Vasebreaker (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For this mini-game in the original Plants vs. Zombies, see Vasebreaker.

PvZ2Vasebreaker — Vasebreaker in the Trailer

Vasebreaker is the first (and so far the only) mini-game in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It was added in the 2.7.1 update, and six new Vasebreaker levels were added in the 3.4.4 update. Vasebreaker involves breaking open vases to reveal its hidden contents that can be helpful or harmful to the player. The object remains the same: to build a defense to defeat the zombies, albeit carefully as the vases are randomized. The focus of this puzzle is to utilize the player's ability to think critically to formulate a strategy based on the various types of plants given, versus the stage's different types of zombies. Vasebreaker gives more zombies than plants generally, so randomly breaking open too many vases will only increase the likelihood of the player's being overwhelmed or defend each of the five lanes if they lack the resources.

Each vase will have either a zombie, a seed packet containing a plant, Plant Food, or 50 sun (Endless levels only) in it. The green vases with a leaf printed on them will always contain plants, which are great at the beginning of levels to plan the player's defense. In contrast, there are also purple vases with a zombie face printed on them, which will always contain a Gargantuar. Three new Power Ups exclusively for Vasebreaker can be discovered here.

To unlock the Vasebreaker Mini-game, the player must finish Ancient Egypt - Day 1. Plant Food can also be first used in Vasebreaker instead of Ancient Egypt - Day 2. Cherry Bomb can also be used in Endless levels.

Levels

Currently, there are a total of thirteen levels divided into five groups: Vasebreaker Intro, Egyptian Challenge, Pirate Challenge, Western Challenge, and Vasebreaker Endless. As of version 3.4.4, Pirate Challenge and Western Challenge became available.

Name	Plants	Zombies	First time reward
Vasebreaker Intro
Tutorial	Seven Two One Two	Seven One	A money bag
To the Left	Three One Two Seven	Seven Two Two	A money bag
Boss Vase	Two Two Two Seven	Ten Three Two One One	Reveal Vase
Egyptian Challenge
One at a Time	Two Two Seven	Nine Two Seven groups of	A money bag
Freeze 'Em	Two Five Five Three	Four Two One Seven	A money bag
Block and Spike	Four One Five Four	Four Three Two Six	Butter Zombie
Pirate Challenge
3x3	Three Five Three	Eight Six Four	A money bag
Spring Rollers	Four Four Four Two	Eight Four One Two	A money bag
Buttery Birdies	Two Three Four Five	Five Two Six Two	A Mystery Gift Box
Western Challenge
Split Decision	Three Three Four	Three Five Three Eight	A money bag
Chicken Skewers	Five Three Six One	Two Two Five Four One	A money bag
The Mine Cart	Four Five Two Five	Three Two Three Nine One	A Mystery Gift Box
Vasebreaker Endless
Vasebreaker Endless	(needs 150 sun)		Move Vase (after wave 15 only)

Piñata Party events

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These levels were referred to as "Eggbreaker" levels and were playable in the form of Piñata Parties during the Springening event.

Others were playable in the Summer Nights event.

Name	Plants	Zombies	First time reward
Springening 2015
Eggbreaker	Seven Five	Seven Five Four	3 prizes to choose from
Eggbreaker	One Two Five (Frozen) Three Seven	Five Four Two Seven	3 prizes to choose from
Eggbreaker	Three Five Five	Five Five Three Three	3 prizes to choose from
Eggbreaker	Three (One on lawn) Three Three Five	Seven Six One Two	3 prizes to choose from
Eggbreaker	Seven (Three on lawn) Three Two Two	Eight Five Two Three	3 prizes to choose from
Eggbreaker	Five Five Two Four	Seven Six One Three One	3 prizes to choose from
Springening 2016
Eggbreaker	Five Three Two One	Eight Six Four One	3 prizes to choose from
Eggbreaker	Seven Four Three Two	Nine Five Seven Three One	3 prizes to choose from
Summer Nights 2015
Firebreaker	Five Three (One on lawn) Three Three	Seven Five Two One	3 prizes to choose from
Firebreaker	Five Five Five	Four Four Four Two	3 prizes to choose from
Firebreaker	Three Five Two Three Four	Six Four Two Two One	3 prizes to choose from
Firebreaker	Five Five Five	Four Two Five Six	3 prizes to choose from
Firebreaker	Three Two Five	Seventeen Four Two One	3 prizes to choose from
Time Twister
Piñata Party	Seven Three One	Eight Five One	3 prizes to choose from
Piñata Party	Three Six Two	Seven Four Two	3 prizes to choose from
Piñata Party	Four Eight One Three	Nine Six Three	3 prizes to choose from
Summer Nights 2016
Firebreaker			3 prizes to choose from
Firebreaker			3 prizes to choose from
Firebreaker			3 prizes to choose from
Firebreaker			3 prizes to choose from
Firebreaker			3 prizes to choose from
Feastivus 2016
Firebreaker			3 prizes to choose from
Firebreaker			3 prizes to choose from
Springening 2017
Vasebreaker			3 prizes to choose from
Eggbreaker			3 prizes to choose from

Chinese Vasebreaker (China only)

Currently, there are six Vasebreaker levels that are accessible at any time. Four in Big Wave Beach and two in Lost City.

Name	Plants	Zombies	First time reward
Big Wave Beach
Day 14	Two Five Five	Eight Five	A star
Day 14 (Hard)	Four Two One Three	Three Four Three Five	Two stars, a chest
Day 20	Two Three Two Two	Seven Four Two One	A star
Day 20 (Hard)	Two Two One Five Three	Five Seven Two One	Two stars, a chest
Lost City
Day 15	Five Four Three	Two Four Four Two	A star
Day 15 (Hard)	Five Two One Four	Two Two Four Four	Two stars, a chest

Piñata Party

A Children's Day-themed Vasebreaker Piñata Party took place from June 1 to June 14, 2019. After beating all seven levels, you were given the Cattail or ten puzzle pieces of the said plant (if you own Cattail already) as the prize.

