Kernel-pult (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Kernel-pult (disambiguation).

Kernel-pult
Kernel-pults fling corn kernels and butter at zombies.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	100
Recharge	5 seconds
Range	Lobbed
Special	Butter immobilizes zombies
Weakness	(Can deflect Kernel-pult projectiles)
Family	Arma-mint
In-game statistics
Direct damage	30 damage per shot every 2.85 - 3 seconds (kernel) 60 damage per shot every 2.85 - 3 seconds (butter)
Rarity (China)	Common
Unlocked	Beating Pirate Seas - Day 1
Unlocked (China)	Beating Pirate Seas - Day 1; collecting 10 Kernel-pult Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
While working as an usher at the local movieplex, he saw "Fried Green Tomatoes" and found his higher calling. He packed up his husks, his kernels, his butter, and enlisted.

Kernel-pult is an offensive lobbed-shot plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. While he normally lobs kernels that deal 30 damage per shot at an equal rate to Cabbage-pult (2.85 - 3 seconds), he has a 25% (20% in Chinese version) chance to fire a butter projectile that deals 60 damage per shot to his target, briefly stunning it in most cases.

In Chinese version, Kernel-pult's stun duration and his chance to fire a butter depend on the zombies level, and each kernel deals 20 damage per shot, with butter dealing 40 damage per shot.

About

For more information about this character, see Kernel-pult.

Kernel-pult is obtained by finishing Pirate Seas - Day 1. The butter stuns for 8 seconds (In Chinese version, stun duration is reduced by 2 seconds per zombies level, minimum is 2 seconds) and can also instantly defeat the following zombies, regardless of health:

• Seagull Zombie
• Pelican Zombie
• Zombie Parrot
• Bug Zombie (Only kills the bug, and will never kill the zombie)

Almanac entry

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

Kernel-pult		SUN COST 100 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 100 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 30 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 30 RANGE Lobbed Special Stun RANGE: Lobbed Special: Stun FAMILY Arma-mint FAMILY: Arma-mint Kernel-pult flings corn kernels and butter at zombies. Damage Details: light (kernel), normal (butter) Special: butter immobilizes zombies While working as an usher at the local movieplex, he saw "Fried Green Tomatoes" and found his higher calling. He packed up his husks, his kernels, his butter, and enlisted.

Kernel-pult

		SUN COST 100			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 100
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 30

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 30

		RANGE Lobbed			Special Stun

RANGE: Lobbed
Special: Stun

		FAMILY Arma-mint

FAMILY: Arma-mint

Kernel-pult flings corn kernels and butter at zombies.

Damage Details: light (kernel), normal (butter)
Special: butter immobilizes zombies

While working as an usher at the local movieplex, he saw "Fried Green Tomatoes" and found his higher calling. He packed up his husks, his kernels, his butter, and enlisted.

Chinese version  (China only)

玉米投手，投掷玉米粒和黄油。 伤害：轻微（玉米粒）中等（黄油） 特点：黄油可以暂时固定僵尸 植物特征：黄色植物 玉米投手原来是电影院的引座员，不过自从看了“油炸绿番茄”这个电影后，他发现自己是天生演戏的料，于是他带着他的黄油和玉米粒，向演艺圈进军。 In English: Kernel-pult flings corn kernels and butter. Damage: light (kernel) normal (butter) Special: butter can temporarily immobilize zombies Plant feature: yellow plant Kernel-pult was originally an usher in a cinema, but ever since watching the movie "Fired Green Tomatoes", he realized that he's born to be a movie star, and packed his butter and corn kernels and started working towards the show business.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When fed Plant Food, Kernel-pult hurls butter that hits every zombie and obstacle on-screen, dealing 60 damage per shot (40 damage in the Chinese version) and paralyzing them for 8 seconds.

Costumed (China only)

When given Plant Food, Kernel-pult shoots flaming butter which deals more damage (50 damage per shot at level 1).

Arma-mint effect

When boosted by Arma-mint, Kernel-pult deals an additional 100 DPS with his kernels, and his butter stun duration is increased to 16 seconds. Notably, Kernel-pult does not gain any additional damage to his butter when boosted.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Light)*	Projectile Velocity	Special (Stun)^	Range
1	0	0	100	5 seconds	300 dps	30 dps	Normal	8 seconds	Lobbed
2	10	1,000	100	4.5 seconds	325 dps	35 dps		8.5 seconds
3	50	2,000	100	4.5 seconds	350 dps	40 dps		9 seconds
4	100	4,000	100	4.5 seconds	375 dps	45 dps	+1.3x	9.5 seconds
5	125	6,000	100	4 seconds	400 dps	50 dps		10 seconds
6	175	8,000	75	4 seconds	450 dps	55 dps		10.5 seconds
7	250	10,000	75	4 seconds	500 dps	60 dps		11 seconds
8	350	15,000	75	3.5 seconds	550 dps	65 dps		11.5 seconds
9	450	20,000	75	3.5 seconds	600 dps	70 dps		12 seconds
10	800	60,000	75	3.5 seconds	650 dps	75 dps	+1.6x	12.5 seconds
11	1,000	75,000	75	3.5 seconds	700 dps	80 dps		13 seconds
12	1,250	100,000	75	3 seconds	750 dps	85 dps		13.5 seconds
13	1,500	150,000	75	3 seconds	800 dps	90 dps		14 seconds
14	1,750	200,000	50	3 seconds	850 dps	95 dps		15 seconds
15	2,000	250,000	50	2.5 seconds	900 dps	100 dps		16 seconds

