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Remote Explosives
Remote explosives icon
Details
Category Battle Royale Items
History
Introduced Patch 3.3
Last Adjustment Patch 12.2
Vaulted Patch 13.00

Remote Explosives (more commonly known as C4) were an Epic Explosive Weapon in Battle Royale. They allow the player to detonate explosions from a distance. They deal extreme damage to structures, able to destroy almost anything. Remote Explosives drop in stacks of 3 with a maximum stack size of 6, and can be found in Chests, Supply Drops, Supply Llamas and Vending Machines. The max amount of remote explosives that are able to be thrown and detonated is 30.

Remote Explosives used to be found in Rare but was amplified to Epic to match its power and damage on Patch 5.40. When detonated, Remote Explosives destroy everything in sight, making them very overpowered. Remote Explosives were Vaulted in Patch 6.00, therefore making them only available in Creative mode, but not in Playground Mode. In 7.20 Content Update they were added to Creative mode.

Remote Explosives have been unvaulted on Patch 12.0 or the initial release of Chapter 2 Season 2. However, the base damage Remote Explosives deal has been decreased back to 60.

In Patch 12.2, the explosion delay between each Remote Explosive has increased from 0.3 seconds to 0.5 seconds.

Remote Explosives have been vaulted on Patch 13.00 due to the item still being very overpowered after its nerf.

Stats[]

Remote Explosives
Remote explosives icon
Details
Damage 60
Time to Use .15
Max. Stack 6

Former Rarity[]

Remote Explosives
Remote explosives icon
Details
Damage 70
Time to Use .15
Max. Stack 6

Strategy[]

  • Remote Explosives are detonated when shot.
  • If a player other than the one that placed the Remote Explosives shoots and detonates them, the ownership of the Remote Explosives is transferred upon detonation. This means that Remote Explosives can injure teammates if an opponent shoots the Remote Explosives before activation.
  • Similarly, careless players that stay too close to their Remote Explosives can have the tables turned on them and even be eliminated by what seemed to be their own weapon.

Changes[]

12.0 Patch Notes (February 20, 2020)
  • Unvaulted Remote Explosives
  • Player damage reduced from 70 to 60

7.20 Patch Notes (January 21,2019)

Weapon + Items
  • Suppressed Submachine Gun, Remote Explosives, Smoke Grenade, Light Machine Gun, Sneaky Snowman, Revolver and Semi-Auto Sniper added to Creative mode.

6.00 Patch Notes (September 27, 2018)

Weapon + Items
  • Vaulted Impulse Grenade, Suppressed Submachine Gun, Light Machine Gun, Bouncer, and Remote Explosives.
    • All of the weapons/items added to the Vault in patch v6.0 will currently remain available in Playgrounds.
      • The Light Machine Gun and Remote Explosives eventually got removed from Playground Mode.

5.40 Patch Notes (September 6, 2018)

Weapons + Items
  • Remote Explosives increased from Rare to Epic.

Patch 5.20 (August 7, 2018)

Weapons + Items
  • Reduced Remote Explosives drop count and max stack size.
    • Drop count reduced from 4 to 3.
    • Max stack size reduced from 10 to 6.

5.10 Remote Explosives Update (July 24, 2018)

Update
  • Remote Explosives are ready to be re-enabled after a bug fix and an adjustment to their explosion radius. The damage radius is now a unified 520 units, whereas in previous patches it was 600 units for structures and 400 units for players.
  • Remote Explosive charges must now stick to something before they can be detonated.

Patch 5.10 (July 24, 2018)

Weapon + Items
  • Supply Drop loot rates adjusted.
    • Remote Explosives to 10% from 3.3%
Bug Fixes
  • Remote Explosives will now only show damage numbers when damage is done to players.

Patch 4.4 (June 11, 2018)

Bug Fixes
  • You can now throw Remote Explosive while sprinting.

4.3 Content Update (June 5, 2018)

  • C4 structure explosion radius increased from 400 to 600.

Patch 4.2 (May 16, 2018)

Remote Explosives
  • They will now damage all structures within range, whether or not they are visible from the explosion center.
  • Damage radius and throw distance have been increased.
  • Delay between sequential explosions has been reduced from 0.25 seconds to 0.175 seconds.
  • Delay before detonating a charge or throwing another one has been reduced from 0.75 seconds to 0.15 seconds.
Bug Fixes
  • Fixed an issue where Remote Explosives could destroy the meteor in Dusty Divot.

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