Ghost Pepper

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Ghost Pepper
File:PVZJTTW.pngPlants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West
幽灵辣椒(translation: Ghost Pepper)
Scares approaching zombies, causing continuous damage
Sun cost	200
Recharge	Slow
Damage	Heavy
Range	3 tiles in front, 2 tiles in back
Unlocked	Buying with 180 gems
Chinese English 当你看着她的时候你可能不会认识她，幽灵辣椒去什么地方的时候并不会一直都套着她那张白色床单。她第一次套上床单还是在某一年的万圣节派对上，每个人都为此精心准备了装扮而她觉得装扮成一个古老的鬼魂会比较有意思。但是从那以后她跟床单之间似乎有了一种心有灵犀的感觉，如同陷入爱河一般。 You might not know it looking at her, but Ghost Pepper didn't always wear that white sheet everywhere she went. She first put it on as a lark for a Halloween party one year. Everyone else had these elaborate costumes, and she thought that it would be funny to dress like a plain ol' ghost. But she fell in love with that costume. It spoke to her. She'd found her calling.
Plants vs. Zombies 2
Sun cost	75, 100 (China)
Recharge	15 seconds
Damage	Moderate
Range	Front & Back
Weakness	(reduce her lifespan) (crush her instantly)
Family	Pepper-mint
Strengths	(cannot be transformed)
Other special	Lives for a limited time then explodes
Rarity (China)	Super-Rare
Unlocked	100 gems
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Ghost Pepper Puzzle Pieces Daily log-in rewards
Costumes
You might not know it looking at her, but Ghost Pepper didn't always wear that white sheet everywhere she went. She first put it on as a lark for a Halloween party one year. Everyone else had these elaborate costumes, and she thought that it would be funny to dress like a plain ol' ghost. But she fell in love with that costume. It spoke to her. She'd found her calling.

Ghost Pepper is a plant in both Plants vs. Zombies 2 and Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West. She attacks by haunting nearby zombies both in front of and behind her, dealing steady and continuous damage.

Origins

The Bhut jolokia, commonly referred to as ghost pepper, is one of the spiciest chili peppers in the world. Ghost Pepper's name also refers to her spectral appearance, and her ability to harm zombies by haunting them.

History

Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West (China only) (Archived content)

In Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West, she was a store bought plant which could be purchased with 180 gems and couldn't be imitated. She haunted zombies three tiles in front of her, and two tiles behind her, dealing continuous damage to them. She could also randomly do a special attack, temporarily increasing her range to now attack in three lanes instead of one.

Plants vs. Zombies 2

In Plants vs. Zombies 2, Ghost Pepper is a premium plant which was released in the 2.9 update for the Lawn of Doom event, she haunts and deals 60 DPS each second to each zombie in a 1x4 area around her. After 10 seconds from when she haunts her first zombie, Ghost Pepper will explode, dealing 450 DPS to all enemies in a 3x3 area. Additionally, Ghost Pepper is immune to most attacks from zombies, including transformations that make the plant passive (Wizard Zombie, Octo Zombie and Archmage Zombie in the Chinese version), and can be planted directly on water tiles in Big Wave Beach without the aid of a Lily Pad. She can be bought for gems during Lawn of Doom, and other various event sales, though her gem cost often fluctuates between 80 and 109 gems.

Almanac entry

Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West (China only) (Archived content)

幽灵辣椒

恐吓接近的僵尸，造成持续伤害
普通攻击范围：前3格后2格
普通攻击伤害：高
特殊攻击范围：3行，前3格后2格
特殊攻击伤害：高

当你看着她的时候你可能不会认识她，幽灵辣椒去什么地方的时候并不会一直都套着她那张白色床单。她第一次套上床单还是在某一年的万圣节派对上，每个人都为此精心准备了装扮而她觉得装扮成一个古老的鬼魂会比较有意思。但是从那以后她跟床单之间似乎有了一种心有灵犀的感觉，如同陷入爱河一般。

恢复时间：长
消耗阳光：200

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In English:

Ghost Pepper

Scares approaching zombies, causing continuous damage
Normal Attack Range: 3 tiles in front, 2 tiles in back
Normal Attack Damage: heavy
Special Attack Range: 3 rows, 3 tiles in front, 2 tiles in back
Special Attack Damage: heavy

You might not know it looking at her, but Ghost Pepper didn't always wear that white sheet everywhere she went. She first put it on as a lark for a Halloween party one year. Everyone else had these elaborate costumes, and she thought that it would be funny to dress like a plain ol' ghost. But she fell in love with that costume. It spoke to her. She'd found her calling.

