=============================================================================== PLANTS vs. ZOMBIES GUIDE v1.50 =============================================================================== By CBarthandelus [cbarthandelus@gmail.com] THIS GUIDE IS HOSTED BY: GameFAQs [ http://www.gamefaqs.com ] Neoseeker [ http://www.neoseeker.com ] +--------------------------+ | Table of Contents | +---------+----------------+--------+ | SECTION | NAME | +---------+-------------------------+ | 1.0.0 | Game Overview | | 1.0.1 | Game Modes | | 1.0.2 | Unlockables | | 1.0.3 | Crazy Dave's Shop Items | | 1.0.4 | Secret Codes | <-+ Coming | 1.0.5 | Achievements | <-+ Soon +---------+-----------------------+++ | 2.0.0 | Adventure Mode +++-------------------------------+ | 2.1.0 | Stage 1-1 | 2.2.0 | Stage 2-1 | | 2.1.1 | Stage 1-2 | 2.2.1 | Stage 2-2 | | 2.1.2 | Stage 1-3 | 2.2.2 | Stage 2-3 | | 2.1.3 | Stage 1-4 | 2.2.3 | Stage 2-4 | | 2.1.4 | Stage 1-5 | 2.2.4 | Stage 2-5 | | 2.1.5 | Stage 1-6 | 2.2.5 | Stage 2-6 | | 2.1.6 | Stage 1-7 | 2.2.6 | Stage 2-7 | | 2.1.7 | Stage 1-8 | 2.2.7 | Stage 2-8 | | 2.1.8 | Stage 1-9 | 2.2.8 | Stage 2-9 | | 2.1.9 | Stage 1-10 | 2.2.9 | Stage 2-10 | +---------+-----------------------+---------+-----------------------+ | 2.3.0 | Stage 3-1 | 2.4.0 | Stage 4-1 | | 2.3.1 | Stage 3-2 | 2.4.1 | Stage 4-2 | | 2.3.2 | Stage 3-3 | 2.4.2 | Stage 4-3 | | 2.3.3 | Stage 3-4 | 2.4.3 | Stage 4-4 | | 2.3.4 | Stage 3-5 | 2.4.4 | Stage 4-5 | | 2.3.5 | Stage 3-6 | 2.4.5 | Stage 4-6 | | 2.3.6 | Stage 3-7 | 2.4.6 | Stage 4-7 | | 2.3.7 | Stage 3-8 | 2.4.7 | Stage 4-8 | | 2.3.8 | Stage 3-9 | 2.4.8 | Stage 4-9 | | 2.3.9 | Stage 3-10 | 2.4.9 | Stage 4-10 | +---------+-----------------------+---------+-----------------------+ | 2.5.0 | Stage 5-1 | | 2.5.1 | Stage 5-2 | | 2.5.2 | Stage 5-3 | | 2.5.3 | Stage 5-4 | | 2.5.4 | Stage 5-5 | | 2.5.5 | Stage 5-6 | | 2.5.6 | Stage 5-7 | | 2.5.7 | Stage 5-8 | | 2.5.8 | Stage 5-9 | | 2.5.9 | Stage 5-10 | +---------+-----------------------+ | 3.0.0 | Puzzles Guide | <-+ +---------+-----------------------+ | | 4.0.0 | Mini-Games Guide | | +---------+-----------------------+ | | 5.0.0 | Survival Guide | > Coming Soon +---------+-----------------------+ | | 6.0.0 | Zen Garden Guide | | +---------+-----------------------+ | | 7.0.1 | Plants | | | 7.0.2 | Zombies | | +---------+-----------------------+ <-+ VERSION HISTORY o=---------------=o v.1.00 | 11-02-2010 | - Adventure Mode Completed | - Guide Released v.1.50 | 11-03-2010 | - New Section (1.0.3) Crazy Dave's Shop | - Finished the Unlockables section (1.0.2) o=---------------=0 =============================================================================== 1.0.0 | Game Overview =============================================================================== Plants vs. Zombies is a Tower Defense game where you defend your house against a horde of zombies that eats BRAAAIINS. You defend by placing different kinds of plants in your garden, yard and roof. =============================================================================== 1.0.1 | Game Modes =============================================================================== There are 6 game modes. 1. ADVENTURE - The game's main attraction. This is where you unlock everything, starting from the plants, puzzles etc. 2. MINI-GAMES - Mini-games unlocked in Adventure can be played here. For more info, check section 4.0.0. 3. PUZZLE - A mode with 20 levels with 2 classifications, Vasebreaker and I, Zombie. For more info, check section 3.0.0. 4. SURVIVAL - A mode which revolves around the levels in Adventure. For more info, check section 5.0.0. 5. ZEN GARDEN - A mode which is the same with Insaniquarium's Virtual Tank where you take care of your plants. For more info check section 6.0.0. 6. ZOMBATAR - This is actually not a game mode, but a feature in the newest version. This is where you create your own zombie, makes a photo of it and saves to the computer. Your created zombie will be the ones carrying the flag during Waves. =============================================================================== 1.0.2 | Unlockables (Coming Soon) =============================================================================== There are some items or modes in the game that will be unlock when you do a certain task. Those things and their requirements are here. UNLOCKABLE REQUIREMENT ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ Shovel Finish Level 1-4 Suburban Almanac Finish Level 2-4 Mini-Games Mode (Game Mode) Finish Level 3-2 Crazy Dave's Shop Finish Level 3-4 Puzzles Mode (Game Mode) Finish Level 4-6 Zen Garden Finish Level 5-4 Plant Seeds Finish levels in Adventure Mode Survival Mode (Game Mode) Complete Adventure mode Silver Sunflower Trophy Complete Adventure mode Yeti (A Zombie) Find in Level 4-10 [*] Gold Sunflower Trophy Get all other trophies * - You can only get to see the Yeti on the second time you play through Adventure Mode the second time. =============================================================================== 1.0.3 | Crazy Dave's Shop Items (Coming Soon) =============================================================================== When playing through adventure mode the first time, Crazy Dave will help you against the zombies by selling times. The first two of them can be acquired without getting his car key. They are the 7-Seed slot and 8-Seed Slot upgrades. More of the items are below. +---------------+ | Slot Upgrades | +---------------+ 7-Seed Slot [ $ 750 ] - Enables you to choose 7 seeds instead of 6 seeds in a level. 8-Seed Slot [ $ 5000 ] - Enables you to choose 7 seeds instead of 6 seeds in a level. 9-Seed Slot [ $ 20000 ] - Enables you to choose 7 seeds instead of 6 seeds in a level. 