Gold Leaf

Gold Leaf
Gold Leaves create a Gold Tile on planting.
Statistics
Sun Cost	80
Recharge	50 seconds
Usage	Single, Instant
Family	Enlighten-mint
Usage	Single use, instant
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	50
Recharge	20 seconds
Class	Sun
Quality	White
Tags	Sun
Plant features	Yellow plant
In-game statistics
Unlocked	Beating Lost City - Day 26
Unlocked (China)	Beating Lost City - Day 20 Collecting 10 Gold Leaf Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
"For a small initial investment, you too can generate huge sun," says Gold Leaf. She's a firm believer in solar markets.

Gold Leaf is the fifth and last plant obtained in Lost City in Plants vs. Zombies 2. She was revealed in the Lost City Part 2 trailer, and gameplay of her was first showcased in a developer diary on June 23, 2015.

Gold Leaf is an instant-use plant that creates a Gold Tile upon planting, similarly to how Tile Turnip creates Power Tiles. This makes her an environment modifier. She cannot be planted on existing Gold Tiles or Power Tiles, nor under endangered plants.

Origins

Gold Leaf is based on a leaf, a thin, flattened plant organ located above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Her name is possibly a reference to a "gold leaf," which is gold that has been hammered into a thin sheet (and thus not actually a plant).

One of her costume is a Super Saiyan-based costume, is a reference to the Dragon Ball series, this is further supported by its internal nickname "Hairstyle 9001," a reference to the "It's Over 9000!" internet meme originating from the said series.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Gold Leaf
	SUN COST 80 RECHARGE 50 Usage Single, Instant Enlighten-mint Plant Food: No Plant Food effect. Gold Leaves create a Gold Tile on planting. "For a small initial investment, you too can generate huge sun," says Gold Leaf. She's a firm believer in solar markets.

Chinese version  (China only)

黄金叶在所种植的格子上建立黄金格子 植物特征：黄色植物 "即使开始投入一点点,你也能收获巨大阳光", 黄金叶说。她是太阳能市场的死忠粉丝。 In English: Gold Leaves create a Gold Tile on the tile being planted on. Plant feature: yellow plant "Even if investing a small amount initially, you too can generate huge sun," says Gold Leaf. She's a loyal fan of solar energy markets.

Upgrades

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Slow)
1	0	0	80	50 seconds
2	10	1,000	75
3	75	5,000		45 seconds
4	200	10,000		35 seconds
5	400	10,000	50
6	750	20,000		30 seconds
7	1,000	30,000		25 seconds
8	1,250	40,000	25
9	1,500	50,000		20 seconds
10	2,000	75,000	20

Gold Leaf cannot gain seed packets from the Piñata Tracker, Piñatas obtained in Lost city nor Store

Costumed (China only)

Recharge reduced by 20%.

Strategies

Gold Leaf's ability essentially allows any plant to become a level 1 Sunflower at any location. Due to the nature of the plant, she can only be rightly compared to a plant like Tile Turnip. The latter plant shows superiority when it comes to function and power, but it is not as easy to use and practical as Gold Leaf. This excludes that Tile Turnip practically requires Power Lily in order to exert its full potential.

As Lost City and Modern Day levels are the only ones with naturally occurring Gold Tiles, it restricts the necessity of Gold Leaf. While she is not needed in regular levels, the player should consider adapting Gold Leaf to their strategy in Temple of Bloom, the Endless Zone of Lost City. The levels in the said Endless Zone have unusually low amounts of Gold Tiles pre-placed on the lawn. This is possibly the game encouraging the use of Gold Leaf, and her use here certainly pays off more than in regular levels due to the fact that the levels themselves are longer. However, even here Gold Leaf is not vital or particularly outstanding, and she should be only considered if the player has all eight seed slots, as otherwise they might be wasting space for much more valuable plants.

Gold Leaf should not be planted in a space where the player will surely not place another plant. It is a waste of sun and recharge time, and the ensuing Gold Tile will also allows Imp Porters to set up their camp. It is advised that they are planted near the left side of the lawn.

Balance changes

Update 9.9.1

• ▲ Gold Leaf can now be upgraded.
• ▼ Level 1 Gold Leaf's sun cost is increased from 50 to 80, time to recharge is increased from 30 to 50 seconds.

Update 10.5.1

• ▲ Can now be used across all worlds.

Related achievement

	Ragweeds to Riches Create 5 new Gold Tiles in a single level with the Gold Leaf

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Gold Leaf
Simplified Chinese	黄金叶
French	Feuille d'or
German	Goldblatt
Italian	Foglia d'oro
Brazilian Portuguese	Folha de Ouro	from folha and ouro
Spanish	Hoja dorada

Trivia

• In the 7.5.1 update, she couldn't be planted on top of other plants. This has been fixed in the 7.6.1 update.
• Sometimes when she is planted, Tile Turnip's sound effect can be heard.
  • This happens when the player chooses both Tile Turnip and Gold Leaf, planting the former one first, then planting the latter one later on.
• If she is planted on a trap tile and creates a gold tile on it, the plant planted or zombie walking on it will still be killed by the trap tile itself, despite that the trap tile was overridden by the gold tile.
• She is in Enlighten-mint's family, but this has no effect in gameplay. This trait is shared with Gold Bloom.
• At Level 6, which will take 1,435 Seed Packets and 46,000 Coins, Gold Leaf's sun cost and recharge time will be back to their values before the 9.9.1 update.
• Due to an oversight, Gold Leaf Seed Packets are not a part of the loot table for the Lost City Piñatas, making levelling up Gold Leaf by typical means impossible without hacks or glitches. However, her seeds are still available occasionally through the "Find More" button on her almanac.

Specific to the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2 (China only)

• In Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 18, a Locked and Loaded level of her is pre-selected in one of the seed slots.
  • Not counting Piñata Parties, this is the only time she can be used outside of Lost City.

See also

• Gold Tile
• Tile Turnip
• Ragweeds to Riches
• Sun
• Gold Bloom

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