Endless Challenge

歪比巴卜！

This article is about content available solely in the People's Republic of China.

Endless Challenge (无尽挑战; pinyin; Wújìn tiǎozhàn) is an event in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. It is a worldwide competition and the rewards are a currency called Time Tokens. It is only held on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The challenge starts at 12:00PM on Thursday and ends at 12:00AM on Monday.

Gameplay

The levels are technically endless in the competition, even though it is only possible to reach level 149. The levels are played in Last Stand format, but there is a seed packet limit for every plant depending on their quality. A plant with a White and Green quality will start with 10 seed packets and have a max limit of 25 and 20 respectively, Blue plants start with 8 and max at 20, Purple plants begin with 5 and max at 15, and Orange plants start with 3 and max at 10. After the limit for a plant has been reached, the player cannot use that plant until they obtain more of its seed packets. Every time the player wins a level, 5 different plants will be chosen to have their seed packet limit increased, increasing the amount of times players can plant a certain plant. The amount of seed packets increased also depends on their quality, with White plants increasing their amount by 3, Green and Blue plants by 2, and Purple and Orange plants by 1. Most sun producing plants are disabled since it is played in a psuedo-Last Stand format. However, Toadstool, Moonflower, and Gold Bloom can still be used. Imitater is also disabled in this mode, mostly due to its ability to mimic plants, which would double that plant's seed packet limit. Every time the player wins a level, they will also get a certain amount of sun, which increases by 50 for every level passed. Players also get 10 Time Tokens for every level beaten. This number increases to 15 after level 10 and will increase again in later levels. Every fifth level is a boss level, which gives extra tokens. The player also gets scores by completing levels. The zombies' level increases gradually, with the maximum level a zombie can have capping out at 10.

There is no game over if the player loses, levels can be replayed over and over again, though no points will be rewarded. However, players can reset their progress once a day to regain Time Tokens from the very start. The player is given a free reset everyday, which costs 50 diamonds afterwards. After the player resets, the player will be given the option to spend gems in order to skip 5 levels, ending up at the level they last played before resetting. This also lets players earn Time Tokens, sun and seed packet limits without the need to play levels.

Players are ranked by their scores. The more score the player has, the higher their rank will be. The higher their rank is, the more rewards they will get every day while the competition is running.

Challenge Areas

World	Name	Zombies	Boss(es)	Feature
Ancient Egypt	Pyramid of Doom (木乃伊的噩梦)
Pirate Seas	Dead Man's Booty (死人狂欢派对)			Planks: Lanes 2 and 4
Wild West	Big Bad Butte (闹鬼岭的传说)
Kongfu World	Tomb of the Sweeping Monk (扫地武僧的坟墓)	Boss Battle:		Weapon Stand:
Far Future	Terror from Tomorrow (未来的恐惧)
Dark Ages	Arthur's Challenge (亚瑟的挑战)	Boss Battle:
Big Wave Beach	Tiki Torch-er (来自深海的怪物)	Boss Battle:		Tide covers to fifth column
Frostbite Caves	Icebound Battleground (冰封的战场)	Boss Battle:		Slider tiles: Two (one ↑, one ↓)
Sky City	Airship Cemetery (飞行机坟场)	Boss Battle:
Lost City	Temple of Bloom (失落的恐惧)			Gold Tiles: Five
Neon Mixtape Tour	Greatest Hits (僵尸最佳专辑)			Jams are present
Jurassic Marsh	La Brainsa Tarpits (大脑焦油坑)			Dinosaurs are present
Modern Day	Highway to the Danger Room (危房高速)			Portals spawn throughout the level
Steam Age	Steam Crisis (蒸汽危机)			Sewers: Thirteen (three steam, five entrances, five exits)

Strategies

Overall, it is a good idea to expensive and powerful plants like Board Beans, Banana Launcher, Winter Melon, Firebloom Queen, Coconut Cannon and Citron in the first 40 levels. Most legendaries are extremely useful and highly recommended. Sap-fling or Primal Rafflesia is also recommended to slow down zombies if your defense don't work with ice based plants. If there are excessive Plant Foods in the end of a level, use it on a Potato Mine, a Chili Bean or a Primal Potato Mine because the clones won't disappear.

Also note that permanent Plant Food effects (like Wall-nut's and Torchwood's) will not last to the next round. So, don't use Plant Food on this kind of plants unless necessary.

There would be some dangerous zombies in some endless zones. You need to quit and restarting again to get rid of them.

