Conehead Zombie (Plants vs. Zombies)

For other uses, see Conehead Zombie (disambiguation).

Conehead Zombie
His traffic cone headpiece makes him twice as tough as normal zombies.
Almanac statistics
Toughness	Medium
In-game statistics
Damage	640
Sun cost	75
Brain cost	125
First seen	Level 1-3 Fight the Sea Demons 1-1 (Conchhead Zombie)
Conehead Zombie shuffled mindlessly forward like every other zombie. But something made him stop, made him pick up a traffic cone and stick it on his head. Oh yeah. He likes to party. Bamboo Baskethead Zombie is a good father who lives a thrifty lifestyle, his favorite activity is chasing behind others asking where brains are on sale. Though he wears a conch on his head, he still looks rather similar to Browncoat Zombies.

Conehead Zombies are zombies with roadcones on their head for protection. While they are relatively easy to defeat, they are slightly more difficult to kill than both the Flag Zombie and the ordinary Zombie. They have somewhat normal health, but they can only be directly hurt once the roadcone on their head takes enough damage and falls off.

Overview

Conehead Zombie first appears in Level 1-3. It is the third zombie the player encounters, after the ordinary Zombie and the Flag Zombie.

The Conehead Zombie absorbs 640 damage, and his appearance changes upon absorbing 130, 260 and 370 damage when his roadcone is destroyed, and 505 damage before dying at 640 damage.

Suburban Almanac entry

Conehead Zombie
His traffic cone headpiece makes him twice as tough as normal zombies. Toughness: medium Conehead Zombie shuffled mindlessly forward like every other zombie. But something made him stop, made him pick up a traffic cone and stick it on his head. Oh yeah. He likes to party.

 (China only)  (Archived content)

竹篓僵尸
他的竹篓头盔使他更能经受来自植物的打击 强度： 中等 竹篓僵尸是个持家的好父亲，他最大的爱好就是追着别人询问哪里可以买到特价的脑子。

In English: Bamboo Baskethead Zombie His bamboo basket helmet allows him to take more damage from plants Toughness: medium Bamboo Baskethead Zombie is a good father who lives a thrifty lifestyle, his favorite activity is chasing behind others asking where brains are on sale.

 (China only)  (Archived content)

海螺僵尸
他的头上戴着海螺，觉得这样可以突出自己在海底的特征。 强度： 低 尽管他带了只海螺在头上，但是看起来和普通僵尸没有太大区别。

In English: Conchhead Zombie He has a conch worn on his head, thinking that it would make him look more special. Toughness: low Though he wears a conch on his head, he still looks rather similar to Browncoat Zombies.

Encounters

Plants vs. Zombies

• Adventure Mode: Every level except for levels 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, and 4-5
• Mini-games: Wall-nut Bowling, Slot Machine, It's Raining Seeds, Beghouled, Invisi-ghoul, Seeing Stars, Beghouled Twist, Big Trouble Little Zombie, Column Like You See 'Em, Zombie Nimble Zombie Quick, Whack a Zombie, Last Stand, Wall-nut Bowling 2, Dr. Zomboss's Revenge, Heat Wave, Zombie Trap, Buttered Popcorn
• Canceled mini-games: Every canceled mini-game except for Air Raid, Ice Level and Squirrel
• Puzzle Mode: Three Hit Wonder, All your brainz r belong to us, I, Zombie Endless, all Last Stand levels
• Survival Mode: All levels
• Co-op Mode: All levels
• Others: Versus Mode

Strategies

Even though he takes more hits than the regular Zombie, the zombie is not at all difficult to stop. A Snow Pea, two Peashooters, or a Repeater can take him down easily. He is weak to almost all strategies, so your basic setup should take him out. However, do not underestimate him, as he can be a threat in the early levels and the beginning of the game where you do not have access to many powerful plants. A single Peashooter can be sufficient to kill one if the Conehead Zombie is far enough away, but two or three work better, especially if there are multiple zombies that need to be killed.

I, Zombie

After the normal Zombie is replaced by the Imp, use this zombie for the lanes you want a small amount of damage absorption. Their roadcones are not affected by the Magnet-shroom, so use them to take out the Magnet-shroom if it is not well defended. However, be careful not to send them to a highly defended lane. For puzzles involving Scaredy-shrooms, time Conehead placement and location, so the most Scaredy-shrooms in a lane are hiding, allowing Coneheads to walk down the row with no or minimal harm.

Other variations

 (China only)  (Archived content)

Conchhead Zombie

Conchhead Zombie was an underwater variant of Conehead Zombie in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition which appeared in Fight the Sea Demons and Brave the Dragon King's Palace.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Conehead Zombie
Simplified Chinese	路障僵尸 竹篓僵尸 in Plants vs. Zombies: Great Wall Edition
Traditional Chinese	路障殭屍
Dutch	Pylonzombie
French	Zombie cône
German	Pylonen-Zombie
Italian	Zombi segnaletico
Japanese	コーンヘッドゾンビ
Russian	Зомби с Конусом
Spanish	Zombi caracono	"Cone-faced zombie"

Trivia

• In the Suburban Almanac, it is stated that a Conehead Zombie is twice as tough as a normal Zombie, but in fact he is 2.37x as tough as one.

Conehead Zombie's concept design

• As seen in the concept design for the Conehead Zombie posted on the Plants vs. Zombies Facebook page, the Conehead Zombie, instead of just being a normal zombie with a traffic cone on his head, would've worn what appears to be a construction uniform. He also would've had a mustache.
• Conehead Zombie is the third most frequently occurring zombie (other than regular Zombies and the Flag Zombie).
• Some of the Game of the Year edition packs come with a punch-out cardboard cone that can be placed on the head of the zombie figurine. This cone will require minimal construction first, possibly with the aid of tape.
• Conehead Zombie, Buckethead Zombie, Screen Door Zombie and Trash Can Zombie are the only zombies that can degrade into a normal Zombie.
• If Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year Edition was purchased on Steam before May 5, 2011, players from Team Fortress 2 will be awarded with a Dead Cone, a promotional cosmetic item for the Pyro that resembles the Conehead Zombie's cone.
• In anything Wall-nut Bowling-related and Whack a Zombie, it takes two hits for a Conehead Zombie to die.
• Conehead Zombie, along with two normal Zombies, appears on the loading screen.
• Conehead Zombie is the first zombie to have some sort of armor.
  • He is also the first headwear zombie encountered in the game.
• Conehead Zombie is one of the most frequent zombies in Survival: Endless.

​See also

• Roadcone

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