Detonate Grenade

Detonate Grenade

Class	Ultimate Quickhack
Tier	Tier 4
RAM Cost	24
Upload Time	1 s
Duration	T4 15 / T5 1 s

Detonate Grenade makes an enemy set off the grenade they carry while it is still in their hands. The blast hurts the target and anyone standing close to them. It can wreck a tight group in one upload. It also blows up the weakspots of robots, drones, mechs and turrets. It suits a loud late game Intelligence build that likes explosions. Detonate Grenade is a mid to late game ultimate quickhack that netrunner vendors sell from Tier 4 onward.

Effect

Detonate Grenade is an ultimate quickhack. V uploads it to an enemy, and the grenade they have equipped goes off in their hands. The explosion depends on the grenade type the enemy carries. Enemies near the target are caught in it too.

Machines have their own reaction. Against robots, drones, mechs and turrets, the quickhack detonates their weakspots instead.

At Tier 4 the grenade goes off after a short delay. Tier 5 removes the delay, and the detonation happens the moment the upload ends.

The RAM cost is high, but the quickhack has a built in discount. After V explodes a vehicle or a device with a quickhack, Detonate Grenade costs 10 RAM less for a short time. This discount stacks twice. The Iconic variant makes each discount bigger but allows only one stack.

The blast is loud. In a stealth mission it alerts the enemies around the target.

How to Get Detonate Grenade Guide

Buy Detonate Grenade or its crafting spec from a netrunner vendor once Tier 4 stock appears.
Breach Access Points with Breach Protocol for a chance at quickhacks.
With Phantom Liberty, watch netrunner stock for the Iconic variant from around level 51.

Detonate Grenade Map Location

The map shows the netrunner vendor in Kabuki, one of the netrunner vendors that sell it.

Detonate Grenade map location:

Map credit by Map Genie.

Crafting Spec

Netrunner vendors sell the Detonate Grenade spec. The spec lets V craft Detonate Grenade in the crafting menu. Every spec in the game is listed on the Crafting Specs page.

Upgrades

Detonate Grenade comes in Tier 4 and Tier 5, plus an Iconic variant. Tier 5 makes the detonation instant. The Iconic variant keeps the instant detonation and raises the RAM discount, but limits it to one stack.

Netrunner vendors sell Detonate Grenade and its crafting specs. Crafting needs quickhack components of the matching tier. Breach Protocol on an Access Point can also reward quickhacks. Enemy netrunners can drop quickhacks and specs as well. The Iconic variant needs Phantom Liberty. Netrunners begin to offer Iconic quickhacks at around level 51, and their stock rotates. Crafting the Iconic variant takes Tier 5 quickhack components.

Character Builds

Detonate Grenade belongs in an Intelligence build. Warning: Explosion Hazard raises the explosion damage of hacked devices. It also adds a large bonus to explosion damage against enemies affected by quickhacks. A grenade going off among enemies who already carry other quickhacks therefore hits much harder.

Self-destruct, a vehicle quickhack, blows up a car and starts the RAM discount. Overloading a device also starts it. Contagion at Tier 4 explodes when Burn or Overheat hits a poisoned enemy, and that blast counts too. Overclock lets V upload Detonate Grenade with too little RAM, paying with Health instead. Hack Queue and Queue Mastery let V put Detonate Grenade at the end of a queue. Queue Mastery halves the RAM cost of the last quickhack that fills a queue.

Select a Build

Monowire Smart SMG Netrunner BuildNetrunner Smart Shotgun Build

Quickhacks such as Contagion and Cyberpsychosis spend the RAM first, and Overclock then spends Health for more. The Thermal Monowire finishes enemies up close, and a CHAR Incendiary Grenade sets groups on fire. The Prototype: Shingen Mark V smart SMG covers longer range.

Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 20, Intelligence 16, Cool 5.

The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Adrenaline Rush	Body 15	More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode
Optimization	Intelligence 4	Faster RAM recovery
Carhacker	Intelligence 4	Unlocks quickhacks for vehicles
Eye In The Sky	Intelligence 4	Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper
Subordination	Intelligence 4	Control quickhacks last longer on enemies at full Health
Proximate Propagation	Intelligence 4	Cheaper quickhacks at close range
Embedded Exploit	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies
Speculation	Intelligence 9	Combat quickhack kills recover RAM
Hack Queue	Intelligence 9	Queue two quickhacks on one enemy
Siphon	Intelligence 9	Monowire hits recover RAM
Icepick	Intelligence 9	Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies
Data Recycler	Intelligence 9	RAM back from queued quickhacks after a kill
Overclock	Intelligence 15	More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode
Sublimation	Intelligence 15	RAM recovery heals during Overclock
Power Surge	Intelligence 15	Overclock heals on activation
Finisher: Live Wire	Intelligence 15	A Monowire Finisher that restores Health and RAM
Queue Acceleration	Intelligence 15	More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks
Queue Hack Root	Intelligence 15	Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories
Blood Daemon	Intelligence 15	Health back for each queued quickhack on a kill during Overclock
Queue Prioritization	Intelligence 15	Faster upload for the first quickhack in a queue
Aerial Acrobat	Reflexes 15	Better control in midair
Air Dash	Reflexes 15	Dash in midair
Tailwind	Reflexes 20	Stamina from air dashes and double jumps
License To Chrome	Technical Ability 15	Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot
Extended Warranty	Technical Ability 15	Cyberware effects last longer
Cyborg	Technical Ability 15	Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled

