Grenade Launcher

"Ah. Yeah. Grenade Launchers don't get enough credit. Good way to bust up a crowd."

— Banshee-44

Witherhoard, an Exotic Grenade Launcher in Destiny 2.

Grenade Launchers are a class of Weapons featured in the Destiny series. They are tubular, heavy-duty firearms that fire grenades one after another. This makes them an ideal choice for besieging enemy positions. Breech grenade launchers fall under the Special category (with the exception of Fighting Lion), while drum ones fall under the Heavy category.

Special Grenade Launchers fall under one of 4 archetypes: wave frame, double fire, lightweight, and Area Denial. Wave frame grenade launchers fire grenades that detonate into a linear wave of energy when it contacts the ground, similar to a Thermite grenade, while Lightweight frames detonate on release of the trigger or when the grenade hits a target, and double fire frames allow 2 grenades to be loaded in a magazine, which are shot as one round. Area Denial frame Grenade Launchers shoot a volley of elemental energy and stick to surfaces. With the singular exception of Witherhoard, however, projectiles will not stick to enemies. Heavy Grenade Launchers fall under one of the 4 archetypes: adaptive, precision, rapid-fire, and compressed wave frame. Adaptive frame grenade launchers fire at 120 RPM, while rapid fire frames fire at 150 RPM. Compressed wave frames behave similarly to normal wave frame grenade launchers used by Special Grenade Launchers, and precision frames have grenades that detonate after bouncing on a hard surface.

List of Grenade Launchers

Common

Special

• Stay Away

Uncommon

Special

• Resilient People

Heavy

• Penumbra GSm
• Hadrian-A
• Para Torus I
• Gareth-C

Rare

Special

• Harsh Language

Heavy

• Stampede Mk.32
• Plemusa-B

Legendary grenade launchers

Special

• Flash and Thunder
• Orewing's Maul - Chance reward from Iron Banner engrams.
• Truthteller - Chance reward from Cayde's treasure caches or from Dead Orbit engrams.
• The Militia's Birthright - Chance reward from the Lake of Shadows Nightfall; an Adept version of this weapon can be acquired from Grandmaster Nightfalls.
• The Mountaintop - Reward from completing the Crucible Bounty. An updated version with new perks is available from Onslaught.
• Martyr's Retribution - Chance reward from the Sundial. An updated version with new perks is available as a chance reward from Episode: Echoes Act 1 activities.
• Deafening Whisper - Chance reward from Wrathborn Hunts.
• Ignition Code - Chance reward from Override activities.
• Empty Vessel - Chance reward from Strike completions.
• Explosive Personality - Chance reward from PsiOps Battlegrounds.
• Lingering Dread - Chance reward from Duality dungeon.
• Forbearance - Chance reward from Vow of the Disciple raid; an Adept version of this weapon can be acquired by completing encounter challenges in Vow of the Disciple on Master difficulty
• Pardon Our Dust - Chance reward from Dares of Eternity
• Prodigal Return Chance reward from Season of Defiance seasonal engrams
• New Pacific Epitaph - Chance rewards from the Ghosts of the Deep dungeon.
• Wilderflight - Chance reward from the Spire of the Watcher dungeon.
• Liturgy - Chance reward from Onslaught: Salvation, Tomb of Elders, and Contest of Elders.
• Lost Signal - Chance reward from Episode: Echoes Act 1 activities.
• VS Velocity Baton - Chance reward from the 1st encounter and final boss of the Vesper's Host Dungeon.

Heavy

• Courageous Surrender -
• Naddodd-D
• Acantha-D
• Berenger's Memory
• Orthrus
• Sunrise GL4
• Play of the Game - Crucible match-end rewards or Lord Shaxx vendor rewards.
• Wicked Sister - Obtained from focusing Vanguard engrams at Zavala
• Outrageous Fortune
• Acantha-D XK8434 - Chance reward from any Lost Forge
• The Day's Fury - Chance reward from Iron Banner engrams.
• Memory Interdict - Chance reward from Cayde's treasure caches or from Future War Cult engrams.
• Interference VI - Chance reward from Cayde's treasure caches or from New Monarchy engrams.
• I Am Alive - Chance reward from Leviathan, Eater of Worlds raid lair.
• Edge Transit - World drops. An updated version with new perks is available from Onslaught.
• Terran Wind - World drops.
• Swarm of the Raven - Chance reward from Iron Banner engrams and match-end rewards.
• Doomsday - Chance drop from Gambit Prime
• Wendigo GL3 - Reward from completing the Vanguard Bounty.
• Love and Death - Reward from cleansing the Essence of Rage
• Crowd Pleaser - Chance reward from Gambit activities.
• Blast Battue - Chance reward from Wrathborn Hunts
• Typhon GL5
• Cry Mutiny - Season of Plunder ritual weapon.
• Canis Major - Chance reward from Astral Alignment or Shattered Realms
• Dimensional Hypotrochoid - Chance reward on Neomuna
• Koraxis's Distress - Chance reward from the Root of Nightmares raid; an Adept version of this weapon can be acquired by encounter challenges in Root of Nightmares on Master difficulty
• Regnant - Chance reward from Season of Defiance seasonal engrams
• Marsilion-C - World drops, can also be focused at Banshee-44.
• Cataphract GL3 - Chance reward from Trials of Osiris. Also available via Engram focusing at Saint-14.
• VS Chill Inhibitor - Chance reward from the first and seconds encounters of the Vesper's Host dungeon.

Exotic

Primary

• Fighting Lion

Special

• Witherhoard
• Dead Messenger
• Ex Diris

Heavy

• The Prospector
• The Colony
• Anarchy
• Salvation's Grip
• Parasite

List of appearances

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• Destiny 2 (First appearance)