Torchwood (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Torchwood (disambiguation).

Torchwood
Torchwoods turn peas that pass through them into fireballs that deal twice as much damage. They also deal close damage as well as lanewide flame damage on defeat.
Statistics
Sun Cost	175
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	2000 damage
Explosion Damage	450 damage
Touch Damage	10 damage
Family	Appease-mint
Plant Food effect	Permanently increases the damage bonus of all the peas that pass through it.
Special	Damages zombies at close range
Special	Does lane-wide flame damage when destroyed
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	175
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Class	Support
Quality	Uncommon
Tags	Defensive, support
Plant features	Brown plant, scary look but kind within, bathed in fire
In-game statistics
Unlocked	NA: $6.99 · EU: €5.49 · UK: £4.99 Obtaining 100 seed packets
Unlocked (China)	Collecting 250 stars Collecting ten Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Code name	torchwood
Torchwood and Snapdragon have become fast friends. They like to hang out at either the Tiki Lounge or the Renaissance Faire.

“	Torchwood will light peas on fire, boosting their damage.	”
—Penny

Torchwood is a premium plant appearing in Plants vs. Zombies 2.

Torchwood lights regular peas that pass through him, turning them into fire peas. These fire peas deal twice (more if boosted by Pea Vine) the damage of normal peas, but also removes all ice-based effect from the target, such as Iceberg Lettuce's freezing and Winter Melon's chilling effect. Frozen peas fired by Snow Pea will thaw, becoming normal peas and losing their slowing ability.

He has lost his ability to give fire peas splash damage, but has higher health and also deals close range fire damage to zombies near him similar to Endurian. He also explodes and does lane-wide fire damage when eaten, similar to Hot Date.

In the Chinese version, he still behaves like in the first game, with the exception of not giving fire peas splash damage.

Torchwood affects the following plants:

• Peashooter
• Repeater
• Split Pea
• Threepeater
• Pea Pod
• Primal Peashooter
• Snow Pea (thaw)
• Pea-nut
• Fire Peashooter (plasma)
• Gatling Pea (China only)
• Appease-mint
• Tumbleweed
• Pea Vine
• Mega Gatling Pea

About

For more information about this character, see Torchwood.

Torchwood is available for purchase for $3.99. He became available to purchase for 179 gems for a limited time from September 1, 2015 to September 8, 2015. He became available for 179 gems again from September 10, 2016 to September 12, 2016, but became purchasable for gems again on September 13, 2016 and was available for hours before being changed back to normal. This limited offer is currently unavailable. In the 8.5 update, he became a Seedium plant and can be unlocked by collecting 100 seed packets for him.

Fire peas deal twice as much damage as normal peas, but can no longer deal splash damage, with the sole exception of Primal Peashooter's Plant Food peas which have innate splash damage capability, if he reaches level 10. In Frostbite Caves, Torchwood is also capable of emitting heat every 6 seconds that gradually thaws frozen or chilled plants in a 3x3 area surrounding him, as well as being immune to all freezing effects himself.

In version 7.6.1, he obtained a health buff and the ability to deal damage to nearby zombies, this attack deals 10 damage for each zombie near Torchwood. In addition to his attack ability, he also received the ability to explode and deal line-wide flame damage when defeated, dealing 450 damage to all zombies in his lane.

Almanac entry

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

Torchwood
	SUN COST 175 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 2000 DAMAGE 450 DAMAGE 10 Appease-mint Plant Food: Permanently increases the damage bonus of all the peas that pass through it. Torchwoods turn peas that pass through them into fireballs that deal twice as much damage. They also deal close damage as well as lanewide flame damage on defeat. Torchwood and Snapdragon have become fast friends. They like to hang out at either the Tiki Lounge or the Renaissance Faire.

Torchwood

SUN COST 175 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 2000 DAMAGE 450 DAMAGE 10 Appease-mint Plant Food: Permanently increases the damage bonus of all the peas that pass through it. Torchwoods turn peas that pass through them into fireballs that deal twice as much damage. They also deal close damage as well as lanewide flame damage on defeat. Torchwood and Snapdragon have become fast friends. They like to hang out at either the Tiki Lounge or the Renaissance Faire.