Name	Slot	Effect
Thermal Monowire	Arms	Monowire that deals Thermal damage and can burn
Biomonitor	Circulatory System	Uses a Health item when Health runs low
Self-ICE	Frontal Cortex	Blocks an enemy quickhack
Chitin	Integumentary System	Extra Health regeneration
Reinforced Tendons	Legs	Double jump
Adreno-Trigger	Nervous System	Faster movement when combat starts
NeoFiber	Nervous System	More mitigation chance and strength
Revulsor	Nervous System	Slows time at low Health with full speed
Militech Paraline	Operating System	Cyberdeck with Smart weapon bonuses

Overclock goes on first, then a round of quickhacks, then Adrenaline Rush, then more quickhacks. Smart weapons such as the Ba Xing Chong and the Yinglong clean up whatever is left. Body perks keep the character standing while Overclock drains Health.

Attributes: Body 20, Reflexes 20, Technical Ability 18, Intelligence 20, Cool 3.

The perks, cyberware and weapon mods for this build are listed below.

PerksCyberware

Name	Level	Effect
Adrenaline Rush	Body 15	More Health and the Adrenaline Rush mode
Eye In The Sky	Intelligence 4	Highlights cameras and makes camera quickhacks cheaper
Optimization	Intelligence 4	Faster RAM recovery
Proximate Propagation	Intelligence 4	Cheaper quickhacks at close range
Hack Queue	Intelligence 9	Queue two quickhacks on one enemy
Embedded Exploit	Intelligence 9	Quickhacks hit harder on controlled enemies
No Escape	Intelligence 9	Shooting a target keeps its Smart lock
Precision Subroutines	Intelligence 9	Smart weapon accuracy scales with max RAM
Icepick	Intelligence 9	Cheaper Combat quickhacks on distracted or controlled enemies
Speculation	Intelligence 9	Combat quickhack kills recover RAM
System Overwhelm	Intelligence 9	More quickhack damage for each effect on the target
Recirculation	Intelligence 9	Smart weapon kills restore RAM
Data Recycler	Intelligence 9	RAM back from queued quickhacks after a kill
Feedback Loop	Intelligence 9	Faster RAM recovery for each queued quickhack
Queue Acceleration	Intelligence 15	More RAM and cheaper device quickhacks
Overclock	Intelligence 15	More quickhack damage and the Overclock mode
Target Lock Transfer	Intelligence 15	Wider Smart reticle and locks kept on swap
Terminal Velocity	Intelligence 15	Faster Smart rounds after a kill
Targeting Prism	Intelligence 15	Lock on to more targets at once
Race Against Mind	Intelligence 15	More quickhack damage at lower Health during Overclock
Power Surge	Intelligence 15	Overclock heals on activation
Blood Daemon	Intelligence 15	Health back for each queued quickhack on a kill during Overclock
Queue Hack Root	Intelligence 15	Cheaper quickhacks when the queue mixes categories
Sublimation	Intelligence 15	RAM recovery heals during Overclock
Queue Prioritization	Intelligence 15	Faster upload for the first quickhack in a queue
Queue Mastery	Intelligence 20	A longer quickhack queue that can be locked
Spillover	Intelligence 20	Quickhacks spread during Overclock
Smart Synergy	Intelligence 20	Instant lock and more damage during Overclock
Acquisition Specialist	Intelligence	Wider Smart reticle and lock kept through reloads
Air Dash	Reflexes 15	Dash in midair
Cyborg	Technical Ability 15	Shorter cyberware cooldowns with every slot filled
License To Chrome	Technical Ability 15	Stronger cyberware, more armor and a Skeleton slot
Extended Warranty	Technical Ability 15	Cyberware effects last longer

Name	Slot	Effect
Biomonitor	Circulatory System	Uses a Health item when Health runs low
Blood Pump	Circulatory System	A Health item that heals over time
Heal-On-Kill	Circulatory System	Health on each kill
Ex-Disk	Frontal Cortex	More max RAM and faster uploads
Smart Link	Hands	Turns on Smart weapon tracking
Nano-Plating	Integumentary System	Chance to block incoming bullets
NeoFiber	Nervous System	More mitigation chance and strength
Feen-X	Skeleton	Faster RAM recovery when RAM runs low

Lore

The in-game description says the program was especially popular with South American mercenaries. They believed they were doing their enemies a favor by helping them go out with a bang.