10-Seed Slot [ $ 80000 ] - Enables you to choose 7 seeds instead of 6 seeds in a level. +-----------------+ | Defensive Items | +-----------------+ Pool Cleaners [ $ 1000 ] - Gives another line of defense for your pool. Rake [ $ 200 ] - Kills the first zombie that steps on it. It has a 3-level duration. Roof Cleaners [ $ 3000 ] - Gives another line of defense for your roof. +--------+ | Plants | +--------+ Gatling Pea [ $ 5000 ] - Shoots four peas at a time. UPGRADE ON: Repeater Twin Sunflower [ $ 5000 ] - Gives 2 pieces of sun (50 sun) at a time. UPGRADE ON: Sunflower Gloom-shroom [ $ 7500 ] - Does rapid damage in a small area. UPGRADE ON: Fume-shroom Cattails [ $ 10000 ] - Attacks any lane and balloon zombies. UPGRADE ON: Lily Pad Spikerock [ $ 7500 ] - A stronger, more durable version of the Spikeweed. UPGRADE ON: Spikeweed Gold Magnet [ $ 3000 ] - Collects coins for you. UPGRADE ON: Magnet-shroom Winter Melon [ $ 10000 ] - A Melon-pult with the slow effect. UPGRADE ON: Melon-pult Cob Cannon [ $ 5000 ] - Upgrade that is placed on two side-by-side Kernell-pults. Deals massive damage. UPGRADE ON: Kernel-pult x2 +--------+ | Others | +--------+; Imitator [ $ 30000 ] - Allows you to choose a plant twice in a level. Wall-nut First Aid [ $ 2000 ] - Allows you to replace Wall-nuts, Tall-nuts and Pumpkins without digging them first. =============================================================================== 1.0.4 | Secret Codes (Coming Soon) =============================================================================== =============================================================================== 1.0.5 | Achievements (Coming Soon) =============================================================================== =============================================================================== 2.0.0 | Adventure Mode =============================================================================== Alright folks, this is it! I know this will be the part youve been waiting for. this is where I will cover Adventure, so let's go! There are 5 Stages in the game: Stage 1: Lawn (Day) Stage 2: Lawn (Night) Stage 3: Yard (Day) Stage 4: Yard (Night) Stage 5: Roof Each type will be discussed during the walkthrough. =============================================================================== 2.1.0 | Stage 1-1 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Peashooter (No other plants to choose!) LANES: 1 o Middle Lane You start by seeing the game's basics, planting your defenders. Your first plant will be the peashooter, which you might be using until you get to the roof. Follow the tutorial and finish the level. You get the Sunflower Seed after the level. =============================================================================== 2.1.1 | Stage 1-2 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Flag Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Peashooter o Sunflower LANES: 3 o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane Continuation of the tutorial. You will be introduced to the game's most important plant, the Sunflowers. It is recommended that you place Sunflowers on the first two columns of all the lanes for fast sun. Place the Peashooters on columns 3-5. Do not place the Peashooters until the first zombie appears. Just keep on planting Sunflowers until the first one appear, then plant a Peashooter on the first ombie's lane. This shouldn't be too hard, finish the level. You get the Cherry Bomb Seed at the end. =============================================================================== 2.1.2 | Stage 1-3 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Flag Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Peashooter o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb LANES: 3 o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane No more tutorials this time, so let me guide you. You got your new plant, the Cherry Bomb. This automatically kills the all zombie within it's 3x3 area. Use it if you are in a tight situation. Anyways, same as 1-2. Sunflowers and Peashooters. New zombie! The Conehead Zombie is tougher than the other zombies you have encountered so far. If you encounter one, immediately put two Peashooters in its lane. One can't kill it if it is placed on columns 3 to 5. End it. You get Wall-nut. One of my favorites. =============================================================================== 2.1.3 | Stage 1-4 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Flag Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Peashooter o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Your play area expands to five lanes, which means more sunflowers! Same strategy as the previous one. Your trusty new plant Wall-nut protects your plants from the zombies, it's actually a shield you can count on, on tight situations, and you're short on money, place one in front of the zombie. The zombie snacks on it for about 30 seconds - enough for you to pile up some sun and buy a peashooter. End it. You get a shovel. =============================================================================== 2.1.4 | Stage 1-5 =============================================================================== You'll meet you new friend, Crazy Dave. He's so crazy, he even talks and cooperates with zombies when they train! You'll know what I'm talking about later on. During this level, you won't need sun or to plant plants to defend against the zombies. It's actually a bonus level which is also in the Mini-Games mode, the Wall-nut bowling. Before you start, you get an opportunity to use your cute shovel take out those Peashooters. After that, let's go bowling! This mini-game's simple. More about the game will be put up in the Mini-Games in section 4.0.0. End it and you get the Potato Mine Seed. =============================================================================== 2.1.5 | Stage 1-6 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Flag Zombie o Pole-vaulting Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Peashooter o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Potato Mine LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane From here, the game gets a little bit difficult. Same starting stragy, place the Sunflowers. When the first zombie appears, place a Potato Mine on the third column of the zombie's lane. (Yes, third, beside the Sunflowers) After about 15 seconds, the Potato Mine shows up and when the zombie steps on it.. SPUDOW! Both the Potato Mine and the zombie are gone and you have completed your first achievement, the SPUDOW! Achievement. For more info, check the Achievements section, 1.0.4. Moving on. Just continue placing Sunflowers and the Potato Mines on the zombies' lanes. When the time comes where there are more zombies and your Potato Mine is charging, you now start to place the Peashooters on the 5 column of their respective lanes. You encounter the fourth type of zombie, the Pole-vaulting zombie. This zombie charges forward and uses his pole to jump over the first plant it encounters, then goes slow. So your Wall-nuts have no effect on this guy. So I suggest that you place two Wall-nuts beside each other. In this manner, when the zombie jumps over the first Wall-nut, it reaches the second Wall-nut which he cannot vault over. He's one rotten meat. End it. You get te Snow Pea Seed. =============================================================================== 2.1.6 | Stage 1-7 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Flag Zombie o