Name	Plants	Zombies	First time reward
Children's Day
Piñata Party	Four Four Seven	Nine Two Two	3 prizes to choose from
Piñata Party	Four Four Eight	Eight One Three	3 prizes to choose from
Piñata Party	Three Four Eight	Seven Six	3 prizes to choose from
Piñata Party	Three Three Eight	Ten Three One	3 prizes to choose from
Piñata Party	Four Four Seven	Eight Two Three	3 prizes to choose from
Piñata Party	Three Four Eight	Eight Two Three	3 prizes to choose from
Piñata Party	Four Five Eight	Seven Two Two	3 prizes to choose from

Vasebreaker Event

A Vasebreaker event was held from August 20 to September 2, 2019. The Vasebreaker event used the otherwise unused Vasebreaker levels for Far Future, Dark Ages, and Big Wave Beach.

Name	Plants	Zombies	First time reward
Vasebreaker Intro
Tutorial	Seven Two One Two	Seven One	A money bag
To the Left	Three One Two Seven	Seven Two Two	A money bag
Boss Vase	Two Two Two Seven	Ten Three Two	Vasebreaker Power-Ups
Future Challenge
Plant Food!	Four Four Six	Two Four One Six	A money bag
Strong Connection!	Four Three Two Two	Two Three Six One	A money bag
Retreat!	Two Six Two Six	Six Four One	Vasebreaker Power-Ups
Dark Ages Challenge
Magnetic Party!	Two Seven Two	Ten Two Six One	A money bag
Magnetic Party! II	Two Seven Two	Five Two Seven	A money bag
Magnetic Party! III	Two Seven Two	Five Two Seven	A Mystery Gift Box
Beach Challenge
One By One	Two Three Four	Four Two One Four Two One Three Four	A money bag
Precision Strike	One Three Three Three	Three Two Two Four Six One	A money bag
Be Careful!	Fifteen (pre-planted) Two Two One Three One Two	Six Three Two Two Three Two	A Mystery Gift Box
Vasebreaker Endless
Vasebreaker Endless	(needs 150 sun)		3 prizes to choose from (every wave) Vasebreaker Power-Ups (after wave 15 only)

Related achievements

	Pottery Trained Beat Wave 30 in Vasebreaker Endless

	Tomb Breaker Complete the Egyptian Challenge Pack

	Davy Jones' Vase Complete the Pirate Seas Challenge Pack

	Vase Wrangler Complete the Wild West Challenge Pack

Gallery

Trailer

Plants vs. Zombies 2 Vasebreaker Coming Soon

Official trailer

Trivia

As stated by PopCap Games, this will never be officially included as a Brain Buster. Instead, it will be a mini-game which is currently the only one in Plants vs. Zombies 2.
- However, the Chinese version of the game has it as a Brain Buster in Big Wave Beach and normal level in Lost City.
When Crazy Dave and Penny introduce the player to Vasebreaker, Crazy Dave references an unused Vasebreaker level from the first game, calling Vasebreaker Facebreaker.
This game's Vasebreaker mode has many differences from the first game.
- The player does not use a mallet to break the vases. Instead, they are tap-activated.
- The player must beat all levels in this mode in order.
- Vases appear to have cracks.
- Gargantuars do not smash vases here. Instead, they ignore them altogether.
Unlike the original Plants vs. Zombies, this version of Vasebreaker has three types of vases, introducing one new vase where in it will always contain a Gargantuar. Plants vs. Zombies also had an image file for a zombie vase, but it was scrapped.
- The Gargantuar that comes out of the vase is the Vase Gargantuar, not the regular one. So far the Vase Gargantuar is the only new zombie introduced in Vasebreaker. However, the Vase Gargantuar does not do anything different from a normal Gargantuar, apart from having a slower speed and slight difference in appearance.
- Vase Gargantuars are never spawned from any vase besides Gargantuar vase, which making it easier to plan defense.
Most Vasebreaker level names (except for the Endless Zone) give a hint on how to complete the level or what the level is about.
Some of the levels are inspired by the original levels in the Plants vs. Zombies. To the Left is almost identical to the first To the Left, Boss Vase is similar to Ace of Vase, and Block and Spike is inspired by Hokey Pokey.
Music during Vasebreaker in Plants vs. Zombies 2 is Grasswalk in Intro and a remix of Cerebrawl in Egyptian Challenge Pack.
Imp Dragon Zombie and E.M.Peach both appeared in ads for Vasebreaker, but they have yet to appear in the Vasebreaker mini-game itself.
In the 3.4.4 update, all the players who have played the Vasebreaker levels would lose their progress, but previously unlocked Power Ups can still be used and progress for Vasebreaker Endless is saved (although it had to be unlocked again). This also happened in the 6.0.1 update for some users.
When completing Vasebreaker levels for the first time, money bags given contains 200 coins. This feature was added in the 3.4.4 update.
In the 3.5.1 update, the Vasebreaker button (as seen from the world selection) was now added in the Zen Garden.
In all levels, the player's plants will be at level one regardless of amount of experience points and levels obtained from the Plant Upgrade System, this is obviously a glitch.
- However in Vasebreaker Endless, Cherry Bomb is the only leveled up plant to be used.
  - If there are any pre-planted plants they will be leveled up.

80B59AA0-3DB5-4CBC-AE4E-80F7850CB03B — Wall-nut seed packet enlarged, showing it being ‘collected’

There is a bug where if the player leaves a seed packet unused until the player breaks all the vases, the seed packet will automatically be ‘collected’ as if it were a prize.