Starfruit (Plants vs. Zombies)

For other uses, see Starfruit (disambiguation).

Starfruit
Starfruits shoot stars in 5 directions.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	125, 175 (Versus Mode)
Recharge	Fast, very slow (Versus Mode)
Damage	Normal (for each star)
Toughness	Normal
Range	5 directions
In-game statistics
Direct damage	20 damage per shot every 1.5 seconds (x5)
Unlocked	Beating Level 4-6
"Aw, man," says Starfruit. "I went to the dentist the other day and he said that I have four cavities. I've got --count it-- ONE tooth! Four cavities in one tooth? How does this happen?"

Starfruit is a plant appearing in Plants vs. Zombies, unlocked after beating Level 4-6.

Starfruit attacks by projecting stars in five different directions whenever a zombie is in his line of fire: one to the left, one going up, one going down, one going to the upper right (gradient of 1/2), and the last going lower right (gradient of -1/2). Each star deals 20 damage. If a zombie is exactly in front of him, with or without eating him, the zombie will be damaged by two of the five sides of Starfruit.

About

For more information about this character, see Starfruit.

Starfruit is unlocked after completing Level 4-6. He costs 125 sun (175 in Versus Mode) to plant. In this game, Starfruit has his own mini-game called Seeing Stars, where the player is required to fill up certain tiles with Starfruit to form a giant star in order to complete the level.

Almanac entry

Starfruit
Starfruits shoot stars in five directions. Damage: normal Range: five directions "Aw, man," says Starfruit. "I went to the dentist the other day and he said I have four cavities. I've got --count it-- ONE tooth! Four cavities in one tooth? How does this happen?" Cost: 125 Recharge: fast

Strategies

Starfruit stands out from other projectile-based for specializing in attacking lanes other than the lane he is planted on. His strength lies in his relatively high firepower potential for his cost, as well as the ability to neutralize enemies attempting to attack plants from the back, such as Digger Zombie in the first game and Prospector Zombie in the second. However, this is hampered by Starfruit's awkward firing pattern, which makes the plant incapable of defending himself from direct assault. Because of this, the plant is likely going to be deployed in columns, in which each Starfruit can cover others.

The player can improve Starfruit's performance by funneling the zombies away from the plant, reducing or avoiding the risk of direct attacks altogether. Possible methods include planting Starfruit on water lanes in Pool levels where there are less pressure from zombies, or guiding the horde with Garlic.

Seeing Stars

To win the mini-game, the player must plant Starfruit on the designated tiles - the only other plant that can be placed there is Pumpkin. Because of this, Pumpkin will prove to be highly useful in defending Starfruits in more vulnerable positions. Other strategies that normally work with Starfruit can also be used in this mini-game to help fending off the horde until the objective is completed.

Related achievements

	Shooting Star Complete Seeing Stars before the first Flag Zombie appears.

	Morticulturalist Collect all 49 plants.

	Book Learner Fill out the Suburban Almanac.

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name	Description
English	Starfruit
Simplified Chinese	星星果
Traditional Chinese	星星果
French	Carambole
German	Sternfrucht
Italian	Frutto a stella
Japanese	スターフルーツ
Spanish	Frustrella

Trivia

• When a Bungee Zombie is trying to steal him, he does not try to harm him, but if another zombie is in Starfruit's range, all five stars will shoot at the Bungee Zombie until the zombie is out of the Starfruit's range.
• In the Nintendo DS and DSi versions, sometimes a zombie is within his range, but the star projectile will just bypass the zombie instead of hitting it. This most likely occurs if the zombie is in a lane above him, regardless of position.
• The player can use him to achieve the Grounded achievement (you have to plant him in the fifth lane, where there are Flower Pots), but he must be defended with Pumpkins in order not to make Conehead Zombies eat him.
• He is one of the only three plants that have their own minigame (Seeing Stars), the others are Sunflower (Art Challenge Sunflower) and Wall-nut (Wall-nut Bowling, its sequel, and Art Challenge Wall-nut).
• Starfruit is nicknamed "阿桃" ("Starfruity") in Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West.
• In some versions of PvZ, Starfruit can fire bullets to knock any zombies except Dr. Zomboss and Bungee zombie out of the area.
• Also in some versions, Starfruit can fire bullets that work just like Hypno-shroom, but it can also hypnotize the Zombini, the Garangutar, and the Catapult zombie.
• Starfruit is called 1437 as it is the first plant to make it to the 1437th wave in survival endless mode.

See also

• Gloom-shroom
• Star
• Seeing Stars
• Future Star