Boom Beach ‘Grenadier’ update full patch notes
|Earlier today, Supercell Games released “The Grenadier Awakens” update for Boom Beach. As the name suggests, the big highlight of this update is the addition of a brand new soldier: The Grenadier.
This powerful ranged unit, available at HQ 16, deals (inaccurate) area damage.
In addition to the Grenadier, there are a number of other fun toys and gameplay improvements included in the update, all of which are detailed in the full patch notes below.
New toys:
- The Grenadier! A powerful ranged unit that deals area damage, rather inaccurately (available at HQ 16)
- Leaders and Officers can spend Intel to sabotage (destroy) random defensive buildings in Task Force operations
- Added a fresh batch of new Power Bases and NPC levels
Gameplay improvements:
- Dr. Terror’s Wednesday event Statues have been weakened
- More consistent invasions
- Operations will display “too easy”, “easy”, “normal”, “hard” or “impossible” based on your Task Force’s strength
- Old Flare timers are hidden when a new Flare is used
- Gunboat ability timers don’t stack on top of each other anymore
- After maintenance, you can’t attack player bases or Resource Bases for a short while
- You now get one extra guaranteed Power Stone Crystal after beating Terror Stage 19
- Changed VP reward to give Shards instead of Crystals
- Leaving a Task Force at any point during an operation will make you ineligible for the OP reward
Things that look cooler:
- A captured Blackguard freighter delivers your OP reward
- Power Core and Power Cell destruction effects have been amped up
- Gears and fans have been turned on in operation levels
- New invasion and destruction animations on the map
- New attack in progress animations on the operations map
- New look for several building upgrade levels: HQ (4, 5, 6, 17), Quarry (2, 4, 5), Iron Mine (2, 3, 5, 9), Sawmill (7, 8, 9), Sculptor (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Cannon (11) and Rocket Launcher (7)
UI improvements:
- New invasion information can be found on the Radar info screen at level 6
- Previous operations can be viewed from the operations map
- Activity Log now shows Dive Location spawns
- Visit Task Force members’ bases from the chat
- Check out potential recruits’ bases from their join requests
- See which Task Forces your friends are in from the Friends tab
- Attacker’s name is now shown when watching a replay or spectating
- Confirmation check before committing to your Task Force attack
Bonus material:
- Epic win sound plays when you beat an operation, Terror Stage 20 or Lt. Hammerman





