Kiwibeast

Kiwibeast
Kiwibeasts emit damaging thumps, and become bigger and more powerful the more they are hurt by zombies.
Statistics
Sun Cost	175
Recharge	15 seconds
Toughness	2000 damage
Damage	40 damage
Area	3x3
Family	Enforce-mint
Plant Food effect	Immediately grows to its last stage and deal massive damage to the surrounding area.
Special	Knocks back zombies during growth
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	180
Recharge	20 seconds
Toughness	2550 damage
Damage	40 damage
Attack Rate	2 seconds
Range	Own Tile
Area	AoE within Range
Class	Vanguard
Special	Kiwibeast's body can become larger, growing larger 2 times, and increasing the damage dealt
Tags	Damage, defensive, area of effect, displace
Plant features	Brown plant
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(cannot be knocked back while on stilts)
Unlocked	Spending 100 gems
Costumes
Code name	kiwibeast
"I like to keep an even keel," says Kiwibeast. "But zombies... oooh... zombies make me so mad! And when I get mad... RARRRRRGGG!"

“	Kiwibeasts thumb damage at zombies. They become more powerful as they take damage from zombies.	”
—Penny

Kiwibeast is a gemium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, released with the 5.1 update. It is the first premium plant released not based on any world or event. It creates shockwaves by bouncing every two seconds, hurting every zombie around it, similarly to Phat Beet. Once its health becomes lower, it grows larger, increasing its damage, as well as its shockwave radius. When it grows from one stage to another, it will send zombies back one tile away if they are eating it.

Starting on the 28th of August 2023, Kiwibeast is able to be purchased for 100 gems in the store.

Origins

Kiwibeast is based on the fruit called the kiwifruit. Its appearance is simply a nod to the second part of its name, "beast." Its name is a portmanteau of "kiwifruit" and "beast".

Almanac entry

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

Kiwibeast
	SUN COST 175 RECHARGE 15 TOUGHNESS 2000 DAMAGE 40 AREA 3x3 Enforce-mint Plant Food: Immediately grows to its last stage and deal massive damage to the surrounding area. Kiwibeasts emit damaging thumps, and become bigger and more powerful the more they are hurt by zombies. "I like to keep an even keel," says Kiwibeast. "But zombies... oooh... zombies make me so mad! And when I get mad... RARRRRRGGG!"

Kiwibeast

SUN COST 175 RECHARGE 15 TOUGHNESS 2000 DAMAGE 40 AREA 3x3 Enforce-mint Plant Food: Immediately grows to its last stage and deal massive damage to the surrounding area. Kiwibeasts emit damaging thumps, and become bigger and more powerful the more they are hurt by zombies. "I like to keep an even keel," says Kiwibeast. "But zombies... oooh... zombies make me so mad! And when I get mad... RARRRRRGGG!"

Chinese version (China only)

野兽猕猴桃会震地对周围造成伤害 特点：野兽猕猴桃的体型会变大，可以变大2次，血量也会增加 植物特征：褐色植物 一直生存在荒野之中，可以适应各种恶劣环境，长期的恶劣环境生存，导致它拥有超人的力量，也许“贝爷”碰到它谁吃谁还说不准呢~~ In English: Kiwibeast can cause massive quakes in its surrounding area to cause damage Special: Kiwibeast's body can become larger, growing larger 2 times, and increasing the damage dealt Plant characteristics: brown plant Growing up living in the wilderness, it can adapt to a variety of harsh surroundings, resulting in it having superhuman strength, maybe "Bear Grylls" will one day find and eat it, but who's to say.

Overview

Kiwibeast's Plant Food animation

Kiwibeast absorbs 2000 damage and its appearance changes at 300 and 1000 damage, before finally being eaten at 2000 damage.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed with Plant Food, Kiwibeast will grow to its last stage (if it wasn't at last stage), knock all zombies that is near it back for one tile (if it wasn't at last stage), and creates shockwaves by bouncing 3 times in a 3x3 area around it, each time dealing 350 damage.

Enforce-mint effect

When boosted by Enforce-mint, Kiwibeast will do an additional 175 damage regardless of its stage, and its Plant Food effect will do an additional 800 damage per tick.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Mediocre)	Starting Recharge	Toughness (Elevated)	Damage (Heavy)			Plant Food Power (Damage)*	Area
							Small	Medium	Large		Small	Medium	Large
1	0	0	175	15 seconds	10 seconds	2000 damage	40 damage	50 damage	70 damage	350 damage	1x1	3x3	5x5
2	10	1,000				2250 damage	45 damage	55 damage	80 damage	400 damage
3	25	2,500		14 seconds	9 seconds	2500 damage	50 damage	60 damage	90 damage	450 damage
4	50	5,000				2750 damage	55 damage	65 damage	100 damage	500 damage
5	100	10,000	150	13 seconds	8 seconds	3000 damage	60 damage	75 damage	110 damage	550 damage
6	200	20,000				3250 damage	65 damage	85 damage	120 damage	600 damage
7	400	30,000		12 seconds	7 seconds	3500 damage	70 damage	95 damage	130 damage	650 damage
8	800	50,000	125			3750 damage	80 damage	105 damage	145 damage	700 damage
9	1,200	75,000		11 seconds	6 seconds	4000 damage	90 damage	115 damage	160 damage	750 damage
10	1,600	100,000	100	10 seconds	5 seconds	4500 damage	100 damage	125 damage	175 damage	800 damage

