Threepeater (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Threepeater (disambiguation).

Threepeater
Threepeaters shoot peas in three lanes.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	300
Recharge	5 seconds
Damage	Normal (for each pea)
Range	Multi-Lane
Family	Appease-mint
In-game statistics
Direct damage	20 damage per shot every 1.5 seconds (×3)
Rarity (China)	Uncommon
Unlocked	Beating Pirate Seas - Day 14
Unlocked (China)	Formerly purchase for 400,000 coins, daily rewards, collecting its 10 Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Threepeater loves playing multiplayer in video games, but split-screen never works because the left head always cheats.

Threepeater is a peashooting plant appearing in Plants vs. Zombies 2. Threepeater shoots peas in three lanes: the one in which it is planted, the lane above it, and the lane below it. If a Threepeater is planted on the top or bottom row, it will only shoot peas in two lanes instead of the usual three due to no lanes being above or below its position. Its attack is triggered when a zombie or tombstone appears anywhere within its area of effect (i.e. in any one of the three lanes).

About

For more information about this character, see Threepeater.

Threepeater is unlocked after completing Pirate Seas - Day 14. It has its price reduced to 300 sun, but otherwise performs identical to its appearance in Plants vs. Zombies.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Threepeater	SUN COST 300 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 300 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 20 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 20 RANGE Multi-Lane PLANT FOOD POWER Duration RANGE: Multi-Lane PLANT FOOD POWER: Duration FAMILY Appease-mint FAMILY: Appease-mint Threepeater shoots peas in three lanes. Damage Details: normal (for each pea) Range Details: three lanes Threepeater loves playing multiplayer in video games, but split-screen never works because the left head always cheats.

Threepeater

		SUN COST 300			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 300
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 20

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 20

		RANGE Multi-Lane			PLANT FOOD POWER Duration

RANGE: Multi-Lane
PLANT FOOD POWER: Duration

		FAMILY Appease-mint

FAMILY: Appease-mint

Threepeater shoots peas in three lanes.

Damage Details: normal (for each pea)
Range Details: three lanes

Threepeater loves playing multiplayer in video games, but split-screen never works because the left head always cheats.

Upgrades

Plants vs. Zombies 2

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When fed Plant Food, Threepeater shoots 30 peas in each of three directions: front, up (changing from 0°~90°) and down (changing from 0°~90°).

Costumed (China only)

Its Plant Food ability has double duration.

Appease-mint effect

When boosted by Appease-mint, Threepeater gains an additional 120 DPS on his peas.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Normal)	Projectile Velocity	Plant Food Power (Duration)	Range
1	0	0	300	5 seconds	300 dps	20 dps	Normal	2 seconds	Multi-Lane
2	3	50	300	4.5 seconds	350 dps	25 dps		2 seconds
3	10	200	300	4.5 seconds	400 dps	30 dps		2.25 seconds
4	25	1,500	300	4.5 seconds	450 dps	35 dps		2.25 seconds
5	50	2,000	300	4 seconds	500 dps	40 dps	+1.6x	2.25 seconds
6	75	3,000	300	4 seconds	550 dps	45 dps		2.5 seconds
7	100	4,000	275	4 seconds	600 dps	50 dps		2.5 seconds
8	125	5,000	275	4 seconds	650 dps	55 dps		2.5 seconds
9	175	6,000	275	4 seconds	700 dps	60 dps		2.75 seconds
10	225	8,000	250	3.5 seconds	750 dps	65 dps		2.75 seconds
11	300	10,000	250	3.5 seconds	800 dps	70 dps		2.75 seconds
12	350	15,000	250	3.5 seconds	850 dps	75 dps		3 seconds
13	350	20,000	225	3.5 seconds	900 dps	80 dps	+2.2x	3 seconds
14	400	25,000	225	3.5 seconds		85 dps		3 seconds
15	450	30,000	225	3 seconds		90 dps		3.25 seconds
16	500	35,000	200	3 seconds		95 dps		3.25 seconds
17	550	40,000	200	3 seconds		100 dps		3.25 seconds
18	600	45,000	200	3 seconds		105 dps		3.5 seconds
19	700	50,000	200	3 seconds		110 dps		3.5 seconds
20	800	55,000	175	2.5 seconds		110 dps		3.5 seconds

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Double Strike	Threepeater gains a 25% chance to shoot 2 peas per head at a time.
	Combat Training	Threepeater gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Vital Capacity Training	Chance to shoot 2 peas per head at a time is now doubled (50% of initial).
	Cell Activation	Threepeater gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken	Threepeater may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power	Threepeater gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Bullet Reinforcement	Each pea fired has a chance of being snow, fire or blue fire.
	Fighting Power	Threepeater gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Plants vs. Zombies Online  (China only) (Archived content)

In Adventure Mode

Attacks up to 3 targets at once, one for each row.

