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 now playable everyday at 12:00 AM and 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, Gems, sprouts for the Zen Garden, or even costumes for plants. Unfortunately the small piñatas are rigged to prevent you from getting costumes most of the time (try selecting three of the bottom row to magically see the costume was in the fourth, every time). Before the 1.7 update, it was also possible to obtain Keys in piñatas.

Piñata Parties sometimes let the players use premium plants even if they have not purchased anything such as the Jalapeno, Power Lily, Snow Pea, and the Squash, among others.

When the player completes five 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 five 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
These parties ran on March 20 and 24. These parties introduced new types of plants and zombies from Far Future as sneak peaks, as it was not yet released at the time. These included Laser Bean, Future Zombie and its variants, Citron and Robo-Cone Zombie.

Birthdayz Party
This party series ran from May 1 to May 31. It celebrates the five year anniversary of the Plants vs. Zombies series. Some zombies were seen wearing birthday-themed costumes all month long. When Basic Zombies from the present die they throw confetti from the inside of their necks, and a sound effect plays.

Although it intentionally ran until May 31st it can still be played for some devices. Its unknown when it will be confirmed to end.

Dark Ages Pinata Parties
Starting at June 19 2014, Pinata Parties were released featuring some of the plants and zombies from Dark Ages. These included: Puff-shroom, Hypno-shroom, Pea-nut, Peasant Zombie and its variants. The parties take place at sunset.

Gargantuars Week Parties
Starting at July 16 2014, Pinata Parties were released always featuring Gargantuars in them. Video

Trivia

 * If the player does not get a plant costume after three tries, the piñata with the costume will be revealed.
 * 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.
 * The player can only play Piñata Parties once he or she reaches level five in Ancient Egypt.
 * By modifying a device's date and time settings, it is possible to play the day before's, or day after's, . It might be possible this doesn't work as of the Dark Ages Update.
 * When the player plays a Piñata Party level with plants, zombies, or both that he or she has not obtained or encountered, the Almanac entry of any plants or zombies used in that party 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 could only be played on Mondays and Thursdays before the Birthdayz Parties.
 * The player has to pay 1,000 coins if he or she wants to restart a Piñata Party level since version 1.9
 * The music from opening Señor Piñata is later used as a remix of the Disco-tron 3000's music.
 * Regardless of time period from where a certain zombie came, they will all use the modern time period zombie groan.
 * Starting with the 2.3 update, Piñata Parties are released every day like the 5th Anniversary parties, now requiring five consecutive parties instead of three.
 * Dark Ages Piñata Parties feature a false castle wall as a decoration and flags with Crazy Dave's saucepan on them.
 * The Pinata Parties are replays for now.