- For the plant and ability in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, see Spikeweed (Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare).
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Spikeweed is an Area of Effect plant that attacks, dealing normal damage to all zombies that walk on it. It does five peas' worth of damage in the time it takes any normal speed zombie to pass over it (faster zombies, such as the Football Zombie, can take as little as two peas worth of damage). It will also pop the tires of the first vehicle zombie that drives over it. Since the Spikeweed attacks from below, it can bypass shields.
History
Plants vs. Zombies
The Spikeweed is unlocked after the player beats Level 3-6. After that, the player can use Spikeweeds against the Zombonis in the next few levels. They can only be planted on the ground (not on Lily Pads or Flower Pots, which makes them useless for Roof levels. A Spikeweed can be upgraded to Spikerock after purchasing the Spikerock seed packet.
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
The Spikeweed is unlocked after beating Pirate Seas - Day 6. It works almost the same as what it does in the first game, but does less damage at a faster rate, still doing the same amount of damage overall. There are some new zombies that can be popped by Spikeweed such as Barrel Roller Zombie and the Pianist Zombie. Unlike the first game, it cannot be upgraded to the Spikerock.
Suburban Almanac Entry
Plants vs. Zombies
Spikeweed
Spikeweeds pop tires and hurt any zombies that step on them.
Damage: normal
Range: all zombies that walk over it
Special: can't be eaten by zombies
Hockey is Spikeweed's obsession. He's got box seat season tickets. He keeps close track of his favorite players. And he consistently cleans up in the office hockey pool. Just one problem: he's terrified of pucks.
Cost: 100
Recharge: fast
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
DAMAGE: Normal
AREA: Tile
RECHARGE: Fast
Spikeweeds destroy rolling objects and hurt any zombies that step on them.
Special: can't be eaten by zombies
Weakness: crushed by rolling zombies
Although Spikeweed grew up on the seedy side of town, his acupuncture business has been blooming.
Upgrades
Plant Food
Spikeweed fills the row with other spikes poking up from the ground and pulls zombies to the Spikeweed for 4.5 seconds. The secondary spikes can destroy rolling items and attack zombies being drawn towards the Spikeweed. If this occurs when the Spikeweed is in a minecart, the Spikeweed may not be moved.
Level upgrade (Chinese version only)
Level 2
Devour
When a Spikeweed kills 15 zombies, it will become twice as powerful until it is removed.
Combat Training
Spikeweed has 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
Level 3
Fast Growth
When a Spikeweed kills 5 zombies, it will become twice as powerful until it is removed.
Cell Activation
Spikeweed has another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
Costumed (Chinese version only)
Plant Food ability can hit zombies on a jumping animation and does a small stun.
Strategies
Plants vs. Zombies
Standard Levels
Plant Spikeweeds in front of Wall-nuts, Tall-nuts, or Pumpkins. Most zombies cannot harm it, and will be continuously damaged as they try to eat the defensive wall. Spikeweed is especially important for levels with Zombonis (especially in Bobsled Bonanza), and placing the Spikeweed on the first row will prevent the Zomboni from laying any ice at all (preventing the appearance of the Zombie Bobsled Team). Note that Gargantuars, Giga-gargantuars, and Jack-in-the-Box Zombies can destroy Spikeweeds in the same way as they can any other plant.
Hokey Pokey
Try to lay down either a row of three Spikeweeds or one Spikeweed in front of a Wall-nut to kill the zombies. Timing can be everything, so if you see a Wall-nut, go ahead and break a few vases on the right hand side to see if a Wall-nut will be needed there. If no zombies appear closer than the fourth row from the left, put the Wall-nut on a different row, and lay down Spikeweed instead. Buckethead Zombies are the exception to this, as you cannot kill them with just Spikeweed - make sure to have a Wall-nut in place or use a Squash to kill them.
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
The Plant Food upgrade for Spikeweed (similar to Spikerock) can draw zombies towards it. As such, planting a Spikeweed at the rightmost side of the level and feeding it plant food will cause the zombie to return to the start and allow for your main offensive plants to do twice the amount of damage, assuming the zombie is tough enough. It can also be used in an emergency if any zombies get too close to your lawn mowers.
The plant food-fed Spikeweed does not do a lot of damage (enough to kill a little more than a normal zombie), so do not waste your Plant Food on it unless you are using it for the "drawing-in" purposes as mentioned above.
Gallery
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Spikeweed (PvZ).
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Trivia
Specific to Plants vs. Zombies
- Somehow, Spikeweeds and Spikerocks damage helmets from headwear zombies, despite them hitting their feet.
