- For other uses, see Fume-shroom (disambiguation).
Fume-shroom is a Mushroom appearing in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is capable of spraying fumes doing 40 damage per shot which hits every zombie five tiles ahead of him plus the tile he is planted on. Fume-shroom suffers from limited range, his attack only being triggered by and having effect on a zombie or tombstone appearing 5 spaces in front of him.
About
- For more information about this character, see Fume-shroom.
Fume-shroom is unlocked after completing Dark Ages - Night 4. He has received a significant amount of changes compared to the first games: He attacks every 2.35-2.5 seconds, dealing 40 damage per shot to every zombie for each attack. His effective range has also been raised to five tiles, and he can now be used in other worlds without any penalty, due to the absence of the sleeping mechanic and Coffee Bean.
Almanac entry
Fume-shroom
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Fume-shroom
SUN COST: 125
RECHARGE: 5
TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 40
RANGE: 1x4
PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage
FAMILY: Ail-mint
Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that damage all zombies in an area.
"I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes, when I'm eating Plant Food, I hear them chuckling. I hear them calling me 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that hurts."
Upgrades
Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)
Fume-shroom will expand as if he is gathering air, before unleashing a large amount of fumes that push zombies backward (for up to 10 tiles). The fume burst deals a total of 1500 damage per shot for 5 seconds.
Costumed (China only)
Fume-shroom sucks all zombies in 3x2 area in front of him and then does his normal Plant Food effect.
Ail-mint effect
When boosted by Ail-mint, Fume-shroom does an additional 120 DPS per attack, and his plant food effect does an additional 2900 DPS.
Level Upgrade
Level | Seed Packets | Coins | Upgrades | |||||
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Sun Cost | Recharge (Fast) |
Toughness (Typical) |
Damage (Normal) |
Plant Food Power (Damage*) |
Area | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 5 seconds | 300 dps | 40 dps | 1500 dps | 1x4 |
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 4.5 seconds | 325 dps | 45 dps | 1600 dps | ||
3 | 50 | 2,000 | 4.5 seconds | 350 dps | 50 dps | 1700 dps | ||
4 | 100 | 4,000 | 4.5 seconds | 375 dps | 55 dps | 1800 dps | ||
5 | 125 | 6,000 | 100 | 4.5 seconds | 400 dps | 60 dps | 1900 dps | |
6 | 175 | 8,000 | 4 seconds | 450 dps | 65 dps | 2000 dps | ||
7 | 250 | 10,000 | 4 seconds | 500 dps | 70 dps | 2100 dps | ||
8 | 350 | 15,000 | 4 seconds | 550 dps | 75 dps | 2200 dps | ||
9 | 450 | 20,000 | 4 seconds | 600 dps | 80 dps | 2300 dps | ||
10 | 800 | 60,000 | 3.5 seconds | 650 dps | 85 dps | 2400 dps | ||
11 | 1,000 | 75,000 | 3.5 seconds | 700 dps | 90 dps | 2500 dps | ||
12 | 1,250 | 100,000 | 3.5 seconds | 750 dps | 95 dps | 2600 dps | ||
13 | 1,500 | 150,000 | 75 | 3.5 seconds | 800 dps | 100 dps | 2700 dps | |
14 | 1,750 | 200,000 | 3 seconds | 850 dps | 110 dps | 2800 dps | ||
15 | 2,000 | 250,000 | 3 seconds | 900 dps | 120 dps | 2900 dps |
*Total damage dealt during its Plant Food effect.
Mastery upgrades
- Chance to Boost
- Damage Pierce
Level Upgrade (China only)
Strategies
Fume-shroom fills in the middle ground between Snapdragon and Laser Bean: His effective range, while greater than Snapdragon's, is not infinite like Laser Bean's. A Fume-shroom deals more damage per second than a Laser Bean and as much damage as a Snapdragon, but does not enjoy Snapdragon's attack stacking capability and therefore will do less damage per second when planted in a column. Regardless, all three plants are excellent at crowd controlling, and they will prove to be useful in both normal levels and Endless Zones due to the constantly escalating amount of zombies compared to that of the first game.
