Butter Beacon

Butter Beacon
Ability for
Duration	5 sec.
Cooldown	16 sec.
Reveal enemies for a short time by throwing a pat of tactical butter.

Butter Beacon is an ability for Kernel Corn in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. When activated, Kernel Corn throws a piece of butter that, upon hitting something, starts to send out spherical transparent yellow waves which reveal nearby enemies for 5 seconds. Enemies detected by the ability will be highlighted yellow and take 1 extra point of damage from Kernel Corn’s Cob Busters, and 22 more direct damage from each Shuck Shot hit.

Description

Reveal enemies for a short time by throwing a pat of tactical butter.

Associated upgrades

	20/10		● 2
	Larger area highlighted by Butter Beacon. Increase size of Butter Beacon by 25%.

	Re-Corn-naissance		● 3
	Faster refresh time for Butter Beacon by vanquish on highlighted enemy. Decreases the cooldown time for Butter Beacon by 12 seconds upon vanquishing a highlighted enemy.

Strategies

Butter Beacon's only use is really to reveal nearby enemies. When about to capture a zone or objective, Butter Beacon can be used to let you know what you're up against. The ability also increases your damage, which can be semi-useful in the middle of a combat, but it is not recommended that you do this as it will take time to throw the butter and your opponent will be able to attack you while you do so.

Balancing change

October 2019 patch

• ▲ Increased throw distance for better usability.

March 2020 patch

• ▲ Increase active spotting 4->6 sec
• Adjust trajectory to be more center screen aligned

September 2020 patch

• Re-Corn-naissance Upgrade
  • ▲ Increased duration 2->4 seconds

See also

• Scuba Soldier

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