Ancient Egypt - Day 1
- For the level before the 7.1.3 update, see Ancient Egypt - Day 1 (pre-7.1).
- For the Chinese version of this level, see Ancient Egypt - Day 1 (Chinese version).
- For the Chinese version of this level before the 1.8 update, see Ancient Egypt - Day 1 (Chinese version: pre-1.8).
Ancient Egypt - Day 1 is the first level of Ancient Egypt in Plants vs. Zombies 2. The mummy variants of the Zombie and Conehead Zombie are introduced in this level. Additionally, Ra Zombie makes his first appearance. When this level is finished for the first time, the player gets Crazy Dave's jar of preserved powers. The player is also introduced to Plant Food when playing this level for the first time.
Dialogue
(Crazy Dave appears)
Crazy Dave: Those plants look hungry.
Crazy Dave: If only there was something that you could feed them...
(Penny appears)
Penny: Plant Food is packed with vitamins and minerals.
Penny: It's an essential part of a complete breakfast.
(Crazy Dave and Penny leave)
(if the Peashooter gets eaten)
Crazy Dave: Aww...you let your plant get eaten! Try again!
(After the Plant Food tutorial)
(Crazy Dave appears)
Crazy Dave: I wonder if Plant Food works on other types of plants?
(Crazy Dave leaves)
(After completing the level)
Difficulty
- Like the previous two days, this level takes form of a fast-paced challenge, where the player has to react fast and accordingly in order to win.
- Since this is the first level of the game (with the exception of the Player's House levels), it is generally easy. Despite the quick start of the zombie onslaught, the player already starts with two pre-planted Wall-nuts, which should help stall the first waves and quickly build up their sun income.
- The player is given four Plant Food in this level, including one that is granted for free as a reward for completing the tutorial (although you only have 3 PF slots at that time), making this level easier to start off.
- Ra Zombies can steal sun unless you tap on it first. However, they are weak and can only hold a small amount of sun. Once they are defeated, they drop all the sun they took. Take them down to get sun that got stolen from the Ra Zombie.
Strategies
- Spend the first Plant Food on a sun-producing plant in order to accelerate the sun income and be prepared for the first wave.
- Even the weakest plant can make you win the level, since Basic and Ra Zombie simply have the same durability and Conehead is just a bit stronger. In case the Conehead becomes a threat, use Potato Mine to destroy it or Wall-nut to stall it.
Waves
- The small number next to the zombie icon means that zombie will always appear in that lane, with 1 being the topmost lane and 5 being the bottommost lane.
| Waves | Non-dynamic zombies | Ambush zombies | Note(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  3 3
|
None | Carries 1x Plant Food. Begins 2 seconds after starting the level. |
| 2 | 2 4
|
None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 3 | 1 2 4 5  3
|
None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 4 | 2 4
|
None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 5 | 1 2 3 4 5  3 
|
None | Carries 1x Plant Food. Final wave. |
Related achievement
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Trivia
- This is the first level in the game where the player is given and uses Plant Food.
- This is the first level in Plants vs. Zombies 2 to have a new zombie that did not appear in the original game.
- This is the first level in the game where zombies can drop money, although it is very likely at least one silver coin will drop, it’s not a 100 percent guarantee.
- If the player turns the game off, returns, and receives a message advertising the Zombot Sphinx-inator before beating this level, the Map of Space-time-ness will appear despite not being obtained yet.
- This level is a little tricky when replaying, because you do not get a starting plant food, and the zombie come out quickly. However, lawn mowers respawn, making it impossible to lose anyways.
- After a certain update, lawn mowers in this level respawn, making this level impossible to lose.
- This also affected all Player's House levels and Arena.
- *: Removed ~: Epic Quest
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