Plants vs. Zombies HD: Plants in Plants vs. Zombies
Our Plants Vs. Zombies Walkthrough is the essential almanac for raising zombie fighting flora that can withstand the hordes attacking your home. We've made sure to include everything the budding zombie fighter will need including detailed information on the types of plants and zombies you'll encounter as well as videos and strategies for each and every level.
Plants
| Image | Name |
Sun Cost |
Damage |
Description |
Recharge |
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Peashooter | 100 | Normal | Standard against which all others are measured | Fast |
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Sunflower |
50 | None | Provides 25 sun | Fast |
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Cherry Bomb | 150 | High | Instant kill of all zombies in 1 square radius (9 squares); single use. | Very Slow |
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Wall-Nut | 50 | None | Impedes forward progress of zombies. Takes 72 bites. Pole Vaulter, Dolphin Rider, Pogo, and Ladder Zombies can get over it. | Slow |
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Potato Mine | 25 | High | Single use; delayed action while arming (takes 3 squares of regular Zombie walking); detonates when zombie crosses. Hint: Use for first zombie before you get the rake and to get Pole Vaulters to jump. | Slow |
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Snow Pea | 175 | Normal | Slows zombies down to half speed (except Zomboni, Screen Door, and Ladder zombies) | Fast |
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Chomper | 150 | High | Eats one zombie, can reach out to 2nd square (around Wall-Nuts); vulnerable to eating by zombies while chewing. | Fast |
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Repeater | 200 | Medium | Fires 2 regular peas at a time; twice the damage but twice the cost. | Fast |
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Puff-Shroom | 0 | Normal | Night mushroom; only shoots over 3 squares | Fast |
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Sun-Shroom | 25 | None | Night mushroom; starts out giving 15 sun and works up to 25. | Fast |
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Fume-Shroom | 75 | Normal | Night mushroom; delivers 1 damage for every zombie within 4 squares in row; only non-catapult or non-instant-kill that kills Screen Door zombie. | Fast |
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Grave Buster | 75 | None | Removes grave but can be eaten | Fast |
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Hypno-Shroom | 75 | None | Night mushroom; When eaten zombie turns back and kills other zombies whilt still taking hits | Slow |
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Scaredy-Shroom | 25 | Normal | Night mushroom; normal shots; hides when zombie is within 2 squares | Fast |
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Ice-Shroom | 75 | None | Night mushroom; instantly freezes all zombies on screen for 4 shots and then 1/2 speed for a bit longer; singlue use | Very slow |
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Doom-Shroom | 125 | High | Night mushroom; instant kill of all zombies in 2 square radius (25 squares); single use; leaves crater which you can't plant over; single use | Very slow |
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Lily Pad | 25 | None | Place to plant in the water | Fast |
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Squash | 50 | High | Jumps on and kills zombie that is within one square in the row; single use | Slow |
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Threepeater | 325 | Normal | Shoots one pea down 3 rows | Fast |
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Tangle Kelp | 25 | High | Water plant; pulls down and kills zombie it touches; single use | Slow |
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Jalapeno | 125 | High | Kills every zombie in a row; single use | Very slow |
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Spikeweed | 100 | Normal | Zombie takes 5 normal damage over 2 Spikeweeds; mutual destruction on contact for Zomboni and Spikeweed | Fast |
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Torchwood | 175 | Normal | Peas in the lane are doubled in strength as they pass through. | Fast |
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Tall-Nut | 125 | None | Tougher than Wall-Nut; cannot be vaulted or jumped over; Ladder Zombies can use ladder to climb over. | Slow |
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Sea-Shroom | Free | Normal | Night mushroom; water plant; only shoots over 3 squares | Slow |
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Cactus | 125 | Normal | Shoots thorns and rises up to shoot down air targets, like Balloon Zombie | Fast |
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Plantern | 25 | None | Night plant; lights up one side of lawn; can be eaten | Slow |
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Blover | 100 | None | Blows away fog temporarily and Balloon Zombies | Fast |
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Split Pea | 125 |
Normal/ Double |
Shoots one pea forward and two peas backwards | Fast |
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Pumpkin | 125 | None | Plant around plant to protect it from being eaten | Slow |
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Starfruit | 125 | Normal | Shoots in 5 directions but not down lane it is planted it. shoots when zombies are within | Fast |
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Magnet-Shroom | 100 | None | Night mushroom; removes buckets, helmets, Digger Zombie's tool | Slow |
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Cabbage-Pult | 100 | Normal | Roof plant; delivers 2 damage by air at half speed | Fast |
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Flower Pot | 25 | None | Roof plant; pots to place plants on the roof levels. | Fast |
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Kernel-Pult | 100 |
Light/ |
Roof plants: Kernels deliver 1 damage at half speed; butter delivers 2 damage at half speed plus freezes zombie for a bit | Fast |
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Coffee Bean | 75 | None | Planted over a mushroom in daytime so the mushroom will wake up; in day levels, it must be selected before you can choose a mushroom | Fast |
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Garlic | 50 | None | Upon eating, zombie will switch lanes | Fast |
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Umbrella Leaf | 100 | None | Roof plant; protects plants in 1 square radius from being picked up by Bungee Zombies | Fast |
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Marigold | 50 | None | Gives coins | Slow |
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Melon-Pult | 300 | Double | Watermelons deliver double damage (4 times a pea per melon but at half-rate) and damages zombies around the hit zombie | Fast |
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Gatling Pea | 250 | Four X | Planted over a Repeater, it will shoot 4 peas at a time | Very slow |
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Twin Sunflower | 150 | None | Planted over a Sunflower, it doubles sun production | Very slow |
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Gloom Shroom | 150 | Four X | Planted over a Fumeshroom; it shoots fumes 4 at a time in a 1 square radius | Very slow |
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Cattail | 225 | Double | Water plant; shoots spikes at double speed; shoots into any lane and downs Balloon Zombies | Very slow |
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Winter Melon | 200 | Four X | Planted over a Melon-Pult; delivers double damage (4 times a pea per melon but at half-rate) and freezes zombies close by | Very slow |
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Gold Magnet | 50 | None | Planted over a Magnet-shroom; it collects coins and diamonds for you. | Very slow |
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Spikerock | 125 | High | Planted over a Spikeweed; does 5 attacks over 1 square to regular zombie; Zomboni won't destroy (until 9th one) | Very slow |
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Cob Cannon | 500 | High | Planted over 2 Kernel-pults in the same lane; aim and shoot into any row for damage in 9 squares; takes over 30 seconds to recharge | Very slow |
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Imitater | -- | -- | Selecting the Imitater will allow you to choose a ghost image of another plant so you can plant twice as fast; only one per level can be used | -- |
