- For the version in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Toadstool.
Toadstool is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. She was released on June 23, 2015 and she is tied to Lost City Part 2.
Like Chomper, Toadstool can eat most types of zombies but will take 30 seconds to fully digest an enemy, during which Toadstool is vulnerable to attacks. When confronted with obstacles such as tombstones and surfboards, or an inedible enemy like the Pianist Zombie, Toadstool will use her tongue to attack, dealing 50 damage per attack, which is quarter the damage of Chomper, but at 4x the speed, thus causing the damage per second to be the same. The main differences between the Chomper and the Toadstool are that Toadstool costs 50 more sun, but will produce 50 sun after fully digesting a zombie, and can extend her tongue forward 2.5 tiles to kill or damage enemies, while Chomper can only eat a zombie that is directly in front of him. In the Chinese version, she can also instantly eat edible zombies higher level than her, while Chomper can only eat zombies at an equal or lower level than him.
Toadstools cannot consume the following zombies, but they will attack them and deal damage without eating or chewing them:
- Gargantuar variants (including Gargantuar Prime, Jurassic Gargantuar and Flying Gargantuar)
- Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel
- Imp Cannon
- Pianist Zombie
- Zombie Chicken and Ice Weasel
- Zombie Bull
- Robo-Cone Zombie
- Disco-tron 3000
- Mecha-Football Zombie
- Zombie King
- Fisherman Zombie
- Treasure Yeti
- Cardio Zombie
- Z-Mech
- #caketank
- Zcorpion Zombie
- Roman Caesar Zombie
- Dr. Zomboss
- Zombie Medusa's statue
- Catapult Zombie
- Zomboni
- Zombie Bobsled Team
- Cavalry Zombie (horse) (China only)
When a Witch Hazel is fed Plant Food, she will turn a zombie into a Toadstool.
Origins[]

Toadstool is based on fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) and animal species from Ranidae family.
The name is a play on the word toad, as Toadstool displays many toad-like attributes, such as her long, sticky tongue and a vocal sac and on toadstool, which is a term for a poisonous mushroom.
Almanac entry[]
Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.
Toadstool
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Toadstools gulp down zombies whole, then produce sun. Toadstool just can't stand being idle. "I keep everything that I want to do on lists, and keep the lists where I can see them so that I'm always motivated!" she said. Whenever there's work to be done, she's always the first to hop to it. |
Chinese version (China only)[]
金蟾菇能吞下整个的僵尸, 然后产生阳光。
弱点: [sic]在咀嚼僵尸时相当的[sic]脆弱。 金蟾菇不喜欢傻站着。“我把所有我想做的事都记在小本子上,并总把小本子放在我能看到的地方[sic]这样我就能时刻保持动力”[sic]她说。每当有工作需要完成,她总能第一个跳出来。 Weakness: rather vulnerable while chewing zombie Plant feature: yellow plant Toadstool doesn't like standing with nothing to do. "I keep everything that I want to do on a notebook, and keep the notebook where I can see them so that I'm always motivated" she said. Whenever there's work to be completed, she always can be the first one to jump out and take it. |
Upgrades[]
Plant Food effect[]

Plant Food ability
When fed with Plant Food, Toadstool grabs up to four random zombies in a 5x3 area, chews for a short amount of time and then produces 50 sun for each zombie she ate. If there are only inedible zombies in the area, Toadstool will instead attempt to attack them; if there are no targets available, Toadstool will do nothing (so players should not waste a Plant Food on a Toadstool if there are few or no zombies in her area).
Enlighten-mint effect[]
When boosted by Enlighten-mint, Toadstool's chew time will be reduced to 3 seconds, and she will produce an additional 100 sun per eaten zombie during Plant Food effect.