- The Spikeweed and its upgrade are the only plants that instantly kill some zombies but only damage others.
- In the reanim folder, the Spikeweed's name is Caltrop. This may be because the Spikeweed functions like caltrops; it hurts anyone that steps on it and pops tires.
- Even though Spikeweeds cannot be planted in Flower Pots during Roof levels, Spikeweeds are always in Flower Pots in the Zen Garden. This is probably because a Spikeweed would be useless in a Flower Pot, as zombies would not walk over it, but they do not need to attack any zombies in the Zen Garden. The Spikeweed is actually too wide for its Flower Pot, and sticks out over the sides, like an armed Potato Mine.
- Spikeweeds and Spikerocks have a faster attack rate than other plants.
- When a Spikeweed is planted in one of the two bottom right squares on Pool and Fog Levels, it will be higher up than other Spikeweeds.
- The Jack-in-the-Box Zombie, the Zomboni, the Catapult Zombie, the Bungee Zombie, the Gargantuar, the Giga-gargantuar, and the Jalapeno Zombie are the only zombies that can destroy Spikeweeds and Spikerocks.
- Alone, it takes two Spikeweeds to destroy a regular Zombie.
- When a Zomboni hits a Spikeweed and then a Squash tries to squash it, the Zomboni will not explode when the Squash squashes it. That is because the Zomboni is already killed after hitting the Spikeweed, so the Squash will not affect it.
- It is unknown how the Spikeweed can make the Zomboni's ice machine or the Catapult Zombie's catapult machine explode by just popping the tires, although the Spikeweed may degrade their health to zero. If they do not explode, it would not make sense, since the zombies cannot escape and leave the vehicle on the lawn, the spikes of the Spikeweed and Spikerock may have damaged parts other than the tires, causing the vehicle to explode.
- Spikeweed is one of the twelve plants that appear in the seed selection screen after the player gets the Grave Buster on the online version, the others are: Ice-shroom, Lily Pad, Potato Mine, Threepeater, Tangle Kelp, Jalapeno, Doom-shroom, Torchwood, Tall-nut, Cactus, and Blover.
- The Spikeweed's flavor text about hockey seems to be in line with its role of destroying Zombonis (a vehicle with a close link to hockey itself) and its main role in the Vasebreaker level Hokey Pokey.
- If the player looks closely, the Spikeweed's eye pupils are red.
- The Spikeweed and the Spikerock are the only multi-use plants that cannot be eaten.
- The Spikeweed, Spikerock, Fume-shroom, and Gloom-shroom are the only plants that attack every zombie within their attack range with the same damage to each.
- It is unknown why in I, Zombie, Crazy Dave made a cardboard Spikeweed when it cannot be eaten by zombies, although this may be because it can be destroyed or stolen.
- The color of Spikeweed's plant part looks like mud.
- The Spikeweed, Spikerock, Lily Pad, Cattail, Tangle Kelp, and Sea-shroom are the only plants that cannot be planted on a Flower Pot.
- The Spikeweed, Spikerock, Flower Pot, Tangle Kelp, Sea-shroom, and Potato Mine are the only plants that cannot be planted on a Lily Pad.
- In Vasebreaker, Spikeweed only appears in Hokey Pokey.
Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
- If the player unlocked the Spikeweed's costume and uses its Plant Food ability, its costume will disappear for the duration of the Plant Food effect.
- Unlike the first game, Spikeweed's color is changed to green instead of brown.
- If the player uses Plant Food on a Spikeweed, all the Barrel Roller Zombies or Pianist Zombies on the lane will not be instantly destroyed, but instead, the plant damages them. This trait is shared with the Spikerock.
- It is one of the few plants in that has a job outside the game, as stated in the Almanac.
- The Spikeweed's costume resembles Groucho Marx.
- Spikeweed's sound when damaging zombies has changed to a sound like air being leaked out of a bag.
- If a Spikeweed is planted under a barrel without a Barrel Roller Zombie pushing it, it does not destroy the barrel, and will simply keep attacking the barrel until it's destroyed.
- The Spikeweed cannot pop Shield Zombie's treads.
- Spikeweed's Plant Food ability also affects the Zombot Plank Walker, and causes him to pause untill it is over, which will cause him to jump back to where he was.
- Spikeweed's costume in the Chinese version affects the Plant Food effect, the duration of the Spikeweed pulling the zombies is longer and when a zombie hits the Spikeweed it will spin and become dizzy and walk backwards, like a Hypno-shroom, it hypnotizes the zombies.
