Pumpkin (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Pumpkin (disambiguation).

Pumpkin is a Vine plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that was added in the 7.7.2 update. He has high health and protects plants within him.

About

For more information about this character, see Pumpkin.

Pumpkin is a seed packet unlockable premium vine, associated with Pumpkin's Safety Season of Arena. Pumpkin is acquired after collecting 100 Pumpkin seed packets.

He costs 150 sun and functions almost identically to the first game, however due to the mechanics change between games, Pumpkin has some slightly different functions. Like other vine plants in this game, Pumpkin's Plant Food effect will trigger regardless of if it's planted on another plant or not, meaning Pumpkin has the potential to duplicate Plant Food. Another byproduct of being a vine plant is that it is now impossible to dig up a plant planted inside Pumpkin without first removing the Pumpkin itself. Aside from those and some minor stat changes however, Pumpkin is pretty much the same. Pumpkin absorbs 4000 damage per shot and his appearance changes at 1000 damage per shot, 2000 damage per shot, and 3000 damage per shot before being destroyed at 4000 damage per shot.

He is unable to be planted on Blastberry Vine, Pyre Vine, Tangle Kelp, Grave Buster, Hot Potato, and other Pumpkins. In both games, Pumpkin can be repaired with Wall-nut First Aid if it's unlocked.

Almanac entry

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

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Pumpkin will gain a protective shell of metal capable of absorbing 8000 DPS or one Gargantuar smash. It will also transfer the plant food effect to any suitable plant that it shelters.

Reinforce-mint effect

When boosted by Reinforce-mint, Pumpkin will be able to take an additional 8000 DPS, and his Plant Food effect will activate.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Sluggish)	Toughness (High)	Plant Food Power (Armor)*
1	0	0	150	12 seconds	4000 dps	8000 dps
2	50			12 seconds	4800 dps
3	100		125	11 seconds	5200 dps
4	200			11 seconds	5600 dps	12000 dps
5	300		100	10 seconds	6000 dps
6	400			9 seconds	6400 dps
7	500		75	9 seconds	6800 dps
8	600			8 seconds	7200 dps	16000 dps
9	800		50	8 seconds	7600 dps
10	1,000			7 seconds	8000 dps

*Column shows armor's hitpoints separately.

Strategies

While Pumpkin's hasn't differed much in usage from the first game, there are still many plants that can benefit from him.

Because Pumpkin doesn't take up any space ahead, plants having a limited range makes a viable choice to pair with him. Three columns of Cold Snapdragon/Snapdragon could be used because Pumpkin is protecting the front column of them and this effectively increases the amount of damage done against the zombies. Another good plant to pair with Pumpkin is Chomper. Since Chomper's range is limited to only 1 tile, it makes it obsolete compared to Toadstool. But this could be rectified by Pumpkin: by placing two columns of Chompers and placing Pumpkin on the Chomper(s) in the front, Chomper will be able to reach a zombie if they make it to Pumpkin.

Pumpkins also make a viable choice in Endless Zone levels. Partnering him with plants at the third column from the left protects them from imps thrown by gargantuars, thus minimizing their threat. Pumpkin also protects plants from zombies spawned during Surprise attacks.

Gallery

Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Pumpkin (PvZ2).

Visit this page to see it.

Trivia

• Prior to the 8.0.1. update, he was the only plant that didn't have any animations.
• When a Surfer Zombie attempts to smash his surfboard on Pumpkin and there is a plant protected by it, both the Pumpkin and surfboard will be killed.
• Its sun cost is now increased by 25 sun.
• When a Gargantuar attempts to smash Pumpkin and there is a plant protected by it, only Pumpkin will be killed. This trait isn't shared with Pyre Vine or Blastberry Vine, though.
• Despite not physically having or actually being one, nor having it in the name, Pumpkin is classified as a vine.
  • Pumpkins in real life do have vines.

See also

• Wall-nut First Aid
• Defensive plants
• Vine plants

References

1. Pumpkin's introductory Reddit post