Starfruit (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Starfruit (disambiguation).

Starfruit
Starfruits shoot stars in 5 directions.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	150
Recharge	5 seconds
Damage	20 damage per shot per star
Toughness	Normal
Range	5 Way
Range details	Fires in five directions
Family	Appease-mint
In-game statistics
Rarity (China)	Rare
Unlocked	200 seed packets
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Starfruit Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Just a small town fruit that travelled to the big city and found his way to the future. His favorite modes of transportation: conveyor belts, hoverboards, and rockets. WEEEE!

Starfruit is a seed packet Premium plant appearing in Plants vs. Zombies 2, obtainable for 200 seed packets.

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 returns in the Far Future update. He is a premium plant, which was available for purchase for $3.99. On August 24, 2016, Starfruit was available for 179 gems until August 27. In the 5.9.1 update, his cost price increased to $4.99.

After the 7.9.3 update on March 8, 2020, his status had been changed from a money premium plant to an unlockable seed-unlockable plant able to be unlocked with 200 seed packets. His sun cost has been increased to 150 sun. His projectiles move much faster than in the first game.

Almanac entry

Starfruit	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 150 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 20 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 20 PLANT FOOD POWER Damage RANGE 5 Way PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage RANGE: 5 Way FAMILY Appease-mint FAMILY: Appease-mint Starfruits shoot stars in 5 directions. Just a small town fruit that travelled to the big city and found his way to the future. His favorite modes of transportation: conveyor belts, hoverboards, and rockets. WEEEE!

Starfruit

		SUN COST 150			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 150
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 20

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 20

		PLANT FOOD POWER Damage			RANGE 5 Way

PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage
RANGE: 5 Way

		FAMILY Appease-mint

FAMILY: Appease-mint

Starfruits shoot stars in 5 directions.

Just a small town fruit that travelled to the big city and found his way to the future. His favorite modes of transportation: conveyor belts, hoverboards, and rockets. WEEEE!

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When fed with Plant Food, Starfruit will shoot ten giant stars in five directions, each dealing 80 damage per shot worth of damage to a single enemy.

Costumed (China only)

Plant Food ability has a longer duration and the projectiles will spin counterclockwise.

Appease-mint effect

When boosted by Appease-mint, Starfruit does an additional 175 DPS per star.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Normal)	Plant Food Power (Damage)	Projectile Velocity	Range
1	0	0	150	5 seconds	300 dps	20 dps	80 dps	Normal	5 Way
2	10	1,000	150	5 seconds	350 dps	30 dps	120 dps
3	25	2,500	150	4.5 seconds	400 dps	40 dps	120 dps	+ 1.3x
4	50	5,000	125	4.5 seconds	450 dps	50 dps	180 dps
5	100	10,000	125	4 seconds	550 dps	60 dps	180 dps
6	200	20,000	125	4 seconds	600 dps	70 dps	280 dps
7	400	30,000	125	3.5 seconds	650 dps	80 dps	280 dps	+ 1.6x
8	800	50,000	100	3.5 seconds	700 dps	90 dps	380 dps
9	1,200	75,000	100	3 seconds	800 dps	100 dps	380 dps
10	1,600	100,000	75	3 seconds	900 dps	120 dps	480 dps

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Dart Energy	Starfruit gets a 40% of chance to shoot a piercing dart that can penetrate two zombies.
	Combat Training	Starfruit gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Enhanced Penetration	Starfruit's dart can now penetrate three zombies plus its attack.
	Cell Activation	Starfruit gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken	Starfruit may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power	Starfruit gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Strategies

Starfruit stands out from other projectile-based plants 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 Prospector Zombie and zombies lifted from Pterodacytls. However, like the first game, they suffer from their projectiles being awkward in their position with no way to defend themselves from zombies directly ahead of them. There are ways to get around this, such as utilizing ice floes in Frostbite Caves, or guiding the horde with Garlic and Sweet Potato.

Starfruit faces competition from Rotobaga, whose firing pattern also allows her to hit enemies from adjacent lanes. Compared to Rotobaga, Starfruit exchanges firepower for greatly increased range, since he can attack enemies from much further compared to Rotobaga and therefore will find more use against stronger enemies as it would give more time for Starfruit to damage enemies. A column of Starfruits is a decent choice against Chicken Zombies and Ice Weasels as his high-velocity projectiles will reach these zombies faster compared to Rotobaga. Starfruit is an excellent choice against Imps thrown by Gargantuars or Zombie Bulls, Prospector Zombies and zombies carried by Pterodactyls; placing a column of Starfruits in the column where the aforementioned zombies would land, they would be quickly neutralized from the stars coming from either above, below, or behind. Columns of Starfruits in Big Wave Beach is very good against Octo Zombies, as the Starfruit's rapid, multi-directional attack can quickly destroy the octopi thrown by them. Overall, Starfruit is generally a better choice than Rotobaga, but Rotobaga benefits as she is able to be planted on water tiles in Big Wave Beach without the aid of Lily Pad. 

Starfruit also faces competition in the Chinese version with his female counterpart, Angel Starfruit, as both have lots of similar characteristics. But both have their own advantages:

Starfruit when at least level 2 can pierce zombies with its stars, but Angel Starfruit can also do that, but only at level 5. But Angel Starfruit when level 3 can shoot both red stars which deal extra damage and blue stars which are ice-like projectiles and behave like ice projectiles as well and she also does more damage. Both are good choices, but when it comes to piercing, Starfruit is better, but in situations with Explorer Zombies and tough nuts, use Angel Starfruit

Gallery

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Trivia

• For some reason, in the Chinese version advertisement of his Plant Food upgrade the first picture shows the Starfruit with both his international costume (afro and mustache) and his Chinese costume (antennae) on the same Starfruit. He does not have the afro and mustache costume in the Chinese version.
• As of the Power Plants update, he shoots his projectiles much faster.
• His entry references that he is tied with Far Future.
• He is the fourth plant to have its status changed from a premium plant to a seed-unlockable plant, the first being Blooming Heart, then Hot Date, Explode-O-Nut, and Starfruit respectively.

See also

• Rotobaga
• Star
• Angel Starfruit

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