Ghost Pepper

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This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently available.

For the version in Plants vs. Zombies: Endless Edition, see Ghost Pepper (PvZ: EE).

Ghost Pepper
Ghost Peppers haunt zombies that pass by and explode after a limited time.
Statistics
Sun Cost	75
Recharge	15 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	30 damage
Range	Front & Back
Family	Pepper-mint
Plant Food effect	Deals heavy damage to all nearby zombies, and resets its lifetime timer.
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	100
Recharge	15 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	60 damage
Attack Rate	0.5 seconds
Range	5 Tiles to the Left and Right
Area	AoE within range
Class	Special
Quality	Purple
Tags	Damage, insta, area of effect
Plant features	White plant, flying, short
In-game statistics
Other special	Lives for a limited time then explodes
Strengths	(cannot be transformed)
Other weakness	(reduce her lifespan) (crush her instantly)
Unlocked	100 gems
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Ghost Pepper Puzzle Pieces Daily log-in rewards
Costumes
Costumes (China)
You might not know it looking at her, but Ghost Pepper didn't always wear that white sheet everywhere she went. She first put it on as a lark for a Halloween party one year. Everyone else had these elaborate costumes, and she thought that it would be funny to dress like a plain ol' ghost. But she fell in love with that costume. It spoke to her. She'd found her calling.

Ghost Pepper is a limited edition gemium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. She attacks by haunting nearby zombies both in front of and behind her, dealing steady and continuous damage.

About

Ghost Pepper is a gemium plant which was released in the 2.9 update for the Lawn of Doom event, she haunts and deals 30 damage every 0.5 seconds to each zombie in a 4x1 area around her. After 10 seconds from when she haunts her first zombie, Ghost Pepper will explode, dealing 450 damage to all enemies in a 3x3 area.

Additionally, Ghost Pepper is immune to most attacks from zombies, including transformations that make the plant passive (Wizard Zombie, Octo Zombie and Archmage Zombie in the Chinese version), and can be planted directly on water tiles in Big Wave Beach without the aid of a Lily Pad.

She can be bought for gems during Lawn of Doom, and other various event sales, though her gem cost often fluctuates between 80 and 109 gems.

Origins

The ghost pepper, also referred to as Bhut jolokia, is one of the spiciest chili peppers in the world.

Ghost Pepper's name also refers to her spectral appearance, and her ability to harm zombies by haunting them.

Almanac entry

Note: Ghost Pepper costs 100 sun in the Chinese version. Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Ghost Pepper
	SUN COST 75 RECHARGE 15 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 30 RANGE Front & Back Pepper-mint Plant Food: Deals heavy damage to all nearby zombies, and resets its lifetime timer. Ghost Peppers haunt zombies that pass by and explode after a limited time. You might not know it looking at her, but Ghost Pepper didn't always wear that white sheet everywhere she went. She first put it on as a lark for a Halloween party one year. Everyone else had these elaborate costumes, and she thought that it would be funny to dress like a plain ol' ghost. But she fell in love with that costume. It spoke to her. She'd found her calling.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When fed Plant Food, Ghost Pepper haunts all zombies in a 4x3 area, dealing a total of 1120 damage over 3.5 seconds. The Plant Food effect will also reset Ghost Pepper's duration, allowing Ghost Pepper to stay on the lawn longer, similar to the plant food effect of Puff-shroom.

