Butternut Squash

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Butternut Squash
Smashes the first zombie that gets close to it, plus other zombies in that same tile. Also butters surrounding zombies. Slippery!
Sun cost	3
Rarity	Rare
Type	Trap
Health	300
Attack Damage	900
Butter Duration	5s
Cooldown	25s
The only thing Butternut Squash loves more than action movies are horrible one-liners like, "Butter luck next time," "Nut so lucky punk!" and "Time to squash your mouth with butter, nut soap," which barely makes sense.
Plant Food
Butter Bomb
Damage Boost	+50%
Butter Puddles	9
Butter Duration	5s
Does heavy damage to a 3x3 area and leaves melted butter behind.
Tacobility
Butter Up
Attacks more times & hits harder!
Damage Boost	+100%
Bounces	2
Butter Duration	5s
Hits harder & works more times before disappearing.

Butternut Squash is a Rare Trap plant introduced in Plants vs. Zombies 3. He squashes and butters nearby zombies.

About

Butternut Squash is a Rare plant obtained by the player after beating Floor 17 of Devour Tower along with Caramel Popcorn. His seed packets are more likely to be dropped in Silicorn Lab  breakout levels.

He's similar to Squash, as he attacks the first zombie that approaches and deals heavy damage to it, and other zombies on its tile.

Unlike Squash however, he also butters nearby zombies in a 3x3 area around the tile that he squashes in. Any zombie that survives his initial attack will also be buttered.

Origins

Butternut Squash is based on the butternut squash, a type of winter squash that is known for its sweet, nutty taste. His name references both his real-world origin and his ability to butter zombies.

His Tacobility is a pun on "batter up".

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to level 1.

Butternut Squash
Normal Rare
Trap Area Effect Heavy Hitter Stun
Smashes the first zombie that gets close to it, plus other zombies in that same tile. Also butters surrounding zombies. Slippery! 3 Health 300 Attack Damage 900 Butter Duration 5 s Cooldown 25 s Effective against:
The only thing Butternut Squash loves more than action movies are horrible one-liners like, "Butter luck next time," "Nut so lucky punk!" and "Time to squash your mouth with butter, nut soap," which barely makes sense.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Butternut Squash's Plant Food ability is called Butter Bomb, in which Butternut Squash will deal an immense amount of damage to any zombie in a 3x3 area in front of him. After attacking, Butternut Squash will leave behind melted pools of butter in the 3x3 area that he attacked in, any zombie that steps in these butter puddles will be immobilized.

Tacobility

Butternut Squash's Tacobility is named Butter Up. Which allows Butternut Squash to remain on the lawn after attacking, allowing him to attack another time. Butternut Squash also deals more damage to zombies he attacks.

Balancing changes

March 24th, 2020 Patch

• ▼ Base butter effect duration has been reduced from 8 to 5 seconds
  • ▼ Tacobility butter duration per upgrade level has been reduced slightly across all levels
    • ▼ Levels 1-5: TBA

Gallery

Seed packet

See Also

• Squash