Best Throwable Weapons in GTA 5
Grenades, sticky bombs, proximity mines and the rest of the thrown class, ranked by damage. Anything explosive sits at the top together; the flares and the snowballs are at the bottom for obvious reasons.
The bars are Ammu-Nation's figures out of 100. For a thrown weapon the useful question is whether it detonates on impact, on a timer or on command, which the damage figure cannot tell you.
#1The Grenade is a Thrown fragmentation grenade in Grand Theft Auto V. It is a throwable explosive with a listed price of $2,000. Its weapon statistics give it 95 damage, 20 fire rate, 10 accuracy, 15 range and a clip size of 10. It is used to blast people, vehicles and other objects within its explosion radius.
#2Sticky Bombs are Thrown explosives made from two M112 C-4 sticks taped to a remote-controlled time bomb. Each device has a small red marker light and emits a subdued beep once placed. They adhere to surfaces and vehicles, then detonate on command, allowing explosions to be timed rather than relying on a grenade's fuse. Their 95 damage rating and remote trigger make them useful for demolition, vehicle traps, drive-bys and attacks on heavily armoured targets. They are also more effective against tanks than ordinary explosions, but can be destroyed by gunfire or detonated by a vehicle striking them on a wall.
#3The Proximity Mine is a throwable explosive in the Thrown class. Added to Grand Theft Auto V with the Festive Surprise update, it is a rectangular device resembling a traditional explosive and the Sticky Bomb. Its casing carries the marking "01/B", while the "M228 B2" marking refers to the real M228 training grenade.
#4The Pipe Bomb is a Thrown improvised explosive device in Grand Theft Auto Online. It is built from a short cylindrical pipe containing explosive material, with a wire and switch joining one end to its cap. Its brighter finish distinguishes this version from the earlier Pipe Bomb seen in The Lost and Damned. It is a throwable weapon rather than a firearm, with listed damage of 85, fire rate of 10, accuracy of 35 and range of 15.
#5The Molotov Cocktail is a Thrown weapon in Grand Theft Auto V. It is a homemade incendiary made from a partially filled glass bottle and a rag. The rag is lit before the bottle is thrown, and the bottle breaks on impact, releasing the fumes that catch fire. GTA V depicts it as a brown bottle carrying a Logger Beer label with a short rag. It can be bought for $2,000.
#6The Tear Gas is a Hawk & Little thrown weapon in Grand Theft Auto V. Each canister is bought from Ammu-Nation for $150. It is thrown into an area, where it releases a cloud that affects anyone caught inside it. Unlike a conventional explosive, it is intended to disrupt people within its radius rather than destroy them on impact.
#7The Acid Package is a Thrown weapon in Grand Theft Auto Online, added with the Los Santos Drug Wars update. It is a wrapped package of psychedelic drugs, covered in a Los Santos Meteor newspaper. Rather than functioning as a conventional weapon, it is a mission item used to move acid product through San Andreas without drawing police attention.
#8The Ball is a throwable toy in Grand Theft Auto V, modelled as a baseball rather than a damaging weapon. It carries a "G.E.S." marking and the Western States Baseball League logo. Its weapon interface places it in the Thrown class, with a single ball available at a time, but it has no damaging effect and no range as a weapon.
#9The Briefcase (QuickiePharm) is a hand-held item in Grand Theft Auto Online, added as part of the continuation of the Money Fronts update. Although it belongs to the Thrown class, it has no damage, accuracy, range or ammunition capacity.
#10The Hawk & Little Flare is a Thrown item that produces bright red light and red smoke. It carries no damage, so it does not injure or burn other players like a Flare Gun round. Its role is to mark a position, most notably for Merryweather Airstrikes, and a thrown flare burns for about a minute before its smoke dies out.
Newspaper is a Thrown weapon item added with the A Safehouse in the Hills update. It takes the form of a bundle based directly on the throwable Acid Package, but the wrapping is a Los Santos Meteor newspaper. Its HUD icon also matches that earlier item. The weapon is classified as a Newspaper, rather than as an Acid Package, and is carried as a single throwable item.
#12Snowball is a temporary Thrown weapon in Grand Theft Auto Online, available during Festive Surprise events. It is a throwable snowball rather than a conventional explosive or firearm. It uses the Grenade throwing animations, allowing overarm and underarm throws, including throws from vehicles. Impacts can leave a powdery mark on certain surfaces, such as vehicle bodywork.
#13BZ Gas is a Throwable Tear Gas weapon made by Hawk & Little. Developed by Humane Labs and Research, apparently for military use, it is a non-lethal incapacitating gas based on the United States military agent known by the NATO designation BZ. Though it resembles an ordinary tear gas canister and is treated as a separate weapon, it has no damage rating.
#14The Fertilizer Can is a special Thrown weapon in Grand Theft Auto Online, introduced with The Contract. It is a fertilizer canister based on the Jerry Can. Its blue body distinguishes it from the red fuel container, while retaining the Jerry Can markings. The red warning label is repositioned, and a yellow "Chemicals Fire Hazard" sticker, first used on the Hazardous Jerry Can, is added.
#15The Hazardous Jerry Can is a Thrown hazardous chemical canister in Grand Theft Auto Online, introduced with The Diamond Casino Heist. It is a variant of the Jerry Can rather than a conventional explosive or incendiary weapon. Its orange-yellow body retains the standard Jerry Can markings, but its red warning labels are replaced with yellow ones, including a label reading "Chemicals Fire Hazard".
#16The Jerry Can is a red fuel canister listed in the Thrown section of the Weapon Wheel, though it is treated separately from other thrown weapons. Its design draws on the German Wehrmachtskanister, with cross-shaped side indentations, flammability warnings and German fuel markings. Enhanced versions alter some of the markings and add a yellow warning label. Despite its weapon classification, it is a container for petrol rather than a conventional throwable weapon.