Pepper-mint effect

When boosted by Pepper-mint, Ghost Pepper gains an additional 60 damage for her normal attack, and an additional 200 damage per tick for her Plant Food attack.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Mediocre)	Starting Recharge	Toughness (Typical)	Damage* (Moderate)	Plant Food Power (Damage^)	Range
1	0	0	75	15 seconds	10 seconds	300 damage	30 damage	160 damage	Front & Back
2	10	1,000		14 seconds	10 seconds	350 damage	35 damage	165 damage
3	25	2,500		13 seconds	9 seconds	400 damage	40 damage	165 damage
4	50	5,000		12 seconds	9 seconds	450 damage	45 damage	170 damage
5	100	10,000		11 seconds	8 seconds	550 damage	50 damage	170 damage
6	200	20,000		10 seconds	8 seconds	600 damage	55 damage	170 damage
7	400	30,000		9 seconds	7 seconds	650 damage	60 damage	180 damage
8	800	50,000		8 seconds	7 seconds	700 damage	60 damage	180 damage
9	1,200	75,000		7 seconds	5 seconds	800 damage	60 damage	180 damage
10	1,600	100,000	50	7 seconds	5 seconds	900 damage	60 damage	200 damage

*This column shows Ghost Pepper's haunting damage. Her explosion damage does not increase through upgrades.
^Per hit. Ghost Pepper's Plant Food effect does a total of 7 hits.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Costumed (China only)

When given Plant Food, Ghost Pepper now deals more damage and stuns the zombies in range.

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Intimidate 恐吓	Ghost Pepper's attack range expands to a cross (十) shape. 幽灵辣椒的攻击范围扩张至十字形状。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Ghost Pepper gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Materialization 实体化	Ghost Pepper's attack range increases by one more block in each direction. 幽灵辣椒的攻击范围向每个方向再增加一格。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Ghost Pepper gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Ghost Pepper may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Ghost Pepper gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Strategies

Compared to other instant-use plants, Ghost Pepper trades overall firepower and area of effect for increased damage-dealing duration, shorter recharge time and general ease of use. Therefore, she will find more use in aiding other offensive plants against high priority, but low health targets such as Wizard Zombies, Octo Zombies and Turquoise Skull Zombies, rather than high health zombies like Gargantuars. Compared to Lava Guava, Ghost Pepper has greater range and, therefore, will be better suited against faster enemies, while Lava Guava deals more damage in a much smaller area, and will be more useful against slower enemies.

Ghost Pepper should ideally be planted in areas where large groups of zombies will walk through. Frostbite Caves may provide such choke points in certain slider tile placements, but the player can also utilize Garlic and Sweet Potato to create choke points of their own. Stunning or delaying zombies with plants such as Stunion and Stallia can also increase Ghost Pepper's efficiency by forcing zombies to stay in her area of effect for a longer time period. With Shovel Boost, Ghost Pepper can also be dug up just after she explodes to be refunded some sun prior to 5.0.1.

Ghost Pepper is a highly valuable asset for the player in Big Wave Beach. Not only can she be placed on water tiles without the help of Lily Pad, but she is resistant to most of the local zombies' otherwise dangerous zombies: Surfer Zombie and Octo Zombie will not attempt to target Ghost Pepper, while Fisherman Zombie will usually reel past Ghost Pepper, and can only eliminate her by pulling a plant right next to Ghost Pepper. Ghost Pepper is also highly useful in Dark Ages, especially against Wizard Zombies, as she is one of the few plants that cannot be transmuted by them.

Ghost Pepper should not be planted near the player's house in Far Future, as Gargantuar Primes will often shoot their laser beams in that area and shorten Ghost Pepper's duration. Additionally, frozen blocks and arcade machines can crush Ghost Pepper like any other plants, so the player should be careful when using Ghost Pepper against Troglobite and Arcade Zombie. If you must to, plant her behind so she can kill the zombies without harm.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Ghost Pepper
Simplified Chinese	幽灵辣椒
French	Piment fantôme
German	Geist-Peperoni
Italian	Peperoncino fantasma
Brazilian Portuguese	Pimenta-fantasma	lit. "Ghost Pepper"
Spanish	Chile fantasma

