Spore-shroom

Spore-shroom
Spore-shroom fires spores that create new Spore-shrooms out of defeated zombies.
Statistics
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	50 damage
Range	Lobbed
Plant Food Power	10%
Family	Ail-mint
Plant Food effect	Lobs three giant spores that deal massive damage, spawns a spore [sic] if the zombie is defeated.
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	40 damage
Attack Rate	2.9 seconds
Range	Whole Lane to the Right
Area	Single Target
Class	Ranged
Quality	Rare
Tags	Damage, catapult
Plant features	Purple plant
In-game statistics
Strengths	(bypasses obstacles) (kills them both but won't drop obstacles)
Other weakness	(immune to lobbed projectiles)
Unlocked	Beating Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 21
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Spore-shroom Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Code name	sporeshroom
"My favorite arithmetic operation?" wonders Spore-shroom. "I guess I'd have to say, um, addition. Hang on, no... multiplication."

Spore-shroom is a mushroom and the fifth plant obtained in Neon Mixtape Tour in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It was first revealed in the Neon Mixtape Tour Side B developer diary. It was then shown in the Neon Mixtape Tour Side B trailer, along with some gameplay.

When a zombie is killed by Spore-shroom's projectile, its body will shrink and disappear and another Spore-shroom will be spawned in its place, in the Chinese version, if Spore-shroom is level 2 and above, it will create another random mushroom (Sun-shroom, Puff-shroom, Fume-shroom, Magnet-shroom), provided that the tile it died on is unoccupied by other plants or lawn obstacles. Spore-shrooms spawned in this method do not provide sun when dug up.

If Spore-shroom kills the following zombies, it will not spawn new Spore-shrooms: Zombie Chicken, Ice Weasel, Healer Zombie, Zombie Medusa, and Zombie Medusa's statue.

Origins

Spore-shroom's name and ability are references to how mushrooms reproduce by spores and how they tend to multiply quickly in a proper environment, such as rotting excrement or the decaying carcass of a flat land animal.

Almanac entry

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

Spore-shroom
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 50 RANGE Lobbed PLANT FOOD POWER 10% Ail-mint Plant Food: Lobs three giant spores that deal massive damage, spawns a spore [sic] if the zombie is defeated. Spore-shrooms fire spores that create new Spore-shrooms out of defeated zombies. "My favorite arithmetic operation?" wonders Spore-shroom. "I guess I'd have to say, um, addition. Hang on, no... multiplication."

Spore-shroom

SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 50 RANGE Lobbed PLANT FOOD POWER 10% Ail-mint Plant Food: Lobs three giant spores that deal massive damage, spawns a spore [sic] if the zombie is defeated. Spore-shrooms fire spores that create new Spore-shrooms out of defeated zombies. "My favorite arithmetic operation?" wonders Spore-shroom. "I guess I'd have to say, um, addition. Hang on, no... multiplication."

Chinese version  (China only)

孢子菇发射出的孢子能够从被打败的僵尸身上制造新的孢子菇。 植物特征：紫色植物 “我最喜欢的算术方式？”孢子菇想。“我猜应该是，嗯，加法！等等，不……是乘法。” In English: Spore-shrooms fire spores that create new Spore-shrooms out of defeated zombies. Plant feature: purple plant "My favorite arithmetic operation?" wonders Spore-shroom. "I guess it should be, um, addition! Hang on, no... it's multiplication."

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food Ability (animated)

When fed with Plant Food, Spore-shroom fires three giant projectiles at three different zombies, each doing 1800 damage and if a spore defeated its target, it will spawn a new Spore-shroom on the tile occupied by the target.

