Dynamite

Dynamite is a weapon and a projectile that appears in Red Dead Revolver and Red Dead Redemption. It is a versatile tool in the late period of the American west, and a powerful weapon in Red Dead Redemption. Used in demolition and mining, dynamite has also found much use among outlaws who create improvised explosive weapons to cause carnage and chaos among enemies.

Marston can use dynamite as a weapon against groups of foes, to ambush stagecoaches and armed convoys and to assault enemy positions.

Combat
Dynamite is used as a thrown weapon in both Red Dead Revolver and Red Dead Redemption. Due to its powerful explosion, it is best to throw from a certain distance or from behind cover to ensure that you are not injured or killed from the blast. It will take 5 seconds to explode once the fuse has been lit. This can be used to time the throw to make it explode at different distances, or to do a suicide run near an enemy. The fuse will be reset once stop aiming. An interesting way to use dynamite is to activate dead-eye targeting in single-player and mark the target in the center of the screen. The dynamite will be thrown as usual by Marston, but will home in on its target.

If one hits a player or enemy in the head with a stick of dynamite they will die instantly, before the dynamite even explodes.

It is unlocked in Redemption Multiplayer at level 15.

Trivia

 * When someone dies by Dynamite, it sometimes says "Player met a Nobel end." This is a reference to the inventor of Dynamite, Alfred Nobel.
 * The Dead Eye Targeting for dynamite is very deadly as it is like a homing missile and explodes on impact. To properly use it during dead-eye, aim as if there were still a targeting reticule, and fire. It will home in on whatever it's tagged, including birds.
 * Shooting the dynamite held by an other player will cause it to explode and kill them.
 * Players cannot use Dead Eye with dynamite in multiplayer.
 * Holding the dynamite while it is lit for too long will cause it to explode and kill the player.
 * Dynamite is the most powerful of the 3 thrown weapons (Fire Bottles, Throwing Knifes, and Dynamite.)