Gumnut

When he sees zombies, he goes SPLAT!

This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently not available.

Gumnut
Gumnuts pop sticky gum onto zombies, pinning them in place and causing them to block other zombies behind them.
Statistics
Sun Cost	125
Recharge	12 seconds
Gum Health	8000 damage
Gum Health Boost	300%
Plant Food Power	16.67%
Family	Reinforce-mint
Plant Food effect	Shoots a large gum bubble that immobilizes a large number of zombies.
Special	Stronger zombies form stronger barriers
Usage	Best used against Gargantuars & Football Mechs
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	125
Recharge	20 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	damage
Range	1 Tile to the Right
Area	AoE within Range
Class	Special
Quality	Legendary
Tags	Defensive, insta, area of effect
Plant features	Yellow plant
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(teleported zombies remove gum)
Unlocked	200 seed packets
Costumes
Code name	gumnut
"I only chew ham-flavored gum," exudes Gumnut. "Ham and salt."

“	Gumnuts pop sticky gum onto zombies, blocking other zombies behind.	”
—Penny

Gumnut is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, that was first introduced in the 8.0.1 update. She is a single-use defensive plant that trap and blocks zombies with gum, whose health scales with that of the targeted zombie proportionately.

About

Gumnut is a seasonal Arena plant, unlockable with seed packets. She is a single-use plant that, when approached by zombies, will blow bubble gum that pops on all enemies in a 1x1 area around her, immobilizing them and causing them, as well as other zombies that come after, to attack the gum. If the immobilized zombie is defeated, the gum despawns.

• The gum's health formula is as followings:

Gum base health + zombie health x gum health boost number/100

• For example, in the case of Gladiator Gargantuar, a level 1 Gumnut's gum health will be: (8000 + 5400 × 300 ÷ 100 = 24200)
• The gum also has the ability to withstand instant kills from zombies, such as Gargantuar smashes, Zombot missiles, and their lasers. The mentioned instant kills will only deal 1500 damage to it, except for smashes from Gladiator Gargantuar and Gargantuar Bronzes, which respectively deal 1875 and 500 damage to it instead.
• Zombies trapped by gum are immune to movement induced by various sources such as Power Toss, Spikeweed, Caulipower, Toadstool, Chomper, Primal Peashooter, Chard Guard, etc.
• Gumnut will not affect zombies that are being stunned by Contain-mint. Additionally, Imp Pear's Plant Food effect & hypnosis from Caulipower/Enchant-Mint will remove the gum.
• She cannot immobilize Zomboni.

Chinese version

In the Chinese version, Gumnut functions slightly differently:

• The gum's health formula is as following:

Gum base health + zombie health x 2

• Gumnut's gum health caps at 100,000 damage
• She cannot immobilize the following zombies:
  • Excavator Zombie
  • Punk Zombie
  • MC Zom-B
  • Egg Stealer Imp
  • Solar Car Zombie
  • Coal Miner Zombie

Origins

Gumnut is based on a "gumnut," the hardened seed container of the Eucalyptus trees native to Australia.

Her name is a double-entendre - it refers to both eponymous real-life plant and her ability to generate gum.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Gumnut
	SUN COST 125 RECHARGE 12 Gum Health 8000 Gum Health Boost 300 PLANT FOOD POWER 16.67% Reinforce-mint Plant Food: Shoots a large gum bubble that immobilizes a large number of zombies. Gumnuts pop sticky gum onto zombies, pinning them in place and causing them to block other zombies behind them. "I only chew ham-flavored gum," exudes Gumnut. "Ham and salt."

Gumnut

SUN COST 125 RECHARGE 12 Gum Health 8000 Gum Health Boost 300 PLANT FOOD POWER 16.67% Reinforce-mint Plant Food: Shoots a large gum bubble that immobilizes a large number of zombies. Gumnuts pop sticky gum onto zombies, pinning them in place and causing them to block other zombies behind them. "I only chew ham-flavored gum," exudes Gumnut. "Ham and salt."

将面前的僵尸黏住并阻碍僵尸 特点：将前方一格的全部僵尸用口香糖粘住 植物特征：黄色植物 “我只嚼僵尸味的口香糖”粘液桉果说到。 In English: Immobilizes zombies in front of it as well as blocks them off. Special: immobilizes all zombies in the tile in front of it with chewing gum Plant feature: yellow plant "I only chew zombie-flavored gum" says Gumnut.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed with Plant Food, Gumnut will blow a large bubble gum that immobilizes a large number of zombies, with a targeting priority over specific threats:

• Gargantuar variants

  

  Plant Food ability

• Zombie Bull
• Robo-Cone Zombie
• Mecha-Football Zombie
• Surfer Zombie
• Octo Zombie
• Troglobite
• Arcade Zombie
• Jurassic Bully
• Jurassic Rockpuncher
• Newspaper Zombie
• All-Star Zombie

Reinforce-mint effect

When boosted by Reinforce-mint, the base health of Gumnut's gum barriers increases by 20000, and her Gum Health Boost increases by 600. Gumnut's Plant Food effect will also activate and it will immobilize an additional 10 zombies at a time.

