Short Fuse

This article is about the engineer trait. For the personal story mission, see Short Fuse (story).

Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion. — In-game description

Short Fuse

Specialization

Explosives (trait list)

Tier

Adept

Type

Major

Training cost

3 Hero points

Game link

API

API

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3

Short Fuse

Gain fury when you hit a foe with an Explosion.

 Fury (4s): +25% Critical Chance

 Fury (4s): +20% Critical Chance

— In-game description

Related skills

Weapon skills that are improved by this trait

•   Rifle Burst Grenade — Rifle
•   Jump Shot — Rifle
•   Homing Torpedo — Harpoon gun
•   Scatter Mines — Harpoon gun
•   Timed Charge — Harpoon gun
•   Electro-whirl — Hammer
•   Mace Blast — Mace
•   Rocket Fist Prototype — Mace

Bundle skills that are improved by this trait

•   Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Fire Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Concussion Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Smoke Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Glue Bomb — Bomb Kit
•   Flame Blast — Flamethrower
•   Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Shrapnel Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Shrapnel Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Flash Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Flash Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Freeze Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Freeze Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Poison Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Poison Grenade — Grenade Kit
•   Mortar Shot — Elite Mortar Kit
•   Poison Gas Shell — Elite Mortar Kit
•   Endothermic Shell — Elite Mortar Kit
•   Flash Shell — Elite Mortar Kit

Transform skills that are improved by this trait

•   Light Strike—Storm — Engage Photon Forge
•   Bright Slash—Storm — Engage Photon Forge
•   Flash Cutter—Storm — Engage Photon Forge
•   Corona Burst — Engage Photon Forge

Healing skills that are improved by this trait

•   Detonate Healing Turret

Utility skills that are improved by this trait

•   Throw Mine — Gadget
•   Detonate
•   Deploy Mine — Gadget
•   Detonate Flame Turret
•   Detonate Harpoon Turret
•   Detonate Net Turret
•   Detonate Rifle Turret
•   Explosive Rockets
•   Rocket Turret — Turret
•   Detonate Rocket Turret
•   Detonate Thumper Turret
•   Blast Gyro — Well
•   Launch Wall — Exceed

Elite skills that are improved by this trait

•   Detonate Supply Crate Turrets
•   Detonate Supply Crate Turrets
•   Prime Light Beam — Exceed

Profession mechanic skills that are improved by this trait

•   Big Ol' Bomb — Tool belt
•   Grenade Barrage — Tool belt
•   Mine Field — Tool belt
•   Detonate Mine Field — Tool belt
•   Rocket — Tool belt
•   Prismatic Singularity — Tool belt
•   Explosive Knuckle — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Core Reactor Shot — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Jade Mortar — Tool belt, Mech Command
•   Mech Support: Depth Charges

Downed skills that are improved by this trait

•   Booby Trap

Drowning skills that are improved by this trait

•   Floating Mine

Trait skills that are improved by this trait

•   Aim-Assisted Rocket — Aim-Assisted Rocket
•   Bunker Down — Bunker Down
•   Drop Mine — Streamlined Kits
•   Explosive Entrance — Explosive Entrance
•   Lesser Grenade Barrage — Grenadier
•   Long-Fused Powder Pack — Takedown Round
•   Rocket Punch — Mech Fighter

Related traits

Traits that improve this trait

Firearms

• No Scope — Critical hits on foes within the range threshold have a chance to grant fury. Fury grants you ferocity.

Alchemy

• Compounding Chemicals — Heal yourself when you grant yourself a boon. Gain increased concentration.

Traits that are improved by this trait

Tools

• Gadgeteer — Gadget skills are more powerful.

Holosmith

• Crystal Configuration: Storm — Photon Forge skill 1 now fires explosive projectiles, but generates extra heat.
• Photonic Blasting Module — Overheat now blasts damage to nearby foes and no longer deals its initial damage to you. The tool belt recharge penalty for Overheat is reduced. Heat can only be lost after overheating. Damage over time from Overheat is still applied.

Version history

For a detailed trait history, see here.

Patch	Changes
June 28, 2022	Fury: Critical chance bonus increased from 20% to 25% in PvE only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: Short Fuse: This trait has been reworked, and its cooldown reduction has been added to the following skills. Fire Bomb: Reduced recharge from 10 seconds to 8 seconds. Concussion Bomb: Reduced recharge from 20 seconds to 16 seconds. Smoke Bomb: Reduced recharge from 25 seconds to 20 seconds. Glue Bomb: Reduced recharge from 25 seconds to 20 seconds. Fixed an issue that caused the visuals for this skill to appear larger than the effect radius. Big Ol' Bomb: Reduced recharge from 25 seconds to 20 seconds. This trait no longer reduces the fuse time or recharge of bomb skills. Hitting a foe with an explosion skill grants 4 seconds of fury (3 seconds internal cooldown).
October 02, 2018	This trait now grants fury when engineers strike a foe with an explosion.
February 22, 2017	Updated the Fuse Time to correctly display the fuse time reduction of 0.5 seconds. This trait now affects Big Ol' Bomb.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Updated this trait to reflect the introduction of the specialization mechanic. No longer reduces cooldown of grenade skills. Added: Your bombs explode faster.
May 28, 2013	Now works underwater even when the Grenadier trait is equipped.
September 25, 2012	This trait is no longer overwritten by the Grenadier trait. Also, this trait now works with underwater grenades.
September 17, 2012	Short fuse is now correctly applied to the grenade kit.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Short Fuse has been added to the game.