Murkadamia Nut

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Murkadamia Nut
Murkadamia Nuts are defensive shadow plants who, when powered, grow jelly murk to damage attacking zombies.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	100
Recharge	10 seconds
Toughness	2500 damage per shot
Usage	Damaged murk regrows over time
Family	Conceal-mint
In-game statistics
Unlocked	250 seed packets
"Some say that encasing yourself in gelatin is no way to conduct an offense," says Murkadamia Nut with an infectious twinkle. "I say they just haven't planted ME yet!"

“	Plant Murkadamia Nuts to block and damage zombies.	”
—Penny

Murkadamia Nut is a shadow plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 first introduced the 8.3.1 update. It blocks off zombies identically to Wall-nut, but only has slightly more health than an Infi-nut.

When powered by Moonflower or Conceal-mint, Murkadamia Nut surrounds itself with gelatin, this gelatin heals itself over time like an Infi-nut and can damage zombies that eat it like an Endurian.

Origins

It is based on the macadamia, a commercially important nut that is indigenous to Australia.

Its name is a portmanteau of "murk," a darkness or gloom, referring to its shadow based abilities, and "macadamia," the real-life plant it is based on.

Almanac entry

Murkadamia Nut
	SUN COST 100 RECHARGE 13 TOUGHNESS 2500 Special Murk Health Special 100 PLANT FOOD POWER 25% Special 0.25 Conceal-mint Plant Food: Gain [sic] a shield that can absorb a small amount of damage. Murkadamia Nuts are defensive shadow plants who, when powered, grow jelly murk to damage attacking zombies. "Some say that encasing yourself in gelatin is no way to conduct an offense," says Murkadamia Nut with an infectious twinkle. "I say they just haven't planted ME yet!"

Murkadamia Nut

SUN COST 100 RECHARGE 13 TOUGHNESS 2500 Special Murk Health Special 100 PLANT FOOD POWER 25% Special 0.25 Conceal-mint Plant Food: Gain [sic] a shield that can absorb a small amount of damage. Murkadamia Nuts are defensive shadow plants who, when powered, grow jelly murk to damage attacking zombies. "Some say that encasing yourself in gelatin is no way to conduct an offense," says Murkadamia Nut with an infectious twinkle. "I say they just haven't planted ME yet!"

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed Plant Food, Murkadamia Nut will regrow murk (if powered) and gain a little shield that allows it to absorb 2000 more damage.

Conceal-mint effect

When boosted by Conceal-mint, Murkadamia Nut's murk will regenerate an additional 550 DPS per second, murk health is increased by 11500 damage per shot, and its damage reflection is increased by 70%. It will be powered even if not adjacent to a Moonflower.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Murk Health		Murk Regeneration*	Damage Mirrored*	Plant Food Power (Armor)^
							Initial	Max
1	0	0	100	13 seconds	10 seconds	2500 damage	1500 damage	2500 damage	100 damage	25%	2000 damage
2	50			12 seconds	9.5 seconds	2750 damage	2000 damage	3500 damage	150 damage	30%
3	100			11 seconds		3000 damage	2500 damage	4500 damage	200 damage	35%
4	200			10 seconds	8.5 seconds	3250 damage	3000 damage	5500 damage	250 damage	40%	4000 damage
5	300		75	9.5 seconds		3500 damage	3500 damage	6500 damage	300 damage	45%
6	400			9 seconds	7 seconds	3750 damage	4000 damage	7500 damage	350 damage	50%
7	500			8.5 seconds		4000 damage	4500 damage	8500 damage	400 damage	55%	6000 damage
8	600			8 seconds	6 seconds	4250 damage	5000 damage	9500 damage	450 damage	60%
9	800			7.5 seconds		4500 damage	5500 damage	10500 damage	500 damage	65%
10	1,000		50	7 seconds	5 seconds	4750 damage	6000 damage	11500 damage	550 damage	70%	8000 damage

*Per second.
^Column shows armor's hitpoints separately.

Strategies

In normal state, Murkadamia Nut seems to be useless and weak as, when compared with Wall-nut, it has less health and costs more sun, as well as being ineligible to Wall-Nut First Aid's healing effect. The only better aspect than Wall-nut is its faster recharge. But it maybe more worthwhile to use another plant instead because he has a faster recharge and is 25 sun cheaper  

When powered by Moonflower or Conceal-mint, Murkadamia Nut's perk is a combination of Infi-nut and Endurian, as it can damage zombies as well as regenerating its health without the usage of Plant Food or Wall-nut First Aid and therefore requires less maintenance.

If its murk degrades, its attack speed slows down. Keep this in mind.

However, there are some differences among these plants. Unlike Infi-nut, Murkadamia Nut doesn't have a projector, so once it is eaten, it can't be restored. Unlike Endurian, which attacks actively, Murkadamia Nut can only damage zombies which are eating it, so its attack cannot cooperate well with immobilization. (The speed of) The damage zombies taken from Murkadamia Nut depends on their attack (speed), thus making it good to use when fighting zombies like Newspaper Zombie.

Zombies like Explorer Zombies or Gargantuars can destroy Murkadamia Nut fast, making its perk to damage zombies and to regenerate health useless.

Related achievement

	The Shadow Family Complete a level with 20 powered Shadow Plants

Gallery

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Trivia

• In the 8.3.1 update, Murkadamia Nut suffered from a glitch where, while able to be powered by Moonflower, Moonflower is not boosted by it.
  • This has been fixed in the 8.4.1 update.
• Murkadamia Nut is first plant to have damage mirrored in Plants vs. Zombies 2. Endurian, Torchwood, Holly Barrier and other plants all attack actively.
• The shield from its Plant Food effect has the Conceal-mint family symbol on it.
• Although it is a nut plant, it cannot harness the Wall-Nut first aid ability.

See also

• Infi-nut
• Endurian

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