- For other versions, see Laser Bean (disambiguation).
- For other usages of beans, see bean.
Laser Bean is the first plant obtained in Far Future in Plants vs. Zombies 2 obtained after beating Day 1. Every 2.7 - 3 seconds, he will fire a laser beam down the entire lane he is in, dealing 40 damage to every zombie.
The beam cannot be blocked, reflected or resisted in any way, but does not hurt zombies protected by Glitter Zombie's rainbow, just like all projectiles.
Almanac entry[]
Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.
Laser Bean
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Laser Bean |
Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it. After a laser eye surgery had gone horribly right, Laser Bean gained a sense of purpose and a new-found affinity for competitive staring contests. |
Chinese version (China only)[]
激光豆向整条路线开火,击溃他前面的所有僵尸。 In English: |
Upgrades[]
Plant Food effect[]
When fed with Plant Food, Laser Bean fires a powerful laser blast from his mouth, dealing 1800 damage to all zombies in front of him.
Costumed (China only)[]
His Plant Food ability now deals 2700 damage.
Spear-mint effect[]
When boosted by Spear-mint, Laser Bean's lasers will do an additional 180 damage, and his Plant Food ability will do an additional 3200 damage.
Level upgrades[]
Level | Seed Packets | Coins | Upgrades | |||||
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Sun Cost | Recharge (Fast) |
Toughness (Typical) |
Damage (Moderate) |
Plant Food Power (Damage) |
Range | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 5 seconds | 300 damage | 40 damage | 1800 damage | Multi-Hit |
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 200 | 4.5 seconds | 325 damage | 50 damage | 1900 damage | |
3 | 50 | 2,000 | 175 | 4.5 seconds | 350 damage | 60 damage | 2000 damage | |
4 | 100 | 4,000 | 175 | 4.5 seconds | 375 damage | 70 damage | 2100 damage | |
5 | 125 | 6,000 | 175 | 4.5 seconds | 400 damage | 80 damage | 2200 damage | |
6 | 175 | 8,000 | 175 | 4 seconds | 450 damage | 90 damage | 2300 damage | |
7 | 250 | 10,000 | 150 | 4 seconds | 500 damage | 100 damage | 2400 damage | |
8 | 350 | 15,000 | 150 | 4 seconds | 550 damage | 110 damage | 2500 damage | |
9 | 450 | 20,000 | 150 | 4 seconds | 600 damage | 120 damage | 2600 damage | |
10 | 800 | 60,000 | 150 | 3.5 seconds | 650 damage | 130 damage | 2700 damage | |
11 | 1,000 | 75,000 | 125 | 3.5 seconds | 700 damage | 140 damage | 2800 damage | |
12 | 1,250 | 100,000 | 125 | 3.5 seconds | 750 damage | 150 damage | 2900 damage | |
13 | 1,500 | 150,000 | 125 | 3.5 seconds | 800 damage | 160 damage | 3000 damage | |
14 | 1,750 | 200,000 | 125 | 3 seconds | 850 damage | 170 damage | 3100 damage | |
15 | 2,000 | 250,000 | 100 | 3 seconds | 900 damage | 180 damage | 3200 damage |
Mastery upgrades[]
- Chance to Boost
- Damage Pierce
Level upgrade (China only)[]
Plants vs. Zombies Online (China only) (Archived content)[]
In Adventure Mode[]
Fires a laser that deals damage to all enemies on target's row with a chance to stun them.
Strategies[]
Most useful in Endless Zones, Laser Bean causes damage to all zombies in an entire lane, meaning that a single Laser Bean could take care of the whole lane, specializing in cleaning up large clusters of weaker enemies such as Camel Zombies, Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels. Compared to other area-of-effect plants, Laser Bean trades a noticeable amount of firepower for increased reliability - while it only deals as much damage as a Peashooter per unit time, his attack has unlimited range unlike Fume-shroom, does not interfere with ice-based plants unlike Snapdragon, and cannot be deflected by Jester Zombies and Parasol Zombies.
The low firepower output for a plant that costs 200 sun also means that Laser Bean will have trouble against more powerful enemies, as well as ambushes that can spawn zombies close to the player's defense line, so using him as a support plant is recommended. Against Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels, you will likely need more than one column of Laser Beans to destroy all of them effectively.
Laser Bean is effective against zombies that can shield themselves by blocking or reflecting projectiles, such as Barrel Roller Zombies, Jester Zombies and Excavator Zombies. They are also effective against zombies that can use obstacles to spawn threats in endless numbers such as Imp Porters, and Arcade Zombies. He is also a useful plant in clearing tombstones as well as neutralize Troglobites and Arcade Zombies attempting to push them with their ice blocks and arcade machines respectively.
In Endless Zones, Laser Bean can be used to deter zombies at lower levels, as it might take up to a few dozen levels before the player can obtain a more powerful offensive option. However, Laser Bean should be replaced if the player wishes to go to higher levels, as even Buckethead Zombies can pose serious threats to Laser Bean. To reduce this threat, however, levelling-up Laser Bean is encouraged.