Costumed (China only)

The bubble Gumnut blows when given plant food will be bigger and gums 8 zombies.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Gum Health*	Gum Health Boost*	Plant Food Power (Zombies Gummed^)
1	0	0	125	12 seconds	300 damage	8000	300	5
2	50			11.5 seconds		9000	325
3	100		100	11 seconds		10000	350	6
4	200			10.5 seconds		11000	400
5	300			10 seconds		12000	425	7
6	400			9.5 seconds		13000	450
7	500		75	9 seconds		14000	500	8
8	600			8 seconds		15000	525
9	800			7 seconds		16000	550	9
10	1,000		50	6 seconds		20000	600	10

*Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.
^The number of zombies targeted by the Plant Food effect.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Hypnotizing Chewing Gum 魅惑口香糖	Increases gum health to 12000, and has 20% chance to hypnotize the zombie that ate it. 口香糖具有魅惑效果，有20%的概率魅惑啃食完毕的僵尸。口香糖生命值提升至12000。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Gumnut gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Hypnotize Enhancement 魅惑强化	Increases gum health to 16000, and has 40% chance to hypnotize the zombie that ate it. 魅惑口香糖的技能触发概率提升100%，有40%的概率魅惑啃食完毕的僵尸。口香糖生命值提升至16000。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Gumnut gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Gumnut may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Gumnut gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	File:Gumnut Upgrade 3.png Poisonous Bubble 剧毒泡泡	Increases gum health to 24000, and causes zombies that ate it to release gasses, stunning those behind for 5 seconds.泡泡糖会变成剧毒泡泡糖，僵尸啃食完毕会放出剧毒烟雾，使后方所有的僵尸陷入5秒眩晕。口香糖生命值提升至24000。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Gumnut gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Gumnut can be a very useful plant in certain levels. She is best used in levels where lots of zombies spawn because Gumnut can throw gum on multiple zombies. Keep in mind that the gum has a base health of 8000, rivaling that of the Tall-nut, and is able to resist instant-kills. This plant is very useful when used on Gargantuars and the machines in Far Future since gum created from them will be more durable, and their damage limit ability makes sure the threats will take a while to make through. Due to the gum's high health, this plant can be paired up with weaker plants preventing them from being eaten. She can also be used with close range plants like Bonk Choy, Wasabi Whip, and Pokra allowing them to do as much damage as possible. This can also be used on dangerous zombies like Octo Zombies, Wizard Zombies and Fisherman Zombies to prevent them from activating their abilities - While they normally don't eat most plants, they must eat the gum anyway. The same can also be applied to Zombies that are affected by Dinosaurs in Jurassic Marsh as she renders them less dangerous.

Another plant that can be paired with is Hot Date/Sweet Potato, since they can be used to pull zombies together, maximizing Gumnut's effect.

You can also use her early in a level to stall zombies while the sun producing plants produce more sun, but this may turn out to be detrimental since she has a somewhat high cost.

Using Ice Bloom on a zombie with low health that has been immobilized by Gumnut is a good idea, as the frozen zombie will not vanish until the level ends or if the ice block is destroyed. Other zombies must get through the gum before they can reach the ice block. However, to maximize her value, you may want to bring heavy hitters and time your Ice Bloom properly and/or bring Winter-Mint, which makes this strategy highly inconsistent. Using her with Chomper (Since its buff) is an effective strategy that gives the Chomper more time to eat the zombies. She also makes an effective combo with Tiger Grass, as Gumnut pins zombies and stops them from damaging Grass Tigers.

It is also worth noting that Gumnut has a relatively fast recharge compared to other defensive plants, but as an instant, she can be unreliable as the Gum is only present until the zombie is defeated and may not absorb sufficient damage to make a difference. She can also be problematic in Big Wave Beach, as tides can wash away the gum and zombies in them are immune. The same applies for Z-Mech, whose teleportation easily frees trapped zombies.

It is also not recommended to use this plant in levels where you can't lose any, as this effectively defeats her purpose as an instant plant.

Gallery

Gumnut has a gallery!

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Gumnut
Simplified Chinese	粘液桉果	lit. "Goo Gumnut"
French	Gomnoix
German	Gumminuss
Italian	Appiccinoce
Brazilian Portuguese	Nozclete
Spanish	Nuez chicletera

Trivia

• Gumnut requires 60,000 coins to unlock via renting her.
• Despite having no damage, Gumnut's gum health and Gum health boost show weapon icons in Almanac entry.
• She is the only instant-use plant in the Reinforce-mint family and the only one to be able to trap zombies.
• She is the third plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 to prioritize specific kind of zombies.
  • However, unlike Witch Hazel and Dartichoke, Gumnut is only able to prioritize specific kind of zombies with her Plant Food effect only.
  • Since version 10.2.1, Cactus is also able to prioritize Balloon Zombie, thus making her the fourth plant to be able to do so.
    • Coincidentally, all four of them are female.

See also

• Ice Bloom
• Primal Wall-nut

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