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Nade King Master

Nade King Master

Kill 50 players with grenades.

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How to unlock the Nade King Master achievement in PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS - Definitive Guide

50 grenade kills. Potentially the most troublesome achievement of the lot if you want a fast completion.

Firstly, for those unaware of how to use the grenades:
press cn_right to pull out your grenades. Press it again to cycle between Concussion, Smoke, Molotov and Frag grenades should you be carrying multiple types of grenades.
hold cn_RT to show the grenade trajectory assist (note, this is made by the developers to be inaccurate at ranges, so don't count on it if aiming at a small window from say 20 metres away.
Optionally, when you tap cn_LB you will start cooking the grenade, starting its five second fuse before it will blow up.
Tapping cn_LT will switch between throwing underhand or regularly. Be cautious when trying to underhand a grenade say, off a balcony, as it will more often than not land at your feet even though the aim-line showed that you'd be safe.
Letting go of cn_RT at any point after pulling out the grenade will cause you to throw the grenade, unless you haven't cocked the pin by pressing cn_LB ; and only by pressing Y to cancel the grenade before letting go of cn_RT

So, a couple things to start off:
- Knockdowns with grenades and them bleeding out does not count. Neither by killing their team or waiting for bleedout timer.
- Finishing your teammates' knockdown with a frag grenade does NOT count.
- As for most of the [kill x amount of players with x weapon or equipment] achievements, you can down an enemy by any means, so long as you finish the player off with whatever you're trying to progress the achievement of

What does count:
- Any kill in a solo game (Sanhok is unreliable, I recommend not playing that map until it is fixed if you're only after achievements).
- Finishing a knockdown of your own with a grenade. (The knockdown could be with anything, but finishing has to be with a grenade.)
Edit: the refer to the comments bellow for the comment made above this line. Apparently finishing with a grenade after knocking with a gun does not work anymore.
EDIT: Tip from Acurate Bob on my Crossbow solution, although I haven’t tested this, he reported if your teammate crossbows an enemy you downed, you get crossbow kill progress; if this works I would assume the same thing works for grenade kills.

There's a few ways you can go about doing this:
- Play squads with some cooperative friends.
- Play solo squads so you can knock down an enemy and finish him with a grenade
- Play actual solo

The latter might be harder for some as they can obviously shoot back if they're not knocked down, however it was how I went about doing it.
try to always have grenades on you, and ALWAYS prioritize grenade kills even if you're trying to work on other achievements as well; Something I didn't do and cost me some time.

Now you can go as hard on this as you want of course; Personally I played the "Anything for a grenade kill" way, dying a few times with no kills as a result.

If you don't care about fast completions, a squad of friends will be the easiest yet not fastest way of doing it.

Depending on your skill level as a player, and your strategic preference, only you can be the judge on whether or not you want to hot-drop to find people quickly, or want to sneak up on people late-game.
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08 Sep 2018 15:50

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Yeah this is the achievement I’m dreading the most. Never mind the 1000 kills, I suck with grenades. These are great tips, though. Congrats on getting first, btw!
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By Fooga on 09 Sep 2018 23:13
@Fooga at least you can hunt some afkers for 1000 kills if you want to. Grenades is a different story, the afkers will already have been killed by the time you'd find grenades.
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By FQX on 10 Sep 2018 00:47
Just to help confirm. I downed someone on Sanhok and my team mate finished him off by punching him to death. It completed my "kil someone on sanhok by melee" quest.

If I had to guess, the "kill" part goes to whoever initiated the knockdown, and the "by weapon x" part is based on whatever does the final deed.
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By Irrotational on 10 Sep 2018 12:59
I wonder if this will be easier when War Mode/custom games get added and you set a mode where the only weapon is grenades...wonder if it'll track achievement progress in that mode...
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By VictimOfDesire on 13 Sep 2018 14:26
I had previously considered that yes. I think war mode will be really easy once that comes out.
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By FQX on 13 Sep 2018 14:26
I have found a good way, if you are being shot at and you think you will die pop a grenade either cook it or throw it strait up and hope they loot your body before it blows. got 2 kills so far like that and got lucky and came across some AFK'er who were not killed yet
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By Kyuubi Alpha on 04 Oct 2018 13:32
Do molotovs count?
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By Draco719 on 07 Oct 2018 18:04
No. Considering a molotov is not a grenade, it does not count towards this achievement.
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By FQX on 07 Oct 2018 18:34
Hi, here is another tip from my own experience.
First you want to set the matchmaking on "Battle Royale" (on Sanhok AFK are often is the water). After that, start the game, and now, you need to watch after where the AFK are going to land (approximatly) and put a marker on the map. Then, quickly loot and search for any weapon. Go at the marker and search for the AFKs and just try to figure is somebody is trying or willing to kill them. Secure the area. When you're almost sure that nobody will kill them, search for a grenade. Take your time. First zone doesn't deal a lot of damage.
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By DEF Exeio on 09 Jan 2019 20:37
All this AFK non-sense will take so much more time than actually getting this achievement the proper way.