Trivia

• Despite Ghost Pepper's almanac entry confirming that her ghostly appearance is a Halloween costume and nothing more than a white sheet, an official reddit post written by Stephan Notley, author of most of the almanac entries in the franchise, states that Ghost Pepper doesn't wear clothes and is in fact an actual ghost.
• In Plants vs. Zombies 2, she is one of the four flying plants in the game, the second one being Rotobaga, the third one being Caulipower and the fourth one being Solar Sage.
  • Because of that, they can hover over water in Big Wave Beach and be placed in the air columns in Sky City.
    • However, none of them can be placed above the water in Pirate Seas.
• She is the first plant related to the Lawn of Doom event.
• The following zombies and objects can destroy or harm her:
  • Sun Bombs can destroy her if the player collects the sun before landing.
  • Gargantuar Prime's laser beams from its eyes can reduce her lifespan, yet cannot completely burn her.
  • Mecha-Football Zombie cannot push her directly. However, she can still be pushed by Mecha-Football Zombie if the plant in front of her gets pushed.
  • Zombie King when his throne falls onto her.
  • Surfer Zombie will not target her. However, if he gets killed while he's near her, his surfboard may fall onto her.
  • Fisherman Zombie can kill a Ghost Pepper when he is next to her and hooks a plant behind the Ghost Pepper even when planted on the spot before appearing.
  • Troglobite and Arcade Zombie when they push an ice block or arcade machine respectively, onto her.
  • Imp Porter can crush Ghost Pepper when he drops his backpack/tent.
  • Hair Metal Gargantuar's sonic blast can reduce her lifespan.
  • If rammed by Dr. Zomboss or burned by a flame tile (despite being a spectral being immune to flames), she will instantly explode. The boulder trap will simply kick her off the lawn, even though it should only pass through her.
• She is the only plant except for instant-use plants that cannot be transformed into sheep by Wizard Zombie.
• She will not explode if her timer is triggered right before the level ends, similarly to Puff-shroom.
• She, Lord Bamboo, and Sap-fling were the only monthly special plants that have their Almanac background be Big Wave Beach in the Chinese version.
  • After the 1.8 update, however, they all got the normal lawn background.
• According to the credits, she is voiced by Damian Kastbauer.
• Before April 1, 2018, even though her "hair bow" costume was otherwise fully implemented, it could not be obtained in the international version. In the Chinese version, it is obtainable via Puzzle Pieces. Ghost Pepper also has her hair bow on in a sticker in the Sticker Pack.
• If a Boombox Zombie plays his jam at the same time Ghost Pepper is attacking zombies, it will still play the "haunting" animation, but will not deal any damage.
• Her shadow is a part of her idle animation.
  • Caulipower shares this trait.
• During the Lawn of Doom 2017 event, she only could be purchased as a bundle with Jack O' Lantern and Witch Hazel. During the second week of the event, however, she was added to the store costing 100 gems.
• She and Shadow Peashooter are the only Lawn of Doom plants to not return in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.
• Jester Zombie's reflected projectiles will pass through her.
• After Snapdragon gained the ability to warm plants, Ghost Pepper is now the only plant in her family vulnerable to frost but can kill Imp Dragon Zombies.
• Despite her ghostly abilities and fire-free function, Ghost Pepper is in the Pepper-mint Family instead of the Enforce-mint/Enchant-mint family, as the real Ghost Pepper remains a pepper plant known for its extreme flavor.
• Ghost pepper can get her duration shortened if planted inside a vine plant and said vine plant gets hit by a "instakill" attack from a zombie (gargantaur, turquoise skull zombie, etc.)
• There is a glitch that allows you to purchase it at anytime. Simply go to the almanac click on ghost pepper. (Or any other seasonal plants) and click get more seed packets where you can buy her with gems.

Specific to the Chinese Version (China only)

• Her explosion sound effect is the sound that Melon-pult creates while using Plant Food.
  • Additionally, when she attacks, the sound effect from Sun-shroom's Plant Food ability is also heard.
• She is an Orchestra plant despite not having anything to do with music or performing. This may be a reference to the famous play Phantom of the Opera.

See also

• Ghost Pepper (Endless Edition)
• Jack O' Lantern
• Witch Hazel
• Lawn of Doom

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