Gene Modification is a feature in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. On December 2nd, 2016, PopCap Shanghai introduced this new way to get Puzzle Pieces. It was released with the v1.9.1 update in Android, and v2.0.0 in iOS.
Creation[]
The player can put 2 to 5 puzzle pieces into the interface shown below and spend 5000 coins or 20 gems which increases the chance to create a puzzle piece with higher quality to create a new plant puzzle piece. The chosen plant of the new puzzle piece is uncertain, but the chance of it being of any given quality is shown above the "Create" button.
Results of Creation[]
- 2 puzzle pieces (same quality) will create a puzzle piece with a plant with the same quality. For example, 2 Purple puzzle pieces (EX: Electric Blueberry, Pyro-shroom or Byttneria Meteor Hammer) Puzzle Pieces may create a Coconut Cannon Puzzle Piece, but will not create an Orange (EX: Snapdragon, Cryo-shroom or Acid Lemon) Puzzle Piece or a Blue (EX: Laser Bean, Cherry Bomb or Pretty Plum) Puzzle Piece.
- 3 puzzle pieces (same quality) will have a 50% chance to create a puzzle piece with a plant of higher quality (And the other 50% will create a puzzle piece with another plant of the same quality).
- 4 puzzle pieces (same quality) will have a higher chance of creating a puzzle piece with a plant of higher quality (67%).
- 5 puzzle pieces (same quality) will create a puzzle piece with a plant of higher quality. (Example 1: 5 Purple Puzzle Pieces such as that of Buttercup, Lotus Shooter, or Horsebean may create an Orange Puzzle Piece such as the ones for Caulipower, Cattail or Grapeshot; Example 2: 5 White Puzzle Pieces such as that of Peashooter, Stallia or Flat-shroom Puzzle Pieces may create a Green Puzzle Piece such as the ones for Sap-fling, Whirlwind Acorn or Anthurium Puzzle Piece but also has a chance to create Blue Puzzle Pieces such as the ones for Spore-shroom, Bonk Choy and Chestnut Squad)
- Puzzle Pieces of different qualities will have their results rearranged.
Strategies[]
Note that although this might be the only way to get Orange-quality puzzle pieces (and to make use of the unusable puzzle pieces of plants that have no upgrades once unlocked such as Gold Leaf, Blover, Power Lily and Tile Turnip), this function is very coin/gem consuming. So, try to farm gems and coins by modes or events, such as Two-Player Mode or Memory Lane.
Try to still buy high quality plant Puzzle Pieces in the shops even if you don't need them. Through Gene Modification, those Puzzle Pieces can be exchanged for high quality Puzzle Pieces that you may want. For example, if you already have a max level Carrotillery, Horsebean or Kiwifruit, still buy their Puzzle Pieces if you see them in the store. This is because 2 or more of them can already change to another kind of plant that you might want.
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Trivia[]
- Besides the Lottery System, it is the only way to get Angel Starfruit, Banana Launcher, Bowling Bulb, Cactus, Caulipower, Cob Cannon, Cold Snapdragon, Morning Glory, Dusk Lobber, Electric Currant, Escape Root, Flame Flower Queen, Cryo-shroom, Gatling Pea, Grapeshot, Primal Rafflesia, Snapdragon, Sugarcane Master, White Melon Sumo Wrestler, Sun-shroom, Tile Turnip, Winter Melon or Witch Hazel's Puzzle Pieces.
- Some of the plants mentioned above can be obtained from monthly rewards such as the crystal store or the Endless Challenge store.
- Some of the newly released plants' Puzzle Pieces cannot be obtained from this feature. Examples include Puzzle Pieces of Pumpkin, Boophone Geigi, Dendrobium Windbreak and Burdock Batter. Although, the player can still use their puzzle pieces to create new plant puzzle pieces.