Like in the first game, Fume-shroom is effective against zombies that attempt to shield themselves from normal projectiles, such as Barrel Roller Zombie, Shield Zombie and Excavator Zombie. He is also useful in cleaning up tombstones, as it can hit up to five tombstones at once while still being able to damage zombies.
Fume-shrooms are a great choice against Zombie Chickens in Wild West and Ice Weasels in Frostbite Caves. While he is slightly inferior to Lightning Reed in combating Zombie Chickens because of the lower attack speed and decreased range, Fume-shroom does a much better job against Ice Weasels as he can kill them in one hit while Lightning Reed at level one will require eight hits to achieve the same result.
Fume-shroom is especially effective in his home world, the Dark Ages, because he is cheap, and his attack can't be blocked by any of the zombies there (Jester Zombie blocks all projectiles, while Imp Dragon Zombie is immune to fire, making plants like Jack O' Lantern and Snapdragon less effective).
Fume-shroom's plant food effect can be used as an improvised Hurrikale without the chilling effect, but with 1800 DPS to all zombies affected. It is useful in vanquishing all zombies on a lane and can take half the health out of Gargantuars, as 1500 DPS is nearly the damage output of a single Cherry Bomb.
Gallery
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Fume-shroom (PvZ2).
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In other languages
Language | Name | Description |
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Fume-shroom | ||
大喷菇 | ||
Champi-fumée | ||
Stinkpilz | ||
Fumporcino | ||
Gasogumelo | ||
Humoseta |
Trivia
- His cap is slightly transparent, most noticeably when Fume-shroom is given Plant Food.
- His attack was glitched in the 3.4.4 update, being able to deal splash damage on adjacent lanes like Snapdragon, and could reach 5.5 tiles in front of it instead of five. This was fixed in the 3.5.1 update.
- He's is nicknamed as "Balloon-shroom" in Almanac, which refers to his Plant Food upgrade.
- Although one of his costumes references Nightcap from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, Nightcap cannot use Fume-shroom under normal circumstances.
- In the Chinese version, if Fume-shroom is level 4 and costumed, and is spawned by a Spore-shroom that is level 2 or up, it can also activate his Plant Food effect, unlike most other mushrooms. However, this effect will be glitched.
See also
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Day | Peashooter · Sunflower · Cherry Bomb · Wall-nut · Potato Mine · Snow Pea · Chomper · Repeater |
Night | Puff-shroom · Sun-shroom · Fume-shroom · Grave Buster · Hypno-shroom · Scaredy-shroom · Ice-shroom · Doom-shroom |
Pool | Lily Pad · Squash · Threepeater · Tangle Kelp · Jalapeno · Spikeweed · Torchwood · Tall-nut |
Fog | Sea-shroom · Plantern · Cactus · Blover · Split Pea · Starfruit · Pumpkin · Magnet-shroom |
Roof | Cabbage-pult · Flower Pot · Kernel-pult · Coffee Bean · Garlic · Umbrella Leaf · Marigold · Melon-pult |
Upgrades | Gatling Pea · Twin Sunflower · Gloom-shroom · Cattail · Winter Melon · Gold Magnet · Spikerock · Cob Cannon |
Others | Imitater · Explode-o-nut · Giant Wall-nut · Giant Sunflower · Giant Marigold · Sprout · Tree of Wisdom |
Plants vs. Zombies: Social Edition | |