Pole-vaulting Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Peashooter o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Same strategy as the previous one. But instead of planting Peashooters, you can plant Snow Peas. These plants gives the same damage as the Peashooters plus gives that slow effect to the zombies. Use this on the Pole-vaulting dudes to slow them down before they jump. They're also effective against the Conehead guys. They can be killed by one Snow Pea instead of two Peashooters. You also save 25 sun. How's that sound? End it. You get the Chomper Seed. =============================================================================== 2.1.7 | Stage 1-8 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Flag Zombie o Buckethead Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Peashooter o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Before you start the level, you now have 7 seeds. But unfortunately, your seed slot is only 6 seeds, so you are forced to pick only 6 seeds to use for the level. The recommended seeds are displayed above. You encounter a new zombie, the Buckethead Zombie, a type far more tougher than the Conehead Zombie. A single Snow Pea cannot kill it, you need 2-3 Snow Peas take it down. Anyways, same strategy as the previous two. End it and a Repeater Seeds is your prize. =============================================================================== 2.1.8 | Stage 1-9 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Flag Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Pole-vaulting Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Repeater LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane You get a Repeater Plant, which fires two peas at a time. It's basicly two Peashooters in one space. So more firepower for you. With Bucketheads and Pole- vaulting guys invading, it's going to be more challenging. Same strategy with the Sunflowers. But instead of all Snow Peas, place a Snow Pea then two Repeaters. End it. You find a Zombie Note. Mini-game time. =============================================================================== 2.1.9 | Stage 1-10 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Flag Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Pole-vaulting Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o None LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane You don't need sun for this. Same rules, you plant, but you don't select the plants to use. So you don't need sun. You may only choose from the plants that appears on the bar at the top of the screen. End it, you get a Puff-Shroom. End of Stage 1! =============================================================================== 2.2.0 | Stage 2-1 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Newspaper Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Puff-shroom LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane In stage 2, the location is still the same at the Lawn, but different time. It is nighttime, and there's no sun falling from the sky. So we're really going to depend on our Sunflowers. New strategy though. I'm so tired of explaining, so I'm just going to show you a diagram of how your Lawn should look like. s s S p p p w . . Legend: s s S p p p w . . s - Sunflower w - Wall-nut s s S p p p w . . S - Snow Pea . - Open Ground s s S p p p w . . p - Puff-shroom s s S p p p w . . The Snow Peas slow down the zombies while spammed Puff-shrooms takes care of them. To protect these short-ranged Puff-shrooms, place a Wallnut in front. OR you can just spam all those Puff-shrooms, then a Wall-nut. No strong zombies. You might notice those graves on the right side. During the final wave, zombies will pop out of those. One per grave. If one is blocking where you are supposed plant, just move your plant to the left. That means you need to reduce your Puff-shrooms. Don't worry, you have your Snow Pea. A review on the Newspaper Zombie. These zombies are fairly weak. They move slow at first, but when you destroy the newspaper they're reading, you'll provoke them and cause them to move faster. Their health is as low as the normal ones, so... No worries. End it, you get a Sun-shroom Seed. =============================================================================== 2.2.1 | Stage 2-2 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Newspaper Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane If you noticed on the previous level, there were some coins falling from the zombies when you kill them, and you receive some prize money after the level. You can use those things buy some plant upgrades, extend your seed slot and more. Buying is unavailable for the moment so save up some money, $750 to be specific, to buy the 7-Seed Slot. Establish a lawn like this: x x S p p p w . . Legend: x x S p p p w . . x - Sun-shroom w - Wall-nut x x S p p p w . . S - Snow Pea . - Open Ground x x S p p p w . . p - Puff-shroom x x S p p p w . . Same as the previous one but choose Sun-shroom over the Sunflower. It gives sun faster than the Sunflower, but gives only 15 sun when small. When it grows, it gives 25 sun, same as the Sunflower, but at a faster rate. Watch out for the Bucketheads here, as they have high defense. You have Cherry Bomb to put them away fast. If you have more money, you can upgrade the Puff-shrooms to Snow Peas. End it and get the Fume-shroom Seed. =============================================================================== 2.2.2 | Stage 2-3 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Screen Door Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Snow Pea o Repeater o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Same strategy as 2-2. Actually we need to use those Fume-shroom on those Screen Door Zombies, but a combination of 2 Repeaters and a Snow Pea should be able to put them away. Here's how your lawn should look like. Start by: x x p p S w . . . Legend: x x p p S w . . . x - Sun-shroom w - Wall-nut x x p p S w . . . S - Snow Pea . - Open Ground x x p p S w . . . p - Puff-shroom R - Repeaters x x p p S w . . . To: x x R R S w . . . x x R R S w . . . x x R R S w . . . x x R R S w . . . x x R R S w . . . Don't forget to place the Wall-nuts after the Snow Pea for extra defense. Do not place the Wall-nut if there is no Snow Pea, only the Puff-shroom in front will be able to attack the zombie and they can only attack when the zombie is chomping at the Wall-nut so less life for them. After the level, you get the Grave Buster Seed. =============================================================================== 2.2.3 | Stage 2-4 