Shrapnel Grenade

Throw grenades that explode in a hail of shrapnel, causing bleeding. — In-game description

Shrapnel Grenade

   

Profession

Engineer (skill list)

Kit

  Grenade Kit

Game link

API

5807

This skill has an underwater replacement: Shrapnel Grenade (underwater)

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0.5½  5  

Shrapnel Grenade

Throw grenades that explode in a hail of shrapnel, causing bleeding.

 Damage: 224 (0.63)^?

 Damage: 201 (0.567)^?

 Bleeding (7s): 154 Damage

 Bleeding (10s): 220 Damage

 Number of Grenades: 3

 Number of Targets: 3

 Explosion Radius: 120

 Explosion

 Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits

Explosives

• Grenadier — Increase the blast radius of grenades. Using a healing skill casts Lesser Grenade Barrage.
• Short Fuse — Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.
• Steel-Packed Powder — Explosions cause vulnerability.
• Aim-Assisted Rocket — Missile hits launch a rocket at your target. After enough rockets have been fired, an orbital strike is called instead. This trait has an internal cooldown.
• Explosive Temper — Explosions grant stacking ferocity when they hit.
• Shrapnel — Explosions have a chance to cripple and cause bleeding on hit.
• Big Boomer — Deal increased strike damage to foes with a lower health percentage than you. Hitting with an Explosion heals you over a few seconds.

Firearms

• Serrated Steel — Critical hits have a chance to cause bleeding. Bleeding you inflict gains increased duration.
• Sanguine Array — Gain might when you inflict bleeding on a foe.
• Hematic Focus — Gain fury when you inflict bleeding on an enemy. Fury gives an increased critical-strike chance.
• Modified Ammunition — Deal increased strike damage for each condition on a foe.
• Sharpshooter — Bleeding you inflict scales off of your power instead of your condition damage.

Notes

• As of the 25th February 2020 game update, the engineer's left hand is briefly covered in fiery smoke when throwing this grenade.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
April 14, 2026	Reduced the bleeding duration from 10 seconds to 7 seconds in PvE only.
October 04, 2022	Reduced cooldown from 6 seconds to 5 seconds in PvP only.
July 07, 2020	Increased cooldown from 5 seconds to 6 seconds in PvP only. Reduced power coefficient per grenade from 0.63 to 0.567 in PvP only.
August 08, 2017	Path of Fire pre-patch: Increased damage by 14%.
February 22, 2017	Skills that count as explosions for the traits Steel-Packed Powder, Explosive Powder, and Shrapnel are now marked with a skill fact.
July 26, 2016	Grenade Kit: Grenade damage instances will now additively indicate the total damage dealt to a target as grenades strike them instead of displaying each grenade separately.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: All skills in the grenade kit have had their range updated from 1200 to 900. All grenade skills now throw 3 grenades by default.
January 27, 2015	Bleed duration on this skill has been reduced from 12 seconds to 10 seconds.
May 20, 2014	Fixed a bug that caused the skill facts to behave oddly when the Grenadier and Shrapnel traits were equipped. Increased the culling priority on the explosion effect. Reduced the size of the explosion effect by 20%.
April 15, 2014	Grenade Kit: Fixed a bug that caused grenades to explode twice before being destroyed when used under water. Added a skill fact for number of grenades to all grenade skills. Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented grenades from having any effect if they directly hit certain destructible structures. Updated the description of this skill to be more accurate.
March 26, 2013	Grenades no longer require the player to have line of sight of the target area to throw them.
December 14, 2012	Grenade kit damage is now equal in PvP and PvE.
November 15, 2012	The projectile speed of all grenades has been increased by 10-15%. This skill's damage has been decreased by 15% in PvP only.
October 07, 2012	Grenades now have the same cast time underwater as they do on land.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Shrapnel Grenade has been added to the game.