- For other uses, see Kernel-pult (disambiguation).
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
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Kernel-pult
SUN COST: 100
RECHARGE: 5
TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 30
RANGE: Lobbed
Special: Stun
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。 In English: |
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 | ||||||
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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)
Plants vs. Zombies Online (China only) (Archived content)
- Hover the image to see the full description.
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
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Gallery
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In other languages
Language | Name | Description |
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Kernel-pult | ||
玉米投手 | ||
Cata-graine | ||
Kornapult | ||
Chiccopulta | ||
Milhopulta | ||
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
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 Age | 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 | Dripphylleia · Splitting Stephania · Kunai Tupistra · Windbreak Dendrobium · Orchid Chef · Geisha Flower |
Fairytale Forest | Ents · Heath Seeker · Hat Mushroom · Hocus Crocus · Spring Princess · Bamzooka |
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 · Sumo Melon · Wasabi Whip · Explode-O-Nut · Parsnip · Missile Toe · Kiwibeast · Electric Peashooter · Hot Date · Icy Currant · Trump Tulip · Auberninja · 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 · Stickybomb Rice · 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 |