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Pole-vaulting Zombie o Screen Door Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Snow Pea o Repeater o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Grave Buster LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Same lawn as above. By this time, you should have over $750 to buy the 7-Seed Slot, which upgrades the number of plants you can use during a level. Save up to $5000 to buy the 8-Seed Slot. Don't forget to use the Grave Busters on the graves to remove them and gain money. Just be sure that there are no zombies that will be eating it. You can also use the Double Wall-nut techniques on the Pole-vaulting zombies. Take care of everything and your prize is.. The Suburban Almamac! =============================================================================== 2.2.4 | Stage 2-5 =============================================================================== Time for another mini-game folks. This is the Whack-a-Zombie. Same rules as the game Whack-a-Mole. Hit the zombies that come out of the graves. In time, the number of graves increases and you'll have to use the Grave Busters to decrease them. Whatever. Play the game! Enjoy. When it's done, you'll get the Hypno-shroom Seed! =============================================================================== 2.2.5 | Stage 2-6 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Football Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Snow Pea o Repeater o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Grave Buster LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Still the same strategy as the previous levels, but do not disregard the speed and defense that the Football Zombie brings. Unlike the Pole-vaulting one, the Football Zombie doesn't jump and as a result, doesn't go slow. It's nothing though as you have the deadly partners Snow Pea and Repeater. Don't forget the graves! End it. You get Scaredy-shroom Seed. =============================================================================== 2.2.6 | Stage 2-7 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Screen Door Zombie o Football Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Snow Pea o Repeater o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Grave Buster LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Still use the same strategy from the previous ones. The only difference is that the sets of zombies change in every level. Alright, go! After you finish the level, you gain the Ice-shroom Seed. =============================================================================== 2.2.7 | Stage 2-8 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Dancing Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut / Ice-shroom o Snow Pea o Repeater o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Grave Buster LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane It's time to make a little adjustment on our defenses. When you see the Dancing Zombie, put him down ASAP. He summons his backup dancers, which can make your job a lot tougher than usual. You can use an Ice-shroom to freeze all zombies on screen and gain a chance to kill them before they defrost. Use Sun-shrooms for sun, the duo of Snow Pea and Repeater for offense, and Ice-shroom for defense. You can use the Wall-nut to block the zombies' path to your plants. You can also use the Cherry Bomb to put the dancer and his assistants to smithereens. Finish the level and earn the Doom-shroom seed. =============================================================================== 2.2.8 | Stage 2-9 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Dancing Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Snow Pea o Repeater o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Grave Buster o Ice-shroom o Doom-Shroom LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Alright, by replacing Cherry Bomb by Doom-shroom, you can instantly finish the level by placing Doom-shroom in the middle of the playfield. Its area extends to about 5x5, so placing him in the center affects every lane. Same strategy as 2-8. End it, and you will receive another note, MINI-GAME TIME! =============================================================================== 2.2.9 | Stage 1-10 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Screen Door Zombie o Football Zombie o Dancing Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o None LANES: 5 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Middle Lane o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Same rules as 1-10. The difference: There are more types of zombies plus the graves. Not to hard huh? Then try it! When you finish it, you finish Stage 2 and get the Lily Pad seed. Congratulations! =============================================================================== 2.3.0 | Stage 3-1 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Repeater o Lily Pad LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane New zombie. The Ducky Tube Zombie is also a normal zombie but in water. If you remember the strategies in Stage 1, use them. Remember to put as many Sunflowers in 2 columns as possible while using ony Potato Mines as defense. When there is more than 1 zombie and your Potato Mine is charging, start planting Snow Peas followed by the Repeaters. After the level, you get the Squash Seed. it's my personal favorite. NOTE: The Ducky Tube Conehead Zombie and the Ducky Tube Buckethead Zombie also exists in the game. =============================================================================== 2.3.1 | Stage 3-2 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Football Zombie o Newspaper Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Repeater o Lily Pad o Squash LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Now that we have Squash, things will be more enjoyable. :) Use the Potato Mine and the Squash as temporary defenses while filling 2 columns of Sunflowers. Keep doing this until you can place the Snow Peas and Repeaters. End it, and you get Threepeater Seed. You will also unlock the Mini-Games mode in this level. =============================================================================== 2.3.2 | Stage 3-3 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Snorkel Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Repeater o Lily Pad o Squash LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane This level marks the long-awaited return of Wall-nut! By this time, you should have saved up to $5000 to buy the 8-Seed Slot. Now you can choose 8 seeds! We add Wall-nut to our arsenal. New Zombie. The Snorkel Zombie