Nuka-grenade (Mad Bomber) (GRA)

This page is about the weapon that is featured in Fallout: New Vegas. For the version that features in Fallout 3, see Nuka-grenade (Fallout 3).

Gun Runners' Arsenal weapon
Nuka-grenade
Requirements
Skill	Explosives 100
Strength req.	2
Attack statistics
Dmg/attack	1 (1.2) + 350 (626.5)  + 2 for 5s
DPS	228.9 (409.4) + 2
DPS (reload)	+ 2
Crit dmg	0
Crit % mult	x1
Attacks/sec	0.7
AP	24
Other
Weight	0.5
Value	50
Item HP	5
Form ID	xx000818
Perk effects
Perks (dam.)	Demolition Expert ( +210 ) Lord Death (+0 +14 ) Bloody Mess (+0.1 +17.5 ) Thought You Died (+0.1 +35 )

 

The Nuka-grenade is a thrown explosive in the Fallout: New Vegas add-on Gun Runners' Arsenal.

Characteristics

The Nuka-grenade is an extremely powerful improvised explosive device. It incorporates the radioactive properties of a relatively rare Nuka-Cola variant to produce an enhanced plasma blast. Upon detonation, the target area also becomes irradiated for a short time afterwards.

This grenade is also a holdout weapon.

Crafting

This weapon must be crafted by the player. It cannot be found on enemies or in containers. Also, the player must have the Mad Bomber perk to be able to craft it.

Because the recipe requires Nuka-Cola Quartz, only a small number of these grenades can be created in the base game. With the Nuka Chemist perk, many more can be created (though still potentially finite).

Creation requirements

Materials:		Requirements:		Produces:
Abraxo cleaner (1) Nuka-Cola Quartz (1) tin can (1) turpentine (1)		Workbench¹ Explosives: 60 Mad Bomber perk Gun Runners' Arsenal add-on		Nuka-grenade (Mad Bomber) (GRA) (1)

¹ Craftable without a workbench via a dialogue option with Veronica, or with ED-E once the Lonesome Road add-on is installed.

Locations

• Gun Runners kiosk, sold by Vendortron.

Notes

• More Nuka-Cola Quartz can be found in the Old World Blues and Lonesome Road add-ons.
• The Vault Boy image differs from that used in Fallout 3.
• It is the most powerful thrown explosive weapon available without the Wild Wasteland trait; the most powerful being the Holy Frag Grenade.
• It retains the unique blue detonation seen in Fallout 3.

Sounds

Gallery

Nuka grenade explosion with blue glow

The explosion ends in a local fire, creatures around the blast are seen burning

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