- For other uses, see Tall-nut (disambiguation).
Tall-nut is a defensive plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. 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.
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About
To obtain Tall-nut, the player must complete Wild West - Day 18 in the international version or collect 10 Puzzle Pieces 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 8000 damage per shot and his appearance changes at 2600 damage and 5300 damage before being eaten at 8000 damage. Tall-nut is also an upgrade for Wall-nut for 1000 sun in Beghouled, along with Endurian.
Almanac entry
Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.
Tall-nut
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Tall-nut
SUN COST: 125
RECHARGE: 20
TOUGHNESS: 8000
PLANT FOOD POWER: Armor
FAMILY: Reinforce-mint
Tall-nuts are heavy-duty wall plants that block low flying zombies.
Special: blocks launched imps
Tall-nut is opening a chain of stores for Tall and Taller gentlemen. "I'll shell out the savings to you!"
Upgrades
Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)
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.
Costumed (China only)
Tall-nut gains a crystal armor with 24000 DPS.
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 dps | 12000 dps |
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 125 | 19 seconds | 14 seconds | 9000 dps | 12000 dps |
3 | 75 | 5,000 | 125 | 18 seconds | 13 seconds | 10000 dps | 12000 dps |
4 | 200 | 10,000 | 125 | 18 seconds | 13 seconds | 11000 dps | 16000 dps |
5 | 400 | 20,000 | 100 | 17 seconds | 12 seconds | 12000 dps | 16000 dps |
6 | 750 | 30,000 | 100 | 16 seconds | 11 seconds | 24000 dps | 16000 dps |
7 | 1,000 | 40,000 | 100 | 14 seconds | 10 seconds | 26000 dps | 20000 dps |
8 | 1,250 | 50,000 | 100 | 12 seconds | 9 seconds | 28000 dps | 20000 dps |
9 | 1,500 | 60,000 | 100 | 10 seconds | 8 seconds | 30000 dps | 20000 dps |
10 | 2,000 | 75,000 | 75 | 10 seconds | 8 seconds | 32000 dps | 24000 dps |
*Column shows armor's hitpoints separately.
Level upgrade (China only)
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 Wall-nut, 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 Endless Zones, as the massive amount of zombies can quickly overwhelm the plant.
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.
Avoid using him in Neon Mixtape Tour as there are many zombies that can render him useless. Punk Zombies will push him back instead of eating him, Glitter Zombies, MC Zom-Bs and Arcade Zombies can all instantly destroy him without eating and Breakdancer Zombies can kick other zombies past him.
Related achievement
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Gallery
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Tall-nut (PvZ2).
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Trivia
- 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.
See also
V · T · E |
Plants vs. Zombies | |
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Day | Peashooter · Sunflower · Cherry Bomb · Wall-nut · Potato Mine · Snow Pea · Chomper · Repeater |
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 · Giant Sunflower · Giant Marigold · Sprout |
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 |
Plants vs. Zombies Adventures | |
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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 · 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 | 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 | Acidic Citrus · Lotuspot · Lily Pad · Bowling Bulb · Banana Launcher · Guacodile · Tangle Kelp · Homing Thistle |
Frostbite Caves | Hurrikale · Fire Peashooter · Hot Potato · Pepper-pult · Chard Guard · Stunion · Rafflesia · Tornacorn |
Sky City | Rotobaga · Cycloque · Aspiragus · Saucer Squash · Board Beans · Lantern Cherry · Ampthurium · Spinnapple |