*Column shows the damage of his kernels. Damage of his butter does not increase through upgrades.
^Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Kernel Rocket 玉米飞弹	A high damage corn rocket gets lobbed for every five projectiles lobbed.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Kernel-pult gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Faster Reload 快速装填	A high damage corn rocket gets lobbed for every three projectiles lobbed.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Kernel-pult gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Kernel-pult may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Kernel-pult gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Plants vs. Zombies Online (China only) (Archived content)

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Upgrade 1	His health is increased by 20%
Upgrade 2	His attacking speed is increased by 6%
Upgrade 3	His health is increased by 5% (25% overall)
Upgrade 4	The chance for him to throw butter is increased by 12%

Strategies

Kernel-pult has received a noticeable buff both in his offensive and supportive capability: Firstly, the butter's stunning duration has been effectively tripled due to the normal duration increase combined with the change in general gameplay, massively increasing Kernel-pult's support capability. Secondly, Kernel-pult can now also instantly kill several flying enemies, and will prove to be even more effective than other offensive plants at combating Zombie Parrots. Lastly he has an additional 10 DPS from his original counterpart.

Kernel-pult's Plant Food ability reflects the plant's supportive nature, as while he does very low damage for a Plant Food effect, he can temporarily disable all enemies on the field. Therefore, he should only be used if the player needs more time to react, or when there are great amounts of Seagull Zombies/Pelican Zombies, Bug Zombies and/or Zombie Parrots present on the screen. Compared to Iceberg Lettuce's Plant Food effect, Kernel-pult's can deal damage, affect flying threats and work in tandem with fire-based plants, but does not affect off-screen enemies and has a shorter stun time. Plus, Parasol Zombie is immune to it.

Using him with the Primal Peashooter is a bad idea as Primal Peashooter can knock back zombies and Kernel-pult can easily miss his shots.

Aside from the enemies that can be instantly neutralized by butter, Kernel-pult can also prove to be particularly effective against the following targets:

• Swashbuckler Zombie (kills him instantly only when he is raiding)
• Pirate Captain Zombie (prevents him from releasing the Zombie Parrot to steal plants, and can insta-kill the parrot)
• Pianist Zombie (stops his music and prevents other zombies from swapping lanes)
• Chicken Wrangler Zombie and Weasel Hoarder (preventing them from releasing their Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels, even if they are killed)
• Disco-tron 3000 (prevents it from summoning Disco Jetpack Zombie)
• Dodo Rider Zombie (Disables flight)

Kernel-pult should not be used against zombies that can block or reflect lobbed shots, such as Shield Zombie, Jester Zombie and Parasol Zombie.

Balance changes

Update 5.7.1

▲ Kernel damage increased from 20 to 30

Related achievement

	Pat the Birdy Put butter on a Seagull Zombie

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In other languages

Language	Name	Description
English	Kernel-pult
Simplified Chinese	玉米投手
French	Cata-graine
German	Kornapult
Italian	Chiccopulta
Brazilian Portuguese	Milhopulta
Spanish	Lanzamaíz

Trivia

• After the 2.7.1 update, he can immobilize Pharaoh Zombie while in his sarcophagus, despite that zombie being unable to see while still in it.
  • However, this is still not the case in the Chinese version.
• In the Chinese version, if a zombie gets buttered, then a Tactical Cuke goes off, the zombie's head will float in mid-air, but the rest of the body will disappear.
• He is tied with Bonk Choy for the most amount of costumes in the entire game, with six.
• Fried Green Tomatoes, mentioned in his Almanac entry, is a movie about a housewife who is unhappy with her life, and she befriends an old lady who her tells her stories of people she used to know.
• As stated in one of his costumes, his favorite color is red.
• The kernel rocket from the Level 2 upgrade in the Chinese version can defrost zombies.
• If a Jester Zombie returns the butter lobbed by a Kernel-pult, the butter will do nothing other than damaging a plant.
• The Travel Log Quest for unlocking Kernel-pult spells it "kernelpult" with no dash in between.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies Online (Archived content) (China only)

• He was formerly unlocked after beating Pirate Seas - Level 3-1.
• The basket is now made of metal. It can also be customized to be other various things, such as a net or baseball glove.

See also

• Lobbed shots
• Seagull Zombie
• Buttercup
• Pat the Birdy
• Butter