Level upgrade[]
Level | Seed Packets | Coins | Upgrades | |||||
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Sun Cost | Recharge (Fast) |
Toughness (Typical) |
Plant Food Power (Sun Production)* |
Special (Chew Speed) |
Range | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 5 seconds | 300 damage | 50 sun | 30 seconds | Close |
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 350 damage | 60 sun | 25 seconds | |||
3 | 25 | 2,500 | 4.5 seconds | 400 damage | 20 seconds | |||
4 | 50 | 5,000 | 175 | 450 damage | ||||
5 | 100 | 10,000 | 550 damage | 15 seconds | ||||
6 | 200 | 20,000 | 4 seconds | 600 damage | ||||
7 | 400 | 30,000 | 650 damage | 75 sun | ||||
8 | 800 | 50,000 | 3.5 seconds | 700 damage | 10 seconds | |||
9 | 1,200 | 75,000 | 800 damage | |||||
10 | 1,600 | 100,000 | 150 | 3 seconds | 900 damage | 100 sun |
*Column shows the amount of sun produced by each chewed zombie during the Plant Food effect.
Mastery upgrades[]
- Chance to Boost
- Damage Pierce
Level upgrade (China only)[]
Costumed (China only)[]
After producing sun from zombies, she will release a gas cloud in front of her, which chills the first zombie that makes contact with it.
Strategies[]
Toadstool can be considered an upgrade to Chomper in most cases; while she initially costs 50 more sun, her ability to generate sun from eating zombies means that Toadstool can quickly refund this investment. Her increased attacking range also assists her in combating inedible threats such as Robo-Cone Zombies, Mecha-Football Zombies, and Gargantuars by giving her extra time to damage them. However, Toadstool continues to suffer from Chomper's greatest weakness, namely the long digestion time during which she is rendered vulnerable to attacks, meaning that Chomper's problem of dealing with hordes of zombies is also an issue with Toadstool.
Generally speaking, any plants that are capable of delaying zombies can greatly help Toadstool by defending her while she is digesting zombies. These include:
- Stunning plants such as Iceberg Lettuce and Kernel-pult.
- Slowing plants such as Winter Melon, Stallia, and Sap-fling.
- Defensive plants such as Wall-nut and Endurian.
- Plants that can push enemies back such as Primal Peashooter and Chard Guard.
Toadstool is particularly useful in Sun Bombs levels, as she is one of the few sun-producing plants allowed in these levels. While the dropped sun is generally enough for building defenses, the sun generated by Toadstool will give the player much more freedom in using instant plants or repairing defenses. Sun Bean can also be substituted in these levels, and when paired with Toadstool, they can give the player more than the expected amount of sun on these levels. Just like Chomper, using the Sun Bean on a high-health edible target instantly generates a large amount of sun.
Toadstool can also be used to defeat Chicken Wrangler Zombies from Wild West and Weasel Hoarders from Frostbite Caves without them releasing their respective payloads, although it should be remembered that both worlds have inedible threats that can get past Toadstools - namely Zombie Bulls and Troglobites with their frozen blocks, though she will still attempt to use her tongue strikes.
Toadstool can damage octopi without needing to chew, making them an ideal counter for the Octo Zombie. Additionally, she can also be used to counter Arcade Zombie, since she can destroy the arcade machine quickly. However, be careful if the latter's Jam is playing when Toadstool does not destroy the arcade machine before 8-Bit Zombies are spawned, a she can easily get overwhelmed if there are no other plants to support her.
Another good strategy in using her is to have a ton of sun and then spam her. This'll allow multiple Toadstools to eat at once, which also allows more zombies to get eaten which results in more sun being produced. This can be easily done because of her very short cooldown of 5 seconds.
In the Chinese version, she is extremely useful against higher-leveled zombies as she is the only plant in the game that can instantly kill edible zombies, no matter their level. However, it is still recommended to upgrade her so she can deal higher damage to inedible zombies, give more sun, and allow her tongue to reach an attacking range of 3 tiles.
Gallery[]
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In other languages[]
Please note that only official translations are used.
Language | Name | Description |
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Toadstool | ||
金蟾菇 | lit. "Golden Toad-shroom" | |
Grenouille tue-mouches | From Grenouille and Amanite Tue-mouches | |
Krötenpilz | ||
Fungo-rospo | ||
Rãgumelo | Portmanteau of rã and cogumelo | |
Поганка | ||
Hongo |
Trivia[]
- She displays a functional vocal cord in her idle animation; this is illogical, as only male toads have vocal cords, while Toadstool is stated to be female in the Almanac.
- In the 3.6 update, she could be used in Last Stand levels.