Recharge: slow
Cost：200

Plants vs. Zombies 2

'Note: Ghost Pepper costs 100 sun in the Chinese version.'Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Ghost Pepper
	SUN COST 75 RECHARGE 15 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 30 RANGE Front & Back Pepper-mint Plant Food: Deals heavy damage to all nearby zombies, and resets its lifetime timer. Ghost Peppers haunt zombies that pass by and explode after a limited time. You might not know it looking at her, but Ghost Pepper didn't always wear that white sheet everywhere she went. She first put it on as a lark for a Halloween party one year. Everyone else had these elaborate costumes, and she thought that it would be funny to dress like a plain ol' ghost. But she fell in love with that costume. It spoke to her. She'd found her calling.

Ghost Pepper

SUN COST 75 RECHARGE 15 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 30 RANGE Front & Back Pepper-mint Plant Food: Deals heavy damage to all nearby zombies, and resets its lifetime timer. Ghost Peppers haunt zombies that pass by and explode after a limited time. You might not know it looking at her, but Ghost Pepper didn't always wear that white sheet everywhere she went. She first put it on as a lark for a Halloween party one year. Everyone else had these elaborate costumes, and she thought that it would be funny to dress like a plain ol' ghost. But she fell in love with that costume. It spoke to her. She'd found her calling.

Upgrades

Plants vs. Zombies 2

Plant Food effect

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Ghost Pepper haunting two Gargantuar Primes

When fed Plant Food, Ghost Pepper haunts all zombies in a 4x3 area, dealing a total of 1120 DPS over 3.5 seconds. The Plant Food effect will also reset Ghost Pepper's duration, allowing Ghost Pepper to stay on the lawn longer, similar to the plant food effect of Puff-shroom.

Pepper-mint effect

When boosted by Pepper-mint, Ghost Pepper gains an additional 60 DPS for her normal attack, and an additional 200 DPS for her Plant Food attack.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Mediocre)	Starting Recharge	Toughness (Typical)	Damage* (Moderate)	Plant Food Power (Damage^)	Range
1	0	0	75	15 seconds	10 seconds	300 damage	30 damage	160 damage	Front & Back
2	10	1,000		14 seconds	10 seconds	350 damage	35 damage	165 damage
3	25	2,500		13 seconds	9 seconds	400 damage	40 damage	165 damage
4	50	5,000		12 seconds	9 seconds	450 damage	45 damage	170 damage
5	100	10,000		11 seconds	8 seconds	550 damage	50 damage	170 damage
6	200	20,000		10 seconds	8 seconds	600 damage	55 damage	170 damage
7	400	30,000		9 seconds	7 seconds	650 damage	60 damage	180 damage
8	800	50,000		8 seconds	7 seconds	700 damage	60 damage	180 damage
9	1,200	75,000		7 seconds	5 seconds	800 damage	60 damage	180 damage
10	1,600	100,000	50	7 seconds	5 seconds	900 damage	60 damage	200 damage

*This column shows Ghost Pepper's haunting damage. Her explosion damage does not increase through upgrades.
^Per hit. Ghost Pepper's Plant Food effect does a total of 7 hits.

Costumed (China only)

When given Plant Food, Ghost Pepper now deals more damage and stuns the zombies in range.

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Intimidate	Ghost Pepper attacks in a cross (+) shape.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Ghost Pepper gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Materialization	Ghost Pepper attacks one tile further.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Ghost Pepper gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Ghost Pepper may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Ghost Pepper gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Strategies

Compared to other instant-use plants, Ghost Pepper trades overall firepower and area of effect for increased damage-dealing duration, shorter recharge time and general ease of use. Therefore, she will find more use in aiding other offensive plants against high priority, but low health targets such as Wizard Zombies, Octo Zombies and Turquoise Skull Zombies, rather than high health zombies like Gargantuars. Compared to Lava Guava, Ghost Pepper has greater range and, therefore, will be better suited against faster enemies, while Lava Guava deals more damage in a much smaller area, and will be more useful against slower enemies.

Ghost Pepper should ideally be planted in areas where large groups of zombies will walk through. Frostbite Caves may provide such choke points in certain slider tile placements, but the player can also utilize Garlic and Sweet Potato to create choke points of their own. Stunning or delaying zombies with plants such as Stunion and Stallia can also increase Ghost Pepper's efficiency by forcing zombies to stay in her area of effect for a longer time period. With Shovel Boost, Ghost Pepper can also be dug up just after she explodes to be refunded some sun prior to 5.0.1.

