Nuka-Grenade

A Nuka Grenade is a craftable grenade that does much more damage than a standard Frag Grenade.

Info

 * When thrown, the grenade produces a high powered explosion bested only by the Mini Nuke and the Bottlecap Mine (with perks). Nuka Grenades are like Molotov Cocktails in that when they erupt into a blue fireball, flames and radiation linger for a few seconds afterwards.


 * The grenade is found in higher levels on corpses and various lootable objects. It can also be created using the proper Schematic.


 * Multiple schematics will increase the number of Nuka Grenades made from a single set of ingredients: Two schematics ("version 2") will make two Nuka Grenades from the same amount of materials, and three schematics will make three grenades. The damage of the Nuka Grenade does not change.

Schematic Locations

 * Nuka Grenade schematics can be obtained for free via Cliffside Cavern, near the bottom of the map between Tenpenny Tower (to its west) and Andale (to its east). Go through Cliffside to access the Yao Guai Cave (there is no other access). The schematic is on the "ground" floor at the northwestern-most part of the cave, among a pile of skeletons. You can take a shortcut to this point by simply dropping down once you get to the cavern proper, instead of following the wooden plank pathway.


 * If you complete The Nuka-Cola Challenge, you can obtain schematics for this weapon. *NOTE: Sierra Petrovita comments on how she has the ONLY schematics for this grenade, but it isn't true.


 * The traveling caravaner Doc Hoff also sells the Nuka Grenade schematic. He wears a pre-war suit and appears  in front of the various main towns (Megaton, Rivet City, Canterbury Commons, etc.) on a circular route. Note: If Doc Hoff dies (don't worry, you have to be near a caravan trader for the trader to die) you CANNOT retrieve the schematics from his brahmin/inventory unless you killed him yourself, in which case the schematic should be on his corpse. To resurrect NPCs, see this.

Components
Once you have the schematics, you will need a workbench and one each of the following items:

Bug

 * On the PC at least, if you save the game, then create a Nuka Grenade to get the Weaponsmith achievement, and afterwards reload the game to get the Nuka Cola Quantum back you still keep the Nuka Grenade you created and your Nuka Cola Quantum count will be back to normal.

Appearances

 * Nuka Grenades appear only in Fallout 3.
 * You can find a Nuka Grenade on the Mechanist's workbench.
 * You can also find a Nuka Grenade on the Mechanist after killing him.
 * You can find a Nuka Grenade on a workbench in the Evergreen Mills Foundry.