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This page is about the weapon that is featured in Fallout 3. For the version that features in Fallout: New Vegas, see Nuka-grenade (Mad Bomber) (GRA). For other grenade models used in other games, see grenade. |
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The Nuka-grenade is a craftable thrown explosive in Fallout 3.
Characteristics
Nuka-grenades are crude, yet effective, bombs consisting of a sealed tin can filled with Nuka-Cola Quantum, Abraxo cleaner and turpentine, which react with one another to explode. Around the middle are several strips of masking tape and the words "RADIATION" and "DANGER" written on both sides in black marker.
When thrown, the grenade erupts into a great blue and orange fireball. Its power is bested only by the mini nuke and the bottlecap mine (with perks). Flames and radiation linger for a few seconds after the explosion.
Thrown grenades are affected by physics; they may bounce or roll unexpectedly if not thrown carefully. However, in-game physics can also be used to your advantage, such as throwing grenades through doorways or bouncing them around corners to attack enemies who cannot see you.
Locations
- There is a Nuka-grenade on the Mechanist's workbench.
- You can find a Nuka-grenade on a workbench in the Evergreen Mills Foundry.
- You can find a Nuka-grenade on the second floor from the top of the Old Olney S. Wilson Building in a crate, under a desk above and to the left of the entrance.
- There are three Nuka-grenades in the Citadel Armory with the Broken Steel add-on, however you can only get to the armory if you blow up the Citadel in the Who Dares Wins quest.
- A few can be found in the engineering core of Mothership Zeta.
- For schematics locations, see Schematics - Nuka grenade.
Crafting
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Tin can (1) Turpentine (1) Abraxo cleaner (1) |  |  | Nuka-grenade (1 per schematic) |
Notes
- Grenades can be targeted in V.A.T.S. and can thus be shot out of the air. Shooting them while they are still held by the enemy can detonate them as well. Grenades can be thrown point-blank in V.A.T.S due to the sharply reduced damage taken.
- A grenade that has been thrown toward you will show up on your HUD as a red arrow denoting its direction relative to you. Move in the opposite direction as quickly as possible to escape the blast radius.
- Holding the fire button down for a longer period of time will increase the strength of the throw. Grenades can be thrown for longer distances than normal through successful V.A.T.S. hits. Grenades cannot be cooked to detonate earlier.
- It is also possible to plant a live grenade on a non-player character via reverse-pickpocketing.
- Nuka-grenades are not affected by either the Demolition Expert or the Pyromaniac perks.
- Followers don't seem to take the Nuka-grenade's increased explosive radius into consideration when tossing them. This can lead to some nasty limb damage to both the player and their followers.
- If you have the Quantum Chemist perk provided by the Broken Steel add-on, you can turn ten regular Nuka-Colas into a single Nuka-Cola Quantum, and since regular Nuka-Colas are much more common and can be found in restocked inventories of some merchants, the perk allows you to create an essentially unlimited supply of these grenades.
- The Nuka-grenade should be used very carefully at close ranges. Besides having a risk of dealing massive damage to the player when used incorrectly (just like any other grenade), the radiation levels from a Nuka-grenade explosion can be astoundingly high. It produces a lingering radiation level of 50 rads for 2 seconds that is roughly half the size of the explosion itself.
- In the G.E.C.K., the Nuka-grenade is called Nuka cocktail, as its original design was based on a Molotov cocktail, using a Nuka-Cola Quantum as a component. The model for this early design can still be found in Fallout 3 's projectiles folder of Meshes.bsa.
- If one is thrown on (or at) Harold, he will catch on fire before it explodes.
Sounds
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Behind the scenes
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Originally, the Nuka-grenade was planned to be designed in a form of a bottle, resembling the Molotov cocktail.
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Gallery
The Nuka-grenade's original design as the Nuka cocktail.