Flash Grenade

The  is a grenade available to the Light Assault, Infiltrator and  Heavy Assault. It is unlocked through purchase with Certification Points.

When thrown, flash grenades begin a three second fuse. After this timer elapses, the grenade explodes. Any targets in range and within direct line-of-sight to the grenade are blinded for up to 6.5 seconds, with their entire screen becoming white, deafened, with a ringing sound playing until the effect begins to fade, and their weapon's minimum cone-of-fire is increased by 20% for the duration of the effect.

As the target's range from the grenade increases, the duration of the blind and deafen effect is shortened, though they will still suffer the full 20% cone-of-fire penalty for the new decreased duration.

To throw a grenade, press the Use Grenade hotkey ( by default). You will throw it using your right arm after a short animation.

Related Implants

 * -|Ocular Shield =
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Ocular Shield
Ocular Shield is an uncommon implant that reduces the duration of Concussion, Flash, and EMP Grenades by the listed percentage.

At rank 5, the implant additionally makes the player immune to the effects of their own Concussion, Flash, or EMP Grenades at all times.

History

 * January 14, 2016 Update
 * Fuse timer to 1.5 sec., from 3 sec.
 * October 24, 2016 Update
 * Fuse from 1.5sec. to 3sec. (this is a reversion back to the original fuse timer)
 * Affected enemies have their minimum cone of fire increased by 20%
 * June 17, 2020 Update (Enter: Colossus)
 * Moved the resist type from this grenade from type 2 (small arms) to type 6 (common explosives.)
 * May 19, 2021 Update (PlanetSide Legacy)
 * Speculative fix for Flash and Concussion Grenades disappearing after they're thrown.
 * September 15, 2021 Update (A New Player Experience)
 * Base blind duration from 8.5sec to 6.5sec.
 * Made the fade-out quicker after the effect expires.