See also
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Plants vs. Zombies | |
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Day | Peashooter ยท Sunflower ยท Cherry Bomb ยท Wall-nut ยท Potato Mine ยท Snow Pea ยท Chomper ยท Repeater |
Night | Puff-shroom ยท Sun-shroom ยท Fume-shroom ยท Grave Buster ยท Hypno-shroom ยท Scaredy-shroom ยท Ice-shroom ยท Doom-shroom |
Pool | Lily Pad ยท Squash ยท Threepeater ยท Tangle Kelp ยท Jalapeno ยท Spikeweed ยท Torchwood ยท Tall-nut |
Fog | Sea-shroom ยท Plantern ยท Cactus ยท Blover ยท Split Pea ยท Starfruit ยท Pumpkin ยท Magnet-shroom |
Roof | Cabbage-pult ยท Flower Pot ยท Kernel-pult ยท Coffee Bean ยท Garlic ยท Umbrella Leaf ยท Marigold ยท Melon-pult |
Upgrades | Gatling Pea ยท Twin Sunflower ยท Gloom-shroom ยท Cattail ยท Winter Melon ยท Gold Magnet ยท Spikerock ยท Cob Cannon |
Others | Imitater ยท Explode-o-nut ยท Giant Wall-nut ยท Reverse Repeater ยท Giant Sunflower ยท Giant Marigold ยท Sprout ยท Tree of Wisdom |
Plants vs. Zombies: Social Edition | |
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Normal | Peashooter ยท Sunflower ยท Cherry Bomb ยท Wall-nut ยท Potato Mine ยท Chomper ยท Repeater ยท Puff-shroom ยท Scaredy-shroom ยท Snow Pea ยท Sun-shroom ยท Fume-shroom ยท Grave Buster ยท Lily Pad ยท Squash ยท Spikeweed ยท Tangle Kelp ยท Torchwood ยท Sea-shroom ยท Jalapeno ยท Coffee Bean ยท Tall-nut ยท Pumpkin ยท Magnet-shroom ยท Blover ยท Melon-pult ยท Cactus |
Premium | Pickled Pepper ยท Icy Fume-shroom ยท Fire-shroom ยท Flamewood ยท Vine-nut ยท Gatling Pea ยท Twin Sunflower ยท Gloom-shroom ยท Winter Melon ยท Super Chomper ยท Future Star ยท Calm Chuck |
Plants vs. Zombies Adventures | |
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>Normal | Peashooter ยท Sunflower ยท Aspearagus ยท Wall-nut ยท Cherry Bomb ยท Popcorn ยท Beet ยท Snow Pea ยท Jalapeรฑo ยท Magnet Plant ยท Flaming Pea ยท Shamrock ยท Bamboo Shoot ยท Repeater ยท Chilly Pepper ยท Twin Sunflower |
VIPs | Sweet Pea ยท Beeshooter ยท Hard-nut ยท Acespearagus ยท Power Flower ยท Beetboxer ยท Ice Queen Pea ยท Shamrockstar ยท Bamboom |
Others | Trees |
Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) | |
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Ancient Egypt | Peashooter ยท Sunflower ยท Wall-nut ยท Cabbage-pult ยท Bloomerang ยท Iceberg Lettuce ยท Grave Buster ยท Bonk Choy ยท Repeater ยท Twin Sunflower ยท Snow Pea ยท Cherry Bomb ยท Torchwood |
Pirate Seas | Kernel-pult ยท Snapdragon ยท Power Lily ยท Spikeweed ยท Spring Bean ยท Coconut Cannon ยท Spikerock ยท Lightning Reed ยท Tall-nut |
Wild West | Threepeater ยท Squash ยท Split Pea ยท Chili Bean ยท Jalapeno ยท Pea Pod ยท Melon-pult ยท Winter Melon ยท Imitater |
Kongfu World | Resistant Radish ยท Fire Gourd ยท Heavenly Peach ยท Bamboo Shoot |
Far Future | Laser Bean ยท Blover ยท Citron ยท E.M.Peach ยท Infi-nut ยท Magnifying Grass ยท Tile Turnip ยท Starfruit |
Dark Ages | Hypno-shroom ยท Sun-shroom ยท Puff-shroom ยท Fume-shroom ยท Sun Bean ยท Pea-nut ยท Magnet-shroom ยท Oak Archer ยท Coffee Bean ยท Plantern |
