Holy Hand Grenade (Consolaria)
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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.
Holy Hand Grenade
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Statistics
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Damage | 600 |
| Critical chance | 4% |
| Use time | 50 (Extremely slow) |
| Velocity | 4 |
| Tooltip | The Lord's chosen weapon |
| Rarity |  |
| Sell | 1 |
Sounds
| Use | |
|---|---|
| Explosion | |
Crafting
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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.