cannot be hit by the Snow Pea and Repeaters until it chows down on something. So we place a Wall-nut on a Lily Pad on the frontlines. Use the same strategy as the previous and get Tangle Kelp at the end. =============================================================================== 2.3.3 | Stage 3-4 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Pole-vaulting Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Newspaper Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Snorkel Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Repeater o Lily Pad o Squash LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Same strategy, more zombie types, longer battle, more fun! Just do the same strategy, and get the next treasure, which is the key to Craazy Dave's car. You have unlocked his shop to buy upgrade items for your plants, your house and your seed-slot. =============================================================================== 2.3.4 | Stage 3-5 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Football Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Snorkel Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o None LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Alright. The rules are the same as 1-10 and 2-10. The difference, the zombies smaller and faster. So watch out. Anyway, just finish the level and get the next seed, which is the Jalapeno Seed. =============================================================================== 2.3.5 | Stage 3-6 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Zomboni RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Repeater o Lily Pad o Squash o Jalapeno LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Since there is no Snorkel Zombie in this level, we take away Wall-nut and replace it Jalapeno. It can be used as counter to our newest zombie opponent, Zomboni. This Zomboni leaves ice in its trail. You cannot plant anything in this ice trail, so we use Jalapeno to heat up one whole lane. Killing all zombies and melting the Ice trail. Use the same money strategy as before, use Snow Pea and Repeater. End it. You acquire the Spikeweed Seed. =============================================================================== 2.3.6 | Stage 3-7 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Snorkel Zombie o Zomboni RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Lily Pad o Squash o Jalapeno o Spikeweed LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane We hafta break the unstoppable duo of Snow Pea and Repeater ends here. We need the Wall-nut for defense against the Snorkel Zombies, the Spikeweed for defense against everything in the ground, zombies and Zombonis. We still follow our money-making technique. Be sure to place the Snow Peas in the pool for defense. This is how it looks like: s s S M M M M M M Legend: s s S M M M M M M s - Sunflower w - Wall-nut s s S S w w . . . S - Snow Pea . - Open Ground / Water s s S S w w . . . s s S M M M M M M s s S M M M M M M This is the ultimate defensive formation. No zombie should be able to reach the Snow Peas. If you want, you can put Wall-nuts to the end of the play area, occupying all squares possible. Anyway, coast to the end of the level and get the next seed, the Torchwood. =============================================================================== 2.3.7 | Stage 3-8 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Dolphin Rider Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Lily Pad o Squash o Jalapeno o Spikeweed LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Note about the Dolphin Rider Zombie. It's land counterpart is the Pole-vaulting Zombie. So your Wall-nuts in the frontline will be vaulted over. Use the Double Wall-nut Technique against them. What strategy to use for the level? It's like the last one. That's basicly unbeatable. Well, end it. Take the Tall-nut Seed as a reward. =============================================================================== 2.3.8 | Stage 3-9 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Pole-vaulting Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Zomboni o Dolphin Rider Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Lily Pad o Squash o Jalapeno o Spikeweed o Tall-nut LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane With Tall-nut in our side, Dolphin Riders and Pole-vaulters cannot vault over anymore. That makes our job easier. Tall-nuts are a little tougher than the Wall-nuts and that makes it more expensive. Not to worry though. Our ultimate money-making technique will make it cost like $0. Well the only negative thing about it is its recharge. No problems here. Just use the same technique we used since 3-7. Finish it, and take the Zombie Note about a pool party. Hah. Bonus round. =============================================================================== 2.3.9 | Stage 3-10 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Zomboni o Dolphin Rider Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o None LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Ah, this again. Same rules as 1-10, 2-10 and 3-5. Nothing special this time. Just do what you do and finish the level. You have beaten Stage 3. 2 more stages to go, and the next one's coming right up. The reward for this level is a Sea-shroom Seed. =============================================================================== 2.4.0 | Stage 4-1 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Jack-in-the-Box Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Puff-shroom o Sea-shroom o Lily Pad o Squash o Spikeweed o Sea-shroom LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane From this point on, things get harder. Isn't that nice? Alright. You have acquired the water counterpart of the Puff-shroom, the Sea-shroom. It's free, but have longer recharge time than the Puff-shroom. The Jack-in-the-Box Zombie is quite irritating. When his box opens, he explodes and all the plants around him is affected as well. So take him out as soon as possible. The strategy to use in this level is the same as the previous levels. You just replace the Sunflower with the Sun-shroom for faster sun generation. Another thing in this level is the fog in the left side of the screen. It will be hard for you to determine if there is a zombie coming on that lane, how many zombies and what type of zombie. So be alert. Alright, let's rock! At the end, you receive the Plantern Seed. =============================================================================== 2.4.1 | Stage 4-2 