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Frost Grenade

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Overview[1]

The Frost Grenade can only be obtained by equipping the Elf (Class). When thrown, it creates a vortex on the ground and forms a dome of snow. If any Entity enters this dome, it will be instantly covered in 100% frost, which slows NPCs by 67%.

How to get it

Elf (Class).

Stats

Damage
Frozen effect
Deposit
5 Metal 1 Component
Ignition
Throw
Range
Medium
Sell
Unsellable
Source
Elf (Class)
Time
4.5s

Pros & cons

  • Excellent crowd control and damage-over-time (DoT).

  • Long effect duration, lasting 20 seconds after detonation.

  • Can kill all Entities within 10 seconds.

Strategy

  • The Frost Grenade acts as a counterpart to the Holy Hand Grenade.

  • The Frost Grenade is the second class-exclusive weapons, whilst the first is the Sword (Knight) and the third is the Ray Rifle (Alien (Class)).

  • The Frost Grenade can kill any Entity in just 10 seconds, leading to high-HP enemies, like Werewolves, to Bosses like Nikola Tesla and Krampus Prime, being obliterated within seconds.

  • Due to a bug, the Frost Grenade is currently unobtainable.

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References

  1. 1.Sourced from deadrails.fandom.com · checked Sep 26, 2026
  2. 2.Image from Dead Rails Wiki (Fandom) · CC BY-SA · checked Jul 18, 2026

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