- Not to be confused with Shadow of the Peashooter, a mission in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.
Shadow Peashooter is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He[1] attacks by shooting peas at zombies (every 1.35 - 1.5 seconds). He can also pull a zombie into the ground when they get close, similar to Grimrose.
When powered by a Moonflower, Conceal-Mint, Gloom Vine, or Noctarine, he shoots piercing bolts (every 2 - 2.5 seconds) that do 70 DPS and slow down zombies similar to Stallia and with zombies closer to the Shadow Peashooter being stalled for longer than ones further from it.
In the international version, he was added to the 6.9.1 update. In the Chinese version, he was added to the 2.3.7 update. To unlock Shadow Peashooter, players need to collect 250 of his seed packets during Shadow Peashooter's Summer Vacation event. These seed packets can be obtained by buying special Piñatas from the Store for 25 gems or from the reward streak in Arena.
Origins

Like most other peashooting plants, he is based on the Pisum sativum, commonly known as the pea.
Shadow Peashooter is a cross between a Peashooter and a will-o'-the-wisp, as seen by his "flaming" top and bluish color scheme when powered by a Moonflower.
Almanac entry
Shadow Peashooter
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Shadow Peashooter
SUN COST: 125
RECHARGE: 5
TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 70
PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage
SPECIAL: Powered Swallows
FAMILY: Conceal-mint
Shadow Peashooters are shadow plants that fire shadowy peas at zombies.
Special: fires piercing, slowing bolts when powered
"Phoot," Shadow Peashooter says, emitting a shadowy, ah, hmmm, I guess you could call it a pea, at a distant zombie. "Uph!" gasps the zombie in the evident surprise. There's a lot going on under the surface between these two.
Chinese version (China only)
暗影豌豆近战可以把僵尸拖入地下
特点:暗影形态,可以攻击一直线的僵尸并且造成中毒效果 暗影豌豆总觉得有光才有影子是一件极度不科学事情。因为他就是影子,不需要光也能存在~ In English: Feature: Shadow form, can attack an entire lane of zombies and cause a poison effect |
Upgrades
Plant Food effect
Shadow Peashooter's Plant Food effect depends on the number of Moonflowers there are in the lawn.
If there are up to two Moonflowers, he will throw a small projectile at the nearest zombie in his lane and explodes on contact, dealing small amounts of damage to the zombies caught in the blast. The projectile gets bigger once there are two Moonflowers in the lawn.
Once there are three or more Moonflowers in the lawn, he will make a giant smiling bomb (known as the Spirit Bomb) at the middle of the screen, which does massive amounts of damage to all zombies onscreen, as well as slowing them down.
Conceal-mint effect
When boosted by Conceal-mint, Shadow Peashooter will have an additional 115 DPS added to his bolts, and his Plant Food attack will have an additional 950 DPS added to him, regardless of how many Moonflowers there are on the lawn. He will also be powered even if he's not near a Moonflower.
Level Upgrades
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Sun Cost | Recharge | Toughness | Damage | Plant Food Power (Damage) |
Powered Swallows* |
Stall Duration |
Stall Duration (Minimum) |
Stall Decay^ | ||||||
Pea | Laser | |||||||||||||
1 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 5 seconds | 300 dps | 30 dps | 70 dps | 500 dps | 2 | 5 seconds | 1 | 2 | ||
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 5 seconds | 350 dps | 35 dps | 75 dps | 550 dps | 5 seconds | ||||||
3 | 25 | 2,500 | 4.5 seconds | 400 dps | 40 dps | 80 dps | 600 dps | 5 seconds | ||||||
4 | 50 | 5,000 | 4.5 seconds | 450 dps | 45 dps | 85 dps | 650 dps | 6 seconds | ||||||
5 | 100 | 10,000 | 4 seconds | 550 dps | 50 dps | 90 dps | 700 dps | 3 | 6 seconds | |||||
6 | 200 | 20,000 | 100 | 4 seconds | 600 dps | 55 dps | 95 dps | 750 dps | 6 seconds | |||||
7 | 400 | 30,000 | 3.5 seconds | 650 dps | 60 dps | 100 dps | 800 dps | 6 seconds | ||||||
8 | 800 | 50,000 | 3.5 seconds | 700 dps | 65 dps | 105 dps | 850 dps | 7 seconds | ||||||
9 | 1,200 | 75,000 | 3 seconds | 800 dps | 70 dps | 110 dps | 900 dps | 4 | 7 seconds | |||||
10 | 1,600 | 100,000 | 3 seconds | 900 dps | 75 dps | 115 dps | 950 dps | 7 seconds |
*The number of zombies a powered Shadow Peashooter can drag.
^Shadow Peashooter has a decay for zombie stalls depending on how far away they are from the house.
Mastery upgrades
- Chance to Boost
- Damage Pierce
Level upgrade (China only)
Strategies
Without Moonflower, this plant shoots shadowy peas that do slightly more damage than a normal pea. However, there are other straight shooters that do a better or just as well as a job, some just being a little bit cheaper in sun. On the other hand, this plant shines a lot when powered by Moonflower. Instead of a shadowy pea that hits the closest zombie in the lane, it fires a laser that damages all zombies in the lane, topped with a stalling effect. The laser can help defeat zombies grouped in lanes much quicker and the stalling effect of course slows zombies down.
