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- For other uses, see Tallnut (disambiguation).
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—Tall-nut's Almanac entry in Plants vs. Zombies 2 |
Tall-nut is a defensive plant appearing in both of the main series Plants vs. Zombies games. He costs 125 sun and has an identical recharge time of the Wall-nut, but also has twice as much health. Additionally, Tall-nut can also block most flying enemies from passing through, forcing them to eat him instead.
Origins
Tall-nut is based on the edible walnut seed, specifically the Juglans regia. His name is a cross between "Wall-nut" and "tall", referring to Tall-nut's incredible height helping the plant blocking flying enemies and the fact that he is a nut. |
History
Plants vs. Zombies
Tall-nut is unlocked after completing Level 3-8. Tall-nut can block the following enemies:
Tall-nuts can withstand 144 bites, and his appearance changes at 48 bites and 96 bites, before finally being eaten at 144 bites. Winning Pogo Party without using Tall-nuts and Magnet-shrooms will give the player the Sproing! Sproing! achievement.
In Beghouled and Beghouled Twist, the Tall-nut acts as Wall-nut's upgrade. The player needs to spend 250 sun to upgrade the Wall-nuts.
Plants vs. Zombies 2
To obtain Tall-nut, the player must complete Wild West - Day 18 in the international version or buy him for 200,000 coins in the Chinese version. He can prevent the following zombies from advancing:
- Imp Pirate Zombies launched by Imp Cannons when not bursting
- Zombie Bull Riders launched by Zombie Bulls and Rodeo Legend Zombies
- Rodeo Legend Zombies (not a low-flying zombie itself, but Tall-nut negates its charge attack)
- Jetpack Zombies
- Blastronaut Zombies
- Dodo Rider Zombies
- Bug Zombies and its variants
- Balloon Zombies
Tall-nuts can withstand 16000 damage per shot and his appearance changes at 5300 damage and 10700 damage before being eaten at 16000 damage. Using Plant Food on five Tall-nuts in a single level will give the player the High Five achievement. Tall-nut is also an upgrade for Wall-nut for 1000 sun in Beghouled, along with Endurian.
Almanac entry
Plants vs. Zombies
Tall-nut
Tall-nuts are heavy-duty wall plants that can't be vaulted or jumped over.
Toughness: very high
Special: can't be vaulted or jumped over
People wonder if there's a rivalry between Wall-nut and Tall-nut. Tall-nut laughs a rich baritone laugh. "How could there be anything between us? We are brothers. If you knew what Wall-nut has done for me..." Tall-nut's voice trails off and he smiles knowingly.
Cost: 125
Recharge: slow
Plants vs. Zombies 2
Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.
Tall-nut
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Tall-nuts are heavy-duty wall plants that block low flying zombies. Tall-nut is opening a chain of stores for Tall and Taller gentlemen. "I'll shell out the savings to you!" |
Upgrades
Plants vs. Zombies 2
Plant Food effect
When fed Plant Food, Tall-nut gains an additional layer of metal armor, capable of withstanding 8000 DPS or a single smash from a Gargantuar.
Reinforce-mint effect
When boosted by Reinforce-mint, Tall-nut can absorb an additional 32000 DPS, and his plant food effect will activate.
Level upgrade
Level | Seed Packets | Coins | Upgrades | ||||
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Sun Cost | Recharge (Sluggish) |
Starting Recharge |
Toughness (Very High) |
Plant Food Power (Armor)* | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 20 seconds | 15 seconds | 8000 damage | 12000 damage |
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 125 | 19 seconds | 14 seconds | 9000 damage | 12000 damage |
3 | 75 | 5,000 | 125 | 18 seconds | 13 seconds | 10000 damage | 12000 damage |
4 | 200 | 10,000 | 125 | 18 seconds | 13 seconds | 11000 damage | 16000 damage |
5 | 400 | 20,000 | 100 | 17 seconds | 12 seconds | 12000 damage | 16000 damage |
6 | 750 | 30,000 | 100 | 16 seconds | 11 seconds | 24000 damage | 16000 damage |
7 | 1,000 | 40,000 | 100 | 14 seconds | 10 seconds | 26000 damage | 20000 damage |
8 | 1,250 | 50,000 | 100 | 12 seconds | 9 seconds | 28000 damage | 20000 damage |
9 | 1,500 | 60,000 | 100 | 10 seconds | 8 seconds | 30000 damage | 20000 damage |
10 | 2,000 | 75,000 | 75 | 10 seconds | 8 seconds | 32000 damage | 24000 damage |
*Column shows armor's hitpoints separately.