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Football Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Jack-in-the-Box Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Puff-shroom o Sea-shroom o Lily Pad o Squash o Sea-shroom LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Let's replace Spikeweed by Wall-nut. We chose that over Tall-nut because there is no Pole-vaulting or Dolphin Rider Zombie in this level. Place Wall-nut in the lane where the Football Zombie is and quickly place a Snow Pea to slow it down and kill it before it eats up the Wall-nut. As for the other zombies, just do the same strategy from the last level. After it's done, you get the Cactus Seed. =============================================================================== 2.4.2 | Stage 4-3 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Baloon Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Lily Pad o Squash o Cactus LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Alright, we did not choose Sea-shrooms for Cactuses. Cactuses becomes taller when a balloon zombie is in its lane. It rises up and pops the balloon, making the Balloon Zombie a Normal Zombie. The Baloon Zombie is not affected by the Tall-nut, therefore it hovers over all of your plants except when you have a Cactus in its lane or when you plant a Blover Seed which will be acquired in a short while. So we use the same strategy, but be sure to leave one column behind the Snow Peas open for the Cactus. And only place the first Cactus when you see the Balloon Zombie. After it's done, you get the Blover Seed. =============================================================================== 2.4.3 | Stage 4-4 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Dolphin Rider Zombie o Baloon Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Wall-nut o Snow Pea o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Lily Pad o Squash o Cactus o Blover LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Now that we have Blover, we can remove the fog blocking our vision on the left side TEMPORARILY. This means after a while, the fog will be back and you can't see again, but that's alright, we can save up to more than $100 to buy the next Blover before the fog covers all of the left side. Its recharge time is fast. Also, we now have our second weapon against the Balloon Zombie. When you hear a sound like air being pumped into a balloon, place a Blover anywhere in the play area and watch the Balloon Zombie fly away. Don't worry, it won't come back. So considered as killed. Same strategy as 4-2. The 4-3 strategy where we place Cactuses are OPTIONAL. So we included Cactus in our recommended plants list. Finish the stage, and get... A TACO?! Well, it's basicly just $1000 and some new items in Crazy Dave's shop. =============================================================================== 2.4.4 | Stage 4-5 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Varies RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o None LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane The next one is actually the Vasebreaker Puzzle. What you do is you break the vases and inside it is either a zombie or a seed. Eaassyy. Finish the level to get the next seed, the Splitpea Seed. =============================================================================== 2.4.5 | Stage 4-6 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Digger Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Wall-nut o Snow Pea o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Lily Pad o Squash o Spikeweed o Blover LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane The Splitpea is USELESS. It costs 125 sun and shoots peas in one direction. It may protect you from the backdoor attack from the Digger Zombie, but it doesn't appear often in level, just maybe about one or two times so its not worth buying. Stick with Snow Pea for slowing down enemies. The new zombie, the Digger Zombie is.. Well, quite impressive. He digs underground and charges forward, then popping out at the back, where your Sun-shrooms are. It eats in the opposite direction, so you don't need to worry about your brains being eaten. Splitpea is not a good choice against this one, despite being made for this zombie, 125 sun is too expensive for a defense against a zombie that only appears once to thrice per level. So what we do is, we let it eat one of our Sun-shroom, then quickly plant a Squash. We just re-plant the Sun-shroom later. It's cheaper to lose a 25-sun plant than planting a 125-sun plant. Don't worry about being short on money, look at how many Sun-shrooms you have. After finishing the level, you get the Starfruit Seed as a reward. And oh, the strategy is still the same as 4-4. You also unlock the Puzzle Mode in this level. Enjoy! =============================================================================== 2.4.6 | Stage 4-7 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Jack-in-the-Box Zombie o Digger Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Wall-nut o Snow Pea o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Lily Pad o Squash o Spikeweed o Blover LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane One of the more challenging levels of this stage. Because of thet different types of zombies in this level, you need more plants. Don't worry, we'll manage to repel all of them for another step closer to the end of the stage. The Starfruit isn't that useful. It shoots in 5 different directions which is nice, but its price kills your pocket. It's hard to get that much sun b Do not forget to plant some Spikeweeds up front! These plants weakens the incoming zombies, so our Puff-shrooms will have an easier time taking care of them by the time they reach our second line of defense. After the level, you get the Pumpkin Seed. Alright, off to the 4-8! =============================================================================== 2.4.7 | Stage 4-8 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Pogo Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Snow Pea o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Lily Pad o Squash o Spikeweed o Tall-nut o Blover LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane The Pogo Zombie has some similarities with the Pole-vaulting Zombie and the Dolphin Rider Zombie. The Pogo Zombie also jumps over your plants. But the only difference is that the Pogo Zombie jumps over and over again until it reaches your last line of defense. After another one slips inside, it's game over. So to counterattack this one, we place Tall-nuts in front, because ALL JUMPERS can't jump or vault over the mighty Tall-nut. It's still the same strategy