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Normal | Peashooter · Sunflower · Cherry Bomb · Wall-nut · Potato Mine · Chomper · Repeater · Puff-shroom · Scaredy-shroom · Snow Pea · Sun-shroom · Fume-shroom · Grave Buster · Lily Pad · Squash · Spikeweed · Tangle Kelp · Torchwood · Sea-shroom · Jalapeno · Coffee Bean · Tall-nut · Pumpkin · Magnet-shroom · Blover · Melon-pult · Cactus |
Premium | Pickled Pepper · Icy Fume-shroom · Fire-shroom · Flamewood · Vine-nut · Gatling Pea · Twin Sunflower · Gloom-shroom · Winter Melon · Super Chomper · Future Star · Calm Chuck |
Plants vs. Zombies Adventures | |
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>Normal | Peashooter · Sunflower · Aspearagus · Wall-nut · Cherry Bomb · Popcorn · Beet · Snow Pea · Jalapeño · Magnet Plant · Flaming Pea · Shamrock · Bamboo Shoot · Repeater · Chilly Pepper · Twin Sunflower |
VIPs | Sweet Pea · Beeshooter · Hard-nut · Acespearagus · Power Flower · Beetboxer · Ice Queen Pea · Shamrockstar · Bamboom |
Others | Trees |
Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) | |
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Ancient Egypt | Peashooter · Sunflower · Wall-nut · Cabbage-pult · Bloomerang · Iceberg Lettuce · Grave Buster · Bonk Choy · Repeater · Twin Sunflower · Snow Pea · Cherry Bomb · Torchwood |
Pirate Seas | Kernel-pult · Snapdragon · Power Lily · Spikeweed · Spring Bean · Coconut Cannon · Spikerock · Lightning Reed · Tall-nut |
Wild West | Threepeater · Squash · Split Pea · Chili Bean · Jalapeno · Pea Pod · Melon-pult · Winter Melon · Imitater |
Kongfu World | Radish · Fire Gourd · Heavenly Peach · Bamboo-shoot |
Far Future | Laser Bean · Blover · Citron · E.M.Peach · Infi-nut · Magnifying Grass · Tile Turnip · Starfruit |
Dark Ages | Hypno-shroom · Sun-shroom · Puff-shroom · Fume-shroom · Sun Bean · Pea-nut · Magnet-shroom · Oak Archer · Coffee Bean · Plantern |
Big Wave Beach | Acidic Citrus · Lotuspot · Lily Pad · Bowling Bulb · Banana Launcher · Guacodile · Tangle Kelp · Homing Thistle |
Frostbite Caves | Hurrikale · Fire Peashooter · Hot Potato · Pepper-pult · Chard Guard · Stunion · Rafflesia · Tornacorn |
Sky City | Rotobaga · Cycloque · Aspiragus · Saucer Squash · Board Beans · Lantern Cherry · Ampthurium · Spinnapple |
Lost City | Lava Guava · Red Stinger · A.K.E.E. · Stallia · Gold Leaf · Toadstool · Jackfruit |
Neon Mixtape Tour | MC Glory · Phat Beet · Thyme Warp · Celery Stalker · Spore-shroom · Garlic · Intensive Carrot · Cactus |
Jurassic Marsh | Primal Peashooter · Primal Wall-nut · Perfume-shroom · Primal Sunflower · Primal Potato Mine · Primal Rafflesia · Dinonip · Thorns · Mastercane |
Modern Day | Shadow-shroom · Caulipower · Moonflower · Grimrose · Nightshade · Dusk Lobber · Blooming Heart |
Steam Ages | Gold Bloom · Flat-shroom · Passionflower · Lotus Root · Fanilla · Lily of Alchemy · Berry Blaster |
Renaissance Age |
Aloe · Kinnikannon · Wax Guard · Oil Olive · Ruby Red · Dartichoke |
Heian Age | Sumo Melon · Wasabi Whip · Auberninja · Dripphylleia · Splitting Stephania · Kunai Tupistra · Windbreak Dendrobium · Orchid Chef · Geisha Flower · Stickybomb Rice |
Fairytale Forest | Ents · Heath Seeker · Hat Mushroom |
