The Sand Dooms

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The Sand Dooms
The twelfth map in Plants vs. Zombies Adventures
26 levels ⋅ Reclaim The Chilly Lot and travel with 4 friends

The Sand Dooms
Game	Plants vs. Zombies Adventures
Number of levels	26
New plants
New zombies
To unlock	Reclaim The Chilly Lot and travel with 4 friends

The Sand Dooms was the twelfth map stage of Plants vs. Zombies Adventures. It resembled a desert. It introduced the Gas Can Zombie to the player. After completing Level 26, the player obtained the Bee-B-Gone, an item which was needed to reclaim The Sunny Lot.

Origins

Its name was a portmanteau of "the sand dunes," referring to the location this area is set in, and "doom," possibly referring to the zombies.

Appearance

The Sand Dooms resembled a desert with a giant, green, inflatable Tyrannosaurus Rex statue, with a broken down truck next to it. There was also a gas station with a brain and arrow pointing to it. Multiple decorative cacti were scattered around the map. There was one main road and a small path on the road, which led to an outhouse.

Stages

The Sand Dooms contains 26 stages.

No.	Zombies
1		5100	510
2		5300	530
3		5500	550
4		5700	570
5		5900	590
6		6100	610
7		6300	630
8		6500	650
9		6700	670
10		6900	690
11		8900	890
12		9100	910
13		9300	930
14		9500	950
15		9700	970
16		9900	990
17		10,100	1010
18		10,300	1030
19		10,500	1050
20		10,700	1070
21		14,500	1450
22		14,750	1480
23		15,000	1500
24		15,250	1530
25		15,500	1550
26		15,750	1580

Treasures

There are three Treasure Chests in this stage.

Strategies

Mandatory: These plants are just about mandatory. If you don't select them, you'll have a very hard time. Mandatory plants include Sunflower, Snow Pea, Repeater, or Shamrock (depends the level layout).

Instant: The choice of instant, whether Cherry Bomb, Jalapeño, or Chilly Pepper, depends on the level design, although Cherry Bombs are often more effective. It may be possible to get by without an instant in the early stages, provided that you plant a lot of powerful plants and use buffs and debuffs indiscriminately.

Situational: In stages with the Football Zombie and Weightlifter Zombie, Magnet Plants are necessary, and must be protected with a Wall-nut. For most other situations, a Flaming Pea and a Shamrock, or a Bamboo Shoot paired with a Wall-nut, adds a lot of firepower.

Starting Strategy: Always plant two Sunflowers before doing anything else, and open with a Repeater. Depending on the map, it is sometimes possible to kill the first wave of zombies with only one buffed Repeater or Shamrock, which buys you enough time to get your Sunflower economy started. It is recommended to plant at least four Sunflowers; maybe five on tougher stages.

Gallery

The Sand Dooms map stamp

Level 26 by Someone456

Trivia

• The gas station found in The Sand Dooms was possibly the reason why the Gas Can Zombie is found here.
• If the player looked closely at the map, one could see there is a zombie behind a cactus, which is on the top of the cliff on the right.
• Down at the bottom of the cliff, there were two skulls. One was that of a bull or buffalo and the other one was of a Zombie.
• No Conehead Zombies appear in this area.