Ghost Pepper is a highly valuable asset for the player in Big Wave Beach. Not only can she be placed on water tiles without the help of Lily Pad, but she is resistant to most of the local zombies' otherwise dangerous zombies: Surfer Zombie and Octo Zombie will not attempt to target Ghost Pepper, while Fisherman Zombie will usually reel past Ghost Pepper, and can only eliminate her by pulling a plant right next to Ghost Pepper. Ghost Pepper is also highly useful in Dark Ages, especially against Wizard Zombies, as she is one of the few plants that cannot be transmuted by them.

Ghost Pepper should not be planted near the player's house in Far Future, as Gargantuar Primes will often shoot their laser beams in that area and shorten Ghost Pepper's duration. Additionally, frozen blocks and arcade machines can crush Ghost Pepper like any other plants, so the player should be careful when using Ghost Pepper against Troglobite and Arcade Zombie. If you must to, plant her behind so she can kill the zombies without harm.

Gallery

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Trivia

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West (China only) (Archived content)

• Despite appearing to be able to hover, she still required Lily Pads in order to be planted on water.
• After the 3.10 update, her sound effect was changed to be identical with her Plants vs. Zombies 2 version.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2

• She is the first plant with the ability to hover over water in Big Wave Beach, the second one being Rotobaga and the third one being Caulipower.
  • However, only Rotobaga and Ghost Pepper can be planted in air column in Sky City.
• She is the first plant related to the Lawn of Doom event. The second is Jack O' Lantern, and the third is Witch Hazel.
• If one hears closely, she sometimes sounds like a Ghast from the game Minecraft.
• The following zombies and objects can destroy or harm it:
  • Sun Bombs can destroy her if the player collects the sun before landing.
  • Gargantuar Prime's laser beams from its eyes can reduce her lifespan, yet cannot completely burn her.
  • Mecha-Football Zombie cannot push her directly. However, she can still be pushed by Mecha-Football Zombie if the plant in front of her gets pushed.
  • Zombie King when his throne falls onto her.
  • Surfer Zombie will not target her. However, if he gets killed while he's near her, his surfboard may fall onto her.
  • Fisherman Zombie can kill a Ghost Pepper when he is next to her and hooks a plant behind the Ghost Pepper even when planted on the spot before appearing.
  • Troglobite and Arcade Zombie when they push an ice block or arcade machine respectively, onto her.
  • Imp Porter can crush Ghost Pepper when he drops his backpack/tent.
  • Hair Metal Gargantuar's sonic blast can reduce her lifespan.
• She is the only plant except for instant-use plants that cannot be transformed into sheep by Wizard Zombie.
• She will not explode if her timer is triggered right before the level ends, similarly to Puff-shroom.
• In the Chinese version, her explosion sound effect is the sound that Melon-pult creates while using Plant Food.
  • Additionally, when she attacks, the sound effect from Sun-shroom's plant food ability is also heard.
• Her, Lord Bamboo, and Sap-fling were the only monthly special plants that have their Almanac background be Big Wave Beach in the Chinese version.
  • After the 1.8 update, however, they all got the normal lawn background.
• According to the credits, she is voiced by Damian Kastbauer.
• Before April 1, 2018, even though her "hair bow" costume was otherwise fully implemented, it could not be obtained in the international version. In the Chinese version, it is obtainable via Puzzle Pieces. Ghost Pepper also has her hair bow on in a sticker in the Sticker Pack.
• If a Boombox Zombie plays his jam at the same time Ghost Pepper is attacking zombies, it will still play the "haunting" animation, but will not deal any damage.
• Her shadow is a part of her idle animation.
  • Caulipower shares this trait.
• During the Lawn of Doom 2017 event, she only could be purchased as a bundle with Jack O' Lantern and Witch Hazel. During the second week of the event, however, she was added to the store costing 100 gems.
• She and Shadow Peashooter are the only Lawn of Doom plants to not return in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.
• She receives no damage from Jester Zombie's reflected projectiles. In fact, these peas will just fly through her.
• She is the only plant in Pepper-mint family that can kill Imp Dragon.
• She is the second plant in Pepper-mint Family that can be frozen. The first one is Snapdragon.
• Despite her ghostly abilities and fire-free function, Ghost Pepper is in the Pepper-mint Family instead of the Enforce-mint Family.

See also

• Jack O' Lantern
• Witch Hazel
• Bonk Choy

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