Diamond


 * For other uses, see Diamond (disambiguation).

Diamonds (sometimes called Gems, but not to be confused with Gems) are items in Plants vs. Zombies, Plants vs. Zombies 2 (before the 2.1 update and the Chinese version), Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 worth $1000 (100 coins in Garden Warfare and 250 in Garden Warfare 2), the highest value of any currency item. Because of this, it is very rare. Once dropped, the player can either tap it to grab the diamond or, in Plants vs. Zombies, let a Gold Magnet pick it up or, in Garden Warfare and Garden Warfare 2, run and grab it.

Plants vs. Zombies

 * Defeating zombies (rarely happens although it can be common in Survival: Endless).
 * Defeating a Zombie Yeti (four, five if first time) (using the I, Zombie hack can summon many Zombie Yetis to get lots of diamonds).
 * Growing a Marigold to full size in the Zen Garden (one).
 * Growing a normal plant to full size in the Zen Garden (two).
 * First time completing mini-games, Survival Mode levels or Puzzles (one).
 * Finding bacon on Level 3-4 or 5-4 (one, depends on version).
 * Finding Crazy Dave's Magic Taco on Level 4-4 (one)​.
 * Every three streaks in I, Zombie Endless or every ten streaks in Vasebreaker Endless (one, not always).
 * Defeating Dr. Zomboss in Adventure Mode (three).
 * Destroying graves with the Grave Buster, although it is very rare.
 * Golden Sunflower Trophy (five, awarded by completing Adventure Mode and all Mini-games, Puzzle levels, and Survival levels).

Plants vs. Zombies 2 (before the 2.1 update)

 * Opening a lunchbox.
 * Defeating zombies (rarely given).
 * More frequent in Endless Zones.

Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version)

 * In the in-game map in later versions.
 * Getting them in daily rewards.
 * Buying them with real money.
 * Various events.
 * Defeating other players' lawns in PvP Mode (max. 50 gems per day).

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

 * Sometimes dropped after finishing a wave in Garden Ops (by only planting a bonus garden that drops coins).
 * Very rarely picked in Zomboss Slots.

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

 * Dropped after finishing plant/zombie waves when Flag of Power is risen.
 * Occasionally dropped after killing plant/zombie mini-bosses in Flag of Power.

Lucky Spin achievement
Lucky Spin is an achievement in some versions of the game that is earned when the player rolls three diamonds in Slot Machine. It is arguably the hardest achievement in any version of the game because even just one diamond is very rare, and three is even rarer. In console versions, however, they just have to get a diamond. It will not give them anything, but two diamonds will give the player one. On the 1.02 update of the PS Vita version, however, does not involve diamonds to get the achievement; instead, three of a kind in general will get it.

Trivia

 * Diamonds have a "gleam" when they are about to be picked up. A chiming noise also is played when they appear.
 * The "gleam" is removed in Plants vs. Zombies 2. However, the chiming noise is still present.
 * The diamond resembles the blue gem from Bejeweled, one of PopCap's other games.
 * They also make the same noise as in Insaniquarium when picked up.
 * The diamond appears in the PC icons of Beghouled and Beghouled Twist.
 * In the 2.1 update of Plants vs. Zombies 2, diamonds were replaced with gems.
 * Before the 2.1 update, if a player killed a Treasure Yeti and got its lunchbox, he or she would receive a diamond. However, due to the removal of diamonds on the 2.1 update, the player does not get a diamond anymore, but instead a bunch of coins which total to 1,000 coins, which is the exact value of a diamond.
 * In the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2, diamonds are sometimes found in lucky cards in the older versions.