Grenade

The Grenade, activated through the inventory, is a simple weapon to use, but is also a very powerful tool for the Humans. The throw of a grenade cannot be increased by a great deal, and its range is short, thus making Tremulous's grenade not as useful in on-the-run encounters as the grenades of other First-Person Shooters. However, damage dealt at the epicenter of the grenade explosion is in excess of a massive 340 points, easily more than enough to kill anything other than a Tyrant. It is a great advantage for the humans against poorly-constructed Alien defenses: the grenade can obliterate a large group of Acid Tubes, provided that they are clustered tightly together. A common tactic is to enter the Alien base suicidially with nothing but Armor, a Painsaw, and a grenade, attack the Overmind and/or an egg farm, and release the grenade at the last second, thereby ensuring the destruction of the target. This is known as a painsaw rush.

• Extremely high damage at epicenter.
• Large splash damage radius.

• Expensive for what it does, and it often goes unused in base attacks.
• Can carry only one at a time.
• Short throw.
• Can destroy the Humans' base just as easily as the Aliens'. (A misfired grenade at the armory will quickly earn you the ire of your team.)