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For the version in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Pea-Nut (PvZH).

Pea-nut is an offensive and defensive gemium 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 while absorbing damage like a defensive plant. However, if Pea-nut suffers from too much damage and has reached his second degrade, his fire rate is halved (except in the Chinese version).

Origins[]

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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.

His description is a reference to the fact that some people are allergic to peanuts.


Almanac entry[]

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Pea-nut

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.

Chinese version  (China only)[]

    花生射手可以阻挡僵尸的前进并可以喷射花生米。

    植物特征:褐色植物、攻守兼备

    花生射手知道有些人对他挺"过敏"。他试着了解他们的顾虑,并且给予对方足够的空间。即便如此,他仍然会情不自禁地怀念以前的时光-回到那个人人爱花生的时代。
    In English:
    Pea-nut can block zombies and shoot peanuts.

    Plant feature: brown plant, offensive and defensive

    Pea-nut knows that some folks are "allergic" to him. He tries to learn about their concerns and give them the space they need. Still, he can't help but miss the good old days - back when everyone loved peanuts.

Overview[]

Pea-nut absorbs 4000 damage and his appearance changes upon at 1000, 2000 and 3000 damage before being eaten at 4000 damage. Pea-nut's fire rate is halved when it reaches its second degrade. Pea-nut attacks every 1.30166-1.333 seconds normally.

Upgrades[]

Plant Food effect[]

Pea-nutPF

Plant Food ability (animated)

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Plant Food ability  (China only) (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 damage or a smash from a Gargantuar.

Reinforce-mint effect[]

When boosted by Reinforce-mint, Pea-nut can absorb an additional 12000 damage, his peas will do an additional 110 damage, and his Plant Food effect will activate.

Costumed (China only)[]

Pea-nut gets additional body armor that increases his health.

Level upgrades[]

Level Seed Packets Coins Upgrades
Sun Cost Recharge
(Mediocre)
Toughness
(High)
Damage*
(Normal)
Plant Food Power
(Damage)*
Projectile Velocity Range
1 0 0 150 15 seconds 4000 damage 20 damage 20 damage Normal Straight
2 10 1,000 150 14 seconds 4500 damage 30 damage
3 25 2,500 150 13 seconds 5000 damage 40 damage 25 damage + 1.6x
4 50 5,000 125 12 seconds 6000 damage 50 damage
5 100 10,000 125 10 seconds 7000 damage 60 damage
6 200 20,000 125 9 seconds 8000 damage 70 damage
7 400 30,000 100 8 seconds 9000 damage 80 damage 30 damage + 2.2x
8 800 50,000 100 7 seconds 10000 damage 90 damage
9 1,200 75,000 100 6 seconds 11000 damage 100 damage
10 1,600 100,000 75 5 seconds 12000 damage 110 damage

*Per hit.

Mastery upgrades[]

  • Chance to Boost
  • Damage Pierce

Level upgrade (China only)[]

Level Upgrades Description
LevelIcon2New Pea-nut Upgrade 1
Salvo
齐射
25% chance to fire two projectiles at once.
花生上下两个脑袋可以一起攻击,有25%几率同时射出两个花生。
CombatTrainingIcon
Combat Training
战斗训练
Pea-nut gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
LevelIcon3New Pea-nut Upgrade 2
Vertidexterity
上下开弓
50% chance to fire two projectiles at once..
花生的默契程度更上一层楼,有50%的几率同时射出两个花生。
CellActivationIcon
Cell Activation
细胞活化
Pea-nut gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
LevelIcon4New AbilityAwakendIcon
Ability Awaken
能力觉醒
Pea-nut may be boosted when planted.
FightingPowerIcon
Fighting Power
战斗能力
Pea-nut gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).


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, and Torchwood itself isn't the most durable plant without using Pumpkin. Using Aloe with this plant can also help, since Aloe gets to exploit his healing and uphold your defense for much longer.

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 does direct damage to all zombies attacking him. More often than not, you would prefer using dedicated walls to stop threats and other strong offensive plants to eliminate them.

Pea-nut can be surprisingly useful when paired with Reinforce-mint, as Reinforce-mint activates Plant Food abilities for all plants in his family and Pea-Nut is the only one of them with a proper ranged attack. Even at just level 1, one of these salvos will deal a whopping 7800 damage (enough to kill 2 Gargantuars at once) per Pea-nut which can easily decimate zombie hordes in a matter of seconds if enough Pea-Nuts are present. There's also the synergy with Torchwood to boost damage and Blover to remove as many small targets as possible, allowing them to focus on Zomboss or other threats in Penny's Pursuit or Arena. Just beware this strategy might not be as viable depending on circumstances.

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Pea-nut
China Simplified Chinese 花生射手 lit. "Peanut Shooter"
France French Noix à pois
Germany German Erbs-Nuss
Italy Italian Seme di noce
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Nozervilha From noz and ervilha
Russia Russian Горох-орех
Spain Spanish Cacahuete


Trivia[]

  • In its third and last degrade he appears to drop himself slightly to his left then right himself up again.
  • Before the 3.2 update, he could only 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 he can fire projectiles in their relative elevation.
  • 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 pea projectiles are replaced with peanuts, complete with their own sprites and animations. Peanuts behave identically to normal peas and can be ignited by Torchwood. This change was made as the pun in his name doesn't translate well beyond English.
  • 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[]

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