Big Wave Beach | Acid Lemon ยท Lotus Pod ยท Lily Pad ยท Bowling Bulb ยท Banana Launcher ยท Guacodile ยท Tangle Kelp ยท Homing Thistle |
Frostbite Caves | Hurrikale ยท Fire Peashooter ยท Hot Potato ยท Pepper-pult ยท Chard Guard ยท Stunion ยท Rafflesia ยท Whirlwind Acorn |
Sky City | Rotobaga ยท Loquat ยท Asparagus ยท Saucer ยท Horsebean ยท Groundcherry ยท Anthurium ยท Pineapple |
Lost City | Lava Guava ยท Red Stinger ยท A.K.E.E. ยท Stallia ยท Gold Leaf ยท Toadstool ยท Jackfruit |
Neon Mixtape Tour | Morning Glory ยท Phat Beet ยท Thyme Warp ยท Celery Stalker ยท Spore-shroom ยท Garlic ยท Intensive Carrot ยท Cactus |
Jurassic Marsh | Primal Peashooter ยท Primal Wall-nut ยท Perfume-shroom ยท Primal Sunflower ยท Primal Potato Mine ยท Primal Rafflesia ยท Dino-Roar Grass ยท Timid Thorns ยท Sugarcane Master |
Modern Day | Shadow-shroom ยท Caulipower ยท Moonflower ยท Grimrose ยท Nightshade ยท Dusk Lobber ยท Blooming Heart |
Steam Age | Gold Bloom ยท Flat-shroom ยท Maypop Mechanic ยท Lotus Shooter ยท Wind-Blowing Vanilla ยท Lily of Pharmacy ยท Mulberry Blaster |
Renaissance Age |
Aloe ยท Bearberry Mortar ยท Wax Gourd Guard ยท Oily Olive ยท Jeweler Pomegranate ยท Dartichoke |
Heian Age | Dripping Diphylleia ยท Stephania ยท Tupistraโ Stalker ยท Dendrobium Windbreak ยท Chef Cypripediumโโ ยท Boophone Geigiโ |
Fairytale Forest | Ents ยท Heath Seeker ยท Hat Mushroom ยท Hocus Crocus ยท Princess Spring Grass ยท Bamboo Trooper |
Monthly special | Pyro-shroom ยท Carrotillery ยท Cryo-shroom ยท Dandelion ยท Strong Broccoli ยท Machine Gun Pomegranate ยท Chomper ยท Sweet Potato ยท Landlord Bamboo ยท Sap-fling ยท Ghost Pepper ยท Chestnut Squad ยท Bamboo Bro ยท Rose Swordfighter ยท Magic-shroom ยท Electric Blueberry ยท Mischief Radish ยท Endurian ยท Pumpkin Witch ยท Sunflower Singer ยท Snow Cotton ยท Agave ยท Kiwifruit ยท Pretty Plum ยท Dragonfruit ยท Angel Starfruit ยท Gatling Pea ยท Banksia Boxer ยท Flame Flower Queen ยท Cattail ยท Grapeshot ยท Cold Snapdragon ยท Shrinking Violet ยท Cob Cannon ยท Apple Mortar ยท Witch Hazel ยท Escape Root ยท Electric Currant ยท White Melon Sumo Wrestler ยท Wasabi Whip ยท Explode-O-Nut ยท Parsnip ยท Missile Toe ยท Kiwibeast ยท Electric Peashooter ยท Hot Date ยท Icy Currant ยท Tulip Trumpeter ยท Eggplant Ninja ยท Banana Dancer ยท Dual Pistol Pinecone ยท Narcissus Shooter ยท Alarm Explosive Arrowhead ยท Holly Barrier ยท Shadow Peashooter ยท Snap Pea ยท Crystal Orchid ยท Sling Pea ยท Thunder Snapdragon ยท Electrici-tea ยท Imp Pear ยท Strawburst ยท Egret Flower Plane ยท Goo Peashooter ยท Elaeocarpus-pult ยท Water Chestnut Brothers ยท Pokra ยท Dollarweed Drummer ยท Ultomato ยท Shadow Vanilla ยท Splendens Blade ยท Stickybomb Rice ยท Gumnut ยท Olive Pit ยท Earthstar Nuclear Silo ยท Headbutter Lettuce ยท Dazey Chain ยท Boom Balloon Flower ยท Celebration Soda Palm ยท Claw Gloriosa ยท Impatiens Shooter ยท Turkey-pult ยท Hammer Flower ยท Fishhook Grass ยท Mangosteen ยท Inferno ยท Tigerstool ยท Gardener Grass ยท Draftodil ยท Buttercup ยท Byttneria Meteor Hammer ยท Laser Crown Flower ยท Zoybean Pod ยท