Holy Bomb

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Holy Bomb is a larger, holier, and vastly more powerful version of the Bomb spell. The projectile (which resembles a golden hand grenade) is dropped at the location it is cast - making a swift retreat in the three seconds you have before detonation is advisable.

The bomb is made out of the Holy Matter material, remnants of which can sometimes be left behind after detonation. Similar to the Nuke there are two variants, regular and Giga. Both require unlocking before they will appear regularly in game. Despite their name these bombs inflict explosion, rather than holy, damage. The usage limit is removed by the Unlimited Spells perk.

Giga Holy Bomb

Giga Holy Bomb is a more powerful version of the Holy Bomb spell. It creates a slightly larger version of the same grenade-shaped bomb, which deals more damage over a wider area. It also has an additional effect similar to Earthquake Shot of fracturing and collapsing the material above you, which can be very deadly. This version is not affected by the Unlimited Spells perk.

Tips

Trivia

  • Of all the spells in the game, Giga Holy Bomb has both the highest mana drain (tied with Destruction) and highest explosion damage (tied with Giga Nuke)
  • This spell is a reference to the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch from Monty Python and the Holy Grail[1]. This is confirmed by the text found on Emerald Tablet V, which is a direct quote from the film[2]:

And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt
thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt
thou count to three. No more. No less.
Three shalt be the number thou shalt count,
and the number of the counting shall be three.
Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou
two, excepting that thou then proceed to three.
Five is right out. Once at the number three,
being the third number be reached, then, lobbest
thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards
thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall
snuff it.

Gallery

Holy Bomb in a Holy Mountain


Giga Holy Bomb (note collapse of ceiling)
Wand Appearance with Holy Bomb x3.
Wand Appearance with Giga Holy Bomb x3.

References