Doom-shroom (Plants vs. Zombies)

For more information about this character, see Doom-shroom.

For other uses, see Doom-shroom (disambiguation).

Doom-shroom is the sixteenth plant introduced in Plants vs. Zombies, and is unlocked after competing Level 2-8.

Doom-shroom is a single-use, instant-kill, and environment modifier mushroom that, when activated either through normal planting in Night and Fog levels, or through waking up via feeding him a Coffee Bean in Day, Pool, or Roof levels, will swell up and explode, dealing 1800 damage in a 7x5 area, with the blast radius capable of covering almost the entire lawn. He also destroys every plant on the tile he is on, leaving behind a crater for 3 minutes which cannot be planted on. Doom-shroom's damage does not count as a fire-based effect, so the surviving zombies will not be thawed if they were chilled beforehand.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Doom-shroom exploding.

Suburban Almanac entry

Doom-shroom
Doom-shrooms destroy everything in a large area and leave a crater that can't be planted on. Damage: massive Range: all zombies in a huge area Usage: single use, instant Special: leaves a crater Sleeps during the day "You're lucky I'm on your side," says Doom-shroom. "I could destroy everything you hold dear. It wouldn't be hard." Cost: 125 Recharge: very slow

Strategies

Doom-shroom proves itself to be worthy of its appearance as a tactical nuclear weapon: an incredibly powerful explosive with great potential, but also with noticeable drawbacks. Thanks to its massive area of effect and damage, Doom-shroom can cover almost every threat present on the screen and wipe out anything short of a Gargantuar, as long as it is planted on the pool rows in Pool and Fog levels, or on the second or third rows in Day, Night, or Roof levels.

On the other hand, the resulting crater can be detrimental, as it can practically lock down the tile permanently in normal levels, or for many flags in Survival: Endless, a place where every planting tile is needed and losing one could result in a lawn mower being activated and subsequent loss of the level should a zombie reach the end of a lane without a mower. The slow recharge rate also hampers Doom-shroom somewhat, though Imitater can be used to combat this.

Similarly to Ice-shroom, the nocturnal mushroom mechanic does not necessarily affect Doom-shroom negatively, as it will allow the player to "stockpile" Doom-shrooms and activate them when needed. However, stockpiling Doom-shrooms is a far more difficult task, as unlike Ice-shroom, which can be planted anywhere, Doom-shroom will need to be planted on the frontline in order to fully utilize its potential, making it vulnerable to zombies. In this case, Pumpkin can be used to help the player do this more efficiently — while Doom-shroom will destroy its Pumpkin when activated, the tactical value of being able to store powerful explosive weapons is usually worth the additional 125 sun, especially in Survival: Endless.

Related achievements

	Pyromaniac Complete a level using only Explosive Plants to kill zombies.

	Good Morning Complete a daytime level by planting mushrooms and Coffee Beans only.

	No Fungus Among Us Complete a Nighttime Level without planting any mushrooms.

	Morticulturalist Collect all 49 plants.

	Book Learner Fill out the Suburban Almanac.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Doom-shroom
German	Unheilspilz
Spanish	Petaseta	From "Petar" (Explode) and "Seta" (Mushroom). It may also be a pun on "Peta Zetas" (Pop Rocks spanish name)
French	Champi-mort
Italian	Atomporcino
Japanese	ドゥームシュルーム Dūmushurūmu
Korean	파멸버섯 Pamyeolbeoseos
Dutch	Boempaddo
Brazilian Portuguese	Ruínagumelo
Russian	Гриб Судьбы
Simplified Chinese	末日菇 Mòrì Gū 黑暗侠 Hēi'àn Xiá 毁灭菇 Huǐmiè Gū	"Doomsday-shroom" "Darkman" as nickname in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition "Destruction-shroom" in Plants vs. Zombies: Original Edition
Traditional Chinese	末日菇 Mòrì Gū 黑暗俠 Hēi'àn Xiá	"Doomsday-shroom" "Darkman" as nickname in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition

Trivia

• When it explodes, the word "DOOM!!" will appear with a purple mushroom cloud.
  • These are identical to the smoke clouds created when a Lawn Mower destroys a Gargantuar, only colored purple.
• It is one of the twelve plants that was seen on the online version's seed selection after Grave Buster was obtained, the others are Ice-shroom, Potato Mine, Lily Pad, Threepeater, Tangle Kelp, Jalapeno, Spikeweed, Torchwood, Tall-nut, Cactus, and Blover.
• The Nintendo DS version's phrase of "DOOM!!" is wider than in other versions as well as off the ground.
• Doom-shroom is the only plant that can destroy other plants (Lily Pads, Flower Pots, and Pumpkins) on its own.
• In Day and Night levels, Doom-shroom planted on row 4 will miss zombies on row 1 (except Zombonis).
• When a Doom-shroom is planted on a Pumpkin, Lily Pad, and Flower Pot, they will be destroyed and leave craters, making the only plant to destroy another plant/s.
  • Through third party programs, if a Doom-shroom is planted at the same tile as another plant/s (i.e. Wall-nut and Tall-nut), they will also be destroyed as well.

See also

• Cherry Bomb
• Crater
• Boom Balloon Flower

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