
Molotov Cocktail
Special effects
- Creates a pool of fire on impact for 3/3.5/4/4.5 seconds, dealing 4x3/4x4/5x5/5x7 (+100% Elemental Damage) burning damage
- Deals 4x3/4x4/5x5/5x7 (+100% Elemental Damage) burning damage
- Unlock
- Available from the start
- Starting weapon for
- 45 characters
Stats by tier
Tier I Common
- Damage
- 4 (+30% Elemental Damage)
- Cooldown
- 1.7s
- Crit
- x1.5 (3% chance)
- Range
- 300
Tier II Uncommon
- Damage
- 6 (+45% Elemental Damage)
- Cooldown
- 1.62s
- Crit
- x1.5 (3% chance)
- Range
- 325
Tier III Rare
- Damage
- 8 (+60% Elemental Damage)
- Cooldown
- 1.53s
- Crit
- x1.5 (3% chance)
- Range
- 350
Tier IV Legendary
- Damage
- 12 (+80% Elemental Damage)
- Cooldown
- 1.45s
- Crit
- x1.5 (3% chance)
- Range
- 375
Damage in brackets is added from your stats before %Damage multiplies the total; see the damage formula or the calculator.
DPS at tier IV
8.4 DPS with no stats, 19.6 at 20 Elemental Damage and 36.4 at 50 (single target, every projectile hits, crits averaged): #11 of 12 weapons that scale with Elemental Damage. Full ranking or your own stats.
Builds that rank it in their top five
Characters that can start with it
Apprentice
Archaeologist
Arsonist
Baby
Buccaneer
Builder
Captain
Chef
Chunky
Cryptid
Curious
Demon
Druid
Entrepreneur
Explorer
Fisherman
Gangster
Golem
Hiker
Hunter
Jack
King
Loud
Lucky
Mad Scientist
Mage
Masochist
Multitasker
Mutant
Old
One-Armed
Poacher
Renegade
Romantic
Saver
Sick
Soldier
Survivor
Technomage
Time Shifter
Vagabond
Variant
Veteran
Well-Rounded
Wounded
Class set bonuses
Elemental
- 2 weapons: +1 Elemental Damage
- 3 weapons: +2 Elemental Damage
- 4 weapons: +3 Elemental Damage
- 5 weapons: +4 Elemental Damage
- 6 or more: +5 Elemental Damage
Each step replaces the previous one. All class bonuses.
Synergies
Other Elemental weapons
Flaming Brass KnucklesElemental, Unarmed
Lightning ShivElemental, Precise
PlankElemental, Explosive
Plasma SledgeElemental, Explosive
Thunder SwordBlade, Elemental
TorchElemental, Primitive
FireballElemental, Explosive
FlamethrowerElemental, Heavy
IcicleElemental, Precise
Particle AcceleratorElemental, Heavy
TaserElemental, Support
WandElemental
Guides that mention it
Source
Brotato Wiki, Molotov Cocktail, generated from the game files. The 12 November 2026 patch changed no weapon numbers. Reviewed .