Ail-mint effect

When boosted by Ail-mint, Spore-shroom's damage will increase by 120 damage, and its plant food damage will be increased by 2800 damage.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Moderate)	Projectile Velocity	Plant Food Power (Damage)	Range
1	0	0	150	5 seconds	300 damage	50 damage	Normal	1800 damage	Lobbed
2	10	1,000		4.5 seconds	325 damage	55 damage
3	50	2,000			350 damage	60 damage		1900 damage
4	100	4,000	125		375 damage	65 damage	+ 1.3x
5	125	6,000		4 seconds	400 damage	70 damage
6	175	8,000			450 damage	75 damage		2000 damage
7	250	10,000			500 damage	80 damage		2100 damage
8	350	15,000			550 damage	85 damage		2200 damage
9	450	20,000	100		600 damage	90 damage
10	800	60,000		3.5 seconds	650 damage	95 damage	+ 1.6x
11	1,000	75,000			700 damage	100 damage		2300 damage
12	1,250	100,000			750 damage	105 damage		2400 damage
13	1,500	150,000			800 damage	110 damage		2500 damage
14	1,750	200,000	75		850 damage	115 damage		2600 damage
15	2,000	250,000		3 seconds	900 damage	120 damage		2800 damage

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Costumed (China only)

Spore-shroom fires four giant projectiles instead of three.

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Psychedelic Spores 迷幻孢子	After killing zombies, there is a chance to produce other types of mushrooms, the level of which is the same as the current mushroom. 击杀僵尸后有几率生产其他类型的蘑菇，等阶和当前蘑菇相同。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Spore-shroom gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Big Family of Mushrooms 蘑菇大家族	After killing zombies, there is a chance to produce more types of mushrooms, the level of which is the same as the current mushrooms. 击杀僵尸后有几率生产更多类型的蘑菇，等阶和当前蘑菇相同。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Spore-shroom gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Spore-shroom may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Spore-shroom gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Chance of Mushroom Spawning (China only)

Plant	Chance to Spawn (%)
	36%	28%
	29%	24%
	21%	18%
	14%	12%
	N/A	6%
	N/A	6%
	N/A	6%

Strategies

Because of its ability to create copies of itself from defeated zombies, Spore-shroom will allow the player to quickly build up defenses without having to spend sun that could be used for more expensive plants such as Winter Melon. It is useful when many Imps appeared at the beginning of the level. Its spores can bypass frozen blocks and arcade machines (unless these obstructions are right in front of it, blocking its attack), attacking the zombies and eventually defeating them.

However, Spore-shroom in actuality will rarely be able to utilize its ability to its full potential, as its spawning mechanic means that newly created Spore-shrooms can be placed right next to the horde and usually get eaten in seconds. Nonetheless, the newly created Spore-shrooms can distract certain zombies and prevent high cost plants like Winter Melon from being destroyed.

In Pirate Seas, Spore-shroom works well as a support plant. Its projectiles can bypass Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel and damage the zombie with no problem. In addition, they are useful against incoming Swashbuckler Zombies, especially when there are Imp Cannons to deal with, as the defeated Swashbuckler Zombies can turn into new Spore-shrooms that allow more attacks to destroy the cannon. Seagull Zombies and Pelican Zombies that reach the player's ship are also transformable into new Spore-shrooms.

They can also work with Imp Pirate Zombies that successfully land on the player's ship. You should be careful that a new Spore-shroom will not spawn if any zombies are defeated over the sea. It is recommended that you bring an area-of-effect plant like Laser Bean, Fume-shroom, etc. to support this plant.

In Lost City, Spore-shroom can prove itself useful - not only can it defeat Excavator Zombies, but the newly spawned Spore-shrooms will also serve as distraction as the Excavator Zombie will continue to shovel them up. Spore-shroom can also counter Imp Porters and Bug Zombie because when it defeats them, they, along with what they carry, turn into Spore-shrooms, rather than dropping their equipment.

The newly spawned Spore-shrooms can also stall Turquoise Skull Zombie, causing them to waste time destroying them first. Their destruction ability also requires time by stealing sun so this will help give the player time to use other offensive plants to destroy this zombie before he becomes a much bigger threat. Of course, like most lobbed-shot plants, Spore-shroom is ineffective against Parasol Zombies even if it were boosted.

