Egg Stealer Imp

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Egg Stealer Imp
An imp who stole an egg, gravity often causing him to fall, which occasionally causes him to drop the egg. It'd be bad if the egg squashed the plants.
Almanac statistics
Toughness	Protected
Speed	Creeper
Weakness	Plants that penetrate barriers. (spit out eggs, prevent Dinosaur Stampede) (withstand Brontosaurus' attack) (instant kill)
In-game statistics
In-game toughness	Hardened
Health	1100
First seen	Jurassic Marsh
Code name	dino_stealegg
Other code names	dino_stealptero (Pterodactyl Egg) dino_stealbronto (Brontosaurus Egg) dino_stealtyranno (T. Rex Egg) dino_stealzomshell (Eggshell Imp Egg)
没钱买伪装服的偷蛋小鬼僵尸选择了简单粗暴的偷蛋方式, 抱着走, 被恐龙追已成为他的家常便饭。 Having no money to buy new clothes, Egg Stealer Imp chose the easy and violent way out to steal eggs, carry them out, as getting chased by dinosaurs is nothing new to him.

Egg Stealer Imp (偷蛋小鬼) is a zombie encountered in Jurassic Marsh in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. He has an egg similar to the Egg Pusher Imp's. However, he carries the egg instead of pushing it, so, he is slower than the former. After a while, he will randomly drop the egg similar to how the Imp Porter drops his backpack but to the front. The egg will land on a random tile and if there is a plant on that tile, it will be instantly killed. If he is killed when he is still carrying his egg, the egg will be dropped right where he is killed. The egg spawns a baby dinosaur or an Eggshell Imp when destroyed. He looks like the Jurassic Imp but has more health, though not as much as the Egg Pusher Imp.

Almanac entry

TOUGHNESS Protected SPEED Creeper	偷蛋小鬼僵尸 Egg Stealer Imp
抱着龙蛋逃跑的小鬼僵尸，重心不稳导致他经常仆街，并把龙蛋甩出去，要是压到植物就惨了。 没钱买伪装服的偷蛋小鬼僵尸选择了简单粗暴的偷蛋方式，抱着走，被恐龙追已成为他的家常便饭。

偷蛋小鬼僵尸 (Egg Stealer Imp)

TOUGHNESS: Protected
SPEED: Creeper

抱着龙蛋逃跑的小鬼僵尸，重心不稳导致他经常仆街，并把龙蛋甩出去，要是压到植物就惨了。

没钱买伪装服的偷蛋小鬼僵尸选择了简单粗暴的偷蛋方式，抱着走，被恐龙追已成为他的家常便饭。

In English: An imp who stole an egg, gravity often causing him to fall, which occasionally causes him to drop the egg. It'd be bad if the egg squashed the plants. Having no money to buy new clothes, Egg Stealer Imp chose the easy and violent way out to steal eggs, carry them out, as getting chased by dinosaurs is nothing new to him.

Overview

Egg Stealer Imp absorbs 1100 damage. He changes appearance once absorbing 550 damage before dying at 1100 damage.

Egg chance

Unless specified, Egg Stealer Imp will appear on the lawn, carrying a random egg.

Egg type	Chance (%)
Eggshell Imp egg	40%
Pterodactyl egg	30%
Brontosaurus egg	20%
T. Rex egg	10%

Encounters

• Jurassic Marsh: Days 20, 21, 22, 23, and 24

Strategies

This zombie has less health and slower than both Imp Porter and Egg Pusher Imp but he is more dangerous as he drops the egg forward. Once dropped, the egg lands randomly on any tile, killing any plant that he lands on. If the egg is dropped deep into your defenses, it will cause your defenses to break down once destroyed. Note that the egg also slowly damages itself over time.

Certainly the best solution is to kill this zombie before he drops his egg. Ghost Pepper or Lava Guava are particularly good at dealing with him in this way. You can also try other instant-kill plants, plants that can penetrate barriers and area-of-effect plants. After he drops his egg, use Dino-Roar Grass to spit the egg out of the lawn.

Gallery

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  Almanac entry

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  Almanac icon

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  Level icon

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  In-game

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  Falling

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  Resting

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  Egg Stealer Imp with Egg Pusher Imp on the seed selection screen

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  Egg Stealer Imp's sprites and textures

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  HD Egg Stealer Imp

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  A shrunken Egg Stealer Imp in older version

Trivia

• Although he is an Imp, Egg Stealer Imp cannot be shrunk into oblivion using Shrinking Violet, using Imp Pear turns it into an Imp Pear Imp instead of killing it and killing him with a plant that incinerates zombies into ashes will show that the Egg Stealer Imp has the regular zombie burnt animation.
  • This is shared between Egg Pusher Imp, Eggshell Imp, and in older versions, Imp Monk and Rocket Imp. Coincidentally, they all are Imps exclusive to Chinese version.
  • The bug that Shrinking Violet can't kill him was fixed in an unknown update.

See also

• Egg Pusher Imp
• Imp Porter
• Egg

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