Head Bomb Head Bomb posing to the left Description Also known as Head Explosive Added in v0.08 Item type Explosive Obtained through Crafted Equipable Yes Upgradable No Throwable Yes Consumable No Spoils No Storage Explosives Holder

Catapult Statistics Block ◼ N/A Range Ranged Max. Stack 1





The Head Bomb is a craftable weapon and explosive that was added in update v0.08 to The Forest.

The head bomb is not thrown as far as the normal explosive and takes longer to detonate. Currently you can only make one Head bomb at a time. The head bomb is the most powerful bomb in the game, though it is quite difficult to use. The fuse on it is long, taking about five seconds to detonate. Cannibals are very difficult to hit with it as they run away from bombs. Another issue is that the head bomb will roll away very easily, which makes it difficult to hit your intended target. A good idea is to throw it into a circle of cannibals around you and hold them there, though make sure you move out of the area when it is about to explode. Another good idea is to combine the head bomb with tree sap to make it sticky. Head bombs can not be attached to trees like dynamite, bombs and sticky bombs.

Try to carry a head around with you. That way if you max out your timed bomb amount, you can make a head bomb as an extra.

Head Bombs and other explosives will explode animals and cannibals into gibs. This means you cannot get bones, arms, legs or heads from cannibals or meats and head trophies from animals.

Head Bomb can be stored in:

Head Bomb Icon

Old textures of the Head Bomb prior to v1.10

Crafting the Head Bomb

The Head Bomb crafted

Holding the Head Bomb

Holding the new Head Bomb

Head Bomb explosion

Another Head Bomb explosion

Version Changes v1.0 Items that cannot be crafted due to being at max capacity in inventory now show up in recipe list with an icon showing it cannot be carried Improved placement of distraction devices and bombs that are placed on trees v0.62 All animals now explode into chunks when hit by explosives v0.57 (Multiplayer) Smoothed movement on several dynamic projectiles, fixes stuttering look when viewing other players throw molotovs/bombs v0.48 Fixed bombs/dynamite/talky place on wall system interacting with invisible triggers, thus allowing to sometimes place the item mid air v0.42 It is no longer possible to place items such as bomb when in range of an interacting trigger (such as save trigger from shelters) to avoid blowing yourself up when trying to save with C whilst also holding a bomb. v0.41b (Multiplayer) Fixed bombs exploding over a foundation floor not distorting for client v0.40 (Balance) Lowered explosion range of head bomb to 14 (from 15), 600 point blank damage to buildings (Multiplayer) Fixed book tabs flashing when second player held bomb v0.39 (Multiplayer) Cleared out metal tray black list ! Flare/Skull/Cloth/Bomb can now be shared with it v0.38 Enemies will attempt to run away from thrown bombs more often v0.28 Improved look of molotov explosion and of timedbomb explosion (Unsure if this applies to head bomb) v0.25 (multiplayer) Fixed head bombs not synced between players (balance) Stopped bombs and dynamite sliding as much after being thrown (Unsure if this applies to head bomb) v0.23 Decreased bomb damage to distorted mutants (Unsure if this applies to head bomb) v0.21 Larger radius on bomb explosions, and larger gib radius for mutants v0.20b (multiplayer)Fixed error where thrown bombs would spam errors and lower framerate for host/client v0.18 Bombs now do more damage to enemies. (multiplayer) Added support for throwing flares, bombs and molotovs v0.15 Spider lady a.i. improvements and additional animations added. Now has more attacks, can jump attack, can dodge players. Will react to explosions and can be killed with 2-3 bombs now. v0.14 Bombs will now also explode dead bodies v0.13 Lowered throw force on bomb timed and added friction to rigidbody to reduce hockey puck feel Added distance based camera shake when bombs explode! v0.11 Crafting recipe now requires a wrist watch. v0.10 Fixed overbright lights on mutant creepy’s fires and all bombs/held bombs and better balance on bomb explosion particles v0.08b New art for crafted timed bomb Simplified bomb building to use any amount of coins v0.08 Head Bomb added to the game New craftable item: Headbomb (head plus bomb)







