Arena

Arena
The second game mode in Plants vs. Zombies 2

For similar game modes in the Chinese version, and Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars, see PvP Mode and Arena (PvZ: AS) respectively.

Arena (known as Battlez until 7.5.1) is a player vs. player game mode in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that was introduced in the 6.6.1 update. This mode is unlocked after getting the Map of Space-Time-Ness from Ancient Egypt - Day 1 and obtaining at least six plants.

Gameplay

To start a match, the player has to use a Gauntlet. Gauntlets can be bought with gems. However, every four hours, the player receives a free play. The player can press the 'FREE PLAY' button, which is located to the left of the Play Button, to watch an advertisement and obtain a free gauntlet. Up to four free Gauntlets per day can be obtained by watching ads.

When an opponent is found, the player will usually choose five plants, with the first slot reserved for the plant of the week. Once the plants are chosen, the player is set in the Last Stand format, then after setting-up, the "battle" begins. The player gains points based on the distance the zombies are away from the house, and their starting health. Zombies in the yellow zone are worth their full potential of points, while zombies in the red, blue, and brown zones being worth 60%, 40%, and 20% of their potential respectively. Points can also be scored by removing most forms of armor through any method. Zombies buffed by Cardio Zombie are worth extra points. Destroying Gravestones and Surfboards are also worth a small amount points.

This mode is time-based, and the zombies have significantly more health, with higher leagues having even higher health. Zombies can often survive multiple instant-kills. Zombies will also eat significantly faster causing most plants to be eaten instantly. The faster the player kills the zombies, the more health they will have. Having a non-defensive plant getting eaten will result in a penalty, causing the zombie health to be reduced and therefore significantly reducing the score they will give. Having a sun-producing plant getting eaten or manually launching a Lawnmower will result in a big penalty, and if a zombie activates a mower, this will result in a huge penalty. Winning a match of Arena is brought about by getting a higher score than your opponent, and grants the player five Crowns, whereas losing a match only yields one crown. Surrendering will count as a loss, but will grant no crowns.

Most of the player's upgrades (except Instant Recharge, Wall-nut First Aid and Mower Launch) are removed in this mode. The player also can not spend 1000 coins to buy Plant Food, or use Power Ups in this mode.

As the player wins matches, they will collect rewards from a reward streak, found under the Play Button. The rewards get better as the player wins more consecutive matches. If the player breaks a streak, they can pay 10 gems to retain it, with the cost increasing by ten gems per retain, and caps at 250 gems. If they reset their streak, the cost to retain goes back to 10 gems. As of the new update, after a win streak of 7, the rewards will reset.

Current possible rewards for the Reward Streak (in order):

Each week, there will be a different type of tournament that the player will have to compete in. Each type of tournament has its own way of changing the gameplay (the change can be quite minor, however). For example, a tournament can shorten the time it takes for a match to finish. It could also be quite major (for example, from 17th July - 19th July 2018 Grapeshot's Double Shot Tournament lasted 2 days and the rewards were drastically decreased).

Also, this mode also has several different leagues; the player gets promoted if they place top 3 in their league by having a number of crowns higher than all but two or less other players in their league. If they are placed in one of the last three spots, they will be demoted to the league before that one (this is not the case in the lower leagues, where special methods are required to be demoted). Several gems, mints and coins are rewarded in promotions.

It has been noted that this mode does appear to be lacking a "real" matchmaking feature that pairs you with another player fairly. There have been reports of people that had low-leveled plants to still be paired with a person with max-leveled plants or still high-leveled plants. Players can also be paired against bots that solely calculate their score based on the players.

Maximum promotion rewards

Seasons List

Seasons were firstly introduced in the 7.3.1 update. In Seasons, the players could get rewards after they collect crowns from all of the tournaments, such as coins, gems, piñata, or seed packets of the featured plants. Each season has one featured plant and also new tournament called Boosterama where all plants are boosted and in the end of each Seasons, there is a Boss Fight Tournament. Seasons list are below here:

Season number	Season name	Featured plant	Season duration	Number of rewards	Tournament that occured within this season
1	Zoybean Pod's Birthdayz Season		April 30, 2019 - May 28, 2019	8	•Zoybean Pod's Tournament •Apple Mortar's Tournament •Apple Mortar's Boosterama •Wasabi Whip's Tournament •Zoybean Pod & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
2	Summer Daze Season		May 28, 2019 - June 24, 2019	10	•Dazey Chain's Tournament •Explode-o-nut's Tournament •Explode-o-nut's Boosterama •Bombegranate's Tournament •Bombegranate's Boosterama •Dazey Chain & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
3	Enlighten-mint's Solar Season		June 24, 2019 - July 22, 2019	10	•Enlighten-mint's Tournament •Toadstool's Tournament •Toadstool's Boosterama •Solar Tomato's Tournament •Solar Tomato's Boosterama •Enlighten-mint & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
4	Electrici-tea's Shocking Season		July 23, 2019 - August 19, 2019	10	•Electrici-tea's Tournament •Sap-fling's Tournament •Sap-fling's Boosterama •Goo Peashooter's Tournament •Goo Peashooter's Boosterama •Electrici-tea & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
5	Blastberry Vine's Big Boom Season		August 19, 2019 - September 16, 2019	10	•Blastberry Vine's Tournament •Caulipower's Tournament •Caulipower's Boosterama •Sling Pea's Tournament •Sling Pea's Boosterama •Blastberry Vine & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
6	Pokra's Party Season		September 16, 2019 - October 14, 2019	10	•Pokra's Tournament •Cactus' Tournament •Cactus' Boosterama •Gold Bloom's Tournament •Gold Bloom's Boosterama •Pokra & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
7	Pyre Vine's Searing Season		October 14, 2019 - November 11, 2019	10	•Pyre Vine's Tournament •Jack O' Lantern's Tournament •Jack O' Lantern's Boosterama •Ghost Pepper's Tournament •Ghost Pepper's Boosterama •Pyre Vine & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
8	Pumpkin's Safety Season		November 11, 2019 - December 9, 2019	10	•Pumpkin's Tournament •Witch Hazel's Tournament •Witch Hazel's Boosterama •Power Lily's Tournament •Power Lily's Boosterama •Pumpkin & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
9	Ice Bloom's Year-end Season		December 9, 2019 - January 6, 2020	10	•Ice Bloom's Tournament •Cold Snapdragon's Tournament •Cold Snapdragon's Boosterama •Missile Toe's Tournament •Missile Toe's Boosterama •Ice Bloom & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
10	Ultomato's Ultimate Season		January 6, 2020 - February 3, 2020	10	•Ultomato's Tournament •Starfruit's Tournament •Starfruit's Boosterama •Torchwood's Tournament •Torchwood's Boosterama •Ultomato & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
11	Blooming Heart's Sociable Season		February 3, 2020 - March 2, 2020	10	•Blooming Heart's Tournament •Goo Peashooter's Tournament •Goo Peashooter's Boosterama •Bombegranate's Tournament •Bombegranate's Boosterama •Blooming Heart & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
12	Dartichoke's Selective Season		March 2, 2020 - March 30, 2020	10	•Dartichoke's Tournament •Snap Pea's Tournament •Snap Pea's Boosterama •Wasabi Whip's Tournament •Wasabi Whip's Boosterama •Dartichoke & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
13	Shine Vine's Shimmer Season		March 30, 2020 - April 27, 2020	10	•Shine Vine's Tournament •Solar Tomato's Tournament •Solar Tomato's Boosterama •Toadstool's Tournament •Toadstool's Boosterama •Shine Vine & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
14	Gumnut's Sticky Season		April 27, 2020 - May 25, 2020	10	•Gumnut's Tournament •Aloe's Tournament •Aloe's Boosterama •Explode-o-Nut Tournament •Explode-o-Nut Boosterema •Gumnut & Friend VS Zomboss Tournament

