- 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 per shot 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
SUN COST: 200
RECHARGE: 5
TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 40
RANGE: Multi-Hit
PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage
FAMILY: Spear-mint
Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it.
Range: All zombies in a lane
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

Plant Food ability (animated)
When fed with Plant Food, Laser Bean fires a powerful laser blast from his mouth, dealing 1800 damage per shot to all zombies in front of him.
Costumed (China only)
He shoots a red laser that deals 2700 damage per shot.
Spear-mint effect
When boosted by Spear-mint, Laser Bean's damage is increased by 180 DPS, and its plant food effect damage will increase by 3200 DPS.
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 dps | 40 dps | 1800 dps | Multi-Hit |
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 200 | 4.5 seconds | 325 dps | 50 dps | 1900 dps | |
3 | 50 | 2,000 | 175 | 4.5 seconds | 350 dps | 60 dps | 2000 dps | |
4 | 100 | 4,000 | 175 | 4.5 seconds | 375 dps | 70 dps | 2100 dps | |
5 | 125 | 6,000 | 175 | 4.5 seconds | 400 dps | 80 dps | 2200 dps | |
6 | 175 | 8,000 | 175 | 4 seconds | 450 dps | 90 dps | 2300 dps | |
7 | 250 | 10,000 | 150 | 4 seconds | 500 dps | 100 dps | 2400 dps | |
8 | 350 | 15,000 | 150 | 4 seconds | 550 dps | 110 dps | 2500 dps | |
9 | 450 | 20,000 | 150 | 4 seconds | 600 dps | 120 dps | 2600 dps | |
10 | 800 | 60,000 | 150 | 3.5 seconds | 650 dps | 130 dps | 2700 dps | |
11 | 1,000 | 75,000 | 125 | 3.5 seconds | 700 dps | 140 dps | 2800 dps | |
12 | 1,250 | 100,000 | 125 | 3.5 seconds | 750 dps | 150 dps | 2900 dps | |
13 | 1,500 | 150,000 | 125 | 3.5 seconds | 800 dps | 160 dps | 3000 dps | |
14 | 1,750 | 200,000 | 125 | 3 seconds | 850 dps | 170 dps | 3100 dps | |
15 | 2,000 | 250,000 | 100 | 3 seconds | 900 dps | 180 dps | 3200 dps |
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 DPS to 40 DPS
- ▲ Plant Food effect damage increased from 600 DPS to 1800 DPS
- ▼ 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
Language | Name | Description |
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Laser Bean | ||
激光豆 | "Laser Bean" | |
Fayot laser | "Laser Bean" | |
Laserbohne | ||
Fagiolo laser | "Laser Bean" | |
Feijão Laser | "Laser Bean" | |
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 per shot, and his Plant Food effect dealt only 600 damage per shot 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 DPS per laser.
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 Ages | 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 | Sumo Melon · Wasabi Whip · Auberninja · Dripphylleia · Splitting Stephania · Kunai Tupistra · Windbreak Dendrobium · Orchid Chef · Geisha Flower · Stickybomb Rice |
Fairytale Forest | Ents · Heath Seeker · Hat Mushroom |
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 · Explode-O-Nut · Parsnip · Missile Toe · Kiwibeast · Electric Peashooter · Hot Date · Icy Currant · Trump Tulip · 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 · Gumnut · Olive Pit · Nuclear Earthstar · Headbutter Lettuce · Dazey Chain · Boom Balloon Flower · Soda Bottle Palm · Tiger Claw · Impaintiens · Turkey-pult · Hammerflower · Fishhook Grass · Energy 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 |