Bomb Lance

Stats
Cost$199
Damage 150
Muzzle velocity 60 m/s
Rate of fire 9 rpm
Drop range 5 m
Reload 6.9 s
Capacity 1
Reserve 6
🎯 Traits for this gun
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Bolt Thrower 3 pts Faster reloads for crossbows and bomb launchers — shrinks their biggest weakness. -
Silent Killer 3 pts Quieter melee — clear monsters without broadcasting your position.
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🏆 In lists: 🪓 Melee
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Ammo & stat changes
Compatible ammo: Dragon Breath ChargeHarpoonSteel Ball AmmoWaxed Frag Charge
Pick an ammo type — see how the stats change.
Change direction per wiki.gg (exact % mostly unpublished; HV = −5% damage).
Patch history
Changed in 15 patches · ▲ 7 buffs · ▼ 1 nerf · last — Update 2.8 (2026-06-09)
- Update 2.8 2026-06-09 · Road to Hell
- other, neutral: Bomb Lance slot size changed from Large to 3
- Update 2.5 Hunt: Showdown 1896
- handling, buff: Maximum reach of melee-focused weapons, Tools, and variants with melee attachments slightly increased.
- Update 2.3 Hunt: Showdown 1896
- damage, neutral: Bomb Lance ammo and Waxed Frag Charges now explode on contact with burning hunters, monsters, and all sources of fire
- damage, nerf: Projectile pull out damage to Hunters returned back to standard
- Update 2.2.1 Hunt: Showdown 1896
- damage, buff: Projectile pull out damage to Hunters drastically reduced
- Update 2.1.1 Hunt: Showdown 1896
- unlock, neutral: Bomb Lance Harpoon Ammo is now unlocked at Bloodline Rank 1
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- Harvest of Ghosts Event Hunt: Showdown 1896
- added, neutral: Added Harpoon Custom Ammo (Event unlock) to the Bomb Launcher family
- Update 2.1 Hunt: Showdown 1896
- other, neutral: Bomb Lance changed from a base weapon to a variant of the Bomb Launcher
- Update 1.15 Hunt: Showdown
- damage, buff: Dragon Breath now ignites downed hunters
- unlock, neutral: All base weapons now unlock at Bloodline Rank 1
- Update 1.13.1 Hunt: Showdown
- unlock, neutral: Bomb Lance Waxed Frag Charge Ammo is now unlocked through regular weapon progression
- Tide of Shadows Event Hunt: Showdown
- added, neutral: Added Waxed Frag Charge Custom Ammo (Event unlock) to the Bomb Lance family
- Update 1.13 Hunt: Showdown
- ammo, neutral: Bomb Lance can now equip two different custom ammo types. Extra ammo has been halved
- price, buff: Bomb Lance Dragon Breath price decreased to 10 Hunt Dollars per slot
- price, buff: Bomb Lance Steel Ball Ammo Price decreased to 5 Hunt Dollars per slot
- Update 1.11.0.2 Hunt: Showdown
- unlock, neutral: Bomb Lance Dragon Breath and Steel Ball Ammo is now unlocked through regular weapon progression
- Devil's Moon Event Hunt: Showdown
- added, neutral: Added Dragon Breath and Steel Ball Custom Ammo (Event unlock) to the Bomb Lance family
- Update 1.0 Hunt: Showdown
- damage, buff: Increased the damage caused by the Bomb lance upon impacting a player
- visual, neutral: Improvements made to the feedback of the Bomb Lance
- price, buff: Bomb Lance price reduced from 333 Hunt Dollars to 199 Hunt Dollars
- unlock, neutral: Bomb Lance unlock moved from Bloodline Rank 86 to 78
- Early Access 6.0 Early Access
- added, neutral: Bomb Lance added for 333 Hunt Dollars (Unlock Rank 86)
Patch history: huntshowdown.wiki.gg (Update History), CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ukrainian translation — showdown.com.ua, CC BY-SA 4.0 · all patches
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