Level upgrade (China only)
Level | Upgrades | Description |
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File:Tall-nut (PvZ) Upgrade 1.png Unstable Wall |
Tall-nut has a 50% chance to fall down when destroyed and instantly kill zombies. | |
Combat Training 战斗训练 |
Tall-nut (PvZ) gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial). | |
File:Tall-nut (PvZ) Upgrade 2.png Power of Inertia |
Tall-nut now has a chance of 100% to fall down when destroyed. | |
Cell Activation 细胞活化 |
Tall-nut (PvZ) gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial). | |
Ability Awaken 能力觉醒 |
Tall-nut (PvZ) may be boosted when planted. | |
Fighting Power 战斗能力 |
Tall-nut (PvZ) gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial). |
Costumed (China only)
Tall-nut gains a crystal armor with 24000 DPS.
Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars (China only)
Guardian Armor: Heals itself and gives armor to all allies that blocks some damage. It needs Tenacious Plant Food to activate.
Plants vs. Zombies Online (China only) (Archived content)
In Adventure Mode
Gives itself armor that will absorb a certain amount of damage from enemies.
Strategies
Tall-nut shares the role with Wall-nut as a buffer layer between other offensive plants and the incoming horde. Compared to his brother, Tall-nut will have more trouble getting deployed in the early game due to increased cost but makes up for it with superior performance in the following level thanks to the significantly increased durability. Tall-nut's usefulness is also due to the plant's unique ability to block flying zombies and prevent them from creating chaos in the player's defense line.
Tall-nut can significantly boost the effectiveness of plants with limited attack range such as Spikeweed and Bonk Choy by holding the zombies in place for them to attack. Being a defensive plant, Tall-nut can also be instantly replaced with Wall-nut First Aid as long as there is visual degradation. Imitater can remedy Tall-nut's long recharge time issue - even then, however, Tall-nut should never be completely relied on in Survival: Endless and the Endless Zones, as the massive amount of zombies can quickly overwhelm the plant.
Plants vs. Zombies
Planting Tall-nut on Lily Pad is a simple way to block Dolphin Rider Zombie and make him lose his dolphin. However, the player should bear in mind that never plant Tall-nut on the rightmost column. The Dolphin Rider Zombie can jump over it for unknown reasons.
Pogo Party
- Main article: Pogo Party
Tall-nut is a good choice for Pogo Party, as he can block the incoming Pogo Zombies and render them much less of a threat to the player's defense. However, this will prevent the player from earning the achievement Sproing! Sproing!.
Plants vs. Zombies 2
While the sequel has slightly buffed Tall-nut's health, the situation itself has become worse for the plant for a variety of reasons: The greatly increased amount of enemies that can instantly destroy plants has reduced the viability of defensive plants, while Blover's ability being generally improved means that flying enemies will be much less of a threat to the player in general. Additionally, Tall-nut faces direct competition in utility with Infi-nut, whose Plant Food force field can also block flying zombies as well as countering various other zombies' abilities.
Because of his ability, Tall-nut is useful for blocking flying enemies as mentioned above. Tall-nut is also a decent choice for Save Our Seeds levels and preventing zombies from trampling flowers.
Related achievements
Plants vs. Zombies
Plants vs. Zombies 2
Gallery
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Tall-nut (PvZ).