Lost City | Lava Guava · Red Stinger · A.K.E.E. · Stallia · Gold Leaf · Toadstool · Jackfruit |
Neon Mixtape Tour | MC 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 · Dinonip · Thorns · Mastercane |
Modern Day | Shadow-shroom · Caulipower · Moonflower · Grimrose · Nightshade · Dusk Lobber · Blooming Heart |
Steam Ages | Gold Bloom · Flat-shroom · Passionflower · Lotus Root · Fanilla · Lily of Alchemy · Berry Blaster |
Renaissance Age | Aloe · Kinnikannon · Wax Guard · Oil Olive · Ruby Red · Dartichoke |
Heian Age | Water Lotus · Splitting Stephania · Kunai Tupistra · Windbreak Dendrobium · Orchid Chef |
Monthly special | Pyro-shroom · Carrotillery · Cryo-shroom · Dandelion · Aggro Brocco · Pomegunate · Chomper · Sweet Potato · Lord Bamboo · Sap-fling · Ghost Pepper · Chest-nut · Bambrook · Zorrose · Magic-shroom · Electric Blueberry · R.A.D Missiles · Endurian · Pumpkin Witch · Sunflower Singer · Snowy Cotton · Guerrequila · Monkeyfruit · Plumping Plummy · Dragonfruit · Angel Starfruit · Gatling Pea · Match Flower · Firebloom Queen · Cattail · Grapeshot · Cold Snapdragon · Shrinking Violet · Cob Cannon · Apple Mortar · Witch Hazel · Escape Root · Electric Currant · Sumo Melon · Wasabi Whip · Explode-O-Nut · Parsnip · Missile Toe · Kiwibeast · Electric Peashooter · Hot Date · Icy Currant · Trump Tulip · Auberninja · Banana Dancer · Dual Pistol Pinecone · Narcissus · Alarm Arrowhead · Holly Barrier · Shadow Peashooter · Snap Pea · Frostbloom Queen · Sling Pea · Zapdragon · Electrici-tea · Imp Pear · Strawburst · Egrett Flower · Goo Peashooter · Bud-minton · Curling Corms · Pokra · Dollarweed Drummer · Ultomato · Shadow Vanilla · Bromel Blade |
Others | Potato Mine · Tactical Cuke |
Removed plants | 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-pult · 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 Cannon · Threepeater |
Far Future | Laser Bean · Blover · Citron · E.M.Peach · Tile Turnip · Ganoderma · Banana Tree · Nitration Mushroom · Infi-nut · Magnifying Grass |
East Sea Dragon Palace | Oxygen Algae · Garlic · Bubble Flower · Electric Anemone |
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 · Zorrose · Clivia · Sap-fling · Acidic Citrus · Magic-shroom · Ghost Pepper · Guacodile · Hurrikale · Plantern · Oak Archer · Homing Thistle · Pepper-pult · Radish · Toadstool · Blooming Heart · Red Stinger · Electric Blueberry · A.K.E.E. · Moonflower · Guerrequila · Aspiragus · Pumpkin Witch · Mine Fruit · Sea Anemone · Lychee Drill · Sea Starfruit |
Plants vs. Zombies 3 | |
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Common | Puff-Shroom · Buttercup · Garlic · Potato Mine · Pushywillow · Wall-Nut · Chard Guard · Peashooter · Spikeweed · Cabbage-Pult · Kernel-Pult · Bonk Choy · Caramel Popcorn · Lightning Reed · Melon-Pult |
Rare | Shuffle Truffle · Blockbuster · Butternut Squash · Ragweed · Sawgrass · Squash · Fire Peashooter · Pine Needler · Snow Pea · Bamboo Shoots · Night Cap |
Epic | Aloe Vera · Sweet Potato · Hydrangea · Dogwood · Chomper · Gravitree · Flak Seed · Lemon-Aid · Gloom-Shroom · Snapdragon · Starfruit |
Legendary | Fairy Ring Mushroom · Kalestorm |
Others | Sunflower · Cherry Bomb · Star Tree · Magic Beans |
- Plants
- Plants vs. Zombies 2
- Plants vs. Zombies 2 plants
- Reinforce-mint Family plants
- Wall plants
- Sluggish recharge plants
- Wild West
- Wild West obtained plants
- Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version)
- Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) plants
- Plants vs. Zombies Online
- Plants vs. Zombies Online plants
- Pirate Seas (Chinese version)
- Pirate Seas (Chinese version) obtained plants
- Use Your Brainz EDU
- Use Your Brainz EDU plants
- Plants obtained with Puzzle Pieces
- Offensive and defensive plants
- Instant-kill plants