Throwables and Explosives

Throwables and explosives are rare, loud, and high-impact. Most of them should be treated as route-changing tools, not casual pocket clutter.

Why They Matter

Role	What it does
Breach	Opens positions that would otherwise force a predictable entry
Blind	Lets you cross, push, or disengage while players and NPCs lose sight
Cover	Creates temporary space when open terrain or hostile fire would pin you down
Deny	Makes doors, hallways, roads, and loot spots dangerous to contest
Signal	Calls attention to a location, sometimes on purpose and sometimes by mistake

The strongest explosives are intentionally rare. If one appears in your kit, it should have a job before the fight starts.

Throwable	Primary use	Field notes
Grenade	Burst damage and breaching	Grenades now cause real block damage, throwing blocks outward and letting players punch holes through walls, barricades, and defended rooms
Flashbang	Entry, escape, and crowd disruption	A good flashbang can completely blind players and NPCs, which makes it one of the strongest ways to break a defended angle
Smoke grenade	Cover and line-of-sight control	Smoke is physics-based and volumetric, so it can fill rooms, hallways, and small structures instead of sitting as a flat cloud
Black smoke grenade	Heavy concealment	Best when you want darker cover or want a position to feel more dangerous from the outside
White smoke grenade	Clean visual cover	Easier for teammates to read while still breaking sightlines
Colored smoke grenade	Signaling and misdirection	Can mark an approach, fake a push, or make another squad think a team play is happening
Gas grenade	Toxic area denial	Works like smoke, but the cloud itself is dangerous and can force players or hostiles out of a room
Incendiary grenade	Fast ignition and panic pressure	Detonates into a quick-spreading fire burst that punishes clustered players and tight interiors
Molotov cocktail	Sustained burn control	Better for holding an area for a continuous window than for a single instant blast

Explosive	Primary use	Field notes
C4 charge	Remote breaching	Very rare, plantable, and best saved for breaking a strong position or opening a valuable route
Claymore	Directional trap	Strong near doors, loot entries, stairwells, and escape lanes where players are likely to commit forward
Bouncing Betty	Proximity trap	Punishes careless movement and can protect a camp, stash route, or retreat path
Proximity mine	General area denial	Best used where enemies will not have much time to notice the threat before they trigger it

Ordnance	How it is used
Airstrike flare	Marks a target with a flare and calls an airstrike onto that location
Airstrike case	Lets a player select a location on the map and call in a strike remotely
Air strike	Excessively rare and loud enough to make the area matter to everyone nearby
Nuke	Catastrophic endgame ordnance called from map-level control. If one appears, treat it like a world event, not a normal item

Throwables matter against NPCs because they can see, hear, investigate, and lose sightlines.

throwables and explosives are intentionally rare, especially the pieces that breach, deny terrain, or call in air support
firing, throwing, or planting explosives usually announces that something valuable is happening
do not waste breach tools on weak rooms unless opening that route changes the fight
expect players to chase smoke, flares, explosions, and air support signals
keep friendly movement in mind, because a good explosive used carelessly can ruin your own push