- For other uses, see Last Stand (disambiguation).
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Last Stand is the sixteenth mini-game in Plants vs. Zombies, Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West, and Plants vs. Zombies: Great Wall Edition and is unlocked after beating Adventure Mode and completing 13 other mini-games. It consists of a series of five flags, located in the Pool area, which the player must survive in order to win. However, unlike the Survival Mode, the player is not allowed to switch seeds between a wave of attack. Additionally, The player cannot plant any sun-producing plants, Puff-shrooms or Sea-shrooms. However, they do get to spend 5000 sun in the beginning of the mini-game and as the player progresses, they will earn extra sun (250 sun) after each wave.
Waves[]
(Started)
- The small number next to the zombie icon means that zombie will always appear in that lane, with 1 being the topmost lane and 5 being the bottommost one.
| Waves | Non-dynamic zombies | Ambush zombies | Note(s) |
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| 1 | None Guaranteed | None | 5 extra points |
| 2 | None Guaranteed | None | 5 extra points |
| 3 | None Guaranteed | None | 5 extra points |
| 4 | None Guaranteed | None | 6 extra points |
| 5 | None Guaranteed | None | 6 extra points |
| 6 | None Guaranteed | None | 7 extra points |
| 7 | None Guaranteed | None | 7 extra points |
| 8 | None Guaranteed | None | 7 extra points |
| 9 | None Guaranteed | None | 8 extra points |
| 10 |  
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3 zombies | 11 extra points |
(1 flag completed)
- The small number next to the zombie icon means that zombie will always appear in that lane, with 1 being the topmost lane and 5 being the bottommost one.
| Waves | Non-dynamic zombies | Ambush zombies | Note(s) |
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| 1 | None Guaranteed | None | 9 extra points |
| 2 | None Guaranteed | None | 9 extra points |
| 3 | None Guaranteed | None | 9 extra points |
| 4 | None Guaranteed | None | 10 extra points |
| 5 | None Guaranteed | None | 10 extra points |
| 6 | None Guaranteed | None | 11 extra points |
| 7 | None Guaranteed | None | 11 extra points |
| 8 | None Guaranteed | None | 11 extra points |
| 9 | None Guaranteed | None | 12 extra points |
| 10 |
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3 zombies | 21 extra points |
(2 flags completed)
- The small number next to the zombie icon means that zombie will always appear in that lane, with 1 being the topmost lane and 5 being the bottommost one.
| Waves | Non-dynamic zombies | Ambush zombies | Note(s) |
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| 1 | None Guaranteed | None | 13 extra points |
| 2 | None Guaranteed | None | 13 extra points |
| 3 | None Guaranteed | None | 13 extra points |
| 4 | None Guaranteed | None | 14 extra points |
| 5 | None Guaranteed | None | 14 extra points |
| 6 | None Guaranteed | None | 15 extra points |
| 7 | None Guaranteed | None | 15 extra points |
| 8 | None Guaranteed | None | 15 extra points |
| 9 | None Guaranteed | None | 16 extra points |
| 10 |
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3 zombies | 31 extra points |
(3 flags completed)
- The small number next to the zombie icon means that zombie will always appear in that lane, with 1 being the topmost lane and 5 being the bottommost one.
| Waves | Non-dynamic zombies | Ambush zombies | Note(s) |
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| 1 | None Guaranteed | None | 17 extra points |
| 2 | None Guaranteed | None | 17 extra points |
| 3 | None Guaranteed | None | 17 extra points |
| 4 | None Guaranteed | None | 18 extra points |
| 5 | None Guaranteed | None | 18 extra points |
| 6 | None Guaranteed | None | 19 extra points |
| 7 | None Guaranteed | None | 19 extra points |
| 8 | None Guaranteed | None | 19 extra points |
| 9 | None Guaranteed | None | 20 extra points |
| 10 |
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3 zombies | 41 extra points |
(4 flags completed)
- The small number next to the zombie icon means that zombie will always appear in that lane, with 1 being the topmost lane and 5 being the bottommost one.
| Waves | Non-dynamic zombies | Ambush zombies | Note(s) |
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| 1 | None Guaranteed | None | 21 extra points |
| 2 | None Guaranteed | None | 21 extra points |
| 3 | None Guaranteed | None | 21 extra points |
| 4 | None Guaranteed | None | 22 extra points |
| 5 | None Guaranteed | None | 22 extra points |
| 6 | None Guaranteed | None | 23 extra points |
| 7 | None Guaranteed | None | 23 extra points |
| 8 | None Guaranteed | None | 23 extra points |
| 9 | None Guaranteed | None | 24 extra points |
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3 zombies | Final Wave 20 extra points |
Note: Extra points are spent on
Origins[]
The mini-game may be named after many games or the actual term "last stand," which refers to when a small force holds its position when attacked by a much larger force, hoping to make a significant difference despite the disparity in power.