Laser Bean's Plant Food ability can simulate an ability almost identical to how Jalapeno chars the zombies. This gives him limited use against attacking multiple lanes, such as when a group of Gargantuars are nearing defenses. However, unlike Jalapeno, he can kill airborne Imps with his Plant Food ability and is very comparable to Citron's ability, except his, is more ideal for crowd control as the ability does not stop at zombies which can take more than one instant kill's worth of damage while Citron's power ends when he meets machine zombies like the Robo-Cone Zombie, or Gargantuars, leaving a chance for the other zombies to charge forward.
Laser Bean and Primal Peashooter make a very effective combo because they cover each other's weaknesses. While Laser Bean is weak to high hitpoint zombies, Primal Peashooter is weak to swarms. While the Laser Bean vanquishes the weaker zombies in the horde, the Primal Peashooter has a chance to push the horde back and destroy stronger units.
Balance changes[]
Update 2.1.1[]
- ▲ Damage increased from 20 damage to 40 damage
- ▲ Plant Food effect damage increased from 600 damage to 1800 damage
- ▼ Firing rate decreased from 1.35-1.5 seconds to 2.7-3 seconds
Gallery[]
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Laser Bean.
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In other languages[]
Please note that only official translations are used.
Language | Name | Description |
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English | Laser Bean | |
Simplified Chinese | 激光豆 | "Laser Bean" |
French | Fayot laser | "Laser Bean" |
German | Laserbohne | |
Italian | Fagiolo laser | "Laser Bean" |
Brazilian Portuguese | Feijão Laser | From feijão and laser |
Spanish | Frijol láser | "Laser Bean" |
Trivia[]
- His Plant Food ability is likely a parody to the Shoop Da Whoop meme and also resembles one of Dr. Zomboss' attacks in the Nintendo DS exclusive mini-game Air Raid from Plants vs. Zombies.
- In the Far Future teaser Piñata Parties, he attacked more frequently, but his main attack only dealt 20 damage, and his Plant Food effect dealt only 600 damage in his lane.
- When watered in the Zen Garden, he looks like he only has a row of teeth in the upper part of his mouth. However, when the Plant Food upgrade is used, two rows of teeth can be seen.
- In August 2013 there was a teaser Behind the Brainz - New Plants and 18 seconds into the video, one of the developers mentioned Laser Bean, which was teasing him before Far Future was even released.
- Although he does not attack zombies using electricity, his seed packets were still in the Electric Piñatas. As of the 6.7.1 update, however, his seed packets cannot be obtained in this way.
- They have instead been replaced by Magnifying Grass' seed packets.
- Shortly after the 6.7.1 update, ads promoting Electric Piñata no longer feature him, instead featuring Magnifying Grass.
- In Plants vs. Zombies Online, Laser Bean dealt 30 damage per laser.
- Laser Bean and Cherry Bomb are the only plants which have internal names with an underscore (laser_bean and cherry_bomb).
See also[]
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Plants vs. Zombies | |
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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 · Reverse Repeater · 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 | Resistant 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 | Acid Lemon · Lotus Pod · Lily Pad · Bowling Bulb · Banana Launcher · Guacodile · Tangle Kelp · Homing Thistle |
Frostbite Caves | Hurrikale · Fire Peashooter · Hot Potato · Pepper-pult · Chard Guard · Stunion · Rafflesia · Whirlwind Acorn |
Sky City | Rotobaga · Loquat · Asparagus · Saucer · Horsebean · Groundcherry · Anthurium · Pineapple |
Lost City | Lava Guava · Red Stinger · A.K.E.E. · Stallia · Gold Leaf · Toadstool · Jackfruit |
Neon Mixtape Tour | Morning 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 · Dino-Roar Grass · Timid Thorns · Sugarcane Master |
Modern Day | Shadow-shroom · Caulipower · Moonflower · Grimrose · Nightshade · Dusk Lobber · Blooming Heart |
Steam Age | Gold Bloom · Flat-shroom · Maypop Mechanic · Lotus Shooter · Wind-Blowing Vanilla · Lily of Pharmacy · Mulberry Blaster |
Renaissance Age |
Aloe · Bearberry Mortar · Wax Gourd Guard · Oily Olive · Jeweler Pomegranate · Dartichoke |
Heian Age | Dripping Diphylleia · Stephania · Tupistra Stalker · Dendrobium Windbreak · Chef Cypripedium · Boophone Geigi |
Fairytale Forest | Ents · Heath Seeker · Hat Mushroom · Hocus Crocus · Princess Spring Grass · Bamboo Trooper |
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Others | Potato Mine · Flower Pot · 8-Bit Peashooter · Tactical Cuke |
Hero Plants | P-Mech Assembler - Flamestar |
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 · 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-pult · 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 Sea Pine |
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 · Rose Swordfighter · Clivia · Sap-fling · Acid Lemon · Magic-shroom · Ghost Pepper · Guacodile · Hurrikale · Plantern · Oak Archer · Homing Thistle · Pepper-pult · Resistant Radish · Toadstool · Blooming Heart · Red Stinger · Electric Blueberry · A.K.E.E. · Moonflower · Agave · Asparagus · 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 |