Monthly special | Pyro-shroom · Carrotillery · Cryo-shroom · Dandelion · Aggro Brocco · Pomegunate · Chomper · Sweet Potato · Lord Bamboo · Sap-fling · Ghost Pepper · Chest-nut · Bambrook · Zorrose · Magic-shroom · Electric Blueberry · R.A.D Missiles · Endurian · Pumpkin Witch · Sunflower Singer · Snowy Cotton · Guerrequila · Monkeyfruit · Plumping Plummy · Dragonfruit · Angel Starfruit · Gatling Pea · Match Flower · Firebloom Queen · Cattail · Grapeshot · Cold Snapdragon · Shrinking Violet · Cob Cannon · Apple Mortar · Witch Hazel · Escape Root · Electric Currant · Explode-O-Nut · Parsnip · Missile Toe · Kiwibeast · Electric Peashooter · Hot Date · Icy Currant · Trump Tulip · Banana Dancer · Dual Pistol Pinecone · Narcissus · Alarm Arrowhead · Holly Barrier · Shadow Peashooter · Snap Pea · Frostbloom Queen · Sling Pea · Zapdragon · Electrici-tea · Imp Pear · Strawburst · Egrett Flower · Goo Peashooter · Bud-minton · Curling Corms · Pokra · Dollarweed Drummer · Ultomato · Shadow Fanilla · Bromel Blade · Gumnut · Olive Pit · Nuclear Earthstar · Headbutter Lettuce · Dazey Chain · Boom Balloon Flower · Soda Bottle Palm · Tiger Claw · Impaintiens · Turkey-pult · Hammerflower · Fishhook Grass · Energy Mangosteen · Inferno · Tigerstool · Gardenergrass · Draftodil |
Others | Potato Mine · Flower Pot · Tactical Cuke |
Removed | Rotten Red |
Plants vs. Zombies Online | |
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Player's House | Sunflower · Peashooter · Wall-nut · Potato Mine |
Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum | Bruce Bamboo · Carrot Rocket · Pomegranate-pult · Dandelion · Venus Flytrap · Wax Gourd · Sod |
Ancient Egypt | Bloomerang · Bonk Choy · Grave Buster · Iceberg Lettuce · Cabbage-pult |
Pirate Seas | Snapdragon · Spikeweed · Spring Bean · Kernel-pult · Coconut Cannon · Narcissus · Endurian · Spikerock · Pineapple Cannon · Threepeater |
Far Future | Laser Bean · Blover · Citron · E.M.Peach · Tile Turnip · Ganoderma · Banana Tree · Nitro-shroom · Infi-nut · Magnifying Grass |
East Sea Dragon Palace | Oxygen Algae · Garlic · Bubble Flower · Electric Anemone |
Upgrades | Twin Sunflower · Repeater |
VIPs | Winter Melon |
Power Ups | Cherry Bomb · Jalapeno |
Premium | Squash · Snow Pea · Tall-nut |
Adventure Mode only | Magic Vine · Split Pea · Chili Bean · Lightning Reed · Pea Pod · Melon-pult · Starfruit · Chomper · Fire Peashooter · Cattail · Zorrose · Clivia · Sap-fling · Acidic Citrus · Magic-shroom · Ghost Pepper · Guacodile · Hurrikale · Plantern · Oak Archer · Homing Thistle · Pepper-pult · Radish · Toadstool · Blooming Heart · Red Stinger · Electric Blueberry · A.K.E.E. · Moonflower · Guerrequila · Aspiragus · Pumpkin Witch · Mine Fruit · Sea Anemone · Lychee Drill · Sea Starfruit |
Plants vs. Zombies 3 | |
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Neighborville | Sunflower · Wall-Nut · Bamboo Shoots · Peashooter · Bonk Choy |
Lost Keys Lake | Lily Pad · Tangle Kelp · Squash |
Mt. Quesogrande | Chili Bean · Silversword · Cabbage-Pult |
Power-Ups | Grapes of Wrath · Chilly Pepper · Jalapeño · Cherry Bomb · Blover |
Pre-2021 | Puff-Shroom · Buttercup · Garlic · Potato Mine · Pushywillow · Chard Guard · Spikeweed · Kernel-Pult · Caramel Popcorn · Lightning Reed · Melon-Pult · Shuffle Truffle · Blockbuster · Butternut Squash · Ragweed · Sawgrass · Fire Peashooter · Pine Needler · Snow Pea · Night Cap · Aloe Vera · Sweet Potato · Hydrangea · Dogwood · Chomper · Flak Seed · Gravitree · Gloom-Shroom · Lemon-Aid · Starfruit · Snapdragon · Fairy Ring Mushroom · Kalestorm · Star Tree · Magic Beans |