Explosive Bunny

Explosive Bunny

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Statistics

Type	Ammunition
Damage	350
Use time	20 (Very fast)
Tooltip	For use with bunny cannon
Rarity	00*
Sell	7
Research	25 required

• Internal Item ID: 1338

Explosive Bunny

Statistics

Type	Critter
AI Type	Passive AI
Damage	0
Max Life	5
Defense	0
KB Resist	0%

Sounds

Hurt

• Internal NPC ID: 614

The Eye of Cthulhu being instantaneously killed with 50 Explosive Bunnies.

The Explosive Bunny getting hit by a Hive-Five.

The Explosive Bunny is an item that serves as ammunition for the Bunny Cannon. Crafting it requires a Bunny, which must be caught with any Bug Net.

It can be released as a critter, and will wander around like other critters. On death, it will explode, dealing damage but not destroying tiles. It will always be placed at the player's feet when released, instead of at the cursor like most other critters.

Crafting

Recipes

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Explosive Bunny	Bunny Dynamite	By Hand

Notes

• Unlike other critters, the Guide To Critter Companionship does not render it immune to damage inflicted by the player.
• In the secret seed For the worthy, it will spawn naturally. Also, any Bunny (but not the Gold or Gem variants) released by players will become an Explosive Bunny instead.
  • Explosive Bunnies spawned this way via the Bunny Statue don't inflict damage when killed.
• Its explosion damages NPCs.

Tips

• Due to their unusually high damage, Explosive Bunnies can easily end several early boss fights with a single blow, before there is even a chance for the boss to attack. Since the bunnies have no timer and explode on contact with the enemy, and because so many of them can be placed at once, all that is needed is to place a large amount of them into a small enclosed square, then spawn the boss and wait for it to pass over them. Although it may not be possible to place enough to defeat later bosses, they can still be used to gain a substantial headstart.
  • This is especially useful in Journey Mode, e.g. when speedrunning.

Trivia

• When fired from the Bunny Cannon, the Explosive Bunny has the highest base damage of any weapon on the  PC version,  Console version,  Old-gen console version,  Mobile version,  Old Chinese version,  tModLoader version, and  tModLoader 1.3-Legacy version. It is beaten only by the  Windows Phone and 3DS-exclusive Holy Hand Grenade, which deals 600 damage.

The Bestiary entry for the Explosive Bunny: "Not the typical garden-variety bunny. This one has been tampered with, and has an explosive temper as a result."

History

 PC version

• Desktop 1.4.0.1:
  • Sprite updated.
  • Can now be released as a critter, and will explode and deal damage upon death.

• Desktop 1.3.0.1: Sprite updated.

• Desktop 1.2.3: No longer sold by the Pirate NPC, instead crafted.

• Desktop 1.2: Introduced.

 Console version

• Console 1.0.933.1: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.0.750.0: Sprite updated to match Desktop 1.3.0.1. ()

• Console 1.06: No longer sold by the Pirate NPC, instead crafted.

• Console 1.02: Introduced.

 Nintendo Switch version

• Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced with changes up to Desktop 1.3.0.1.

 Mobile version

• Mobile 1.4.0.5.0: Added changes from Desktop 1.4.0.1.

• Mobile 1.2.11212: No longer sold by the Pirate NPC, instead crafted.

• Mobile 1.2.6508: Introduced.

Nintendo 3DS version

• 3DS-Release: Introduced.