Featured Power Mint

Mint number	Mint	Schedule	Tournaments that occured within this schedule
1		May 1, 2018 - May 29, 2018 and April 30, 2019 - May 30, 2019	•Electric Peashooter's Warped Tournament •Lightning Reed's Brainstorm Tournament •Electric Currant’s Garden Party Tournament •Electric Blueberry’s Brainstorm •Zoybean Pod's Birthdayz Tournament •Apple Mortar's Tournament •Apple Mortar's Boosterama •Wasabi Whip's Escalating Tournament •Zoybean Pod & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
2		May 30, 2018 - June 26, 2018 and May 28, 2019 - June 24, 2019 and November 11, 2019 - December 9, 2019	•Cold Snapdragon's Escalating Tournament •Solar Tomato's Warped Tournament •Aloe's Escalating Tournament •Holly Barrier's Escalating Tournament •Dazey Chain Tournament •Explode-o-Nut's Tournament •Explode-o-Nut's Boosterama •Bombegranate's Tournament •Bombegranate's Boosterama •Dazey Chain & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament •Pumpkin's Tournament •Witch Hazel's Tournament •Witch Hazel's Boosterama •Power Lily's Tournament •Power Lily's Boosterama •Pumpkin & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
3		June 26, 2018 - July 25, 2018 and June 25, 2019 - July 22, 2019	•Strawburst's All-Out Tournament •Bombegranate's Garden Party Tournament •Explode-O-Nut's All-Out Tournament •Grapeshot's Double Shot Tournament •Enlighten-mint's Tournament •Toadstool's Tournament •Toadstool's Boosterama •Solar Tomato's Tournament •Solar Tomato's Boosterama •Enlighten-mint & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
4		July 24, 2018 - August 22, 2018 and August 19, 2019 - September 16, 2019	•Arma-mint's Garden Party Tournament •Escape Root's Blitz Tournament •Gold Bloom's Garden Party Tournament •Apple Mortar's Escalating Tournament •Blastberry Vine's Tournament •Caulipower's Tournament •Caulipower's Boosterama •Sling Pea's Tournament •Sling Pea's Boosterama •Blastberry Vine & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
5		August 22, 2018 - September 19, 2018 and July 23, 2019 - August 19, 2019	•Toadstool's Warped Tournament •Snow Pea’s All-Out Tournament •Contain-mint's Tournament •Shadow Peashooter's Tournament •Electrici-tea's Tournament •Sap-fling's Tournament •Sap-fling's Boosterama •Goo Peashooter's Tournament •Goo Peashooter's Boosterama •Electrici-tea & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
6		September 20, 2018 - October 18, 2018, September 16, 2019 - October 14, 2019, and March 2, 2019 -	•Parsnip's Tournament •Homing Thistle's Tournament •Starfruit's Tournament •Cactus' Tournament •Pokra's Tournament •Cactus' Tournament •Cactus' Boosterama •Gold Bloom's Tournament •Gold Bloom's Boosterama •Pokra & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament •Dartichoke's Tournament •Snap Pea's Tournament •Snap Pea's Boosterama •Wasabi Whip's Tournament •Wasabi Whip's Boosterama •Dartichoke & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
7		October 16, 2018 - November 14, 2018 and October 14, 2019 - November 11, 2019	•Ghost Pepper's Tournament •Jack O' Lantern's Tournament •Hot Date's Tournament •Fire Peashooter's Tournament •Pyre Vine's Tournament •Jack O' Lantern's Tournament •Jack O' Lantern's Boosterama •Ghost Pepper's Tournament •Ghost Pepper's Boosterama •Pyre Vine & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
8		November 13, 2018 - December 11, 2018 and November 18, 2019 - December 9, 2019	•Sling Pea's Tournament •Power Lily's Tournament •Witch Hazel's Tournament •Goo Peashooter's Tournament
9		December 11, 2018 - January 8, 2019 and December 9, 2019 - January 6, 2020	•Missile Toe's Tournament •Snow Pea's Tournament •Cold Snapdragon's Tournament •Electric Peashooter's Tournament •Ice Bloom's Tournament •Cold Snapdragon's Tournament •Cold Snapdragon's Boosterama •Missile Toe's Tournament •Missile Toe's Boosterama •Ice Bloom & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
10		January 8, 2019 - February 5, 2019 and January 6, 2020 - February 3, 2020	•Gold Bloom's Tournament •Starfruit's Tournament •Electric Blueberry's Tournament •Snow Pea's All-Out Tournament •Ultomato's Tournament •Starfruit's Tournament •Starfruit's Boosterama •Torchwood's Tournament •Torchwood's Boosterama •Ultomato & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
11		February 5, 2019 - March 5, 2019	•Hot Date's Tournament •Blooming Heart's Tournament •Goo Peashooter's Tournament •Ail-mint's Tournament •Blooming Heart's Tournament •Goo Peashooter's Tournament •Goo Peashooter's Boosterama •Bombegranate's Tournament •Bombegranate's Boosterama •Blooming Heart & Friends VS Zomboss Tournament
12		March 5, 2019 - April 3, 2019	•Snap Pea's Tournament •Enforce-mint's Tournament •Torchwood's Tournament •Strawburst's Tournament
13		April 3, 2019 - April 30, 2019	•Grapeshot's Tournament •Conceal-mint's Tournament •Dandelion's Tournament •Escape Root's Blitz Tournament

