Jackfruit

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Jackfruit (菠萝蜜; pinyin: bōluómì) is a plant in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. It rolls onto zombies, dealing damage. With every hit, it drops down its seeds, which functions as a defense. These seeds each absorb 200 damage per shot and cannot be moved.

Jackfruit can also block the underground passages found by Lost Guide Zombie when it encounters one. If this happens, all zombies that are inside the tunnels are killed. Then it will act similarly to a Wall-nut. All of this makes Jackfruit an environment modifier.

Origins

Jackfruit is based on the Artocarpus heterophyllus or Jackfruit, a widely cultivated and produced tropical fruit.

Almanac entry

菠萝蜜 Jackfruit	DAMAGE Massive AREA 3x3 RECHARGE Slow
	菠萝蜜滚动攻击前方一行的僵尸，并能堵住向导僵尸打开的地道口。 特点：对头上有防具的僵尸造成额外伤害。 植物特征：绿色植物、硬霸 菠萝蜜是天竺流行乐的忠实粉丝，他最爱做的事情就是唱着“多冷个隆冬，多冷个隆冬，多冷个隆冬哒哒哒~”的印度神曲不断往前翻滚。

Upgrades

Level upgrade

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Impregnable	When Jackfruit blocks land crossings, its health is increased by 25%.
	Combat Training	Jackfruit gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Enhanced Hardness	Health of Jackfruit's seed is increased.
	Cell Activation	Jackfruit gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).

Note: Jackfruit cannot be upgraded to level 4.

Strategies

Jackfruit is pretty much only viable in one level in Lost City, but even then many plants can kill Lost Guide Zombie before it could find a tunnel. Outside Lost City however, its seeds can be used to infinitely stall Mecha-Football Zombie as they can't push it. In Frostbite Caves, Neon Mixtape Tour, and Jurassic Marsh, its seeds can be used to prevent Troglobites, Arcade Zombies, and Egg Pusher Imps from pushing frozen blocks, arcade machines, and eggs respectively.

Avoid using Jackfruit in Kongfu World since Weapon Stands can prevent it from rolling further. Also avoid using Jackfruit in Big Wave Beach as it will drown as soon as it reaches water. 

Gallery

Almanac entry

HD Jackfruit

Close-up HD Jackfruit

HD Jackfruit from the title screen

Rolling in front of zombies

Full lawn of Jackfruits in Last Stand

Seed dropped by Jackfruit when it hits a zombie

Jackfruit blocking Lost Guide Zombie's tunnel

Jackfruit level 1

Jackfruit level 2

Jackfruit level 3

Jackfruit rolling on water (Top right)

Puzzle Piece (v.1.8.0+)

Jackfruit on the new Chinese Lost City map

Jackfruit in Sky City

Grayed-out Jackfruit

Jackfruit's puzzle piece as a reward for completing a world cup level (note that it uses the rare puzzle piece instead)

Jackfruit's sprites

Seed packet texture

Puzzle piece texture

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Old

Puzzle Piece

Jackfruit seed packet

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Trivia

• The Indian music in the Almanac entry is a reference to a viral Indian song Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun.
• If it is used in Big Wave Beach, the seed may land in water and act as if it was in land, hovering over the water.
  • The same happens if a seed lands on an ice floe.
  • It also happens in Pirate Seas, and even rolls over the water.
• It cannot be selected in Sky City. This may be due to him being able to fall and also not being able to hit a zombie.
• Despite simply blocking the tunnel instead of rolling all the way through it, the Jackfruit still kills all zombies in the tunnel.
• Its seeds cannot be destroyed by the Zombot's rush attack.
• Mecha-Football Zombie cannot push the seeds of Jackfruit and as a result, will be stalled forever until the seed is destroyed by other zombies.
• It can block reflected attacks from Jester Zombie, Hammer Zombie, and Nunchaku Zombie and not die.
• The only way to kill Jackfruit is to use the fire tiles in Lost City or let it hit a weapon stand in Kongfu World, because it's programmed to have most properties of insta-use plants.
• The seeds can be stacked.
• The tile it is rolling on cannot be planted on and will trigger specific effects. (Trap Tiles)
• This is the only Chinese-exclusive plant in Lost City.
• It is one of the few plants that cannot be upgraded to level 4 after the 1.4.0 update.