Primal Wall-nut

For the present day variant, see Wall-nut.

For the version in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Primal Wall-Nut.

Primal Wall-nut is the second plant obtained in Jurassic Marsh in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is the primal version of Wall-nut. He costs 25 sun more than the modern Wall-nut, but has the same toughness and recharges much faster. Additionally, he can withstand up to three smashes from Gargantuar, All-Star Zombies and most other instant kill attacks from zombies (such as Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur's laser attacks or Jurassic Rockpuncher's punches) instead of just one, similar to Spikerock. Each instant kill will deal 1500 damage per shot to him instead.

Origins

Like his modern counterpart he's based on Juglans regia known as walnut.

Almanac entry

Primal Wall-nut	SUN COST 75 RECHARGE Fast SUN COST: 75 RECHARGE: Fast TOUGHNESS High PLANT FOOD POWER Armor TOUGHNESS: High PLANT FOOD POWER: Armor FAMILY Reinforce-mint FAMILY: Reinforce-mint Primal Wall-nuts cost a bit more than typical Wall-nuts, but they can be planted much more quickly. "Grunt," explains Primal Wall-nut. "Grunt oog grunt-grunt," he goes on to say. "Ook-urg grunty grunt grunt," he concludes. A nut of many opinions, is Primal Wall-nut.

Primal Wall-nut

		SUN COST 75			RECHARGE Fast

SUN COST: 75
RECHARGE: Fast

		TOUGHNESS High			PLANT FOOD POWER Armor

TOUGHNESS: High
PLANT FOOD POWER: Armor

		FAMILY Reinforce-mint

FAMILY: Reinforce-mint

Primal Wall-nuts cost a bit more than typical Wall-nuts, but they can be planted much more quickly.

"Grunt," explains Primal Wall-nut. "Grunt oog grunt-grunt," he goes on to say. "Ook-urg grunty grunt grunt," he concludes. A nut of many opinions, is Primal Wall-nut.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed with Plant Food, Primal Wall-nut gains a rock armor with a drawing of a Wall-nut on itself, capable of absorbing 8000 additional damage or one additional Gargantuar smash, totaling the amount of maximum damage to 12000 and the amount of Gargantuar smashes to 4.

Reinforce-mint effect

When boosted by Reinforce-mint, Primal Wall-nut can absorb an additional 11000 DPS, and its plant food effect will activate.

Level upgrades

Level upgrades  (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Young Nut	When Primal Wall-nut is eaten, leave a small version of it on the tile which have some health.
	Combat Training	Primal Wall-nut gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Powerful Small Nut	The small Primal Wall-nut has more health.
	Cell Activation	Primal Wall-nut gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken	Primal Wall-nut may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power	Primal Wall-nut gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Crazy Growing	When not at full health, grow a fruit once in a while and consume the fruit to heal health. Then, spit out the seed to deal damage to a zombie.
	Fighting Power	Primal Wall-nut gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Costumed  (China only)

Primal Wall-nut now gains a golden armor that absorbs more damage.

Strategies

In most situations, Primal Wall-nut can be considered a straight upgrade to Wall-nut. While it costs 25 sun more than the latter plant, the increased sun cost is usually worth the greatly shortened recharge rate, which will allow the player to secure lanes much more easily early on, as well as repair defenses as the level progresses. Primal Wall-nut is particularly useful in halting the advance of Gargantuar in normal levels, due to its resistance to their smash attacks, even though it might be worth placing two or three Primal Wall-nuts in a row due to the Gargantuar's high health. Primal Wall-nut can also indefinitely stall a single Gargantuar, due to its recharge speed being faster than how fast a Gargantuar could destroy it.

Primal Wall-nut functions well in choke points naturally occurring in Frostbite Caves, or generated by Sweet Potato and/or Garlic, as its relatively fast recharge rate allows it to be replaced more easily to handle pressure from multiple lanes. In Neon Mixtape Tour, Primal Wall-nut is a good choice for stalling MC Zom-B as they require 3 swings to get rid of it. The recharge rate also makes Primal Wall-nut a decent choice for blocking Hair Metal Gargantuars' shockwaves, although it should be kept in mind that Primal Wall-nut is not completely invulnerable to the sound blast, and will eventually be overwhelmed at higher levels in Greatest Hits. Primal Wall-nut is especially useful in its homeworld for stalling zombies and preventing them from being flung by a stegosaurus. Consider using this against the Jurassic Rockpuncher as not only does it take more than one smash, it will also not leave any crater behind when it gets killed from smashes. In Modern Day, Primal Wall-nut is useful against All-Star Zombies as they cannot fully destroy this plant in one hit.

However, be aware that in Last Stand levels without Gargantuars, it is generally more worthwhile to bring a regular Wall-nut in order to save sun.

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Trivia

• He is the only defensive plant that can survive more than one hit from a Gargantuar or a tackle from All-Star Zombie without Plant Food because of his damage limit ability, although it has the same health as a Wall-nut, which does not have that ability.
  • He can also survive missiles and lasers shot by Zombot Dinotronic Mechasaur.
  • However, in the Chinese version, Primal Wall-nut cannot survive a hit from a Gargantuar.
• In the Chinese version, Primal Wall-nut is smaller in seed packet just like Red Stinger, Stallia, Phat Beet, Garlic, Grapeshot, and Shrinking Violet, Kiwibeast, etc.
• His description references the way that cavemen supposedly spoke when they were alive.
• After an update, Primal Wall-nut's upgrade is stuck on Level 9.
• His overalls costume is a reference to the Minions, characters from the popular animated movie Despicable Me and its spin off Minions.

See also

• Wall-nut
• Defensive plants