List of Tournaments

Tournament number	Tournament	Featured plant	Restricted plants	Duration	Zombies (excluding those from special mechanics and surprise attacks)	Starting sun	Special mechanics	Surprise attacks	Buffz & Bruisez	Schedule
1	Gold Bloom's Garden Party Tournament		(Only the second tournament)	3:00		750	N/A	N/A	N/A	March 14, 2018-March 20, 2018 & August 7, 2018-August 14, 2018
2	Caulipower's Escalating Tournament		N/A	3:00		750	N/A	Parachute Rain!	N/A	March 21, 2018-March 27, 2018
3	Dandelion's Brainstorm Tournament		N/A	3:00		350	Speed potions	N/A	N/A	March 28, 2018-April 3, 2018
4	Power Lily's Garden Party Tournament		N/A	3:00		750	Minecarts	N/A	N/A	April 4, 2018-April 10, 2018
5	Power Lily's Tournament			3:00	(Food Fight versions)	750	Minecarts	Hamster Brawl!		November 20, 2018-November 27, 2018
6	Wasabi Whip's Blitz Tournament		N/A	1:30		1500		Bot Swarm!	N/A	April 11, 2018-April 17, 2018
7	Explode-O-Nut's All-Out Tournament		(Restricted in the second tournament)	3:00		5000	Slider tile, frozen (2)	Raiding Party!	N/A	April 18, 2018-April 24, 2018 & July 10, 2018-July 17-2018
8	Bombegranate's Garden Party Tournament		N/A	3:00		750	Dark Ages tombstones, Ancient Egypt tombstones	Sandstorm!	N/A	April 25, 2018-May 1, 2018 & July 3, 2018 - July 10, 2018
9	Electric Peashooter's Warped Tournament			3:00	-+	3000	Dark Ages tombstones, Ancient Egypt tombstones, occassional mass-sun drop	N/A	N/A	May 2, 2018-May 8 2018
10	Lightning Reed's Brainstorm Tournament		N/A	3:00		650 (more if pre-placed are shoveled up)	3 pre-placed	Sandstorm!	N/A	May 9, 2018-May 15. 2018
11	Electric Currant’s Garden Party Tournament		N/A	3:00		750	Slider tile, minecarts	N/A	N/A	May 16, 2018-May 22, 2018
12	Electric Blueberry’s Brainstorm Tournament		N/A	3:00		750	Dave's mold colonies	N/A	N/A	May 23, 2018-May 29, 2018
13	Cold Snapdragon's Escalating Tournament			3:00		750	N/A	N/A	N/A	May 30, 2018-June 5, 2018 and December 25 2018,- January 1, 2019
14	Solar Tomato's Warped Tournament			3:00		750	Power Tiles, Sun Bombs and Portals : : : :	N/A	N/A	June 5, 2018-June 12, 2018
15	Aloe's Escalating Tournament			3:00		550 (more if pre-placed are shoveled up)	Dark Ages tombstones, Ancient Egypt tombstones, 5 pre-placed , , Portals : : : : : : :	Necromancy!	N/A	June 12, 2018-June 19, 2018
16	Holly Barrier's Escalating Tournament		N/A	3:00		750		N/A	N/A	June 19, 2018-June 26, 2018
17	Strawburst's All-Out Tournament			3:00		7500	N/A	Snowstorm! Sandstorm!	N/A	June 26, 2018-July 3, 2018
18	Grapeshot's Double Shot Tournament		N/A	3:00		750	N/A	Parachute Rain!	N/A	July 17, 2018-July 19, 2018
19				3:00		5000	N/A	Parachute Rain!	N/A	July 19, 2018-July 24, 2018
20	Arma-mint's Garden Party Tournament			3:00		250	Dave's mold colonies, Slider tile,	N/A	N/A	July 24, 2018-July 31, 2018
21	Escape Root's Blitz Tournament			1:30 (time goes by much faster)		350	8 pre-placed (7 frozen)	N/A	N/A	July 31, 2018-August 7, 2018 & April 23, 2019-April 30, 2019
22	Apple Mortar's Escalating Tournament		(not all players)	3:00		500	Speed potions, Freezing winds	Snowstorm!	N/A	August 15, 2018-August 21, 2018
23	Toadstool's Warped Tournament			3:00	-+	1250	Sun tombstones	Necromancy!	N/A	August 22, 2018-August 28, 2018
24	Snow Pea’s All-Out Tournament			3:00		3000	Plant Food tombstones, Sun tombstones, minecarts	N/A	N/A	August 29, 2018-September 4, 2018 & January 29, 2019-February 5, 2019
25	Contain-mint's Tournament			1:30		1750	Speed potions	N/A		September 4, 2018-September 11, 2018
26	Shadow Peashooter's Tournament			3:00		400	Speed potions	N/A		September 11, 2018-September 18, 2018
27	Parsnip's Tournament			3:00		0	Sun tombstones	N/A	( originally)	September 18, 2018-September 25, 2018