Chinese version  (China only)

火炬树桩可以把穿过他的豌豆变成火球，造成两倍伤害。 特点：让穿过他的豌豆变成火球造成两倍伤害。 植物特征：褐色植物、面恶心善、浑身浴火 因为兴趣相投，火炬树桩和火龙草迅速成为了好朋友。你可以在类似场合见到他们，比如夏威夷土著风情酒廊，或者是文艺复兴风格的马戏团。 In English: Torchwood can turn all peas that pass through it into fire peas which deal double damage. Special: Turns peas that pass through it into fire peas which deal double damage Plant feature: brown plant, scary look but kind within, bathed in fire Due to common interests, Torchwood and Snapdragon quickly became good friends. You can see them in places like Native Hawaiian-styled lounges or Renaissance-styled circuses.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When Torchwood is fed with Plant Food, his fire will change peas that pass trough it into plasma peas (big plasma peas for big peas), these deal three times the damage of the normal pea. This effect is permanent and lasts until the Torchwood is removed. In Frostbite Caves, Torchwood will also emit heat to warm nearby plants four times as often.

Appease-mint effect

When boosted by Appease-mint, Torchwood will do an additional 100 damage for his close-ranged attack and an additional 900 damage for his lane-wide defeat attack.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Explosion Damage	Touch Damage
1	0	0	175	5 seconds	2000 damage	450 damage	10 damage
2	10	1,000	150		2150 damage	500 damage	15 damage
3	25	2,500			2300 damage	550 damage	30 damage
4	50	5,000	125		2450 damage	600 damage	40 damage
5	100	10,000			2600 damage	650 damage	50 damage
6	200	20,000	100		2750 damage	700 damage	60 damage
7	400	30,000			2900 damage	750 damage	70 damage
8	800	50,000	75		3050 damage	800 damage	80 damage
9	1,200	75,000			3200 damage	850 damage	90 damage
10	1,600	100,000	50		3350 damage	900 damage	100 damage

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Toughness Bonus

Costumed (China only)

Plant Food gives him purple fire that quadruples the damage of peas.

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Strong Shielding 坚强护盾	Torchwood has been hardened to become more durable, and the health value has increased to 1500. 火炬树桩努力锻炼变得更耐打了生命值上升至1500。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Torchwood gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Life Enhancement 生命强化	Torchwood has become stronger and has 4500 HP. 火炬树桩变得更强壮了生命值上升至4500。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Torchwood gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Torchwood may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Torchwood gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Strategies

Torchwood has been reworked in this game, though he no longer deals splash damage with or without Plant Food, making him completely useless against massive groups of zombies that come early on in the stage. He now deals fire damage and acts like a Jalapeno when eaten. However, within this sector, he is of questionable utility due to the presence of Hot Date (Which attracts zombies and does more damage when eaten) and Jalapeno (which simply does massive damage to all zombies in a lane), both of which can work well alone.

It is also difficult to set up as every lane must have a Torchwood and a Repeater on it, and setting this up will cause zombies to slip past your defenses easily while you are concentrating on a lane. You can use higher sun producing plants to speed up the process, or together with Power Lily. You will need to cram massive firepower before you can augment your defenses with him.

Sap-fling and Stallia can slow down zombies, even if they are in contact with fire, so these plants can help Torchwood against strong zombies like Pharaoh Zombies and Gargantuars.

A Plant Food fed Torchwood can deal massive damage, especially with a maxed-out Pea Pod as the plasma fire triples damage. It is very hard and risky to pull off correctly; nonetheless, when done well, this setup can easily counter high zombie densities, and this also helps a lot when battling against Octo Zombies, as the plasma peas can defeat the octopi very quickly. They also can help against the zombies in Terror from Tomorrow, but keep in mind that the high health of Robo-Cone Zombie, Disco-tron 3000, Mecha-Football Zombie, and the force field created by the Shield Zombie will absorb a lot of fire peas. It is highly suggested that you bring Citrons, Sap-flings, or E.M.Peaches along with Torchwood to stun the zombies, or Blover to deal with Disco Jetpack Zombies blocking the peas.

Torchwood is also a very effective plant in Frostbite Caves as fire has numerous advantages in this ice-themed world. When planted on any tile, he produces heat in a 3x3 area, preventing the surrounding plants from freezing or melting their ice blocks. He will also produce heat four times more often if he is fed Plant Food, giving him an advantage over other thawing plants.