Orchid Mage ยท Jack O' Lantern ยท Twin Year of the Rabbits ยท Pea Pharmacist ยท Pike Hoya ยท Vamporcini ยท Burdock Batter ยท Pumpkin ยท Capaci-cone ยท Cranesbill Fencer ยท Meteor Flower ยท Gorgon Pitcher ยท Power Vine ยท Parkour Mandrake ยท Abyss Anemone ยท Abyss Devil's Claw ยท Hoya Heart ยท Pea Vine ยท MayBee ยท Oilseed-pult ยท Leaf-Blade Dracaena ยท Bamboo Spartan ยท Shine Vine ยท Sunshine Leek ยท Nightcap ยท Pyre Vine ยท Gluttonous Snapdragon ยท Bun Chi ยท Heliconia Gunner |
Others | Potato Mine ยท Flower Pot ยท 8-Bit Peashooter ยท Tactical Cuke |
Hero Plants | P-Mech Assembler - Flamestar |
Removed | Rotten Red |
Plants vs. Zombies Online | |
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Player's House | Sunflower ยท Peashooter ยท Wall-nut ยท Potato Mine |
Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum | Bruce Bamboo ยท Carrot Rocket ยท Pomegranate ยท Dandelion ยท Venus Flytrap ยท Wax Gourd ยท Sod |
Ancient Egypt | Bloomerang ยท Bonk Choy ยท Grave Buster ยท Iceberg Lettuce ยท Cabbage-pult |
Pirate Seas | Snapdragon ยท Spikeweed ยท Spring Bean ยท Kernel-pult ยท Coconut Cannon ยท Narcissus ยท Endurian ยท Spikerock ยท Pineapple-pult ยท Threepeater |
Far Future | Laser Bean ยท Blover ยท Citron ยท E.M.Peach ยท Tile Turnip ยท Ganoderma ยท Banana Tree ยท Nitro-shroom ยท Infi-nut ยท Magnifying Grass |
East Sea Dragon Palace | Oxygen Algae ยท Garlic ยท Bubble Flower ยท Electric Sea Pine |
Upgrades | Twin Sunflower ยท Repeater |
VIPs | Winter Melon |
Power Ups | Cherry Bomb ยท Jalapeno |
Premium | Squash ยท Snow Pea ยท Tall-nut |
Adventure Mode only | Magic Vine ยท Split Pea ยท Chili Bean ยท Lightning Reed ยท Pea Pod ยท Melon-pult ยท Starfruit ยท Chomper ยท Fire Peashooter ยท Cattail ยท Rose Swordfighter ยท Clivia ยท Sap-fling ยท Acid Lemon ยท Magic-shroom ยท Ghost Pepper ยท Guacodile ยท Hurrikale ยท Plantern ยท Oak Archer ยท Homing Thistle ยท Pepper-pult ยท Resistant Radish ยท Toadstool ยท Blooming Heart ยท Red Stinger ยท Electric Blueberry ยท A.K.E.E. ยท Moonflower ยท Agave ยท Asparagus ยท Pumpkin Witch ยท Mine Fruit ยท Sea Anemone ยท Lychee Drill ยท Sea Starfruit |
Plants vs. Zombies 3 | |
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Neighborville | Sunflower ยท Wall-Nut ยท Bamboo Shoots ยท Peashooter ยท Bonk Choy |
Lost Keys Lake | Lily Pad ยท Tangle Kelp ยท Squash |
Mt. Quesogrande | Chili Bean ยท Silversword ยท Cabbage-Pult |
Power-Ups | Grapes of Wrath ยท Chilly Pepper ยท Jalapeรฑo ยท Cherry Bomb ยท Blover |
Pre-2021 | Puff-Shroom ยท Buttercup ยท Garlic ยท Potato Mine ยท Pushywillow ยท Chard Guard ยท Spikeweed ยท Kernel-Pult ยท Caramel Popcorn ยท Lightning Reed ยท Melon-Pult ยท Shuffle Truffle ยท Blockbuster ยท Butternut Squash ยท Ragweed ยท Sawgrass ยท Fire Peashooter ยท Pine Needler ยท Snow Pea ยท Night Cap ยท Aloe Vera ยท Sweet Potato ยท Hydrangea ยท Dogwood ยท Chomper ยท Flak Seed ยท Gravitree ยท Gloom-Shroom ยท Lemon-Aid ยท Starfruit ยท Snapdragon ยท Fairy Ring Mushroom ยท Kalestorm ยท Star Tree ยท Magic Beans |
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