Star (item)

For the projectile fired by Starfruit, see Star.

"Awesome! I've always wanted to eat one of those. Wait... that's not a starfish. It's an actual star. Ugh, you can have it."

- Crazy Dave: Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time

Stars used to be objects collected from Brain Busters in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. They could also be collected by playing regular levels again after winning the last day of that area; with specific objectives to differentiate from the first time the level was played. Because of how Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time used to work, stars were necessary for travelling to other worlds and obtaining certain achievements. They were replaced by World Keys in the 1.7 update. In the Chinese Version though, stars can be used to unlock plants.

List of main levels star missions

 * Defeat X zombies in Y seconds
 * Don't let the zombies trample the flowers
 * Don't lose any lawn mowers (appears in all levels)
 * Don't lose more than X plant(s)
 * Don't plant on Dave's mold colonies
 * Don't spend any sun for X seconds
 * Never have more than X plants
 * Produce at least X sun
 * Spend no more than X sun

Star Gate
Star gates are unlocked after beating the final level of a world. The player needs 15 stars to continue into Pirate Seas and 30 (or 15 in later updates) stars to Wild West.

Trivia

 * These no longer exist in version 1.7 or newer versions, and when the player updates to that version and go to their profile, they will receive plant costumes in exchange for their stars.
 * The same thing happens on their total amount of Keys of all areas, except they are exchanged for coins.