This plant also has the ability to hide when a zombie gets close and then drag that zombie underground, acting like a Tangle Kelp, though he will despawn soon after. When powered by Moonflower, he can drag down more zombies. There are benefits to this such as being able to deal with some of the high-health zombies, as well as being a saver when a zombie is going through your defenses. This can also have Shadow Peashooter be used as a substitute for Grimrose. The primary differences are that Grimrose has far superior range, can target foes behind it, and can inflict some damage to ineligible targets, while Shadow Peashooter can actually devour several mechanical zombies from Far Future. It is not advisable to use this plant in levels where you cannot lose plants if you wish to take full advantage of his zombie-dragging ability for obvious reasons. Shadow Peashooter's pulling effect also doesn't work against backward zombies, so it is not advised to counter zombies carried by a Pterodactyl or zombies such as the Prospector Zombies. Another weakness of Shadow Peashooter is Imp Cannon since the imps may cause it to hide unless quickly taken out with its laser.
If you would rather want to use the plant as a shooter, it should be recommended to place this plant at the back behind other plants; even placing him behind one defensive plant would risk him hiding. Also, don't forget that Plant Food cannot be used when hiding. Speaking of Plant Food, it is recommended to use Plant Food for powered Shadow Peashooters to damage more zombies, especially if you are facing large groups of zombies.
Shadow Peashooter makes for an interesting choice when dealing with large groups of Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels. The laser he can shoot can do good enough damage to them but the previously said ability of hiding can hurt him when those zombies are too close. You will also notice that his projectiles cannot be reflected or blocked unless Glitter Zombie is present.
Shadow Peashooters placed in the third column to the right of your house can swoop up any Imps thrown at your defense, which will help protect your sun producing and other plants placed in the leftmost tiles.
In the Endless Zone, Shadow Peashooter is by far one of the most powerful early game plants available to the player. Considering that the sun producer chosen is the Moonflower while costing only 125 sun (or lower when leveled up), planting it at the far left of the lawn grants the lane it is planted on enough firepower to even deal with high health zombies that appear earlier in the stage. With its fast recharge together with the high sun output of Moonflowers, completing a column full of Shadow Peashooters will be easy. Its slowing effect will also give more time to rack up more sun to plant powerful supports such as Dusk Lobber and Strawburst.
Shadow Peashooter's zombie pulling ability will not work while it is on a Lily Pad and is over water. The zombies will just eat the Lily Pad while the Shadow Peashooter hides doing nothing. If you are planning to use Shadow Peashooter in Big Wave Beach levels, it is advised to place them at the back where there is no water instead.
Overall, Shadow Peashooter should generally be used with Moonflower. He can sufficiently deal with numerous zombies, but beware of using him in "Don't lose more than X plants" levels, as he will disappear when he pulls a zombie underground, which counts as losing a plant.
Related achievement
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Gallery
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In other languages
Language | Name | Description |
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Shadow Peashooter | ||
暗影豌豆 | ||
Pisto-pois de l'ombre | ||
Schatten-Erbsenkanone | ||
Sparasemi ombrosa | ||
Disparervilha das Trevas | ||
Lanzaguisantes sombrío |
Trivia
- A Reddit post by PopCap representative Haemophilus_EA reveals a few facts about the Shadow Peashooter:
- He is a "mysterious plant" that lives in dark places, but occasionally goes on summer vacation.
- He is Peashooter's darker cousin.
- His powered Plant Food effect is called the Spirit Bomb.
- His powered Plant Food effect's explosion is the same as Tactical Cuke's but recolored from green to purple.
- It is also similar to that of Doom-shroom's.
- A boosted Shadow Peashooter will always use its powered Plant Food effect, regardless of whether or not it is powered.
- He is the first plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that can be earned by collecting seed packets.
- He is the only shadow plant to be a peashooting plant.
- He, Scaredy-shroom, and Cactus are the only plants that hide when a zombie gets close to them.
- Even before Conceal-mint was released, Shadow Pea's Almanac entry noted that he belongs in the Conceal-mint Family.
- He reuses Stallia's slowing effect when powered.
- He and Moonflower are the only shadow plants that change their ability depending on how many shadow plants surround them.
- He was the only premium plant that has the Player's House/Modern Day grass background in his almanac instead of the blue background with bright squares. This was later fixed.
- His snout is a different shade than the rest of his head.
- His Plant Food power stays still even when the Moonflowers have already been transformed into sheep, salads, or covered by octopi.
- Since the 8.2.1 update, his Spirit Bomb no longer shocks the screen.
- Despite the fact that Shadow Peashooter gains an additional 75 DPS to his peas when boosted by Conceal-mint, he will be powered while boosted by it, which means that he can never shoot the boosted peas.
- He is the only plant to have his attack effects changed through level upgrades.
References
See also
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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 |
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Aloe · Kinnikannon · Wax Guard · Oil Olive · Ruby Red · Dartichoke |
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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 |
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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 |
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