The Fusion Grenade is a weapon in Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, Into the Nexus, and Ratchet & Clank (2016 game). Manufactured by GrummelNet Industries,[1] it is a glove that throws grenades at enemies.
The Fusion Grenade can be upgraded to the Fusion Bomb with use.
Characteristics[]
The Fusion Grenade and Fusion Bomb are both wrist-mounted gloves. They have a blue, bulky design with a large node on the back. In Into the Nexus, the design is completely yellow, and less bulky.
The Fusion Bomb uses GrummelNet's patented "Intelli-Seeking Pyrocidic Nitroballs".[2]
Gameplay[]
Overview[]
The Fusion Grenade tosses bombs at enemies which have a decent area of effect and deal strong damage. Early on, its damage is strong, but its limited ammo makes it better either against mobs of enemies clustered together, or against bosses. As an early weapon, it is easily outclassed by weapons acquired later on in damage and in area of effect. The Fusion Bomb upgrade spreads its damage further, improving its strength against larger groups.
Tools of Destruction[]
The Fusion Grenade in action.
The Fusion Grenade is one of two weapons Ratchet begins with, along with the Combuster. Its bombs explode on impact, with the explosion taking a split second to travel outwards, which can give enemies at the edge time to get away.
The weapon can be upgraded with raritanium, including the upgrades More damage, Bigger area, More ammo, and More bolts. Its special upgrade is Concussion Detonators, which increases its knockback power, which is mostly noticeable against larger enemies that have innately high knockback resistance.
The Fusion Bomb increases the area of effect and adds bomblets that launch after exploding, spreading its damage to mobs of enemies. The Fusion Bomb starts with six bomblets, each dealing 16.66% damage, with the total number increasing by one for every two levels, up to eight at VX. Combined with the Concussion Detonators upgrade that knocks down enemies for longer, the weapon becomes better at crowd control. In challenge mode, it can upgrade to the Omega Fusion Bomb for 6,500,000 bolts.
Quest for Booty[]
The Fusion Grenade is available at the beginning of Quest for Booty, but is lost in the Azorean Sea when Rusty Pete launches Ratchet and Talwyn to Hoolefar Island. Rusty Pete later returns the Combuster and Fusion Grenade to Ratchet after resurrecting Captain Slag and Captain Darkwater in the Morrow Caverns during "Escape Morrow Caverns". The Fusion Grenade still upgraded to the Fusion Bomb with use, though this upgrade does not add bomblets to each explosion.
The Concussion Detonators upgrade is acquired in the underwater tunnel on the bay of Hoolefar Island, either before or after "Battle the Undead Pirates". Ratchet has to dive into the bay and enter the underwater tunnel, and blow down the gate with a Fusion Grenade to acquire it.
Into the Nexus[]
The Fusion Grenade in Into the Nexus.
The Fusion Grenade is obtained in "Stop Thugs from freeing Vendra Prog" in the Nebulox Seven Prison Ship. It has a vastly different appearance, and unlike previous iterations, its bombs explode on contact with a surface. At level 3, it upgrades to the Fusion Bomb, a more powerful version that drops bomblets after explosion.
The weapon initially begins as a standard grenade launcher effective against medium-sized enemies and groups. When fully upgraded, it launches bomblets that improves it effectiveness against all kinds of enemies, as the bomblets decimate both groups and larger foes equally.
The raritanium upgrades, of which it can acquire many, further enhance the weapon's damage output. Primarily the Sticky Grenades upgrade grants an additional set of timed bombs that stick to nearby enemies and surfaces. Other upgrades include blast radius, core charge (main explosion damage), rate of fire, raritanium and bolts drop rate, nitroball count (once at V3), and damage upgrades for the nitroballs, sticky grenades, and base damage. A fully upgraded Fusion Bomb is one of the best damage-per-second weapons available.
Ratchet & Clank (re-imagined)[]
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Ratchet using the Fusion Grenade during the Ranger tryouts.
Ratchet purchases the Fusion Grenade for 100 bolts from a Gadgetron vendor as part of the Galactic Ranger tryouts on Veldin in "Head to the fairgrounds". It begins as a powerful weapon with limited ammo, that Ratchet can upgrade with raritanium upgrades. With use, the weapon upgrades to the Fusion Bomb.
In challenge mode, the weapon may upgrade to the Omega Fusion Bomb for 130,000 bolts, once the Fusion Grenade's holocard set complete. The set contained the Fusion Grenade, Bouncer, and B6 Obliterator cards.
Behind the scenes[]
The Fusion Grenade explosions was one of the first visual effects created for Tools of Destruction, alongside the mortars and the space pirates' explosions.[3]
The weapon's Holocard in the 2016 installment is incorrectly labeled as the "Fusion Grenade" despite using a render of the Fusion Bomb upgrade.[4]
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