Tomb Raiser Zombie


 * For the form in Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars, see Tomb Raiser Zombie (PvZ: AS).

Tomb Raiser Zombie is the tenth zombie encountered in Ancient Egypt in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is also present in Plants vs. Zombies Online. He has the ability to throw bones that create tombstones if they land in any unoccupied space.

Description
He is based on the ancient Egyptian god, Anubis. He will spit out a bone from his tongue and throw it on the lawn to create tombstones.

Tomb Raiser Zombie, like Mummy Zombies, is also encased in bandages. However, unlike the regular variants of Mummy Zombies, Tomb Raiser Zombie's bandages are less torn. He wears a black dog-like mask with red eyes on it with a blackened nose; a yellow-colored interior portion of the ear and the sides of the mask extend up to the cheeks of Tomb Raiser Zombie. From his neck up to his sternum, he wears a black vest with three square-shaped designs colored in orange. Finally, on his right wrist, he wears a golden bracelet.

Almanac entry
TOUGHNESS: Protected SPEED: Basic

Throws out bones to create tombstones.

Special: creates tombstones on the lawn

He dreams about playing fetch, running for brains. He loves burying himself in the yard, and is not yet indoor trained. He's still looking for his tail.

Overview
Tomb Raiser Zombie absorbs exactly 18.25 normal damage shots. His appearance changes upon absorbing 9.5 normal damage shots before dying at 18.25 normal damage shots.

Appearances
Player's House: Piñata Party

Ancient Egypt: Days 10, 14, 21, 25, and Pyramid of Doom

Modern Day: Days 1 and 9

Strategies
You must try to quickly kill him before he creates more tombstones. Two Bloomerangs are recommended to deal more damage to the Tomb Raiser Zombie. Snapdragon and Coconut Cannon are unnecessary to use in order to destroy the Tomb Raiser Zombie because Snapdragon's range is close and Coconut Cannon needs to have a clear path to hit him.

Tomb Raiser Zombies with Explorer Zombies are a very deadly combo. It is recommended that you use Iceberg Lettuce's Plant Food ability to freeze the torch and stop the creation of tombstones.

In Pyramid of Doom, Tomb Raiser Zombie along with Pharaoh Zombies, Explorer Zombies, and Mummified Gargantuars can be very threatening. While Gargantuars absorb damage, Tomb Raiser Zombies in numbers will create more tombstones to hinder your defense production while the Explorer Zombies will instantly kill your plants with its torch as the Pharaoh Zombies will proceed, as its sarcophagus absorbs a lot of damage. This can cause a lot of trouble. Bring the Cherry Bomb or Grapeshot if ever things get rough or better yet, increase the number of Melon-pults and Winter Melons that you have. Just be sure to have enough sun producing plants first and an extreme amount of sun.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2

 * Killing the zombie with an instant-kill plant (e.g. Jalapeno), if the bone gets thrown into the same lane, he will not spawn a tombstone.
 * When he regurgitates a bone, he makes a croaking noise.
 * His appearance is based on Anubis, the Egyptian god of mummification and afterlife. This relates to the zombies because they are wearing mummy wrappings and are undead.
 * Killing a Tomb Raiser Zombie before he can raise out tombstones will earn the player the achievement A-noob-is.
 * A Tomb Raiser Zombie can only throw six bones.
 * If the player chills him, the eyes on his headdress will glow blue.
 * Tomb Raiser Zombies summoned by Zombot Sphinx-inator will create the first tombstone backwards then the remaining five forwards.
 * He is one of two zombies based on Egyptian gods, the other one being Ra Zombie.
 * Tomb Raiser Zombie's name may be a pun for Tomb Raider.
 * He can create tombstones on Power Tiles made by Tile Turnips and on lava tiles made by Lava Guava.
 * The player can stop a grave from spawning by planting a plant on the tile where the bone is landing.
 * He shares the walking, eating, and dying animation of basic zombies from Pirate Seas.
 * His Almanac entry stereotypically refers to dogs. This is probably because Anubis' mask resembles a dog.
 * He can create tombstones backwards if he is spawned from a portal on the 6th column in Modern Day.