• Magnifying Grass is a good plant, especially on boss battles, but keep track of the amount of sun you have.
• Escape Root has a glitch that makes it invincible, if the player doesn't have good knockback plants like level 5 Primal Peashooter use it with Sweet Potato and wait for the final wave to use Hurrikale is a good option.
• Don't use too many type of plants because you can only get seed packets for 5 plants after completing each level. Using too many type of plants will cause "lack of seed packets".
• Only use Blovers or Hurrikales when necessary.
• In Neon Mixtape Tour, always put a MC Glory or on the 5th column to avoid damage done by Hair Metal Gargantuar's smash and Zombot Multi-stage Masher's speakers. If you don't have it, you can use an Infi-nut instead. Use the Infi-nut if you are planting 7 columns or more, as columns 7,8 and 9 would be cleared during the boss battle, meaning you would have to replace a full column of them every 5 levels, and rare card packets are much more easier to obtain than legendary ones. Use the MC Glory if you are planning to plant 6 columns or less as they give extra attack.
• Using plants like Chard Guards isn't a good idea, because higher level zombies may be able to bite on Chard Guards before knocking them back, therefore dealing a lot of damage. Instead, Primal Peashooter is a much better option.
• Remember, that after competing the level, growing plants like Kiwibeast and Cryo-shroom will be reverted to original size, and Torchwood's Plant Food effect will be reset.
• Level 3 or more Monkeyfruit is extremely good, It can deal massive damage to early zombies and slowing down zombies on later level to help Primal Peashooter stuck zombies at column 9 so you can use Phat Beet and Hurrikale at the final wave.
• Tile Turnips are strongly recommended and you should place them as much as you should, on tiles with strong plants.
• Since in later waves (40 or more), zombies are harder to kill, it's a good idea to slow them down with Winter Melon, Primal Peashooter, Cold Snapdragon, Apple Mortar  etc. This strategy generally takes a long time.
• Using Berry Blasters (level five only) and Lily of Alchemy would allow you to kill the zombie quickly, regardless their level, since these plants deal a percentage damage. However, your battle is considered illegal (The result being unable to get points and ranking reward) after wave 65 if your time is under 5 minutes (this limit goes up in later levels). It’s hard to get under the time limit if you don’t have these plants, but it’s easy if you do. In order to avoid being judged as illegal, you have to watch the clock, and pause the game if necessary. Another possible solution is to use an upgraded Pea Pod for timing.
• The Maximum amount of sun the game would give you after completing a level max at 20000, however using Toadstool, Moonflower, Gold Bloom or buying sun with gems could get the sun value to the maximum of 33464.
• Here is a list of plants that can kill high leveled zombies quickly:
  • Caulipower(Level 5 only) has a glitch that when it shoots its "Ultimate Hypno" projectile, it has a 2/9 chance to kill any type of zombie. This feature is mostly useless but it's good in Sky City's endless mode because Hurrikale is banned in Sky City.
  • Lily of Alchemy: Deals a percentage damage and can kill zombies fairly quickly regardless of their health.
  • Berry Blaster (Level 5 only): has a chance to fire a poison ball that can kill zombies extremely quick, but it is recommended to plant at least 3 columns of them to make sure the chance.
  • Toadstool: Can eat zombies regardless of their level.
  • Chomper (Level 5 only): Has a 20% chance to eat multiple zombies in its area regardless of their level.
  • Auberninja(Level 5 only): Instantly kills normal sized zombies regardless of their level.
  • Kinnikannon(plant food effect only)：can kill a lot of zombies regardless of their level
  • Fanilla(plant food effect only)：can kill a lot of zombies regardless of their level
• There is an excellent and extremely deadly combination:
  • Have these plants with you: Phat Beet (Costumed), Hurrikale and Sweet Potato (or any other plant that can direct zombies to other lanes).
  • Use Sweet Potatoes to gather zombies into lanes 2 and 4.
  • Plant a Phat Beet on the 8th or 9th column on lane 3 and feed it with Plant Food.
  • When the zombies are airborne caused by Phat Beet's Plant Food effect, immediately plant two Hurrikales on lanes 2 and 4 to kill all the zombies.
  • This strategy can kill all zombies except for Fisherman Zombies, Zombie Kings and Jurassic Bullies. Note that if you mess up the timing, the zombies will become immune to knockback and you will have to restart the level. This makes it so you only have one shot at this strategy.

Gallery

The icon for Endless Challenge

The menu which shows the leaderboard, the rewards, as well as the portal to the levels

The levels, showing the player's progress

Videos

Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) Endless Challenge Dark Ages Streak 1-5 ZomBoss (Ep.16)

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Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese) Zombie ate ZomBoss Endless Challenge Frostbite Caves 1-10 (Ep.27)

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Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) Endless Challenge Lost City - Streak 1-15 ZomBoss (Ep.34)

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Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) Endless Challenge Neon Mixtape Tour - Streak 1-15 (Ep.39)

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Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) Endless Challenge Wild West - Streak 1-10 ZomBoss (Ep.46)

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Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) Endless Challenge Kongfu World - Streak 1-15 (Ep.49)

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Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) Endless Challenge Far Future - Streak 1-30 ZomBoss (Ep.52)

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Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) Endless Challenge Frostbite Caves - Streak 1-30 (Ep.58)

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Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) Endless Challenge Sky City - Streak 1-15 ZomBoss (Ep.61)

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Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) Endless Challenge Lost City - Streak 30-40 ZomBoss (Ep.64)

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Trivia

• For unknown reasons, Perfume-shroom cannot be used in Jurassic Marsh's endless zone, despite Perfume-shroom being usable only in Jurassic Marsh levels.
• For some reason, Kongfu World boss battles does not include any minecarts, making it even harder.
  • In addition, the lawn mowers in boss battles in this world reuse Ancient Egypt lawn mowers instead of the Kongfu World lawn mowers.