Epic Quest: Gumnut!
Epic Quest: Gumnut! is an Epic Quest that features 5 of the Premium Plant Quest for Gumnut. It lasted from April 13, 2020 to May 25,2020, September 9, 2020 to September 16, 2020, and March 3, 2021 to March 10, 2021. The reward is 50 seed packets for world/premium plants (Before September 2020 it was 50 seed packets for Gumnut)
Step 1
Gumnut can be really reliable in this level, as they can stall dangerous zombies such as: Explorer Zombie from burning and Zombie Bull to launch right away in a safe area and forcing it to eat the gum. But teamed up with Celery Stalker it makes it even more better, because since the zombie is stalled then the Celery Stalker to deal damage to him until the zombies is defeated, this combo is helpful against: Buckethead Mummy and Pharaoh Zombie, which usually won't be destroyed by Celery Stalker, but now that it is stalled, they can be easily defeated. However, Explorer Zombie and Surfer Zombie can easily burn or crush Celery Stalker, so you can't constantly rely on Celery Stalker, Bloomerang can easily damage multiple zombies while being stalled, but you will need several of them in each lane so that, they can easily destroy zombies fast. Ambushes of Explorer Zombie will have to be taken care right away, you should stall them with Gumnut and use Bloomerang to finish them off. Use Plant Food on Gumnut to stall several groups of zombies or on Bloomerang to damage all zombies in its lane.
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 |  1 2
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None |  is available.
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| 2 |  1 3
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None | |
| 3 |    2 3 4
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None | First flag. Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 4 |  2
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Sandstorm! |
| 5 |  3 4 4
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None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 6 |  1 2 3 4
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None | Second flag. |
| 7 | 1 3 5
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Sandstorm! Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 8 | 1 1 1 1 2 5
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None | |
| 9 |  2 4 1 2 3 4 5
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None |
Notes: , , and spawns at random. 3 Plant Food spawns at random
Step 2
Gumnut is a life-saver for this level and is extremely helpful. First off, it can easily cause All-Star Zombie to tackle in Gumnut and will then be stalled, which avoids any other plants from being lost, since Gumnut gum can resist several tackles, you can use one Gumnut to stop more than 3 All-Star Zombies from tackling. This also applies to Barrel Roller Zombie and Pianist Zombie since they also can crush. Gumnut with Spikerock is very helpful because once stalled, they can't move which allows Spikrock to damage them until the gum is eaten. keep in mind though that they won't be instantly defeated if gummed by Gumnut and is under Spikerock. However, since Spikerock can withstand 3 crushes, then its a instant-kill against Pianst Zombie and in breaking Barrel's. You can use Bonk Choy to easily deal additional damage, they are best against Imp Pirate Zombie since Bonk Choy can easily defeat them, which lets you use Gumnut on more serious zombis. Keep in mind though that gum can easily wear off. Use Plant Food on Bonk Choy to destroy any nearby zombies or on Gumnut to stall several zombies.
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
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None | |
| 2 | 3
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None | |
| 3 | 
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None | First flag. |
| 4 |
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None | |
| 5 |
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None | |
| 6 |
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None | Second flag. |
| 7 |
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None | |
| 8 |
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None | |
| 9 |
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None | Final wave. |
Note: , , and spawns at random. 3 Plant Food spawns at random
Step 3
Protecting the Flowers should not be hard at all, because of Gumnut which can stall zombies for a long time, preventing any zombies from trampling the flowers. However, defeating them will take a while because of not having that much strong plants. Fume-shroom and Snapdragon can easily defeat Basic Zombie and Conehead Zombie but Buckethead and Gargantuar will take much longer, and the only thing you can stall them with is Gumnut. So try to place as much Fume-shroom as you can to easily damage zombies quickly and place Snapdragon upclose on gummed zombie to attack them inside their range. Its best to use Plant Food on Snapdragon because he can deal instant severe damage in a 3 by 3 area, 2 Plant Food on Snapdragon should kill a Gargantuar. However, there isn't a lot of Plant Food, so use them wisely. When the Imp is summoned, be sure to easily defeat them with Fume-shroom, The most you can do it to stall and plant as many Fume-shroom/Snapdragon as you can to defeat zombies.