*Per hit. Its Plant Food effect does a total of 3 hits.

Mastery upgrade

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level Upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Brutal Growth 野蛮生长	Improves growth ability. Sun cost reduced to 170. 野兽猕猴桃生长能力得到了强化，能够用更少的阳光完成生长，种植阳光消耗降低至170。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Kiwibeast gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Wild Survival 野性生存	The skill effect of Brutal Growth is increased by 100%. Sun cost reduced to 160. 野蛮生长的技能效果提升100%，野兽猕猴桃的种植阳光消耗降低至160。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Kiwibeast gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Kiwibeast may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Kiwibeast gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	King of Beast's Roar 兽王怒吼	When the Kiwibeast is fully grown, the attack has 15% chance to knock back all ground zombies within the range by 1 block 当野兽猕猴桃处于最大形态时，攻击有15%的概率使范围内的所有地面僵尸震退1格
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Kiwibeast gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Costumed (China only)

It now stuns the nearest zombie during its Plant Food effect.

Strategies

Kiwibeast can be considered a better version of Phat Beet, Endurian or Pea-nut, as it is defensive, and deals a wider area of effect damage. Avoid relying on Kiwibeast as the only offensive plant without Aloe or Pumpkin, since it can easily be eaten by other zombies, even though its maximum stage can deal massive damage. Kiwibeasts are best used when paired with Aloe so that Kiwibeasts can be healed after damage from some zombies. They have a great advantage against groups of Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels, killing them in one hit.

It is a very bad idea to use this against Explorer Zombies when their torch is lit, since their torch can easily burn it without eating it. This also goes for zombies such as Barrel Roller Zombie and Pianist Zombie. Mecha-Football Zombie and Punk Zombie can move this plant without getting damaged, so it is not a good idea to use this plant when they're around. Its greatest weakness are zombies that can render it useless, such as Wizard Zombie and Octo Zombie (it will retain its stage when freed).

Combining this plant with Sweet Potato or Garlic can be a great combination, that way the zombies will be attracted to the Sweet Potatoes and can walk alongside Kiwibeasts dealing damage, which remain safe from being eaten. However, in order to fully maximize the usage of this strategy, the Kiwibeast must grow to full size first, which may take some time to set up. Planting Spikeweeds and Spikerocks for more damage near a combination of Kiwibeast and Sweet Potato is also helpful. This is also useful when it is in its maximum stage and with an Aloe to heal it.

In Endless Zones, Kiwibeasts should be planted very early on in the level, so that they have time to get eaten by zombies. They can do incredible amounts of damage to hordes in their strongest phase, which can make them a prime pickup. Just be careful of zombies that can ignore them, such as Explorer Zombies or Bug Zombies and it's variants. Kiwibeasts also work well with Tile Turnips, since their Plant Food effect is very powerful, and can wipe out even the strongest of zombies at close range.

Combining this plant in its maximum stage with Pumpkin is also an excellent idea, as this way you can keep the plant alive longer until the zombies eat the whole Pumpkin. If it's boosted, so much better.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Kiwibeast
Simplified Chinese	野兽猕猴桃	lit. "Beast Kiwifruit"
French	Kiwi-garou	From Kiwi and loup-garou
German	Kiwibiest
Italian	Kiwi bestiale	Beastly Kiwi
Brazilian Portuguese	Hulkiwi	portmanteau of "Hulk" and "kiwi"
Spanish	Kiwibestia	Literal translation

Trivia

• Regardless of what stage it was in when defeated, Intensive Carrot will always revive the Kiwibeast to its on-planting stage. The same applies to Potato Mine, Pea Pod, Sun-shroom, Strawburst, Primal Potato Mine, Escape Root, Dazey Chain, and Bean Sprout.
• In the video Neon Mixtape Tour, Side B Dev Dairy, Kiwibeast (unreleased at the time) and some unused plants (sunpod, sungun and sprout) were left in.
• Its second costume is very similar to Bombegranate's second costume with only a difference in color.

See also

• Phat Beet
• Gloom-shroom
• Gloom Vine

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