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Trivia
Specific to Plants vs. Zombies
- Due to a hitbox issue, when a Gloom-shroom is planted behind him (in the same row or the rows above and below), the Gloom-shroom will not attack zombies in front of him unless a Dolphin Rider Zombie, Pole Vaulting Zombie, or Pogo Zombie tries to jump over the Tall-nut.
- When zombies are eating him, he will stop his animation and just stand still. However, in the DS version, he is still moving.
- The only Tall-nuts in I, Zombie are on All your brainz r belong to us, on the front of the second row.
- In the Nintendo DS version, if there are two side-by-side Tall-nuts and a Dolphin Rider Zombie attempts to jump the first, he will smack the first Tall-nut and appear on the second one.
- In the Nintendo DS version, the second stage of a Tall-nut appears as a scratch or a bite mark rather than above.
- It is one of the twelve plants that appear in the seed selection screen after getting the Grave Buster in the online version; the others are the Ice-shroom, Lily Pad, Potato Mine, Threepeater, Tangle Kelp, Jalapeno, Spikeweed, Torchwood, Doom-shroom, Cactus, and Blover.
Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2
- In the 1.1.3 version of the Chinese version, if one obtained his costume, he will appear to have already gained armor.
- One of his costumes surprisingly resembles Monkey D. Luffy's straw hat and red striped tank top.
Specific to Plants vs. Zombies Heroes
- He makes two cameos in this game. The first being in the mission A Fight to the Finish Line, and the second being the event card, Go-Nuts.
See also
- Defensive plants
- Tall-nut Zombie
- Wall-nut First Aid
- High Five
- Flying enemies
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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 · Reverse Repeater · 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 |
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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 | Resistant 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 | Acid Lemon · Lotus Pod · Lily Pad · Bowling Bulb · Banana Launcher · Guacodile · Tangle Kelp · Homing Thistle |
Frostbite Caves | Hurrikale · Fire Peashooter · Hot Potato · Pepper-pult · Chard Guard · Stunion · Rafflesia · Whirlwind Acorn |
Sky City | Rotobaga · Loquat · Asparagus · Saucer · Horsebean · Groundcherry · Anthurium · Pineapple |
Lost City | Lava Guava · Red Stinger · A.K.E.E. · Stallia · Gold Leaf · Toadstool · Jackfruit |
Neon Mixtape Tour | Morning 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 · Dino-Roar Grass · Timid Thorns · Sugarcane Master |
Modern Day | Shadow-shroom · Caulipower · Moonflower · Grimrose · Nightshade · Dusk Lobber · Blooming Heart |
Steam Age | Gold Bloom · Flat-shroom · Maypop Mechanic · Lotus Shooter · Wind-Blowing Vanilla · Lily of Pharmacy · Mulberry Blaster |
Renaissance Age |
Aloe · Bearberry Mortar · Wax Gourd Guard · Oily Olive · Jeweler Pomegranate · Dartichoke |
Heian Age | Dripping Diphylleia · Stephania · Tupistra Stalker · Dendrobium Windbreak · Chef Cypripedium · Boophone Geigi |
Fairytale Forest | Ents · Heath Seeker · Hat Mushroom · Hocus Crocus · Princess Spring Grass · Bamboo Trooper |