Icons[]
iPad icon
PC icon
Nintendo DS icon
Xbox Live Arcade icon
Current iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android icon
Old iPhone icon
Overview[]
Plants Vs Zombies - Last Stand - Make Money Fast
Gold farming in Last Stand
In the start, the player gets 5000 sun and can choose any plant except sun-producing plants and free plants. These plants include Sun-shrooms, Sunflowers, Twin Sunflowers, Puff-shrooms, Sea-shrooms, and the Imitater version of any of them. After the player defeats the last zombie for the flag, that last zombie will drop 250 sun. This is the only time they get sun after starting the first onslaught.
Last Stand is frequently used for gold farming, with as many Marigolds as possible, Gold Magnets collecting the coins automatically for the player and Gloom-shrooms for attacking. This will get them about 5000 to 9000 coins, depending what build they use. For more info, see Money guide.
Strategies[]
- Main article: Last Stand (PvZ)/Strategies
Related achievements[]
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In other languages[]
Please note that only official translations are used.
| Language | Name | Description |
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 English
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Last Stand | |
 Simplified Chinese
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坚不可摧 | |
| Traditional Chinese | 堅不可摧 | |
 Dutch
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Het laatste gevecht | |
 French
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Dernier rempart | |
 German
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Das letzte Gefecht | |
 Italian
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Resistenza estrema | |
 Japanese
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ラストスタンド | |
 Spanish
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El último batallón | It translates to "The last battalion" |
Trivia[]
- If the player attempts to plant instant usage plants on their lawn before the onslaught, they will be used instantly even if there are no zombies, which will waste the sun.
- It is the mini-game with the most number of flags (excluding ones with unlimited flags), with 5 in total.
- It is the only mini-game where the word "Final Wave" does not appear on the last huge wave (or the final wave).
- The Nintendo DS version is the only version to share icons of the Last Stand mini-game with the PC version. The others are either a degraded Wall-nut or plants set up like Column Like You See 'Em.
- Plants do not have to recharge before the player starts an onslaught.
- Ladder Zombies, Jack-in-the-Box Zombies and Dolphin Rider Zombies only appear in each huge wave.
- It is the first game where the player is restricted from selecting certain plants. The second is Versus Mode.
- In the newer iPhone and Android versions, the icon for this mini-game has changed to a second degrade Wall-nut; the previous picture is now used for Column Like You See 'Em. The iPad versions used these icons from the start.
- Unlike the Puzzle Mode counterpart in iOS or Android versions of the game, they have been used a faded Explode-o-nut icon instead of a mallet icon.
- The player will not get a refund of sun if they shovel/dig a plant that is planted during setup.
- The old iPhone icon of this mini-game is similar to Column Like You See 'Em's icon.
- Attempting to hack the game to get the restricted plants will cause it to crash.
- An Arcade Plants vs. Zombies game manufacture by Sega Arcade has the same name.
- When a zombie reaches the house, the losing dialog box says "You survived for 0-4 flags!!", with the cutscene "THE ZOMBIES ATE YOUR BRAINS!" is not shown but instead the dialog box appears immediately and due to this, only the game over music plays.
- In iOS, Android, and October 2025 PC Replanted versions, the dialog box header says "GAME OVER", while on console, DS, and May 2009 original and July 2010 Game of the Year (GOTY) PC versions, the name of the mini-game is instead used (Last Stand).
- The reason why the name of the mini-game is used on console, DS, and May 2009 original and July 2010 Game of the Year (GOTY) PC versions as the dialog box header instead of the generic "GAME OVER" text is because on Lawnstrings.txt, the text says "[LAST_STAND_DEATH_MESSAGE]: You survived for {FLAGS}!!", with [LAST_STAND_DEATH_MESSAGE] part is programmed to display the mini-game name (Last Stand) as the header.
- This can also happen in its puzzle mode counterpart and Vasebreaker Endless.
- This is one of the only two mini-games where a different losing dialog box is shown as well as only the game over music plays when losing, the other being Zombiquarium.
- Due to the game over music being played when the dialog box appears, it is possible to skip the music by exiting the game over screen through restarting (Try Again) or exit the level (Main Menu/Menu/Quit (depending on the version)) while the music plays.
- The 5+ flags variant of the losing message (You survived for 5+ flags!!) is only used on its puzzle mode counterpart.
- This can be because the mini-game is specific objective-focused where it involves surviving with a finite number of flags to win even on general level types of not letting a zombie reach the house which is why the said cutscene do not show and only the game over music plays and losing dialog box shows immediately. The same also happens on its finite puzzle mode counterpart.
- On Replanted version, gameplay is still moving and the buttons are still there including the "Menu" at upper-right where it is not replaced with "Main Menu" albeit interaction with them are now disabled due to the losing dialog box where the "Main Menu" option is now within it together with "Try Again".
- However, "THE ZOMBIES ATE YOUR BRAINS!" game over screen is shown normally in its Plants vs. Zombies 2 counterpart.
- In iOS, Android, and October 2025 PC Replanted versions, the dialog box header says "GAME OVER", while on console, DS, and May 2009 original and July 2010 Game of the Year (GOTY) PC versions, the name of the mini-game is instead used (Last Stand).
- The Wall-nut uses a different Mouth in the Android Icon.
- By hacking, If one changes the flag number beyond 5, it will still continue, but it will be the same zombies, high flag number errors might occur as well.
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