- For the version in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Pea-Nut (PvZH).
Pea-nut is an offensive and defensive premium plant that appears in Plants vs. Zombies 2 while also being tied to Dark Ages Part 2. He was released on June 22, 2014, and was available for purchase for $2.99 (although there was a discount where he cost $0.99 starting July 20th). He can now be purchased for 100 gems permanently.
Pea-nut is a combination of Peashooter and Wall-nut: he can shoot peas at zombies that deal as much damage as a pea, as well as delay them with his bite-absorbing shell. However, if Pea-nut suffers from too much damage and has reached his second degrade, is fire rate will be halved (except in the Chinese version) as each head takes turns shooting peas, and the top one will be bitten off.
Origins

Pea-nut is based on the real life Arachis hypogaea, a grain legume commonly known as peanut in English. His name is also related to his ability: "Pea" refers to Pea-nut's ability to shoot peas like Peashooter, while "nut" relates to Pea-nut's similarity to Wall-nut, as both are defensive plants.
Almanac entry
Pea-nut
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Pea-nut
SUN COST: 150
RECHARGE: 15
TOUGHNESS: 4000
DAMAGE: 20
RANGE: Straight
FAMILY: Reinforce-mint
Pea-nuts can shoot peas and block zombies.
Pea-nut knows that some folks have an aversion to him. He tries to be sensitive to their concerns and give them the space they need. Still, he can't help but miss the good old days - back when he was the most popular nut around.
Overview
Pea-nut absorbs 4000 DPS and his appearance changes upon at 1000, 2000 and 3000 DPS before being eaten at 4000 DPS. Pea-nut's fire rate is halved when it reaches its second degrade, as both heads take turns to fire peas, so when the top head is bitten off, he shoots peas twice as slow. Pea-nut attacks every 1.30166-1.333 seconds normally.
Upgrades
Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)
When given Plant Food, Pea-nut will act similarly to both Peashooter and Wall-nut: he will shoot 60 peas rapidly, restore his health, and gain a metal Viking helmet that can absorb up to 4000 DPS or a smash from a Gargantuar.
Reinforce-mint effect
When boosted by Reinforce-mint, Pea-nut can absorb an additional 12000 DPS, his peas will receive an additional 110 DPS, and his Plant Food effect will activate.
Costumed (China only)
Pea-nut gets additional armor, increasing his health.
Level upgrade
Level | Seed Packets | Coins | Upgrades | ||||||
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Sun Cost | Recharge (Mediocre) |
Toughness (High) |
Damage* (Normal) |
Plant Food Power (Damage)* |
Projectile Velocity | Range | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 15 seconds | 4000 dps | 20 dps | 20 dps | Normal | Straight |
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 150 | 14 seconds | 4500 dps | 30 dps | |||
3 | 25 | 2,500 | 150 | 13 seconds | 5000 dps | 40 dps | 25 dps | + 1.6x | |
4 | 50 | 5,000 | 125 | 12 seconds | 6000 dps | 50 dps | |||
5 | 100 | 10,000 | 125 | 10 seconds | 7000 dps | 60 dps | |||
6 | 200 | 20,000 | 125 | 9 seconds | 8000 dps | 70 dps | |||
7 | 400 | 30,000 | 100 | 8 seconds | 9000 dps | 80 dps | 30 dps | + 2.2x | |
8 | 800 | 50,000 | 100 | 7 seconds | 10000 dps | 90 dps | |||
9 | 1,200 | 75,000 | 100 | 6 seconds | 11000 dps | 100 dps | |||
10 | 1,600 | 100,000 | 75 | 5 seconds | 12000 dps | 110 dps |
*Per hit.
Mastery upgrades
- Chance to Boost
- Damage Pierce
Level upgrade (China only)
Strategies
Pea-nut is a special plant that has both offensive and defensive capabilities, costing and doing a similar job as a Peashooter and Wall-nut set. While neither its offensive nor defensive capabilities are stellar for its price tag of 150 sun, Pea-nut is a useful plant if the player wishes to combine offense and defense into a single plant. Pea-nut also benefits from its relatively fast recharge for a defensive plant, allowing the player to set up defensive lines more quickly earlier in the level, as well as repair defense later on. Furthermore, it takes up less space than a Peashooter and a Wall-nut, therefore allowing more space for other defensive plants.
Thanks to his health, Pea-nut is useful against ambushes that can send zombies deep into the player's defenses, as well as Imps deployed by Imp Cannons and Gargantuars. Torchwood can also be used to boost Pea-nut's offensive potential, although this is often counterproductive as Torchwood will have to be placed on the front line to utilize his ability. Using Aloe with this plant can also help, especially since Aloe can heal a Pea-nut with one head back to two heads, meaning he can shoot regularly again.
However, many zombies can overwhelm this plant due to him only shooting a single relatively weak projectile at a time, so relying solely on this plant for offensive pressure is a really bad idea. Additionally, Kiwibeast does a much better job at both defending from and attacking large groups than Pea-nut. Even Endurian does slightly better as he attacks all zombies attacking him.
Pea-nut can be extremely useful when paired with Reinforce-mint, as the Power Mint's ability triggers the Plant Food effects of all of its family's plants, and Pea-Nut is the only plant in his family with a ranged attack. Even at just level 1, one of these salvos will deal a whopping 7800 DPS (enough to kill 2 Gargantuars at once) per Pea-nut planted, which can easily decimate zombie hordes in a matter of seconds if enough Pea-Nuts are present. However, no amount of damage will stop the peas from being blocked by zombies like the Excavator Zombie, and the high zombie density in Arena and Penny’s Pursuit can cause trouble due to the attack’s single-target nature.
Gallery
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Pea-nut.
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In other languages
Language | Name | Description |
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Pea-nut | ||
花生射手 | lit. "Peanut Shooter" | |
Noix à pois | ||
Erbs-Nuss | ||
Seme di noce | ||
Nozervilha | ||
Cacahuete |
Trivia
- In its third and last degrade he appears to drop himelf slightly to his left then right himelf up again.
- Before the 3.2 update, he could absorb 20 bites before dying, degrading at 5, 10 and 15 bites.
- He and Pea Pod are the only peashooting plants that can shoot at shrunken zombies while they are in the water, because of his lower head.
- He is the first peashooting plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that does not resemble anything related to peas, the second being Board Beans in the Chinese version.
- Prior to version 2.8, Wall-nut First Aid would not work on his second degrade.
- In the Chinese version, his green pea projectiles are replaced with peanuts, complete with their own sprites and animation. Peanuts behave identically to normal peas and can be ignited by Torchwood.
- He is featured for free in Dark Ages - Nights 13, 18, and 20.
- His costume is similar to Fisherman Zombie's rubber ring.
- On March 16, 2017, he became one of 5 premium plants to be permanently purchasable with 100 gems, along with Squash, Jalapeno, Hypno-shroom and Shrinking Violet.
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 · Hocus Crocus |
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 |