Plantern (PvZ)

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For other uses, see Plantern (disambiguation).

Plantern
Plants vs. Zombies
Planterns light up an area, letting you see through fog.
Sun cost	25
Recharge	Slow
Toughness	Normal
Range	One lane
Special	Lets you see through fog
Unlocked	After beating Level 4-1
Plantern defies science. He just does. Other plants eat light and excrete oxygen; Plantern eats darkness and excretes light. Plantern's cagey about how he does it. "I'm not gonna say 'sorcery,' I wouldn't use the term 'dark forces,' I just... I think I've said enough."
Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version)
路灯花(translation: Plantern (PvZ))
Illuminates an area of the floor grid, Bandit Zombie can also be seen in invisible state.
Sun cost	25
Recharge	Fast
Toughness	Typical
In-game recharge	Sluggish
Rarity	Common
Unlocked	After beating Dark Ages - Night 2
路灯花蔑视科学，他就这样。其他植物吸收光可以排出毒气，路灯花都吸收黑暗发出光。路灯花曾就此坦言：“我不说什么‘巫术魔法’之类的东西，我只使用‘黑暗原力’这个词，我只是……我认为我已经说的够多的了。”

Plantern is a plant obtained in the Fog area that will illuminate and disperse a large area of fog (5x7), allowing the player to see approaching zombies and their own defense within the cleared radius, like Torchwood. This makes him an environment modifier. They can be planted anywhere, but are only used for their real purpose in the Fog and Vasebreaker levels. Technically, like the Grave Buster, the Plantern is not actually a Night plant. Because he is not a mushroom, he does not need to be planted in the Mushroom Garden to grow.

Origins

His name is a portmanteau of "plant," referring to his leaves and roots and the fact that he is a plant, and "lantern," referencing his light-producing ability and the fact that he is also a lantern. However, he resembles a streetlamp more than an actual lantern.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Plantern's sound

Almanac entry

In Plants vs. Zombies

Almanac entry of Plantern

Plantern

Planterns light up an area, letting you see through fog.

Range: one lane
Special: lets you see through fog

Plantern defies science. He just does. Other plants eat light and excrete oxygen; Plantern eats darkness and excretes light. Plantern's cagey about how he does it. "I'm not gonna say 'sorcery,' I wouldn't use the term 'dark forces,' I just... I think I've said enough."

Cost: 25

Recharge: slow

In Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version)

路灯花 Plantern		TOUGHNESS Typical RECHARGE Fast
		路灯花可以驱散迷雾并且看到隐形状态的盗贼僵尸。 路灯花蔑视科学，他就这样。其他植物吸收光能排出氧气，路灯花却吸收黑暗发出灯光。路灯花曾就此坦言：“我不说什么‘巫术魔法’之类的东西，我只使用'黑暗原力'这个词，我只是……我认为我已经说得够多的了。”

路灯花 (Plantern)
Sun cost: 25

TOUGHNESS: Typical
RECHARGE: Fast

路灯花可以驱散迷雾并且看到隐形状态的盗贼僵尸。

路灯花蔑视科学，他就这样。其他植物吸收光能排出氧气，路灯花却吸收黑暗发出灯光。路灯花曾就此坦言：“我不说什么‘巫术魔法’之类的东西，我只使用'黑暗原力'这个词，我只是……我认为我已经说得够多的了。”

In English: Plantern illuminates an area of the floor grid, Bandit Zombie can also be seen in an invisible state. Plantern defies science. He just does. Other plants eat light and excrete oxygen; Plantern eats darkness and excretes light. Plantern's cagey about how he does it. "I'm not gonna say 'sorcery,' I wouldn't use the term 'dark forces,' I just... I think I've said enough."

Usage

Plants vs. Zombies

The only purpose of Plantern is to illuminate areas of Fog in the fog levels and It's Raining Seeds. Plant him within the foggy area on the right side of the screen to reveal the enemy. If Planterns are planted one square into the foggy area in the rows on either side of the Pool, all of the fog will disappear aside from some scraps of it in the corners of the screen.

In Vasebreaker, he is used to reveal what the vases contain within a 3x3 range.

He is a more easy-to-use and a more sun-saving alternative than the Blover. The latter however can be used in a harder but more practical way.

Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese) (China only)

Plantern's purpose remains mostly the same, except he can now reveal any invisible Bandit Zombies in an area. The area Plantern lights up is as follows:

    L
  L L L
L L P L L
  L L L
    L

L: Lighted area
P: Plantern

The foggy area he illuminates is roughly the same.

