Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC

"Are you bringing the heat to Dr Zomboss?"

- Plants vs. Zombies Facebook

Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC is the boss of Frostbite Caves appearing in Frostbite Caves - Day 30 in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It takes up space in the two columns and three lanes farthest to the right. It uses its trunk to shoot blasts of ice into the lane in front of it. Once these ice chunks are broken, they release zombies from them. It may also launch ice shards at plants, similar to other Zombots' missile attacks. Unlike the other Zombots, this one does not move, and stays in one place the entire time, because it appears to be built into the ground, which is shown when beaten.

Almanac entry
TOUGHNESS: Undying SPEED: Hungry

The mammoth mech with an ice blast from the past.

Dr. Zomboss was real impressed with himself when he came up with the idea to build a weaponized woolly mammoth with the power to blast snow and ice out of its mechanical trunk. But what Dr. Zomboss didn't realize until it was too late: He's allergic to mammoth fur. Now he has to load up on allergy medication every time he wants to take the darn thing out for a spin.

Attacks
The Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC randomly performs one of the actions:
 * It will create one column of ice blocks that absorb 30 damage each. When broken, it will release random zombies, which are always these three:
 * Blockhead Zombie
 * Hunter Zombie
 * Dodo Rider Zombie
 * Sometimes, it will release these zombies at certain occasions. They are common if you let the Zombot spawn enough columns of ice blocks:
 * Cave Zombie (common after 1st column of ice blocks)
 * Yeti Imp (common after 2nd column of ice blocks)
 * Ice Weasel (common after 5th column of ice blocks)
 * It will fire ice blocks that will destroy selected plants.
 * It will blow frozen winds, up to two lanes, that will freeze your plants.
 * It will create a large ice block in the 3x3 area it is in that absorbs 87.5 normal damage shots.

Strategies
See Frostbite Caves - Day 30.

Trivia

 * Zombot Tomorrow-tron, Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC, and Zombot Sharktronic Sub are the only zombots in the first two games to completely encase Dr. Zomboss.
 * Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC along with the Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur are the only Zombots that are based on an extinct animal.
 * Though the Zombot is stationary, its Almanac entry says that it has "Hungry" speed. However, it may just refer to the speed of its attacks.
 * It is the only Zombot that cannot move. Instead it uses its trunk to attack plants.
 * Its eyes are different from the other Zombots, as its eyes are a very light shade of yellow and the pupils are brown and has a ring around it.
 * Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC, Zombot Dark Dragon, Zombot Sharktronic Sub, and Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur are also the only Zombots with two eyes.
 * Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC, Disco-tron 3000, and 8-Bit Zombie are the only zombies that have numbers in their names.
 * The first two aforementioned zombies are coincidentally both robots.
 * It has the longest name out of any Zombots.
 * It is currently the only zombie that has a comma in its name.
 * Although ice blocks made by Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC are completely different from other ice blocks, the player can still melt them using Hot Potato.
 * It was originally named "Zombot Mastodon-o-tron".
 * The body of Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC, Zombot Dark Dragon, and Zombot Sharktronic Sub cannot be seen. Coincidentally, they are based on animals.
 * It is the first Zombot that does not summon Gargantuars, the second being Zombot Aerostatic Gondola.
 * Alongside, it is the first Zombot not to summon Conehead Zombies or Buckethead Zombies.
 * Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC is the only Zombot in Plants vs. Zombies 2 which has more than three abilities.
 * So far, this is the only Zombot without a lane clearing attack. This is replaced with its freezing trunk blow.
 * Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC is the only boss that does not release zombies with Plant Food.
 * It is the only Zombot that does not directly summon zombies.
 * It is the second Zomboss which had its name changed during development, with the first being the Zombot Tomorrow-tron.
 * Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC can only be stunned by breaking the ice that protects it. Also, it is stunned for a longer time than others.
 * In its namesake, 10,000 BC refers to the era of caveman.
 * If the player does not plant at all, the Zombot will keep doing its attacks, including creating more ice block columns until the ice reaches the far left side of the lawn, in which it will stop creating ice until the blocks are destroyed.
 * In the Chinese version, the player can freely plant on the ice blocks created.