Piñata Party

Piñata Party is a game mode in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. It takes place on the Player's House and has zombies from all areas. Piñata Parties are available once every Monday and Thursday, and last for a day (some last more than a day). They can only be played after Crazy Dave tells the player how to purchase power-ups before starting Day 6 in Ancient Egypt.

After the player wins, they will smash three piñatas, which may have free Power-ups, Coins, sprouts for the Zen Garden, Keys (pre-1.7), or even costumes for plants.

Pinata Parties sometimes let the players use plants that must be purchased even if they have not purchased anything such as the Jalapeno, Power Lily, Snow Pea, etc.

When the player completes three consecutive levels of Piñata Party in a row, Señor Piñata appears after the player opens the three regular piñatas. It requires three taps to break and always contains a plant costume or large amount of coins. Missing a day will restart the counter, meaning Señor Piñata can only be opened if the player plays three parties in a row.





Levels
See Piñata Party/Level History.

Gallery
See Piñata Party/Level Gallery.

Feastivus
There was a "5 Days of Feastivus" Party running from December 24 to 29 (the last Feastivus Party lasts for two days). It's just like a normal Piñata Party, but the area was changed to a Christmas look with snow and other various Christmas-related stuff with Pianist Zombie, Swashbuckler Zombie, Camel Zombies, Poncho Zombie, Gargantuar and Imp having a new Christmas look. After completing a day of Feastivus, instead of Piñatas, the player could whack open three presents. After three days completed the player would whack a giant gift, replacing Señor Piñata. During this event, the Pianist Zombie will play Christmas Carols instead of its usual music.

St. Paddy's Day Party
This party ran on March 17. Money pots with Imps fell down randomly and defeating them would always reward a Gold Coin. Most of the Imps appeared to wear a Leprechaun costume, except for the ones who were on the back of Gargantuars.

Future Piñata Party
This party ran on March 20 and 24. This Party introduced new types of plants and zombies from Far Future as sneak peaks. These included Laser Bean, Future Zombie and its variants, Citron and Robo-Cone Zombie.

Plants vs. Zombies 5th anniversary
This party ran since May 1, according to its advertisement every day of May there is going to be a new party, and unlike the regular Piñata Parties to get Señor Piñata the player has to play five parties consecutively instead of three. When the zombies die they throw confetti from inside of their necks, and a sound effect plays.

Trivia

 * If the player does not get a plant costume after three tries, the piñata with the costume will be revealed.
 * The Imitater and the Marigold are the only plants that doesn't have a costume.
 * Piñata Parties can be played even if the plants and/or zombies encountered have yet to be seen or unlocked.
 * This includes premium plants and, as of the 2.0.1 update, plants that have not been released.
 * This is the only instance you can play the updated versions of the tutorial stages in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time aside from the Tutorial levels.
 * For very few users, there is a bug where a Piñata Party won't occur, making it impossible to find Señor Piñata.
 * You can only play Piñata Party once you reach level five in Ancient Egypt.
 * This is maybe because that's when the power ups are unlocked and free power-ups are potential prizes for Piñata Parties.
 * When you play a Piñata Party level with plants/zombies you haven't obtained/encountered, the almanac entry of that plant/zombie is unlocked.
 * Every time there's a Piñata Party with a premium plant, the Premium Plant shown in that party will be on sale for a limited time.
 * Piñata Party can only be played on Mondays and Thursdays.
 * For version 1.9 and above, you have to pay 1,000 coins if you want to restart a Piñata Party level.
 * In v1.9, one Piñata Party has Goals for Success and one Party as well involved the feature of Locked and Loaded.
 * The Disco-tron 3000 and the Disco Jetpack Zombie never appear in piñata party, not counting Dr. Zomboss