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 |  5
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None | |
| 2 |  3  1
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None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 3 | 3 3
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None | |
| 4 |  4
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None | First flag. |
| 5 | 5
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None | |
| 6 | 5
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None | |
| 7 | 3 3 3 3
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None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 8 | 1 1 1
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None | Second flag. |
| 9 | 1 5 3
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None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 10 | 1 5
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None | |
| 11 | 2 3 2 3 4 4
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None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 12 | 3 3
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None | Final wave. |
Note: , , and spawns at random
Step 4
In most case, Laser Bean and Citron can easily help you win this level. As All-Star Zombie is longer much of a threat because of Gumnut. Laser Bean should be used to easily damage all zombies in its lane, helpful if Shield Zombie activated his Force field and Citron can easily deal heavy damage to destroy Buckethead Zombie and Mechanical zombies. Gumnut is a very helpful plant against Mecha-Football Zombie because he will constantly push the gum and will not be able to move plants, this also applies to Robo-Cone Zombie since he takes a lot of attacks before being destroyed, being gummed allow plants to destroy them without any plants being eaten. Blover can blow away summoned Bug Bot Imp and Disco Jetpack Zombie summoned from Disco-tron 3000, but keep note that it will also be forced to eat gum, so they are not really much of a problem once stalled. Ghost Pepper can help easily destroy groups of zombies, try putting them where there are a group of tough zombies, so that they can easily loose a bit of their health, once Ghost Pepper explodes. Use Plant Food on Citon to flick off zombies in its lane or on Gumnut to stall groups of zombies.
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 | 
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None | |
| 2 |  2
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None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 3 |
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None | First flag. is available.
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| 4 |
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Bot Swarm! |
| 5 | 
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Bot Swarm! |
| 6 |  3 2 4
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None | Second flag. |
| 7 | 
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Bot Swarm! |
| 8 |
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None |  is available.
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| 9 |
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Final flag. Bot Swarm! |
Note: , 
, and 
spawns at random. 6 Plant Food spawns at random
Step 5
Since Lightning Reed is the only attacking plant available, you will need a lot of stalling and plant as much as you can. You should mostly stall zombies with Gumnut since it outclasses Wall-nut, and it stalls Gargantuars for a while, which is the biggest problem, because several of them spawns before the first flag, so you have to constantly stall them and us Lightning Reed. The reason why you need lots of Lightning Reeds is that they don't do that much of a damage alone, so you need several of them, and also since Lightning Reed also does splash damage, the more Lightning Reed's there are, the more splash damage they can deal to easily defeat zombies. So mostly the strategy is to stall zombies with Gumnut and spam Lightning Reeds to defeat them fast as you can, additionally Cherry Bomb will be available upon a certain point in the Conveyor-belt which can easily destroy zombies and reduce a great amount of Gargantuar's health, plant Cherry Bomb's where there are several Gargantuar's, since they are the one that has large amount of health while other weak zombies can easily be destroyed by Lightning Reeds. Chicken Wrangler Zombie and Weasel Hoarder should not be much of an issue since Lightning Reed can easily destroy Zombie Chicken and Ice Weasel's easily and with splash damage, they can be a problem though if they are eating gum since they eat very fast, they can easily wear off the gum. The summoned Imps from the Gargantuar can be a bit of a problem since they can easily distract Lightning Reed from attacking other zombies, so be that Gargantuar's are constantly being gummed so that they can't throw the Imps, if they managed to then try to easily electrocute them fast with Gumnut. Use Plant Food on Lightning Reed to create thunderstorm clouds that can easily damage Gargantuar's or on Gumnut to stall groups of zombies.
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 |
|
None | |
| 2 |
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None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 3 |  23 4
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None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 4 |
|
None | |
| 5 |  3
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None | First flag. |
| 6 |
|
None | |
| 7 | 1 2 3
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None | Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 8 |
|
None |  is available.Carries 1x Plant Food. |
| 9 |  2 
|
None | |
| 10 |
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None | Final wave. |
Note: , , 
, and 
spawns at random