In Neon Mixtape Tour, besides destroying Arcade Zombies, Spore-shrooms can be used to distract Punk Zombie as he can only move one plant at a time, while other plants are not affected. Spore-shroom can also counter MC Zom-B as when newly Spore-shrooms are created from a nearby defeated zombie, MC Zom-B will continuously have to pause to spin his microphone. Hair Metal Gargantuars (during Metal jam) will be delayed from the newly created Spore-shrooms as they will need more smashes for the shockwave to reach the backmost defenses.

The player should watch out for Boombox Zombies as they can stun all Spore-shrooms on the screen (unless they were planted after the jam or fed with Plant Food). He can also work great with Garlic, because when a zombie takes a bite, it can switch lanes, and you can use that to your advantage, attacking the zombies in that lane.

It is not a good idea to use Spore-shroom on levels with either a limit on present or defeated plants as it can make copies of itself, even on unwanted spots where it will likely get destroyed very fast. Last Stand levels and levels with a sun quota however, are great levels to use Spore-shroom due to the fact making copies of themselves does not count as using sun.

It is not recommended to use Spore-shroom in Big Wave Beach levels, as when it defeats a zombie from water, the newly created ones will sink in the waves, rendering the ability useless. However, it can be useful if the player has Lily Pads all over the lawn, as the newly created Spore-shrooms will stay on the Lily Pads and will not fall in the water.

It is also not recommended to use Spore-shroom in Far Future levels as Mecha-Football Zombies will push away spored zombies, which can cause the plants behind them to be pushed away.

Gallery

Spore-shroom has a gallery!

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Spore-shroom
Simplified Chinese	孢子菇
French	Champi-spore
German	Sporenpilz
Italian	Sporporcino
Brazilian Portuguese	Esporogumelos	Portmanteau of esporo and cogumelo
Russian	Спорогриб
Spanish	Seta esporada

Trivia

• It is the only plant that is able to produce copies of itself without Plant Food.
• If it has its costume on and kills a zombie that doesn't have a plant on its tile, the new Spore-shroom spawned will have its costume on, despite that the spores don't have the costume on them.
• Its Almanac entry is a reference to its ability, and how it "adds" more plants on the lawn or how it "multiplies" in numbers.
• If there is an obstacle in front of it and there are zombies in its lane, its projectile will be blocked and absorbed by the obstacle instead. The same problem applies to Strawburst.
  • This is also true if the player feeds it with Plant Food when there are zombies right in front of it before the 4.1.1 update.
• It is the first, and currently only, lobbed-shot plant that is a mushroom in the series.
  • This also makes it the second lobbed-shot plant not to have a characteristic catapult shape, with the first being A.K.E.E. and the third being Apple Mortar.
• If the zombie defeated by it is standing between two tiles, the new Spore-shroom will always spawn on the left tile.
• In the 4.0.1 update, despite being obtained after Garlic, it was positioned before it on the seed selection screen and the Almanac.
• It does not turn objects like tombstones, surfboards, frozen blocks, tents, backpacks, and arcade machines into additional Spore-shrooms. In some cases, a glitch occurs that when it kills a zombie that is on the same tile as the object, a Spore-shroom may spawn on top of the aforementioned objects.
• The face on its paper bag costume resembles the character Plank from Ed, Edd n Eddy.
• If a spawned Spore-shroom is revived by Intensive Carrot, it will still refund sun when dug up.
  • This is most likely because sun is still spent when the Intensive Carrot is planted.
  • However, it refunds the amount of sun relative to Spore-shroom's sun cost, rather than Intensive Carrot's.
• When it attacks a zombie that has lost its head, but that zombie is technically not dead yet to the game's engine, the zombie will still shrink but will not produce a Spore-shroom.
• Its Plant Food ability does not target the Zombot Multi-stage Masher and Zombot Aerostatic Gondola (Modern Day - Day 34).
• At level 2 and up (Chinese version), Spore-shroom can spawn all other mushrooms except Hypno-shroom, Toadstool, and Perfume-shroom.
• In the Chinese version, its projectiles cannot be deflected by Jester Zombies.

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