Jalapeno (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Jalapeno (disambiguation).

Jalapeno
Jalapenos destroy an entire lane of zombies.
Statistics
Sun Cost	125
Recharge	35 seconds
Damage	1800 damage
Area	Lane
Usage	Single, Instant
Family	Pepper-mint
Usage	Single use, instant
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	125
Recharge	35 seconds
Damage	1800 damage
Range	Whole Lane
Area	AoE within Range
Class	Special
Quality	Rare
Tags	Damage, insta, fire, ash
Plant features	Red plant, scary look but kind within, full of anger
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(immune to fire)
Unlocked	100 gems
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Jalapeno Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Code name	jalapeno
This jalapeno is one spicy character by day and The Macramé Vigilante by night. You might be wondering what his secret weapons is... it's knots.

“	Jalapeno ignites its lane, obliterating all zombies caught within its flames.	”
—Penny

Jalapeno (pronounced as /ˌhæləˈpeɪnjoʊ/ HAL-ə-PAY-nyoh) is an instant-kill gemium plant available in Plants vs. Zombies 2. When planted, he deals 1800 incendiary damage to all threats in his lane and removes ice-based status effects. He costs 100 gems to obtain.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Jalapeno explodes.

About

For more information about this character, see Jalapeno.

Jalapeno returns as a premium plant available for purchase at $2.99. Version 5.9.1 made him cost 100 gems.

Jalapeno remains nearly unchanged from his past iteration. His flames melt ice blocks and instantly kill zombies trapped within them. His flame sprites persist longer, but only deal damage once to each target on each tile in his lane.

After the 4.0 update, Jalapeno is used to represent the difficulty of all the worlds except for the Player's House, ranging from one to five. No worlds, however, has a single Jalapeno difficulty.

Almanac entry

If my systems f-f-f-freeze up, we could be stuck here forever!

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

Jalapeno
	SUN COST 125 RECHARGE 35 DAMAGE 1800 AREA Lane Usage Single, Instant Pepper-mint Plant Food: No Plant Food effect. Jalapenos destroy an entire lane of zombies. This jalapeno is one spicy character by day and The Macramé Vigilante by night. You might be wondering what his secret weapons is... it's knots.

Jalapeno

SUN COST 125 RECHARGE 35 DAMAGE 1800 AREA Lane Usage Single, Instant Pepper-mint Plant Food: No Plant Food effect. Jalapenos destroy an entire lane of zombies. This jalapeno is one spicy character by day and The Macramé Vigilante by night. You might be wondering what his secret weapons is... it's knots.

Chinese version  (China only)

火爆辣椒可以摧毁一整条线上的僵尸。 用法：一次性使用，立即生效 植物特征：红色植物、面恶心善、满腹怒火 在白天他是火爆辣椒，夜晚他将变身成为超级英雄———缝纫侠。他的绝招是打蝴蝶结。 In English: Jalapeno can destroy an entire lane of zombies Usage: single use, instant Plant feature: red plant, scary look but kind within, full of anger He's just Jalapeno during the day and the sewing machine by nightfall. His secrets are the knots.

Upgrades

Pepper-mint effect

When boosted by Pepper-mint, Jalapeno's damage is increased by 2400 damage.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Slow)	Damage (Massive)	Area
1	0	0	125	35 seconds	1800 damage	Lane
2	10	1,000		34 seconds	1900 damage
3	25	2,500		33 seconds	2000 damage
4	50	5,000	100	32 seconds	2100 damage
5	100	10,000		31 seconds	2200 damage
6	200	20,000		30 seconds	2300 damage
7	400	30,000	75	29 seconds	2400 damage
8	800	50,000		28 seconds
9	1,200	75,000		27 seconds
10	1,600	100,000		25 seconds

Mastery upgrade

• Damage Pierce

Costumed (China only)

Jalapeno's recharge is reduced by 20%.

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Cross Flames 十字烈焰	Jalapeno additionally targets the column he is in. 使火爆辣椒爆炸后能放出十字火焰。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Jalapeno gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Light and Loaded 轻装上阵	Jalapeno costs 100 sun instead of 125 使火爆辣椒所需阳光降低25
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Jalapeno gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).

Note: Jalapeno can't be upgraded to level 4.

Strategies

Jalapeno has a number of uses that sets him apart from other instants. He can destroy Barrel Roller Zombies/Ice blocks without them releasing zombies and eliminate entire lanes of tombstones in Ancient Egypt/Dark Ages. Since his attack hits the whole lane on the ground, he can be used on places like Big Wave Beach or Pirate Seas to hit zombies in the water and Imp Cannons. His only weakness, the inability to damage Imp Dragon Zombie, is mostly situational and he sees use in a wide variety of scenarios.

If one were to use Sweet Potato, they can bait multiple zombies together in a single lane, allowing for Jalapeno to effectively finish them off. Although Hot Date is arguably superior and Jalapeno can be replaced with other instants, his much higher damage does compensate, and since Jalapeno's ability takes effect immediately, zombies with miscellaneous abilities can't counter him as easily.

It is not recommended to bring Jalapeno into "Don't lose more than X plants" levels, because like other instant-use plants, Jalapeno destroys himself on use.

Balance changes

11.4.1 update

• ▼ Damage deals to Gargantuar, General zombies and Zomboss is reduced by 25%.
• ▲ His fire is now a grid item. The one-time damage is calculated in tiles, a zombie can be damaged twice or more times.
• ▲ Deal multiple damage to Zomboss.

Gallery

Jalapeno has a gallery!

Visit this page to see it.

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Jalapeno
Simplified Chinese	火爆辣椒	"Fiery Pepper"
French	Jalapeño
German	Jalapeño
Italian	Jalapeño
Brazilian Portuguese	Pimenta	Pepper in portuguese
Spanish	Jalapeño

Trivia

• Jalapeno and his costume, a park ranger hat, is also meant to be ironic, since a park ranger's duty is to spot and prevent forest fires (among other things), while he uses flames to attack zombies.
  • His costume could also be a reference to Smokey Bear, the mascot of the U.S. Forest Service, famous for his anti-forest fire PSAs.
  • This also applies with Snapdragon and one of his costume, a fireman helmet.
  • His costume could also be a reference to Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from the film Full Metal Jacket.
• His explosion plays additional sounds absent from the previous game. He makes a whistling sound along with maracas and castanets during the explosion, making it sound like he is frying something.
• Upon Neon Mixtape Tour Side B's release, he makes an appearance on the world map as a difficulty rating for the different worlds.
• On March 16, 2017, he became one of 5 premium plants to be permanently purchasable with 100 gems, along with Squash, Hypno-shroom, Pea-nut, and Shrinking Violet.
• In his watering animation, he is trying to drink water because he is spicy.
• His artwork in the Penny's Pursuit difficulty selection is different than in-game.

Specific to the Chinese version (China only)

• He is one of four instant-use plants that has level upgrades, the others being Cherry Bomb, Loquat and Grapeshot.

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