Grenade Launcher

The Grenade Launcher is a selectable weapon in 20 Minutes Till Dawn. It costs 3150 souls.

This weapon shoots explosive grenades. The grenades have huge damage, but they can also damage the player.

Stats

The grenade launcher has 3 available evolutions when the player reaches level 20.

evolution	description	notes
Blast Shield	Bullet Size +25%, You're immune to explosions.
Napalm	Bullet Size +30%, Bullet Speed -30%, Your bullets inflict Burn that deals 50% of your Bullet Damage per second.
Cluster Bomb	Grenades explode into 5 smaller Grenades that deal 20% of Bullet Damage.	The smaller grenades still damage the player.

Upgrades to prioritise:

Bullet damage
Bullet speed - gives you more range which increases safety if the Blast Shield evolution is not chosen
Fire rate
Reload speed
Max ammo
Projectile count

Upgrades to avoid, if Blast Shield is not chosen:

Piercing - bullets that pierce won't immediately explode on contact
Bounce - this will create smaller explosions which can easily damage you
Splinter - similar to bounce, this will create additional explosions that can also easily damage you
Cosmic Burst - similar to splinter

However, these avoided upgrades can be beneficial, depending on your build:

If you have enough bullet damage, you can one-shot enemies that get too close, leaving your explosions to clear enemies behind them.
- This lets you make use of both the contact damage and the explosion damage.
You can use Hina's ability to quickly evade explosive bullets, or tank them with Diamond.

0.6.3: Damage increase from 45 to 60. The grenade laying on the ground now detonates almost immediately instead of after 1.5 seconds.