though. No problems! After the level, you gain the last plant for the 4th stage, the Magnet-shroom Seed. =============================================================================== 2.4.8 | Stage 4-9 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Balloon Zombie o Pogo Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Snow Pea o Puff-shroom o Sun-shroom o Lily Pad o Squash o Spikeweed o Blover o Magnet-shroom LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane Now that we have the Magnet-shroom, the Pogo Zombie cannot jump, the Buckethead Zombie will lose his helmet and becomes a Normal Zombie, the Digger Zombie cannot dig and becomes a Normal Zombie, the Football Zombie loses his helmet and will be easier to kill. Isn't that neat? Oh well, the last stage of stage 4 where you buy your plants is this so finish this as fast as possible. Place the Magnet-shroom in the 2nd and 5th lane of the 4th column. Any metal equipment carried by a zombie will be attracted, therefore loses it and the former carrier will be weaker. End it. The zombies will send you another letter. Brace yourself for the ugliest and most irritating level in the whole game, 4-10. =============================================================================== 2.4.9 | Stage 4-10 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Ducky Tube Zombie o Jack-in-the-Box Zombie o Balloon Zombie o Pogo Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o None LANES: 6 o Uppermost Lane o Upper Lane o Upper Pool o Lower Pool o Lower Lane o Lowermost Lane THIS IS IT.. It's so dark you can't even see your house. You must rely on the lightning for light. It's hard to create defensive patterns for this, so once you get a seed, immediately place it on the left side. When you get Tall-nuts, place them in the 4th or 5th column. Starfruits are very effective here. They shoot in all directions, so make sure that you place them in the middle part. When you get a Pumpkin Seed, place them in the Tall-nuts for upgraded defense or Starfruits also for upgraded defense. Finish stage 4 and you get your first seed for stage 5, the Cabbage-pult Seed. =============================================================================== 2.5.0 | Stage 5-1 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Bungee Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Wall-nut o Potato Mine o Squash o Jalapeno o Pumpkin o Cabbage-pult LANES: 5 o Uppermost Pots o Upper Pots o Middle Pots o Lower Pots o Lowermost Pots This stage is sooo cute. Peashooters, Snow Peas and the kind cannot attack the zombies until they are beside them or they are in the top portion of the roof, which is flat. But luckily, you have your Cabbage-pults. These cool cabbage-flinging plants deals twice thand the Peashooter, for the same price! I cannot see any kind of disadvantage on these plants. So off we go! When we make money, we still make the same technique as the previous stages. After two columns of Sunflowers, we place two columns of Cabbage-pults. Then place Wall-nuts, upgraded by Pumpkins in front. That should be impenetrable. New zombie. The Bungee Zombie does not walk to your plants. It comes up from above. It targets one of your plants, commonly in the back, where your Sunflowers are, then comes down and takes it away. A way to counter this is placing a Jalapeno in its lane before it comes up, placing a Cherry Bomb before it comes up, or placing a Squash beside it. I don't know what happens when it targets a Potato Mine. I haven't experienced it. Behind these tips, you should be able to win the level and get the next seed, which is not actually a seed, but a card. The Flower Pot. =============================================================================== 2.5.1 | Stage 5-2 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Bungee Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Squash o Jalapeno o Tall-nut o Cabbage-pult o Flower Pot LANES: 5 o Uppermost Pots o Upper Pots o Middle Pots o Lower Pots o Lowermost Pots Now that we have the Flower Pot, we could extend our play area up to rightmost side. But actually we just need that first flat surface. So there's 6 pots per lane. Start out by doing the same thing as the first level. Then After you have placed about 2 Cabbage-pults, start placing pots. When you have placed the 6th pot of the lane, plant a Snow Pea on it immediately. This is extremely effective if you already have a Cabbage-pult on that lane. So the Snow Pea slow the zombies down while the Cabbage-pult deals large amounts of damage. By the time the zombie reaches the Snow Peas, they're beheaded. :D You can also place some Tall-nuts in front of the Snow Peas for super defense. Once the level's done, you receive the Kernel-pult Seed =============================================================================== 2.5.2 | Stage 5-3 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Ladder Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Squash o Jalapeno o Tall-nut o Cabbage-pult o Flower Pot LANES: 5 o Uppermost Pots o Upper Pots o Middle Pots o Lower Pots o Lowermost Pots Well, I'll explain to you what the new zombie can do. The Ladder Zombie carries a ladder which he uses as his shield when walking and uses his ladder to cross himself over your first line of defenders. Other zombies can use it too. So your Tall-nuts have no counter to this whatsoever. So how do we get rid of it before it places his ladder? Use Jalapeno on his lane. Same thing regarding the money and the offense. You may try to do the Double Tall-nut Technique, but if another Ladder Zombie crosses the first and place his ladder on the second, then it's useless. The only thing to do is BURN IT! At the end of the stage, you get the Coffee Bean which wakes up your Shrooms that used to be nocturnal. =============================================================================== 2.5.3 | Stage 5-4 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Football Zombie o Pogo Zombie o Ladder Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Snow Pea o Squash o Pumpkin o Magnet-shroom o Cabbage-pult o Flower Pot o Coffee Bean LANES: 5 o Uppermost Pots o Upper Pots o Middle Pots o Lower Pots o Lowermost Pots With the Coffee Bean, levels should be a lot easier. Place the Magnet-shrooms behind the Snow Peas. The Football Zombie's helmet, the Pogo Zombie's pogo stick, and the Ladder Zombie's ladder should be attracted. That means weaker opponents for us. Same strategy as the last one. This time, you only use Squashes for early defense. Finish the level and receive th Water Can which unlocks the Zen Garden Mode. For more