Monthly special | Pyro-shroom · Carrotillery · Cryo-shroom · Dandelion · Strong Broccoli · Machine Gun Pomegranate · Chomper · Sweet Potato · Landlord Bamboo · Sap-fling · Ghost Pepper · Chestnut Squad · Bamboo Bro · Rose Swordfighter · Magic-shroom · Electric Blueberry · Mischief Radish · Endurian · Pumpkin Witch · Sunflower Singer · Snow Cotton · Agave · Kiwifruit · Pretty Plum · Dragonfruit · Angel Starfruit · Gatling Pea · Banksia Boxer · Flame Flower Queen · Cattail · Grapeshot · Cold Snapdragon · Shrinking Violet · Cob Cannon · Apple Mortar · Witch Hazel · Escape Root · Electric Currant · White Melon Sumo Wrestler · Wasabi Whip · Explode-O-Nut · Parsnip · Missile Toe · Kiwibeast · Electric Peashooter · Hot Date · Icy Currant · Tulip Trumpeter · Eggplant Ninja · Banana Dancer · Dual Pistol Pinecone · Narcissus Shooter · Alarm Explosive Arrowhead · Holly Barrier · Shadow Peashooter · Snap Pea · Crystal Orchid · Sling Pea · Thunder Snapdragon · Electrici-tea · Imp Pear · Strawburst · Egret Flower Plane · Goo Peashooter · Elaeocarpus-pult · Water Chestnut Brothers · Pokra · Dollarweed Drummer · Ultomato · Shadow Vanilla · Splendens Blade · Stickybomb Rice · Gumnut · Olive Pit · Earthstar Nuclear Silo · Headbutter Lettuce · Dazey Chain · Boom Balloon Flower · Celebration Soda Palm · Claw Gloriosa · Impatiens Shooter · Turkey-pult · Hammer Flower · Fishhook Grass · Mangosteen · Inferno · Tigerstool · Gardener Grass · Draftodil · Buttercup · Byttneria Meteor Hammer · Laser Crown Flower · Zoybean Pod · Orchid Mage · Jack O' Lantern · Twin Year of the Rabbits · Pea Pharmacist · Pike Hoya · Vamporcini · Burdock Batter · Pumpkin · Capaci-cone · Cranesbill Fencer · Meteor Flower · Gorgon Pitcher · Power Vine · Parkour Mandrake · Abyss Anemone · Abyss Devil's Claw · Hoya Heart · Pea Vine · MayBee · Oilseed-pult · Leaf-Blade Dracaena · Bamboo Spartan · Shine Vine · Sunshine Leek · Nightcap · Pyre Vine · Gluttonous Snapdragon · Bun Chi · Heliconia Gunner |
Others | Potato Mine · Flower Pot · 8-Bit Peashooter · Tactical Cuke |
Hero Plants | P-Mech Assembler - Flamestar |
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 · 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-pult · Threepeater |
Far Future | Laser Bean · Blover · Citron · E.M.Peach · Tile Turnip · Ganoderma · Banana Tree · Nitro-shroom · Infi-nut · Magnifying Grass |
East Sea Dragon Palace | Oxygen Algae · Garlic · Bubble Flower · Electric Sea Pine |
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 · Rose Swordfighter · Clivia · Sap-fling · Acid Lemon · Magic-shroom · Ghost Pepper · Guacodile · Hurrikale · Plantern · Oak Archer · Homing Thistle · Pepper-pult · Resistant Radish · Toadstool · Blooming Heart · Red Stinger · Electric Blueberry · A.K.E.E. · Moonflower · Agave · Asparagus · Pumpkin Witch · Mine Fruit · Sea Anemone · Lychee Drill · Sea Starfruit |
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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 |
Power-Ups | Grapes of Wrath · Chilly Pepper · Jalapeño · Cherry Bomb · Blover |
Pre-2021 | Puff-Shroom · Buttercup · Garlic · Potato Mine · Pushywillow · Chard Guard · Spikeweed · Kernel-Pult · Caramel Popcorn · Lightning Reed · Melon-Pult · Shuffle Truffle · Blockbuster · Butternut Squash · Ragweed · Sawgrass · Fire Peashooter · Pine Needler · Snow Pea · Night Cap · Aloe Vera · Sweet Potato · Hydrangea · Dogwood · Chomper · Flak Seed · Gravitree · Gloom-Shroom · Lemon-Aid · Starfruit · Snapdragon · Fairy Ring Mushroom · Kalestorm · Star Tree · Magic Beans |