All explosive weapons in Fortnite

Fortnite’s weapon pool is massive, and it constantly evolves each season. When new and innovative weapons arrive, some older ones get vaulted. One of the most unique category of weapons in the game are the explosive ones. They deal splash damage, destroy structures, and add chaos to matches.

Finding explosive weapons is rare nowadays, and many players might be curious to know how many of them there are.

On that note, here's everything you need to know about the explosive weapons in Fortnite.

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Full list of explosive weapons in Fortnite

It's important to note that explosive weapons are different from throwables like Hand Grenades and Clingers. Explosive weapons are guns or launchers that fire projectiles, while Hand Grenades, Clingers, and more are just hand-thrown items.

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Here are all the explosive weapons in Fortnite, along with their rarity:

Rocket Launcher: Common to Legendary
Burst Quad Launcher: Transcendent
Proximity Grenade Launcher: Epic and Legendary
Grenade Launcher: Rare to Legendary
Quad Launcher: Epic and Legendary
Pumpkin Launcher Uncommon to Legendary
Snowball Launcher Uncommon to Legendary
The Big Chill: Exotic
Explosive Batarang: Mythic
Egg Launcher: Uncommon to Legendary
Cuddle Fish: Rare
Alien Knockgun Launcher: Legendary
Guided Missile: Epic and Legendary
Paper Bomb Kunai: Mythic
Anvil Rocket Launcher: Rare to Legendary
Ripsaw Launcher: Rare
Explosive Goo Gun: Rare
Sticky Grenade Launcher: Epic to Legendary

Interestingly, Chapter 6 Season 3 does not include any explosive weapons. However, Fortnite OG game mode includes classics like the Rocket Launcher and Grenade Launcher.

Other items with explosive effects

Many items in Fortnite aren't exactly explosive weapons, but have explosive effects, such as:

Boom Bow
TNTina's Ka-Boom Bow
Ringmaster's Boom Bolt
Boom Billy
Unstable Bounce Grenade
Mechanical Explosive Bow
Grenade
Clingers
Dynamite
Bottle Rockets
Remote Explosive
Boom Box

That concludes the list of explosive weapons and items in the game. Note that the weapon pool changes regularly, and some vaulted weapons may return in upcoming major updates.

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Harshit Singh is a gaming journalist at Sportskeeda, with Fortnite, Counter-Strike 2, and Marvel Rivals being his areas of specialization. A final-year B.Des (Visual Communication) student at Delhi Technological University, he is always eager to pursue creative endeavors. Harshit aims to deliver news and up-to-date content promptly to players around the globe. To that end, he acquires information from reliable forums and social media pages and religiously tracks the latest coverage of Fortnite — a game he has been playing since 2018. He is often found testing the new meta in-game or spectating competitive tournaments.

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