Nades are fairly simple to get kills with. Most people hide behind cover or in buildings at all times in this game that the easiest way to flush em out is to huck grenades at them.

Other than not wasting your time on AFKs, my only other suggestion is to play more solos. That way you don't have to worry about knockdowns getting revived or stolen from you.

I'm trying to figure out why this achievement is worth so much on TA. It somehow surpasses every other achievement I've accomplished and is sitting as my best achievement.

IDK...wasn't that hard, just lots of solos and playtime.
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By Krebotchi on 10 Feb 2019 23:27
So you think having 8 people pile into a small building to throw a grenade is slower than playing entire games with a chance where you might not get a single kill?
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By Fooga on 11 Feb 2019 01:36
AFKing and boosting is always an option, however no solution is needed for that, so I focus on the legitimate way. Personally I’d say legit is faster than afkers, but ofc Fooga, having all your friends or TA session members piling up will always be the fastest if you wish to go that route
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By FQX on 11 Feb 2019 02:12
I popped the 10 kills by downing a guy with my gun, and a teammate used his own grenade to kill him (and I was knocked myself)
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By imaidiot19 on 07 Dec 2019 21:56
Yeah. The way it seems to work is the person has to get finished by a grenade, while the kill is in your name. So whether that’s you nading a down made by a third party, getting an instant kill on solo/ last man standing, or your teammate nading a down made by you. All of those seem to work
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By FQX on 07 Dec 2019 23:03
Does anyone know if this works in the TDM game mode?
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By Sp4rt4n CDX on 26 Jan 2021 05:04
I'm fairly certain it would. Tracking seems to work properly on this game so you can try get 1 grenade kill in TDM and check if it increments your achievement progress

Edit: reported that it does not work.
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By FQX on 29 Jan 2021 14:03
Does not work in TDM, can confirm
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By Corrupt XBA on 30 Jan 2021 21:58
Does it works with molotovs ?
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By Univ3rsus on 17 Feb 2021 20:11
@Univ3rsus No it does not
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By FQX on 17 Feb 2021 20:49
Any tips on finding the grenades? That’s worst part I’ve played matches wasting my time not finding a single one!
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By HungryNic42 on 01 Jun 2021 22:30
Any tips on finding the grenades? That’s worst part I’ve played matches wasting my time not finding a single one!
The only thing I can think of is land at "Larger" places to have more loot, therefore a higher chance of finding them. I usually landed Pochinki, Paradise resort, and Pecado stadium depending on which map I played (There were only 3 at the time)
Pochinki I usually walked away with at least 2 frag kills and another 4 or 5 frags in the pocket.

Alternatively you could also try land at the afkers and quickly look for grenades to kill them.

While writing this I remembered there are plenty of bots in the game now anyways so you're probably fine landing at hotdrops and finding some grenades.
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By FQX on 02 Jun 2021 07:44
Been playing Solo Squad and knocking enemies with guns, when then finishing with grenades it is not counting them as grenade kills.

When I look at the after action report, it shows they die by the gun and not the grenade.
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By MrNoLuckFox on 16 Aug 2021 17:28
Thanks for mentioning this. This seems like intended behaviour but contradicts how it was when I made this solution a few years ago.
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By FQX on 16 Aug 2021 20:58
I have no clue what the other guy is talkin about, grenade kills after knock still count on the tracker but not in game
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By DrySpongeYT on 12 Sep 2021 01:16
I can confirm that grenade kills after knocking with a gun do still count towards the achievement as I am on my way to unlocking this currently!
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By CyberMartyr88 on 04 Jan 2022 17:09
Play the 3 casual games per day, grab 2-3 grenades per match, make sure you shoot them two or three times after downing them with whatever means you need to, and when the kill comes across it will say "Killed with a Grenade" . As long as it say this, you will get kills towards this achievement
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By HookerShawn on 05 Oct 2022 16:06
@grexhi No you can't
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By Danger Days 11 on 06 Mar 2023 16:41
A few points to note:

It doesn't have to be YOU who knocks the person, it just can't be your team mates. If another team knocks someone, and you "steal" their kill with a grenade, that progress will count.