information, visit the Zen Garden Guide. (Section 6.0.0) =============================================================================== 2.5.4 | Stage 5-5 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Buckethead Zombie o Ladder Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o None LANES: 5 o Uppermost Pots o Upper Pots o Middle Pots o Lower Pots o Lowermost Pots The rules are the same as 1-10 and 2-10. The difference is the zombies overuse their Bungees. So be cautious about the Bungee Zombies. Anyway it's just the same level as the others. There are just more Bungee Zombies than the other types. When the level's done, you get the Garlic, a good defensive plant. =============================================================================== 2.5.5 | Stage 5-6 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Catapult Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Snow Pea o Squash o Jalapeno o Pumpkin o Cabbage-pult o Flower Pot o Kernel-pult LANES: 5 o Uppermost Pots o Upper Pots o Middle Pots o Lower Pots o Lowermost Pots Okay, this level's not very hard. There's a new zombie introduced to the game, the Catapult Zombie. Like your catapults, they stay from afar, and fling projectiles on your plants. Your catapults can hit them though. You can dispatch them quickly by placing a Squash beside them or placing a Jalapeno in their lane. For the first time, we are going to use the other catapult, the Kernel-pult. This plant, no just damages, but stuns zombies temporarily by firing butter, yes butter. When stunned, the zombie can take damage and get his shield or headgear removed. Works well with Snow Peas. Same strategy as 5-1. Since there's no metal-holders in this level, we don't need to use Magnet-shroom and Coffee Bean. This should be a relax level for you as there are no Bungee Zombies. Enjoy and finish the level, to get the Umbrella Leaf. One of the two most useful plants in stage 5, along with the Flower Pot. =============================================================================== 2.5.6 | Stage 5-7 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Bungee Zombie o Ladder Zombie o Catapult Zombie RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Snow Pea o Squash o Magnet-shroom o Cabbage-pult o Flower Pot o Coffee Bean o Umbrella Leaf LANES: 5 o Uppermost Pots o Upper Pots o Middle Pots o Lower Pots o Lowermost Pots Okay, with the Umbrella Leaf, we shouldn't have any problems fighting Bungee and Catapult Zombies. They will be just what I call 'graphical enhancements' in the game. :) Design your roof like this, start out the same, but make it like this. Sf Sf Cp Cp Ms Sp LEGEND: Sf Ul Cp Cp Ul Sp Sf - Sunflower Sp - Snow Pea Sf Sf Cp Cp Ms Sp Cp - Cabbage-pult Sf Ul Cp Cp Ul Sp Ms - Magnet-shroom Sf Sf Cp Cp Ms Sp Ul - Umbrell Leaf With that layout, I guarantee you finish the level. Anyway, you can use any strategy you want, when you finish the level, you get the Marigold Seed. 3 more levels to go! =============================================================================== 2.5.7 | Stage 5-8 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Gargantuar RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Squash o Jalapeno o Cabbage-pult o Flower Pot LANES: 5 o Uppermost Pots o Upper Pots o Middle Pots o Lower Pots o Lowermost Pots Hey, meet Gargantuar, the toughest zombie you'll face *EVER*. He's so tough, you'll need 2 Jalapenos, Cherry Bombs, Squashes and the like against it. It also throws its sidekick, the Imp, which is another type of zombie. It's not much of threat though. Just about two hits from a Cabbage-pult will kill it. Whatever. Be alert against it, and use the same strategy as 5-1. I'll explain to you what the Marigold plant does. It's just the same as the Sunflower, but instead of sun, it drops coins, which can be used to buy goods in Crazy Dave's shop. But not that use useful though. So end the level and get the Melon-pult seedm the by far, most effective weapon and strongest plant. Cool. =============================================================================== 2.5.8 | Stage 5-9 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Normal Zombie o Conehead Zombie o Buckethead o Jack-in-the-Box Zombie o Bungee Zombie o Ladder Zombie o Catapult Zombie o Gargantuar RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Sunflower o Cherry Bomb o Potato Mine o Snow Pea o Tall-nut o Flower Pot o Umbrella Leaf o Melon-pult LANES: 5 o Uppermost Pots o Upper Pots o Middle Pots o Lower Pots o Lowermost Pots Now that we have Melon-pult, we're going to do some serious damage. Design your roof at the start by planting 8 Sunflowers displaying an E-shape. Next is you must save at least 300 sun for the Melon-pults. (Yes they cost 300.) While saving sun, you should use some Potato Mines to fend off small amounts of zombies. Byt the first wave, you should have filled a column of Melon-pults. Next step is fill a column of Snow Peas at the middle part of the roof. This helps your Melon-pults to deal more damage and take the zombies out before they reach your plants. Next is fill another column of Melon-pults. And don't forget to place the Umbrella Leaves! That's the reason we planted an E-shaped Sunflower pattern. End the level and receive a letter different from the others. This handwriting is HUMAN. Brace yourself for the final level! =============================================================================== 2.5.9 | Stage 5-10 =============================================================================== ZOMBIES: o Variety o Dr. Edgar Zomboss RECOMMENDED PLANTS: o Variety LANES: 5 o Uppermost Pots o Upper Pots o Middle Pots o Lower Pots o Lowermost Pots This last level is different from the levels you've been playing. Like the 1-10 and the same levels where there is a scroll above, you're going to wait for your plants to scroll and use them against Zomboss. Zomboss places different kinds of zombies against you. When his head goes down, he'll be vulnerable to your plants' attacks. From time to time, he'll place fireballs or iceballs on one of the lanes. To counter this, just place a Jalapeno or Ice-shroom on that lane. It'll be gone instantly. But when it reaches your plants, it's like the Gargantuar flattening your plants. I can't give you any type of strategy here as the plants scrolling above are at random. I just hope these tips will help you. After this, I want to say CONGRATULATIONS and you have beaten Adventure Mode and earn yourself a cool achievement. '-------------------------------- ~. END .~ ----------------------------------' Copyright (C) 2010, CBarthandelus