- The only way for a Toadstool to appear in said levels now is for a Witch Hazel to turn a zombie into one there (which is possible).
- If this is the case, she will produce sun like normal, making this a possible way to get extra sun in Last Stand.
- The only way for a Toadstool to appear in said levels now is for a Witch Hazel to turn a zombie into one there (which is possible).
- Despite being a toad, she is not able to be planted on the water in Big Wave Beach.
- There is a glitch when she sticks out her tongue and consumes a zombie, and the player exits the level and returns to it. She will simply shake up and down, her mouth open, and she will stay that way until the level ends. If it was removed by a shovel or destroyed by a zombie, re-planting the plant will fix the glitch.
- There is another similar glitch: if a Toadstool is about to eat a zombie, then the zombie is defeated, she will keep her tongue out unless Plant Food is used.
- There is another glitch: In Kongfu World, if a Toadstool is about to eat a zombie, then the zombie is defeated and a black hole is pulling her, her tongue will separate from her body and will stay floating.
- There is another glitch: If Toadstool eats a Surfer Zombie, the game crashes.
Glitch
- According to the credits, she is voiced by Aaron Schneider.
- If Toadstool is created by a Witch Hazel in a Special Delivery level, she will not produce any sun, similar to Moonflower in Modern Day - Day 34 and Modern Day - Day 44.
- The Toadstool was accidentally referred to using male pronouns in the Lost City Part 2 dev diary.
- If a Toadstool on a minecart is about to eat a zombie and the player moves her to other lanes, she will still be able to eat the zombie she targets.
See also[]
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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 |
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 |
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Player's House | Peashooter · Sunflower · Wall-nut · Potato Mine · Cabbage-pult | ||||||||
Ancient Egypt | Bloomerang · Iceberg Lettuce · Grave Buster · Bonk Choy · Repeater · Twin Sunflower | ||||||||
Pirate Seas | Kernel-pult · Snapdragon · Spikeweed · Spring Bean · Coconut Cannon · Threepeater · Spikerock · Cherry Bomb | ||||||||
Wild West | Split Pea · Chili Bean · Pea Pod · Lightning Reed · Melon-pult · Tall-nut · Winter Melon | ||||||||
Frostbite Caves | Hot Potato · Pepper-pult · Chard Guard · Stunion · Rotobaga | ||||||||
Lost City | Red Stinger · A.K.E.E. · Endurian · Stallia · Gold Leaf | ||||||||
Far Future | Laser Bean · Blover · Citron · E.M.Peach · Infi-nut · Magnifying Grass · Tile Turnip | ||||||||
Dark Ages | Sun-shroom · Puff-shroom · Fume-shroom · Sun Bean · Magnet-shroom | ||||||||
Neon Mixtape Tour | Phat Beet · Celery Stalker · Thyme Warp · Garlic · Spore-shroom · Intensive Carrot | ||||||||
Jurassic Marsh | Primal Peashooter · Primal Wall-nut · Perfume-shroom · Primal Sunflower · Primal Potato Mine | ||||||||
Big Wave Beach | Lily Pad · Tangle Kelp · Bowling Bulb · Guacodile · Banana Launcher | ||||||||
Modern Day | Moonflower · Nightshade · Shadow-shroom · Dusk Lobber · Grimrose | ||||||||
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Others | Marigold |
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 · 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 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 Thorn · 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 · Pomegranate Jeweler · 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 |
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Others | Potato Mine · Flower Pot · 8-Bit Peashooter · Chilly Pepper · Ice Bloom · Tactical Cuke |
Hero Plants | P-Mech Assembler - Flamestar |
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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 |
Plants vs. Zombies 3 | |
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Dave's House | Peashooter · Sunflower · Squash · Wall-Nut · Potato Mine · Bamboo Shoots · Bonk Choy · Cabbage-Pult |
Campground | Lily Pad · Snow Pea · Plantern · Lightning Reed · Tangle Kelp · Sun-Shroom |
Begonia Boulevard | Umbrella Leaf · Puff-Shroom · Lychee |
Power-Ups | Grapes of Wrath · Chilly Pepper · Jalapeño · Cherry Bomb · Blover |
Others | Threepeater |
Sep Version | Chili Bean · Silversword |
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