Also, a team mate killing your knocked person with a grenade DOES count for this achievement (In the same way as the crossbow / pan achievements).

And finally, an interesting (and funny) point to note, if you can manage to knock someone as they're readying a grenade, they will drop the grenade at their feet and blow themselves up... this also counts towards this achievement (confirmed, since thats how I got "Nade King Novice"

Upvoted in any case, but some of this extra info might flesh it out a bit.
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By Saikred on 16 Oct 2018 11:47
To speed this up I always landed at the end of the aircraft trail keeping an eye on the afk's. Whenever you find a grenade it's worth to pass by their landing area. Sometimes you're lucky and you'll find a group. Shoot them once or twice to weaken them and you'll get a couple of kills.

Don't focus on this too much, since it will ruin the fun of the game. Normally there will be somebody going for the easy kills already and since you need to find a nade first it's impossible to get a kill. In this case it's better to focus on winning the match wink.

I got lucky about 20 times and got a group afka's for myself giving me ~30 kills extra to get the achievement.
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By Belly Elly on 05 Nov 2018 21:17
can you make progress for this achievement if you are doing this in the tdm gamemode in arcade?
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By Grexhi on 24 Oct 2022 01:57
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Both guides above are great, but if you aren't good in the game like me to get this easily I got a method (it's not mine but I'm just sharing it).

First you turn off the cross platform option in the menu and change to FPP and solo squad, now just wait a few minutes and you will be probably in a match filled with bots. From now on it should be a piece of cake, get some guns and after finding the grenades start killing the bots and when they're down finish them with the grenades, also be careful because they can end up running away from the grenade if you don't cook it enough.
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Yeah it's very dificult to kill them because they just keep running around but if you cook the grenades enough it will be easier to get it done
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By NickFury Player on 22 Jun 2020 11:09
This the easiest way by far! Didn't even have to play at late hours to get loads of bots!
Great solution!
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By UncouthSquid816 on 18 Jan 2021 01:34
Thanks it's really easy to do it this way because the estimate time for the completion goes from the 200+ hours and with skill required to something around 80 hours.
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By NickFury Player on 18 Jan 2021 11:02
My guess is this has been patched. I have killed a number of bots using this method and it hasn't counted. At least, it doesn't move the tracker the way other modes do. Been stuck at 70% for a while.
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By Titan Mars on 27 Dec 2023 15:42
It counts bots, but they don't land at the end now let alone in water
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By Bagged M3 on 17 Feb 2024 17:47
I think this is the best current solution if you don't want to attempt to boost. I tried doing FPP Solo and it's tricky to get kills on the bots since they move in weird patterns.

Doing this on FFP Solo Squads lets you finish off downed bots and they don't tend to work together so you can safely set up grenade kills.

The biggest issue is just finding frags - luckily bots tend to pick them up and often have one in their death crate.

Recommend doing games as late at night as possible since it increases the amount of bots. I was getting around 90+ bots out of 100 players. This is also great for completing other achievements as well.

I don't believe the small desert map Karakin has frags, only sticky bombs which do not count.

Thanks NickFury Player!
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By The Bartlez 2 on 05 Jun 2020 00:04
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here is a video guide on how to do it with a boosting partner.
basics of how to boost
1. same servers and same cross platform settings
2. search at the same time and check code under the map to be sure you are in same map
3. choose landing spot and find grenades
4. have partner pull pin on grenade with right trigger and throw your grenade at his feet and after they explode run to there body to explode from there grenade



THANKS @JOLLY548 FOR HELP ON THE VIDEO
below that is a guide to do it on afk
to do this with afk people ride the plane to the end and see gow man are there and land on buildings as close as possible. if you find a grenade run back and throw it at there feet and hopefully kill more than one
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27 Apr 2020 20:43

Grenades do lethal damage up to 5 metres and are good for getting enemies out of cover. If you think there are enemies in a building throw grenades in through the windows. You can press LB to pull the pin and 'cook' the grenade.

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The best way to grind this trophy is killing bots, playing Squad of 1.

Only frag grenades count toward this trophy. Molotov, C4 and stick bomb don't work.

Also doesn't matter how you downed the enemy, as long as the frag blast kill the enemy, so after downing a bot, it will crawl in a straight line; just toss the frag in the same direction a little ahead of him.

Bots almost always have a frag with then, making this a good farming cycle.
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