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Gloom Vine is a premium shadow plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, introduced in the 8.7.1 update for the "Gloom Vine's Glorious" Arena Season.
He is a vine plant who is able to attack zombies in 8 different directions every second, Similar to Gloom-shroom and Phat Beet.
Upon planting, Gloom Vine will also create a shadow-boosting aura like Moonflower's in his tile, allowing Gloom Vine to individually power any shadow plants planted within him. Because of this, he is an environment modifier.
Origins

Gloom Vine gets his appearance and name from the Gloom-shroom, a plant from the original Plants vs. Zombies with a similar attack.
The exact species of vine Gloom Vine is based on is never officially specified.
Almanac
Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.
Gloom Vine
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Gloom Vine
SUN COST: 125
RECHARGE: 5
TOUGHNESS: 250
DAMAGE: 45
RANGE: 3x3
FAMILY: Conceal-mint
Gloom Vines power individual shadow plants and shoot zombie-damaging gloom in eight directions.
Special:powers shadow plants within
Gloom Vine's gloomy exterior shouldn't be seen as implying a gloomy interior. His interior is gloomy, but for complicated personal reasons that go way back.
Upgrades

Plant Food animation
Plant Food effect
When fed with Plant Food, Gloom Vine sprays lots of fumes, which deal a total of 1800 DPS for 0.8 seconds to all zombies in 3x3 area, as well as activating the plant food effect of the plant above it.
Conceal-mint effect
When boosted by Conceal-mint, Gloom Vine's damage is increased to 95 DPS, his Plant Food damage is increased to 950 DPS per tick. If Gloom Vine is at level 10, Conceal-mint will do nothing.
Level upgrades
Level | Seed Packets | Coins | Upgrades | ||||||
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Sun Cost | Recharge | Toughness | Damage | ||||||
Normal | Plant Food* | ||||||||
1 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 5 seconds | 250 dps | 45 dps | 450 dps | ||
2 | 50 | 4.5 seconds | 300 dps | 55 dps | |||||
3 | 100 | 100 | 350 dps | 550 dps | |||||
4 | 200 | 400 dps | 65 dps | ||||||
5 | 300 | 4 seconds | 450 dps | 650 dps | |||||
6 | 400 | 500 dps | 75 dps | ||||||
7 | 500 | 75 | 3.5 seconds | 550 dps | 750 dps | ||||
8 | 600 | 600 dps | 85 dps | ||||||
9 | 800 | 650 dps | 850 dps | ||||||
10 | 1,000 | 50 | 3 seconds | 700 dps | 95 dps | 950 dps |
*Per hit. Gloom Vine's Plant Food effect does 4 hits in total.
Mastery upgrades
- Chance to Boost
- Damage Pierce
Strategies
Like Conceal-mint, Gloom Vine comes in handy in levels where Moonflower is restricted such as Last Stand levels as he'll activate the shadow plants' powered mode planted within without the help of Moonflower. With the help of the Gloom Vine, Dusk Lobber, Nightshade, Grimrose and Shadow Peashooter will be better against zombies. However, Gloom Vine does not cooperate well with Shadow-shroom or Murkadamia Nut, as both require the plant contained within to be destroyed or damaged for their abilities to take effect, and Gloom Vine is always destroyed first, causing them to lose their enhancements. Shadow Peashooter doesn't work well with Gloom Vine, as he hides when a zombie comes within the Gloom Vine's effective range, and he always only throws the shadow bomb tier 1 when given Plant Food if there are no Moonflowers or Conceal-mints on the lawn, no matter how many Gloom Vines have been planted. Moonflower is also unaffected by the Gloom Vine herself although he does count as a Shadow Plant for sun production purposes.
Besides powering shadow plants, Gloom Vine himself will also attack zombies in a 3x3 area, similar to Gloom-shroom from first game and Phat Beet, and thus he shares his strengths and weaknesses with them - namely, an extremely high damage potential hampered by a lack of range. It is very effective in the rightmost columns to keep the far end of the lawn tame. Also, Gloom Vine can be fairly powerful with the help of Sweet Potato or Garlic, but if you use it in Frostbite Caves, Hot Date is also a good option. Like Phat Beets, Gloom Vines can be planted in the second and fourth lanes with a Sweet Potato or Hot Date on the remaining ones. That way, the zombies will be attracted to the Sweet Potatoes, and they will have to walk alongside Gloom Vines dealing damage, which remain safe from being killed. Of course, Sweet Potatoes, Garlic, and Hot Date will require replacement eventually. For more damage, Spikeweed or Spikerock can be planted near the Sweet Potatoes.
Like Phat Beet, Gloom Vine is useful against the Imps thrown by Gargantuars, especially in Endless Zones in higher levels. He works well in numbers and against them, giving it utility. Sadly, Gloom Vine is very vulnerable to the Gargantuars themselves, and players should be cautious when taking on Gargantuars with Gloom Vine.
In Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages, Gloom Vine can be useful for clearing out tombstones if planted in the middle of a big group of them. In Wild West, Gloom Vine is useful to put on minecarts. Combined with Sweet Potato, Gloom Vine can cause great damage to the zombies, including Zombie Chickens or be placed near the back of the lawn to combat Prospector Zombies.
In Big Wave Beach, Gloom Vine is useful against Octo Zombies, since a group of them can quickly kill his thrown octopus and free the trapped plant. In addition, Gloom Vine is a good plant against low tides, especially if Magnet-shroom is used against Pompadour and Bikini Buckethead. Gloom Vine's attacks can damage Snorkel Zombie, even when submerged. In Frostbite Caves, ice floes should be used to one's advantage to create an effective strategy with Gloom Vine as long as there are no Weasel Hoarders or Dodo Rider Zombies. He cannot fully take down an Ice Weasel in one hit, however.
Both in normal levels and Endless Zone, Gloom Vine works well with Winter Melon or Sap-fling because they can slow down the zombies as Gloom Vine attacks. Spikerock can also be used in conjunction with devastating effect.
Gloom Vine's Plant Food effect should be used only in large waves near it or you will waste a Plant Food.
Gloom Vine works great in combination with Homing Thistle in a checkered pattern and is effective in most worlds. The Homing Thistle can take out zombies from far range and Gloom Vines will thump out damage from close range, covering all ranges. The only problem with this strategy is the fact that Homing Thistles will only fire at the closest zombie and it is weak on its own, so many more would be required for maximum effect.
Like in the first game, gloomwalks are a potential strategy, and they are even more effective with the use of Electric Currant, who can be planted on the same square as Gloom Vine.
Gallery
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Gloom Vine.
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In other languages
Language | Name | Description |
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Gloom Vine | ||
Sombrevigne | ||
Düster-Ranke | ||
Rampicante oscuro | ||
Trevadeira | ||
Enredadera nefasta |
Trivia
- Gloom Vine and Conceal-mint are the only shadow plants that don't have an unpowered form.
- Coincidentally, they both power other shadow plants.
- Glitter Zombie can kill Power Mints on Gloom Vine. This is a glitch.
See Also
V · T · E | L · G |
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Plants vs. Zombies | |
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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 · Hocus Crocus |
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 · 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 |