Holy Hand Grenade
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Holy Hand Grenade
Statistics
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Damage | 600 |
| Knockback | ? |
| Consumable | ✔️ |
| Use time | 50 (Extremely slow) |
| Velocity | 4 |
| Tooltip | The Lord's chosen weapon |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 1 |
Projectile created
- Holy Hand Grenade
Sounds
| Explosion |
|---|
- Internal Item ID: 5061
- Internal Projectile ID: m1019
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Animation of the Holy Hand Grenade.
The Holy Hand Grenade is a thrown explosive. It is an upgraded version of Dynamite and has double the range. Similar to Dynamite, it destroys blocks and items, excluding those that are explosion-proof.
Crafting
Recipes
| Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
|---|---|---|
| Holy Hand Grenade |  Work Bench |
Notes
- Although it is called a "Grenade", it destroys blocks like a Bomb.
- The fuse time is roughly 5 seconds.
Trivia
- The Holy Hand Grenade originates from the 1975 British comedy movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where Saint Attila requested God to bless a grenade, becoming the "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch". ("O lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayest blow thy enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.")
- This particular iteration of the item comes from the Worms games, a series of turn-based strategy games developed by Team17, with the same "Hallelujah!" sound effect and massive destruction potential. The item was introduced to Terraria through the Worms 3 crossover. The melody of the sound effect is taken from the principal theme in the "Hallelujah" chorus from the Messiah oratorio by George Frideric Handel.
- It is one of the few pre-Hardmode items with a rarity of .
- This item currently deals the highest weapon base damage among all versions of Terraria.
History
- Mobile 1.3.0.7: Removed and replaced with 5 Dynamite.
- Mobile 1.2.11212: No longer requires Gold Bars.
- Mobile 1.1.5536: Now obtainable.
- Mobile 1.1.933: Introduced, but unobtainable.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.
Bombs
Old-gen console/3DS-Only Items