Upgrades (China only)

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Plantern shines in a 5x5 area for a while.

Costumed

Plantern stuns all zombies in the area for a while.

Strategies

Plants vs. Zombies

Standard Levels

It is a good idea to put Planterns behind defensive plants such as Wall-nuts or Garlic, or inside a Pumpkin, to prevent them from being eaten if you can. The player should plant only two Planterns in a level, place him near the pool on the fourth row to the right side of the lawn.

Vasebreaker

The Plantern will reveal the contents of any surrounding vases - up to eight at most. In an emergency, a Plantern may be used as a poor man's blockade to briefly delay zombies while attempting to kill them with other plants. Ideally, he should be placed in the middle of as many vases as possible. Try to break a vase in the middle of a 3x3 square and then plant a Plantern there.

It's Raining Seeds mini-game

In the mini-game, It's Raining Seeds, there is fog, so use Planterns the same way that you do in the Adventure Mode levels. However, it depends on luck whether the player will receive the seed packet or not.

Survival: Fog and Survival: Fog (Hard)

In Survival: Fog and Survival: Fog (Hard), use Planterns in the usual way. It is recommended that they are planted during the first two flags (before you get to choose new seed packets). Alternatively, for the Survival Mode levels, you can use Blovers instead, which also gets rid of Balloon Zombies and makes room for more plants, although there is the loss of sun every time you use Blover. Torchwood is also a viable replacement for Planterns, as he doubles the firepower of all peashooting plants in addition to clearing fog, but it clears a much smaller area of fog than a Plantern. It is suggested to use a Pumpkin around your Plantern to prevent zombies from eating him easily. Also, Garlic can be placed in front of the Plantern to divert zombies from eating your Plantern easily, while reinforced with Spikerock in front of the Garlic for increased damage.

Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) (China only)

Only select Planterns when you see fog or the Bandit Zombie in the seed selection in Dark Ages. However, the Plantern will illuminate more squares unlike in the prequel. Try to keep a defensive plant adjacent to him or you will risk 25 Sun wasted. It is best to use Plant Food on your defensive plants so that you will protect your Planterns from being eaten.

Try to be careful of Wizard Zombies as if they turn Plantern into a sheep, the fog will come again and Bandit Zombies will go back to being invisible. The same thing also applies to Archmage Zombie, except that he is more dangerous since plants will be vulnerable when sleeping and that you need Plant Food or Coffee Bean to wake them up. Sunflower Singer can help his recharge get faster.

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Trivia

General

• He and Groundcherry are the only plants based on lanterns.
• His leaves and roots are the only parts of him that are found in most plants.
• Even though he is based on a lantern, it is never revealed what kind of plant he is supposed to be.

Specific to Plants vs Zombies

• He, Torchwood, and Sea-shroom are the only plants with visible roots.
• His range, rather than being one lane as the Almanac states, is actually a three square radius around him. Due to this, planting him on the far left of the player's defenses will reveal nothing.
• He is the only Fog plant that does not appear in Level 4-10 or Dark Stormy Night.
  • Lily Pad takes his place instead.
• Plantern is one of the two non-mushroom plants that have a night background in the Suburban Almanac, with the other one being the Grave Buster.
• If he is planted in Survival: Fog or Survival: Fog (Hard), every time after reselecting plants, fog will appear around the area it covers for about a second, then recede.
• He makes an illuminating sound when he is planted.
• In the iPhone version of Zen Garden, the Plantern casts a light.
• He is one of the plants that is not available in Versus Mode. The others are Lily Pad, Tangle Kelp, Sea-shroom, Blover, Flower Pot, and Marigold.
• On the iPad version of Plants vs. Zombies, he only has one leaf in each corner of the lantern, instead of three. However, the seed packet still shows three leaves.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) (China only)

• His idle animation in-game changes once the costume is on. However, in the Almanac and seed selection screen, the idle animation is the same.
• His code name is "streetlamp." It is referring to Plantern's Chinese name, Street Lamp.
• He illuminates in a different pattern and has a different lighting animation than the first game.

• He, Coffee Bean, Gatling Pea, Cattail, and Cob Cannon are only plants from first game that appear in Chinese version but not in international version.

• He, Oak Archer and Coffee Bean are the only Chinese-exclusive plants in Dark Ages.

See also

• Blover
• Torchwood
• Fog (area)
• Bandit Zombie
• Dark Ages

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