Strategies

Compared to other peashooting plants, Threepeater stands out for having the second highest amount of shots possible per tile, second only to a Pea Pod with four or more heads. Threepeater can also shoot enemies on adjacent lanes, and this allows the plant to stay helpful even when there is nothing on the lane it is planted on. These advantages however is offset by a great amount of drawbacks that may reduce Threepeater's efficiency in the battlefield. Firstly, Threepeater's attack pattern heavily restricts the player's planting option, as planting Threepeater on the edge lane will reduce the plant's power by a third. Secondly, the firing pattern also means that Threepeater is exceedingly poor at guarding the edge lanes, due to firepower being concentrated at the central lanes and reduced on the edge lanes. Finally, the steep price tag means that Threepeater will find issue being used effectively in the early-game, as well as compete with more powerful plants who can more efficiently guard the corner lanes, such as Melon-pult and Strawburst.

In this game, Threepeater faces competition from two lobbed-shot plants, Dusk Lobber and Apple Mortar, the former being capable of Threepeater's ability with splash damage for only 200 sun when including Moonflower and the latter being 50 sun cheaper with a light stun. Of these three, Threepeater has the advantage of being boostable by Torchwood, but this sadly isn't usually enough of a reason to run Threepeater over them.

Although Threepeater only has the firepower of a Peashooter, it can be somewhat useful in levels where zombies come in several different lanes in the beginning, as a single Threepeater can provide ammunition for three lanes. However, because of its high sun cost, this is only recommended when paired with high sun-producing plants like Gold Bloom. Threepeater is also particularly useful in levels where there is a limit to how many plants the player can place on the lawn, because only two Threepeaters are needed to fend the whole lawn, compared to at least five for Peashooters. Because of its low firepower, Threepeater is not recommended for the main offensive plant for dealing with tougher zombies like Jurassic Fossilhead or Robo-Cone Zombie. It can also be easily overwhelmed by zombies like Zombie Chicken and Ice Weasel because of its lack of area of effect. Threepeater will also not fare well in levels with Excavator Zombies, Jester Zombies, Shield Zombies, Barrel Roller Zombies, Troglobites, Arcade Zombies, or levels with high zombie density, like Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 13. 

Pirate Seas - Day 25

A maximum of five Threepeaters can be fielded, and replacements will be given on the conveyor-belt if one of them is eaten. They could be useful for fending off Imp Pirate Zombies if Coconut Cannon or Snapdragon is not provided immediately, as Zombot Plank Walker tends to fire a barrage of Imps at the beginning of the battle. This is rarely the case however, and Threepeater's firepower will prove to be of little importance compared to the other plants.

Frostbite Caves - Day 30

Threepeaters are provided in this conveyor-belt level, and it is recommended to plant them so every row gets ammunition. However, because Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC can also pull freezing winds, it is recommended to have Pepper-pult or Fire Peashooter around them to heat them up.

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Trivia

• In some preview shots of Plants vs. Zombies 2, Threepeater was originally going to cost 325 sun like the first game.

One of the preview shots with Threepeater having cost 325 sun

• Its costume seems to resemble Crazy Dave's pot hat.
• A texture glitch related to its eyes occurred in the 1.9 update of the game, along with Snow Pea, Wall-nut, and Twin Sunflower.
• If a zombie gets very close to Threepeater, all three peas will hit that zombie.
• Dusk Lobber's powered ability and Apple Mortar are similar to Threepeater, as they can attack three lanes at once.
• Its Plant Food effect forms a leaf shape out of peas.
• If the player puts a Torchwood directly in front of a Threepeater, the Threepeater's top and middle pea will be fire peas, but the bottom pea will be a normal pea. However, if they activate the Threepeater's plant food power, all of the peas will be ignited.

See also

• Peashooting plants
• Pea
• Peashooter
• Dusk Lobber
• Apple Mortar

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