Pea Vine is an excellent plant to plant on and use alongside Torchwood. As Torchwood is an Appease-Mint Plant, he will not only get his contact damage boosted but the damage increase when setting peas on fire will be boosted as well. A level 1 Pea Vine will cause an unboosted Torchwood to give peas 3x damage instead of 2x when setting them on fire. This stacks multiplicatively alongside Pea Vine's boost to himself or other peas planted on him, resulting in heavy damage to the zombie horde.

Note: Avoid using Torchwoods when you see Jester Zombies, Explorer Zombies, Imp Dragon Zombies, and Excavator Zombies, as Jester Zombies can deflect fire peas, himself or fire peas can relight Explorer Zombie's torch, Imp Dragon Zombies are immune to all fire damage (including flaming peas) and Excavator Zombies block all straight-shooting projectiles. However, if he is destroyed by direct damage such as being eaten by a zombie, he will still trigger his attacks normally.

Balance changes

Update 7.6.1

• ▲ Toughness increased from 300 - 2000 damage to 2000 - 3350 damage.
• ▲ New ability: When eaten, Torchwood does a lanewide flame effect that burns all zombies down the lane, ranging from 450 - 900 damage, depending on its level.
• ▲ New ability: Torchwood damages any zombie that attacks it by burning it over time. This effect is passively applied to any attacking zombie, and ranges from 10 - 100 damage, once again depending on Torchwood’s level.

PopCap's note: Our old friend Torchwood… we’ve revamped a few things to really turn up the heat on the lawn.

Update 11.5.1

• ▼ Damage deals to Gargantuar, General zombies and Zomboss is reduced by 25%.
• ▲ His fire is now a grid item. The one-time damage is calculated in tiles, a zombie can be damaged twice or more times.
• ▲ Deals multiple damage to Zomboss.

Related achievements

	So Thawful Thaw 13 ice blocks in a single level

Gallery

Torchwood has a gallery!

Visit this page to see it.

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Torchwood
Simplified Chinese	火炬树桩	lit. "Torch Stump"
French	Torche	lit. "Torch"
German	Zunderholz
Italian	Tronco in fiamme
Brazilian Portuguese	Tronco flamejante	From tronco and flamejante, like "Flaming Log"
Spanish	Plantorcha

Trivia

• If huge peas from Repeater's and Pea Pod's Plant Food effect pass through him, a sound of ravaging flames can be heard.
• Since the 3.6 update, his Almanac entry mentions his abilities in Frostbite Caves.
• His Almanac entry references Dark Ages and Big Wave Beach before Far Future was even released.
  • It also references Frostbite Caves, as he talks about the warming plants ability.
• If he is watered in the Zen Garden, his fire goes out.
  • This trait is shared with Pepper-pult, Fire Peashooter, Lava Guava, Jack O' Lantern, and Pyre Vine.
  • This shows that the Torchwood is hollow.
• His stump is much shorter than in the first game.
  • His flame is also bigger as well.
  • His mouth appears aligned with his eyes than he did in the first game.
• He has no effect on Fire Peashooter's pea by default; however, if a Torchwood receives a Plant Food boost, he can relight the fire peas and turn them into plasma peas.
• Cactus, Nightshade, Sun Bean, Hypno-shroom, Electric Currant, Torchwood, Iceweed, Tiger Grass, and Mega Gatling Pea are the only non-defensive plants that have their Plant Food effect last until the plant is destroyed.
• If he gets destroyed in his Plant Food effect, his blue flame returns to normal.
• Despite his fire based appearance and abilities, Torchwood is in the Appease-mint family rather than the Pepper-mint family.
  • Originally, he was in the Pepper-mint family but was moved due to his pea-boosting abilities, as most peas belong to the appease-mint family.
• For some reason, Torchwood can be purchased in the store, while Welcome to the Garden offers Torchwood seed packets once complete to unlock him without purchasing him.
• If a Jester Zombie deflects the fire peas, the plants in front of Torchwood will be burnt.
• If placed in Pea Vine, he can somehow ignite Pea Vine's peas, despite his flame being behind Pea Vine's mouth.

Specific to the Chinese version (China only)

• He is the first plant to ignite peas. The second is Match Flower (if his petals are on fire).
• Before version 1.9.0, he was unable to thaw plants in Frostbite Caves.
• If he is put to sleep by Archmage Zombie, transformed into a sheep by Wizard Zombie or transformed into a frog by Witch Zombie, he will still ignite peas.

See also

• Pea
• Fire Peashooter
• Match Flower

References

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