it with two hands.

The Grenade Launcher is compatible with sidearms.

### Alternate Modes

The Grenade Launcher has an Alternate mode that fires gas grenades, which release a sphere-like area of gas when it explodes. The gas obscures the vision of and causes damage to anyone inside the gas, while also significantly slowing their speed.

## History

The Grenade Launcher was introduced when the game was first created.

**All Grenade Launcher Changes:**

**Patch Notes 0.2.4.4/March 12, 2021** - Grenade Launcher charge indicator.

**Patch Notes 0.2.5.0/March 18, 2021** - Global damage reduction across all guns. Time to kill increase. All weapons re-balanced to work with new time to kill. Weapons feel more situational and range plays larger factor. Headshot multiplier nerfed from 2x to 1.3x. Pulling out mag with off hand was removed.

**Patch Notes 0.2.6.2/March 19, 2021** - Global damage restored (we heard you!). Grenade damage radius decreased.

**Patch Notes 0.2.7.1 - Hotfix/March 21, 2021** - Grenade splash damage algorithm changed from linear to curved falloff with more consistent damage to body and limbs.

**Patch Notes 0.2.7.2/March 22, 2021** - Smoke bomb time-to-detonate reduced from 2.0s to 1.75s. Beeping also removed.

**Patch Notes 0.3.1.6/March 26, 2021** - Grenade direct hit on any part of the body is an insta-kill.

**Patch Notes 0.3.3.8/April 10, 2021** - Fix: Grenade launcher is more difficult to shoot through walls.

**Patch Notes 0.4.1.6/May 6th, 2021** - Grenades no longer allowed to be shot inside menu area.

**Patch Notes 0.4.7.9 - Improved Knife Throwing & Lots More/July 21st, 2021** - Updated gun and hand models.

**Patch Notes 0.4.8.7 - 5v5 and Weapon Balancing/August 7th, 2021** - Grenade Launcher: Damage increase from 220 -> 270.

**Patch Notes 0.6.2.8 - Weapon Balances + Overshield Improvements/November 3rd, 2021** - Grenade Launcher nerf: minimum damage reduced from 50 to 25. Headshot multiplier reduced from 2x to 1.5x for all weapons except minigun, sniper, and knife. Leg multiplier increased from .3x to .75x.

**Patch Notes 0.6.3.0 - Map Updates + Weapon Balancing + Asian Server/November 12th, 2021** - Grenade Launcher nerf: Maximum shot speed reduced from 13 to 10.

**Patch Notes 0.7.2.4 - Happy Easter! Find the hidden egg + Bug fixing/April 14th 2022** - Easter Grenade Launcher.

## Trivia

* During the Easter Egg Hunt event, the Grenade Launcher, rather than grenades, shot eggs with a rainbow colored trail.
	+ The smoke bombs also changed in color, to green for your team and blue for the enemy team.
* Due to common VR lag, the Grenade Launcher can hit people when it seems like it doesn't. Due to VR's need to track multiple body movements, a player is slightly ahead of everyone else. Even if you dodge, on the grenade users screen, it will seem like they hit you.
	+ This is an issue with Virtual Reality in general, and is not something the developers can actively work on.
* Before the current gas alt, the Grenade Launcher used to have a smoke alt. It worked similarly to gas, though it dealt no damage and didn't slow movement speed.

## Gallery

*These skins need to be confirmed as official in-store content. These are official renders uploaded by the skin creator.*

**Grenade Launcher Skins:**

Royalty by DominusGlitchOribombi by DominusGlitchTo Infinite by DominusGlitchInfinite Fun by DominusGlitchLunatic by DominusGlitchPaper Bomber by DominusGlitchRedacted by DominusGlitchOverbombed by DominusGlitchCrumpled by DominusGlitchTick Tock by DominusGlitchNoise by DominusGlitchStripedGold by DominusGlitch (Confirmed)LightShow by DominusGlitchOrder and Chaos by DominusGlitch (Confirmed)Midas by DominusGlitchLights, Camera, Action! by DominusGlitchFit for a King by DominusGlitch