28	Homing Thistle's Tournament			3:00	Summoned:	500	Slider tiles, Power Tiles	Hamster Brawl!		September 25, 2018-October 2, 2018
29	Starfruit's Tournament			3:00		375	Power Tiles,	Hamster Brawl!		October 2, 2018-October 9, 2018
30	Cactus' Tournament			1:30		2250 (more if pre-placed are shoveled up)	Dark Ages tombstones Sun tombstones 3 pre-placed	Necromancy! Hamster Brawl!		October 9, 2018-October 16, 2018
31	Ghost Pepper's Tournament		N/A	3:00	Summoned:	750		N/A		October 16, 2018-October 23, 2018
32	Jack O' Lantern's Tournament			3:00	(Lawn of Doom versions)	750	5 pre-placed (frozen), Dark Ages tombstones, Plant Food tombstones, Freezing winds, Dave's mold colonies	N/A		October 23, 2018-October 30, 2018
33	Hot Date's Tournament			3:00		1000	Slider tiles	N/A		October 30, 2018-November 6, 2018
34	Fire Peashooter's Tournament			3:00		3500	5 frozen , : :	Hamster Brawl!		November 6, 2018-November 13, 2018
35	Sling Pea's Tournament			1:30	(Food Fight Versions)	1500	Dave's mold colonies	N/A		November 13, 2018-November 20, 2018
36	Witch Hazel's Tournament			3:00	(Food Fight versions)	500	N/A	Sandstorm! Hamster Brawl!		November 27, 2018-December 4, 2018
37	Goo Peashooter's Tournament			3:00	(Food Fight versions)	750	N/A	Parachute Rain!		December 4, 2018-December 11, 2018
38	Missile Toe's Tournament			3:00	(Feastivus versions)	0	4 pre-placed 5 pre-placed (frozen) 2 pre-placed (frozen) 3 pre-placed (frozen) 3 pre-placed (frozen)	Raiding Party!		December 11, 2018-December 18, 2018
39	Snow Pea's Tournament		All World plants except plants returned from Player's House, Ancient Egypt, Pirate Seas, Wild West, and Power Mints, and All Premium Plants except	3:00	(Feastivus versions)	750	N/A	Hamster Brawl!		December 18, 2018-December 25, 2018
40	Gold Bloom's Tournament		N/A	3:00		500	Power Tiles	Bot Swarm!	N/A	January 8, 2019-January 15, 2019
41	Electric Blueberry's Tournament		N/A	3:00		750	Dave's mold colonies	N/A		January 22, 2019-January 29, 2019
42	Hot Date's Tournament		N/A	3:00		1000	Slider tile	N/A		February 5 2019-February 12, 2019
43	Blooming Heart's Tournament			3:00		1200	Dark Ages tombstones	N/A		February 12, 2019-February 19, 2019
44	Goo Peashooter's Tournament		N/A	3:00		0	N/A	Hamster Brawl!		February 19, 2019-February 26, 2019
45	Ail-mint's Tournament		N/A	3:00	(shrunken versions)	1750	1 pre-placed on Minecart and rail, Dark Ages tombstones, Plant Food tombstones	N/A		February 26, 2019-March 5, 2019
46	Snap Pea's Tournament			1:30		2000	Dark Ages tombstones, Sun tombstones	Necromancy!		March 5, 2019-March 12, 2019
47	Enforce-mint's Tournament		N/A	1:00	(Luck O' The Zombie versions)	1500	N/A	N/A		March 12, 2019-March 19, 2019
48	Torchwood's Tournament		All World plants except plants returned from Plants vs. Zombies and Power Mints	3:00		1750	Power Tiles (green, covered the whole of column 1)	N/A		March 19, 2019-March 26, 2019
49	Strawburst's Tournament		N/A	3:00	Summoned:	1600	Plant Food tombstones, Dave's mold colonies	Necromancy!		March 26, 2019-April 2, 2019
50	Grapeshot's Tournament		All Sun-producing plants	2:00		875	: : : :	N/A		April 2, 2019-April 9, 2019
51	Conceal-mint's Tournament		N/A	2:00		1275	N/A	Bot Swarm!		April 9, 2019-April 16, 2019
52	Dandelion's Tournament		N/A	3:00	(Springening versions)	400	Speed potions	N/A		April 16, 2019-April 23, 2019
53	Escape Root's Blitz Tournament			1:30 (time goes by much faster)		350	8 pre-placed (7 frozen)	N/A	N/A	April 23, 2019-April 30, 2019
54	Zoybean Pod's Birthdayz Tournament			3:00		750	2 pre-placed	N/A		April 30, 2019-May 6, 2019
55	Apple Mortar's Escalating Tournament		(not all player)	2:40		750	Speed potions, Freezing winds	Snowstorm!