Bouncy Grenade

Pink gel elasticity and erratic explosive rebounds

Crafted by combining 2 Grenade with 1 Pink Gel directly by hand without needing a crafting station, yielding 2 grenades per craft. It inflicts 65 base ranged damage with 8 knockback at a Very slow throw rate of 40 frames. Unlike ordinary grenades that detonate upon hitting terrain or roll smoothly, this projectile rebounds vigorously off solid blocks and walls multiple times before detonating on contact with an enemy or after three seconds.

Boss arena tactics and self-damage hazards

The erratic bouncing trajectory makes this explosive fantastic for clearing long vertical hellevators or bouncing into enclosed boss arenas against the Eater of Worlds and Eye of Cthulhu. However, the high bounce velocity presents extreme hazard in tight underground caves, where errant rebounds can bounce directly back into the thrower and cause fatal self-damage. Because it is a consumable thrown item, it cannot receive any reforge modifiers.

Trivia

• Pink Gel dropped from rare Pinky slimes imparts bouncy physics to grenades, glowsticks, and boulder traps.
• The explosion damages critters and hostile monsters alike, but leaves background walls and tiles unharmed.