Do the ambush feat work with various utility attacks?

[Bruno]

Hello again

The description says that ambush works with "a ranged weapon".

Okay that is fine, but what about ranged utility attacks:

-Special crossbow bolts?
-Throwing knives?
-Various grenades?

Would love to know, thank you.

[Sanger]

It definitely works with special bolts, unsure about the other two. Grenade criticals don't appear to work like any other criticals in the game though, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were unaffected by Ambush. Throwing knives, well, I don't think I've ever used them.

[Bjorn]

As Sanger already wrote, it works with special bolts.
I just want to add, that it works very well indeed with special bolts, especially since the bonus damage from Elemental Bolts feat stacks with Critical Hits. I have a character basically built mainly around this.
Also, using the Ambush feat starts opening your eyes to the details of the lighting levels in the game.

[Bruno]

Thank you both, good to know it works with special Xbow bolts. Guess I'll have to make a character and test damaging utilities.

Can anybody confirm if ambush affects chemical pistols? (It seems like it should, but the ammo is unconventional.)

[hilf]

Can anybody confirm if ambush affects chemical pistols? (It seems like it should, but the ammo is unconventional.)

It does.