In Fortnite: Battle Royale, sticky grenades are usually deadly. However, there seems to be a trick to survive the lethal grenade without a scratch.
What are sticky grenades? Unlike the shock grenade, which is mainly intended to throw enemies out of cover, sticky grenades are deadly devices. When thrown at an opponent, they stick there and explode after a short time.
The damage exceeds 100 points, which kills any opponent without shields immediately. Thus, the sticky grenade is a death sentence, and if it’s stuck to your body, you are doomed. You can’t get rid of it. At least, that’s what one thought until a player found a solution.
How to survive the sticky grenade and get rid of it
On Reddit, the user mrCodebot posted a GIF showing how to disarm the sticky grenade. The player “Cute Entity” gets hit sneakily by a sticky grenade.
Player avoids death by grenade: Like a startled chicken, he runs around panicked, unwilling to accept his certain death. He has no shields, and the grenade would definitely kill him.
Pyramid as cover: Whether intentionally or by chance, Cute Entity eventually builds a pyramid in the room. He anxiously hides behind it, and the grenade goes off! But miraculously, Cute Entity emerges unscathed.
How did the player survive the grenade explosion? If you look closely at the embedded video from Reddit, you’ll notice that the grenade is hovering somewhat away from the player in midair.
And the pyramid, where Cute Entity is taking cover, had its walls exactly between the bomb and the player. As usual in Fortnite, walls negate explosions and protect anyone behind them.
Thus, this spatial separation of target and grenade by the pyramid made the explosion harmless.
Bug, exploit or feature?
Is this trick legitimate? Indeed, it is unclear whether the grenade disarming is a legitimate means against sticky grenades. Most likely, Epic did not intend for the bombs to be negated like this.
It will remain to be seen whether Epic will nerf this measure soon or keep it in the game.
